Daily guide to television and radio

October 01, 2011

RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

ETown 7 a.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) The legendary Loretta Lynn and Chuck Mead perform live.

Only A Game 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. WBUR-FM (90.9) Playoff fever comes to a head, especially for the Brewers. Also, Needham sports fans take in a cricket match on the appropriately named “Cricket Field.’’

Celtic Twilight 4 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Songs of the Jacobite Uprisings and Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Dark Was the Night 8 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) WUMB introduces Brendan Hogan’s new blues show.

MOVIES

The Blair Witch Project 7:30 p.m. (TMC) Three filmmakers disappear in a forest. Heather Donahue. R (1999)

2001: A Space Odyssey 7:30 p.m. (SUND) Stanley Kubrick’s epic of space travel. Keir Dullea. G (1968)

The A-Team 8 p.m. (HBO) Liam Neeson stars in this big-screen remake of the classic TV series. PG-13 (2010)

Ball of Fire 8 p.m. (TCM) A professor (Gary Cooper) gets involved with a burlesque queen (Barbara Stanwyck). NR (1941)

The Bling Ring 8 p.m. (LIFE) Troubled Hollywood teens burglarize celebrity homes. Jennifer Grey, Austin Butler. NR (2011)

Catching Hell 8 p.m., 10 p.m., midnight (ESPNC) The story of Steve Bartman, the fan who deflected a foul ball during a Chicago Cubs game. NR (2011)

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 8 p.m. (FLIX) An American finds love with a dancer in 1958 Cuba. Sizzling dancing; routine plot. Romola Garai. PG-13 (2004)

The Edge 8 p.m., midnight (FXM) Fast-paced saga about two men stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. Anthony Hopkins. R (1997)

Extraordinary Measures 8 p.m. (SHO2) John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) fights to save his two children from succumbing to a rare disease. PG (2010)

Fried Green Tomatoes 8 p.m. (CMT) An old woman recalls small-town Southern life. Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy. PG-13 (1991)

From Dusk Till Dawn 8 p.m. (IFC) Brothers hide in a club populated by vampires. Quentin Tarantino. R (1996)

From Hell 8 p.m. (38) A clairvoyant police inspector searches for Jack the Ripper. Johnny Depp. R (2001)

Good Fences 8 p.m., midnight (TV1) A black lawyer (Danny Glover) moves into an all-white town. R (2003)

Just My Luck 8 p.m. (50) Two young people magically swap their luck after sharing a kiss. Lindsay Lohan. PG-13 (2006)

Mission: Impossible 8 p.m. (AMC) Adaptation of the ’60s TV series. Tom Cruise. PG-13 (1996)

Motives 8 p.m. (BET) A married businessman’s life unravels after he has a fling with a stranger. Shemar Moore. R (2003)

New in Town 8 p.m., midnight (LMN) A rising Miami business exec (Renée Zellweger) adapts to being relocated to rural Minnesota. PG (2009)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 8 p.m. (68) A portly genius battles his libidinous alter ego. Eddie Murphy. PG-13 (2000)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 8 p.m. (FAM) Swashbuckling fun on the high seas with Johnny Depp. PG-13 (2003)

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