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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, August 8, 2011

... The Closer

9:00 PM, TNT

The family of a slain minister is willing to do anything to protect his name and that of the church, which places obstacles in Major Crimes' investigation of his death. Questions arise in the ranks when every member of the squad except one is subpoenaed in the civil suit against the LAPD. Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons and Mary McDonnell also star in the new episode "Forgive Us Our Trespasses."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sunday, August 7, 2011

... Falling Skies

9:00 PM, TNT

In "Mutiny," the opening half of a two-hour season finale, the 2nd Mass. prepares for a major assault on the alien base, but tensions within the group threaten the mission. Anne's (Moon Bloodgood) latest discovery has implications that are hard for Tom (Noah Wyle) to wrap his mind around. Will Patton and Drew Roy also star.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, August 1, 2011

... The Closer

9:00 PM, TNT

A boy who attended the summer camp where Tao's (Michael Paul Chan) son works goes missing. As the team investigates, Raydor's (Mary McDonnell) probe of the unit leads her to make a disturbing suggestion to Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) in the new episode "Under Control." J.K. Simmons also stars.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sunday, July 31, 2011

... Falling Skies

10:00 PM, TNT

As the 2nd Mass. prepares to attack one of the invaders' bases, Tom (Noah Wyle) is worried that Weaver's (Will Patton) increasingly erratic behavior is a sign that he's unfit to command. Tom and Hal (Drew Roy) encounter a survivor (guest star Blair Brown) who used questionable tactics to stay alive and wonder if she's trustworthy. Moon Bloodgood also stars in the new episode "What Hides Beneath."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sunday, July 31, 2011

... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

When a wealthy industrialist and political party funder is kidnapped, the Ministry of Justice wants Zen (Rufus Sewell) to get the hostage back alive at any cost. Meanwhile, Zen must also deal with a tyrannical new boss who is a stickler for regulations -- including the one against workplace romances, which jeopardizes the detective's burgeoning affair with Tania (Caterina Murino), in the new mystery "Zen: Ratking."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Saturday, July 30, 2011

... Dungeons & Dragons

6:30 PM, SYFY

Since D&D has been around for decades, there was a serious sense of anticipation for this movie. And then people saw it. And then people sank into a collective bitter funk. Even non-RPG gamers thought the master copy of this film should be incinerated. Plot: Bad guy (Jeremy Irons) is out for empress's (Thora Birch) blood, and she can only be saved by an earnest young man and his obnoxious friend (Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans). Verdict: Birch does the worst acting job ever seen. Ever.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Saturday, July 30, 2011

... Age of the Dragons

9:00 PM, SYFY

Danny Glover stars in this reimagining of Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick," moving the story to a mythical realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world. Corey Sevier ("Smallville") also stars.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Friday, July 29, 2011

... Haven

10:00 PM, SYFY

With the people of Haven under attack from a strange source, Audrey (Emily Rose) makes it her mission to learn the truth about the identity of the other Audrey (Kathleen Munroe). Nicholas Campbell, Eric Balfour, Lucas Bryant and Vinessa Antoine also star in the new episode "Love Machine."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Friday, July 29, 2011

... Torchwood: Miracle Day

10:00 PM, STARZ

The Torchwood team heads for California to continue the fight against PhiCorp, unaware that a trap awaits. Jilly and Oswald (Lauren Ambrose, Bill Pullman) confront an enemy of their own in the new episode "Escape to LA." John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Mekhi Phifer also star.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 25, 2011

... The Closer

9:00 PM, TNT

Flynn and Provenza (Anthony John Denison, G.W. Bailey) go into a little business on the side serving court papers, but they land in trouble when one of the people they serve is killed just minutes later. Adam Arkin guest stars in the new episode "To Serve With Love"; Kyra Sedgwick and J.K. Simmons also star.

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MSN TV: Tonight's TV Sunday, July 24, 2011

... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

A disgraced aristocrat jumps off a bridge -- or was he pushed? The Ministry of Justice wants a ruling of suicide, while a powerful prosecutor hints that Zen (Rufus Sewell) had better start looking for the murderer. The plot thickens when it appears that the victim was trying to inform on a previously unknown group called the Cabal, with conspirators at the highest levels of Italian society, in the new mystery "Zen: Cabal."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sunday, July 24, 2011

... Falling Skies

10:00 PM, TNT


As Hal (Drew Roy) takes on a leading role in battling an unexpected threat to the children of the 2nd Mass., their numbers are about to increase. Sarah (Melissa Kramer) is in labor, keeping Anne (Moon Bloodgood) busy just as the base is being evacuated. Henry Czerny ("The Boys of St. Vincent") guest stars in the conclusion of the two-part story "Sanctuary"; Noah Wyle also stars.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Friday, July 22, 2011

... Torchwood: Miracle Day

10:00 PM, STARZ

An angry Rex (Mekhi Phifer) searches for clues to the people behind the plot against Torchwood. A cult wearing eerie masks takes to the streets. Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman) gives a provocative TV interview. Jack (John Barrowman) wonders what consciousness is driving the "miracle." Eve Myles also stars in the new episode "Dead of Night."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 18, 2011

... The Closer

9:00 PM, TNT

As they struggle to cope with the reorganization in their department, Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) and her colleagues investigate the murder of a girl who was house-sitting. Raydor (Mary McDonnell) must explain her audit of Major Crimes in light of the civil suit against Brenda and the department in the new episode "Repeat Offender." J.K. Simmons also stars.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sunday, July 17, 2011

... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

What does an honest cop do when his bosses are on the side of the lawbreakers? Outwitting prosecutors, politicians, mobsters, and run-of-the-mill kidnappers and killers, Detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell) brings justice to modern-day Italy -- whether the authorities want it or not. In the new mystery "Zen: Vendetta," a killer is on a rampage against those who wrongly imprisoned him, including a cop who had almost nothing to do with it: Zen.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Saturday, July 16, 2011

... Super Eruption

9:00 PM, SYFY

A scientist and a park ranger (Juliet Aubrey, Richard Burgi) try to stop the eruption of a massive volcano under Yellowstone Park in this new disaster tale. Peter Vollebregt, Alex Wyndham, Trevor White and Daniel S. Ehrlich also star.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Friday, July 15, 2011

... Haven

10:00 PM, SYFY

This season, FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) must not only stay on top of the town of Haven's many supernatural afflictions, but also solve her most challenging case yet -- the secret of her lost past and its ties to Haven. Vinessa Antoine joins the cast as Evi Ryan, and Jason Priestley will be directing one episode and guest starring in a four-episode story arc. Eric Balfour also stars in the season premiere, "A Tale of Two Audreys."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... Alphas

10:00 PM, SYFY

This new series follows a team of ordinary citizens with extraordinary mental and physical abilities. Taking the law into their own hands, the team, led by Dr. Leigh Rosen (David Strathairn), investigates cases that suggest other Alpha activity to uncover what other agencies have been unable, or unwilling, to solve. Zak Penn, who wrote two of the "X-Men" sequels, serves as co-executive producer and wrote the pilot.

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... The Closer

9:00 PM, TNT

In the premiere of what will be the series' last season -- although many of the characters will resurface in the spinoff "Major Crimes" -- Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) and her colleagues investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his performers and six bystanders are shot. As Chief Delk (Courtney B. Vance) announces a reorganization of the department, Brenda is named in a lawsuit against it in "Unknown Trouble."

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Monday, July 11, 2011

... Warehouse 13

9:00 PM, SYFY

In the season premiere, "The New Guy," Aaron Ashmore ("Smallville") joins the cast as Steve Jinks, a young ATF agent with an innate ability to detect when someone is lying, who is recruited by Mrs. Frederic (CCH Pounder) to be Pete's (Eddie McClintock) new Warehouse 13 partner. As you may recall, in last season's finale, Myka (Joanne Kelly) abruptly quit her job at the Warehouse after being betrayed by the duplicitous H.G. Wells (Jaime Murray).