James Taylor, a North Carolina favorite who broke his leg while skiing last week, will be the focus of a double-feature Monday night on UNC-TV. It is part of the station's Festival 2011 fundraiser.
"Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter" is a 90-minute documentary. It airs at 8 p.m. as a part of the "American Masters" series. Through archival footage and modern interviews, it tells the story of the folk singers and their circle of friends and comrades, including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, the Eagles and Elton John.
At 10 p.m., UNC-TV will follow that film with "Live at the Troubadour," a concert featuring King and Taylor.
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We haven't seen the last of Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell.
The memorably sleazy character, a con artist with a violent streak, was a fixture on the Fox series "Prison Break." The show was about a group of convicts on the lam after breaking out of prison.
When that series ended, T-Bag was recaptured and thrown into solitary confinement. Actor Robert Knepper is reprising his role, when T-Bag guest stars in the A&E drama "Breakout Kings."
The series follows a task force of U.S. marshals and former convicts who use their skills to track down fugitives. In tonight's episode airing at 10 p.m., they pursue T-Bag, who has managed to escape again. "Breakout Kings" was created, written and produced by Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora. They worked on "Prison Break."
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Now that MTV's "Skins" is wrapping up its controversial first season Monday, it's time for MTV to stir up the watchdog groups some more. The network's other controversial series about sex-crazed teens, "The Hard Times of R.J. Berger," returns for a second season this week, with a special episode airing at 11 p.m. Thursday after the season finale of "Jersey Shore."
"Berger" is a raunchy comedy about, as MTV describes him, "an awkward 15-year-old late-blooming outcast with an anatomical gift." Last season ended on a cliffhanger, so fans will want to check out the resolution.
After the premiere, the show will return to its 10 p.m. Monday time slot March 28, with Vinny Guadagnino, a member of the "Jersey Shore" cast, guest-starring.
Sadly, "Warren the Ape" won't be following it. MTV canceled that wickedly funny satire of reality shows. It aired with "R.J. Berger" in its first season. Here's hoping the creators of "Warren," who also did the "Greg the Bunny" series for Fox and IFC, land on another network.
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"The Venture Bros." is one of the smartest and most addictive shows ever to air on the Cartoon Network's late-night "Adult Swim" lineup. It's a fast-paced parody of traditional action cartoons such as "Jonny Quest," superhero comics and spy movies. They are blended together with pop-culture references and keen observations about human behavior.
The fourth season was split in half, the first eight episodes airing in 2009 and the second eight in fall 2010. The complete fourth season comes to Blu-ray on Tuesday, with extras including deleted scenes and uncensored audio, as well as funny, meandering commentaries on every episode by the show's two creators.
And for those who picked up the "Season 4, Vol. 1" DVD set that was just released with the first eight episodes of the season, there's also a "Season 4, Vol. 2" DVD out Tuesday.
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Also new Tuesday on DVD: The second season of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," the 1980s action-comedy about a dashing spy who joins forces with a suburban mom, with Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson; and "Hawkeye: The Complete Series," a 1990s frontier drama set in the 1750s during the French and Indian Wars, with Lee Horsley and Lynda Carter.
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