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One 'Lucky Man'
Michael J. Fox, the former star of ABC’s comedy hit “Spin City,” makesan emotional return to the network to investigate the nature of optimismin “Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist,” airingThursday. DONNA SVENNEVIK / ABC
By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
Published: 5/7/2009 2:20 AM
Last Modified: 5/7/2009 9:37 AM
Michael J. Fox has every reason to be as bitter as the alcoholic paraplegic he played recently in an episode of FX's "Rescue Me."
He was diagnosed in 1991 with Parkinson's disease — a degenerative brain disorder that affects muscle coordination — but didn't go public with it until 1998. In 2000, he was forced to give up his hit series "Spin City" because of the disease.
But it wasn't all bad.
He met the girl of his dreams, Tracy Pollan, on his other hit TV series, "Family Ties," and married her. They have four children.
The actor and film star will tell you every day isn't easy. But it could be worse, which Fox addresses in his books, "Lucky Man: A Memoir" and "Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist."
On Thursday, viewers can go along as he travels the world searching for answers to the questions ("What makes a person an optimist and how can being optimistic change your life, your health and your financial future?") in the new TV special, "Michael J. Fox: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist."
9:02 p.m., Thursday, ABC, channel 8
Way-out weigh in
Season seven of “The Biggest Loser”
started off with a lot of firsts and it
finishes Tuesday with the largest weight
loss in the history of the reality competition
– over 1,600 pounds.
The series wraps up with a threehour
live finale including a reunion of
all the contestants and a final weigh-in.
The final four (Tara, Helen and father
and son duo Ron and Mike) will become
the final three after America’s vote on
the third finalist is announced.
The person left will weigh in with the
other 12 previously eliminated contestants
for a chance at the $100,000 “at
home” prize.
The grand prize winner will be announced
and take home $250,000.
7-10 p.m. Tuesday, NBC, channel 2,
cable 9
THURSDAY
“CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation”
8 p.m., CBS, channel 6
None of the witnesses
will talk to the CSI team
investigating the case of
the shooting of a young
boy in the middle of
Koreatown.
“Bones”
7 p.m., Fox, channel 23,
cable 5
Brennan and Booth
question the wife of a
wine critic when a
decomposed body
is found in a
wine cask at a
vineyard.
FRIDAY
“Happy Feet”
7 p.m., ABC, channel 8
Come on get “Happy”
with a musically challenged
penguin named
Mumble (voiced by Elijah
Wood) whose talent is
dancing. Not too cool
for a creature who is
supposed to woo a mate
with his singing.
“Numb3rs”
9 p.m., CBS, channel 6
Disgraced FBI agent
Roger Bloom becomes
the suspect when Don
and the team investigate
a string of copycat bank
robberies.
SATURDAY
“Saturday Night Live”
10:30 p.m., NBC, channel
2, cable 9
Get your sexy back
with Justin Timberlake
who returns to
host “Saturday Night
Live,” with musical guest
Ciara. They will team up
to perform her newest
single “Love Sex Magic.”
“Southland”
8 p.m., NBC, channel 2,
cable 9
Every cop’s nightmare
comes true when Det.
Sal Salinger gets in a
car wreck and gang
members steal his gun.
Also, Det. Lydia Adams
is caught off guard when
a man exposes himself
to her.
SUNDAY
“Masterpiece Mystery!”
8 p.m., PBS channel 11
Kenneth Branagh stars as Detective
Kurt Wallander in the
new series, “Wallander,”
with David Suchet reprising
his role as Hercule
Poirot and Julia Mc
Kenzie as spinster sleuth
Miss Marple.
“Absolutely Fabulous”
2-6 p.m., BBC America,
cable 176
Those chain-smoking,
cocktail-slurping
best friends Edina and
Patsy get a Mother’s Day
salute from BBC America
with a six-episode minimarathon.
MONDAY
“The Big Bang Theory”
7 p.m., CBS, channel 6
In this season
finale, Leonard (Johnny
Galecki) prepares for a
three-month science expedition
leading him and
Penny (Kaley Cuoco) to
reconsider their feelings
for each other.
“Gossip Girl”
7 p.m., CW, channel 19,
cable 12
Flashback to the
’80s as 17-year-old Lily
Rhodes (Brittany Snow) gets kicked
out of boarding school
and runs away to Los
Angeles, reconnecting
with her parents, Rick
(Andrew McCarthy) and
Cece (guest star Cynthia
Watros), and sister,
Carol (Krysten Ritter).
No Doubt performs
as an ’80s band called
“Snowed Out.”
TUESDAY
“Fringe”
8:01 p.m., Fox, channel 23,
cable 5
It’s only appropriate
that sci-fi icon Leonard
Nimoy, “Mr.
Spock,” guest-star as
William Bell, owner
and founder of Massive
Dynamics, in this season
finale. In it, the Observer
emerges and Walter tries
to explain part of his past
to his son.
“Frontline”
8 p.m., PBS, channel 11
On Dec. 11, 2008, billionaire
investor Bernard
Madoff admitted it was
all “one big lie.”
Now “Frontline” unravels
“The Madoff Affair,”
the world’s first global
Ponzi scheme.
WEDNESDAY
“America’s Next Top
Model”
7 p.m., CW, channel 19,
cable 12
It’s the season finale
and three semi-finalists
are narrowed down to
two with those women
literally crawling down
the runway in their final
challenge.
“Lost”
8-10 p.m., ABC, channel 8
In this season finale,
Jack (Matthew Fox)
wants to try to set
things right on the island
but is met with strong
resistance by those close
to him and Locke assigns
Ben a difficult task.
By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
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