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FAMILY GUY Sunday at 9 p.m. on (FOX-30) Following the success of the show’s critically ac- claimed homage to the original “Star Wars” movie, the characters are featured in a retelling of “The Empire Strikes Back” in “Something, Something, Something Dark Side, Parts 1 and 2,” an hourlong episode. The voice cast includes Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis. MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP Monday at 8 p.m. on (FOX-30) Kevin Pollak hosts this new game show as it begins a four-night run with an unusual premise: The con- testants get their winnings — a cool million — up front, but in order to hold onto the cash, they must correctly answer seven multiple-choice questions. When they get one wrong, the money they had bet on that answer disappears down — you guessed it — a money drop. BILLY THE EXTERMINATOR Tuesday at 9 p.m. on (A&E) HUMAN TARGET Wednesday at 8 p.m. on (FOX-30) After a murder attempt on a family that appears to be completely innocuous, Chance and Guerrero (Mark Valley, Jackie Earle Haley) go under cover at a corporate office, Winston (Chi McBride) joins a neighborhood book club, and Ames (Janet Montgomery) chaperones a high-school party as they try to figure out which family member is being targeted and why. John Michael Higgins guest stars in the new episode “The Other Side of the Mall.” In the one-hour special “The Best of Billy,” Billy takes viewers behind the scenes of some of his most memo- rable jobs, sharing his pet peeves, introducing his fa- vorite clients and shedding some light on what goes through a person’s head when he’s standing scant inches from the mouth of a surly 10-foot alligator. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Thursday at 8 p.m. on (CW) Desperate and confused, Caroline (Candice Ac- cola) leaves the hospital and rejoins her friends at the carnival. A deeply suspicious Damon (Ian Somerhalder) tries to use Tyler’s (Michael Trevino) volatile personality to get his uncle, Mason (guest star Taylor Kinney), to reveal his secret. A frustrated Bonnie (Katerina Graham) lashes out at Damon. Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev also star in “Brave New World.” BY JACQUELINE CUTLER Dev Patel and Freida Pinto of “Slumdog Millionaire” can a slumdog possibly know?” the police inspector asks. “The answers,” Jamal replies. Hilary Swank of “Million Dollar Baby” Richard Pryor of “Brewster’s Millions” 2 select TV “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) This story of rags to riches won eight 2009 Oscars. A desperately poor youth from an Indian slum wins millions on a quiz show because the random questions he’s asked, coincidentally, relate to happenstances in his life. No one believes that this unschooled kid could know more than educated professionals. A police inspector is incredulous, wondering how doctors and lawyers can be stumped long before this assistant at a call center. “What the hell “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) Hilary Swank’s gritty performance captured one of the four Oscars this terrific film won. She plays Maggie Fitzgerald, a broke waitress who decides boxing will turn around her sad life. Of course it’s improbable, but that’s what gets the audience rooting for her. She talks Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood, who also directs), a flinty boxing trainer and owner of the gym, to train her. He and Eddie “Scrap Iron” Dupris (Morgan Freeman) and her iron will create a million-dollar boxer. “Brewster’s Millions” (1985) Richard Pryor, Jerry Orbach, Hume Cronyn and John Candy star in this film, which presents a challenge: Spend $1 Daily News million a day for a month. Brewster (Pryor), a minor league baseball player, must prove he can spend the money wisely to inherit $300 million. He must keep this a secret, and at the end of 30 days, cannot keep any money and can’t acquire houses, cars or jewels. He can gamble 5 percent and donate another 5 percent to charity, but the rest must be well spent. “How to Steal a Million” (1966) Watch if for nothing else but to marvel at the exquisiteness of Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole. She plays Nicole, whose dad is an art collector and art forger. He lends a museum what’s supposed to be a priceless vase but is actually a forgery. Before the fake is revealed, she enlists the services of dashing art thief Simon Dermott (O’Toole) to steal the real one and replace it before her father’s crimes are discovered. December 18 - 24, 2010

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