Sid Smith

Best bets for the weekend "Madonna: Live," 9 p.m. Saturday, BBC America: The pseudo-debutante accent. The Farrah Fawcett-from-the-'70s hair. The ropy, muscular frame of a professional yoga teacher. And the...

Best bets "The West Wing," 7 p.m. Sunday, WMAQ-Ch. 5: Last Sunday's episode more than hinted in its final minutes that something was very wrong with Leo McGarry, the character...

This weekend's best bets "Liza With a `Z,'" 7 p.m. Saturday, Showtime: A restored version of the legendary Liza Minnelli special, a 1972 live concert filmed at New York's Lyceum...

Best bets "Gideon's Daughter," 7 p.m. Saturday, BBC America: Never mind what the film is about, isn't it enough that the fabulous Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in it?...

Best bets: "Doctor Who," 8 p.m. Friday, Sci Fi Channel: Despite a few missteps, there's much to recommend this fast-paced edition of "Doctor Who," the first brand-new TV season of...

Top weekend picks "`High School Musical' Dance-Along," 7 p.m. Friday, Disney Channel: This plucky bubble gum musical has turned out to be a surprise phenomenon; its soundtrack album is at...

Best of the weekend "Battlestar Galactica," 9 p.m. Friday, Sci Fi: When he spoke to the Tribune in January, "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ron Moore promised that the show's two-part...

Best of the weekend "Mrs. Harris," 7 p.m. Saturday, HBO: The killing of Scarsdale Diet guru Herman Tarnower in 1980 by schoolmistress and his mistress Jean Harris was the ancestor...

"Slings and Arrows," 7 p.m. Sunday, Sundance Channel: What's more risky than a mad director taking on a production of "Hamlet" starring a callow Hollywood hunk with no theater experience?...

Opening Ceremony of the "Winter Olympics," 7 p.m. Friday, WMAQ-Ch. 5: The lighting of the cauldron, a celebration by the games' hosting country, Italy, and a lavish spectacle and brouhaha...