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February 12, 2012
A rundown of what's going on the week of 2/13-2/19.
MOVIES OPENING (Friday)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
The Secret World of Arriety
A Separation
This Means War
NOTABLE TV
MONDAY
BET Honors (special; 9 p.m.; BET)
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opener (special; 9 p.m.; CNBC)
World’s Toughest Truckers (series premiere; 10 p.m.; Discovery)
TUESDAY
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show closing night (special; 8 p.m.; USA)
Cougar Town (season premiere; 8:30 p.m.; ABC)
Top Shot (season premiere; 10 p.m.; History)
Teen Mom 2 (season finale; 10 p.m.; MTV)
What What Happens: Live Millionare Matchmaker Valentine’s Day Special (11 p.m.; Bravo)
WEDNESDAY
Survivor: One World (season premiere; 8 p.m.; CBS)
The Slap (series premiere; 10 p.m.; DIRECTV Audience Network)
Prophets of Science (returns; 10 p.m.; Science)
THURSDAY
Heart of Stone (documentary premiere; 8:30 p.m.; Showtime)
FRIDAY
Undercover Boss (new time slot; 8 p.m.; CBS)
BET Takes Hollywood (special; 8:30 p.m.; BET
A Gifted Man (new time slot; 9 p.m.; CBS)
Life & Times of Tim (season finale; 9 p.m.; HBO)
SATURDAY
Baker Boys: Inside the Surge (documentary premiere; 4 p.m.; Military)
Second Honeymoon (movie premiere; 8 p.m.; Hallmark)
A Cross to Bear (movie premiere; 9 p.m.; GMC)
The Fades (season finale; 9 p.m.; BBC America)
SUNDAY
The Simpsons 500th episode (8 p.m.; Fox)
The Amazing Race (season premiere; 8 p.m.; CBS)
Jerseylicious (season premiere; 8 p.m.; Style)
Street Heat: High-Speed Justice (special; 8 p.m.; Nat Geo)
Downton Abbey (season finale; 9 p.m.; PBS)
The Celebrity Apprentice (season premiere; 9 p.m.; NBC)
Big Rich Texas (season premiere; 9 p.m.; Style)
LA Street Racers (special; 9 p.m.; Nat Geo)
Eastbound & Down (season premiere; 10 p.m.; HBO)
Pan Am (finale; 10 p.m.; ABC)
Underworld, Inc.: Grand Theft Auto (special; 10 p.m.; Nat Geo)
Khloé & Lamar (season premiere; 10 p.m.; E!)
Ice Loves Coco (season premiere; 10:30 p.m.; E!)
Life’s Too Short (series premiere; 10:30 p.m.; HBO)
Tight Bros (series premiere; midnight; Adult Swim)
NEW ON DVD/BLU-RAY (Tuesday)
All Things Fall Apart
American Teacher
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Human Centipede II
Paranormal Activity 3
The Rum Diary
Storage Wars, Volume 2
Take Shelter
Wainy Days
Woody Allen: A Documentary
NEW BOOKS (Tuesday unless otherwise noted)
“Private Games,” James Patterson (Monday)
“Unorthodox,” Deborah Feldman
“I’ve Got Your Number,” Sophie Kinsella
“That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
“The Wolf Gift,” Anne Rice
“Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars,” Scotty Bowers
“Mob Daughter,” Karen Gravano
NOTABLE NEW ALBUMS (Tuesday)
Amos Lee, “As the Crow Flies”
Audrey Assad, “Heart”
Band of Skulls, “Sweet Sour”
Barry Adamson, “I Will Set You Free”
Drew Nelson, “Tilt-A-Whirl”
Exdetectives, “Take My Forever”
Heartless Bastards, “Arrow”
Hillsong, “Live in Miami”
Howlin Rain, “The Russian Wilds”
Islands, “A Sleep & A Forgetting”
Lee DeWyze, “What Once Was”
Madonna/Abel Korzeniowski, “W.E. (Music from the Motion Picture)”
Mitch Ryder, “The Promise”
Punch Brothers, “Who’s Feeling Young Now?”
Rosie Thomas, “With Love”
Shearwater, “Animal Joy”
Tennis, “Young and Old”
The Explorers Club, “Grand Hotel”
The Phenomenal Handclap Band, “Form & Control”
The Saddest Landscape, “After the Lights”
Tonight Alive, “What Are You So Scared Of?”
Uriah Heep, “Logical Revelations”
Vintage Blue, “Strike the Mics”
Young Magic, “Melt”
Yuksek, “Living on the Edge of Time”
NOTABLE AREA SHOWS
RAMS HEAD LIVE: Blind Pilot (Thursday); They Might Be Giants (Friday); Pirate Rob’s Birthday Bash w/ Pasadena, the Grilled Lincolns, more (Saturday)
BALTIMORE SOUNDSTAGE: MartyParty (Wednesday); the Social w/ DJ Sal Flip (Thursday); Dieselboy, Numbernin6, Big Chocolate (Saturday); Casadee Pope (Sunday)
SONAR: Lock Up (Wednesday); Elxr: Remix (Thursday); B-More Renegade Hip-Hop (Friday); Aces High (Saturday; Illuminations (Sunday)
GOLDEN WEST: Natural Child (Sunday)
METRO GALLERY: War On Women, the Woolly Moon (Wednesday); No Divide, Border Slate (Saturday)
THE WINDUP SPACE: Jumpcuts, Ichicuts (Thursday); Bellflur, Yellow Raincoat (Saturday); Gods & Queens (Sunday)
OTTOBAR: Man Overboard, Handguns (Wednesday); Terminal Love w/ DJs Adam Savage, Tony Pence (Thursday); Girls Rule! Female vocalist dance party (Friday); Forever Shining hip-hop tribute and fundraiser (Saturday); Isaac.Shane Fest 5 (Sunday); Lettis, Gary B (Sunday)