All Times are Eastern/Pacific November 2009 Schedule

Sunday, November 1, 2009
12:45 am Night of the Living Dead
People (Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman) hide in a house from walking corpses.
2:00 amThe Shining
Writer (Jack Nicholson) goes mad with wife (Shelley Duvall), son (Danny Lloyd) at snowbound hotel.
6:00 amKing Kong
Zoologist (Jeff Bridges), blonde (Jessica Lange) and oilman (Charles Grodin) bring back big ape.
9:00 amJumanji
Magic board-game summons perils, missing guy (Robin Williams)
11:30 amField of Dreams
A voice tells an Iowa farmer (Kevin Costner) to build a baseball field.
2:00 pmMajor League
Lazy ballplayers (Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen) hear new owner wants them to lose.
4:30 pmGhostbusters
Parapsychologists (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis) hunt New York poltergeists.
7:00 pmOutbreak
Army doctor (Dustin Hoffman) fights spread of deadly virus.
10:00 pmMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.
11:02 pmMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.

Monday, November 02, 2009 
12:03 amBreaking Bad
The Whites welcome a new addition; Walter Jr. launches a new website.
1:00 amMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.
2:02 amJumanji
Magic board-game summons perils, missing guy (Robin Williams)
4:30 amLucas
Bullies tease boy (Corey Haim) in front of dream-girl (Kerri Green)
6:45 amGhostbusters
Parapsychologists (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis) hunt New York poltergeists.
9:15 amMajor League
Lazy ballplayers (Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen) hear new owner wants them to lose.
11:45 amOutbreak
Army doctor (Dustin Hoffman) fights spread of deadly virus.
2:45 pmThe Prisoner: A Preview
A preview of AMC's new miniseries starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.
3:00 pmOcean's Twelve
Indebted criminals (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon) plan an elaborate heist in Europe.
6:00 pmThe Whole Nine Yards
Someone wants a hit man (Bruce Willis) and his neighbor (Matthew Perry) dead.
8:00 pmAnalyze This
A powerful yet insecure gangster (Robert De Niro) sees a therapist (Billy Crystal)
10:30 pmMad Men
A former client returns; Betty goes on a trip with the kids; Joan and Greg plan for their future.
11:32 pmMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 
12:34 amThe Prisoner: A Preview
A preview of AMC's new miniseries starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.
12:45 amAnalyze This
A powerful yet insecure gangster (Robert De Niro) sees a therapist (Billy Crystal)
3:15 amMad Men
A former client returns; Betty goes on a trip with the kids; Joan and Greg plan for their future.
4:17 amMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.
5:17 amAMC Storymakers
6:15 amThe Alligator People
A mad scientist (George Macready) mutates a nurse's (Beverly Garland) spouse (Richard Crane)
8:00 amHook
Lawyer (Robin Williams) turns into Peter Pan to save kids from Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman)
11:00 amThe Blue Lagoon
Shipwrecked boy (Christopher Atkins) and girl (Brooke Shields) grow up as lovers.
1:00 pmThe Whole Nine Yards
Someone wants a hit man (Bruce Willis) and his neighbor (Matthew Perry) dead.
3:00 pmRain Man
A wheeler-dealer (Tom Cruise) meets his autistic-savant brother (Dustin Hoffman)
5:30 pmAnalyze This
A powerful yet insecure gangster (Robert De Niro) sees a therapist (Billy Crystal)
8:00 pmBatman
Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) saves Gotham City from the Joker (Jack Nicholson)
11:00 pmBatman Returns
Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) vs. Penguin (Danny DeVito) and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer)

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 
2:00 amMad Men
A former client returns; Betty goes on a trip with the kids; Joan and Greg plan for their future.
3:02 amMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.
4:02 amMad Men
A former client returns; Betty goes on a trip with the kids; Joan and Greg plan for their future.
5:03 amMad Men
Don meets with a candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; Pete makes a big decision.
6:03 amPoor Little Rich Girl
Runaway (Shirley Temple) posing as orphan joins vaudeville couple (Alice Faye, Jack Haley)
7:45 amThe Blue Lagoon
Shipwrecked boy (Christopher Atkins) and girl (Brooke Shields) grow up as lovers.
9:45 amBuffy the Vampire Slayer
A cheerleader (Kristy Swanson) and her boyfriend (Luke Perry) face vampires.
11:45 amThe Prisoner: A Preview
A preview of AMC's new miniseries starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.
12:00 pmBatman
Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) saves Gotham City from the Joker (Jack Nicholson)
3:00 pmReign of Fire
Two men (Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey) fight dragons in post-apocalyptic London.
5:00 pmBatman Returns
Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) vs. Penguin (Danny DeVito) and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer)
8:00 pmBatman Forever
Batman (Val Kilmer) battles Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) and the Riddler (Jim Carrey)
10:30 pmBatman Begins
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) becomes Gotham City's Dark Knight.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 
1:30 amThe Prisoner: A Preview
A preview of AMC's new miniseries starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.
1:45 amReign of Fire
Two men (Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey) fight dragons in post-apocalyptic London.
3:45 amHercules
Greek muscleman (Steve Reeves) begins 12 labors, saves princess (Sylva Koscina)
6:00 amIron Eagle
Ex-fighter pilot (Louis Gossett Jr.) helps Air Force brat (Jason Gedrick) free father.
8:45 am48 HRS.
A rumpled detective (Nick Nolte) and a slick convict (Eddie Murphy) hunt a killer in San Francisco.
10:45 amK-9
Detective (James Belushi) with girlfriend (Mel Harris) gets dog for partner.
1:15 pmK-911
A detective (James Belushi) and his dog track an unbalanced criminal.
3:15 pmK-9: P.I.
A retired detective (James Belushi) and his dog chase burglars.
5:30 pmBatman Forever
Batman (Val Kilmer) battles Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) and the Riddler (Jim Carrey)
8:00 pmAny Given Sunday
Quarterback (Dennis Quaid) and coach (Al Pacino) clash with team's new owner (Cameron Diaz)
11:30 pmFirewall
To save his kidnapped family, a bank-security expert must break into a theft-proof computer system.

Friday, November 06, 2009 
2:00 amAny Given Sunday
Quarterback (Dennis Quaid) and coach (Al Pacino) clash with team's new owner (Cameron Diaz)
5:30 amShootout
Sean Combs.
6:00 amThe Razor's Edge
Somerset Maugham's Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) goes to Paris and Tibet to find the meaning of life.
9:30 amThe Prince of Tides
Southerner (Nick Nolte) opens up to his sister's N.Y. psychiatrist (Barbra Streisand)
12:30 pmThe Bridges of Madison County
Woman's (Meryl Streep) four-day fling with photographer (Clint Eastwood)
3:30 pmWyatt Earp
Portrait traces him from boy to lawman (Kevin Costner)
8:00 pmUnforgiven
An old gunslinger (Clint Eastwood) and others hunt bounty in Big Whiskey.
11:00 pmFrom Hell
A Scotland Yard investigator (Johnny Depp) searches for Jack the Ripper.
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Mad Men

Remember Larry Tate, Darren's boss in the 1960s TV-series Bewitched? Darren was a smoking, drinking, 1960s advertising man working for the ad firm of McMahan & Tate. They would come up with sometimes hilarious ad campaigns for various clients so people would buy their stuff. Tate would do or say anything to keep the client happy. Now imagine a TV-series set entirely at the 1960s ad firm, about the various wacky ad men and you have "Mad Men," a current AMC series. And a cable channel TV-series made for AMC doesn't have to follow FCC rules, so you may detect some words now and then they couldn't say on Bewitched in the 1960s. So if you hear any words in "Mad Men" you don't like, you better put the kids to bed before you watch "Breaking Bad." Mad Men & Breaking Bad both got Emmy nominations in 2009, including Aaron Paul, Elisabeth Moss and Jon Hamm.

Breaking Bad
Stephen King on Why AMC's strange, violent crystal-meth drama is the best scripted show on TV

"This modest basic-cable network is now broadcasting the best scripted show on TV. Your Uncle Stevie may not care much for "Mad Men," but he has never seen anything like BB on the tube. The only thing that comes close is Twin Peaks, also by "Blue Velvet" auteur David Lynch

Whatever reasons AMC had for greenlighting BB, the payoff for viewers who like their suspense cocktails a little stronger than the usual "Law & Order" mojito is a big one... It's like watching "No Country For Old Men" crossbred with the malevolent spirit of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Breaking Bad invites us into another world, just as "The Shield" and "The Sopranos" did, but Walt White (Bryan Cranston) could be a guy just down the block, the one who tried to teach the periodic table to your kids before he got sick... That's exactly what makes it all so funny, so frightening, and so compelling. This is rich stuff.
Entertainment Weekly, 3.13.09

American Movie Classics was launched 10/1/84 featuring lesser-known movies of Turhan Bey, Randolph Scott, Piper Laurie, John Wayne and hosts of other stars whose films were not quite big enough to all be featured on broadcast networks or most other cable networks. Originally shown without commercial interruption, some commercial breaks have been added in recent years to keep AMC a free service to viewers (unlike Showtime, HBO and Starz which charge a monthly fee). There are original documentaries, and even new TV-series seen exclusively on AMC, though one late-night host called it the Ancient Movie Channel at the time. The movies were originally hosted by Bob Dorian and Nick Clooney. Its first original series was Remember WENN (1996)

Clint Eastwood movies showing on other channels this month. The letters in Clint Eastwood's name can be rearranged to spell "Old West Action" according to Ripley's Believe It Or Not

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Solaris and Ed Wood (with Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi as he was filming Plan 9 from Outer Space) are showing on AMC's sister station, Independent Film Channel

Lake Placid shows up from time to time. The official "Lake Placid" movie website at Fox.com features an animated picture of a giant mutant crocodile chasing a helicopter and chomping a scuba diver in half, which may be too intense for some wimpy internet viewers. Just think of it as another Alligator

Sorry, no Tales From The Crypt episodes this year. For Crypt movie/TV-series description, see Tales from the Crypt page, or episode descriptions

Doc Hudson is the Hudson Hornet

If anyone asks, I was smashin' mailboxes with Lightning McQueen

The story of "It's A Wonderful Life" told in 30 seconds by cartoon bunnies...unless you prefer The Exorcist Bunny

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September-October 2009

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December 2007
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Humphrey Bogart says he was sent on location to Palm Springs for his first Hollywood movie and it was 120° in the shade, "only there weren't no shade." You played it for her, you can play it for me. Play it, Sam

"Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?"

Last Chance

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Nobody's home right now except Smith & Wesson

The Birds are coming! It’s death by pecking, as birds of every species terrorize coastal California towns and complicate the budding courtship between Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor. This film is another razor-sharp example of Hitchcock taking the everyday and mundane and making it terrible. Or when a knife is thrown into a UN official's back just as Cary Grant is talking to him. So Grant is framed and must spend the frantic movie trying to prove his innocence while on the run north by northwest from men in black who may or may not be on his side.

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