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TV Schedule
- Doordarshan
  - DD NATIONAL
    - 5.27 Vande Mataram
    - 5.30 UGC programme
    - 6.00 IGNOU programme
    - 6.30 Swaranjali
    - 6.55 Sanskrit samachar
    - 7.00 Samachar
    - 7.15 The News
    - 7.30 North-East Roundup
    - 8.00 Rangoli
    - 9.00 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships 2009 ' Highlights of Ladies Singles Final
    - 10.00 Kahani Dharti Ki
    - 10.30 Jalsa: Series on music
    - 11.00 Wild Adventure: Ballooning with Bedi Brothers
    - 11.30 Emperor of the Sea: Serial
    - PM
    - 12.00 Retrospective of Kaun Hai Woh feature films (Feature film in Hindi): Mother India (Starring: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar
    - Music: Naushad
    - Direction: Mehboob Khan)
    - 3.00 Bijnan Prasange: Programme on shoe-making from fresh leather
    - 3.25 Malancha
    - 4.00 Feature film in Bengali: Kaal-Ratri (Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Anasua Majumdar, Arun Bandyopadhyay, Pradip Mukherjee, Sunil Mukherjee and others)
    - 6.00 Marching Past from the Raj to the Republic (A documentary on Police)
    - Expert participants: Kiran Bedi, Prakash Jha, Gautam Mohan Chakrabarty and others)
    - 6.30 Fourth Umpire
    - 7.00 Cricket: 4th One-Day International between West Indies and India ' Live from Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
  - DD BHARATI
    - 6.00 Raagmala
    - 6.30 Uttar Ramcharitam
    - 7.00 Childhood Psychiatric Disorder
    - 7.30 Nature Plus
    - 8.00 National programme of music
    - 8.30 Rhythm of Tripura
    - 9.00 Chandramukhi
    - 10.00 Patrika: Literary programme
    - 10.30 Tu Tota Main Maina
    - 11.00 PSBT/Unesco slot
    - PM
    - 12.00 Mera Studio Mera Mehmaan
    - 12.30 Musibat Bol Ke Aayee
    - 1.00 Satyavaan Savitri
    - 1.30 Aleek (Bengali)
    - 2.00 Ehsaas - Ek Kahani Ghar Ki
    - 2.30 Dil Se Door Dil Se Paas
    - 3.00 Kab Kyon Kaise
    - 3.30 Natkhat Khiladi
    - 4.00 Shory-E-Awadh
    - 4.30 Phulwari
    - 5.00 Swasthya Bharati
    - 5.30 Urdu Theatre after Indepen dence
    - 6.00 First Aid
    - 6.30 Zindagi
    - 7.00 Sanskritiki
    - 7.30 Goonjte Swar
    - 8.00 Kala Parikrama
    - 8.30 Vande Mataram
    - 9.00 Kahin Kisi Mod Per
    - 9.30 Srijan
    - 10.00 Apna Apna Aasmaan
    - 10.30 Vividha
    - 11.00 Kedarnath Singh
    - 11.30 Mere Humsafar
  - DD SPORTS
    - 6.00 Sports Hour
    - 7.00 View of Golf
    - 7.30 Golf for All
    - 8.00 30 Minute Main Taro Taaza
    - 8.30 Golf for All
    - 9.00 BWF Super Series - Swiss Cup played at Basel, Switzerland
    - PM
    - 5.00 Sports Achievers
    - 5.30 30 Minute Main Taro Taaza
    - 6.00 ONGC Cup 9th National Football League
    - 8.30 Sports Hour
    - 9.30 High Action Adrenaline
    - 10.00 Crossing the Line
    - 10.30 View of Golf
    - 11.00 Super Grand Prix
    - 11.30 Wild Spirit
    - All programmes are subject to last minute changes
- Entertainment
  - STAR WORLD
    - 8.00 Smallville
    - 9.00 My Wife and Kids
    - 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond
    - 1.00 Friends
    - 3.00 The Simpsons
    - 4.00 Seinfeld
    - 6.00 Smallville
    - 7.00 Kyle XY
    - 8.00 Reaper
    - 9.00 Lipstick Jungle
    - 11.00 Friends
  - STAR PLUS
    - 9.00 Star Sansaar
    - 10.00 Plus Superhit
    - 12.30 Star Vivaah
    - 1.30 Plus Superhit
    - 4.30 Ravivaar Superhit: TBA
    - 7.00 Saibaba Tere Hazaron Haath
    - 8.00 Idea IIFA Awards Macau, Main Event
  - STAR ONE
    - 7.30 Instant Khichdi
    - 8.30 Shaka Laka Boom Boom
    - 9.00 Sonpari
    - 10.00 Sunday Funday
    - 2.00 Hans Baliye
    - 8.00 Sunday Blockbuster
    - 11.30 Hans Baliye
  - AXN
    - 7.00 CSI: Miami
    - 8.00 CSI: NY
    - 9.00 Criss Angel Mindfreak
    - 11.00 Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
    - 12.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    - 1.00 CSI: Miami
    - 2.00 CSI: NY
    - 3.00 Slamball
    - 4.00 Criss Angel Mindfreak
    - 5.00 E Buzz
    - 5.30 Sony Style TV Magazine
    - 6.00 Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
    - 7.00 Video Zonkers
    - 8.00 Movie: The Legend of Zorro
    - 11.00 Criss Angel Mindfreak
    - 12.00 Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
  - WB
    - 8.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway?
    - 8.25 The Drew Carey Show
    - 8.50 Joey
    - 9.15 The New Adventures of Old Christine
    - 9.40 Movie: Tequila Sunrise
    - 11.40 Showbiz Tonight
    - 12.20 Movie: Selena
    - 2.30 Showbiz Tonight
    - 3.00 Movie: Excalibur
    - 5.20 The New Adventures of Old Christine
    - 5.45 Joey
    - 6.10 Movie: Tequila Sunrise
    - 8.10 Showbiz Tonight
    - 8.40 Movie: Two Weeks Notice
    - 10.30 Blade: The Series
    - 11.30 Showbiz Tonight
  - ZEE CAFE
    - 7.00 Sutasi
    - 8.00 Beverly Hills 90210
    - 9.00 Gossip Girl II
    - 10.00 Till Death
    - 10.30 Just Shoot Me
    - 11.00 America's Next Top Model XI
    - 12.00 Cafe MicTesting
    - 1.00 Guthy Renker
    - 1.30 After Hrs.
    - 2.00 The Best of Friends
    - 4.30 Cafe MicTesting
    - 5.30 Jamie at Home
    - 6.00 Sutasi
    - 7.00 Gilmore Girls
    - 8.00 The Soup
    - 8.30 The Big Bang Theory
    - 9.00 Til Death
    - 9.30 Just Shoot Me!
    - 10.00 Gossip Girl II
    - 11.00 Cafe MicTesting
  - ZEE TV
    - 8.00 Jai Jai Tridev
    - 9.00 Namaste Cinema
    - 9.30 Khana Khazana
    - 10.00 Ladies Special
    - 10.30 Chhoti Bahu
    - 2.00 Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo
    - 4.00 Saregamapa Li' Champs
    - 7.00 Hindi Feature Film
    - 11.00 Ladies Special
  - REAL
    - 9.00 Bam Bam Bam Gir Pade Hum
    - 9.30 CIA
    - 10.00 Ninja Pandav
    - 11.00 Hindi Hai Hum
    - 1.00 Picture Hall: Chehra
    - 3.30 Sitaron Ko Chhona Hai, Finale
    - 4.30 Sarkaar Ki Duniya, Finale
    - 6.30 Sitaron Ko Chhona Hai
    - 7.00 Picture Hall: Blackmail
    - 9.30 Sarkaar Ki Duniya, Finale
    - 11.30 Sitaron Ko Chhoona Hai, Finale
  - COLORS
    - 8.00 Jai Shri Krishna
    - 9.00 Sarvopari Sri Swaminarayan Bhagwan
    - 10.00 Mahavir Hanuman
    - 11.00 Kahaniyan Vikram Aur Betaal Ki
    - 1.00 TBC
    - 3.00 India's Got Talent
    - 5.00 TBC
    - 8.00 Chhote Miyan Chapter 2
    - 9.00 India's Got Talent
    - 10.00 Koi Aane Ko Hai
    - 11.00 9.00 India's Got More Talent
    - 11.30 Chhote Miyan Bade Miyan
  - SONY
    - 9.00 Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
    - 2.00 Sunday Cine Matinee: Mujhse Dosti Karoge (Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji, Karisma Kapoor)
    - 5.30 Boogie Woogie Cutdown
    - 6.00 Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
    - 7.00 Dus Ka Dum 2
    - 8.00 Sunday Blockbuster: Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol)
  - DD BANGLA
    - 6.00 Sambad
    - 6.05 Devotional song
    - 6.35 Amrita Katha
    - 6.45 Sambad
    - 6.55 Saswata Vani
    - 7.00 A different violin reital by Subir Kr Chatterjee and Partha Ghosh
    - 7.30 Sambad
    - 7.40 Mohaveena ' A Genesis
    - 8.15 Sambad
    - 8.30 Hello Daktarbabu: Cosmetic facial surgery
    - 8.55 Subho Janmadin
    - 9.00 Sambad
    - 9.10 Ghoongur: Eso Shyamalasundara (theme on monsson) by Lalit Kala Dance Academy
    - 9.25 Yog Biyog
    - 9.50 Ektu Bhebe Dekhun
    - 10.00 Sambad
    - 10.05 Roopkatha: Twake sada daager samasya
    - 10.30 Matamat: Jalabhumi Sanrakshan: Aamra katota sachetan
    - 11.00 Sambad
    - 11.05 Abol Tabol
    - 12.00 Sambad
    - 12.05 Telefilm: Chandaneswarer Mochantola
    - 2.00 Sambad
    - 2.10 Aajker Ranna: Soya makhani
    - 2.30 Kena Katar Saat Satero
    - 2.55 Sambad
    - 3.00 Bijnan Prasange: Shoe-making from fresh leather
    - 3.25 Malancha
    - 4.00 Feature film: Kal-Ratri
    - 6.00 Marching Past from the Raj to the Republic: A documentary on Police (Expert participants: Kiran Bedi, Prakash Jha, Gautam Mohan Chakrabrty and others)
    - 6.50 Rango Tamasa
    - 7.00 Sambad
    - 7.15 Khabrein
    - 7.25 Benche Theko
    - 8.00 Miss Fit
    - 8.30 Camera Cholchhe
    - 9.00 Bhattobarir Hattogol
    - 9.30 Sambad
    - 9.40 Eto Sur Aar Eto Gaan
    - 10.10 Sei Samay
    - 10.20 Sambad
    - 10.35 Feature film: Ekti Jeeban (concluding part)
    - 11.17 Crop seminar at Mohitnagar, Jalpaiguri
  - ZEE BANGLA
    - 8.05 Baba Ramdeb Ki Yog
    - 9.05 Break Journey
    - 9.30 Vikram Betal
    - 10.00 Raju Uncle
    - 10.30 Chander Buri Magicman
    - 11.00 Sunday Classic: Trijama (Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Anubha Gupta, Ketaki Dutta)
    - 1.30 Sunday Maha Matinee: Tiger (Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Rajatabha Dutta)
    - 5.00 Labonyo
    - 5.30 Bichitra
    - 6.00 Rooptan
    - 7.00 Event: Biswa Bhara Gaan
    - 10.30 Coffee and More
    - 11.30 Melody Hour
  - ETV BANGLA
    - 7.00 Aamar Bangla
    - 8.00 Swarnojuger Cinema: Bipasha (Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen)
    - 10.30 Panchatantro
    - 11.05 Gappo Sappo
    - 11.30 ETV Housefull
    - 12.05 Tarana
    - 12.30 Baranday Roddur
    - 1.00 Beta Betir Battle
    - 2.05 Robibarer Megachhobi: Tyaag (Prosenjit, Rachana, Tapas)
    - 6.00 Aamar Bangla
    - 6.30 Rojgere Ginni
    - 7.00 ETV Night Show: Achena Atithi (Sharad Kapoor, Suman Ranganathan, Raakhee)
    - 11.30 Khelte Khelte
  - AAKAASH BANGLA
    - 6.00 Ghoom Bhangar Gaan
    - 9.00 Kabi Katha
    - 10.00 Nonte Fonte
    - 10.30 Pandab Goenda
    - 11.00 Maayajaal
    - 11.35 Lakkhichhana
    - 12.35 Taka Debe Taxi
    - 1.00 Sunday Mega Movie: Golmaal
    - 5.00 Box Office
    - 5.30 Chadda Stop
    - 6.00 Aaj Bangla
    - 6.30 Basundhara
    - 7.00 Bangalir Bhuribhoj
    - 7.35 Garma Garam
    - 8.35 Biz Buzz
    - 9.00 Rahasya Robbar/ Telefilm
    - 10.0 0 Dashe Dash
    - 10.20 Biswa Barta
    - 11.00 Khel @ XI
    - 11.35 Life Style Metro
    - 12.00 Chalo Jai
    - factuaL
  - ESPN
    - 8.30 Cheerleading Worlds
    - 9.30 PBA All STAR Shootout
    - 10.00 US Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Long
    - 12.00 2010 FIFA World Cup Magazine Show
    - 12.30 Bwf Super Series: Singapore Open
    - 1.30 Sportscenter Week In Review 2009
    - 2.00 Major League Baseball 2009: Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
    - 5.00 US Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Long
    - 7.05 Hitz
    - 7.30 Cheerleading Worlds
    - 8.30 FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 South Africa: USA vs Brazil
    - 10.30 Indycar Series At Watkins Glen ' Live
  - STAR SPORTS
    - 8.00 Wimbledon H/Ls
    - 9.00 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
    - 1.00 TNA Impact 08/09
    - 3.00 K1 World Max 2008 Final 16, Japan
    - 5.00 Wimbledon H/Ls
    - 6.00 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, Men's Singles Final, Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick ' Live
    - 10.30 Hitz 09/10
    - 11.00 Tennis: Behind the Baseline
    - 11.30 Harsha Unplugged
    - AM (Monday) 2.00 MotoGP World Championship 2009, Main Race ' Live
  - STAR CRICKET
    - 7.30 STAR Mail 2009
    - 8.00 India Cricket Weekly
    - 8.30 Super Century
    - 9.00 Twenty20 Vision
    - 10.00 Thunder Down Under
    - 11.00 Extras
    - 12.00 Inside Cricket
    - 12.30 Timed Out
    - 1.00 England Cricket Weekly
    - 1.30 India Cricket Weekly
    - 2.00 2006 England Tour of Australia 5th Test H/Ls
    - 3.00 Prince of Pace
    - 3.13 Friends Provident Trophy 2009, Match 10 ' Live
    - 6.45 STAR Mail 2009
    - 7.15 Friends Provident Trophy 2009, Match 10 ' Live contd.
    - 11.00 Twenty20 Cup H/Ls: Kent vs Middlesex
  - ZEE SPORTS
    - 8.00 Santosh Trophy H/Ls: Karnataka vs Goa
    - 9.00 Sports Mania
    - 9.30 The Winning Post
    - 10.00 ONGC I League: MU vs MB H/Ls
    - 11.00 Lords and Masters
    - 12.00 Adventure Sports
    - 12.30 European Tour Weekly
    - 1.00 Gillette World Sport
    - 1.30 Archery World Cup 2009, Porec
    - 2.00 WTCC 2009, Brno, Czech Republic
    - 2.30 Sports Mania
    - 3.00 Lords and Masters
    - 4.00 Red Bull Air Race World Champ 2009, Preview
    - 4.30 Open De France Golf, Day 4 ' Live
    - 8.30 Adventure Sports
    - 9.00 Test at its Best
    - 10.00 Sports Mania
    - 10.30 FIVB World League Volleyball: FRA vs SRB ' Live
  - TEN SPORTS
    - 7.30 WWE: Vintage
    - 8.30 Great Centuries: Salman Butt
    - 9.00 Homes of Cricket
    - 9.30 Cricket: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 1st Test Day 2 Preview, Live
    - 10.00 Cricket: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 1st Test Day 2 ' Live
    - 5.00 WWE: Experience
    - 6.00 Cricket: West Indies vs India 4th ODI, Straight Drive, Live
    - 7.00 Cricket: West Indies vs India, 4th ODI ' Live from Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
    - AM (Monday) 2.45 MotoGP: Red Bull US Grand Prix
    - 3.45 US PGA: ATandT National, Day 4
  - NEO SPORTS
    - 5.00 NASCAR 2009: Sprint Cup Series, Coke Zero 400 ' Live
    - 9.00 MotoGP: Alice TT Assen H/Ls
    - 10.30 Chilli Factor
    - 11.00 Fuel TV
    - 11.30 Mobil 1 The Grid
    - 12.00 Football Plus: Seria A, Sampdoria vs Inter Milan
    - PGA Tour 2009, ATandT National
    - 6.00 Chilli Factor
    - 6.30 Fuel TV
    - 7.00 Tour De France 2009 ' Live
    - 9.00 Football Plus: Seria A, Udinese vs AC Milan
    - 11.00 Mobil 1 The Grid
    - 11.30 PGA Tour 2009, ATandT National ' Live
  - NEO CRICKET
    - 8.00 Dial C for Cricket
    - 9.00 Baat and Bowl
    - 9.30 Cricket.. Tadka Marke!
    - 10.00 Ballebaaz
    - 11.00 Tour Diary
    - 11.30 Jaya He
    - 12.30 Baat and Bowl
    - 1.00 Tour Diary
    - 1.30 The Great Indian Run Chase
    - 3.30 Baat and Bowl
    - 4.00 Cricket.. Tadka Marke!
    - 4.30 Ballebaaz
    - 5.30 Dial C for Cricket
    - 6.30 Tour Diary
    - 7.00 Cricket.. Tadka Marke!
    - 7.30 Sportszone Weekend Show
    - 8.00 Ballebaaz
    - 9.00 Dial C for Cricket
    - 10.00 Jaya He
    - 11.00 Baat and Bowl
    - 11.30 Cricket.. Tadka Marke!
- Movie Channels
  - STAR MOVIES
    - 7.40 Bad Company
    - 9.55 Seraaphim Falls
    - 12.05 Dead Man Walking
    - 2.25 Wild Hogs
    - 4.25 Sweet Home Alabama
    - 6.35 Juno
    - 9.00 My Cousin Vinny
    - 11.20 Super Troopers
  - HBO
    - 6.15 Bird on a Wire
    - 9.00 The 11th Hour
    - 11.00 Evan Almighty
    - 1.30 Made of Honor
    - 4.00 Leave it to Beaver
    - 6.45 Hot Stepper
    - 9.00 Hollywood Homicide
    - 11.15 HBO Original Series: True Blood
  - UTV WORLD MOVIES
    - 7.15 Rock A Doodle
    - 8.45 The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't
    - 10.30 Grimm
    - 12.15 Hey Good looking
    - 1.45 The Days
    - 3.00 Treasure Hunt
    - 5.00 Black Rainbow
    - 7.00 The White Balloon
    - 8.30 The Bow
    - 10.30 A Girl Cut in Two
  - NDTV LUMI?RE
    - 8.30 How I Killed My Father
    - 10.15 Short Sharp Shock
    - 12.00 Magdalene Sisters
    - 2.00 King and Queen
    - 4.45 Didier
    - 6.45 24 Measures
    - 8.15 Short Sharp Shock
    - 10.00 The Art of Crying
  - PIX
    - 7.00 Honeydripper
    - 9.45 Peter Pan
    - 12.00 Punch-Drunk Love
    - 2.00 The Grudge
    - 4.00 The Caterpillar Wish
    - 7.00 Transamerica
    - 9.00 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
    - 11.30 People I Know
  - STAR GOLD
    - 8.25 Killer Bean Forever (Hindi)
    - 10.35 Charlie 2 (Hindi)
    - 1.00 Singh is Kinng
    - 4.30 The Return of Khakee
    - 8.00 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karein
    - 11.05 Agni Putra
  - MAX
    - 8.00 Deewane Huye Paagal
    - 12.00 Sooryavansham
    - 4.00 Return of Hanuman (animation)
    - 6.00 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (Hindi)
    - 8.00 Golmaal ' Fun Unlimited
  - ZEE CINEMA
    - 8.30 Kalyug Aur Ramayan
    - 12.00 Big Brother
    - 3.30 Ganga Jamuna Saraswati
    - 8.30 Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
- Movies of the day
  - THE LEGEND OF ZORRO
    - Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega ' and his wife, Elena ' to take action AXN/ 8 PM
  - SHORT SHARP SHOCK
    - This is the story of Gabriel the Turk, Bobby the Serb and Costa the Greek, three friends in a neighbourhood gang in Hamburg. Their camaraderie changes, however, when Gabriel, out of a stint in prison, changes, not wanting to continue with petty crimes anymore. His friends can't understand him, and to complicate matters, he falls in love with Alice, Bobby's girlfriend NDTV Lumiere/ 8.15 PM
  - THE BOW
    - This film tells the story of an old man and his soon-to-be young bride living a peaceful existence on their fishing boat, until they meet a young boy who alters their lives forever UTV World Movies/ 8.30 PM
  - TWO WEEKS NOTICE
    - The film explores the question of whether it's ever too late to say "I love you." The story revolves around Lucy Kelson, a brilliant but neurotic attorney, and her client, who is "charming, irresponsible and fabulously wealthy" WB/ 8.40 PM
  - TERMINATOR 3
    - Rise of the Machines: Set in present day 2001, the first engagement between Skynet and humans ends in a nuclear war. John Connor re-teams with his cyborg friend to fight the TX, an advanced female terminator Pix/ 9 PM
  - HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
    - When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate and Calden aspires to become an actor. Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers ' ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions HBO/ 9 PM
  - MY COUSIN VINNY
    - Two teenage boys from New York are travelling down south when a series of coincidences lands them in jail charged with first degree murder. They can't afford the $50K for an attorney so they call the lawyer cousin of one of the boys. Vinny is a stereotypical New Yorker who is initially a complete disaster, but can he get them off the hook? STAR Movies/ 9 PM
  - THE ART OF CRYING
    - This film follows a precocious 11-year -old boy, Allan, who tries desperately to keep his dysfunctional, rural family together during the social upheavals of the early Seventies NDTV Lumiere/ 10 PM
  - SUPER TROOPERS:
    - Super Troopers: Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime STAR Movies/ 11.20 PM
  - PEOPLE I KNOW
    - Eli Wurman is a decadent drug addicted New York-based public relation agent who must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal Pix/ 11.30 PM
- Soaps and Serials
  - FRIENDS: STAR WORLD/ 11 PM
    - Monica and Chandler try to prove that they're more hot and heavy than Phoebe and Gary. Rachel accidentally kisses her job interviewer at Ralph Lauren. Joey tries to meet a girl living in Ross's building, but Ross meets her first. Rachel decides to start smoking in order to avoid missing important meetings with her boss. Meanwhile, Ben gets an offer for an audition for a soup commercial, and Joey auditions to be Ben's father during the advertisement. Also, Monica and Phoebe plan a surprise birthday party for Rachel together, but Monica takes over
  - TRUE BLOOD: HBO/ 11.15 PM
    - Across the country, vampires have come 'out of the coffin' after the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood. In Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with telepathic abilities, falls under the spell of a sexy, 173-year-old vampire named Bill Compton ' whose thoughts she can't read. After saving Bill from the Rattrays, a pair of ruthless 'vampire drainers,' Sookie tests the limits of Bill's gratitude when the two are left alone in the dark. Meanwhile, Sookie's best friend Tara quits one job to work for Sam Merlotte at his bar and grill, and Sookie's roguish brother Jason finds himself in hot water when a 'fangbanger,' whom he's been intimate with meets a tragic end. Bill returns Sookie's favour by rescuing her from the Rattrays' revenge, healing the wounded waitress with his own blood and leaving her, temporarily, with heightened senses. After being invited into Gran's house for a "get-to-know-you" gathering with Jason and her family, Bill joins Sookie for a nocturnal sojourn. They end up at Bill's dilapidated antebellum estate, where Bill fights off his primal vampire urges for the acquiescent Sookie. Later, Sookie's desires get the better of her as she returns to Bill's ' and is greeted by a gaggle of his bloodthirsty vampire friends