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Daniel Radcliffe
Thursday

7 p.m. on ABCFAM

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: Be careful what you touch; it could be a twig or the skeleton figure of a young woman who was murdered on her wedding day. It's hard to tell the difference. Johnny Depp provides the voice of the hapless stick figure who accidentally pledges himself to the deceased. This is a bit of a sticky wicket as he has fallen for someone else.

9:01 p.m. on NBC

ER: As if Kovac (Goran Visnjic) hadn't been through enough lately, now he's being sued. Forest Whitaker ("The Shield") guest stars in this new episode as stroke patient Curtis Ames, who is alleging neglect at the hospital. It was a while back, and Kovac has trouble remembering what he did or didn't do that day.

Friday

8 p.m. on NBC

Las Vegas: The season premiere is called "Father of the Bride Redux," but a better title might be "Father of the Bride, Duck!" as an armed man's attack on Ed (James Caan) sends shockwaves through the casino. Derek (Shawn Christian)

Daniel Radcliffe has his own personal shock to deal with when Delinda Molly Sims) confesses that she has feelings for Danny Josh Duhamel).

9 p.m. on CBS

NUMB3RS: No offense to Los Angelenos, but how can you tell the difference between the work of a serial killer and random acts of road rage? Not even Megan

Diane Farr) can figure out whether the guy who took out a father on the freeway is a serial killer or just a ticked-off driver. She turns to the figuring expert, Charlie

David Krumholtz), for insight, but it's Don (Rob Morrow) who finds the key clue in the new episode "Traffic."

Saturday

7 p.m. on ABC

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Sophomore students Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and friends Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) investigate a malevolent threat to their classmates at Hogwarts

in this 2002 sequel to "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's

Stone." Many younger fans found the scarier tone of this second Hogwarts adventure just a little too intense for comfort.

8 p.m. on CBS

The Bourne Identity: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) isn't having a good day: he's been shot, lost his memory and has mysterious assassins trying to kill him. Picked up by a fisherman, Bourne attempts to work through his memory loss. He feels like a mild-mannered man, but weapons' knowledge, martial arts and multitudes of passports keep cropping up.

Sunday

8 p.m. on ABC

Desperate Housewives: Her boyfriend's back, and there's gonna be ... competition! As Susan (Teri Hatcher) tries to help Mike (James Denton) get his memory back, she discovers Edie (Nicollette Sheridan) has been feeding him some memories of her own. Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) tries to make Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) jealous. And someone attempts suicide, but don't worry; we said "attempts."

8 p.m. on CBS

Cold Case: The good news is, Lilly's (Kathryn Morris) witness, an autistic boy (Cole Petersen), has a photographic memory and can't lie. The bad news: He has a very vivid imagination. So solving his parents' 2003 murder is going to be tough, even though by cold case standards, it's still warm. The boy's sister doesn't share his inability to lie, and lie she did, about his whereabouts the night of the crime.

Monday

7 p.m. on FOX

Prison Break: Why, yes, Fox is airing something besides baseball this week, and it's a doozy of a new episode for this hit drama. We have Sucre (Amaury Nolasco) betraying the escapees and making off with the $5 million, Sara (Sarah Wayne Callies) fighting for her life, and Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) walking into what might be a trap in his eagerness to reunited with LJ (Marshall Allman).

9 p.m. on CBS

CSI: Miami: A curse on the CSI lab? Oooh, spooky! In the new episode "Curse of the Coffin," strange things start happening around the lab when Horatio (David Caruso) and the team start investigating the murder of a woman (Lauralee Bell, "The Young and the Restless") who practiced the Caribbean religion called Santeria. Folks start wondering if the events are related.

Tuesday

7 p.m. on NBC

Friday Night Lights: Meow! The Panthers are about to take on their biggest rival, the Tigers, in a game that could make or break Taylor's (Kyle Chandler) future as coach. Quarterback Ray "Voodoo" Tatum (Aldis Hodge) is doing great on the field despite his obnoxious attitude off it, while rookie Matt (Zach Gilford) looks hopeless. Jason (Scott Porter) is feeling hopeless about his recovery until he gets a wake-up call from his roommate.

9 p.m. on NBC

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: We're not sure how this falls under the jurisdiction of the SVU, which handles sex crimes, unless it's because the perp was upset about losing her virginity. She stops taking her psychiatric medication and mows down 10 people with her car. The controversy over "head meds" is further fueled by a celebrity's crusade against them.

Wednesday

8 p.m. on CBS

Criminal Minds: Kids shouldn't be watching this show anyway, but if you don't want them having nightmares, keep them far away from the tube while the new episode "The Boogeyman" is on. It finds the profilers investigating a small Texas town where two children have been murdered in two weeks. Could this be one of those close-knit communities with a dirty little secret?


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