'MOM'S' TRULY THE WORD ON TV TODAY.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski Happy Mother's Day! Say it with flowers, with a phone call or even with TV shows. There's plenty on air today to remind viewers of all ages what mothers mean to them, and to distract young ones so Mommy can relax with, say, a book without pictures. Pax's ``Doc'' has an episode in which Nancy (Andrea Robinson) copes with her mother's terminal cancer. Billy Ray Cyrus, who plays the Montana physician in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , will premiere his new ballad, ``Time Flies.'' Cartoon Network lets ``Johnny Bravo'' go on and on about his Mama in a noon to 7 p.m. marathon, while Nickelodeon looks at mommies all day through the eyes of the ``Rugrats,'' Little Bill, Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer is an animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. and other characters. Comedy Central runs a ``Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL Mother's Day Special'' at noon, and Lifetime has a slate of made-for-TV movies with the words ``mother'' and ``son'' in their titles. WE Women's Entertainment offers up ``Rock'n Moms'' (8 p.m.), profiling Pat Benatar, Rickie Lee Jones  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Michelle Phillips and Carole King. And E! piles on ``Revealed'' interviews with Hollywood mothers Anne Heche, Patricia Heaton, Celine Dion, Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan, starting at 3 p.m. As for movies, there's something for every taste: --Moms to make you cry: ``Sophie's Choice'' (Showtime 2, 5 a.m.), ``Terms of Endearment'' (WE, 7:45 p.m.). --Moms good for laughs: ``The Brady Bunch Movie'' (USA, 2 p.m.), ``Mr. Mom'' (Cineplex, 9 p.m.), ``Moms on Strike'' (ABC Family, 5 p.m.), ``Look Who's Talking'' (KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles , 5 p.m.). --Moms getting by: ``Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' (Cinemax, 6:30 a.m.), ``Stepmom'' (KTLA, 7 p.m.), ``Baby Boom'' (TBS, 7 p.m.). --Moms in danger: ``Not Without My Daughter'' (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. , 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.), ``Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire'' (Disney, 2 and 8 p.m.) --Mom from hell: ``Mommie Dearest'' (Bravo, 9:30 p.m.) Moms (and mother figures) in drag: ``Junior'' (USA, 8:30 p.m.), ``Mrs. Doubtfire'' (ABC Family, 7 and 9:30 p.m.). `LAW' REUNION: Four-time Emmy-winning outstanding drama series ``L.A. Law'' goes the reunion TV-movie route, rounding up the whole gang. Michael (Harry Hamlin), who has left the practice to run a restaurant, is enjoined to retry re·try tr.v. re·tried , re·try·ing, re·tries To try again. Verb 1. retry - hear or try a court case anew rehear a death-penalty case where the clock is, needless to say, ticking. The requisite drama ensues: Will Michael take the case? And how will this affect his long-estranged relationship with D.A. Grace (Susan Dey)? L.A. LAW: THE MOVIE, 9 tonight, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. (Channel 4). |
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