Friday’s TV Highlights: Pink rocks out in Oz
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Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 3 - 9, in PDF format This week’s TV Movies
CRIKEY! Pop music’s Pink entertains fans Down Under in the new concert special “Pink: Funhouse -- Live in Australia,” airing at 11 p.m. on VH1. SERIES
DogTown: The documentary series that spotlights the good works of the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, returns for another season (7 and 10 p.m. National Geographic).
Great Performances: Julie Andrews hosts “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2010” featuring the Vienna Philharmonic (9 p.m. KCET).
HGTV Dream Home 2010: This new episode offers a tour of the New Mexico home that is slated to be given away to one lucky viewer (9 p.m. HGTV).
100 Most Shocking Music Moments: This five-night countdown of shocking events in pop music concludes (9 p.m. VH1).
SPECIALS
Tournament of Roses Parade: The annual presentation gets underway in Pasadena (8 a.m. NBC, KTLA, ABC, KMEX, Hallmark).
The Antonio Treatment: The “Design Star” winner puts his home makeover skills to the test in this special (10 a.m., 2 and 10:30 p.m. HGTV).
FOX News Report: Pirates of the 21st Century: The continuing scourge of piracy on the high seas is explored in this new special (noon Fox News).
Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular: The Olympic gold-medal winner and his figure-skating friends hit the ice in Bridgeport, Conn. (1 p.m. NBC).
Hatin’ on ‘09: Comics riff and rag on the year that was in this new special (2 and 9:30 p.m. MTV).
Jake Johannsen: I Love You: The comic takes on marriage, taxes and other sore subjects in this new stand-up special (9:30 p.m. Showtime).
MOVIES
Body of Lies: Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe are caught up in the war on terror in director Ridley Scott’s 2008 thriller (8 p.m. HBO).
Rollerball: James Caan takes to the track in this futuristic 1975 action-thriller (9 p.m. TCM).
SPORTS
College football: Auburn meets Northwestern in the Outback Bowl (8 a.m. ESPN); Florida State faces West Virginia in the Gator Bowl (10 a.m. CBS); LSU plays Penn State in the Capital One Bowl (10 a.m. ABC); Oregon battles Ohio State in the Rose Bowl (2 p.m. ABC); and Cincinnati goes up against Florida in the Sugar Bowl (5:30 p.m. Fox).
Hockey: The Boston Bruins challenge the Philadelphia Flyers (10 a.m. NBC)
Pro basketball: The Lakers welcome the Kings (7:30 p.m. FSN)