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Friday’s Highlights: Lisa Kudrow traces her family tree

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This week’s TV Movies

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‘Who Do You Think You Are?’
In this new episode Lisa Kudrow travels to Belarus to uncover her family history, which includes a great-grandmother who died in the Holocaust (8 p.m. NBC). SERIES

Live From Abbey Road: Green Day, Bat for Lashes and Starsailor perform in this new episode (8 p.m. Sundance).

Bill Moyers Journal: Dr. Jane Goodall, who travels 300 days a year as an advocate for life, is Moyer’s guest (9 p.m. KCET).

The Ricky Gervais Show: In this new episode, Karl answers questions from fans, including the burning issue of which of the ‘Top 50 Freaks of All Time’ he would like to meet (9 p.m. HBO).

Spartacus: Blood and Sand: The rich women of Rome seek erotic kicks by being serviced by masked gladiators, but the kinky proceedings take a horrifying, deadly turn, putting a spoiled rich girl (Viva Blanca) in a precarious position in this new episode (10 p.m. Starz).

Now on PBS: Producers and actors hope a television show can foster peace among Kenya’s 42 official tribes (10:30 p.m. KCET).

Cribs: The season finale offers tours of the homes of Adrian Peterson, Tony Hawk and Chuck Lidell (11:30 p.m. Country Music Television).

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MOVIES

The Browning Version: On the eve of his resignation, a bitter classics master (Michael Redgrave) at an English public school, tries to come to terms with a lifetime of personal and professional failures in Terence Rattigan’s adaptation of his play. Jean Kent and Nigel Patrick also star in this 1951 drama (5 p.m. TCM).

Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Robert Donat’s performance as the shy British schoolteacher who guides many students to adulthood earned a 1939 Academy Award for best actor. Greer Garson also stars (7 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

College basketball: NCAA Tournament first round: Minnesota vs. Xavier (9:10 a.m. CBS); Missouri vs. Clemson (11:30 a.m. CBS); Florida State vs. Gonzaga (4 p.m. CBS); Louisville vs. California (6:30 p.m. CBS).

Hockey: The New York Islanders visit the Ducks (7 p.m. KDOC).

Pro basketball: The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Lakers (7:30 p.m. FSN).

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