Friday's Highlights: “Beyond Survival With Les Stroud” on Discovery

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A DRY HEAT: Our hero hooks up with the Bushmen of Namibia's Kalahari desert on a new episode of “Beyond Survival With Les Stroud” at 10 p.m. on Discovery.

SERIES

The Suite Life on Deck: The series about the ocean-going misadventures of a set of mischievous twins returns with new episodes (8 p.m. Disney).

20/20: Barbara Walters interviews two young girls who suffer from the rapid-aging disorder called progeria on a special edition of the newsmagazine (10 p.m. ABC).

The Day Before: Fashion designer Alexander Wang is featured (10 p.m. Sundance).

Four Weddings: The reality series returns with a new round of nuptials (10 p.m. TLC).

Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Standup: The series spotlighting a variety of up-and-coming comics returns with back-to-back installments (11 and 11:30 p.m. Starz).

SPECIALS

Stand Up to Cancer: Celebrities team up to raise awareness and funds for research into a cure in this new special airing across the major networks and several cable channels (8 p.m. CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, E!, G4, HBO, Showtime, Style, VH1).

Ghost Adventures: Scariest Moments: Team members recall their most frightening encounters (10 p.m. Travel).

MOVIES

The Spirit: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson star in writer-director Frank Miller's 2008 take on the classic Will Eisner comic strip (8 p.m. TMC).

Five Minutes to Live: Country singer Johnny Cash plays the bad guy in this 1961 thriller (11 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

Tennis: The U.S. Open continues in Flushing, N.Y. (Live) (9:30 a.m. CBS).

Baseball: The Dodgers visit the Astros (5 p.m. FS Prime); the Cubs battle the Brewers (5 p.m. WGN America); the Angels meet the Mariners (7 p.m. FSN); and the Giants play the Padres or the Diamondbacks face the Rockies (7 p.m. MLB).

MLS soccer: Chivas USA hosts the New England Revolution (7:30 p.m. KDOC).

Photo: Laura Bombier Discovery Channel

Comments

[Serge]

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[G.R. Dye]

Finally......there's something worth watching on Friday nights on tv. Welcome back Les Stroud. I love your show "Beyond Survival". I missed seeing you on tv and was so excited when I heard that you were coming back on with another survival-type show. You're the "Man".