Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Merlin’ on Syfy
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STORIED LIFE: Bradley James takes the lead as Prince Arthur in “Merlin,” which enters a new season at 10 p.m. on the Syfy cable channel.
SERIES
Medium: Allison (Patricia Arquette) has a dream that causes her to become suspicious of her brother’s (David Arquette) success and a campaign manager is interested in Bridgette’s (Maria Lark) abilities in this new episode (8 p.m. CBS).
Smallville: Kara (Laura Vandervoort) returns to Earth with a surprise for Clark (Tom Welling) in this repeat (8 p.m. KTLA).
CSI: NY: Mac (Gary Sinise) and the team investigate the shooting of a bakery owner by an assailant dressed as a clown (9 p.m. CBS).
Supernatural: In this repeat of an unusually funny and whimsical episode, Dean (Jensen Ackles) is abducted from a crop circle while investigating an apparent UFO sighting and discovers upon awakening that his kidnappers are fairies (9 p.m. KTLA).
Say Yes to the Dress: A girl wants a “piratey” dress in this season premiere (9 p.m. TLC).
Ghost Adventures: The team hunts spooks at Los Angeles’ historic Pico House Hotel (9 p.m. Travel).
MOVIES
Cat Ballou: After a thug kills her father, schoolteacher Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda) hires legendary gunslinger Kid Shelleen, not realizing he is a raging drunk who literally cannot hit the broad side of a barn. Lee Marvin won an Academy Award as lead actor for his dual role, playing both Kid Shelleen and his nemesis, the killer of Cat’s father in this 1965 western spoof (3:15 p.m. TCM).
SPORTS
College football: NCAA Division I, Final: Delaware vs. Eastern Washington (4 p.m. ESPN2); AT&T Cotton Bowl: LSU vs. Texas A&M (5 p.m. Fox).
Boxing: Mauricio Herrera vs. Ruslan Provodnikov, super lightweights (7 p.m. ESPN2).
Hockey: The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Ducks (7 p.m. FS Prime).
Pro basketball: The New Orleans Hornets visit the Lakers (7:30 p.m. FSN).