By Ryan

The NBA regular season tips off Oct. 27, with the Celtics at the Cavaliers and the Clippers at the Lakers, both on TNT. Here’s the entire NBA regular-season TV schedule for games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV:

2009-10 NBA National TV Schedule

All Times Eastern. Additional NBA Games Televised In Your Area. Check Local Listings. Schedule Subject To Change.

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct. 27
Boston at Cleveland, 7:30pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)

Wednesday, Oct. 28
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8pm (ESPN)
Utah at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 29
San Antonio at Chicago, 8pm (TNT)
Denver at Portland, 10:30pm (TNT)

Friday, Oct. 30
Chicago at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
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By Ryan

The 2009 PGA Championship tees off on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. The year’s final major could also be played at the longest course in PGA Championship history (7,674 yards depending on tee placement).

Padraig Harrington (pictured), who won last year’s PGA by two strokes over Sergio Garcia, will return to defend his title.

Tiger Woods, coming off victories at the Buick Open and the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in recent weeks, will try to win his first and only major this year. He has not gone a year without winning a major since 2004. Woods tied for sixth at this year’s Masters and U.S. Open, and missed the cut at the British Open last month. The long course favors Woods, and it would be shocking not to see him leading or in close contention on Sunday.

Full TV coverage info from CBS, TNT and GOLF CHANNEL after the jump.

PGA Championship Live TV Schedule

Thursday, Aug. 13 — First Round , 2-8pm ET, TNT

Friday, Aug. 14 — Second Round, 2-8pm ET, TNT

Saturday, Aug. 15 — Third Round, 11am-2pm ET, TNT; 2-7pm ET, CBS

Sunday, Aug. 16 — Final Round, 11am-2pm ET, TNT; 2-7pm ET, CBS

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Brenda and Sgt. Gabriel are about to crack their case

By Anna Belle

The last couple of episodes of “The Closer” have definitely been worth watching and entertaining, but I haven’t been blogging about them.

I apologize for this but I’m sure you’ve been kept abreast of what’s been happening through tnt.tv (you can watch complete episodes at this site).

“Strike Three” starts out with the sound of a helicopter circling over a crime scene, a sound that’s unmistakable if you’ve ever been in a large metropolitan city with helicopter traffic.

The police helicopter first reports on a victim down and upon circling the scene again and in reply to dispatch not being able to reach the squad initially sent to the scene, reports on seeing both police officers down, out of their car, laying in the street. [Read more →]

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By Ryan

The British Open is my favorite of golf’s four majors. There’s just something awesome about the game being played on the isle of its birth, on those old majestic Royal & Ancient courses. The 2009 Open Championship will be played at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry Golf Club, Scotland, July 16-19. This is the fourth time Turnberry has hosted the Open (previously held there in 1977, 1986 and 1994).

Padraig Harrington (pictured) has won the two previous Opens, and will look for a third championship this weekend. Harrington followed up his 2008 British Open victory with a win at the PGA Championship. But Harrington has struggled this year, and many expect a strong showing from Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Anthony Kim, Steve Stricker and Paul Casey.

It’s the final year that TNT will air the British Open, as coverage of all four rounds goes to ESPN/ABC beginning in 2010.

2009 British Open Championship TV Schedule

July 16 — First Round, TNT (7am-7pm ET/PT)

July 17 — Second Round, TNT (7am-7pm ET/PT)

July 18 — Third Round, TNT (7-9am ET), ABC (9am-2:30pm ET)

July 19 — Final Round, TNT (6-8am ET), ABC (8am-1:30pm ET)

More details on TNT and ESPN/ABC’s full British Open coverage plans after the jump.

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by Karl J. Paloucek

Start the weekend — and next week — right with these films airing June 12-18. All times ET.

June 12
Tropic Thunder (2008)
This one’s up in the air — depending on your sense of humor, it’s either the funniest movie of 2008 or it’s an OK comedy with Ben Stiller and Jack Black. Regardless, it still yields an Academy Award-nominated performance from Robert Downey Jr. in his controversial role as African-American action-film star Kirk Lazarus, and enough audacity to make it a pop-culture staple. Cinemax (HD), 8pm ET

June 13
The Dark Knight (2008)
Why so serious? Probably because the centerpiece of this most-unusual of Batman films, of course, is the posthumously won Academy Award-winning turn as the Joker by the late Heath Ledger. Definitely not your father’s Batman, or even the Batman of the last decade, things take a decidedly blacker turn here, as the name clearly states. Probably not for the younger Batfans. HBO (HD), 8pm ET
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By Jeff Pfeiffer

Court is back in session tonight as TNT begins airing season two of Raising the Bar. The series follows the cases and lives of young lawyers who work on opposite sides — the public defender’s office and the district attorney’s office. Cases this season tackle issues such as hate crimes, drug dealing and child pornography.

Among the lawyers doing battle in court is Richard Patrick Woolsley, played by Teddy Sears. Richard could have been a high-priced lawyer at his father’s firm, but he chose to channel his legal expertise toward helping the indigent as a public defender.

We talked with Sears recently to find out about the new season of Raising the Bar, and a little about himself.

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The cast of "The Closer" Season 5

By Anna Belle

I don’t know about you, but I’m all set for the new season of “The Closer.”

I watched Speed Bump on Monday (June 1) and all it did was whet my appetite for upcoming NEW episodes. But I love old episodes too. There are episodes from the first season that I watch over and over and over again. When Jason O’Mara showed up in the first season in Fatal Retraction — well that was one of my favorites and I bet I DVR’d the heck out of that one. Plus the final episode of Season 1 (Standards & Practices) where Andy Flynn tells Capt. Taylor that he’s putting in his papers for a permanent transfer — I knew after seeing that one that I’d be seeing many seasons of “The Closer.”

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by Karl J. Paloucek

There’s a worthy film for every night of your week. Here are our picks for April 19-25. Remember, all airtimes are ET.

April 19
The Pianist (2002)
Director Roman Polanski revisits the Warsaw of his childhood in this compelling story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) and his struggle to survive the destruction all around him. The film earned three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Director. Harrowing and brilliant. IFC, 10pm ET

April 20
The Conversation (1974)
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by Karl J. Paloucek

There’s a worthy film for every night of your week. Here are our picks for April 12-18. Remember, all airtimes are ET.

April 12
The Departed (2006)
He’s done better films by far, so it’s a little disappointing that this effort — a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong thriller — was the one to bring Martin Scorsese Academy gold, but it definitely has his fingerprints all over it. Solid performances from Martin Sheen, Matt Damon and even Leonardo DiCaprio make this a knuckle-biter you’ll want to see again … if you can stand the tension. FX, 7:30pm ET
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By RabbitEars

Kyra Sedgwick returns in "The Closer"

TNT knows drama. It also knows that summer is fast on its way (hopefully sooner rather than later here in Wisconsin), and that’s the time when cable brings out a lot of its programming heavy-hitters, both in the form of returning series and premieres. TNT has a nice mix of both coming mid-year:

The Closer (Season 5, June) — Kyra Sedgwick is back in ad-supported cable’s No. 1 series of all time, as Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a former Atlanta detective who now heads a special LAPD homicide unit.

Raising the Bar (Season 2, June) — Last year’s premiere of this legal drama was seen by 8.6 million viewers, the largest ever audience for an ad-supported cable network series launch. Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Jane Kaczmarek star in this series that follows the lives of young lawyers who work on opposite sides — the public defender’s office and the district attorney’s office.

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