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What to Watch on Thursday: Season finale of 'Raising Hope'

NCAA Basketball Tournament (CBS) - The madness continues. For more information on games and networks (all games will air on truTV, TNT, TBS and CBS), check out our NCAA Tournament channel guide, which has a link to schedules.

The Vampire Diaries (8pm, CW) - Elena meets Elijah when she searches for Katherine in a small Pennsylvania town. Meanwhile, Stefan reveals his surprising plan for the future, and Klaus gains a new appreciation for Silas' powers.

Fall to Grace (8pm, HBO) - A short profile of former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey, who resigned from office in 2004 after announcing he was gay, but started a new life by studying to become an Episcopal priest and offering spiritual guidance to women in prison. Adrienne has a review.

Raising Hope (9pm, Fox) - In the first part of the Season 3 finale, Burt (Garret Dillahunt, right)learns he's Jewish during a visit from his folks, so he uses music to get acquainted with his heritage and prepare for his bar mitzvah. Later, Burt and Barney visit Maw Maw's childhood home and discover that their mother may still be alive. Shirley Jones guest stars.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - Artwork at the Guggenheim inspires the designers to create their own print textiles. Designers Tracy Reese and Rachel Roy are guest judges.

North Carolina Weekend (9pm, UNC-TV) - The magazine show looks at Durham's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the Taverna Agora restaurant in Raleigh.

Scandal (10pm, ABC) - Hollis seeks Olivia's help when his daughter is abducted. Also, David remains in peril, finding safety at Pope and Associates.

Comic Book Men (10pm, AMC) - The guys play charades with a comic book theme, while Walt seizes an opportunity to purchase original artwork from a favorite artist.

"tallhotblonde" is past its prime, but fun in the present tense

It's a TV rule: Lifetime movies are at their best when they feature crazy homicidal types. By 'best' I mean 'most fun'; quality is secondary.

Although "Tallhotblonde" (8 tonight, Lifetime), qualitatively speaking, isn't low rent or anything. But the highlight is the potent creepy/sad/crazy mix that makes it a good, albeit predictable, Saturday night pick.

Based on a true story, the movie follows the adventures of Thomas Montgomery (Garret Dillahunt), a meek and mild-mannered middle-age working class guy and former Marine, married to Carol (Laura San Giacomo) and father of two daughters. Thomas grinds out a routine life; it's not horrid, just mind-numbingly ordinary. Indeed, Thomas' only pleasure is a monthly poker game with work buddies, including much younger Lothario Brian (Brando Eaton).

What to Watch on Saturday: Daytime Emmys, albino spiders and a 'Tall Hot Blonde'

Daytime Emmy Awards (8pm, Headline News) - The awards show celebrating soaps, daytime talk and children's programs. "The View" executive producer Bill Geddie is presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Barbara Walters.

Tall Hot Blonde (8pm, Lifetime) - In this new Lifetime movie, a middle-aged father (Garret Dillahunt, "Raising Hope" "Deadwood") poses as a young single marine and begins an online relationship with an 18-year-old girl that leads to the murder of an innocent man. It stars Laura San Giacomo ("Just Shoot Me") as his wife. Courtney Cox ("Friends" "Cougar Town") directs. Check out Adrienne's review.

Arachnoquake (9pm, Syfy) - It pains me even to write this: A movie in which an earthquake unleashes monstrous albino spiders on New Orleans. It stars Tracey Gold ("Growing Pains"), Edward Furlong ("Terminator 2") and appropriately, someone named Bug Hall ("The Little Rascals"). You know it's going to be excellent because it has the same director as the classic Syfy movie "Swamp Shark" (Griff Furst).

Tanked: Unfiltered (9pm, Animal Planet) - An enhanced episode featuring commentary from the crew on a shark tank in an orthodontist office, and a display tank in an appliance store.

The Firm (10pm, NBC) - Chapter Nineteen will allegedly air tonight. Same episode that was supposed to air last weekend but did not: Tonight, Abby has an epiphany as she tries to save her mother's charity from a crooked accountant.

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