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What to Watch on Sunday: 'Mildred Pierce' on HBO, finales on Showtime

NCAA Tournament (2pm and 5pm, CBS) - The games continue. Virginia Commonwealth plays Kansas at 2:20 and UNC takes on Kentucky at 5:05.

Martha Stewart Presents: The Men Who Make Us Laugh (8pm, Hallmark) - Martha interviews Seth Myers and Conan O'Brien.

Secret Millionaire (8pm, ABC) - South Florida internet entrepreneur John Ferber makes do on welfare-level income for six days while living on Skid Row in downtown LA.

Bob's Burgers (8:30pm, Fox) - Bob and Gene bond over "spaghetti westerns." Louise feels left out and Tina channels her aggression into a conflict-resolution program.

Mildred Pierce (9pm, HBO) - In the first two parts of a five-part adaptation of James M. Cain's 1941 novel, Depression-era housewife Mildred Pierce (Kate Winslet) searches for work to maintain a middle class lifestyle after her husband leaves her alone in California with two young daughters. Raleigh native Evan Rachel Wood stars as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda. Cowritten and directed by Todd Haynes and also featuring recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo. Read our review.

Californication (9pm, Showtime) - In the Season 4 finale, Hank (David Duchovney) waits for his sentence to be handed down. While he waits, he attends a film kick-off party, where he sees Karen with her date and gets surprising news about Becca. Eddie Nero (Rob Lowe) shows up and causes trouble.

Celebrity Apprentice (9pm, NBC) - The contestants produce a 30-second video for a video-phone product. One team works on a heartfelt ad that goes for emotions, the other team creates a video loaded with controversy. We just want to know when NeNe and Star fight!

Army Wives (9pm, Lifetime) - In the conclusion to last week's cliffhanger, the wives support each other as one Fort Marshall family must deal with an unexpected loss.

Shameless (10pm, Showtime) - In the Season 1 finale, Steve's actual occupation is revealed and he tries to persuade Fiona to leave town with him. Meanwhile, Frank goes into hiding when his and Karen's secret is spilled, and car thieves Lip and Ian get arrested.

What to Watch on Sunday: Slew of new shows premiere tonight

America's Next Great Restaurant (8pm, NBC) - The premiere of a new reality show in which contestants compete to launch a new restaurant chain. Tonight, 21 aspiring restauranteurs pitch their concepts cook items from their menu. 11 contestants will be eliminated. Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone, Steve Ellis and Lorena Garcia serve as investors and mentors. They had a casting call for this show in Raleigh last year, so it'll be interesting to see if anyone from here made it.

Secret Millionaire (8pm, ABC) - Another new reality series. In this one, wealthy people live and work anonymously alongside less fortunate people before revealing their true identities and donating aid to deserving recipients. Tonight we see millionaire Dani Johnson, who says she was on welfare as a child, doing minimum wage work in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Celebrity Apprentice (9pm, NBC) - Sixteen celebrities engage in business-themed battles to win the top job as Donald Trump's apprentice (really, the big prize is a few months of publicity). Tonight, the stars must manage a New York City pizzeria. Here's more info on the C R A Z Y cast.

Army Wives (9pm, Lifetime) - In the Season 5 opener, Denise prepares to meet Jeremy's fiance while caring for her newborn and Emmalin leaves for college.

Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts (9pm, Comedy Central) - Daniel Tosh ('Tosh.0') performs in San Francisco and talks about celebrities, sports, immigration, the Amish, and Mormons.

Keep reading for news on other premieres!

A look at ABC's fall schedule

ABC has announced their plan for fall, and here's what we have:

Monday nights have been golden for ABC, so they'll stay the same. You'll get "Dancing with the Stars" and "Castle."

Tuesdays start with a new drama called "No Ordinary Family." It's about a vacationing family whose plane crashes in the Amazon jungle and they discover they have super powers (Plane crash, jungle, super powers. Sound familiar?). It stars Michael Chiklis of "The Shield" and Julie Benz of "Dexter." After that you have DWTS results show and then "Detroit 1-8-7," a cop show starring Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos," "Life on Mars"). Not sure I'd have sandwiched two macho action shows around "Dancing with the Stars," but I'm not a genius TV exec.

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