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What to Watch on Saturday: An Obama introduction for 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

To Kill A Mockingbird (8pm, USA) - A special introduction from President Obama marks the 50th anniversary of this Oscar-winning classic film, which was adapted from Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. In the film, Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch, a small town lawyer who defends a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. Robert Duvall made his screen debut in this film, as the mysterious Boo Radley. In other words, YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS, even if you've seen it before. The President also introduced the film at a special White House screening on Thursday, at which Washington, D.C., schoolchildren and the widow of Gregory Peck were in attendance.

iCarly (8pm, Nickelodeon) - Carly gets sick and transmits her illness to a member of the British pop group, One Direction (who also perform tonight on SNL).

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - John Fulton visits an Oregon woman who taught her cats how to swim and a cat hotel in Los Angeles.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Sofia Vergara from "Modern Family" hosts and the music guest is One Direction.

Live from the Artists Den (1am, UNC-TV) - The Fray perform at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City's Lower East Side.

Raleigh man on Nickelodeon's iCarly show

Raleigh native Justin Mitchiner will appear on Nickelodeon's iCarly show tomorrow night (May 2) at 9pm.

Justin, 24, is a graduate of Enloe High School and Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk. Justin moved out to Hollywood about a year ago to become an actor.

The gig on iCarly -- Justin plays 'Larry the Mailman' -- is his first TV role, but he has done commercials and he's currently developing a CD for voiceover work.

Save the Planet, Watch TV


Happy Earth Day!

Lower your carbon foot print by staying home. Just remember to unplug your flatscreen when you're done.

Some green offerings:

NICKELODEAN

Nick will premiere green-themed episodes of iCarly and True Jackson, VP

iCarly’s “iGo Green” 8 p.m. features the iCarly gang tackling an earth-friendly project to help better the environment, while True makes an environmentally friendly discovery in True Jackson, VP’s “True Intrigue” 8:30 p.m.

 

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