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Animal
Planet
“Animal Planet National Dog Championship”
Canines compete for first Eukanuba Cup in final rounds from Los
Angeles.
March 7
“The Crufts Dog Show”
The world’s biggest and most prestigious annual dog competition,
from Birmingham, England.
March 12-14, 8 p.m.
Cartoon
Network
“Boy Girl Boy Girl Marathon”
Cartoon Network characters Ed, Edd, and Eddy mingle with Powerpuff
Girls for crimefighting, trash-bin diving.
March 7, noon.
“Reboot”
Series premiere. TV's first half-hour series produced entirely
by computer features the world inside computers.
March 15, 4:30 p.m.
“Greatest Cartoon Countdown”
Cartoon experts present their favorites during eight-hour marathon.
March 20, 2 p.m. |
Discovery Channel
“Cleopatra’s
Palace: In Search of a Legend”
The world of the fabled history and real-life remains of the
Royal Quarters of Cleopatra.
March 14, 9 p.m.
“Bear in the Big Blue House”
Preschool series marathon.
March 1, 9 a.m.
“A Kid in Aladdin’s
Palace”
Pizza delivery boy Calvin finds mysterious lamp with a genie.
March 6, 7 p.m.
“Goofy Picks the Oscars”
Goofy hosts week-long salute to the Academy Awards with his selections
for Oscar-worthy performances.
March 15-20, 1 a.m.
“PB&J Otter’s First Birthday Celebration”
Marathon features otters using their “noodles” to make
new discoveries.
March 21, 9 a.m.
“B*Witched and Five in Concert”
International pop sensations in their first TV special, taped
at Disneyland Park.
March 27, 7 p.m.
“Easter Egg Mornin’”
Hens want credit for some of Picasso “Speedy” Cottontail’s
Easter success.
March 30, 7 p.m.
E!
“Live Countdown
to the Academy Awards ’99”
Live reports from Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
cover last-minute preparations for the Academy Awards.
March 21, noon.
“E! Academy Award Live Pre-Show”
and “Post-show”
Joan and Melissa Rivers interview nominees, presenters and celebrities.
March 21, 6 p.m. and midnight
“E! Academy Awards Fashion
Review ’99”
Joan and Melissa Rivers provide candid recap of fashion do’s
and don’t’s.
March 21, 3 p.m.
The
Golf Channel
European Tour coverage
Portuguese Algarve, March 4-7
Turespana Masters, March 11-14
Moroccan Open, March 18-21
“Golf Hawaii”
Where to golf in the Islands.
March 6, 8 p.m.
HBO
“Fifth Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival”
A mix of comedy’s most celebrated masters and innovative
new talent
March 3-7 |
History Channel
“The Big Dig”
A look at the Massachusetts Central Artery/Tunnel Project, estimated
to cost $11 billion by the time it is complete.
March 1, 10 p.m.
“Great Minds of American
History: Gordon Wood”
Pulitzer Prize winner’s focus on the American Revolution.
March 5, 9 p.m.
“Mexico”
Weeklong series looks at impact of religious and money-inspired
conquests in Mexico and its quest for independence.
March 8-11, 9 p.m.
“Angels of Mercy”
Women’s History Month: Canada’s Nursing Sisters, the
first women to be accepted into a military force.
March 9, 11 p.m.
“Free a Man to Fight”
Women’s History Month: The many new roles woman played for
U.S. in World War II.
March 14, 10 p.m.
“Women at War”
Women’s History Month: How women influenced the outcome
of the Civil War.
March 19, 6 p.m.
Lifetime
“Invisible Child”
Original movie. Nanny must care for wife’s imaginary daughter
as well as real children.
March 8, 9 p.m.
“Intimate Portrait: Oscar
Week”
Five Academy Award-winning actresses profiled.
March 15-19, 3 p.m.
“Weddings of a Lifetime”
March 22, 8 p.m.
The
Movie Channel
“The Commissioner”
Original movie. Political intrigue in European Commission.
March 6, 9 p.m. |
Nickelodeon
“All That, 100th Live Episode”
Special marks 100th episode of sketch comedy starring kids.
March 6, 8 p.m.
“The Journey of Allen Strange
Marathon”
Three hours of special programming.
March 7, 5 p.m.
Ovation
“Lulu”
Alban Berg’s operatic thriller pits femme fatale against
Jack the Ripper.
March 3, 8 p.m.
“The Harvest of Sorrow:
The Memories of Sergei Rachmaninoff”
Archival footage and performances.
March 9, 8 p.m.
St. Patrick’s Day Specials,
March 17
“From Clare to Here,” Irish fiddler Martin Hayes, 8
p.m.
“Magic in the Air,” the making of the West Cork Chamber
Music Festival, 9 p.m.
“Bantry House Music I and II,” West Cork Chamber Music
Festival performances, 10 p.m.
Women’s History Month:
“The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf,” March
22, 9 p.m.
“Love and Loneliness on the Plains,” Willa Cather and
Mari Sandoz, March 31, 11 p.m.
Romance
Classics
“Imogen’s Face”
Original movie. Woman with beauty and brains contrasts with less-than-perfect
older sister.
March 15, 8 p.m.
“Irish Film Festival”
Romantic tales.
Wednesdays, 9 p.m.
“Elia Kazan Tribute”
Celebrates 1999 Lifetime Achievement Academy Award winner.
March 21, 1 p.m.
Showtime
“Total Recall 2070”
Series premiere. In sci-fi thriller based on movie, police detective
and android partner fight crime.
March 7, 8 p.m.
“Mister Music”
Original family movie.
March 14, 8 p.m. |
Travel
Channel
“Egypt Week”
Celebrates one of the world’s oldest civilizations.
March 7-13
TV Land
“Hagen,” “Ladies’ Man”
Featured in “Time Warp” trip back to 1980s.
March 6, 10 a.m. |
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