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It's sort of a mystery why airing the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments" on Easter weekend (Saturday, 7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) has become an annual event … given that the events in the film have nothing to do with Easter.
What, did the people at ABC get their religions mixed up?
Not to get all biblical or anything, but most of the events in the movie take place about 1500 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. And Easter, of course, celebrates Christ's resurrection.
Easter is the most Christian of holidays, while "The Ten Commandments" is about the Jews. You know, Old Testament vs. New Testament.
Well, "The Ten Commandments" is a great movie, nonetheless. Although it requires no small amount of stamina to sit through it — with commercial breaks, it runs 4 hours and 44 minutes.
Friday on TV …
• NCAA men's basketball tournament: Iowa State vs. Virginia (5:10 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2); Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame (5:37 p.m., TBS); Gonzaga vs. Syracuse (7:40 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2); Indiana vs. North Carolina (8:07 p.m., TBS)
• College baseball (6 p.m., BYUtv): Loyola Marymount at BYU
• "Sleepy Hollow" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch 13): As The Hidden One grows stronger, Crane must examine his past with Betsy Ross to find the key to stopping him.
• "Grimm" (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): A forgotten Wesen disease makes a terrifying return.
• "Second Chance" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Pritchard and Duval race against the clock to save Gracie from Otto's life-threatening experiment. (Season finale. And the chances of a second season are slim to none.)
• College softball (8 p.m., P12N): Utah at Arizona
Saturday on TV ...
• NCAA men's basketball tournament: Oklahoma vs. Oregon (4:09 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2); Villanova vs. Kansas (6:49 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2)
• College baseball (1 p.m., BYUtv): Pacific at BYU
• College softball (1:30 p.m., P12N): Utah at Arizona
• NBA (6 p.m., ROOT): Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves
• "School of Rock" (6:30 p.m., Nickelodeon): Cameras are installed the classrooms, causing the band to worry that their secret could be exposed.
• "Beowulf" (8 p.m., Esquire): Beowulf and Elvina steal a private moment together, but they stray into danger's path.
• "Black Sails" (10 p.m., Starz): Flint acquires an unlikely ally; Vane's crew seeks a sea change; Silver makes a sacrifice. (Season finale)
Sunday on TV …
• NCAA men's basketball tournament: The two remaining regional finals air at 4 p.m. on CBS/Ch. 2 and 6:45 p.m. on TBS.
• "Race for the White House" (6 p.m., CNN): Harry Truman vs. Thomas Dewey in 1948.
• "Grease Live!" (6 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Well, it's "Grease" but it's not live. However, if you missed it the first time around here's another chance. And it's surprisingly good.
• "Madam Secretary" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Elizabeth holds peace talks between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, but a plane crash complicates matters considerably.
• "Once Upon a Time" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Hook and Emma must find a way to defeat Hades so that they can return to Storybrooke with Snow, David, Regina, Robin, Henry and Gold.
• "Little Big Shots" (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The performances continue.
• "The Good Wife" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Connor Fox uses Eli's daughter as leverage in the case against Peter; the power struggle at the firm reaches a boiling point.
• "The Family" (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Hank is attacked and Warren is the prime suspect; Bridey learns the results of the paternity test she ran on Adam; and Adam receives postcards from the pock-marked man.
• "Grantchester on Masterpiece" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): In the Season 2 premiere, Sidney finds himself suspected of murder along with another priest, a photographer and the victim's classmate.
• "Crowded" (8:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Mike confronts his high-school bully, who has landed in jail, and winds up trying to prove his innocence.
• "Elementary" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): A survivalist doctor goes missing, and Holmes and Watson must determine whether he went off the grid or was the victim of foul play.
• "Quantico" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Miranda and Liam pay a deadly price when a terror cell tries to infiltrate Quantico.
• "Hollywood Game Night" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Yvette Nicole Brown, James Pickens, Abby Wambach, Greg Grunberg, Aja Naomi King and Joely Fisher are the celebrity players.
• "Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece" (9 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): In the premiere of the fourth and final season, Harry has his hands full with a house full of kids, upstart wheeler-dealer Jimmy Dillon and a planned tribute to women.
• "The Walking Dead" (10 p.m., AMC): The search is on for Carol, but what they find isn't what they're hoping to see.
• "I Am Cait" (10 p.m., E!): Cait loses her cool during a Democratic debate; her friends are taken aback on a visit to the conservatie Christian college Cait attended.
• "Vinyl" (10 p.m., HBO): Richie and Zak go to Las Vegas to try to sign Elvis Presley and to the label.
• "Shameless" (10 p.m., Showtime): Frank offers to pay for Fiona's wedding, then goes scamming to raise the money.
• "Girls" (11 p.m., HBO): Marnie and Desi have a big fight.
• "Billions" (11 p.m., Showtime): Axe and Wendy do some soul searching; Chuck suffers a devastating setback.
• "Togetherness" (11:30 p.m., HBO): Alex gets a big offer; Tina tries online dating.