AUGUST 2008 HIGHLIGHTS


HIGH STAKES AND BIG LAUGHS THIS AUGUST

A “High Stakes Weekend” starts off August with Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone in Martin Scorsese’s Casino on Friday August 1 at 8pm and 11:30pm (ET). As an added bonus, see Sharon Stone’s early appearance in a 2-hour Magnum, P.I. at 6pm and 3am (ET). SLEUTH continues on the fast lane with the premiere of Speed 2: Cruise Control on Saturday August 2 at 8pm and 11:30pm (ET).

It’s a night of music and conversation on Sunday August 3 when rockers Glenn Frey, Phil Collins and Frank Zappa visit Miami Vice from 4-7pm (ET). Eric Bogosian (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) goes from Miami Vice at 7pm (ET) to the controversial host of Talk Radio at 8pm and 12am (ET). Then, Clint Eastwood is on the air in Play Misty for Me at 10pm and 2am (ET).

There’s something funny going on the weekend of August 29-31. Leslie Nielsen starts trouble in Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear on Friday August 29 at 8pm and 11pm (ET). Laugh all day Saturday August 30 with Dana Carvey in Opportunity Knocks at 8am and 2pm (ET), Matthew Broderick in The Freshman at 10am and 4am (ET), Kiefer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson in The Cowboy Way at 12pm (ET), Dabney Coleman in Cloak and Dagger at 4pm (ET), Chevy Chase in Cops and Robbersons at 6pm (ET) and Ben Stiller in Mystery Men at 8pm and 11:30pm (ET). Stiller is back for an episode of Miami Vice at 10:30pm (ET). On Sunday, The Cowboy Way returns at 6am, followed by Whoopi Goldberg in Jumpin’ Jack Flash at 8am and 4pm (ET), Cops and Robbersons at 10am (ET) and Cloak & Dagger at 12pm (ET). Bruce Willis is Hudson Hawk at 8pm and 12:30am (ET) then legendary con artists Paul Newman and Robert Redford star in The Sting at 10pm and 2:30am (ET).


SLEUTH MURDER MONDAYS BECOME DEADLIER EACH WEEK

Chilling true crime stories join SLEUTH MURDER MONDAYS with the August 4 premieres of reality series Captured at 8pm and 12am (ET) and Relentless at 8:30pm and 12:30am (ET). Then, Dateline on Sleuth returns with more reports of death and danger at 9pm and 3am (ET). Each week, a thrilling MURDER MONDAY MOVIE follows at 10pm and 1am (ET).


Coming this September: David Hasselhoff is back in classic episodes of Knight Rider!



SLEUTH MURDER MONDAYS – Mondays 10pm & 1am (ET)
August features: The Siege, Action Jackson, The Sicilian, Homicide (1991)

SLEUTH ACTION WEDNESDAYS – Wednesdays 8pm & 11pm (ET)
August features: Eye for an Eye, Pink Cadillac, Darkman III, The Siege

SLEUTH FUNNY BUSINESS – Thursdays 8pm & 11pm (ET)
August features: City Heat, The Freshman, The Sting, Her Alibi

SLEUTH WEEKEND STAKEOUT – Fridays and Saturdays, 8 & 11pm (ET)
PREMIERES:
Speed 2: Cruise Control 8/2
Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear 8/16
Her Alibi 8/23

ENCORES:
Casino 8/1
Red Dragon 8/8
Patriot Games 8/9
Speed 2: Cruise Control 8/15
The Skulls II 8/22
Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear 8/29
Mystery Men 8/30

SUNDAY NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE – Sundays beginning at 8pm (ET)
Talk Radio, Play Misty for Me 8/3
Quick Change, Crackers 8/10
Blue Thunder, Escape from New York 8/17
The Siege, Speed 2: Cruise Control 8/24
Hudson Hawk, The Sting 8/31

SLEUTH WEEKEND MARATHONS –Saturdays, 2-6pm (ET) & Sundays, 10am-2pm (ET)
Homicide: Life on the Street 8/2 & 8/3
Players 8/9 & 8/10
Robbery Homicide Division 8/16 & 8/17
Magnum, P.I. 8/23 & 8/24
Sleuth Funny Business Movies 8/30 & 8/31