Universal HD Highlights, February 2008 Options

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FEBRUARY 2008 HIGHLIGHTS


UNIVERSAL HD LEAPS INTO FEBRUARY WITH HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS
UNIVERSAL HD brings 1080i High Definition programming to your holiday viewing with marathons, sports and romance!

On Super Bowl Sunday—February 3—start the day with football and melodrama in four episodes of Friday Night Lights from 6am-10am and 10am-1pm (ET). Then, cool off with an eight-hour skating marathon featuring The Music of Seal on Ice and Mrs. Dash Presents Skate for the Heart Starring Celtic Woman from 2pm-10pm (ET).

Vote for laughs on Super Comedy Tuesday – February 5—highlighted by the premiere of Warren Beatty’s political satire Bulworth at 8pm and 12am(ET). Running mates Tom Hanks and Chevy Chase star in the premieres of That Thing You Do at 6pm and 4am (ET) and National Lampoon’s European Vacation at 10pm and 2am (ET).

Book your Valentine’s Getaway on UNIVERSAL HD on Thursday February 14 beginning with a four-episode marathon of My Big Fat Greek Life from 6pm-8pm (ET). Young love blossoms in My Girl 2 at 8pm (ET) and Simply Irresistible at 10pm (ET). Dance to That Thing You Do at 12am (ET) and escape with National Lampoon’s European Vacation at 2am (ET).

We salute American Heroes on Presidents Day—Monday February 18—with a movie marathon starring Steve McQueen, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the one and only Muhammad Ali.

o The Greatest – 10:30am & 2:30pm (ET)
o Bullitt – 12:30am & 4:30pm (ET)
o End of Days – 6:30pm (ET)
o Days of Thunder – 9pm (ET)



JERICHO: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON MARATHON - Saturday February 9, 10pm – Sunday February 10, 8pm (ET)
Before the second season of Jericho on CBS begins on February 12, catch up with a 22-hour marathon of the complete first season on UNIVERSAL HD! Beginning with the pilot on Saturday February 9, 10pm (ET), the excitement continues through the night until Sunday February 10 at 8pm (ET).





ROUND TWO FOR SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING ON UNIVERSAL HD – Sunday February 10, 8pm (ET/PT)
The second match in the Showtime Championship Boxing on Universal HD series premieres on Sunday February 10 at 8pm (ET/PT) with last month’s Paulie Malignaggi vs. Herman Ngoudjo IBF Junior Welterweight Championship bout. Malignaggi vs. Ngoudjo also encores on Sports Wednesday on February 13 at 8pm and 1am(ET).


UNIVERSAL HD ON THE RED CARPET – Tuesday February 19 – Sunday February 24
Award winning actors and films fill a week of UNIVERSAL HD afternoons and new theme nights. Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Forest Whitaker, Sean Connery, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Debra Winger, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford and Marlee Matlin are honored with HD broadcasts of great movies like The Fisher King, Bird, The Russia House, Apollo 13, The Usual Suspects and Spy Game.



COMEDY TUESDAY MOVIES, beginning at 6pm ET
That Thing You Do, Bulworth, National Lampoon’s
European Vacation 2/5
I.Q., Club Paradise, All the Queen’s Men, Simply
Irresistible 2/12
The Big Picture, The Fisher King, Neighbors 2/19
About a Boy, In & Out, If Lucy Fell, Bulworth 2/26

BIG MOVIE THURSDAY MOVIES, beginning at 6pm ET
The Jerk, Bowfinger, Bonfire of the Vanities 2/7
My Girl 2, That Thing You Do, Simply Irresistible,
National Lampoon’s European Vacation 2/14
Ghost and the Darkness, Apollo 13, That Thing
You Do, The Usual Suspects 2/21
End of Days, Days of Thunder, Jennifer Eight,
The Russia House 2/28

DRAMA FRIDAY MOVIES, beginning at 8pm ET
Full Metal Jacket 2/1
Dirty Harry, Alien: Resurrection 2/8
Bullitt, Jennifer Eight, Dying Young 2/15
Betrayed, The Russia House 2/22
The Usual Suspects, Blue Steel 2/29

SCI FI SATURDAY MOVIES, beginning at 10pm ET
Volcano 2/2
Virus 2/9, 8pm ET
Runaway 2/16
Red Dragon 2/23

CRIME SUNDAY MOVIES, beginning at 8pm ET
Pre-Empted for Skating Marathon 2/3
Pre-Empted for Showtime Boxing 2/10
Dirty Harry 2/17
Spy Game 2/24