CATEGORY: COMEDY
Peek-a-boo
If you couldn’t get to Shakespeare in the Park this summer, you can get your fill of the Bard this week when HBO broadcasts a new production of “As You Like It.” Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the play stars Kevin Kline and chronicles the courtship of two of Shakespeare’s best characters, Rosalind and Orlando. All the dramatic elements of a Shakespeare play are on display – political rivalry, banishment and exile — but the play’s well-known backdrop – the Forest of Arden – has been moved to 19th century Japan. Joining Kline in the fun are Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Alfred Molina and David Oyelowo.
AS YOU LIKE IT
Tuesday, 9 p.m., HBO
CATEGORY: COMEDY
Bob Saget, B-side
Bob Saget leads a double life. The family friendly host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” leads another existence as a raunchy stand-up comedian. Bob’s darker side will be have the floor on “Bob Saget: That Ain’t Right,” a comedy special that will air on Saturday night. Filmed at an auditorium at New York University, Saget’s act addresses such lowbrow topics animal sex, snuff videos and the sexual orientation of his former co-stars.
BOB SAGET: THAT AIN’T RIGHT
Saturday, 10 p.m., HBO
CATEGORY: DRAMA
Sunday kind of ‘Love’
The polygamous adventures of Bill Henrickson did not attract enough of an audience on Monday night so HBO is moving “Big Love ” back to Sundays. This week, Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) learns her mother (Ellen Burstyn) is getting remarried. She decides to use the occasion to patch things up with the estranged members of her family. Meanwhile, Bill (Bill Paxton) makes Alby a tempting offer and Pam, the nosy neighbor, makes Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) an offer of her own. Nikki (Chloe Sevigny) obsesses over the “corrosive influeces” of the family she’s joined. Bill faces a new threat from Hollis Greene (Luke Askew).
BIG LOVE
Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO
CATEGORY: DRAMA
The last stop
A young Chinese woman who owns a successful tour company is found murdered – on one of her tour buses. Brenda’s (Kyra Sedgwick) squad gets the case because the tour has been shuttling around a number of high-profile officials from the Chinese government. While Brenda takes care of business, poor Fritz (Jon Tenney) is forced to babysit Brenda’s visiting parents. Frances Sternhagen and Barry Corbin are the guest-stars.
THE CLOSER
Monday, 9 p.m., TNT
CATEGORY: DRAMA
Baby love
Everyone’s talking about Tommy Gavin’s outlandish behavior on “Rescue Me.” Who sells their baby for $500,000? Tommy (Denis Leary), that’s who. Janet (Andrea Roth) managed to get the baby back and Tommy bribes his daughter Colleen for information on Janet, who’s disappeared. Meanwhile, the Gavin family AA group’s first meeting for Maggie (Tatum O’Neal) doesn’t go exactly as planned. Franco (Daniel Sunjata) learns the truth about his fiancee, Natalie (Sherri Saum) while Lou (John Scurti) contemplates revenge on Cousin Mike (Michael Lombardi).
RESCUE ME
Wednesday, 10 p.m., FX
CATEGORY: REALITY
Ratings ploy
The owner of a struggling TV news station shocks the townspeople of Tyler, Texas, by hiring a gorgeous model and ex-WWE diva with no previous experience to be his next on-camera star. Former Miss New York Lauren Jones packs up her Versace dresses and heads to the middle of nowhere to start a new career on the Fox reality series “Anchorwoman.” Will Jones save KYTX, or make it the laughingstock of the Lone Star State? She wants to prove she’s more than just a pretty face.
ANCHORWOMAN
Wednesday, 8 p.m., Fox