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Lucille Ball died 27 years ago, but CBS has pulled big ratings by colorizing old episodes of "I Love Lucy." The latest pair of episodes — airing Friday at 7 p.m. on Ch. 2 — first aired in October 1955.
Lucy and Ethel (Vivian Vance) steal John Wayne's footprints from Grauman's Chinese Theater; then Ricky (Desi Arnaz) gets Wayne to help out when Lucy and Ethel break the cement block. It's classic.
At the opposite end of the television spectrum, it's the premiere of "Preacher" (11 p.m. Sunday, AMC) — the ultra-violent, gross and amusing adaptation of the comic books in which a half-demon/half-angel entity merges with a preacher … and all hell breaks loose.
When I watched the attached clip, I laughed out loud. (For real.) At a 61-year-old TV show that I've seen before.
How can you not love Lucy?
Friday on TV …
• College baseball (6 p.m., BYUtv): Santa Clara at BYU
• "Grimm" (7 and 8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Black Claw shocks everyone and sends Nick on the war path; Hadrian. (Season finale)
• "Masters of Illusion" (7 and 7:30 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Greg Frewin, Barry and Stuart, Jason Bishop, Michael Grandinetti, Jonathan Pendragon, David and Dania, Bill Cook and Les Arnold and Dazzle performer in the first episode; Tommy Wind, Murray SawChuck, Trigg Watson, Farrell Dillion, Jason Bird, Tom Burgoon; and Jonathan Pendragon perform in the second.
• "Undercover Boss" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): United Real Estate Group CEO Dan Duffy goes undercover.
• "Shark Tank" (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): A Shark loses his/her temper after an entrepreneur refuses an offer. (Season finale)
• "The Originals" (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Klaus is put on trial for centuries of atrocities he's committed. (Season finale)
• "Banshee" (8 and 11 p.m., Cinemax): Lucas decides to leave Banshee, but discovers the murder case he believed closed may be reopened. (Series finale)
Saturday on TV ...
• College baseball: Santa Clara at BYU (6 p.m., BYUtv); Utah at Cal (8 p.m., P12N)
• MLS (6:30 p.m., KMYU): Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City
• College baseball (8 p.m., P12N): Utah at California
• "Outlander" (10 p.m., Starz): Doctors at try to save Claire's life and that of her unborn child.
• "Saturday Night Live" (10:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Fred Armisen hosts; Courtney Barnett is the music guest. (Season finale)
Sunday on TV ...
• "America's Funniest Home Videos" (6 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): The Season 26 finale.
• "Bordertown" (6 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Bud and Barracuda go gunning for El Coyote.
• Billboard Music Awards (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Ciara and Ludacris are the hosts. Scheduled performers include Justin Bieber, DNCE, Fifth Harmony, the Go-Go's, Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Pink and Britney Spears. Celine Dion is honored with the ICON Award. Madonna pays tribute to Prince. (Tape-delayed)
• "Call the Midwife" (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Dr. Turner discovers the reason for the recent rise in birth deformities. (Season finale)
• "The Simpsons" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Marge goes to prison for letting Bart go to the park unsupervised and finds out it's an improvement on being home.
• College baseball (7 p.m., P12N): Utah at California
• "Bob's Burgers" (7:30 and 8:30 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Tina volunteers at a nursing home, where her ideas of love and romance are put to the test..
• "Undercover Boss" (8 and 9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Wienerschnitzel CEO Cynthia Galardi Culpepper goes undercover in the first episode; Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill CEO Lowell Hawthorne goes undercover in the second.
• "Carmichael Show" (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The family argues about porn addiction.
• "Wallander on Masterpiece" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): In the series finale, Wallander copes with his memory issues while striving to find a former top official in the Swedish navy.
• "Family Guy" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Brian falls for a tech-support worker in India, so he and Stewie head out to find her. (Season finale)
• "Crowded" (8:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The family discovers that Mike's mom has been hiding from the police. (Series finale)
• "The Girlfriend Experience" (9, 11 and 11:30 p.m., Starz): A vengeful Christine goes on the attack.
• "Sister Wives" (9 p.m., TLC): The family celebrates Thanksgiving.
• "Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece" (9:30 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): In the series finale, things are not looking good for Harry.
• "Fear the Walking Dead" (10 p.m., AMC): The family faces their greatest test yet.
• "Good Witch" (10 p.m., Hallmark): Cassie summons her courage so she can act on her feelings for Sam.
• "Game of Thrones" (10 p.m., HBO): Tyrion seeks a strange ally. Bran learns a great deal.
• "House of Lies" (10 and 10:30 p.m., Showtime): Marty strives to convince a couple of big-time, idealist marijuana growers to embrace a new idea.
• "Silicon Valley" (11 p.m., HBO): Richard's ego gets in the way during an interview.
• "Penny Dreadful" (11 p.m., Showtime): Vanessa convinces Dr. Seward to use hypnosis to take her back in time.
• "Veep" (11:30 p.m., HBO): Selina observes Thanksgiving as only she can.