Friday, March 17
5 p.m. “NCAA Basketball”
By this point, you should be ripping up the office betting pool brackets sheet and declaring that you’ll never try that again. CBS
6 p.m. “Paddy Whacked: The Irish Mob”
A look at the history of the Irish mob in America and reports that they were after me Lucky Charms. History Channel
7 p.m. “Nanny 911”
A stay-at-home dad needs help dealing with three kids, keeping the house together, preparing healthy meals and securing the sitcom rights. Fox
7 p.m. “I Shouldn’t Be Alive”
A father and son are caught in a storm while skiing and construct a snow cave to survive. They’re rescued when the resort management shows up with an extra lodging bill and a late rental return charge. Discovery Channel
8 p.m. “Las Vegas”
Mike is interested in a woman staying at the hotel, unaware that she is attending a convention for born again virgins. Staging a born again virgins conference in Vegas is like opening a vegetarian restaurant in Omaha. NBC
8 p.m. “Behind the Music: 1992”
Remember when we all wore flannel shirts and ripped jeans, and nobody had jobs, and we all lived in Seattle? Good times. VH1
8 p.m. “A Nightmare on Elm Street”
A hideously disfigured nightmarish specter haunts the dreams of a group of teenagers whose parents share a dark secret. The dark secret is later revealed to be a series of increasingly bad sequels. (1984) American Movie Classics
8:30 p.m. “Modern Men”
Another new sitcom, this time with three 20-something men all consulting with an attractive life coach played by Jane Seymour. She helps them define their goals, shatter self-imposed limitations and more fully experience whacky antics and hilarious misunderstandings. WB