Friday’s TV highlights
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Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 16 - 22 in PDF format This week’s TV Movies
SERIES
Medium: The supernatural drama starring Patricia Arquette presents its season finale (9 p.m. CBS).
Kitchen Nightmares: Some of the restaurants where chef Gordon Ramsay attempted to work his makeover magic get a return visit from the hot-tempered host in the season finale (9 p.m. Fox).
The Ricky Gervais Show: The comedy series featuring animated versions of the titular comic and his cronies ends its freshman season (9 p.m. HBO).
Miami Medical: An alligator attacks a young golf phenom on this hospital drama’s season finale (10 p.m. CBS).
SPECIALS
Moose Attack! The increasing incidence of moose-on-human violence is explored in this new special (10 p.m. Discovery).
Fox 11 News Special: This special features sneak peeks at some of this summer’s most-anticipated movies (10:30 p.m. Fox).
Stone Temple Pilots: Live From Chicago 2010: The reformed grunge-era band led by Scott Weiland rocks the Windy City in this new concert special (11 p.m. VH1).
MOVIES
Reign of Fire: An impressive array of CGI dragons is the real attraction in this 2002 tale starring Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey (8 p.m. Encore).
Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood directed and stars as a retired factory worker in this 2008 drama (10 p.m. Cinemax).
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy and Rhona Mitra star in this 2009 entry in the action-horror series (11 p.m. Starz).
SPORTS
Baseball: The Red Sox face the Phillies (4 p.m. MLB), the Angels play the Cardinals (5 p.m. FSN) and the Dodgers host the Tigers (7 p.m. KCAL).
Hockey: The Chicago Blackhawks battle the San Jose Sharks in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals (5 p.m. VS).