ON WGBH
Neighborhood Kitchens
4 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Margarita Martinez visits Boston Liberty Hotel’s Scampo restaurant with chef Simon Restrepo.
RADIO HIGHLIGHTS
Highway 61 Revisited 8 a.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Honoring Woody Guthrie on what would have been his 100th birthday.
A Celtic Sojourn 3 p.m. WGBH-FM (89.7)
BSO on Record 10 p.m. Classical New England (99.5)
MOVIES
The Best Man 8 p.m.,
10:30 p.m. (TV1) A novelist sees pals at a wedding, after writing about them. Good cast; familiar story. Taye Diggs. R (1999)
Blue-Eyed Butcher 8 p.m. (LIFE) A Houston housewife is accused of murdering her husband. NR (2012)
Clash of the Titans 8 p.m., 10:15 p.m. (TNT) Courageous warrior Perseus (Sam Worthington) fights to prevent Hades from overthrowing Zeus. PG-13 (2010)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the
Silver Surfer 8 p.m. (FX) The four superheroes encounter a mysterious silver alien. Ioan Gruffudd. PG (2007)
Most Wonderful Time of the Year 8 p.m. (HALMRK) A single mom (Brooke Burns) warily welcomes a stranger (Warren Christie) into her home. NR (2008)
Scream 4 8 p.m. (TMC) Ghostface terrorizes a new generation when Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) returns to her hometown. R (2011)
The Shining 8 p.m. (SPIKE) Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s tale about a sinister hotel. Jack Nicholson. R (1980)
Sleepless in Seattle 8 p.m. (E) A journalist (Meg Ryan) falls for a widower on a radio call-in show. PG (1993)
Stephen King’s ‘Thinner’
8 p.m. (38) A curse causes an obese man to start wasting away. Robert John Burke.
R (1996)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li 8 p.m. (50) A master martial-arts warrior (Kristin Kreuk) takes on a Bangkok crime-syndicate leader.
PG-13 (2009)
Xanadu 8 p.m. (FLIX) A muse inspires two men to pursue their dreams. Olivia Newton-John. PG (1980)
The Endless Summer
8:30 p.m., 10:15 p.m., midnight (ESPNC) Bruce Brown’s account of a trip around the world with two surfers. Mike Hynson. NR (1966)
Secondhand Lions 8:45 p.m. (WAM) A lad (Haley Joel Osment) summers with his two quirky uncles. Earnest and sentimental. PG (2003)
Eve’s Bayou 9 p.m. (BET)
Affecting tale about an affluent Southern black family in the 1960s. Samuel L. Jackson. R (1997)
Friday 9 p.m. (OXY) Ice Cube stars in this day-in-the-’hood comedy. R (1995)
Old School 9 p.m. (TBS) Three men start a frat in this uneven “Animal House” rip-off starring Will Ferrell. R (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean:
On Stranger Tides 9 p.m. (STARZ) Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is lured onto Blackbeard’s ship by an enigmatic siren. PG-13 (2011)
True Bloodthirst 9 p.m. (SYFY) A clash between vampires and humans unfolds in a not-too-distant future. NR (2012)
The Wedding Planner 9 p.m., 11 p.m. (BRAVO) A doctor falls for the woman coordinating his nuptials. Standard romance. Jennifer Lopez. PG-13 (2001)
The Preacher’s Wife 9:40 p.m. (FLIX) An angel tries to help a troubled minister and his family. Denzel Washington. PG (1996)
The Princess Comes Across 9:45 p.m. (TCM) A chorine (Carole Lombard) masquerades as royalty. NR (1936)
Center Stage 10 p.m. (STYLE) A look at students at a New York ballet company. Amanda Schull. PG-13 (2000)
Fast Five 10 p.m. (MAX) Brian, Mia and Dom (Vin Diesel) confront a Rio businessman who seeks to silence them forever. PG-13 (2011)
A Good Year 10 p.m. (SUND)
A London investment broker inherits a vineyard in France. Russell Crowe. PG-13 (2006)
Hobo With a Shotgun 10 p.m. (TMC) A trigger-happy hobo (Rutger Hauer) takes aim at a ruthless crime boss and his two sadistic sons. NR (2011)
The Initiation of Sarah 10 p.m. (LMN) Supernatural saga of twins and the rival sororities vying for their souls. Mika Boorem. NR (2006)
Selena 10 p.m. (FUSE) Jennifer Lopez plays the slain Tejano singer. PG (1997)
Unstable 10 p.m. (LIFE) A newly divorced mom is terrorized by a stalker. NR (2012)