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Daily guide of TV movies and radio highlights

On WGBH

Heartbeat of Home 4 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Dance extravaganza that blends Irish dance, Latin American salsa, and the rhythms of Africa.

High School Quiz Show 6 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Students from Newton North High School and Westford Academy go head to head.

Radio Highlights

Only A Game 7 a.m. and
7 p.m. WBUR-FM (90.9) John Feinstein discusses his new book on Triple-A baseball.

Innovation Hub 10 a.m.
WGBH-FM (89.7) Kara Miller speaks with Paula Hammond, cancer and nanotech researcher at MIT, historian Paula Byrne on Jane Austen, and Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America.

BSO Encore 8 p.m. WCRB (99.5) In an encore from the 2012-13 season, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in his Symphony Hall debut, conducting Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, and Baibe Skride is soloist in the Violin Concerto No. 1 by Shostakovich.

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“¡Con Salsa!” 10 p.m. WBUR-FM (90.9) “Puerto Rico,” “Mujer Divina,” and Mardi Gras.

Morgan White Jr. 10 p.m. WBZ 1030.

MOVIES

A Few Good Men 6 p.m. (68) After a death at the Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, JAG lawyers must defend two Marines. R (1992)

The Rock 6 p.m. (CMT) Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage take on terrorists at Alcatraz. R (1996)

Navy SEALs 6:05 p.m. (ENCR) A pair of feuding Navy SEALs must work together to stop a terrorist. R (1990)

Taken 2 6:15 p.m. (HBO) Retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his family are targeted by a vengeful crime lord. PG-13 (2012)

Cinderella 6:30 p.m. (FAM) Disney’s classic, with music, about the glass-slippered maiden. NR (1949)

Boyz N the Hood 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. (FUSE) The tale of three teens growing up in an LA neighborhood. R (1991)

King Ralph 7 p.m. (WAM) When a freak accident kills the entire British royal family, a slovenly American ascends the throne. PG (1991)

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The Wrestler 7:45 p.m. (IFC) A former pro-wrestling superstar (Mickey Rourke) looks to make a comeback. R (2008)

The Best Man 8 p.m. (FLIX)
A novelist sees pals at a wedding, after writing about them. Taye Diggs. R (1999)

The Descendants 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (FXM) A man discovers that his comatose wife was having an affair. R (2011)

In the Heat of the Night 8 p.m. (TCM) A black police detective from Philadelphia forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help. NR (1967)

Platoon 8 p.m. (ENCR) The diary of a Vietnam GI shows the realities of the war. R (1986)

The Social Network 8 p.m. (5) Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) creates Facebook, but soon faces numerous lawsuits. PG-13 (2010)

The Little Mermaid 8:15 p.m. (FAM) Mermaid strikes a deal with a sea witch. G (1989)

Gangs of New York 9 p.m. (OVAT) A young man in 1860s New York City seeks to avenge his father’s death decades earlier. R (2002)

Raiders of the Lost Ark 9 p.m. (SYFY) Megahit about intrepid archeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford). PG (1981)

Traffic 9 p.m. (SUND) An Oscar-winning drama about drug trafficking. Michael Douglas. R (2000)

Drive 9:30 p.m. (ESQ) A getaway wheelman (Ryan Gosling) must save his neighbor and her son. R (2011)

Armageddon 10 p.m. (MAX) Disaster epic about an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. Bruce Willis. PG-13 (1998)

The Graduate 10 p.m. (TCM)
A college grad in an existential crisis has an affair with an older woman. PG (1967)

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Lincoln 10 p.m. (SHO) Abraham Lincoln attempts to outlaw slavery by fighting for the passage of the 13th Amendment. PG-13 (2012)

Wall Street 10 p.m. (ENCR) An ambitious stock broker becomes the protege of a ruthless corporate shark. R (1987)

When Harry Met Sally . . .
10 p.m. (68) A close friendship is maintained over years by keeping sex out of it. R (1989)

The Blues Brothers 11 p.m. (VH1) Two soul-singing brothers are sent on a “mission from God” to raise $5,000 to save an orphanage. R (1980)

Pulp Fiction 11 p.m. (AMC) Interweaving stories center on two hit men (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson). R (1994)

Lars and the Real Girl 11:30 p.m. (ESQ) Touching portrait of a delusional man (Ryan Gosling) and his unusual “girlfriend.” PG-13 (2007)

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner midnight (TCM) A couple’s liberal views are tested when their daughter brings home a black man. NR (1967)