Your Friday Night TV Lineup

TONIGHT: Elisabeth Hasselbeck's new ice skating show Thin Ice premieres, Lisa Kudrow discovers her ancestry, Karl's Top 50 freaks on The Ricky Gervais Show, John Cusack stops by Leno's couch, and NCAA March Madness continues.

8:00 PM
Live From Abbey Road Green Day, Bat For Lashes, and Starsailor perform. (Sundance)
Who Do You Think You Are? Lisa Kudrow, executive producer on the show, traces her own ancestry tonight to a journey about her family that takes to the Holocaust and a polish sailor. (NBC)
Thin Ice Part one of two. Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Kurt Browning host a figure-skating contest that features 10 pro skaters competing as couples for cash prizes. (ABC)
Friday Night SmackDown Edge, Chris Jericho and Undertaker are featured as WrestleMania XXVI approaches. (MyTV)
NCAA March Madness (Begins at 7:00) First-round games in Buffalo (Gonzaga-Florida St., Syracuse-Vermont); Milwaukee (Ga. Tech-Oklahoma St., UC Santa Barbara-Ohio St.); Spokane (Michigan St.-New Mexico St., Houston-Maryland); and Jacksonville (Arkansas Pine Bluff-Duke, Cal-Louisville).

9:00 PM
Kitchen Nightmares Chef Ramsay visits Mama Ritas in Newbury Park, CA. (Fox)
What Not to Wear Jennaydra is a lawyer (who also owns a match-making business) and needs a new wardrobe. (TLC)
The Ricky Gervais Show Tonight's topics include New Years resolutions and Karl's list of the Top 50 "Freaks of All Time" he'd like to meet. Also: Monkey news. (HBO)
Bill Moyers' Journal Tonight: Anthropologist Jane Goodall (PBS)
Dateline NBC Hoda Kotb attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding a young widow and the deaths of two men. (NBC)

10:00 PM
Real Time With Bill Maher Tonight's panelists are Melinda Henneberger, Gavin Newsom, and Stephen Moore. Emile Hirsch and Dennis Kucinich are interviewed. (HBO)
The Best Thing I Ever Ate Food Network stars recall some foods that surprised them: deep-fried candy bars, prosciutto ice cream, bacon and blue cheese. (Food Network)
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross Guests include Lady Gaga, Stephen Moyer, and Michael Ball. (BBC America)
Big, Bigger, Biggest: Cruise Ship This episode inspects how big "The Oasis of the Seas" is. Hint: It's got a carousel and neighborhoods. (Science Channel)

Who's on the Late Night Couches Tonight?
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: John Cusack, Heidi Montag, Barenaked Ladies (NBC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Ted Danson, Kara DioGuardi, Air (NBC)
Last Call with Carson Daly Aaron Paul, Shooter Jennings, 311 (NBC)

Send an email to Whitney Jefferson, the author of this post, at whitney@gawker.com.

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