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A select viewing guide for Monday, Feb. 27

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MOVIE Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? TCM, 11:30 p.m. ET; 8:30 p.m. PT Moviegoers were a tad stunned when this film hit theatres in the summer of 1966. Very few were prepared for the harsh language or the vicious verbal exchanges between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, a real-life married couple at the time. Based on the play by Edward Albee and directed by Mike Nichols, the film cast Burton as George, an alcoholic college professor, and Taylor as Martha, his long-suffering and insufferable wife. One evening, George invites junior professor Nick (George Segal) and his mousy wife Honey (Sandy Dennis) over for drinks. Along with the audience, the young couple is forced to watch the hateful pair spar, but the venom reaches a new level when George pushes Martha’s buttons about their son.

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DRAMA Alcatraz Fox, CITY-TV, 9 p.m. ET/PT TV show fortunes can change so quickly these days. This mid-season series from Lost creator J.J. Abrams got off to a strong ratings start in January, but has had the wind knocked out of its sails in recent weeks, courtesy of direct competition from NBC's singing contest The Voice. Some TV-industry watchers are already predicting cancellation, which would be a shame since there's long-term potential in the storyline following San Francisco cop Rebecca (Sarah Jones) unraveling the strange mystery of former inmates of the infamous Alcatraz Island prison suddenly reappearing in the present day (strange because the prison closed in 1963). In tonight's episode, she meets a docile man who everyone knows was unjustly accused and convicted. So why is he now committing one violent crime after another?

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PROFILE American Masters PBS, 10 p.m. ET; 8 p.m. PT Well, hi-dee-ho. Tonight's edition of this award-winning series examines the eventful life and times of Cab Calloway, who charmed audiences as a singer and bandleader for several decades before passing away in 1994. In trademark Masters fashion, the program rewinds to Calloway's birth in Rochester, N.Y., and his middle-class upbringing in Baltimore, Md. Defying his parents' wishes, Calloway moved to New York in his teens and formed his own band, which became one of the most popular acts at The Cotton Club. The profile features several previously unseen film clips, including the original version of Calloway's famous song Minnie the Moocher, and footage from his appearances in various films. Nobody ever wore a zoot suit better.

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