A few weeks from now, March 7th to be exact, Kathryn Bigelow may be the first woman to ever win the Academy Award for Best Director. The odds are in her favor, especially after winning the DGA competition. Therefore, the announcement that Bigelow will direct the HBO pilot, 'The Miraculous Year,' is a coup for the cable net.

'The Miraculous Year' is the story of a Broadway composer who's popular and successful, but self-destructive, and how he views his eccentric family. Screenwriter John Logan is doing the script, and he's also executive producing with Lydia Pilcher. Logan has worked with HBO before on another show business oriented project, 'RKO 281' which told the story of Orson Welles' battle to create 'Citizen Kane.'

'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
Sun., Nov. 30, 7PM on TNT

Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam march toward Mount Doom to destroy the ring, while Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and warriors prepare for a final confrontation with Sauron and his allies.

'Casino'
Mon., Dec. 1, 8PM on AMC

A New York bookie (Robert De Niro) and his pal (Joe Pesci) turn a Las Vegas casino into an empire, then one's money-hungry wife (Sharon Stone) helps bring it down.

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• At 8, FOX has the first game of The World Series.
• ABC has a new Pushing Daisies at 8, then new episodes of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
• CBS has new episodes of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds (with Wil Wheaton!), and CSI: NY.
• NBC has a new Knight Rider at 8, followed by new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Lipstick Jungle.
• The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8, then the series premiere of Stylista.
• Discovery has two new episodes of Time Wrap at 8, followed by new episodes of Mythbusters and Prototype This!
• At 9, PBS has a new Independent Lens.
• There's a new Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi at 9.
• Fine Living has a new Whatever, Martha at 9.
• History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then new episodes of Criss Angel and Parking Wars.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, followed by a new Chocolate News.
• FX has a new Sons of Anarchy at 10.
• Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
• TCM has Citizen Kane at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Top Design.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

Of course, every week is a great week to watch Turner Classic Movies. If you're not a regular viewer of TCM, you're really missing out.

But looking over their schedule for tomorrow, I noticed several movies are playing that you really must see, especially if you haven't seen them before. In fact, two of the movies are ones I haven't seen before myself, though I've always wanted to. Many of these movies aren't shown on TV that often, and when they are it's only on TCM, another reason to watch the channel regularly.