Let's get smallSuperman may be able to leap higher than the tallest building, but what he really wants to do is direct. Tom Welling, the star of "Smallville" (7 p.m. Friday, WUCW, Ch. 23), gets behind the camera in this episode that introduces the arrival of Blue Beetle. Better late than never for the colorful insect. The series ends May 13 after a 10-season run.
Four on the floor Call them the Mount Rushmore of modern comedy. Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock debate the finer points of comedy in "Talking Funny" (8 p.m. Friday, HBO), yet another example of how skilled comics are more thoughtful, well-read and insightful than we mere mortals.
Girls, girls, girls "Girls Night Out: Superstar Women of Country" (8 p.m. Friday, WCCO, Ch. 4) features the Judds, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Martina McBride debating the finer points of comedy. Either that or they'll sing a few numbers.
All in the family Before Snooki and Kim Kardashian, there were the Louds, the first stars -- and victims -- of reality TV. Diane Lane and Tim Robbins play the heads of the Santa Barbara family in "Cinema Verite" (8 p.m. Saturday, HBO), an informative but somewhat plodding re-creation of the 1970s PBS special, "An American Family." James Gandolfini steals the show as the producer who persuades the naive parents to invite cameras into their soon-to-be shattered house.
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