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BY JACQUELINE CUTLER "The Sound of Music Live!" is just that. It's decidedly not a remake of the 1965 movie. Carrie Underwood is not trying to be Julie Andrews, nor is Stephen Moyer trying to be Christopher Plummer. No one is making that mistake. Rather, NBC's three-hour production on Thursday, Dec. 5, is intended as an event, the sort for which people once gathered around a television instead of catching up with on their phones. Underwood, like most folks, grew up watching the movie. "I don't think I could remember the first time I saw it," she says on a break from rehearsals. Tucked away in a ballet studio in lower Manhattan, the cast worked for four weeks before heading out to a Long Island set to rehearse another two weeks until the big day. Wearing hot pink leggings, a gray sweatshirt and green sneakers, but in full makeup because of a morning talk show appearance, Underwood smiles as she says, "This was one of my mom and dad's first dates. My mom is coming up in a few weeks, and she is incredibly excited." THURSDAY 4:00 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Big-12/SEC Challenge — West Virginia at Missouri. (Live) (TNT) NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets. From Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Live) (HD) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Big 12-SEC Challenge — Mississippi at Kansas State. (Live) 6:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls. From the United Center in Chicago. (Live) (HD) FRIDAY 4:30 p.m. (CSNBA) Warriors Pregame (Live) (ESPN) NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics. From TD Garden in Boston. (Live) (HD) 5:00 p.m. (CSNBA) NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets. From the Toyota Center in Houston. (Live) 7:00 p.m. (ESPN) College Basketball Baylor vs. Kentucky. From Arlington, Texas. (Live) BOWLING SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. (ESPN) PBA Bowling World Series: Cheetah Championship. From Las Vegas. (HD) 327 Walnut St., Red Bluff (530) 529-4004 Stephen Moyer stars in "The Sound of Music Live!" Voted Best Carpet / Floor Covering Store in Tehama County. 2 x 2" ad SUNDAY "It's been lovely, treating this like a proper show," Moyer says, sprawling on a club chair. It's been 18 years since he did a musical. Though "a massive Christopher Plummer fan," Moyer says, "I will try to make myself different. I don't think he's (Captain von Trapp) very likable in the beginning. I want him to be cold and broken. He's retreated into being an officer and a captain of the fleet. His way of controlling everything is to have it be neat and tidy, and everything is until this little firebrand arrives." When executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron approached her to play Maria, Underwood recalls thinking, "This would be awesome. Then, did that just really happen? And, what did I get myself into?" BOXING SATURDAY 10:15 p.m. (HBO) Boxing Tony Bellew vs. Adonis Stevenson. 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(Live) (HD) 7:30 p.m. (CSNBA) Echoes of Sunday: Golden Voices of the 49ers 10:15 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Final (Live) (HD) 11:00 p.m. (CSNBA) 49ers Total Access The San Francisco 49ers weekly magazine show. 11:30 p.m. (CSNBA) 49ers Central News, analysis, interviews and game breakdowns. TUESDAY 6:00 a.m. (ESPN2) Colin's New Football Show (Live) (HD) 7:00 a.m. (ESPN) Sunday NFL Countdown (Live) (HD) 8:00 a.m. (CSNBA) 49ers Total Access The San Francisco 49ers weekly magazine show. (ESPN2) Fantasy Football Now Host Robert Flores and analysts Matthew Berry, Tim Hasselbeck, Stephania Bell and Sara Walsh. (Live) (HD) 8:30 a.m. (CSNBA) 49ers Central News, analysis, interviews and game breakdowns. 9:00 a.m. (CBS-12) The NFL Today Host James Brown; with Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher. (Live) (HD) (FOX-30) FOX NFL Sunday (Live) (HD) 10:00 a.m. (CBS-12) NFL Football New England Patriots at Houston Texans. From Reliant Stadium in Houston. 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