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You Are There TV by DEAN ROBBINS MLK: The Assassination Tapes re-creates a tragic event MLK: The Assassination Tapes (Sunday, 9 p.m., Smithsonian Channel) re- at at February 24th - 26th, 2012 SEMINARS DAILY (Check seminar schedule online) Kids 10 & under FREE (Jason Cameron at the show ALL DAY!) creates the days before and after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination using contemporary TV and radio reports, most of them not broadcast since 1968. It gives you the feeling that you're living through the civil rights leader's last minutes along with the people from back then. You're right there on the Memphis street as police rough up protesters dur- ing King's demonstration in support of striking sanitation workers. "There goes another tear gas canister," notes a TV reporter on the scene. You're lis- tening to a police scanner seconds after the murder. "You are to form a ring around the Lorraine Hotel. No one is to enter or leave." Yes, it's plunge back into hell. The only thing that makes the program bear- able is footage of positive developments immediately following the tragedy. A group of white ministers, for example, had luck petitioning Memphis' previ- ously inflexible mayor on the sanitation strike: "We are persuaded that only when a spirit of flexibility and good will dominates can true peace and prog- ress come to our city." It's a small consolation, but I'll take it. Grammy Awards Sunday, 8 pm (CBS) Rihanna will wear a shockingly revealing outfit in a duet with Coldplay; Kelly Clarkson will hit an ear-shattering high note; and Nicki Minaj will don a two-foot-high pink wig. The ceremony will also feature performances by Paul McCartney, Adele and Bruno Mars. In other words, it'll be a fun night, though also quite familiar. Nothing on the schedule promises out-of-the-ordinary thrills, like Florence and the Machine's ecstatic "Dog Days Are Over" at the MTV Video Music Awards or Lady Gaga's ash-smeared duet with Elton John at the Grammys a couple years ago. For more information visit: www.CarolinaHomeandGardenShow.com Presented by: Beasley Broadcasting Group, Inc. 20 UCW FEBRUARY 8-14, 2012 Maybe if McCartney wears the shockingly revealing outfit and Bruno Mars dons the two-foot-high pink wig…? House of Lies Sunday, 10 pm (Showtime) This new series is a satire of the management-consultant racket. Don Cheadle plays a high-priced business expert (read: con artist) who convinces fat cats to waste millions on his team of MBA's (Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Larson). It's hard to root for the consultants, however, since they're as grotesque as their clients. Cheadle's character is a particularly unappealing an- tihero — foulmouthed, corrupt, manipulative and heartless. Can House of Lies convince TV viewers to keep coming back to see vile characters rip off other vile characters? I have a feeling that particular con won't work on the American public. The Amandas Monday, 8 pm (Style) This new reality series features "professional organizer" Amanda LeBlanc and her army of organizer-underlings, whom she creepily dubs "the Amandas," after herself. Amanda is a stickler for order — although "stickler" vastly understates it. "Dictator" or "psychopath" might be more accurate. She and her Amanda- bots descend on a normal family and begin color-coding their clothes. She goes ballistic if the spoon in the sugar bowl is not a designated "sugar spoon." She even seeks to control what her clients wear in a grand plan to bend the world to her cracked vision of neatness. "Society has become too lax about its dress code," she explains. Watching this series makes me want to mess stuff up, striking a blow against the tyranny of Amanda LeBlanc. That's why I will not end this paragraph with a period, but with @#$%*@0726532 Take that, Amandas! WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Saturday meet Jason Cameron. Three live demos on stage and available to sign autographs!