Showtime Family Zone: April 18, 2010

7:35AM
Bob the Butler
After enrolling in a course for house servants, a former slacker (Tom Green) finally obtains gainful employment as butler to a single mom (Brooke Shields) whose kids quickly adore their disaster-prone, offbeat domestic servant and his frequently errant pet hamster. Simon Callow costars in this quirky comedy from director Gary Sinyor ("Leon the Pig Farmer").
9:05AM
Gooby
A little boy who is neglected at home conjures up a life-size teddy bear companion whose bumbling exploits are soon noticed by a teacher determined to cash in on the phenomenon in this family comedy starring Matthew Knight, Eugene Levy, David James Elliott, Ingrid Kavelaars and featuring the voice of Robbie Coltrane.
10:45AM
Lenny The Wonder Dog
A pooch implanted with a microchip that allows him to communicate helps his young master and a local cop in a quest to stop a madman from turning the world's kids into robots. Sammy Kahn, Craig Ferguson, Michael Winslow, Kathy Kinney and Joe Morton star in this family friendly adventure.
12:10PM
Running the Sahara
Three men attempt the seemingly impossible - traversing the vast Sahara Desert by jogging - in order to promote a charity that strives to provide clean drinking water to impoverished areas of Africa in this inspiring documentary.
2:00PM
Bob the Butler
After enrolling in a course for house servants, a former slacker (Tom Green) finally obtains gainful employment as butler to a single mom (Brooke Shields) whose kids quickly adore their disaster-prone, offbeat domestic servant and his frequently errant pet hamster. Simon Callow costars in this quirky comedy from director Gary Sinyor ("Leon the Pig Farmer").
3:30PM
The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington stars in and directs this inspiring drama about a college professor who challenges the entrenched racism and prejudice of the 1930's by assembling and training a first-class African-American debate team, a talented group that makes its way to a national championship against Harvard University. Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett and Nate Parker costar in this fact-based, critically acclaimed film.
5:40PM
For the Love of a Dog
A beloved pooch's grim veterinary diagnosis inspires his teenage masters to organize a community-wide yard sale that will raise funds for an expensive surgery in this inspiring, heartfelt family drama starring Sherman Hemsley.
7:05PM
A Bronx Dream
This inspiring documentary follows the adventures of 32 kids from a New York public school who discover a passion for the language and culture of Ireland, culminating in a trip to the land that has captured their imaginations.
8:00PM
Running the Sahara
Three men attempt the seemingly impossible - traversing the vast Sahara Desert by jogging - in order to promote a charity that strives to provide clean drinking water to impoverished areas of Africa in this inspiring documentary.
9:45PM
Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory
Highlights from the 2004 Summer Olympics from Emmy and Peabody Award-winning sports documentarian Bud Greenspan. Included are behind-the-scenes stories of fencing gold medalist Mariel Zagunis, Women's Softball star Lisa Fernandez, Moroccan track runner Hicham El Guerrouj, Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas, twin Austrilian cyclers Anna and Kerrie Meares, and Polish swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak, who auctions off her gold medal to benefit children with leukemia.
11:25PM
The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington stars in and directs this inspiring drama about a college professor who challenges the entrenched racism and prejudice of the 1930's by assembling and training a first-class African-American debate team, a talented group that makes its way to a national championship against Harvard University. Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett and Nate Parker costar in this fact-based, critically acclaimed film.
1:35AM
Blue Demon
Genetically mutated sharks escape from the military lab where they were created and wreak havoc on innocent, unsuspecting humans at a nearby lake in this horror thriller starring Dedee Pfeiffer, Randall Batinkoff, Jeff Fahey and Danny Woodburn.
3:10AM
For the Love of a Dog
A beloved pooch's grim veterinary diagnosis inspires his teenage masters to organize a community-wide yard sale that will raise funds for an expensive surgery in this inspiring, heartfelt family drama starring Sherman Hemsley.
4:35AM
Lenny The Wonder Dog
A pooch implanted with a microchip that allows him to communicate helps his young master and a local cop in a quest to stop a madman from turning the world's kids into robots. Sammy Kahn, Craig Ferguson, Michael Winslow, Kathy Kinney and Joe Morton star in this family friendly adventure.

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