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This Saturday (May 31) is a great night to gather the family, a big bowl of popcorn and sit down for some family time in front of the television because there’s a plethora of good movies on.

TBS will be showing “Spider-Man” at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. CST, while WGN will feature a Rocky Balboa Marathon. “Rocky” will show at 11 a.m., followed by “Rocky II” at 1 p.m., “Rocky III” at 3 p.m., “Rocky IV” at 5 p.m. and “Rocky V” at 7 p.m.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Man’s Chest” with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly will show at 6:30 p.m. CST.

The classic horror 1960 “Psycho” movie starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins will show at 7 p.m. CST on TCM.

ABC Family will show “Mean Girls” with Lindsay Lohan at 5 p.m. followed by “Scooby Doo” with Freddie Prinze Jr. at 7 p.m. and “Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” at 9 p.m.

ABC will present the 2002 family film “The Rookie” with Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths and Brian Cox at 7 p.m.

A&E will rebroadcast the complete original mini series “The Andromeda Strain” featuring Benjamin Bratt and Ricky Schroder at 7 p.m. and end at 11 p.m. CST. If you haven’t had a chance to check this mini series out, you need to. This is based on the Michael Crichton book that follows the aftermath in a small town where a fallen military satellite leads to the outbreak of a mysterious and deadly plague. The military swoops in to quarantine the area and takes a specialized team of scientists to a secret underground lab called Wildfire to race against the spread of the disease, code-named Andromeda.

MTV’s new reality series is like totally pink.

“Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” will premiere on MTV on Monday, June 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, following the overwhelming popularity of the Broadway show musical special on MTV last summer.

The reality series will include 10 hopefuls who will vie for the shot at being the next Elle Woods on the fashionably pink Broadway show.

Actress Haylie Duff will star and executive produce the eight-episode series that takes a look at what it takes to make it on a Broadway show.

According to MTV, Legally Blonde The Musical premiered Oct. 13, 2007 as a behind-the-scenes musical reaching more than 12.5 million viewers. It also marked the first time a cable network aired a full-length musical.

Legallyblonde.MTV.com is already platinum pink with cast profiles, photos, audition reels and performances.

Want a hint of some of the new shows that will be premiering in June?

Kris Furillo’s (Genevieve Cortese) dreams finally came true on the season finale and last show of ABC Family’s series “Wildfire” Monday night.

On the last episode, the Ritters and Kris learned that the lock to Wildfire’s stall had been cut and Wildfire was gone, right before a big race.

After looking for three days, everyone was giving up hope that Wildfire would be found, but Kris wasn’t ready to give up, looking everywhere she got a tip, though nothing turned up. Practically coming to the point where there was no hope, Wildfire returned and Matt Ritter (Micah Alberti) learned that a stable hand had left Wildfire’s stall open by accident, and after he was found missing, he cut the lock to make it look like theft.

Now able to race, not everyone was sure Wildfire was ready after being lost for three days. Kris was determined that Wildfire was ready.

But as a great ending to the show, Wildfire won in a close race which also included Dani Davis’ (Nicole Tubiola) horse, along with her future father-in-law’s horse Ken Davis’ (James Read).

But as Kris raced, her fiance Junior Davis (Ryan Sypek) had already left for his flight to Alaska. Going on one last ride around the Raintree Ranch on Wildfire with Matt, Kris is surprised when Matt disappears and Jean Ritter (Nana Visitor) and Pablo (Greg Serano) come out of the woods dressed in wedding attire, with Jean holding a wedding dress in her arms.

Jean tells Kris the wedding dress is for her as Junior comes out of the woods to tell her he canceled his Alaska project so they could be together and wants to marry her right then and there.

Kris and Junior are wed in a beautiful yet simple wedding under a brightly lit white tent under the stars on Raintree Ranch.

Really her only family she has, Jean and Pablo walked her down the isle. Matt served as best man while Dani was the maid of honor.

Junior and his father make up right before the wedding, as the hard-headed father finally decided having Junior in his life was more important than trying to control his son.

Also before the wedding, Jean and Pablo give their wedding present to Kris: Wildfire is now hers to keep. Even better, Wildfire is dressed in white just for the wedding.

This episode of Wildfire was not only the season finale but the last show of Wildfire due to its cancellation earlier this year. This being the four season, though short, was still good. I for one loved Wildfire and wished the show wasn’t canceled. While watching this last episode, I was thinking of the many areas where the show could have went, but sadly it can’t.

Matt and Dani are obviously a couple again, or heading in that direction. I would have preferred to see Dani with the vet and to see Matt with someone new. I also would have liked to watch the romance blossom between Jean and Pablo, though we know that the starting of it was there.

Thank you Wildfire for giving us a great ride!

Before you head out to the lake on Memorial Day, you might want to make sure you are home in time to catch several of the good items on television Monday:

If you’ve always been interested in how the Witness Protection Program works, the new USA Network original series “In Plain Sight” debuting on June 8 may give you a look at the world that we often don’t hear about.

Mary McCormack (“The West Wing,” “Private Parts”) stars as Mary Shannon, a U.S. Marshal working in the secretive branch of the witness protection program who relocates federal witnesses.

“In Plain Sight” also stars Frederick Wellers (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “The Shape of Things” as her partner and best friend, whose name happens to be Marshall, her mother Jinx (Lesley Ann Warren), Nichole Hiltz as her younger sister, Paul Ben-Victor, her boss; Cristian de la Fuente as her on-and-off again boyfriend; and Todd Williams as the local police detective she often tangles with.

What I like about the preview of this show is that it’s a lot of drama about the witness protection program, but it also is funny and quirky, because her personal life is always chaotic.

The A&E Network will present a miniseries based on Michael Crichton’s debut book “The Andromeda Strain” Monday, May 26 and Tuesday, May 27 from 9 to 11 p.m. ET/PT each night.

Visit the official “Andromeda Strain” on A&E for the clips, interviews with the actors, directors and more.

Kenny Chesney won the Academy of Country Music Awards’ Reba McEntire. Entertainer of the Year title for the fourth straight time Monday night on CBS, hosted by

But the show wasn’t without its controversy. This was the first year that fans decided online who would win the Entertainer of the Year’s coveted award, instead of ACM industry members, as in the show’s 43-year history.

After the show, Chesney said backstage that he though fans should be included, but the Entertainer of the Year award should be picked how it has been in the past.

His complaint was that online the award had turned “into a sweepstakes to see who can push people’s buttons the hardest on the Internet.”

Was he still deserving of the award: Yes.

Other winners at the ACMS were:

Top male vocalist: Brad Paisley
Top female vocalist: Carrie Underwood
Top vocal group: Rascal Flatts
Top vocal duo: Brooks & Dunn
Top new male vocalist: Jack Ingram
Top new female vocalist: Taylor Swift
Top new duo or vocal group: Lady Antebellum
Single record of the year: “Stay,” Sugarland
Album of the year: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Miranda Lambert
Song of the year: “Stay,” Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles, composer)
Video of the year: “Online,” Brad Paisley (Jason Alexander, director)
Vocal event of the year: “Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” Tracy Lawrence with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney

You can’t miss a season finale for a show you desperately love, but at the same time, it’s almost painful to watch the cliffhangers and then wonder how you are going to wait several months before you see any resolutions to the disasters at the end of the episode.

Tonight I watched the season finale of the CW’s Smallville, my favorite show in the world.

The finale ended with Lex using the orb he collected to “save the world” as he faced Clark in the Fortress of Soltitude. When Lex thrusted the orb into the crystals, Clark was forced to the ground as the Fortress of Solitude started crumbling around them both. Seconds later, a bright light appeared and the Fortress of Solititude — as well as Lex and Clark — disappeared completely.

When Clark first arrived at the Fortress, Lex and him stood facing each other for the first time with Lex knowing that he was Traveler. Lex feels betrayed by his former friend and believes now that it was his destiny to protect the world from the Traveler. He tells Clark if he would have trusted him instead of turning his back on him, maybe he would have helped him become the hero he was meant to be. Kara (who really was Brainac at the time) told Lex that the Traveler was supposed to save the world but instead will destroy it.

Meanwhile, Kara is locked in space by Brainiac. Chloe is arrested by the Department of Domestic Security right after Jimmy proposes to her. Jimmy’s plan to protect Chloe by getting a favor from Lex backfired on him. Earlier in the episode, he told Lex that he wouldn’t spy on Lois, which obviously meant that Lex turned the DDS back on Chloe.

Also earlier in the episode, Clark destroys Brainiac after he puts Chloe in the hospital.

But the big deal (besides Lex and Clark disappearing along with the Fortress) has to be Lana’s farewell. Earlier in the episode, Clark goes to check on her at the hospital only to learn that she has made a complete recovery and has left him a DVD. He goes home to watch the DVD to learn that Lana loves Clark but feels she is preventing him from being the hero the world needs, so she is leaving and is asking him to not come after her. Visibly hurt and not expecting it, Clark breaks down emotionally. Lois walks in on the end of the DVD and comforts Clark.

Will Clark be okay? What about Lex? Supposibly next season Lex will only be in a couple of episodes. So what will the effect be of Lex’s realization of who Clark is? Is Lana gone for good? What will happen to Kara? Will Chloe remain locked away?