Friday’s TV Highlights: ‘Continuum’ on Syfy

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Cracked The Canadian police drama premieres with two new episodes. 7 and 9; 8 and 10 p.m. REELZ

Ghost Adventures In this new episode, Nick, Zak and Aaron visit the abandoned Tuolumne Hospital in Sonara, Calif. 9 p.m. Travel

Alaskan Steel Men This new unscripted dangerous profession series revolves around the maintenance and repair crews who keep Kodiak’s fishing fleet afloat. 10 p.m. Discovery

Comedy Bang! Bang! Sarah Silverman guest stars in this new episode. 10 p.m. IFC

Continuum In a tense new episode, Kiera (Rachel Nichols) races the clock to save Alec (Erik Knudsen) from himself and keep her chances of getting home alive. Victor Webster also stars. 10 p.m. Syfy

What Not to Wear Stacy and Clinton are counting down their top 10 rules in this new episode. 10 p.m. TLC

John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show Comics Ron Funches, Mark Forward and Dan Soder appear in this new episode. 11 p.m. Comedy Central

MOVIES

Idiocracy Most science fiction envisions a future where we’ve all gotten smarter but in this 2006 satire from Mike Judge a soldier and a hooker (Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph), both of average intelligence, are cryogenically frozen and awaken centuries later to discover they’re the smartest people alive. 5:49 p.m. Comedy Central

Smashed A young couple (Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul) struggle to get a handle on their drinking in this 2012 drama. Octavia Spencer, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman also star. 9 p.m. Starz

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Mike Hogan. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Fifteen years after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales; Chris Brown performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Alicia Keys performs. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Tyler Perry; Oprah Winfrey. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Guest co-host Chiquis Rivera; Jeff Daniels; Bernadette Peters. 10 a.m. KABC

The Talk Marie Osmond; Selena Gomez; Il Volo performs. 1 p.m. KCBS

The Doctors Baby boomers’ questions; arthritis; foods safe for a baby. 2 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show Healthy-food mistakes; basic health questions; Bob Harper (“The Biggest Loser”). 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil A woman says her sister is an unfit mother who should not have custody of her child. 3 p.m. KCBS

Katie Cedric the Entertainer; Niecy Nash; Steve Schirripa. 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Mila Kunis; Tegan and Sara perform. 4 p.m. KNBC

Charlie Rose — The Week (N) 7:30 p.m. KOCE

Washington Week With Gwen Ifill Syria: Peter Baker, the New York Times; Indira Lakshmanan, Bloomberg; John Harwood, the New York Times; Ed O’Keefe, the Washington Post (N) 8 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); writer Diablo Cody. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Denzel Washington; James McCartney performs. 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Josh Duhamel; Adam Perry Lang; Luke Bryan performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC

Tavis Smiley Musician Wayne Shorter. (N) 12:30 a.m. KOCE

Late Night Bryan Cranston; Common; Miranda Hart; Robin Thicke performs. 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show Steve Carell; Channing Tatum; Julie Chen; Neil Patrick Harris; Nikki Reed. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC