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The Family Channel repeats the late Alex Haley’s landmark 1977 miniseries “Roots” (noon-6 p.m. Sunday and April 5).

Al Lewis, a.k.a. Grandpa of “The Munsters,” guests on “Hi Honey, I’m Home!” (Sunday at 11 p.m. on Nickelodeon).

Every weekday morning at 7:05 on TBS, “The Love Boat” embarks on two-hour cruises. Monday: “The Love Boat Scandinavian Cruise” stars Telly Savalas and a pre-”Nasty” Janet Jackson; Tuesday: “The Love Boat’s Going to the Dogs” features Heather Thomas and Joanne Worley; Wednesday: “The Love Boat Caribbean Cruise” stars Lana Turner and Stewart Granger; Thursday: Linda Evans, John Forsythe and Ursula Andress star in “The Love Boat Goes to China”; Friday: “Hollywood Visits the Love Boat,” with Ben Vereen and Alexis Smith.

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“Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” CBS’ lighthearted spy series, returns to the Family Channel lineup airing weekdays at 3. Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner star in the series, which aired from 1983 to ‘87, about the adventures of a homemaker who becomes an amateur partner to a bachelor spy.

Cloris Leachman and John Forsythe star on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (Monday at 10:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon) in a thriller about a concert pianist who returns to his home after four years to discover his father is dead.

Jessica Tandy’s spouse, Hume Cronyn, guests on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon) in an episode in which a man murders his client because he can’t buy back her stock.

Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! “The Best of the Three Stooges: An April Fool’s Day Special” (Wednesday at 7 p.m. on TBS), features two hours of knuckleheaded fun featuring Curly, Moe and Larry in such vintage shorts as “Punch Drunk,” “Hoi Polloi” and “Pop Goes the Easel.”

“April Fools” (Wednesday from 9 p.m.-midnight on Nickelodeon) features six classic TV Land episodes featuring practical jokers and pranksters.

Lucy, the Mertzes and Little Ricky meet Bob Hope at a Cleveland Indians-New York Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium on “I Love Lucy” (Thursday at 3:05 a.m. on WTBS). Richard Keith made his debut as Little Ricky in this episode that was first telecast Oct. 1, 1956.

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On Friday’s “I Love Lucy” (3:05 a.m. on TBS), the legendary Orson Welles chooses Lucy to be his assistant in a magic act he is going to perform at Ricky’s Club Babalu.

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