Opening of the ‘Fox Files’; Return of ‘Evening at Pops’

Four series premiere this weekend and one summer mainstay returns for its 29th season.

Catherine Crier (“20/20”) and Jon Scott, late of “Dateline NBC,” are the co-anchors of Fox’s new prime-time magazine, “Fox Files,” today at 9 p.m. on Channel 11. The show also features Chris Cuomo, Eric Shawn, Catherine Herridge and Amy Holmes.

PBS’ “Evening at Pops” kicks off its 29th season Friday at 9 p.m. on Channel 28. The opener finds Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra and welcoming guests Sarah Jessica Parker and the all-male a cappella group the Krokodiloes.

Nickelodeon premieres “Oh Yeah! Cartoons!,” Sunday at noon, a new animated series featuring three seven-minute cartoon shorts with new stars in each installment.

USA kicks off its two new dramatic series, Sunday at 9 and 10 p.m. First up is “The Net,” starring Brooke Langton as a computer programmer whose identity is erased. Following the thriller is “Sins of the City,” starring Marcus Graham as an ethically flawed Miami cop-turned-private-investigator. Both series will air regularly on Saturdays beginning next weekend.

Friday

Daniel Benzali of “Murder One” fame guests on AMC’s “Remember WENN,” at 7 and 10:30 p.m.

The long-running sitcom “Family Matters” goes quietly off the air without an official finale, at 9 p.m. on Channel 2. In the last episode, the ultimate nerd Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) ends up an astronaut on the space shuttle.

The PBS special “The Rockies by Rail,” at 10:30 p.m. on Channel 28, travels across the Rocky Mountains on the restored luxury locomotive the American Orient Express.

Saturday

The Disney Channel presents “ ‘N Sync in Concert” for the pop group’s fans, at 7 p.m.

Light heavyweight champs Roy Jones Jr. and Lou Del Valle square off in a 12-round title bout at Madison Square Garden at 7 p.m. on HBO. Featherweight Kevin Kelley also takes on Derrick Gainer.

TBS kicks off coverage of the Goodwill Games from New York City at 5:05 p.m. More than 1,500 athletes from 60 countries participate in the sports event between Sunday and Aug. 2. Events include swimming, basketball, boxing, wrestling, diving, gymnastics, figure skating and the triathlon. The opening ceremonies include performances by Hootie and the Blowfish, Jewel and Brandy.

The Movie Channel presents the director’s cut of the disappointing 1996 Fox pilot “John Woo’s Once a Thief,” at 7:05 p.m. Following at 9:05 p.m., is the thriller “John Woo’s Once a Thief: Family Business,” which isn’t even directed by John Woo.

Sunday

CBS presents coverage of the first day of competition of the Goodwill Games, at 11 a.m. on Channel 2. TBS picks up the action at 5:05 p.m.

PBS’ “Savage Earth,” at 8 p.m. on Channel 28, is a four-part sequel to the 1996 documentary “Savage Skies.” The new series looks at stories behind natural disasters as well as scientists’ efforts to predict them.

Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Mira Furlan and Shari Belafonte star in a “Babylon 5” movie adventure, “Thirdspace,” at 8 and 10 p.m. on TNT. In this outing, trouble ensues when the team brings back an ancient alien relic to the station.

With “Gone With the Wind” back in theaters, CBS has brushed off its 1994 miniseries “Scarlett,” the eight-hour adaptation of Alexandra Ripley’s best-selling sequel, at 9 p.m. on Channel 2. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer stars as Scarlett and Timothy Dalton is Rhett Butler. The series continues through Wednesday at 9 p.m.

Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins talks about his craft with host James Lipton on the latest edition of Bravo’s “Inside the Actors Studio,” at 9 p.m.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the humanitarian effort, PBS presents the documentary “The Berlin Airlift,” at 10 p.m. on Channel 28. The special utilizes newsreels, eyewitness accounts and interviews to illustrate how the Allies thwarted Soviet expansion during the early days of the Cold War and saved more than 2.5 million people from starvation.

The PBS magazine series “In the Life,” at 11 p.m. on Channel 28, explores the gay community’s involvement in traditional American institutions, such as the military, church and politics.