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Get ready for an Indiana Jones marathon. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1 p.m., Sci-Fi Channel), from 1981 starts the saga, followed at 3:35 p.m. by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and at 6:15 p.m. by "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)."Matchstick Men" (8 p.m., HBO) stars Nicolas Cage as a small-time con man whose life is complicated by a few neuroses and the sudden appearance of a 14-year-old (Alison Lohman) who seems to be the daughter he'd never met. How will he react when she starts to find his life of crime attractive?Chris Harrison will be the host for "Miss America" (9 p.m., ABC) the annual competition in Atlantic City, N.J., and of course reigning Miss America Ericka Dunlap will be standing by to crown her successor. Amanda Beagle of Howland, Miss Ohio, is among competitors.
Women of three eras are linked by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel "Mrs. Dalloway." In "The Hours" (9 p.m., Sundance Channel), Nicole Kidman portrays Woolf, Julianne Moore is a depressed 1950s suburban homemaker, and Meryl Streep is a contemporary New York career woman."Darklight" (9 p.m., Sci Fi) tells the tale of a genetically engineered creature, infected with a deadly virus, that escapes from a secret lab. To combat the life-form, a secret society unleashes Lilith, the mythical and immortal Queen of Darkness cast from the Garden of Eden. With no recollection of her past life, Lilith lives on Earth as an ordinary 24-year-old -- but now that her evil nature has been awakened, will she save humanity or help destroy it?Harvey Pekar and his autobiographical comic book series are the focus of this award-winning Oscar-nominated adaptation, "American Splendor" (10 p.m., HBO). Pekar (Paul Giamatti) shares his cynical thoughts and varying emotions as he navigates his mundane life as a hospital file clerk, obsessive reader, jazz lover, collector and lousy housekeeper.To start the 10th season of "Mad TV" (11 p.m., Fox) what better than a spoof of reality shows -- and politics -- called "The Amazing Presidential Race." Charla Faddoul and Mirna Hindoyan, cousins whose first claim to fame came on "The Amazing Race," guest-star as teammates of contestant "Ralph Nader" (Ike Barinholtz).