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Claire Danes stars in Autism breakthrough

Claire Danes stars in the title role as a pioneering sufferer of autism in "Temple Grandin," debuting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, on HBO. Danes plays the animal scientist who was first diagnosed with autism in the '50s. Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond and David Strathairn co-star.

Super 'Boss'CBS plans to get maximum impact from its turn airing the Super Bowl this year. Even "Face the Nation With Bob Schieffer" will broadcast live from Miami at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, on WBBM Channel 2, and CBS will premiere its new reality series, "Undercover Boss," immediately after the game, probably in the neighborhood of 9 p.m. with game coverage starting at 5.'Face' of the nationHarvard professor and author Henry Louis Gates Jr. plays host to the new PBS series "Faces of America" debuting at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, on WTTW Channel 11. The basic idea is that Gates will take DNA screening from various U.S. celebrities - including Meryl Streep, Eva Longoria and Stephen Colbert - and see what it suggests about where they came from.Belaboring the pointWritten and directed by Harold Ramis, "Groundhog Day" has an intricate structure, but even the biggest Bill Murray fan has to find it a bit repetitive until it reaches its romantic conclusion with Andie MacDowell. Bravo emphasizes the point by running it back to back at 8 and 10 p.m. Friday. Stick around, however, and Murray's "Lost in Translation" with Scarlett Johansson follows at midnight.False574466Bill Murray and friend in "Groundhog Day." False

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