TCM tonight:

[elleng]

8:00 PM -- Network (1976)
2h 1m | Drama | TV-MA
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into the mad prophet of the airwaves.
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch

Winner for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Peter Finch (Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf.), Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Faye Dunaway, Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Beatrice Straight, and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen -- Paddy Chayefsky

Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- William Holden, Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Ned Beatty, Best Director -- Sidney Lumet, Best Cinematography -- Owen Roizman, Best Film Editing -- Alan Heim, and Best Picture

10:15 PM -- The French Connection (1971)
1h 44m | Crime | TV-MA
A tough-talking New York City detective and his partner uncover an international drug smuggling ring.
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider

Winner of Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Gene Hackman, Best Director -- William Friedkin, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Ernest Tidyman, Best Film Editing -- Gerald B. Greenberg, and Best Picture

Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Roy Scheider, Best Cinematography -- Owen Roizman, and Best Sound -- Theodore Soderberg and Christopher Newman

[Emile]

1. Set to record Network, thanks!