Saturday Night Soul Cinema!

Why go out this Saturday night? Stay at home and check out THIS TV's blaxploitation marathon. The excellent programmers at THIS have selected three classics: "Sheba, Baby," "Friday Foster" and "Truck Turner."

I can't think of a better way to spend a weekend evening, so pour you favorite beverage and chill out with three awesome action pics.

All times CST:

7:30 p.m. - "Sheba, Baby"
Pam Grier kicks off the party as the title character in this P.I. flick. When Sheba comes back to Louisville, Ky., the bad guys duck for cover. She returns to find her father threatened by sleazy extortionists and finds love with a guy named Brick (Austin Stoker). Look for the late, great D'urville Martin as a villain.

9:30 p.m.- "Friday Foster"
Based on a comic strip, this film focused on Friday (Grier), a magazine photographer who uncovers a plot to kill prominent African Americans (politicians, business leaders). Along for the ride is P.I. buddy Colt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto). This movie has an all-star cast including Scatman Crothers, Ted Lange, Jim Backus(!) and Eartha Kitt.

11:30 - "Truck Turner"
Before Dog the Bounty Hunter, Truck Turner brought in the bad guys and collected cash. When he kills a pimp in self-defense, Truck's a marked man! Kotto plays his nemesis Harvard Blue, and "Star Trek's" Nichelle Nichols plays a raunchy madam.