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MUST-SEE: "One Fine Day" (1996), 7 p.m., ABC: Some films seem too small for a movie screen. Still, they neatly fit a corner of our living rooms. Here is an example. Two high-wattage stars — George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer — share a low-watt romantic comedy. Their characters have little in common except that their children go to the same day-care center. Then the kids miss the boat (literally) on a field trip. The grown-ups are forced together; life intervenes in gently amusing ways.

MUST-SEE: "Money and Power: The History of Business," 6 p.m., CNBC: When the second millennium began, business wasn’t prestigious. One of the first successful businessmen, Godric, disavowed his work and spent the rest of his life in penance. Another, Cosimo Medici, created the now-popular method of donating to charity; he was given absolution from his sins. Such steps were needed in a time when the Roman Catholic Church said it was a sin to charge interest. Dante’s "Inferno" sent such lenders to the seventh level of hell, alongside prostitutes. Since then, this fascinating documentary says, businessmen have done much better. Their role grew after Matthew Boulton teamed with James Watt to market the steam engine.

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