TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003)

Sunday,9 p.m., CBS

Arnold Schwarzenegger is called upon to save the earth from a robot who’s built more like a brick house than a machine. She’s played by Kristanna Loken, who’s built more like a machine than a human.

COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER (1980)

Tuesday,10:15 p.m., TMC

Before “Walk the Line” and Reese Wither-spoon, there was Sissy Spacek and her Oscar-winning performance as Loretta Lynn, who married at 13 to “Mooney” (Tommy Lee Jones) who helped her to become a super-star. Beverly D’Angelo does a star turn as the great Patsy Cline.

AIRPORT (1970)

Wednesday, 10 p.m., TCM

Before there was this now-campy flick with Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, for starters, that tracks a bomb-laden flight bound for Rome, and the personal dramas and romantic tangles of its passengers, crew and ground crew. Love it!

WAITING TO EXHALE (1995)

Friday, 8 p.m., Oxygen

Before author Terry McMillan inhaled and found herself married to a gay man by mistake, she seemed to know all about love, men and women. This film, based on her novel, follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with men. Starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon.