DRAMA

LOOK WHO’S BACK ON THE BLOCK

LAST time we saw Paul Young (Mark Moses)on “Desperate Housewives,” Mike Delfino (James Denton)was holding a gun to his head,trying to get him to confess to murder.Well,now we know that Mary Alicle murdered Mike ‘s girlfriend and kept the baby he ‘d fathered with her.This week, Paul makes an ominous return to Wisteria

Lane.Bree (Marcia Cross)has an consummates her relationship with George the pharmacist.Down the lane,Mike and Susan (Teri Hatcher)break up when Mike learns that she paid Zach to go to Utah.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

Sunday, 9 p.m., ABC

COMEDY

Is he man enough?

IN an effort to prove to Rita (Charlize Theron) he ‘s not a wimp,Michael (Jason Bateman) tries to convince George Michael (Michael Cera)to join him in some manly activities,but G-M is too busy prepping his girlfriend for an “Inner-beauty Pageant.” So Michael and his nephew,,Steve Holt, (Justin Grant Wade)enter a triathlon,only to discover Gob (Will Arnett)is the one who stumbles at the finish line.Back at work,Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal.And then he makes Rita a proposal she can ‘t refuse.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Monday, 8:00 Fox

MUSIC

LADY MARMALADE

WITH a soaring voice that climbed octaves and descended into husky valleys,Patti LaBelle has had a career that rivals Aretha Franklin ‘s in its longevity.When she ‘s good,she ‘s very,very good (Laura Nyro ‘s album “Gonna Take A Miracle “).When she ‘s not-so-great,she puts out maudlin love songs that sell lots of records.The stars come out for a tribute to Miss Patti at the glitzy resort,Atlantis.Silky-voiced Michael McDonald is on hand to sing his hit with LaBelle,”On My Own.” Gerald Levert replaces the late Luther Vandross on “Here &Now ” and Ashanti joins her

on “New Attitude.” The showstopper of the evening is bound to the single that resurrected her career,”Lady Marmalade,” which reunites her with her LaBelle comrades Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash.

AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO PATTI LABELLE:LIVE FROM ATLANTIS

Tuesday, 9 p.m., UPN

COMEDY

Oprah ‘s best girlfriend

GAYLE KING is one of the luckiest women in the world.As Oprah Winfrey ‘s best girlfriend, she gets to edit Oprah ‘s monthly magazine,O.Now,she is becoming a television guest star.On this week ‘s episode of “Hot Properties,” King saves the day when Ava (Gail O ‘Grady)gives her co-workers four hard-to-get tickets to Winfrey ‘s talk show.Off they go to Chicago – but they lose one of the tickets en route.They ‘re willing to do whatever it takes to get another one and a chance meeting with King leaves them feeling optimistic.

HOT PROPERTIES

Friday, 9:30 p.m., ABC

REALITY

Preggers?

THE INTERNS at Seattle Grace hospital are shocked and intrigued by a young man who seems to be pregnant.

Even for an hysterical pregnancy,his symptoms are something to behold.Meredith (Ellen Pompeo),Izzie (Katherine Heigl)and Cristina (Sandra Oh)are all over it. Off site,Dr.McDreamy (Patrick Demp-sey)and his wife (Kate Walsh)begin marriage counseling.

GREY ‘S ANATOMY

Sunday, 10 p.m., ABC

MOVIE

Swishbuckler

AFTER making a career as an outsider,Johnny Depp entered the big time with “Pirates of the Caribbean,” a crazy tale of pirates and lost treasure in which Depp played Jack Sparrow,who looked like a cross between Keith Richards

and silent film star Theda Bara. Depp,with some help from Orlando Bloom,a boy-toy blacksmith, took on a crew of the world ‘s most perilous pirates.One of those is played by Geoffrey Rush,who is outrageous and outrageously bad.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

Thursday, 8 p.m., ABC