In merry May will come Elvis onslaught

CBS will be the Elvis network during May sweeps. The network has scheduled a four-hour miniseries about the singer May 8 and 11. But wait, there’s more!

On May 13, CBS will air “Elvis by the Presleys.” Here, Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley “speak with unguarded candor about their lives with the legendary Elvis Presley and offer an intimate look at their family and private life,” according to the network. Home movies and rare performance footage will spice up the reminiscences.

But wait, there’s more!

On May 3, Crown Publishers will publish a book, also titled “Presley by the Presleys,” that will contain previously unseen photos of Graceland, hand-written notes and selections from scrapbooks.

But wait, there’s even more!

A two-CD soundtrack will be released in May as well. It will include tracks from the special, Elvis’s favorites, Priscilla and Lisa Marie’s picks, along with previously unreleased cuts and outtakes.

CBS announced the Elvis onslaught during its portion of the winter press tour attended by TV critics from around the country.

In addition to the announcements, CBS provided an “Elvis Is in the Building” lunch, consisting of fried chicken, sweet potatoes, cold cuts, apple cobbler, and of course, peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

No word whether the PB&Bs were fried, as Elvis loved them.

Memphis ‘Makeover’

Do you think you and your family qualify for “Extreme Makeover” Home Edition”? ABC is looking at Memphis, as well as 18 other locations, for deserving contestants. Go to abc.com for information.

From a shack to a cruise

Ready, set, travel.

WKNO-TV Channel 10’s annual travel auction will air from 6 to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Trips range from a stay in restored sharecroppers’ shacks in Clarksdale, Miss., to a cruise along the Rhine River.

Check out all the items at wkno.org .

Cancer care

“The Group Room,” absent from Memphis radio for nearly five years, is back.

The weekly, nationally syndicated call-in cancer talk show airs 3-5 p.m. Sundays on WMPS-AM 1210. The program allows cancer patients, their loved ones and medical professionals to talk about all aspects of cancer care.

State of the State

Channel 10 will air the Governor’s State of the State address at 6 p.m. Monday. It will pre-empt as much of “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” as necessary.

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