FAMILY BETS
Sunday
How to Train Your Dragon
10:30 a.m. on (48)- TEL In this adaptation of the same-named Cressida Cowell book, Jay Baruchel (“She’s Out of My League”) voices a young Viking-in-training named Hiccup who wants to impress his demanding father (voice of Gerard Butler) by mastering the title task. His mentor has the enjoyable vocals of comic and late-night television host Craig Ferguson. America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”) and “Superbad” alumni Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse also are heard.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
3:45 p.m. on (24)- YTV The long-popular children’s book by Ron and Judi Barrett gets a fanciful retelling in this animated feature, which boasted 3-D effects in theaters. An inventor’s device goes haywire, causing food to fall from the sky like precipitation ... amounting to pancakes and cheeseburg- ers instead of raindrops and snowflakes. A town’s mayor sees a way to cash in, though the phenomenon could destroy the area before there’s any chance for profit.
Geek Charming
10:30 p.m. on (46)- FAM Sarah Hyland (“Modern Family”) stars in this 2011 comedy as Dylan, a popular high-school junior. When Dylan accidentally drops her expensive handbag into a fountain, geeky film student Josh (Matt Prokop) comes to her rescue. To repay him, she agrees to be the subject of his latest documentary, believing it will help her win the Blossom Queen crown. Little does she know the film is actually a scathing indictment of high-school popularity.
Friday
Handy Manny
11:07 a.m. on (46)- FAM It’s time for Manny (voice of Wilmer Valderrama) to clean Abuelito’s garden in this episode. While Manny and his tools work, Abuelito joins them and realizes how good exercising feels. In “Firehouse Tools,” repairing the firehouse bell leads to important lessons about fire safety.
SpongeBob SquarePants
7:30 p.m. on (24)- YTV SpongeBob (voice of Tom Kenny) takes a trip to boating school in “New Student Starfish.” Without his friend, Patrick (voice of Bill Fagerbakke) gets bored out of his gourd. So with SpongeBob’s encouragement, Patrick joins the school. But not all goes well, and SpongeBob loses an award because of his pal. Then in “Clams,” Mr. Krabs celebrates a milestone in his business.
The Time Machine
9:30 p.m. on (50)- TCM H.G. Wells purists prob- ably had a communal heart attack when the 2002 movie version of his beloved sci-fi novel came out; however, this 1960 translation should be less painful to watch. It stars Rod Taylor as the scientist who lands in a future world where a cannibalistic species preys on a peaceful race. Alan Young and Yvette Mimieux co-star.