The E! Channel cuts off the ending to its “Movies We Love” presentation of Pride and Prejudice. The NCAA men’s basketball final produces some surprising headlines. The Oprah Winfrey Show delights with interviews of Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Tracy Morgan. The Writer’s Almanac notes the publication of the once-banned Ulysses by James Joyce.

Somehow all this brings me a Game Plan column called Enjoying the Balance Between Surprise and Expectation.