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TV listings for the week of April 1 - 7 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv FIRST LADY Michelle Obama, left, invites the contestants to the White House in a new episode of "The Biggest Loser" at 8 p.m. on NBC.

A charismatic petite blonde woman, a gruff gentleman prone to dispensing hardscrabble wisdom, a sarcastic brunette who falls for a doofy guy, a steady influx of weirdo lovable townies - they all make for an ensemble of earnest oddballs trying to do the right thing on their low-rated single-camera comedy.

Raising Hope - "Butt Spanks, No Spanks" - Hope's 's increasingly bad behavior leads Virginia to believe spanking might be worth trying since it worked like a charm when Jimmy was little.

**** Protests come to town in the latest episode of Raising Hope . In 'Single White Female Role Model', Sabrina leads the charge against a land developer in the Occupy Natesville movement along with Jimmy ,A Maw Maw , Shelley , Barney , Tyler the Gas Man and Frank .

Raising Hope - "Single White Female Role Model" - Sabrina is arrested at a protest for civil disobedience, but her two-week jail sentence is made worse when a female jail attendant claims they're old friends.