Friday HD programming featured CBS (Hack season finale, CSI Miami), NBC (Law & Order SVU, Tonight Show), The WB (Reba), PBS, and a full day of Discovery HD nature and arts documentaries.
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9:00ET/8:00C HACK SEASON FINALE! "The Squeeze"  Despite his recently revealed betrayals toward
Olshansky, Marcellus manages to convince him to investigate why his only alibi is trying
to make him look guilty of his informant’s murder. Meanwhile, Heather surprises
Olshansky with the news of her engagement to Dr. Ambrose, and Olshansky’s
relationship with Faith is in jeopardy.Bebe Neuwirth ("Cheers") returns as Faith O’Connor. |
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9:00ET/8:00C CSI MIAMI CLICK IMAGE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS |
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10:00 PM/9:00 CT LAW 7 ORDER -SVU ALL NEW "GRIEF" ONE MAN'S FEAR IS ANOTHER'S GRIEF -- When a cocktail waitress at a trendy Manhattan club is raped and murdered outside the popular nightspot, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) rest their suspicions on the victim's angry ex-boyfriend. However, when the detectives discover the victim was involved in an abusive love affair with the club owner, they set their sights on him as their predator - all of which hits home for Stabler, who sympathizes with the victim's grief-stricken father (guest star Joe Morton, "Dragonfly"). Stephanie March, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, B.D. Wong and Ice-T also star. TV-14 |
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 11:35/10:35 PM ET/CT The Tonight Show with Jay Leno  "Tonights Guest"
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ET/CT REBA "Location, Location, Location" Reba (Reba McEntire) is ready to blow a gasket when Brock (Christopher Rich) and Barbra Jean (Melissa Peterman) tell her they are buying a house around the corner from her. As if that weren't enough stress, a cash-strapped Reba must find a way to come up with extra funds so that over-achieving Kyra (Scarlett Pomers) can travel to England over the summer and under-achieving Cheyenne (JoAnna Garcia) can repeat classes in summer school. JoAnna Garcia, Steve Howey and Mitch Holleman also star. Leslie Kolins Small directed the episode written by Matt Berry. |
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| 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT Saving Grace PG - 1:52 Cast: Tom Conti, Edward James Olmos, Fernando Rey, Director: Robert M. Young A youthful Pope, seeking adventure, discovers a whole new world when he travels incognito to a small Italian village where he assumes the role of its priest. 9:00 AM ET / 6:00 AM PT Urgh! A Music War NR - 1:36 Cast: The Police, The Go-Go's, Devo, Director: Derek Burbidge Fast-paced show filmed in London, New York, California an France features 26 bands. 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT It's Alive PG - 1:31 Cast: John Ryan, Guy Stockwell, Sharon Farrell, Director: Larry Cohen The Davies expecting a baby which turns out to be a monster with the nasty habit to kill when it's scared. 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT The Bank Shot PG - 1:23 Cast: George C. Scott, Bob Balaban, Joanna Cassidy, Director: Gower Champion A master thief and his gang decide that a bank that's temporarily housed in a mobile home might be an easy target. Especially if they just steal the whole bank and break in when they get it to a safer location! 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT Gumball Rally PG - 1:47 Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Raul Julia, Gary Busey, Director: Charles Bail A coast-to-coast road race with the world's most expensive cars, and it's all just for glory and a gumball machine. 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT Innocent Blood R - 1:52 Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Anne Parillaud, Director: John Landis A beautiful vampire, who only dines on bad guys teams up with an undercover cop to stop a mob kingpin. 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT Urgh! A Music War NR - 1:36 Cast: The Police, The Go-Go's, Devo, Director: Derek Burbidge Fast-paced show filmed in London, New York, California an France features 26 bands. 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT Fandango PG - 1:31 Cast: Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Chuck Bush, Director: Kevin Reynolds Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise. 9:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM PT Hide in Plain Sight PG - 1:38 Cast: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Director: James Caan True story about a divorced man whose children are swept away by the U.S. government when their new father is moved underground by the Justice Department's witness relocation program. 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT Fandango PG - 1:31 Cast: Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Chuck Bush, Director: Kevin Reynolds Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise. 1:15 AM ET / 10:15 PM PT Hide in Plain Sight PG - 1:38 Cast: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Director: James Caan True story about a divorced man whose children are swept away by the U.S. government when their new father is moved underground by the Justice Department's witness relocation program. 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT Urgh! A Music War NR - 1:36 Cast: The Police, The Go-Go's, Devo, Director: Derek Burbidge Fast-paced show filmed in London, New York, California an France features 26 bands. 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT Best Revenge NR - 1:36 Cast: John Heard, Levon Helm, Alberta Watson, Director: John Trent Two aging hippies engage in a Moroccan drug deal in order to free a kidnapped friend from a sleazy gangster, but they get caught by the police and escape, searching for the engineers of the frame-up. |
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| 6:00 AM ET / 3:00 AM PT Fish Face at Sea Exhibition 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT Trains of the American West Passengers and railroaders tell of the attraction that nine historical railroads still hold in the American West. Travel through spectacular landscapes aboard steel and iron wonders. 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT Mary Cassatt: A Brush with Independence As a young woman, Mary Cassatt left Philadelphia for Paris and went on to change the art world. Renowned for her tender yet unsentimental depictions of mothers and children, she was the only American asked to join the French Impressionists. Narrated by Anne Archer. 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT Wild Clay, Ancient Fire Wild Clay, Ancient Fire is a visually stunning and heart-warming documentary about an extraordinary craftsperson and his keen devotion to an ancient Japanese art form. This is truly an "East-meets-West" story and one that marries Japanese tradition with American natural resources and creativity. 9:00 AM ET / 6:00 AM PT HDNet Sights and Sounds: Dallas Auto Show Spend some time at the Dallas Auto Show with HDNet and soak up the ambience. 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT HDNet Sights & Sounds Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens - The beauty and glory of Spring is in full bloom as HDNet takes you on a stroll through the Fort Worth Botanic Garden , the oldest botanic garden in Texas. This lush 109-acre tapestry of dappled shade and vibrant splashes of color is nestled in the heart of Fort Worth's Cultural District. The Garden is home to over 2,500 species of native and exotic plants that flourish in its 21 specialty gardens. 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT Consumer Electronics Show 2003 Couldn't go to the latest Consumer Electronics Show? Curious about all the newest gadgets? Then this HDNet special is just for you. Find out about all the latest and greatest electronics from this year's show. 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT Ramada Express FIA International Rally Top rally teams from around the world drive flat out over forest and desert roads on the edge of Arizona's Grand Canyon for the fifth running of the Ramada Express FIA International Rally. Ride inside a 300 horsepower all-wheel drive race car with the amazing in-car cameras and soar over the Grand Canyon during the breath-taking helicopter footage. 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT Major League Soccer D.C. United @ Colorado Rapids Special Encore Presentation from Apr. 26 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT That's Life The Tell-Tale Uterus - Lydia starts to have second thoughts about breaking up with Lou when her biological clock starts ticking. Unfortunately, Lou is dating someone else; Jackie dates a certain doctor; Dolly revamps her look. 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT HDNet World Report Turkey's Kurds: From a Notion to a Nation - More than 20 different empires have fought for and conquered the Kurdish lands at the northern tip of Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent throughout history. Today, the battle for control simmers just beneath the surface. For the Turks and the native Kurds, the outcome of the conflict in Iraq threatens the tenuous peace of their shared and contested homeland. 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT Wolf Lake The Leader of the Pack - A humorous episode in which Sherman Blackstone recounts the night when the pack came together to elect a new Alpha Male to replace Willard Cates. 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT Higher Definition Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky talks with actor Ed Burns about his career and new crime movie Confidence, actor Javier Bardem chats with us about his starring role in John Malkovich's directorial debut The Dancer Upstairs. Plus, previews of what's coming soon in HDNet entertainment. 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT Catwalk Catwalk covers the Pret a Porter Spring/Summer 2003 that took place in Paris in October 2002. This episode features designers Guy Laroche, Valentino, Emmanuel Ungaro, Balmain, Celine, Lanvin. 5:30 PM ET / 2:30 PM PT Catwalk Catwalk covers the Pret a Porter Spring/Summer 2003 that took place in Paris in October 2002. This episode features designers Jean Paul Gaultier, Issey Miyake by Naoki Takizawa, Hussein Chalayan, Jean Charles de Castelbajac, Viktor et Rolph. 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT James Taylor and Band: The Pull Over Tour James Taylor is one of the world's most popular singer-songwriters and a winner of 40 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums. Taylor performs timeless classics, personal favorites, live surprises, and new songs in this concert recorded during the 2001 "Pull Over" tour. 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT HDNet World Report Wings of Freedom - HDNet goes inside the world of military logistics by visiting the 437th Airlift Wing, based in Charleston, South Carolina. Their current assignment: to provide supplies ranging from toilet paper to tanks to the troops in Iraq. 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT Higher Definition Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky talks with actor Ed Burns about his career and new crime movie Confidence, actor Javier Bardem chats with us about his starring role in John Malkovich's directorial debut The Dancer Upstairs. Plus, previews of what's coming soon in HDNet entertainment. 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT * Premiere * True Music Best Performances - True Music has brought over 80 bands to HDnet and this special one-hour show will feature some of our favorite bands from the past year. Some great performances to look forward to in this best of True Music special include Tommy Lee, Ted Nugent, Seven Mary Three, The Gin Blossoms and many more! 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT * Premiere * That's Life The Tell-Tale Uterus - Lydia starts to have second thoughts about breaking up with Lou when her biological clock starts ticking. Unfortunately, Lou is dating someone else; Jackie dates a certain doctor; Dolly revamps her look. 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT Wolf Lake The Leader of the Pack - A humorous episode in which Sherman Blackstone recounts the night when the pack came together to elect a new Alpha Male to replace Willard Cates. 12:00 AM ET / 9:00 PM PT HDNet World Report Wings of Freedom - HDNet goes inside the world of military logistics by visiting the 437th Airlift Wing, based in Charleston, South Carolina. Their current assignment: to provide supplies ranging from toilet paper to tanks to the troops in Iraq. 12:30 AM ET / 9:30 PM PT Music from the Murchison Maestro Anshel Brusilow conducts the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra in a performance of "Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor by Gustav Mahler, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor by Edvard Grieg, featuring Adam Wodnicki and Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss. Recorded live on campus in the Winspear Performance Hall of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. 2:00 AM ET / 11:00 PM PT Big Apple Chris kills Stark but Terry takes the blame after trying to make a deal to implicate other FBI agents in some of Stark's activities. 3:00 AM ET / 12:00 AM PT Major League Soccer D.C. United @ Colorado Rapids Special Encore Presentation from Apr. 26 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT Get Out! South Beach Travel to South Beach, Miami Florida! Learn the best places to shop, eat and have a night out, South Beach style. 5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT Next Stop, Eternity A whimsical look at the bumpy ride from afterlife to eternity, starring Cathy Moriarty as a woman reluctant to let go of the material world, and Seymour Cassel as an ambitious angel who's her guide. |
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9:30 PM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Rated PG for ADULT LANGUAGE Time:103 Genre:Family, Sports When an accident turns an inept little leaguer into a pitching phenomenon, the majors come knocking at his door. But for this Chicago resident, there's only one choice...his beloved Cubs. Can he and his arm lead the club to their first pennant in nearly 50 years? Actor Daniel Stern (Home Alone) directed this feel-good family comedy. Actors: THOMAS-IAN NICHOLAS, GARY BUSEY, ALBERT HALL, AMY MORTON, DAN HEDAYA 11:30 AM SUMMER CATCH Rated PG13 for ADULT CONTENT, ADULT LANGUAGE, MILD VIOLENCE Time:103 Genre:Comedy, Sports Freddie Prinze Jr. knocks one out of the park in this baseball comedy set in New England's competitive Cape Cod Baseball League. Ryan Dunne (Prinze Jr.) is a lower-class local boy whose pitching prowess has landed him a highly coveted spot on the team's roster...and in the heart of pretty--and very well-to-do--co-ed Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel). From there, it's up to the hard-throwing southpaw to impress his party-hearty teammates and major-league scouts with his talent on the diamond--while also dealing with Tenley's controlling father. With Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Fred Ward and Bruce Davison. Actors: FREDDIE PRINZE, JESSICA BIEL, MATTHEW LILLARD, BRIAN DENNEHY, FRED WARD, JASON GEDRICK, BRITTANY MURPHY, BRUCE DAVIDSON, WILMER VALDERRAMA, CHRISTIAN KANE, GABRIEL MANN 1:15 PM A LESSON BEFORE DYING Rated PG13 for ADULT CONTENT, VIOLENCE, ADULT LANGUAGE Time:101 Genre:Drama A black teacher in 1940s New Orleans is asked to restore the faith of an unjustly accused black man before his execution. As he undergoes an internal struggle to define his role to the young man and to his community, an unexpected bond forges between the pair. Adapted from Ernest J. Gaines best-seller. Starring Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer and Cicely Tyson. 3:00 PM SABRINA Rated PG for MILD VIOLENCE Time:127 Genre:Drama, Romance A Cinderella wins the hearts of two handsome princes in this "intelligent, luminous remake" of the 1954 romantic comedy classic that's "sumptuously mounted and sparkling with dry mirth" (Hollywood Reporter). Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall) plays a chauffeur's daughter who leaves for Paris an ugly duckling but returns a beautiful swan. When wealthy playboy Greg Kinnear's interest in her threatens a big-bucks business deal, elder brother Harrison Ford steps in to court her himself...and unexpectedly falls in love. With Nancy Marchand, John Wood, Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson and Lauren Holly. Directed by Sydney Pollack (Tootsie). Actors: HARRISON FORD, JULIA ORMOND, GREG KINNEAR, JOHN WOOD, NANCY MARCHAND, ANGIE DICKINSON, RICHARD CRENNA, LAUREN HOLLY 5:30 PM THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN Rated PG for ADULT CONTENT Time:95 Genre:Comedy, Foreign Hugh Grant stars in this "infectious and surprisingly moving" (New York Daily News) comedy about a World War I Welsh village that gets up in arms when a pair of surveyors designate their mountain as merely a hill...because it comes up short by sixteen feet. While the townsfolk lead a charge to heighten their beloved landmark to the necessary one-thousand feet, another movement is afoot to keep the surveyors in town in order to conduct a remeasurement! Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart and Kenneth Griffith co-star in this comedy directed by Christopher Monger. "Four stars" (New York Post). Actors: HUGH GRANT, COLM MEANEY, IAN MCNEICE, KENNETH GRIFFITHS, TARA FITZGERALD 7:15 PM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Rated PG for ADULT LANGUAGE Time:103 Genre:Family, Sports When an accident turns an inept little leaguer into a pitching phenomenon, the majors come knocking at his door. But for this Chicago resident, there's only one choice...his beloved Cubs. Can he and his arm lead the club to their first pennant in nearly 50 years? Actor Daniel Stern (Home Alone) directed this feel-good family comedy. Actors: THOMAS-IAN NICHOLAS, GARY BUSEY, ALBERT HALL, AMY MORTON, DAN HEDAYA 9:30 PM POOTIE TANG Rated PG13 for ADULT CONTENT, MILD VIOLENCE, ADULT LANGUAGE Time:81 Genre:Comedy Nobody can understand a word he says...but that's what makes Pootie Tang so cool! This hilarious comedy based on a sketch from HBO's The Chris Rock Show features one of the most outrageous characters ever created. He gets the girls, he's got the clothes and nobody messes with him because of his magical belt. But when nasty gangster Dirty Dee and corporate crook Dick Lecter conspire to steal the belt, Pootie is rendered powerless and must rely on the help of a bodacious hooker to save the day. With Lance Crouther, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, Robert Vaughn and Chris Rock. Actors: CHRIS ROCK, LANCE CROUTHER, ANDY RICHTER, ROBERT VAUGHN, DAVID CROSS, J.B. SMOOVE, JENNIFER COOLIDGE, WANDA SYKES-HALL, MARIO JOYNER 11:00 PM QUEEN OF THE DAMNED Rated R for ADULT CONTENT, ADULT LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE Time:101 Genre:Horror, Thriller The vampire Lestat reawakens as a blood-drinking rock star in this adaptation of the third volume in Anne Rice's popular Vampire Chronicles. Stuart Townsend stars as the brooding Lestat who comes out of hibernation with plans for a concert that will bring prominence to the secretive vampire ranks--much to their chagrin. But far more dangerously, he has awakened the long-petrified Queen Akasha (late pop singer Aaliyah), a vampire of royal descent whose powers go far beyond anything Lestat has ever seen! With Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez and Paul McGann. Actors: STUART TOWNSEND, MARGUERITE MOREAU, AALIYAH, VINCENT PEREZ, LENA OLIN, CLAUDIA BLACK, RENEE QUAST 3:45 PM THE WASH Rated R for ADULT CONTENT, VIOLENCE, ADULT LANGUAGE, BRIEF NUDITY Time:96 Genre:Comedy Rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg play roommates who find themselves at odds after they begin working together in this raucous comedy. Dre has just been fired from his job and can't pay his share of the rent, leading Dogg to land him a managerial position at a car wash he works at (and uses as a place to meet ladies and sell weed!). When Dre begins taking his new authority a bit too far, it leads to trouble between the two friends until they are forced to team up to save their boss (George Wallace) from idiotic kidnappers! With Angell Conwell and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, and featuring cameos by Pauly Shore, Shaquille O'Neal and Tommy Chong. Written and directed by D.J. Pooh (Friday). Actors: DR. DRE, SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, ARIF KINCHEN, TOM (TINY) LISTER, GEORGE WALLACE, ANGELL CONWELL, SHAWN FONTENO, BRUCE BRUCE |
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