HDTV Has Social Calling — Daily HD Programming Guide for Tuesday, March 2, 2004

   

 6:00 AM
Great Moments in Italian Art
Florence: The Early Renaissance
 
 
7:00 AM
Dinosaur Planet
Little Das' Hunt
 

 8:00 AM
Trading Spaces
Houston: Mulberry Hill Lane
 
 9:00 AM
Wildfire
  
 10:00 AM
Feast of Dates
  
 11:00 AM
Great Books
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
 
12:00 PM
A Wedding Story
Viviana & Rob
 
 12:30 PM
A Makeover Story
Latin Ladies
 
1:00 PM
Surprise By Design
Full House
 
 2:00 PM
Weird Homes
Busy Bees
 
 2:30 PM
Weird Wheels
Off to the Races

 3:00 PM
Insectia
Scorpions

 3:30 PM
Great Canadian Rivers
The Red Deer

 4:00 PM
Dinosaur Planet
Little Das' Hunt

 5:00 PM
Trading Spaces
Houston: Mulberry Hill Lane

 6:00 PM
Wildfire
 
 7:00 PM
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
 
 8:00 PM
Discovering Argentina
 
 9:00 PM
Arctic Mission
Climate of Change

10:00 PM
Best of the Big Easy
 
11:00 PM
Discovering Argentina
 
12:00 AM
Arctic Mission
Climate of Change

01:00 AM
Best of the Big Easy
Best of the Big Easy
 
 2:00 AM
Insectia
Life In a Single Tree
 
 2:30 AM
Great Canadian Rivers
The Klinaklini

 3:00 AM
Discovering Argentina
  
 4:00 AM
Arctic Mission
Climate of Change
 
 5:00 AM
Best of the Big Easy
 

6:00AM ET/5:00 C Lush Life R - 1:45 - 1993 Cast: Forest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker Director: Michael Elias Life of two best friends who play jazz in night clubs. 8:00AM ET/7:00 C Love Wine NR - 1:35 - 2003 Cast: Tara Goudreau, Robert Andrew, Daneen Boone Director: Mark McNabb When a single woman inherits the family vineyard she must follow family traditions to harvest the "love" wine. 9:45AM ET/8:45 C Songwriter R - 1:34 - 1984 Cast: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon Director: Alan Rudolph Two country singers rock their way out of a bad deal. 11:30AM ET/10:30 C The Oklahoman NR - 1:20 - 1957 Cast: Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter Director: Francis D. Lyon The town doctor helps Pate, a Native American, as he struggles to keep his land. 1:00PM ET/12:00 C Justice NR - 1:20 - 2003 Cast: Erik Palladino, Catherine Kellner, Daphne Rubin-Vega Director: Evan Oppenheimer After a tragedy, a comic book writer searches for the perfect crime fighting hero. 2:30PM ET/1:30 C Things Change PG - 1:40 - 1988 Cast: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky Director: David Mamet An Italian shoeshiner agrees to take the fall for a wanted mafia leader. 4:15PM ET/3:15 C Lush Life R - 1:45 - 1993 Cast: Forest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker Director: Michael Elias Life of two best friends who play jazz in night clubs. 6:15PM ET/5:15 C Songwriter R - 1:34 - 1984 Cast: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon Director: Alan Rudolph Two country singers rock their way out of a bad deal. 8:00PM ET/7:00 C The Oklahoman NR - 1:20 - 1957 Cast: Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter Director: Francis D. Lyon The town doctor helps Pate, a Native American, as he struggles to keep his land. 9:30PM ET/8:30 C The Power of One PG-13 - 2:07 - 1992 Cast: Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Freeman Director: John G. Avildsen An English boy, P.K., is taken in by a professor after he is ostricized by his German classmates. Through the professor, he meets a man who teaches him how to box and stand up for his rights. 11:45PM ET/10:45 C The Oklahoman NR - 1:20 - 1957 Cast: Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter Director: Francis D. Lyon The town doctor helps Pate, a Native American, as he struggles to keep his land. 1:15AM ET/12:15 C The Power of One PG-13 - 2:07 - 1992 Cast: Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Freeman Director: John G. Avildsen An English boy, P.K., is taken in by a professor after he is ostricized by his German classmates. Through the professor, he meets a man who teaches him how to box and stand up for his rights. 3:30AM ET/2:30 C Lush Life R - 1:45 - 1993 Cast: Forest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker Director: Michael Elias Life of two best friends who play jazz in night clubs. 5:15AM ET/4:15 C Love Wine NR - 1:35 - 2003 Cast: Tara Goudreau, Robert Andrew, Daneen Boone Director: Mark McNabb When a single woman inherits the family vineyard she must follow family traditions to harvest the "love" wine.

6:30AM ET/5:30 C Mr. Rice's Secret PG Time: 92   Twelve-year-old Owen is surrounded by death. Struggling with Hodgkin's Disease, and resisting the companionship of other "sick" children, he has recently lost his closest friend, the elderly, mysterious Mr. Rice. After Owen thrills his mischievous pals by secretly taping Mr. Rice's funeral, they discover an exciting secret left by Mr. Rice for them to discover...through a challenging scavenger hunt. It could be the answer to Owen's problems. With David Bowie, Bill Switzer, Teryl Rothery. 8:05AM ET/7:05 C Teen Witch PG13 Time: 93   A class frump uses her newfound magical powers to cast a spell over her entire school in this bewitching teen comedy. A week before her Sweet Sixteen, Louise goes to a fortune-teller and discovers she's descended from the Salem witches. Soon she's conjuring up all sorts of real-life fantasies...including a romance with the school hunk! 9:40AM ET/8:40 C Christine R Time: 109   Christine isn't your average '58 Plymouth: she runs on demonic hate, and she's been waiting twenty years for someone to unleash her fury. When a high-school loser restores the dilapidated car, his own life takes on a whole new sheen...and the horrifying rampage begins. A riveting story of supernatural vengeance directed by John Carpenter (Halloween) from Stephen King's terrifying novel. With Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton. 11:30AM ET/10:30 C Juwanna Mann PG13 Time: 91   When star basketball player Jamal Jefferies (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.) is fired from the NBA for his on- and off-court arrogance and offensive behavior, he immediately loses his girlfriend, his home and his party lifestyle. Jamal vows to get his life back and is inspired by neighborhood girls playing ball. Wearing a big wig and falsies, Jamal cross-dresses into Juwanna Mann (a woman!) to join the all-female pro basketball league. Juwanna instantly becomes the star player, but fame doesn't come easy as he learns through a series of comic gender-benders--including awkward shower scenes and falling in love with a teammate (Vivica A. Fox)! With Tommy Davidson, Kevin Pollak, Ginuwine, Kim Wayans and 'Lil Kim. 1:05PM ET/12:05 C Cheats PG13 Time: 85   A group of high-school youths attempt to beat the system by cheating their way through the education process in this comedy. Trevor Fehrman and Elden Henson star as the smooth-talking duo who must deal with interference from their bothersome principal and an upstanding teacher. With Matthew Lawrence, Martin Starr, Griffin Dunne and Mary Tyler Moore. Directed by Andrew Gurland. 2:45PM ET/1:45 C The Banger Sisters R Time: 97   Two legendary former rock groupies reunite decades later in this free-spirited comedy-drama starring Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon. In their heyday, Vinnie and Suzette were inseparable pals sleeping their way through the rock-'n'-roll elite (and not so elite). More than twenty years later, Vinnie has hidden away her past and become a respectable member of society--while Suzette can still be found relating the story of Jim Morrison passing out on top of her. When Suzette loses her job, she picks up a squirrelly hitchhiker and heads for a reunion with her old pal...much to the consternation of the thoroughly uptight Vinnie. Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen and Robin Thomas co-star. Written and directed by Bob Dolman. 4:30PM ET/3:30 C Dead Presidents R Time: 119   Allen and Albert Hughes's follow-up to the hit urban drama Menace II Society is a "powerful" (Variety) exploration of a black youth's transition into manhood during the years 1968 to 1974. As an 18-year-old high-school grad from the Bronx, Anthony (Larenz Tate) shocks his friends and family by enlisting for service in Vietnam. But his horrible war experiences and his return to an uncertain future serve to darken Anthony's previously good-natured personality...and leave him primed to take part in a risky crime. With Keith David, Chris Tucker, N'Bushe Wright and Michael Imperioli (HBO's The Sopranos). 6:30PM ET/5:30 C The Time Machine PG13 Time: 95   H.G. Wells's vaunted time-travel tale is brilliantly retold in this thrilling sci-fi film starring Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) as a man driven by tragedy to create a machine that can travel back to the past...and into the future! Seeking to alter his painful past, mathematician Alexander Hartdegan (Pearce) invents a time machine. However, an accident during Alexander's test run sends him more than 800,000 years into the future to a strange world in which man has become two distinct races: the peaceful Eloi and the violent underground Morlocks. Jeremy Irons co-stars as the evil Morlock leader and Samantha Mumba is the attractive Eloi whom Alexander must save from the clutches of the Morlocks. Also with Orlando Jones, Mark Addy and Yancey Arias. Directed by Simon Wells, the real-life great-grandson of H.G. Wells. 8:15PM ET/7:15 C Like Mike PG Time: 99   Lil' Bow Wow stars as a young orphan who becomes an NBA superstar when he acquires a pair of sneakers once owned by a basketball legend. The shoes are electrocuted as young Calvin makes a wish to be like his idol and soon he's dribbling circles around the best ball players in the NBA. As Calvin tries to conceal his secret shoes from the media, he leads the L.A. Knights to the playoffs...and continues his search for an adoptive family. Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover and Eugene Levy co-star in this hilarious, heartwarming film. 10:00PM ET/9:00 C Juwanna Mann PG13 Time: 91   When star basketball player Jamal Jefferies (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.) is fired from the NBA for his on- and off-court arrogance and offensive behavior, he immediately loses his girlfriend, his home and his party lifestyle. Jamal vows to get his life back and is inspired by neighborhood girls playing ball. Wearing a big wig and falsies, Jamal cross-dresses into Juwanna Mann (a woman!) to join the all-female pro basketball league. Juwanna instantly becomes the star player, but fame doesn't come easy as he learns through a series of comic gender-benders--including awkward shower scenes and falling in love with a teammate (Vivica A. Fox)! With Tommy Davidson, Kevin Pollak, Ginuwine, Kim Wayans and 'Lil Kim. 11:30PM ET/10:30 C Drive R Time: 99   When a down-on-his-luck San Francisco writer is taken hostage by a man on the run, they find themselves on a wild ride to L.A., pursued by murderous thugs intent on eliminating them both. As they're ambushed, beaten and imprisoned, they realize that their only hope of survival is each other. Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison play the odd-couple fugitives in this fast-paced action flick. 1:10AM ET/12:10 C Intimate Sessions 07: Lucy TVMA Time: 27   Thirteen women tell their innermost secrets--and seek help for their most intimate problems--in this sizzling adult series. 1:35AM ET/12:35 C Accidental Stripper TVMA Time: 87   A pretty co-ed inherits a struggling strip bar that she attempts to transform with the help of her sexy friends while a veteran dancer schemes against her. Myla Leigh, Akira Lane, Annette Moeller, Craig Alexander and Dino Paletti star in this sizzling erotic tale. Directed by Woquini Adams. 3:00AM ET/2:00 C Mask Of Death R Time: 88   Lorenzo Lamas is both the good guy and the bad guy in this action/adventure flick! He's a detective who goes under cover to pose as the pathological killer who resembles him in order to capture the killer's partner. But things go dangerously wrong when the killer's girlfriend exposes him. 4:30AM ET/3:30 C House Of Cards PG13 Time: 109   In this "rapturously mysterious" drama (N.Y. Daily News), a 6-year-old girl retreats into a world of her own after witnessing her father's death. Now her mother (Kathleen Turner) must battle a child psychologist (Tommy Lee Jones) over the best way to reach the child.

7:00AM ET/6:00 C Star Trek: First Contact PG13 Time: 110   This "smashingly exciting sci-fi adventure" (Variety) pits the Next Generation crew against their deadliest foe: the half-human, half-automaton Borg! "Resistance is futile!" cry the evil ones as they hurtle toward Earth, bent on enslaving all forms of life. Can Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his space corps vanquish the menace? A Star Trek bonanza packed with dazzling special effects, fascinating time travel, and wild alien battles. With Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Alfre Woodard and Alice Krige. 9:00AM ET/8:00 C The Saint PG13 Time: 116   Long before James Bond ,there was The Saint: shrewd thief, master of disguises and suave lover. Now Val Kilmer stars as the dashing mercenary in The Saint's flashiest adventure yet. Hired by a mad Russian to steal a top-secret formula for cold fusion, he battles bad guys through the streets and sewers of Moscow to save the world from evil domination. A very cool production with a great theme song by the techno-punk group, Orbital. Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) plays the secret formula's inventor. 11:00AM ET/10:00 C The Beautician And The Beast PG Time: 107   Watch out, world, here comes Fran Drescher! As a beauty culture graduate from Queens, wacky Fran comes to the tiny nation of Slovetzia to tutor the president's kids--and ends up teaching his excellency a thing or two about life--and hairspray. By the time she's through, it's the beginning of love and the end of split ends in Eastern Europe. Amour puts on a new face, laughter gets a new "do" and lipstick reigns supreme in this endearingly campy comic romp. 1:00PM ET/12:00 C Enough PG13 Time: 115   A pretty waitress's storybook romance with a handsome customer takes a nightmarish turn in this thriller starring Jennifer Lopez. Slim (Lopez) waits tables in a small L.A. diner when she quickly finds herself swept off her feet--and right down the aisle--by a wealthy contractor named Mitch (Billy Campbell). Several years and a baby later, Slim discovers that Mitch has been cheating, but her accusation leaves her beaten and on the run for her life. With no one to help her, Slim learns to defend herself--while bracing for an inevitable confrontation with the malevolent Mitch. Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman and Noah Wyle co-star. Directed by Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough). 3:00PM ET/2:00 C Beah: A Black Woman Speaks TV14 Time: 90   Actress. Poet. Writer. Director. Musician. Activist. Teacher. In her remarkable 80 years on Earth, Beah Richards never gave up on herself or her heritage. This biographical portrait from actress-turned-director LisaGay Hamilton (TV's The Practice) is a loving tribute to the lasting legacy of great American actress and activist Beah Richards. Through intimate conversations videotaped in the last years of Richards' life, as well as film and performance clips, audiotapes, photos and insights from friends and colleagues, this film celebrates the remarkable life of an actress who always remained committed to the two cultures she loved most deeply: the arts and the African American community. Interviews include fellow actors Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Whitman Mayo, Bill Cobb, Lynn Hamilton, Ruby Milsap and Richards' former husband, artist Hugh Harnell Jr. 4:30PM ET/3:30 C Roommates PG Time: 108   Peter Falk and D.B. Sweeney star in this heartwarming 1995 tale that chronicles three decades of the relationship between an ornery old man and the grandson he raised from childhood. With Julianne Moore (Hannibal), Jan Rubes, Ellen Burstyn, Frankie Faison and Noah Fleiss. "Falk is in fine form" (Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie & Video Guide). Directed by Peter Yates (TV's Don Quixote). Story by Max Apple; screenplay by Max Apple and Stephen Metcalfe. 6:30PM ET/5:30 C The Saint PG13 Time: 116   Long before James Bond ,there was The Saint: shrewd thief, master of disguises and suave lover. Now Val Kilmer stars as the dashing mercenary in The Saint's flashiest adventure yet. Hired by a mad Russian to steal a top-secret formula for cold fusion, he battles bad guys through the streets and sewers of Moscow to save the world from evil domination. A very cool production with a great theme song by the techno-punk group, Orbital. Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) plays the secret formula's inventor. 8:30PM ET/7:30 C Phone Booth R Time: 80   Answering a call at a midtown Manhattan phone booth puts an arrogant publicist in the sights of a demented sniper in this heart-stopping Hitchcockian thriller. Colin Farrell (Daredevil) stars as Stu Shepard, a media guru who is trapped by an unseen gunman who is armed with bullets...as well as with intimate personal details of Stu's life. When the crisis turns deadly, it's up to Stu to turn the tables on the madman--but first he must convince the cops that he's not the killer! Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, Radha Mitchell and Kiefer Sutherland co-star. Directed by Joel Schumacher; written by Larry Cohen. 12:50AM ET/11:50 C John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. R Time: 100   Ever since the big earthquake of 1998, Los Angeles has been an island, populated by the dregs of American society. Into this dangerous, lawless world comes rebel-with-a-cause Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell). His mission: find the Peruvian terrorist who stole the deadly "doomsday box"--along with the President's rebellious daughter. With Steve Buscemi (Fargo), Stacy Keach, Valeria Golino, Peter Fonda, Pam Grier and Cliff Robertson. 3:35AM ET/2:35 C Playing Mona Lisa R Time: 96   Alicia Witt is exceptional as a piano-playing prodigy whose personal life and musical career unravel with shocking rapidity after she is rejected for a prestigious competition. Harvey Fierstein, Brooke Langton, Johnny Galecki, Ivan Sergei, Molly Hagan, Estelle Harris. Also with Elliott Gould and Marlo Thomas.