Summary

This daily HDTV programming guide for late September 2003 lists primetime schedules across broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC alongside HD specialty channels including INHD, INHD2, HDNet, and Discovery HD Theater. The guide introduces a channel selector navigation tool to help viewers quickly locate HD services without scrolling through the full listings.

Source document circa 2003 preserved as-is


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Welcome New Readers
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With the addition of new channels, such as INHD and INHD2, you will find the "channel selector" below more and more useful in guiding you to those services you are able to receive. This will help you bypass tiresome scrolling. By clicking on the "Return To Top" you will be returned to this area in preparation for your next selection.

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8 Simple Rules

The final three episodes of 8 Simple Rules… completed by Mr. Ritter will air sequentially beginning with the season premiere on Tuesday, September 23 8/7c. Each of these episodes will open with a special introduction by members of the cast. Future episodes will then take viewers into the Hennessy household as they experience the loss of a beloved father and construct a new life.


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I'm with Her

"The Second Date"
For their second date, Patrick decides to take Alex dancing. Trouble is, he doesn't know how to dance, so he takes swing dancing lessons from Les (Jim Belushi), a burly dance instructor, in order to show Alex a swinging good time. But when Cheri informs Patrick that Alex can't dance, he decides to take Stevie's advice and take her on an expensive date befitting a movie star — which could end up costing Patrick more than just money. Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live) makes a special cameo appearance


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According to Jim

"The Packer Ball"
When Jim's son becomes attached to a Packers football, Jim tries to turn him into a Bears fan instead.

 

 


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Less Than Perfect

"From the Office of Will Butler"
After Claude sends Carl's resume down to Human Resources, she is stunned to learn that her influence gets Carl hired on the spot as the new cafeteria manager at GNB. Meanwhile, Kipp entertains an older woman who promises to help his career, but he later realizes she wants more than he bargained for.


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NYPD Blue


"Your Bus, Ted"
A transvestite is murdered, a surgeon is knifed outside a hospital, and Rodriguez takes the stand in Captain Fraker's trial

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The Young and the Restless

 

Welcome to Genoa City... Where the Newmans and Abbots do battle in the bedroom

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8:00PM ET/:00 C ET/7:00 C
Navy: NCIS

"Hung Out To Dry"
When a Marine dies from crashing into a parked car after his parachute fails to open during a training exercise, Gibbs and his agents take on the case.


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The Guardian

"Big Coal"
To land a major coal company as a client, Nick and his new associate, Sadie Frost, must get a town of 23 people to sign the release settlements exonerating the company from any wrongdoing. However, Nick's conscience weighs heavily on him when he learns that a massive coal fire is burning underneath the town, making the residents ill. Meanwhile, Nick and Lulu's relationship heats up, but only one of them actually thinks it means anything.


10:00PM ET/:00 C ET/9:00 C
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Judging Amy

"Going Down"
Amy struggles with her new responsibilities as a criminal court judge when she oversees a high profile murder case. Meanwhile, Peter dismisses Gillian's feelings when she tells him she had an out-of-body experience, and Kyle and Lily’s relationship heats up even as Lily continues to make plans to leave St. Michael’s.

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Whoopi

"Shout"
Frustrated after receiving a ticket for smoking in her hotel, Mavis (Whoopi Goldberg) feels responsible when poor Nasim (Omid Djalili) is also cited for spitting in public after she stuffs a hot pepper in his mouth -- but when she urges him to contest the penalty in court, the naive handyman quits, fearing deportation back to Iran. Meanwhile, Mavis' unemployed brother Courtney (Wren T. Brown) loses cash in an ATM and then closes his cool when he is put on phone hold for hours which only makes Rita (Elizabeth Regen) pout.


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Happy Family

"Dinner With Friends"
Peter (John Larroquette) and Annie (Christine Baranski) have always taken pride in raising their three children and have looked down upon their friends the Michaelsons (guest stars Ken Lerner "Chicago Hope" and Molly Cheek "American Wedding") for the way they raised their children -- their son just was released from prison and their daughter is very promiscuous. However, when Peter and Annie realize they are being compared to the Michaelsons because of Tim, Todd and Sara's problems, they are forced to take drastic measures to restore their reputations. Jeff Davis, Tyler Francavilla, Susan Gibney and Melanie Paxson also star.


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Frasier

"The Doctor Is Out"
The debonair conductor of the Seattle Opera, Alistair Burke (guest star Patrick Stewart), mistakenly believes Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is gay and starts courting the doctor by buying him expensive gifts and inviting him to high society parties. Frasier is so thrilled by the glamorous, sophisticated life he leads with his new friend that he ignores the warnings of Niles (David Hyde Pierce) and Daphne (Jane Leeves) who protest that Alistair may see their relationship as more than platonic. John Mahoney and Peri Gilpin also guest star.


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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

"Manic"
When two high school basketball players are gunned down while shooting hoops in the school gym, Detectives Benson (Marishka Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) attempt to locate the shooter with the help of a third student who was held hostage by the suspect. However, when the detectives make the horrible discovery their prime witness is actually the murderer, they are left searching for motive behind this tragedy. Rory Culkin ("Signs", "Igby Goes Down") guest stars as a manic depressive teenager and Mare Winningham (Oscar Nominee for "Georgia") guest stars as his desperate mother. John Cullum (Broadway's "Urinetown") reprises his role as seasoned defense attorney Barry Moredock. Stephanie March, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, B.D. Wong and Ice-T also star.


11:35PM ET/10:35 C
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

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Guests
Catherine Zeta-jones, Howard Dean, Lyle Lovett

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Gilmore Girls

The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
The Gilmore girls share Rory's (Alexis Bledel) first day at Yale University by moving Rory into her dorm, where she meets a strange new roommate, Tanna (guest star Olivia Hack) and learns that her old adversary, Paris (Liza Weil), will also be sharing her room. Overwhelmed with excitement, Rory is also embarrassed to find that she isn't quite ready to let Lorelai (Lauren Graham) go. Meanwhile, Luke (Scott Patterson) continues to wrestle with the aftermath of his disastrous cruise with Nicole.


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One Tree Hill

Lucas threatens tLucas (Chad Michael Murray) blows his first Varsity game and decides to quit the team. The wedge between Nathan (James Lafferty) and Peyton (Hilarie Burton) continues to grow after Peyton tires of Nathan's jabs at Lucas. Meanwhile, Keith (Craig Sheffer) forces Karen (Moira Kelly) to deal with her feelings for Dan (Paul Johansson) after she refuses to step foot in the high school gym to support her son.
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Of all of the program providers PBS can give us the best return on our investment.

It is easy to fund them too with our donations. By feeding them we feed their enthusiasm. The most grateful will be those who have carried the PBS cross for a very long time. Any help coming to them from the general public now will be a God-send and blessing. 

There is a superior connection at PBS to quality story telling sources. They are also with the arts on center stage in international cultural matters. They are in league with all public television broadcasters around the world. PBS is the obvious choice to build up if we want HDTV our way._Dale

PBS SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER

October 1
2:00 PM ET

check local listings
WATER'S JOURNEY: HIDDEN RIVERS OF FLORIDA
Note: High Definition
Sundays at
2:30 PM ET
October 5-26
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JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS
Note: High Definition
Sundays at
7:00 PM ET
October 5-26

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AMERICAN FAMILY
Note: High Definition
October 5
9:00 PM ET

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EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE'S AMERICAN COLLECTION: Our Town
Note: High Definition
October 6
2:00 PM ET

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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE OUTLAW TRAIL
Note: Widescreen Standard Definition
October 8
8:00 PM ET

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SECRETS OF THE DEAD: The Great Fire of Rome
Note: Widescreen Standard Definition
October 9
10:30 PM ET
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SOUNDSTAGE
Note: High Definition
October 15
8:00 PM ET

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CHURCHILL
Note: Widescreen Standard Definition
October 19
8:00 PM ET

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NATURE: Hippo Beach
Note: Widescreen Standard Definition
October 20
10:30 PM ET

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RIVER OF IRON: DREAMS OF THE GRAND CANYON RAILROAD
Note: High Definition
October 22
9:00 PM ET

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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: THE BATTLE FOR THE ARAB WORLD
Note: Widescreen Standard Definition
October 29
9:30 PM ET

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AMERICAN MASTERS: James Brown: Soul Survivor
Note: Widescreen Standard Definition

The more public spirited people always get involved with PBS.  

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6:00AM ET/:00 C ET/5:00 C
Great Books

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


7:00AM ET/:00 C ET/6:00 C
James: Brother of Jesus


8:00AM ET/:00 C ET/7:00 C
Search for Lewis and Clark


9:00AM ET/:00 C ET/8:00 C
Manassas: End of Innocence


10:00AM ET/:00 C ET/9:00 C
A Wedding Story Erin & Spencer


10:30AM ET/:00 C ET/9:30 C
A Wedding Story

Corinna & Vince


11:00AM ET/:00 C ET/10:00 C
A Makeover Story

Marathon Moms


11:30AM ET/:00 C ET/10:30 C
A Makeover Story

Bouncing Back


12:00PM ET/:00 C ET/11:00 C
Weird Homes

Hign 'n Dry


12:30PM ET/:00 C ET/11:30 C
Weird Wheels

Ideas in Collision


1:00PM ET/:00 C ET/12:00 C
Insectia

Masquerade

1:30PM ET/:00 C ET/12:30 C
Great Canadian Rivers

The Fraser


2:00PM ET/:00 C ET/1:00 C
Jaguar: Year of the Cat


3:00PM ET/:00 C ET/2:00 C
A Wedding Story


Erin & Spencer


3:30PM ET/:00 C ET/2:30 C
A Makeover Story

Marathon Moms


4:00PM ET/:00 C ET/3:00 C
Manassas: End of Innocence


5:00PM ET/:00 C ET/4:00 C
James: Brother of Jesus


6:00PM ET/:00 C ET/5:00 C
Great Moments in Italian Art


Florence: The Early Renaissance


7:00PM ET/:00 C ET/6:00 C
Insectia

Symphony for Hexapods


7:30PM ET/:00 C ET/6:30 C
Great Canadian Rivers

The Klinaklini


8:00PM ET/:00 C ET/7:00 C
Washington, D.C.: Our Nation's Capital

9:00PM ET/:00 C ET/8:00 C
Over America


10:00PM ET/:00 C ET/9:00 C
Urban Wild

New York


11:00PM ET/:00 C ET/10:00 C
Washington, D.C.: Our Nation's Capital


12:00AM ET/:00 C ET/11:00 C
Over America


1:00AM ET/:00 C ET/12:00 C
Urban Wild

New York


2:00AM ET/:00 C ET/1:00 C
Insectia

Symphony for Hexapods


2:30AM ET/:00 C ET/1:30 C
Great Canadian Rivers

The Klinaklini


3:00AM ET/:00 C ET/2:00 C
Washington, D.C.: Our Nation's Capital


4:00AM ET/:00 C ET/3:00 C
Over America

5:00AM ET/:00 C ET/4:00 C
Urban Wild


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Date Sport Event Time [ET]
9/30 ESPN Original Programming PLAYMAKERS, episode 6 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 12:00 pm

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6:00AM ET/5:00 C
Tower On The Hill

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:29


6:30AM ET/5:30 C
The Song Of Africa

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:25


7:00AM ET/6:00 C
Rumpelstiltskin

TV-G
Runtime: 0:29


7:30AM ET/6:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


8:00AM ET/7:00 C
Penguins: Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:25


8:30AM ET/7:30 C
Fish Face At Sea Exhibition

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


9:00AM ET/8:00 C
Discoveries...Ireland: A Celtic Treasure

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:50


10:00AM ET/9:00 C
Alaska: Last Frontier

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


10:30AM ET/9:30 C
Penguins: Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:25


11:00AM ET/10:00 C
Fish Face At Sea Exhibition

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


11:30AM ET/10:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


12:00PM ET/11:00 C
Farther Than The Eye Can See

NR
Runtime: 1:17


1:30PM ET/12:30 C
Alaska: Last Frontier

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


2:00PM ET/1:00 C
Arthur 2: On The Rocks

PG
Runtime: 1:47


4:00PM ET/3:00 C
Rumpelstiltskin

TV-G
Runtime: 0:29


4:30PM ET/3:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


5:00PM ET/4:00 C
Alfredo Kraus

TV-G
Runtime: 0:52


6:00PM ET/5:00 C
Farther Than The Eye Can See


NR
Runtime: 1:17


7:30PM ET/6:30 C
Alaska: Last Frontier

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Full Metal Jacket

R
Runtime: 1:56


10:00PM ET/9:00 C
US Fed Cup Quarters: Rubin/Schiavone

Runtime: 1:58


12:30AM ET/11:30 C
Full Metal Jacket

R
Runtime: 1:56


2:30AM ET/1:30 C
US Fed Cup Quarters: Rubin/Schiavone

Runtime: 1:58

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5:00AM ET/4:00 C
On The Edge #2

TV-MA
Runtime: 0:29


5:30AM ET/4:30 C
The Cure: Live In Berlin

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:59


6:30AM ET/5:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


7:00AM ET/6:00 C
That Was Then, This Is Now

R
Runtime: 1:42


9:00AM ET/8:00 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


9:30AM ET/8:30 C
Hallmark HD Movie: Ascent

TV-PG
Runtime: 1:37


11:30AM ET/10:30 C
Alaska: Last Frontier

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


12:00PM ET/11:00 C
Rumpelstiltskin


TV-G
Runtime: 0:29


12:30PM ET/11:30 C
Discoveries...Ireland: A Celtic Treasure


TV-PG
Runtime: 0:50


1:30PM ET/12:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


2:00PM ET/1:00 C
College Football: Delaware @ Hofstra

Runtime: 2:58


5:30PM ET/4:30 C
Arthur 2: On The Rocks

PG
Runtime: 1:47


7:30PM ET/6:30 C
Penguins: Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:25


8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Fish Face At Sea Exhibition

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


8:30PM ET/7:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


9:00PM ET/8:00 C
Discoveries...Ireland: A Celtic Treasure

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:50


10:00PM ET/9:00 C
Alaska: Last Frontier

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


10:30PM ET/9:30 C
Penguins: Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:25


11:00PM ET/10:00 C
Fish Face At Sea Exhibition

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:20


11:30PM ET/10:30 C
In Theaters

TV-G
Runtime: 0:28


12:00AM ET/11:00 C
Discoveries...Ireland: A Celtic Treasure

TV-PG
Runtime: 0:50


1:00AM ET/12:00 C
That Was Then, This Is Now

R
Runtime: 1:42


3:00AM ET/2:00 C
Full Metal Jacket

R
Runtime: 1:56

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6:00AM ET/5:00 C
Wings Over Houston

Modern, World War II, and acrobatic aircraft take to the skies over Houston! Highlights include over 100 vintage airplanes in the sky at once, a sight not seen since World War II.


7:00AM ET/6:00 C
Urban/Wild: Paris

How does wildlife and nature survive in a planned city like Paris? Watch this unique look at the urban and the wild in the City of Light, and see how everything from foxes and rabbits, to wild cats survive in the nooks and crannies of Paris.


8:00AM ET/7:00 C
HDNet Test Patterns

Wonder how your home theatre is doing? Wish you had test patterns to help set it up? Well, HDNet is here to help. This short program will help you get the most out of your home theatre setup by providing you with the same professional test patterns HDNet uses to set their gear.


8:30AM ET/7:30 C
Bass Champs

2003 Team Event On Lake Tawokoni - Tawakoni Team event with a surprising winner who takes home 32,000 dollars!


9:00AM ET/8:00 C
HDNet This Month


Previews and highlights of this month's HDNet programming.


10:00AM ET/9:00 C
A Caribbean Workout 2003

In the Oceanside Barclay Park, Barbados features Urban Rebound Circuit.


10:30AM ET/9:30 C
The Desert Speaks

Bolivia: Volcanoes, Flamingos, and Salt Lakes - Ranging in altitude up to ',500 feet above sea level, the wild, frigid desert of southwestern Bolivia is full of natural treasures. The harsh landscape is dominated by the towering Andean volcanoes and basins into which the meager snowmelt drains and cannot escape. These intensely colored, brackish lakes are home to some of the world's hardiest animals.


11:00AM ET/10:00 C
Beautiful Landscapes of Japan

Tokachi, Hokkaido


11:30AM ET/10:30 C
Smart Travels Europe

Amsterdam and the Netherlands - Visit the country that inspired the Dutch masters. Bicycle to Amsterdam's great art museums to see the works of Rembrandt and Van Gogh. Also tips on buying Delft china and getting around by trolley.


12:00PM ET/11:00 C
HDNet World Report

Custom Cutters: Immigration Meets 9/11 - World Report's cameras are in America's breadbasket for the nation's wheat harvest. But, strangely, this traditional farm activity could be interrupted by concerns for Homeland security. Many of those who harvest our crops are typically brought in from other countries, but now our tightened borders are making that far more difficult.


12:30PM ET/11:30 C
HDNet World Report

Japan...A Food Colony of the United States - Centuries old family farms are now at risk in Japan, as cheaper food exports are finding their way into Japanese homes...many from America. World Report takes you to the vanishing family farms of Japan to see the changes in their culinary culture, changes that may have a direct effect on American famers.


1:00PM ET/12:00 C
True Music

True Music takes us to New York City to see what's playing at the nationally recognized CBGB's. Bands include Zooloft, Bandaido and Matt Haimovitz.


1:30PM ET/12:30 C
Hogan's Heroes

The Flight of the Valkyrie - Hogan is replaced as the POW officer-in-charge by a colonel who nearly ruins the group's important escape plans.


2:00PM ET/1:00 C
Hogan's Heroes

Happiness Is a Warm Sergeant - The prisoners go too far in using Sgt. Schultz as a stooge, and Col. Klink replaces him with a tough, no-nonsense guard.


2:30PM ET/1:30 C
Square Pegs

A Cafeteria Line - Vinnie and Jennifer, Weemawee's "killer couple," are suddenly on the outs when Vinnie is cast as the male lead in the school musical and starts making eyes at his female co-star -- Patty.


3:00PM ET/2:00 C
Big Apple

Best Laid Plans - Terry sets up Chris to be arrested for robbery while Vincent deals with shooting and killing another thief.


4:00PM ET/3:00 C
Major League Soccer

Kansas City Wizards @ Los Angeles Galaxy
Special Encore Presentation


6:00PM ET/5:00 C
In the Dust

Follow Indianapolis 500 racer Robbie Groff as he battles the desert in the grueling Nevada 1000 Off-Road Race in this feature documentary.


7:00PM ET/6:00 C
True Music: Extended Play

Spoonfed Tribe - Sit back and enjoy the experience known as The Spoonfed Tribe. This 30 minute special is dedicated to the unique sound and look surrounding this one of a kind musical act. The Spoonfed Tribe has an underground following that is forcing its way to the surface and is bound to break into mainstream. Compared to the Grateful Dead and Phish, The Spoonfed Tribe will inspire your body to move.


7:30PM ET/6:30 C
Square Pegs Premiere

It's Academical! - A local TV quiz show could score more than points for Patty when she's chosen to represent Weemawee High on a panel with Muffy and a handsome senior, who both girls are determined to make their winning prize.


8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Ladies Man Premiere

Donna and Jimmy welcome their new neighbors with a token gift basket, and they're happy to find that Shirl and Harve Henderson seem to be very nice people. But when Shirl comes over to thank the Stiles with a much bigger basket filled with very expensive gifts, Donna cries foul and decides her next door neighbors may be nice -- but with an agenda.


8:30PM ET/7:30 C
Hogan's Heroes Premiere

No Names Please - The Germans are amazed to read an American newspaper story about a sabotage and rescue unit at work in one of their prison camps.


9:00PM ET/8:00 C
Hogan's Heroes Premiere

Bad Day in Berlin - The heroes join forces with an undercover agent and travel to Berlin to capture a defector who can compromise their entire operation.


9:30PM ET/8:30 C
Love and Money

Make Room for Daddy - After Nicholas collapses, his doctor, Fielding, says it wasn't a fainting spell, but a stress episode. To find out what's causing it, Dr. Fielding hooks Nicholas up to a stress meter.


10:00PM ET/9:00 C
That's Life Premiere

Boo! - Paulie is frantic when Plum is reported missing on Halloween; Dolly is forced to entertain Plum's neurotic mother; Jackie receives a lesson in parenting from a lost trick or treater.


11:00PM ET/10:00 C
HDNet This Month

Previews and highlights of this month's HDNet programming.


12:00AM ET/11:00 C
HDNet Movie Night

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan - A baby whose parents are killed is raised by apes. Twenty years later he is discovered by a Captain who becomes determined to return him to civilization. Starring Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, and Sir Ralph Richardson.


2:00AM ET/1:00 C
Higher Definition

Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky sits down with Secondhand Lions director Tim McCanlies and star Haley Joel Osment to talk about their new film. Plus, previews of what's coming soon in HDNet entertainment.


2:30AM ET/1:30 C
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave


The goofy stuntman and his sidekicks set out to perform the most daring, death-defying stunt he's ever tried - all to save a sick little boy's life.


4:00AM ET/3:00 C
Film Shorts #3

Shooting Creek and End of the Rainbow. A Confederate Civil War veteran is trapped by a former slave who forces him to barter for his freedom. Also, a bittersweet musical drama set in London with jazz musician whose music tries to create a warm and colorful world.


5:00AM ET/4:00 C
Broadway Remembers

A stylized oral history of New York's most famous street from Bowling Green in lower Manhattan to Washington Heights at the island's northern tip. From charismatic preachers to nightclub bouncers, Philharmonic violinists to street performers, meet the people who have made, and are making, Broadway what it is.

 

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6:05AM ET/5:05 C
Moving

R - 1:29
Cast: Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Dana Carvey, Director: Alan Metter
A New Jersey transit engineer who is forced to face the horrors of moving day, when after 14 years of service, he is fired and must relocate his entire family.


7:45AM ET/6:45 C
Feds

PG-13 - 1:22
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross, Ken Marshall, Director: Dan Goldberg
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. Ellie is a real fighting- machine while Janis is a great student. Only with each other's help do they have a chance of making FBI agents.


9:15AM ET/8:15 C
U2 Rattle and Hum

PG-13 - 1:39
Cast: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Director: Phil Joanou
A documentary of Irish rock group U2's 1987-88 tour of North America.


11:05AM ET/10:05 C
Explorers

PG - 1:49
Cast: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Director: Joe Dante
Youngster hooked on science-fiction yearns to travel into space and gets his wish, with the heop of a whiz-kid friend.


1:05PM ET/12:05 C
Hot Pursuit

PG-13 - 1:33
Cast: John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Jerry Stiller, Director: Steven Lisberger
Student (Cusack), grounded by his bad grades, has been prevented from taking a dream vacation with his wealthy girlfriend's family. He gets a last minute reprieve from a kindly professor, and tries to catch up with the family. While in pursuit, he meets up with smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.


2:45PM ET/1:45 C
Prizzi's Honor

R - 2:09
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Angelica Huston, Director: John Huston
Black comedy about an aging and slow-witted hit man from a New York mob family who breaks with family loyalties when he falls for an upwardly mobile tax consultant who's also a hired killer.


5:00PM ET/4:00 C
Moving

R - 1:29
Cast: Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Dana Carvey, Director: Alan Metter
A New Jersey transit engineer who is forced to face the horrors of moving day, when after 14 years of service, he is fired and must relocate his entire family.


6:30PM ET/5:30 C
Feds

PG-13 - 1:22
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross, Ken Marshall, Director: Dan Goldberg
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. Ellie is a real fighting- machine while Janis is a great student. Only with each other's help do they have a chance of making FBI agents.


8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Explorers

PG - 1:49
Cast: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Director: Joe Dante
Youngster hooked on science-fiction yearns to travel into space and gets his wish, with the heop of a whiz-kid friend.


10:00PM ET/9:00 C
Hot Pursuit

PG-13 - 1:33
Cast: John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Jerry Stiller, Director: Steven Lisberger
Student (Cusack), grounded by his bad grades, has been prevented from taking a dream vacation with his wealthy girlfriend's family. He gets a last minute reprieve from a kindly professor, and tries to catch up with the family. While in pursuit, he meets up with smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.


11:35PM ET/10:35 C
Flight of the Intruder

PG-13 - 1:53
Cast: Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Director: John Milius
After his co-pilot is killed, Jake Grafton, a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions.


1:30AM ET/12:30 C
Midnight In St. Petersburg

R - 1:28
Cast: Michael Caine, Michelle Rene Thomas, Jason Connery, Director: Douglas Jackson
Former British secret agent Harry Palmer now runs a private investigation company in Russia. He gets a job to locate and recover a consignment of stolen plutonium. Along the way he must deal with the violent Russian Mafia, and also find a woman who has been kidnapped.


3:00AM ET/2:00 C
The Miracle

R - 1:40
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, Niall Byrne, Director: Neil Jordan
Coming-of-age story about two bright but bored Irish youths whose lives are suddenly changed when an exciting, secretive older woman, arrives in their small town.


4:35AM ET/3:35 C
Chasers

R - 1:43
Cast: Tom Berenger, Erika Eleniak, Dean Stockwell, Director: Dennis Hopper
A hapless Navy grunt is assigned SP duty. The catch: he must escort a beautiful female prisoner on her way to prison for going AWOL. She in turn will try anything to escape.

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8:30AM ET/7:30 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.


10:15AM ET/9:15 C
Dick Tracy

PG Time:105
Warren Beatty takes on the great profile in this lavishly designed, "thoroughly entertaining" (The New York Times) comic-book adaptation. The crimefighter battles a syndicate led by the larger-than-life Big Boy Caprice while evincing considerably less determination in his personal life, as he wavers between stalwart Tess Trueheart and the vampy torch singer Breathless Mahoney...and doesn't quite know what to do with the brave and devoted Kid following him around. "[O]ne of the most original and visionary fantasies I've seen on a screen" (Roger Ebert). With Mandy Patinkin, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Charles Durning.


1:00PM ET/12:00 C
Brown Sugar

PG13 Time:109
Two childhood best friends with a mutual love for hip-hop music reconnect after several years and question their current relationships and their feelings for each other. Sidney and Dre discovered hip-hop on a New York street corner when they were kids and their passion for the beat followed them into adulthood when both pursued music-oriented careers on opposite coasts. After years apart, Sidney returns to their stomping ground to find out that her rhythm with Dre still exists...as he prepares to marry another woman. Starring Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan and Nicole Ari Parker. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa.


3:00PM ET/2:00 C
Sunshine State

PG13 Time:140
John Sayles (Limbo) wrote, directed and edited this film about life on a tiny Florida island where eccentric locals deal with personal dramas and an uncertain future. Desiree has just returned home after disgracing her family years ago with an unwanted pregnancy, while Marly is a former mermaid performer who grudgingly runs her retired father's motel. Both women fight the developers who want to build their small island into a resort community while also battling for parental acceptance and the chance to be independent and successful. Jane Alexander, Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Timothy Hutton, James McDaniel and Mary Steenburgen star.


5:30PM ET/4:30 C
Mr. Wonderful

PG13 Time:98
A blue-collar worker with alimony problems hits on the perfect solution: find his ex a new husband so he'll be free and clear. But finding her a new "Mr. Wonderful" turns out to be harder than he thought--especially when he discovers he's still in love with her himself! Matt Dillon and Annabella Sciorra are the ex-couple in this lighthearted romantic comedy. Mary-Louise Parker (The Client) plays Dillon's new girlfriend. With William Hurt and Vincent D'Onofrio.


7:15PM ET/6:15 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.


9:00PM ET/8:00 C
Brown Sugar

PG13 Time:109
Two childhood best friends with a mutual love for hip-hop music reconnect after several years and question their current relationships and their feelings for each other. Sidney and Dre discovered hip-hop on a New York street corner when they were kids and their passion for the beat followed them into adulthood when both pursued music-oriented careers on opposite coasts. After years apart, Sidney returns to their stomping ground to find out that her rhythm with Dre still exists...as he prepares to marry another woman. Starring Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan and Nicole Ari Parker. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa.


11:00PM ET/10:00 C
Carnivale 03: Tipton

TV14 Time:49
When authorities of the poor town of Tipton refuse to let the carnival set up, Samson takes Jones's advice and reinvents the troupe as a religious revival show--with Ben as its headliner. Meanwhile, Brother Justin is headlining his own show at the former brothel, making a promise to the migrants that upsets his regular congregation. Back in Tipton, Ben and Sofie visit an ailing woman in search of clues about his history.


1:25AM ET/12:25 C
Bully

TVMA Time:112
Few films can prepare you for this unflinching fact-based drama about a group of tormented high-school teens who finally decide to take a stand against their evil nemesis. Directed by Larry Clark (Kids), the film stars Nick Stahl as Bobby Kent, a mean, violent youth who exerts a strong physical and mental control over Marty (Brad Renfro), but whose devious acts range far worse to their wider circle of acquaintances. Tired of Bobby's hateful behavior, the group comes to a decision: he must be killed. What follows is a shocking, realistic and utterly disturbing sequence of events that leaves all of their lives in tatters. "Brilliantly and courageously well-acted...perceptive and wounding" (Roger Ebert). With Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Michael Pitt, Kelli Garner, Daniel Franzese and Leo Fitzpatrick.


3:20AM ET/2:20 C
In Country

R Time:115
Playing it straight and touching, Bruce Willis anchors a powerful tale of a young girl's quest for answers in the wake of war. An emotionally battered Vietnam veteran, Willis lives with niece Emily Lloyd (A River Runs Through It), whose father died in Vietnam before she was born. The girl pursues her father's story through letters and his diary, coping with a sad legacy...and helping her uncle to do the same. Moving, memorable fare from Norman Jewison (The Hurricane).


5:20AM ET/4:20 C
Greenmail

R Time:96
Stephen Baldwin stars as a jailed environmental activist who may be the only hope in an ATF agent's efforts to stop a serial bomber. As the madman's trail becomes littered with victims, the unlikely duo realize that they are running out of time before the bomber strikes again! Tom Skerritt, Kelly Rowan, D.B. Sweeney, Mark Holden and Suki Kaiser co-star in this explosive thriller.

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5:30PM ET/4:30 C
Once Bitten

WIDESCREEN OAR UPCONV
ESP
PG13 1h 32m
Phenomenally funny comic actor Jim Carrey ("Dumb and Dumber," "Bruce Almighty") makes his big-screen debut with this horror comedy about a female vampire (Lauren Hutton) seeking the three male virgins whose blood she needs to drink in order to maintain her immortality. Cleavon Little and Robert Klein costar in this biting farce.


8:35PM ET/7:35 C
Windtalkers

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / CCAP / ESP
R 2h 14m
Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater star with Adam Beach ("Smoke Signals") in this explosive, patriotic WWII drama about a severely wounded soldier (Cage) who takes on the assignment of safeguarding a "windtalker" (Beach), a Navajo whose dead native language provides an unbreakable code for the military - but whose life is jeopardized with every increasingly bloody battle against the Japanese in the Pacific. Christian Slater, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt and Noah Emmerich costar in this tense, stylish war epic from director John Woo ("Face/Off").

11:00PM ET/10:00 C
Dead Like Me: Rest In Peace

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
TV14 45m
George tries to get her old job back as Mason tries to get laid for the first time in 15 months and George's family gathers for the dedication of her grave.


11:45PM ET/10:45 C
Heavenly Creatures

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
STEREO / CCAP / ESP
R 1h 39m


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