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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, July 5, 2002

Tube Notes

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

Tonight's Must-See

"Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story" (2002), 9 p.m., Lifetime; "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," 9 p.m., NBC. Video voyeurism still seems like something snatched from science fiction. The Lifetime movie, however, is based on a true story. Meanwhile, NBC offers a fictional variation. In "Video Voyeur," Angie Harmon is excellent as a good-spirited mom who moves into a new neighborhood. The guy next door is a popular dad, coach and churchgoer. He also turns out to have video equipment in the changing room near his swimming pool — and in the bathroom of her house. In the NBC rerun, a young cellist (played by Emily Deschanel) is sexually assaulted in her apartment. When hidden cameras are discovered there, the case grows.

Of Note

"Mirrorball," 4 p.m., Comedy Central. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley — who starred in the British series, "Absolutely Fabulous" — reunited for this one-shot special. They play friends who hope to revive their performing careers.

"Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), 5:45 p.m., TNT. The cable channel starts a marathon of three terrific romantic comedies. "Sleepless" has Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks; "When Harry Met Sally" (8 p.m., 1989) links Ryan with Billy Crystal; "As Good As It Gets" (10 p.m., 1997) has Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt.

"Blast from the Past,"

7 p.m., Fox. Brendan Fraser stars as a guy who has spent all of his 35 years in a fallout shelter, where his parents (Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken) remain locked in a 1960s mindset. Now he discovers real life and Alicia Silverstone.

"Reba," 7 p.m., WB. Motherly duty goes further than usual: When her pregnant teen daughter has to skip a Lamaze class, Reba fills in.

"Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest" (1997), 8 p.m., CBS. Angela Lansbury returned to her series role as Jessica Fletcher, the crime-solving author.