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By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

Tonight's Must-Seee

"Amazing Race 4" finale, 7 p.m., CBS. This slick show is usually a step above most reality hours. Now comes the final rush for the $1 million prize. The first three races have taken duos around the globe, yet had super-close finishes.

"Waiting For Guffman" (1996), 5 and 9 p.m., Bravo. Back when he was an actor in Rob Reiner's "This Is Spinal Tap," Christopher Guest (Jamie Lee Curtis' hubby) learned the fine art of a pseudo-documentary. Since then, he's directed several gems. Lately, he's done "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind." Here's a chance to catch an earlier delight, about a little Missouri town and its 150th-anniversary pageant. Guest plays an eccentric theater director. The delightful cast also includes Eugene Levy (who co-wrote it with Guest), Parker Posey, Fred Willard and others.

Of Note

"Friends," 7 p.m., NBC. Two funny stories entwine in this rerun romp. In one, Rachel has a hot dream. Maybe it means she lusts for Joey's soap-opera character — or for Joey himself. In another, Chandler's romantic weekend goes way wrong when he ends up with Ross, not Monica. The latter story is broad and silly and (especially at the end) very funny.

"Red Water," 2 p.m., TBS. If you missed Sunday's premiere of this movie, here's a second chance. On a Louisiana river, Lou Diamond Phillips confronts crooks, oil men and a grumpy shark. Like many TBS films, it's overcrowded but reasonably entertaining.

"Will & Grace," 8 p.m., NBC. In this rerun, Will plans to surprise Grace with Leo's return on her birthday. When that fizzles, Grace tries an elaborate plan to make it seem like the surprise worked.

"E.R.," 9 p.m., NBC. In one dead-serious story, this rerun has two doctors (Mekhi Phifer and Sharif Atkins) as murder suspects simply because they're black. In another, Carter is ready to propose to Abby — but first must give a ride to her bipolar mom (Sally Field).