Tube Notes

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

Tonight's Must-See

"A Home for the Holidays," 7 p.m., CBS. This annual special leaps between pop music and true stories of lives changed by adoption. This year's adoption tales are reasonably interesting and cheery. There are also brief comments from actors Jamie Foxx (who was adopted as a child), Lauren Holly (an adoptive mom) and Victoria Rowell (who spent her childhood in foster care). The highlights, however, are the songs, crisply photographed and passionately performed. Mary J. Blige does a searing "Special Part of Me." There are great moments from Pat Monahan of Train ("When I Look to the Sky"), Sheryl Crow ("The First Cut is the Deepest") and more. No Doubt does two songs; others are by Mya and Enrique Iglesias. Then Amy Grant and Vince Gill close the show with the rich emotion of "My Grown Up Christmas Wish."

Of Note

"The Tracy Morgan Show," 7 p.m., NBC. After his son causes trouble at the doctor's office, Tracy is supposed to take him there again.

"Tarzan" (1999), 8 p.m., Disney Channel. As kids get jumpy on the eve of Christmas Eve, this may be the cartoon to distract them. Some critics raved about the look and the sound. Tony Goldwyn and Minnie Driver provide the voices of Tarzan and Jane, with Phil Collins doing the songs.

"Line of Fire," 9 p.m., ABC. On a night of mostly reruns, this terrific show offers a new episode. Roy — the undercover cop who's now entrenched in the mob — discovers upsetting information about his late ex-partner.

"Independent Lens: Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad," 10 p.m., PBS. Like many good documentaries, this stirs mixed emotions. We briefly meet former missionaries who criticize the experience. We spend more time following American Mormons in Germany.