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By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

Tonight's Must-See

"The West Wing," 8 p.m., NBC. A senior Supreme Court justice has been stricken. Now his former clerk, Joe Quincy (Matthew Perry, in a role he originated last season) must determine if the guy should step down. Meanwhile, a budget crisis arises.

"The Bachelor," 8 p.m., ABC. Next week, we learn which woman Bob Guiney picked and whether he proposed. One finalist is Kelly Jo (the show only gives first names), 23, a bubbly little community relations director in Kalamazoo, Mich.; the other is Estella, 27, a mortgage broker in Beverly Hills. First, however, the show has its reunion episode. That's when the 23 rejects return.

Of Note

"Secrets of the Dead: Bridge on the River Kwai," 8 p.m., PBS. Facing unbearable heat and disease, Allied prisoners of war were forced by their Japanese captors to build a 260-mile railway through the Burma jungle. Later, other Allied soldiers would cripple it with bombs. Now engineers and former POWs study specifics of how the railway was built and how it was shut down.

"It's All Relative," 7:30 p.m., ABC. Finally. something in common between Bobby's conservative parents and Liz's gay adoptive dads: They all support the same politician, who is about to disappoint them.

"Law & Order," 9 p.m., NBC. When a body is found in the Hudson River, complications point to a scandal involving a top law firm.