Posted on: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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By Mike Hughes,
Gannett News Service
Tonight's Must-See
"Last Comic Standing," 7 p.m., NBC. The bad news is that this entertaining show is being nudged toward an early conclusion; tonight will include the ouster of two comics on each team. The good news is that this episode should be fun with host Jay Mohr being roasted. The second-season team has scheduled its best roasters, Gary Gulman and the brilliant Alonzo Bodden. "My Wife and Kids," 7 p.m., ABC. Now that they've become grandparents, Michael and Jay are supposed to take a childcare class. Michael is not pleased. "The George Lopez Show," 7:30 p.m., ABC. Last season ended with George's daughter — now 15 and gorgeous — running away with his boss's son. Tonight, he starts searching. It's a fairly good episode, juggling comedy and drama. The biggest laughs come from two celebrities — comedian Carrot Top and rapper Chingy — as themselves. "Clubhouse," 8 p.m., CBS. After its terrific debut Sunday, this show settles into its regular time slot. Pete, a new bat boy for a big-league team, frets about his hero's batting slump — and about an extreme measure to stop it. Meanwhile, Pete's rebellious sister is suspended from school.
"NCIS" season opener, 7 p.m., CBS. The second season opens with a dandy hour. It's taut, smart and wonderfully unpredictable. A Navy captain (David Keith) gets a faceless, high-tech warning: His wife and blind daughter have been kidnapped; he must tell no one, embezzle $2 million and wire it to the crooks. He slips a note to the NCIS people, who have some clever schemes of their own. One of the happy surprises here is the comic byplay between many of the regulars. The flirting-geeks scenes with Pauley Perrette and newcomer Sean Murray are especially good. That happens in the midst of a tense story. Keith is terrific; so is Abigail Breslin ("Raising Helen" and "Signs") as the daughter. That leaves only one gripe: Adding in the "Without a Trace" opener, CBS has now kidnapped two blind girls in five days. Let's not make this an epidemic.
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