Posted on: Saturday, April 30, 2005

Tube Notes

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

Tonight's Must-See

"Warm Springs," 5:30 p.m., HBO. Franklin Roosevelt, having contracted polio at age 39, was bitter and distant, this film says, when he reached Warm Springs, Ga. Here was a big-city patrician at a fading spa, amid stark rural poverty. Warm Springs apparently gave him a fresh awareness of the common man. Kenneth Branagh creates a wonderfully passionate Roosevelt.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001), 7 p.m., ABC. This is worth watching again, about an ordinary lad swirling into a magical world.

Of Note

"The Babysitter" (1995), 2 p.m., and "The Babysitter's Seduction" (1996), 4 p.m., Lifetime. Beware of really cute baby-sitters: Alicia Silverstone (in the first movie) and Keri Russell.

"Crossing Jordan," 7 p.m., NBC. In a rerun, a college fencing star seems, at first, to have committed suicide. And a body with all the organs removed is found in a motel room.

"Without a Trace," 7 p.m., CBS. Four years after a woman disappeared, Vivian has never given up on the case. In this rerun, a new clue surfaces.

"CSI: Miami," 8 p.m., CBS. In this rerun set at a hotel, a bellman has been killed after looking into someone's suitcase, and a scantily clad woman is found dead in an elevator.

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," 8 p.m., NBC. When a teen prostitute is killed, it turns out she was under-age, was making porn movies with a fake ID and was HIV-positive.

"Law & Order," 9 p.m., NBC. A talk-show host has been killed and two women are prime suspects.

"Saturday Night Live," 10:30 p.m., NBC. Hilary Swank hosts, with 50 Cent as musical guest.