Posted on: Wednesday, June 8, 2005
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Mike Hughes,
Gannett News Service
Tonight's Must-See
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At 5 and 10: Lyle Galdeira and Russell Yamanoha take you out for sushi at Genki Sushi in Waikele in this week's "Cheap Eats." "American Masters: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer," 9 p.m., PBS. Gene Kelly's daughter, Kerry, sums things up: "When I grew up, every adult I knew was in analysis — except my father." He threw his emotions into dancing, choreography and directing. He created a macho style that this documentary illustrates superbly.
Of Note
"The Verdict" (1982), 5 p.m., AMC. Brilliantly written by David Mamet and directed by Sidney Lumet, this tells of a crumbling lawyer who has one more crack at respectability. Paul Newman gives what may be one of the best performances ever to not win an Oscar. "The Real Gilligan's Island" season opener, 6 p.m., TBS. For the second year, this show has assembled two teams of people a lot like the ones in the old comedy. (One "skipper," for instance, is a marina-owner from Louisiana; the other is a retired Navy officer from Virginia.) Teammates have to cooperate on projects. "Psychic Detectives," 7 p.m., NBC. This Court TV series moves to NBC for the next few Wednesdays. Each hour has two real-life stories involving psychics working with detectives. In one tonight, an abducted woman must be found quickly because she can't survive without her diabetes medicine. In the other, an elderly couple has died. "Lost," 9 p.m., ABC. This is the second half of the show's terrific pilot. The stranded people find problems that would have shattered Gilligan and friends.
"The Inside" debut, 8 p.m., Fox. This tough and tense series about an FBI unit investigating violent crimes is the cure for summer blandness. At the core is Rebecca Locke, played well by Rachel Nichols. She's a young FBI agent with a past that seems, at first, eerily vague. Her new boss is Virgil Webster, who is played by the always-terrific Peter Coyote. This is a fascinating character, almost in the league of Fox's Gregory House. Webster might seem to lack a heart or a soul. He'll risk the lives of others to do his job. He's terribly good at it — and he may have seething emotion under the surface. The bad news is that this opener is too brutal and gory. The good news is that it's superbly written and acted, a powerful start for what could be a fine series.
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