Posted on: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
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Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service
Tonight's Must-See
Tonight at 5, help find a new home for our new friends. It's a segment we call "Lend a Paw" where you can adopt our animal friends from the Hawaii Dog Foundation. That's tonight on KHNL News 8 First at Five. "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes," 7 p.m., CBS. Movie fans have always loved the memorable lines, from Rhett Butler's "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" to Dirty Harry's "Go ahead, make my day." Now Pierce Brosnan hosts a clip-filled guide from the American Film Institute to the ones that motion-picture experts picked as the best. "Dateline," 7 p.m., NBC. The "Average Joe" season opener, originally scheduled here, has been pushed back a week. Instead, here's a Katie Couric interview with Jennifer Wilbanks, the "runaway bride" who faked her abduction and went into hiding just before her wedding. Her fiance will also appear. "I Want to be a Hilton," 8 p.m., NBC. Paris Hilton's mom, Kathy Hilton, gets her chance at reality-show stardom as she teaches 14 newcomers the finer points of high-society living. The winner gets a $200,000 trust fund. Many of the wannabes are especially likable, particularly a self-described "trailer-park Barbie."
"P.O.V.: The Education of Shelby Knox," 10 p.m., PBS. One of TV's best series starts its 18th season with this documentary, which drew praise at the Sundance Film Festival. Shelby Knox was 15, pledged to abstain from sex before marriage, when she began to doubt the sex-education program in her hometown of Lubbock, Texas.
Abstinence is fine, she felt, but it didn't work as the only approach; Lubbock had high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. Eventually, she aligned with others (including gay people) to fight for change.
"Rescue Me" season opener, 7 p.m., FX. During this show's powerful first season, Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) saw his life fall apart. A firefighter, he was shattered by the World Trade Center disaster that killed friends and family. He drank, cheated, and more. Now his wife has left with their kids and with the money from their house. After a feud with a colleague he demanded a transfer. He got it — to a Staten Island station where he's instantly bored. By the end of this first hour, Gavin will have hit bottom. For all of its despair, "Rescue Me" is also entertaining. Leary and co-creator Peter Tolan ("The Larry Sanders Show") are wonderfully witty.
Tonight on KHNL News 8
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