Posted on: Saturday, May 14, 2005
Tube Notes
By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service
Tonight's Must-See
"NBA Playoffs" 2 p.m., ABC. As the NBA moves into ABC's prime time, the Washington Wizards host the Miami Heat. The latter is Shaquille O'Neal's current powerhouse, with the league's best record this season. It's the fourth game of a best-of-seven series. Get the latest news at 5, 6 and 10 from Howard Dashefsky and Jodi Leong, plus up-to-the-minute weather from Sharie Shima. "Classical Baby," 4:30 p.m., HBO. The sweet simplicity of this special is both charming and mesmerizing. In the background we hear music from Bach, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Duke Ellington and more. Visually, we get primitive animation. The result is aimed at the youngest viewers but fun for anyone. "Alien Planet," 5, 7, 9 p.m., Discovery Channel. Here's another of the high-tech specials that link fiction and speculation. The story has future earthlings discovering a planet filled with fascinating creatures. Alongside the computer animation are comments by such real-life people as filmmaker George Lucas, physicist Stephen Hawking and NASA chief scientist James Garvin. "Crossing Jordan," 7 p.m., NBC. A prime-time slate of reruns begins with Jordan and Nigel trying to solve a long-ago murder related to the civil rights movement. The town wants to keep the secrets hidden. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," 8 p.m., CBS. This rerun has a serial rapist becoming increasingly violent. Grissom races to stop him before he kills again. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," 8 p.m., NBC. Martin Short plays a psychic who seems to know an awful lot of details about a case. "Saturday Night Live," 10:30 p.m., NBC. Will Ferrell hosts with music from Queens of the Stone Age.
"Tracey Ullman: Live & Exposed," 6:30 p.m., HBO. Tracey Ullman's life has swept across continents and genres. At 6, she entertained her widowed mom in their low-rent London flat. She became a dancer, then a pop singer with a hit, "They Don't Know." She was an actress with sketch shows in England and the United States. Most of all, however, she became a master of observing and recreating characters. That was at the heart of her two Emmy-winning series — Fox's "The Tracey Ullman Show" and HBO's "Tracey Takes On ... " This special offers a genial cruise through her life, stopping often to mock herself. Still, "Exposed" is best when Ullman is into her characters. She's becomes a Jewish matron, a black airport worker, a gay flight attendant, a Vietnamese doughnut-maker and more. She's immensely talented.
Tonight on KHNL News 8
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