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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, September 1, 2006

Tube Notes

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE

"Vanished," 7 and 8 p.m., Fox. If you missed Monday's episode, here's a quick rerun. "Vanished" has the FBI searching for Sara, while one man insists he knew her under a different name. Then comes the latest installment.

"Jeff Foxworthy's Big Night Out," 5:30 p.m., CMT. Foxworthy opens each episode with a monologue. The superb stand-up comedian, wraps clever insights into his every-guy persona. Kenny Rogers does a good job as the weekly country guest star.

OF NOTE

"Decades Rock Live," 5 p.m., VH1 Classic. Here's a powerhouse rock concert, built around Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band blasts to a high-energy audience in Atlantic City and gets great help from its admirers. That includes guest stops by 3 Doors Down, Hank Williams Jr. and "American Idol" winner Bo Bice.

"Ghost Whisperer," 7 p.m., CBS. When Melinda awakes from a coma, she's no longer seeing ghosts. That should be a good thing, but she has doubts.

"Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers," 8 p.m., CBS. Dan Rather's departure from CBS was long, slow and uncomfortable, the eccentric finale of a stubborn guy. What we forget is that the same stubbornness has made Rather a great reporter, from the storms and protests in Texas to the Vietnam years and beyond in the nation's capital. This documentary recalls some of that.

"Numb3rs," 9 p.m., CBS. Five women float ashore; one is alive. One has the bird-flu virus and Don worries about an epidemic. Charlie's job is to study ocean currents and see where they were when they were dumped in the water.