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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, July 2, 2007

Tube Notes

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

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“History Detectives,” at 9 p.m. on PBS, investigates this mysterious $6 bill dated Feb. 17, 1776, and other historical objects and the stories behind them.

KYLE SILVERI | PBS

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TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE

"How I Met Your Mother," 8:30 p.m., CBS. Imagine holding a Super Bowl party the day after the game, without learning the score. Imagine that you have to do a newscast or enter a sports bar, without hearing it. That's the premise for this odd and funny episode, being rerun from last winter.

OF NOTE

"The New Adventures of Old Christine," 7 and 7:30 p.m., CBS. How tough do things get now for fresh comedies? CBS is airing two reruns of this fairly good show, while keeping "Creature Comforts" and "The Class" — two sharp, distinctive shows —on the shelf.

"Two and a Half Men," 8 p.m., CBS. Jake takes down his Harry Potter posters and puts up pictures of women. For his dad, that signals the end of sweet childhood.

"Age of Love," 8 p.m., NBC. Two opposite groups of women — in their 20s and their 40s — will have dates with tennis star Mark Philippoussis, 30. The catch: Each group plans the date for the other, adding uncomfortable touches.

"CSI: Miami," 9 p.m., CBS. In a rerun, Natalia's sister and others are kidnapped by a man posing as a photographer.

"History Detectives," 9 p.m., PBS. Money offers some interesting puzzles. There's a $6 bill from 1776, promising (untruthfully) that it's backed by "Spanish milled dollars." There's a "short snorter" bill that bears signatures from the giants of World War II — Churchill, Patton, Roosevelt and more.

"Simon Schama's Power of Art," 10 p.m., PBS. Gian Lorenzo Bernini's sins would have condemned most men. He failed as an architect, building a cathedral addition that began to crack and was torn down. He failed as a person; when his married mistress slept with his brother, he had her face slashed and tried to kill him. Still, Bernini had such talent that much was excused. Ultimately, this hour says, he became the Vatican's star sculptor.