Tube Notes
By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service
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TONIGHT'S MIGHT-SEE
"Flirting With Forty," 7-9 and 1012 p.m., Lifetime. Jackie (Heather Locklear) is turning 40 and feeling down. Her friends nudge her to a Hawaiian vacation. There, she meets a muscular young surfing instructor (Robert Buckley). Don't expect any surprises, but do expect gorgeous O'ahu settings captured by gifted director Mikael Salomon. Locklear is actually 47 and was on TV before Buckley, 27, was born. They make the age gap dissolve easily, just as Buckley does with Kim Raver in "Lipstick Jungle."
TONIGHT'S MIGHT-SEE
"Crusoe," 7 p.m., NBC. After failing on Fridays, this show has been moved. That makes sense. It's an OK Saturday adventure, with lush settings and brisk stories. Tonight, Crusoe learns the mutineers have fixed their ship and are ready to leave. Now he must rescue its captain.
AN ALTERNATIVE: "CNN Presents: Scream Bloody Murder," 2-4 p.m. CNN; reruns Sunday, 3-5 a.m. and 10-12 p.m. From the Holocaust to Darfur, a pattern has emerged, Christiane Amanpour says in this passionate documentary: Strong nations failed to move quickly to stop genocide. She visits people who tried to rally support in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq and more.
OF NOTE
Football, 5 p.m., ABC. Oklahoma and Missouri collide in the Big 12 title game.
"Cold Case," 8 p.m., CBS. The body of someone who disappeared during Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast in 1938 is found.
"Law & Order," 8 p.m., NBC. Here's a rerun of a so-so episode centering on teens who have fled a polygamist cult.
"The Christmas Choir," 7 p.m., Hallmark. This is the true story of a stressed businessman who started a choir for the homeless. Jason Gedrick and Rhea Perlman star.
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," 9 p.m., NBC. A teen (Jesse McCartney) shows cops a high school world that includes both a chastity circle and a pregnancy pact.