HDTV Listings for May 8, 2006
by Richard Lawler 
posted May 8th 2006 at 12:27PM
What we're watching: Prison Break and 24 are on and in action tonight, notable because they might finally break out of prison (how can a show called Prison Break not actually have a break out yet? That would be as though they called Lost "Found") and on 24 the President may shoot down a jet just to kill Jack Bauer (impossible).On TNT we have second round action kicking off between the Clippers/Suns and Nets/Heat so you know what you're getting there. The X-factor tonight is street magician/stuntman/demonically possessed David Blaine's attempt to break the world record for holding his breath underwater on ABC. We'll go out on a limb and say there's some sort of trick to it.
Our traditional high-def listings continue below.
Here are some other HDTV programs showing on selected networks today. All times are Eastern and reruns are in italics, season finales are in bold:
ABC (720p): David Blaine: Drowned Alive (8 p.m.), What About Brian (10 p.m.)
CBS (1080i): King of Queens (8 p.m.), How I Met Your Mother (8:30 p.m.), Two and a Half Men (9 p.m.), New Adventures of Old Christine (9:30 p.m.), CSI: Miami (10 p.m.), The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m.)
NBC (1080i): Medium (10 p.m.), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35 p.m.)
Fox (720p): Prison Break (8 p.m.), 24: Day Five: 3 AM to 4 AM (9 p.m.)
UPN (1080i): One on One (8 p.m.), All of Us (8:30 p.m.), Girlfriends (9 p.m.)
WB (1080i): Everwood (9 p.m.)
Discovery-HD (1080i): Easter Island: Children of the Moai (6 p.m.), People of the Lake (7 p.m.), Meerkat Adventure (8 & 11 p.m.), Search for Lewis & Clark (9 p.m.), Truckers (10 p.m.)
TNT-HD (1080i): Charmed (6 p.m.), Law & Order (7 p.m.), NBA Playoffs: Nets at Heat (8 p.m.), NBA Playoffs: Clippers at Suns (10:30 p.m.)
ESPN-HD (720p): SportsCenter (6 & 11 p.m.), MLB Baseball: Twins at Rangers (7 p.m.), Baseball Tonight (10 p.m.)
INHD (1080i): MLB Baseball: Angels at Blue Jays (7 p.m.), Cathedrals of the Game (10:30 p.m.)
NHD2 (1080i): Twilight Zone (7 p.m.), NHL Hockey: Devils at Hurricanes (8 p.m.), Motley Crue: Carnival of Sins (10:30 p.m.)
HDNet (1080i): True Music (7 p.m.), Smart Travles Europe with Randy Maxa (7:30 p.m.), Smallville (8 & 11 p.m.), Joan of Arcadia (9 & 10 p.m.)
HDNet Movies (1080i): Deathtrap (6 p.m.), Let It Ride (8 p.m.), Stakeout (9:30 p.m.)
HBO-HD (1080i): The Peacemaker (10 p.m.)
Showtime-HD (1080i): Huff (9 p.m.)
MAX-HD (1080i): Batman & Robin (5:50 p.m.), House of Wax (8 p.m.), The Wash (10 p.m.)
STZ HD (1080i): The Parent Trap (6:15 p.m.), Herbie Fully Loaded (9 p.m.), The Aviator (10:45 p.m.)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dario @ May 8th 2006 1:03PM
Re: David Blaine, yes there is a trick to it. He will be breathing pure oxygen from his tube before hand, allowing him to be able to hold his breath for much longer than otherwise possible.
Mark Kawakami @ May 8th 2006 4:56PM
When Fox was marketing it in the fall, the tagline for "Prison Break" was "Escape is just the beginning."
No, Fox, it's the artificially dragged-out finale.