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N *24" Jack Bauer versus the Chinese in a two-episode
season premiere. Two more episodes run Monday. (Fox,8 p.m.)
N ttReba" Barbara Jean is worried guest Kelly Clarkson is
after her weather-girl job at the TV station. (The CW,7:30 p.m.)
N "Desperate Housewives"
Wisteria Lane gets a new (presumably
desperate) resident. (ABC,9 p.m.)
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N "The 64th Annual Golden
Globe Awards" Stars will trot out and
Oscar frontrunners emerge. (NBC, I p.m.)
N "SpongeBob. SquarePants"
Residents of Bikini Bottom see a monster: A
disguised Squidward. (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.)
N "My Super Sweet 16" More
conspicuous consumption for daddy's
(spoiled) little. girl. (MTV, 9 p.m.)
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N'American ldol" Pauta, Randy and
Simon head to Minneapolis for a new season.
Wednesday, it's Seattle. (Fox,8 p.m.)
N "l-aw & Order: SVU" Adam Beach ("Flags of our
Fathers') guest-stars as a Brooklyn SVU detective investigating
a rape similar to one Fin (lce-T) is working on. (NBC I0 p.m.)
W "NCIS' This "JAG" spin-off is the TV show people watch
when they don't want to watch "ldol;' (CBS,8 p.m.)
N "Late Show With David Letterman" Diana
Ross is the guest. Wanna bet she isn't promoting "Dreamgirls"?
Wanna bet Dave asks about it anyway? (CBS, 11:30 p.m.)
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N r'The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show" The
debut of a faux variety show hosted by a trucker with verylittle wardrobe (Dave Allen) and his dim-witted pal (David
Koechndr). Will Ferrell guests. (Cornedy Central, 10:30 p.m.)
.N "Friday Night Lights" The Panthers are one same
away from the playoffs when star player Smash's (Gaius
Charles) steroid use is discovered by his mom. (NBC,8 p.m.)
N ttMediUm" A spirit who doesn t want his killer unmasked
confuses Allison (Patricia Arquette). (CBS, 10 p.n.)
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N ttSGfubs" A patient faints and wakes up to a
singing staff in this musical episode. (NBC,9 p.m.)
N "Smallville" ceek alert! Young versions of
the Flash, the Green Arrow, Cyborg and Aquaman
af l guest-star. (The CW,8 p.m.)
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N "Trading Spouses: Meet Your New
Mommytt Marguerite Perrin has apparently
recovered from her hysterical meltdown on a
previous episode, lost 94 pounds thanks to gastric
bypass surgery and is back to speak truth to power
in a two-parter. (Fox,9 p.m.)
N "Monk" Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is delighted
to have made a new friend, but can the guy (guest
star Andy Richter) really be trusted? Monk's real friends don't
think so. (USA,9 p.m.)
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N "World Championship Boxing" Batttins Brit
Ricky "Hitman" Hatton (41-0, 30 KOs) aims to reclaim his junior
welterweight title from Colombian Juan Urango (17-0-1, 13 KOs).
Both are undefeated, but that'll change. (HBO,9:45 p.m.)
N "High School Musical" Truly a phenom, this 2006
TV movie keeps getting repeated again and again, week after
week, and keeps drawing millions of viewers" despite beirig
available on DVD. Two sequels are in the works. (Disney,8 p.m.)
Michael Giltz