Aug. 24: What's on HDTV today

What we're watching and why:

How about what you don't want to watch tonight? That would be Police Academy 2 on HDNet Movies. Watching Bubba Smith play police officer Moses Hightower is enough reason to avoid this franchise. Instead, why not tune into the Astros at Padres game on ESPN 2-HD at 10 p.m.? San Diego leads the National League West division.

Here are some other HDTV programs showing on selected networks today. All times are Eastern:

CBS: Still Standing (8 p.m.), Yes, Dear (8:30 p.m.), King of Queens (9:30 p.m.), CSI: NY (10 p.m.)

NBC: Law & Order (9 and 10 p.m.), The Tonight Show (11:35 p.m.)

Fox: So You Think You Can Dance (8 p.m.), Bernie Mac (9:30 p.m.)

UPN: Veronica Mars (9 p.m.)

WB: One Tree Hill (8 p.m.), Smallville (9 p.m.)

ESPN-HD: Little League World Series (7:30 p.m.), Baseball Tonight (9:30 p.m.), SportsCenter (11 p.m.)

ESPN 2-HD: MLB: Astros at Padres (10 p.m.)

HBO: Spider-Man 2 (7:15 p.m.)