Dec. 19: What's on HDTV Today

What we're watching:

I just can't help but watch recent animated films in high-def, probably because these are created via digital technologies these days. Of course, the numerous wise-cracks that go over the kid's heads just split my sides too.

Is anybody up for a little Fresh Prince at 8 p.m.? Oh, I did it again; I just can't get Will Smith's character out of my head. It must be a Philly thing. Swim on over to HBO-HD tonight at 8 for a 1080i presentation of "Shark Tale" with Smith, Jack Black and Robert De Niro. Crank up the Surround Sound too; this way I won't be the only one singing "Car Wash" tomorrow.

After the jump is our traditional listing of HD programs throughout the night.

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

ABC (720p): Monday Night Football: Packers at Ravens (9 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.), Out of Practice (9:30 p.m.), CSI: Miami (10 p.m.), The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m.)

NBC (1080i): The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35 p.m.)

Fox (720p): Arrested Development (8 p.m.), Arrested Development (8:30 p.m)

WB (1080i): Related (9 p.m.)

UPN (1080i): Everybody Hates Chris (8 p.m.), Girlfriends (9 p.m.)

ESPN-HD (720p): SportsCenter (6 p.m.), Monday Night Countdown (7:30 p.m.), Codebreakers (9 p.m.)

Showtime-HD (1080i): Crimson Tide (6 p.m.)

TNT-HD (1080i): Law & Order (7, 8 & 9 p.m), Wanted (10 p.m.), Without a Trace (11 p.m.)