HDTV Listings for May 8, 2006

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.)

[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted 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.