HDTV Listings for February 27, 2007

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hat we're watching: Tonight Fox follows up American Idol with the premiere of a show that answers the question we have been dying to know: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and according to Fox's listings we will hear that resounding no in Dolby Digital accompanying a 720p broadcast of our utter failure to grasp concepts taught in elementary school. ESPN2-HD also brings us a high definition preview of the upcoming Arena Football season, if you must have football now that the NFL season is done.

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, finales in bold:

ABC (720p): Boston Legal (10 p.m.)

CBS (1080i): NCIS (8 p.m.), The Unit (9 p.m.), CSI: Miami (10 p.m.)

NBC (1080i): Law & Order: CI (9 p.m.), Law & Order: SVU (10 p.m.), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:34 p.m.)

Fox (720p): American Idol (8 p.m.), Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (9:30 p.m.)

CW (1080i): Gilmore Girls (8 p.m.), Veronica Mars (9 p.m.)

MYNTV (1080i): Wicked Wicked Games (8 p.m.), Watch Over Me (9 p.m.)

Discovery-HD (1080i): Insectia (7 & 7:30 p.m.), Appraise My Car (8, 8:30, 11 & 11:30 p.m.), SEMA (9 p.m.), American Chopper (10 p.m.)

ESPN-HD (720p): SportsCenter (6 & 11 p.m.), College Basketball: Michigan vs. Michigan State (7 p.m.), College Basketball: Florida vs. Tennessee (9 p.m.)

ESPN2-HD (720p): NASCAR Now (6:30 p.m.), ESPN Arena Football Preview Show (7 & 11 p.m.), NBA Live: Bring it Home (8 & 8:30 p.m.), NBA Coast to Coast (9 p.m.)

TNT-HD (1080i): Law & Order (7 & 8 p.m.), The Closer (9 p.m.), Cold Case (11 p.m.)

INHD (1080i): London Live (7 & 7:30 p.m.), NPL Las Vegas Open (8 p.m.), Hardwood Heavens (9 p.m.), Timeless (9:30 p.m.), Hell and High Water (10 p.m.)

HDNet (1080i): Nothing But Trailers (7:30 p.m.), Dan Rather Reports (8 & 11 p.m.), HDNet World Report (9 p.m.), InFocus (10 p.m.)

HDNet Movies (1080i): The Tailor of Panama (6:35 p.m.), The Virgin Suicides (8:30 p.m.), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (10:15 p.m.)

Universal HD (1080i): The Equalizer (6 p.m.), Law & Order: SVU (7 p.m.), Apt Pupil (8 & 11 p.m.), Conviction (10 p.m.)

HBO-HD (1080i): Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back (6:30 p.m.), The Sopranos (9 p.m.), George Lopez: America's Mexican (10 p.m.)

Showtime-HD (1080i): The Honeymooners (6:30 p.m.), Beauty Shop (8 p.m.), Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (9:45 p.m.), The L Word (11 p.m.)

MAX-HD (1080i): Rebound (6:45 p.m.), ATL (8:15 p.m.), House of Wax (10 p.m.)

STZ HD (1080i): 11:14 (7:30 p.m.), RV (9 p.m.), Blade (10:45 p.m.)