HDTV Listings for May 1, 2006

What we're watching:

Primetime tonight brings us NBA Playoffs, MLB action, 24, Prison Break & more, but those are all also-rans in my opinion.

For true high definition greatness one must decide between Days of Thunder at 6 p.m. on HBO with the Cruise-y one himself, or the highly stylized Sin City at 6:45 on Starz (much like Sky Captain it is entirely green screened and looks great in HD).

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:

ABC (720p): 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: 2 am to 3 am (9 p.m.)

UPN (1080i): One on One (8 p.m.), All of Us (8:30 p.m.), Girlfriends (9 p.m.), Half and Half (9:30 p.m.)

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

Discovery-HD (1080i): Rides (6 p.m.), Predators of the Great Barrier Reef (7 p.m.), South Georgia Island: Life Under the Furious Fifties (8 & 11 p.m.), Gold Struck (9 p.m.), Greatest Fireworks on Earth (10 p.m.)

TNT-HD (1080i): Charmed (6 p.m.), Law & Order (7 p.m.), NBA Playoffs: Mavericks at Grizzlies (8 p.m.), NBA Playoffs: Nuggets at Clippers (10:30 p.m.)

ESPN-HD (720p): SportsCenter (6 & 11 p.m.), MLB Baseball: Yankees at Red Sox (7 p.m.), Baseball Tonight (10 p.m.), NFL Live (10:30 p.m.)

INHD (1080i): NBA Playoffs: Pistons at Bucks (7:30 p.m.)

NHD2 (1080i): Twilight Zone (7 & 7:30 p.m.), Caribbean Escapes (8 & 8:30 p.m.), F2: Forensic Factor (9 p.m.), Oasis Live (10 p.m.), In Theaters (11:30 p.m.)

HDNet (1080i): True Music (7 p.m.), On Stage at World Cafe Live (7:30 p.m.), Smallville (8 & 11 p.m.), Joan of Arcadia (9 & 10 p.m.)

HDNet Movies (1080i): Radio Days (6:30 p.m.), Little Man Tate (8 p.m.), Open Range (9:45 p.m.)

HBO-HD (1080i): Days of Thunder (6 p.m.), Robots (9 p.m.), Elizabeth I (11 p.m.)

Showtime-HD (1080i): Twisted (7:15 p.m.), Huff (9 p.m.)

MAX-HD (1080i): Ray (5:30 p.m.), Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (8 p.m.), Fire Down Below (10 p.m.)

STZ HD (1080i): Sin City (6:45 p.m.), Philadelphia (10:45 p.m.)