HDTV Listings for October 1, 2006

What we're watching

: A bunch of HD premieres tonight, including Discovery HD Atlas, (coming soon to Blu-ray & HD DVD). The 60-hour James Spader narrated series kicks off tonight with an in depth look at China. A little closer to home is The CW's new Sunday night high-def lineup (not including America's Next Top Model, no matter what your program guide says), with Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us, Girlfriends and all-new show The Game. Showtime is getting in on the act as well, with their brand new show Dexter, featuring a title character who is a cop..and a killer/dismemberer. If all you want is more of the usual, we've got that too, with Patriots vs. Broncos Seahawks at Bears on NBC Sunday Night Football and Desperate Housewives on ABC.

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, premieres in bold:

ABC (720p): Desperate Housewives (9 p.m.), Brothers & Sisters (10 p.m.)

CBS (1080i): Cold Case (9 p.m.), Without a Trace (10 p.m.)

NBC (1080i): Football Night in America (7 p.m.), NBC Sunday Night Football: Seattle at Chicago (8:15 p.m.)

Fox (720p): 'Til Death (8:30 p.m.), The War at Home (9:30 p.m.)

CW (1080i): Everybody Hates Chris (7 p.m.), All of Us (7:30 p.m.), Girlfriends (8 p.m.), The Game (8:30 p.m.)

TNT-HD (1080i): Jonn Q. (5:30 p.m.), Gladiator (8 & 11 p.m.)

Discovery-HD (1080i): Sunrise Earth (7 p.m.), Wild Squadron (8 & 11 p.m.), Discovery Atlas HD: China Revealed (9 p.m.)

ESPN-HD (720p): SportsCenter (7 & 11 p.m.), Baseball Tonight (8 p.m.)

INHD (1080i): Dr. Danger (7 & 9 p.m.), In Theaters (7:30 p.m.), 3 Doors Down in Concert (8 p.m.), Three Sheets (9:30 p.m.), London Live (10 p.m.), Poker: NPL Las Vegas (10:30 p.m.)

INHD2 (1080i): Discoveries...America: Illinois (7 p.m.), Caribbean Escapes (8 & 11 p.m.), Wine Trails of Italy (8:30 & 11:30 p.m.), Laura McKenzie's Traveler (9 p.m.), Aussie Wine Trail (9:30 p.m.), Solarmax (10 p.m.)

HDNet (1080i): Slammin' Iron: Rebuilding the World (7 p.m.), True Music (8 & 11 p.m.), Sound off w/ Matt Pinfield (8:30 p.m.), Jessica Simpson - Reality Tour Live (9 p.m.), Sting - Inside: The Songs of Sacred Love (10 p.m.)

HDNet Movies (1080i): A Star is Born (6 & 11:05 p.m.), Chariots of Fire (8:30 p.m.)

Universal HD (1080i): Firefly (7 p.m.), Battlestar Galactica (8 & 11 p.m.), U-571 (9 p.m.)

HBO-HD (1080i): Batman Begins (5 p.m.), Walk the Line (7:30 p.m.), Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam (11 p.m.)

Showtime-HD (1080i): Crash (6 p.m.), Weeds (8 p.m.), The Amityville Horror ('05) (8:30 p.m.), Dexter (10 & 11 p.m.)

MAX-HD (1080i): The Wedding Date (6:30 p.m.), Flight of the Phoenix (8 p.m.), Billy Madison (10 p.m.)

STZ HD (1080i): Chicken Little (5:50 p.m.), Proof (7:15 p.m.), The Brothers Grimm (9 p.m.)