HDTV Listings for January 16, 2007

What we're watching: Fox kicks off another smash hit series tonight as American Idol returns for 2007 in its two hour season premiere. We'll be watching just because the worst — and funniest — singers are always in the beginning.

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.)

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 (9 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): Valley of the T-Rex (7 p.m.), Appraise My Car (8, 8:30, 11 & 11:30 p.m.), Anatomy of an FA-18 (9 p.m.), American Chopper (10 p.m.)

ESPN-HD (720p): SportsCenter (6 & 11 p.m.), College Basketball: Iowa vs. Indiana (7 p.m.), College Basketball: Kentucky vs. South Carolina (9 p.m.)

ESPN2-HD (720p): N/A

TNT-HD (1080i): Without a Trace (6, 7, 8 & 9 p.m.), The Closer (10 p.m.), Cold Case (11 p.m.)

INHD (1080i): NHL on Versus: Blue Jackets at Blackhawks (7:30 p.m.), Porky's II: The Next Day (10:30 p.m.)

HDNet (1080i): Get Out! (7 p.m.), 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): Klute (6:15 p.m.), Northfork (8:15 p.m.), Sunshine (10 p.m.)

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

HBO-HD (1080i): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (7 p.m.), The Sopranos (9 p.m.), Louis C.K. Shameless (10 p.m.)

Showtime-HD (1080i): Double Whammy (6:30 p.m.), Alone in the Dark (8:15 p.m.), Masters of Horror (10 p.m.), The L Word (11 p.m.)

MAX-HD (1080i): The Paper (8 p.m.), Rumor Has It (10 p.m.)

STZ HD (1080i): The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (7:20 p.m.), The Shaggy Dog (9 p.m.), Derailed (10:45 p.m.)