What 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.
HDTV Listings for February 27, 2007
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.)