HDTV Listings for February 17, 2009

What we're watching tonight:

• NBC (1080i) airs Law & Order: SVU at 10 p.m.

• Fox (720p) brings American Idol at 8 p.m.

• CBS (1080i) lines up NCIS at 8 p.m. followed by The Mentalist and Without a Trace

• Sci Fi (1080i) presents ECW at 9 p.m.

• History (720p) has How the Earth Was Made at 9 p.m.

• Discovery (1080i) brings Dirty Jobs at 9 p.m. and Wreckreation Nation at 10 p.m.

• TNT (1080i) airs Leverage at 10 p.m.

• A&E (720p) has Manhunters at 10 p.m.

• FX (720p) has Nip/Tuck at 10 p.m.

• Versus (1080i) tosses in Sabres/Maple Leafs NHL action at 7 p.m.

• ESPN (720p) has college basketball with Michigan State/Purdue at 7 p.m. and Kentucky/Vanderbilt at 9 p.m.