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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, August 19, 2005

Tube Notes

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

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TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE

"The Proud Family Movie," 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., Disney Channel. Penny Proud just wants to mark her 16th birthday in proper style. She wants to get her driver's license and audition as a back-up dancer for a hip-hop singer. Alas, her parents have other ideas. So does a mad scientist (voiced by Arsenio Hall) who's close to finding a way to turn peanuts into super-villains. First, he needs a peanut-preservation formula invented by Penny's dad. So the scientist says the family has won a vacation on his Legume Island. That's part of a fun cartoon adventure.

"One Night Stand," 9 p.m., HBO. This series that features stand-up comics begins a fresh stretch, starting with Louis CK. This guy is acerbic, pained and sometimes nasty. He's also brilliant; his account of playing hide-and-seek with his daughter (possibly the world's worst hider) is hilarious. He's also preparing an HBO series.

OF NOTE

"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), 5 p.m., TNT. If you've never seen this masterful epic about hobbits on a quest, see it now. It has stunning visuals from a great director (Peter Jackson), combined with warm characters worth rooting for.

"Good Will Hunting" (1997), 6 p.m., A&E. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the Oscar-winning script, with Damon starring as a tough Boston janitor who has a brilliant math mind.

"Arrested Development," 7 p.m., Fox. Here's another chance to savor four straight reruns of this witty series. In the first, a movie is being made about the family, with comedian Dave Attell playing Tobias; Tobias is so eager to be an actor that he takes another role.

"Hope & Faith," 7:30 and 8 p.m., ABC. In the first rerun, flashbacks show Cheryl Ladd as the sisters' mother. In the second, Faith's daughter is grumpy about the sisters working in the school lunch program.

"Real Time With Bill Maher," 8 p.m., HBO. Maher resumes his show, which mixes comedy and interviews. It will run for 11 more weeks.

"Crossing Jordan," 9 p.m., NBC. After encountering an intruder, Jordan moves close to a mental breakdown. The staff psychiatrist has her deal with aftershocks from the murder of her mother long ago.