Shows listed in chronological order.
Bonus Pick: Pittsburgh takes on New York in game five of their Stanley Cup series on NBC at 2 p.m.
1. NBA Basketball
Atlanta at Boston in...Game Seven! (Utah and the Lakers in game one of their series at 3:30 p.m.)
ABC, 1 p.m.
2. Rocky Balboa
Sylvester Stallone goes for it -- the money, that is -- in this sixth edition of the Rocky series. Stretching credibility almost as far as he stretched his skin during his last face lift, Sly has the Rock in his late 50s and making a comeback against the champion. Okay, no one will buy this plot (No, no, Sly -- George Foreman was in his early 40s when he made his comeback), but it's still fun, particularly the fight scenes.
Showtime, 2 p.m.
3. Golf
Final-round play in the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte.
CBS, 3 p.m.
4. Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick directed this flawless satire of 1960s Cold War politics that examines what would happen if the U.S. and Russia accidentally went to war. Peter Sellers is brilliant playing three roles, including an Adlai Stevenson-like president (there's a geezer reference for you, folks) and the mysterious Strangelove, who some believe was modeled after Henry Kissinger (there's another one). George G. Scott is hysterical as a Curtis LeMay-like General (one more Geezer reference) and Sterling Hayden is dead-on (so to speak) as the mad Col. Jack Ripper. Can you tell that I love this movie?
HDNet Movies, 7:35 p.m.
5. MLB Baseball
The Cubbies play the Cards.
ESPN, 8 p.m.
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6. Monk
(new)
Monk investigates a murder at
a nudist colony. Oh, where will they hide the murder weapon?
NBC, 8 p.m.
7.
Cold Case
(new)
Kathryn Morris gets the skinny (and, boy, is she skinny!) on
a drug addict who says she has seen her child -- five years
after he supposedly died in a fire. That's the drugs, honey.
CBS, 8 p.m.
8. Dexter
(new)
The Ice Truck Killer
leaves a dismembered body at a Christmas display. Talk about
your stocking stuffer! (Note: Another new Dexter
episode airs at 10 p.m.)
CBS, 9 p.m.
9. Underdog: A Prairie Story
The high-def cameras follow
a family of prairie dogs and
a bunch of buffalo
on the prairie.
Discovery's HD Theater, 10 p.m.
10. Full
Metal Jacket
Director
Stanley Kubrick exposes the 'duality' of combat in this
brilliant account of a soldier's life during the Vietnam
War. Matthew Modine stars, but Vincent D'Onofrio is
unforgettable as Private 'Gomer Pyle.'
Universal HD, Midnight
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