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Friday
Best Bets (July 19, 2002)
By: Heather
Feher
Dateline
NBC
8:00 P.M.
-NBC-
Lindsay Thomas' parents called the police the moment she went missing
in April of 2001, but it was too soon to issue a missing persons report.
No one knew that Linday had been in a terrible car accident that crushed
the front end of her car and pinned her inside. It would be five days
before she was found and taken to the hospital. Correspondent Rob
Stafford reports on how she managed to survive the crash, and what
kept her going throughout the ordeal.
Monk
10:00 P.M.
-USA-
Almost five million viewers tuned in for the pilot of this new USA
series last week. Tony Shaloub stars as a San Francisco Homicide detective
who is disgraced and dismissed after his wife's murder leaves him
awash in phobias. In this new episode, "Mr. Monk and the Psychic,"
he investigates a former police commissioner and a psychic in the
death of his wife.
Meet the
Parents
8:00 P.M.
-Cinemax-
If you are trying to impress your girlfriend's parents, you should
not tell her retired CIA agent father that you know how to milk a
cat. Or knock over her grandmother's ashes. Or break her sister's
nose. It's also a bad idea to burn down their back yard and lose their
precious pet. But whatever you do, don't fail the lie detector test.
Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro star in one of the funniest worst case
scenario comedies ever made.
48 Hours
8:00 P.M.
-CBS-
The show focuses on the controversial Atkins diet, which considers
carbohydrates bad and fat good. Can't they all just get along?
Invasion
of the Hidden Cameras
8:00 P.M.
-FOX-
A magician and a clown perform at a funeral, and their act kills.
But seriously, doesn't this show have the words "Personal Injury Lawsuit"
written all over it?
Donahue
8:00 P.M.
-MSNBC-
Father of the daytime talk show, Phil Donahue, returns to television
to raise the blood pressure of conservatives and moderates everywhere.
Toy Story
2
8:00 P.M.
-DISN-
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen reprise their roles as Woody and Buzz Lightyear
in this animated adventure. Buzz and the other toys must save Woody
from an evil toy collector. Hipster freak.
The Firm
8:00 P.M.
-USA-
Tom Cruise is an ambitious young lawyer who joins a high-powered law
firm, but soon discovers that nobody leaves the company alive. Why
couldn't they have hired Ally McBeal?
Farscape
10:00 P.M.
-SCI FI-
It's a good day for Crichton when he makes a breakthrough in wormhole
research, but it's a bad day for Moya, as she is attacked by a mysterious
parasite. |
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