WWN-W WffiffiW $SN*"r\v, FflR. 3b s" "Barbara Walte!"s Oscar Special" Atsc consideTed moving this annual iradition to earlier in the week and focusing on the red carpet instead Happily, they came to thelr senses Walters gets cozy with Helcn Min en, Eddie N'turphy (r , wiih Walters), Jennifer Hudson and oscar host Ellen DeGeneres (ABC,7 p n ) i:N "The 79th Annual Acaderny Awards" can lh s yoar's shor nao r'.-.J,c,. with an honest-to-goodness horsc raro:) Nr) one really knows what u/ill win Best Ficturc, ensuring genuinc suspensc (ABC, 8:30 p m ) N "The Marines" The oscars are almost unlleatatile, so PBS is sendinq in thc i'larines - via this new documentary afrout the culture and history of the corps (PBs,9 p m ) N "CrossinE Jordan" A defense lawyer is shot and presumed dead He's fully conscious but unable to move or speak and endures the nightmare of being taken to il morgue and being prepared for an autopsy.</p><p> We know the feeling. (NBC, i0 p.m ) tvt*${sAY, i:clB. }$ lS "The Black Donnellys'r In ihis spin on "The SoDranos" (with a bit of ''GoodFellas" thrown in), four brothers work their way into the Irish mob in New York city (NBC. 10 p.n.) .\" "tsuilding a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy" oprah (below) puts thc spotiight on the academy she has built in South Africa with the hope of educating female teaders of tomorrow.(ABC,10pm) li\'^Great Performances - Sting: $omgs From the Labyrinth" sincc sting veili:urcd fJr awr! ifofi rcck lvith hi5 dedica.Lion to th. lute (.!lebiated in tirls conccri). thaf friice r0iliriofr coulcin f havr: cofilc a moment iiia) roo[ ilirBs l0 p n] ) 'I ri{li(rA\ !rUl}. ;Jy \j'i "To lraq and Ea€k: Eob Woerdruff Reports" ABc Ncws jourrralist Bob Woodr uff describes the roadside bombing that almcst killed him and his recovcry at llcthcsda, and tclls sl0rics of other recuperating veis (ABC.</p><p> I0 p.nr.) :''ri'rAre You Snrarter Than a Fifth Grader?" Jeff Foxworthy hosts this game show in which adults competc against kids in basic categories like math ald geoqraphy And you thought you'd never need to know the capital of lowa (Fox, 9:30 p m.) Vincent Gallo plays a washed' up child star who takes the magazine staft hostage until they devote an issue to him.</p><p> We can see this happening for teal. (Fx, 10 p-m-)w_sQsssq,qY: Fsr*: Eq :j- N "America's Nlext Top Model" The season premiere of this reality series inds 30 contestants at "model boot camp'' ("Hit the floor and give me 30 makeovers, you maggots!") before the pool is reduced to the top 13 vronren (The CW, I p m ) S\ "Are You Srnarter Tham a Fifth Grader?" Another night, another episode And you thought yo! Li nevcr nccd to know the capiiel of Solii.h Carolina (Fox,9:J0 p nr ) \)i "Deal Or No Deai" NewYork Yankee lason Giambi is the latest celeil to fjop onto this hit game show t0 help ouL a contestant-(NBC,9pm) Tl.{s $irs*i.*.Y.</p><p> I't.ER*$.{ i iI "Nashville Star" The season inale Df f lris "ldLrl'!with-a-rwing realilv show meafl s country mLsic ill bc cfo!,-ning a nelv star; llost Jewcl als lerform:i. ai,',sA, l0 p.tr.) ,f o'$urvivon Fiji" rlrls 0nce'massive hit nrlgh'i have rcmalned suecial if it hadnlti:r ProbabiV lhe funniest and certainlv thg clevereif - siandup comic toci.lV, tzzard's nelu sll0cial covcrs cvt:ryihinq from "Stlr Trek" t0 Laundromats (BBC Anerica, l0 p nl-) 5&1ilit$Ar*, N,q$C$ I l"'Great Ferformances - Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing" 'The Killer" performs duets with Norah Jones, Don Henley, chris lsaak.</p><p> Merle Haggard, Willie Nclson and more.</p><p> A whole lotta shakin'will, in fact, be going on. (PBs, B p n ) N "Robin Hood" rhe debut of a l3'part BBC series, with Jonas Armstrong as outlaw Robin of Locksley and Keith Allen chewing up the scenery as the sheriff of Nottingham.</p><p> Already renewed for a second season. (BBc America, 9 p m.) Michael Giltz
