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TV Today
Remember the Titans (7-9:30 p.m., FAM) - Denzel Washington stars as a football coach grappling with racial prejudice among his players and staff - and a whole town - in this true story set in 1971 Virginia, when court-ordered desegregration rocked the public schools and school sports. It's another Oscar-worthy performance in a film that's slickly packaged but moving nonetheless. Repeats at 9:30 p.m.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8-11 p.m., 6ABC) - The best of the HP pics to date, this one finds the fledgling wiz and his best buds dealing with menacing intruders and magical creatures. Newcomers David Thewlis, Gary Oldman and a winged eagle/horse join the old Hogwarts gang. While the visual effects are way cool, this one has a lot more heart than the earlier installments in the series.
Elizabeth (8-10:30 p.m., CW57) - A fine recounting of the early days of Elizabeth I that demythologizes the Virgin Queen and deepens our appreciation of her by showing the woman behind the icon. Cate Blanchett's reading of Elizabeth is a fusion of precision and passion.
Training Day (9-11:30 p.m., BRAVO) - Denzel Washington earned an Oscar for best actor for this effectively gritty 2001 police drama. He breaks type memorably as a veteran of the Los Angeles narcotics beat who deals dirty in getting the goods on really bad guys. Ethan Hawke plays his new partner, a rookie who can't believe much of what he witnesses as they make their rounds. Scott Glenn and Tom Berenger costar.
