Programs Showing in HD Today

Saving Private Ryan

TNT 8:00 pm ET

Steven Spielberg won the best director Oscar for this 1998 World War II drama, whose opening portrayal of the Normandy invasion is one of the most powerful war sequences in movie history. Tom Hanks stars as the captain in charge of a platoon assigned to go behind enemy lines and retrieve a private (Matt Damon) whose three brothers have all been killed. Edward Burns and Giovanni Ribisi also star.

Human Target

Chi McBride stars in "Human Target" Friday on Fox.

FOX 8:00 pm ET

As the series moves into a new time period, Winston and Chance (Chi McBride, Mark Valley) have to cope with some personal turbulence as they try to protect a client they have never met from an assassin on a passenger plane. Jackie Earle Haley also stars in "Rewind."

Titanic

TBS 9:00 pm ET

This 1997 drama's title describes not only its subject, but its impact on filmdom that year. It made megabucks and ruled the Oscars, garnering a whopping 11 of those little gold guys. Not bad for a movie whose ending everyone knew ahead of time! Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio star as the unhappy bride-to-be from first class and the scrappy kid from steerage who find each other on the doomed liner. The ship, of course, is the real star of the show.

The Good Guys

Bradley Whitford stars in "The Good Guys" Friday on Fox.

FOX 9:00 pm ET

Trying to spice up a routine investigation into auto thefts, Dan (Bradley Whitford) plants evidence from a cold case, ultimately landing himself and Jack (Colin Hanks) in the middle of a gunrunning ring tied to a decade-old homicide in "Small Rooms," as the series moves into a new time period. Joel Spence, Frances Fisher and Mykel Shannon Jenkins guest star; Jenny Wade also stars.

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta

TLC 9:00 pm ET

Lavina has been a bridesmaid 15 times. Lori makes some common rookie mistakes while trying on dresses. Latrina is worried her plus size will keep her from wearing her dream dress in this new episode.

Dangerous Encounters With Brady Barr

NGC 9:00 pm ET

In Alaska, Brady investigates brown bears, the largest land-based predators in the world, and even demonstrates their strength and speed by withstanding an attack from the safety of a cage. He also travels to a town where polar bears freely meander down the streets, leaving the locals to cope with the potential danger in the new episode "Alaska's Bear Country and Beyond."

The Short List

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise appear in "The Short List" Friday on VH1.

VH1 9:00 pm ET

The new episode "10 Cutest Celebrity Babies" spotlights the children of some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Suri Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and Cruz Beckham, son of David and Victoria Beckham.

Man, Woman, Wild

DSC 9:00 pm ET

Prospects look grim for Myke and Ruth as they wash up on the shores of the remote, rat-infested island of Aitutaki, surrounded by water but without a drop to drink, in the new episode "Aitutaki."

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta

TLC 9:00 pm ET

Decisions, decisions ... or not. In this new episode, a picky bride and her mother can't seem to agree -- with themselves or each other -- on the right dress, while another mom is on her daughter's case to just pick one, already. A third bride has made her choice but is having second thoughts in "When Push Turns to Shove."

Chinatown

MAX 10:00 pm ET

This 1974 film noir garnered 11 Oscar nominations and won writer Robert Towne ("Shampoo," "Mission Impossible") a statuette for best original screenplay. Jack Nicholson plays Jake Gittes, a private detective hired to investigate a seemingly routine adultery case. When the husband turns up dead, Gittes realizes much more than sinister forces are at work. Faye Dunaway and John Huston also star in this Roman Polanski film.

Beyond Survival With Les Stroud

DSC 10:00 pm ET

Les Stroud heads into the open waters with the Sea Gypsies of Malaysia to spearfish in the shark-filled deep and learn what it is like for these people to live in a world where storms and deadly tsunamis threaten to obliberate their tribe forever in the new episode "Sea Gypsies."

The Taking of Pelham 123

STARZ 10:35 pm ET

Thirty-five years after John Godey's novel about a New York subway train hijacking first was filmed, director Tony Scott ("Top Gun") gave the tale a more overtly action-packed rendering in an update that isn't necessarily more impactful than the original. Still, John Travolta clearly has fun as the leader of the bad guys, who matches wits with a dispatcher (Denzel Washington) while seeking a $10 million ransom for the passengers.