Blue Glow

Specials

In the "National Geographic" special The Battle for Midway (8:05 p.m., TBS), underwater explorer Robert Ballard's expedition to the bottom of the Pacific to recover the USS Yorktown is interwoven with comments from veterans of the pivotal World War II battle. The six-part series Great Composers (check local times, PBS) begins with back-to-back profiles of Mozart and Beethoven. Kenneth Branagh narrates. Hipster magician David Blaine does his thing in New York, Memphis, Nashville, Haiti and the Venezuelan rainforest on the new special David Blaine: Magic Man (10 p.m., ABC). Filmmaker Steven Okazaki's documentary Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (11 p.m., HBO) is a grim profile of young San Francisco junkies addicted to some very bad stuff.

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Series

On It's like, you know ... (8:30 p.m., ABC), Arthur is conflicted over whether to accept a massage from Lauren. Norm has a strange knack for curing Laurie's insomnia on The Norm Show (9:30 p.m., ABC). A new Law & Order (10 p.m., NBC) ties the shooting of a newspaper columnist to a 20-year-old murder case. On a sly Strangers With Candy (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central), Jerri learns a valuable lesson about single motherhood when her sex education teacher gives her a baby to take care of for a whole week.

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Sports

Baseball:

Orioles at Yankees (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Astros at Giants (10:30 p.m., ESPN)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Cher, Jennie Garth

David Letterman (CBS) Kate Winslet, Doug E. Doug

Jay Leno (NBC) Patricia Arquette, Eric McCormack

Charlie Rose (PBS) Former Sen. George Mitchell

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Michael Rapaport, Kid Reid

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Liv Tyler, Juvenile