Critic's corner

9 p.m., Channel 25

A magician is trying to escape his mortal coil.

10 p.m., Channel 5

The reality hangover.

7 a.m., Channel 5

Jordin Sparks sings. Hey, you made the bed.

9 p.m., Channel 2

She was kinda sorta Angelina Jolie before Angelina Jolie. Tonight, Mia Farrow (left) is one of the human-rights activists who appears in "On Our Watch," a documentary about the genocide in Darfur. Despite the fact that it has been so well-chronicled and so thoroughly debated at the United Nations, the disaster continues. Farrow, the mother of 13, is filmed visiting refugee camps in Chad.

8 p.m., Channel 5 Toast, popcorn, and cereal are a fine meal. Just don't invite Lily.

9 p.m., Channel 5 Avril Lavigne lets go of a song.

Comcast Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (above) ease their contrasting personas onto a cruise ship, where they pay their way by being dance hosts for the female passengers. The colorful cast around the pair - Brent Spiner as their seedy English boss, Gloria De Haven and Dyan Cannon as love interests, and Donald O'Connor and Hal Linden as fellow dancers - enliven the movie, though it nonetheless gets bogged down in plot contrivances. (PG-13; runs on Encore through Dec. 27)