Critic's corner
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular 10 p.m., Channel 4
Craig Ferguson of "The Late Late Show" hosts this special, which will\ feature country-music group Rascal Flatts performing with Keith Lockhart and the Pops. Now there's a musical marriage made in...a cheese factory. The Charles River, the Esplanade, lots of color and thunder in the sky-- you know the drill.
Dance Machine 8 p.m., Channel 5
A 70-year-old grandmother boogaloos. Happy birthday, America.
John Adams Marathon 1-10 p.m., HBO
Forefather knows best.
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular 9 p.m., NBC
Katharine McPhee competes with the fireworks for impact.
I think we're supposed to pronounce the title with a British accent. Anyhow, this year's PBS broadcast from Washington features Huey Lewis and the News (left), Taylor Hicks, and Jerry Lee Lewis. That's a lot to take in, but there will be fireworks, too, as well as a tribute to Olympic athletes.
To Die For 9 p.m., HBO Signature
Nicole, pre-Gumby.
Born on the Fourth of July 8 p.m., HBO2
Tom, pre-windup-teeth.
More of the same: Mike Myers's toothy '60s airhead recycles his Carnaby Street James Bond-wannabe routine, reveling in a screenful of campy artifacts, most psychedelic. He also doubles as Powers's nemesis, Dr. Evil , a pussycat who can't manage his dysfunctional family, much less dominate the world. Heather Graham's nubile CIA op named Felicity Shagwell is a big plus in this good bad movie. (PG-13; runs through July 17 )
