Orange Bowl (6 p.m., Ch. 4): It's Oklahoma vs. Florida State in what passes for this year's version of major college football's national championship game.

Bette (7 p.m., Ch. 2): Bette talks it up with the gals on "The View." (Repeat)

Ed (7 p.m., Ch. 5): Ed defends an old magician's act in this charming episode. (Repeat)

Mrs. Doubtfire (8 p.m., Ch. 7): Robin Williams stars in this 1993 comedy. (Repeat)

Dawson's Creek (7 p.m., Ch. 30): Jen and Pacey find themselves in troubled waters. (Repeat)

The First Wives Club (8 p.m., Ch. 2): Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler star in this 1996 comedy. (Repeat)

The West Wing (8 p.m., Ch. 5): In the aftermath of the assassination attempt, the staff recalls how they came to the White House. Second of two parts. (Repeat)

Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection (8 p.m., Ch. 7): Matthew Modine stars in an excellent adaptation of Henry James' 1877 novel "The American."

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NBA basketball (8:30 p.m., Ch. 14): Jazz at Lakers

Law & Order (9 p.m., Ch. 5): A murder investigation is complicated by racial overtones. (Repeat)

18 Wheels of Justice (9 p.m., TNN): This brainless action series returns for a second season with our hero, undercover agent/truck driver Chance (Lucky Vanous), capturing his nemesis, the evil Calder (brazenly portrayed by convicted Watergate felon/radio host G. Gordon Liddy). If you must watch, you must first disengage your brain.

Junkyard Wars (10 p.m., TLC): This weird British series goes American for the first time — in one of TV's stranger competitions, two teams (one made up of Houston mechanics and the other of Chicago firemen) have 10 hours to build a hot rod out of spare parts.

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