By MIKE HUGHES
Gannett News Service

Must see

The Olympics, 8 p.m. to midnight, Channels 5, 22.

Here are the team finals for men's gymnastics with Paul Hamm and the U.S. squad trying to upset China's talented team. There are four swimming gold medals, including a match-up of the United States' Michael Phelps and Australia's Ian Thorpe in the 200-meter freestyle. Others are in men's and women's 100-meter backstroke and women's 200-meter backstroke. Women also have a gold medal in synchronized platform diving and a volleyball game between the U.S. and Germany.

Olympic alternative

The Best TV Shows That Never Were, 8 p.m., Channels 9, 2.

The world is full of rejected TV pilots. Tom Selleck once said he had eight of them before Magnum, P.I. made him a star. This special includes some rejects that starred Selleck, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Franz, Linda Hamilton, Marg Helgenberger and more.

These are non-classics. Shows bear such titles as Fuzzbucket, Poochinski, A Dog's Life and, alas, Ethel is an Elephant.

Worth watching

LazyTown debut, 10:30 a.m., Nickelodeon. Imagine a high-tech version of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. This show, made in Iceland, has broadly funny human characters interacting with computer animation. Magnus Scheving, a champion athlete, created the show and stars as the heroic Sportacus. Stefan Karl is the lazy Robbie Rotten and young Broadway actress Julianna Rose Mauriello is sweet Stephanie, singing a bouncy, Euro-pop tune.

Waiting to Exhale (1995), 8 p.m., AMC. This terrific movie combines the witty male-bashing of Terry McMillan's novel, a great music score, Forest Whitaker's skillful direction and a superb cast led by Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston and Loretta Devine.

Jurassic Park III (2001), 9-11 p.m., Channels 9, 2. Steven Spielberg didn't stick around to direct the third one, so Joe Johnston (October Sky) took over. Sam Neill is back on the island, again being scared by rampant dinosaurs.

Everybody Loves Raymond, 9 p.m., Channels 12, 7. In a funny episode, Ray makes the mistake of hiring his friend, Gianni, to remodel the family kitchen.

Two and a Half Men, 9:30 p.m., Channels 12, 7. Charlie fidgets when he thinks a woman wants him to settle down.

CSI: Miami, 10 p.m., Channels 12, 7. When Delko (Adam Rodriguez) finds a stolen-car ring, he accidentally complicates an investigation.