keep an eye out for tuesdays highlights

Tuesday's Highlights - Los Angeles Times
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Stakeout: Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the team witness a homicide while trying to catch a thief on "NCIS" (8 p.m. CBS).

No soap: The contestants visit the set of "The Young and the Restless" and get their acting skills evaluated by stars Michelle Stafford and Joshua Morrow on "Beauty and the Geek" (8 p.m. CW).

Inspired: The top eight finalists perform inspirational songs on "American Idol" (8 p.m. Fox).

The writing on the wall: "Nova" (8 p.m. KCET) documents the effort to decipher the Mayan system of hieroglyphics.

For the halibut: Each team must accurately slice a halibut into 6-ounce fillets on "Hell's Kitchen" (9 p.m. Fox).

Not so friendly skies: Wedge-tailed eagles attack a paraglider on "After the Attack" (9 p.m. Animal Planet).

Crime: Filmmaker and rape survivor Lisa F. Jackson travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo and talks to women and girls who were raped and tortured by members of the Congolese army in "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" (10 p.m. HBO).

Alert: The 2006 TV movie "Amber's Story" (9 p.m. Lifetime) tells the story of Amber Hagerman, whose abduction and murder led to the creation of the first Amber Alert system.

Women's college basketball: NCAA final (5:30 p.m. ESPN).

Baseball: The Dodgers visit the Arizona Diamondbacks (6:30 p.m. FS Prime); the Cleveland Indians visit the Angels (7 p.m. MyNet).

Pro basketball: The Lakers visit the Portland Trail Blazers (7 p.m. KCAL); the Denver Nuggets visit the Clippers (7:30 p.m. FSN).

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