Remote Destinations

Stanley Cup Playoffs: #6 Rangers vs. #3 Devils

NBC

Sat., April 22, 2 p.m.

David Ehrlich, our film editor and a hockey enthusiast, insisted on writing this for me when he realized that I know almost nothing about sports: "Saturday afternoon marks the first time since I was 12 that the New York Rangers will be playing in a playoff hockey game. If that weren't reason enough for my life to come to a crashing halt, it's against red-hot arch-rivals, the New Jersey Devils. The game will begin the coda to one of NHL history's most improbable regular seasons, as the Rangers-picked by experts in September to finish dead last-rode the sport's greatest active player and an absolutely royal rookie goaltender to fall just shy of the division crown." Right, what he said.

E! Entertainment Special: Tom Cruise

E!

Mon., April 24, 1 p.m.

Last summer, Tom Cruise publicly criticized Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants to treat her post-partum depression, and she publicly criticized him back. Last week, in a wonderful coincidence, Cruise and Katie Holmes welcomed their baby girl into the world-in the same hospital and on the same day that Shields' daughter was born. This E! special about Cruise was filmed in 2004, well before the feud with Shields and the infamous couch incident. Tune in to see Cruise and his famous friends discuss his journey as an actor, his kids, his marriage to Nicole Kidman, and all things that used to be Tom Cruise back when there was no TomKat.

God or the Girl

A&E

Sun., April 23, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.

Don't miss your opportunity to see all five episodes of God or the Girl-this show is a great conversation starter. This mini-series/documentary (which takes itself very seriously) follows four men who, according to the show's Web site, are about "to decide whether or not to enroll in the seminary and become Roman Catholic priests, or to find the love of a woman and settle down with a family." We meet these men, their girlfriends, and their families just a few weeks before they must make their decisions. Will they be able to "resist the temptations of an aggressively secular world?" Either way, it should be interesting to watch them figure it out.

7th Heaven

WB

Mon., April 24, 8 p.m.

Drugs, sex, teen pregnancy, vandalism, coffee addiction-you name it, and the Camden family has experienced it. A lot of us grew up watching the Camdens on 7th Heaven and then grew out of it, but our maturity is not the reason the show seems so corny now. In its later seasons, 7th Heaven has started recycling story lines, two of the Camden brood are conspicuously absent from the series, and its new plot are often absurd. Somehow, though, the show has consistently been among the WB's top-rated programs, which means that a sizeable chunk of the population is upset that 7th Heaven's series finale will air in May. For everyone else, it's about time.

Jumanji

TNT

Sat., April 22, 12 p.m.

It's almost the end of the semester, you haven't finished your reading for your impending finals, you have several papers to write, and you're exhausted. What better way to deal with that than to watch a favorite movie from your childhood? Jumanji shows once and for all what happens when you find a mysterious, African-jungle board game and (stupidly) decide to play it. Apparently, Robin Williams shows up with a lot of animals and special effects. Jumanji was critically bashed in 1995-despite talented cast members such as Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and Bebe Neuwirth-but we were kids and kind of liked it anyway. Seriously, you can study later.