‘Dead Presidents’
7 p.m., Cinemax
Larenz Tate, Freddy Rodriguez and Chris Tucker star in this story of three young men who leave New York in the late 1960s to serve in Vietnam, only to return to a neighborhood ruled by drug lords. The three friends devise an elaborate scheme to attain some power in the form of “dead presidents,” a.k.a. cash.
‘The People’s Choice Awards’
8 p.m., WBBM-Ch. 2
You picked them; now watch them collect their prizes. Fan votes determine the winners of these awards, which cover movies, music and TV.
Queen Latifah — a nominee for favorite leading lady — returns as host.
‘Mister Roberts’
8:45 p.m., TCM
An unbeatable cast fuels this enormously entertaining 1955 screen version of the stage hit. Henry Fonda reprises his stage role as the title character, a cargo-ship officer who acts as a buffer between the other crew members and their stern captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon earned an Oscar for his starmaking performance as Ensign Pulver; William Powell plays the ship’s doctor, and Martin Milner is among the supporting “sailors.”
‘Barbara Walters Special’
9 p.m., WLS-Ch. 7
Patrick Swayze wants the world to know that rumors of his impending death have been greatly exaggerated. The 56-year-old actor and his wife, actress Lisa Niemi, chat with Walters in an effort to set the record straight. Swayze says he’s one of the lucky ones whose cancer is responding to treatment and he has a new television show, “The Beast,” premiering soon.
