If you are part of the constituency that cares that The Jonas Brothers are releasing their new album today, then you probably already know that Disney Channel is celebrating Jonas day with mini-marathons of their TV show, music videos and a sneak peak of their concert tour.
The rest of us can yawn and check out TNT’s new Tuesday line-up – which is surprisingly family-safe.
Courtesy Turner Networks
First up is Wedding Day, at 8 p.m. Call it wedding make-overs gone wild, with whole communities and friends pulling together special weddings for deserving couples. The awwww factor is huge here – and I certainly got weepy-eyed peridodically during tonight’s episode. But there’s still a part of me that’s a little wary of the whole Queen For a Day, over the top wedding phenom that can turn even the most reasonable of women into bridezillas. Not that weddings aren’t special. But a wedding is the solemn affirmation of a couple’s love for each other and the bringing together of two families to make one new one. It’s not performance art. Might make a starting point for conversation, if nothing else.
Next up is the latest entry in the medical drama from the perspective of the nurse sweeps. We recently had Nurse Jackie, Showtime’s new show about a drug-addicted nurse trying to actually help her patients in spite of regulations and incompetent doctors. Which I did not write about because I found it too depressing, nor could I see too many kids getting excited about it. It’s a very well-done show, but not my cup of tea.
Now, on TNT, tonight at 9 p.m., we have Hawthorne, starring Jada Pinkett Smith as Christine Hawthorne, the Chief Nursing Officer at a busy hospital trying to actually help patients in spite of regulations and incompetent doctors. 
Christine is a widow and single mom of a teen girl intent on fighting for justice at her school whether the school needs it or not.
It’s a pretty good show, with a couple nice twists, and while there is some violence – in one scene an abusive husband tries to stab his wife, for example – there really isn’t a lot of it. And there wasn’t any sex – although I wouldn’t count on that lasting. Overall, it’s in the not life-changing, but still worthwhile if you’ve got the time category.
Anne Louise Bannon
Your Family Viewer