Today on TV

• NBA basketball (5:30 p.m., Ch. 14): Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics

• Joan of Arcadia (7 p.m., Ch. 2): God tells Joan to enroll in an AP chemistry class. (Repeat)

• Dateline (7 p.m., Ch. 5): Interviews with a master pickpocket and "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard — and the announcement of (hold your breath here!) Entertainment Weekly magazine's top five entertainers of the year. (Gasp!)

• TV's Naughtiest Blunders from Around the World 3 (7 p.m., Ch. 13): Still more naughtiness from Fox.

• Reba (7 p.m., Ch. 30): Cheyenne announces she's going to follow in Brock's footsteps and go into "dentisting." (Repeat)

• Boston Public (8 p.m., Ch. 13): Any sense of reality takes a hike as R.E.M. performs at the school's Christmas fund-raiser.

• 20/20 (9 p.m., Ch. 4): Jermaine and Jackie Jackson continue the media campaign to make Michael seem less weird.