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Published: Friday, May 14 2004 12:00 a.m. MDT

On "Hope \\& Faith," Faith (Kelly Ripa) takes on soap-opera diva Susan Lucci as Hope (Faith Ford) and Charley (Ted McGinley) look on.

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NBA playoffs: Nets at Pistons (5 p.m., TNT); Kings at Timberwolves (7:30 p.m., TNT)

Joan of Arcadia (7 p.m., Ch. 2): God tells Joan to give Adam a gift, and she thinks it might be sex. I'm thinking it's not.

Reba (7 p.m., Ch. 30): Barbara Jean is convinced that Reba and Brock are having an affair. (Season finale)

JAG (8 p.m., Ch. 2): Navy SEALS are suspected of stealing heroin from a drug bust.

Hope & Faith (8 and 8:30 p.m., Ch. 4): Faith (Kelly Ripa) is nominated for a Daytime Emmy, but her competition includes the actress (Rebecca Budding, Ripa's former "All My Children" co-star) who replaced her after she was fired. Faith and the rest of the family travel to New York for the ceremonies in this two-part season finale, which features a slew of real-life soap stars — including Susan Lucci, Susan Flannery, Eric Braeden, Cameron Mathison, Eva La Rue, John Callahan, Finola Hughes, Jacob Young, Bobbie Eakes and Ian Buchanan — who seem to have a great time sending up the genre.

NASCAR Drivers: 360 (8:30 p.m., FX): First of an eight-part series that sets out to profile and "humanize" racers.

20/20 (9 p.m., Ch. 4): A look at the current generation of young European royals.