Today on TV

Published: Thursday, April 28 2005 12:00 a.m. MDT

NBA playoffs: Heat at Nets (5 p.m., TNT); Mavericks at Rockets (7:30 p.m., TNT)

Survivor: Palau (7 p.m., Ch. 2): Oooooh — there's a "secret alliance" forming. Will the four women plot against the three men?

Joey (7 p.m., Ch. 5): Can Joey's new relationship survive his love scene with Carmen Electra?

The O.C. (7 p.m., Ch. 13): Sandy, Seth and Ryan travel to South Beach to visit Nana (Linda Lavin).

Blue Collar TV (7 p.m., Ch. 30): It's two hours of Blue Collar comedy, with an episode of this show followed by a half-hour of stand-up on The Ron White Special (7:30 p.m., Ch. 30) and then Mobile Home Disaster (8 p.m., Ch. 30), which features Bill Engvall making like Ty Pennington in a home makeover parody.

Will & Grace (7:30 p.m., Ch. 5): Grace attends her father's (Alan Arkin) birthday party.

The Apprentice (8 p.m., Ch. 5): The four remaining contestants design a T-shirt.

CSI (8 p.m., Ch. 2): A mental-hospital patient is murdered.

Without a Trace (9 p.m., Ch. 2): A 13-year-old girl's disappearance is tied to an unsolved murder.

PrimeTime Live (9 p.m., Ch. 4): The creators of the Home Shopping Network are profiled.

ER (9 p.m., Ch. 5): An 85-year-old patient (Red Buttons) accuses Carter of killing his wife years earlier.