Today on TV

Holiday Bowl (6 p.m., ESPN): Arizona State vs. Texas

CSI (7 and 8 p.m., Ch. 2): A pair of repeats.

Ugly Betty (7 p.m., Ch. 4): Betty is attracted to the new sandwich guy. (R)

Ice Age (7 p.m., Ch. 13): Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo provide voices in this entertaining animated film. (R)

30 Rock (7:30 p.m., Ch. 5): Will Arnett returns as Jack's arch-nemesis. (R)

The Ninth Annual Family Television Awards (8 p.m., Ch. 30): These awards (taped on Nov. 28) are given out by the Family Friendly Programming Forum, which operates under the auspices of the Association of National Advertisers. So they are awards presented by the folks who bring us the commercials — and pay for all the programming we see on commercial television. Which doesn't change the fact that the winners are deserving. Among those honored are:

• Movie: "High School Musical 2"

• Comedy: "Ugly Betty"

• Drama: "Heroes"

• New series: "Pushing Daisies"

• Reality: "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

• Special: "Planet Earth"

• Original cable series: "Kyle XY"

• Actor (tie): Zac Efron of "High School Musical 2" and Kyle Chandler of "Friday Night Lights"

• Actress: America Ferrera of "Ugly Betty"

Again, I wouldn't argue that all of these shows are worth watching. But not all these shows are appropriate for all members of the family — younger kids ought not be watching "Heroes" or "Ugly Betty" or "Friday Night Lights." But those are decisions parents ought to make ...