Critic's corner

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2007 | by Robert Bianco

*Charles Gibson anchors the 20/20 special Pastor to Power: Billy Graham and the Presidents (ABC, tonight, 10 ET/PT). The show's centerpiece is a roundtable discussion with Graham and all three living ex-presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

*If it's any consolation to Sci Fi, which stumbles Friday with Flash Gordon, the network is hardly the first outfit to be stymied by a '30s serial. Consider the 1994 flop The Shadow (Cinemax, Saturday, 8 ET/PT), which is great to look at but best viewed with the sound off. When you see poor Alec Baldwin in his Mongol warrior makeup, you'll understand why Flash didn't go the traditional Asian route with Ming. (Flash preview, 15D)

*David Milch's almost completely inaccessible metaphysical mystery John...