THURSDAY

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perhaps a true 'survivor' would row instead of tan

THURSDAY

SEASON PREMIERE 8-9PM Survivor: Palau (CBS) It's a ''very different Survivor'' this season in that it takes place entirely underwater! Not really, but that's what the scary commercials might have you believe. In an unprecedented twist, three people will be sent home on this episode. Plus, the 20 castaways — including a Vegas showgirl, three lawyers, and a woman who's ''just here to lose some weight'' — face even bigger challenges than usual when they realize they're ''Lost. For. Good.'' Aren't the Survivors always sort of lost, for better or worse? CBS better have something truly horrifying up its sleeve for season 10, like ''The Key Grips. Attack. The Castaways.''

8-10PM She's All That (The WB, TV-PG-DL) They're such sunny optimists at The WB. Who else would air movies you wouldn't pay to see but ostensibly waited six years to catch for free?

8-9PM The O.C. (Fox, TV-14) Caleb offers to take a paternity test to be sure he's Lindsay's dad. So why, you ask, was he paying child support all that time if he wasn't sure? Because Caleb is a helluva guy, y'all. He's a giver.

9-9:59PM The Apprentice (NBC, TV-PG) Empirical evidence that class ceases to be an issue when no one has any.

9-10PM CSI (CBS, TV-14-DLSV) Is it twisted for grown men to wear diapers? Depends. Do you need to, or are you a CSI writer getting off on another freaky fetish?

OVERKILL ALERT! 9-11PM Primetime Live (ABC) In ''Michael Jackson's Secret World, with Martin Bashir,'' the ABC correspondent who made the chilling 2003 documentary Living with Michael Jackson shares new interviews, details, and allegations about Jackson's relations with boys.

(Additional reporting by Annie Barrett)