WHILE Hongkong prepares to celebrate the Year of the Cockerel, America gets set to crow over a new generation of leaders, with baby boomer Bill Clinton finally being sworn in as 42nd president of the United States.
It's been a long journey to the White House, starting in 1991 when Clinton began a campaign trail that seemed to go on for ever.
Celebrations surrounding today's ceremony promise to be awesome, with Clinton expected to host a rocking extravaganza designed to make it abundantly clear that the old World War II generation has been retired and its progeny are now in the driving seat.
The US Presidential Inauguration Ceremony (Pearl, 12.30am) is being broadcast live from Washington, though it looks like we're going to miss out on the fun and games afterwards as the link is only open for an hour.
CNN will start its live coverage of the inauguration on World from 12.05 am, replacing tonight's episode of Young Catherine.
THE Josephine Baker Story (Pearl 9.45pm, Original Running Time 130 minutes) is a lavish, award-winning extravaganza about the black singer from St Louis who became the toast of Paris in the 1920s and 30s, yet still faced unremitting racism back home.
She was described by Ernest Hemingway as ''the most sensational woman anybody ever saw, or ever will'', and was famed for her scandalous, semi-nude dances and her signature ballad J'ai Deux Amours.