Nova - “America’s Stone Age Explorers”. Quick! Without cheating, tell me right now whether this show is about people that explore the Stone Age or is it on people in the Stone Age that explored. Turns out, it’s both. People from now are exploring those that explored American back in the day. Weird, but true.

9:00 - 10:00PM

Frontline - “News War: Secret, Sources & Spin (Part 2)”. The second hour in a four part Frontline series that deals with how political, cultural, legal, and economic forces are affecting the role of the press in our society. This part deals with the legal predicaments reporters face when informing the public about the war on terror (at what point is their discussing it helpful to the terrorists and therefore jailable).

10:00 - 11:00PM

Independent Lens - “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhythms”. This week we get an in-depth look at the “machismo” that’s involved in hip hop (some would substitute misogyny, violence, and homophobia for “machismo”).

Wednesday, February 21:

8:00 - 9:00PM

America’s Ballroom Challenge. Imagine Dancing with the Stars without the stars. Which makes it, more or less, dancing with dancers. Yup, that’s what it was last week, and that’s what it is this week, though this week focuses on the “International Latin” division. 

9:00 - 10:30PM

The Marines. Sure, we send ’em in everywhere (hence that phrase, “send in the Marines”), but in this case, crews are sent in to the Marines. See the difference there:  We send them to people vs. we send people to them. There’s a difference. Really there is. 

10:30 - 11:00PM   

The March of the Bonus Army. Yes, this does sound a little like a videogame, turns out it’s nowhere near as happy as that. It’s all about thousands of unemployed World War I vets marching to the Capital during the Great Depression. The government and military response to them may have been overly harsh. Watch this and judge for yourself. 

Thursday, February 22:

8:00 - 9:00PM

The This Old House Hour - Episode TBA. It’s This Old House and Ask This Old House. It’s like maintenance… for your home. Wait, no, that’s exactly what it is.