Wednesday, March 21:

8:00 - 9:00PM

National Geographic Specials - “Lost Treasures of Afghanistan”. Due to umpteen different kinds of strife in Afghanistan, various national treasures have been lost, stolen, and/or destroyed. This particular special focuses on the recoved “Bactrian Gold.” What exactly is that? Watch and find out.

9:00 - 11:00PM

Through Deaf Eyes. How can eyes be deaf? I understand what they’re going for here, but I still disagree. Eyes see. Eyes never have the ability to hear, so therefore, technically all eyes are deaf. Yet, that is not the notion they are pushing for here and so I disagree completely with the tack they are taking.

Thursday, March 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.

9:00 - 11:00PM

Great Performances - “Barenboim on Beethoven”. He’s not actually on Beethoven, it’s more like he does Beethoven. Wait, that’s not quite right either. He’s not doing Beethoven as much as he’s performing Beethoven. Or, better still, Beethoven’s music, he’s doing Beethoven’s music. Oh forget it, I give up.

Friday, March 23:

8:00 - 8:30PM

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal #4638. Another whole week has gone by and good old Gwen Ifill and National Journal are here to fill us in. For the record, I like to pretend the National Journal is a sidekick, like Robin to Batman, Starsky to Hutch, or chocolate sauce to chocolate ice cream.

8:30 - 9:00PM

NOW #312. It’s the Emmy award-winning weekly newsmagazine. It looks at issues facing our democracy. The show is hosted by David Brancaccio. And, even better, they still send me e-mails (I think that makes me cool and them nice). Thanks, Now!

9:00 - 10:00PM

National Geographic Specials - “Lost Treasures of Afghanistan”. Please see description above, cause it’s awesome. 

10:00PM - Lengths Vary

Monty Python’s Flying Circus - #104. It’s the Python boys again. They’re still funny. Funny, wacky, zany, other things. They are the Pythons after all.

Saturday, March 24:

9:00 - 10:0PM

Austin City Limits - “Coldplay”. I started this thing confused and I’m going to end confused. They’re playing in Austin, why are they still cold? And, even if Austin is a little chilly, surely they’ve warmed up in their playing in general so as not to be cold anymore. 

PBS doing regularly scheduled programming, it’s a wonderful thing. Seriously. No more “you have to lose weight” shows or Lawrence Welk specials. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. This, though, is better. Trust me. This is definitely better.