Now remember, this is Pledge Week on PBS.  That means that every single show and every single time slot is up for grabs no matter what I actually write below.  That being said, it's now time for the all-singing, all-dancing, all-awesome PBS Pledge Week!  Seriously, there's a whole lot singing going on here, I don't exactly know what that is, but I have a few hypotheses.  Most of them have to do with PBS pandering to the demographic that donates money to PBS (a wise thing to do).

Sunday, August 5:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nature - “The Real Macaw.”  Okay, I know Imagineer Quest 2007 is over, but when I hear "macaw" I think about the old Enchanted Tiki Room, which has a little bit on macaws there.  It's funny.  Trust me, it is.  I'm not saying the new Enchanted Tiki Room is bad, just that there's no line about macaws in it.     

9:00 - 10:30PM

Andre Rieu:  Radio City Music Hall, Live in New York”.  For the record, it's no longer live, it was taped in July 2006, which makes it over a year old.  It's still Andre Rieu though and he's still doing his thing with some very special guests including a then five-year-old violinist. 

Monday, August 6:

8:00 - 10:00PM

Dr Wayne Dyer:  Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life.  So, there's this Dr. Wayne Dyer, he did a one-year immersion and study of the Tao Te Ching.  He has now updated it and is going to tell you, me, and everyone else exactly how it applies to our lives today, and how it can help us and the world around us. 

10:00 – 11:30PM

History Detectives. This show may be the most fascinating show ever, it really may, but it’s title leave a lot to be desired, not like the next show, the next show has the single greatest title for a show that I’ve ever heard (other than “Josh Lasser, You’ve Been Hired as an Imagineer” of course)

10:00 - 11:00PM

Liam Lawton:  Live in Dublin.  Again, I'm going to have to go with this not actually being live (I don't believe in "live to tape"), but I'll forgive him because the Irish Film Orchestra and Chorus will be there as will boy soprano, Joseph McManners.  And that, my friends, is a night of music. 

Tuesday, August 7:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nova - "Origins". This is actually a repeat of a series, and the first episode, the one showing tonight is "Earth is Born" in which Neil deGrasse Tyson (of the American Museum on Natural History and Nova scienceNOW) talks about how the earth was built.  Yes, I'm going with the word "built" here.  Want to discuss?  Take a number.  Yours is 42.  That's right, 42.  Or, if you prefer, 6 times 9 in base 13.