Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal #4746. 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 on PBS #420. 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, you guys are awesome!

9:00 - 10:00PM

Bill Moyers Journal #1206. It’s Bill Moyers. It’s his 1,206th journal (not really, but I’m not going to explain to you the way in which TV shows are numbered at this point in time, maybe later if you’re nice). He’s a good journalist so I assume this will be good journalism (at least the odds are it will).

10:00 – 11:00PM

Secrets of the Dead – "Sinking Atlantis". Is it possible that source of the legendary Atlantis, the basis for so many myths, legends, and shenanigans is none other than the Minoan civilization on Crete? Some people think so. Some people will try terribly hard to prove it during this episode. Or, maybe, they'll just suggest it and leave the viewer to ponder. Watch and see, watch and see.

 
Saturday, May 17:

9:00 – 10:00PM

Austin City Limits - “Damian Marley”. Damian is the son of Bob. We all know Bob, don’t we? Damian is also a multiple Grammy winner and performs here with his brothers Stephen and Julian.

Seriously, imagine it for a moment, me as one of the hosts of a US version of Top Gear. I'm genial. I'm jovial. I can drive a stick shift. I have experience working behind the scenes in television. I've been on camera a few times. And I love Top Gear. Oh, I'll watch the show whether or not I'm chosen to be a part of it, but I'm, here and now, offering up my services as one of the hosts (and I work for scale).