SUNDAY, AUG. 27
Little League World Series
ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Millions of
children play Little League baseball each summer in the
SUNDAY, AUG. 27
The Newcomers
Familyland TV, 8 p.m.
Kate Bosworth, Elizabeth Duff, Jeff Fahey, and Chris and Matt McCoy star in this uplifting 2003 fictional film in which the Docherty family is put to the test by adversity.
MONDAY, AUG. 28
Great Performances:
‘Jewels’ from
the
PBS, 10 p.m.
Choreographer George Balanchine’s plotless three-act ballet incorporates music by Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky and costumes and sets by Christian Lacroix.
M-W., AUG. 28-30
Classroom:
History Channel, 6 a.m.
“Where liberty
dwells, there is my country” well describes the motivation of the millions who
entered the United States legally between 1892 and 1954 through Ellis Island in
New York Harbor. Annie Moore, 15, and her little brothers Anthony and Philip,
from
TUESDAY, AUG. 29
P.O.V.: Waging a Living
PBS, 10 p.m.
Filmed over a three-year span, this 90-minute documentary follows four breadwinners in the Northeast and California as they work hard but earn low wages and have to struggle to make ends meet for their families. Advisory: TV-PG.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30
EWTN Live
EWTN, 8 p.m.
Jesuit Father
Mitch Pacwa’s guest, His Beatitude Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Maronite
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, discusses the
Middle East, the recent Maronite Synod and the state of the
THURSDAY, AUG. 31
Trapped in the Towers:
The Elevators of 9/11
A&E, 10 p.m.
This 9/11 fifth-anniversary special premiere uses first-person accounts, actual footage and computer animation to retell the stories of the several dozen people who narrowly escaped from seven elevators during the attacks on the World Trade Center.
SATURDAY, SEP 2
College Football:
Notre Dame
at Georgia Tech
ABC, 8 p.m., live
Not every fan
of college football realizes that “Notre Dame” means “Our Lady” in French. The
Fighting Irish of Notre Dame open their second season under Coach Charlie Weis
with high hopes, taking on the Rambling Wreck of Georgia Tech in
Dan Engler writes from
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