SUNDAY, AUG. 22

School Lunch Sunday

Food Network, 7:30 p.m.

Just in time for “back to school,” this slate of shows serves up lunch facts and ideas. At 7:30 p.m., Unwrapped: School Lunch; at 8, Emeril Kicks Up Your School Cafeteria, II; at 9 p.m., Unwrapped: Lunchbox Treats; at 9:30, Food Finds; at 10 p.m., The Secret Life of Sandwiches; and at 10:30, Top 5: Lunchbox Faves.

MON.-FRI., AUG. 23-27

St. Augustine Week

EWTN, various

Eighteen years of prayers and tears by St. Monica (ca. 332-387, feast day Aug. 27) led to the conversion of her son, St. Augustine (354-430, feast day Aug. 28). At 4:30 a.m./6 p.m. Mon., see St. Augustine, with Thomas Dillon and Father C. John McCloskey. At 9 p.m. Mon., Super Saints: Augustine and Monica. At 4:30 a.m./6 p.m. Tue., Ss. Ambrose and Augustine, with Father Charles Connor. At 4:30 a.m./6 p.m. Wed.-Fri., Augustine, with Franciscan Father Benedict Groeschel.

TUESDAY, AUG. 24

North Korea

History Channel, 8 p.m.

At 8 p.m., the special Inside North Korea depicts horrors that atheistic communists commit against the people. At 9:30 p.m., in the 2003 BBC documentary The Real Dr. Evil, ex-associates expose the crimes of dictator Kim Jong-Il.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25

Skunkworks

Discovery Channel, 7 p.m.

Examines advanced research and design at a Lockheed Aircraft facility in Southern California.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25

EWTN Live

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Tonight's guest is Father Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life, whose latest projects include a Christian voter registration drive and a pre-election nine-week novena for our Nation. He notes at www.priestsforlife. org that both are permissible activities for parishes and other tax-exempt groups.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25

Great Performances

PBS, 10 p.m.

In this 90-minute “All-Star Piano Extravaganza: The Verbier Festival & Academy Concert,” a Swiss music festival celebrates its 10th anniversary by staging classical favorites for four to 16 hands on one to eight pianos. Look for pieces by Bach, Gottschalk, Mozart, RimskyKorsakov, Smetana, Sousa and Wagner.

FRIDAY, AUG. 27

The World Over

EWTN, 8 p.m.

This week's program features excerpts from host Raymond Arroyo's previous interviews about The Passion of the Christ with actor James Caviezel and director Mel Gibson. The film's DVD debut is Aug. 31.

SATURDAY, AUG. 28

Little League World Series: U.S. Championship

ABC, 7:30 p.m.

This game will determine the best Little League baseball team in the United States. The victor will go on to play for the world championship the next day.