SUNDAYS

New Series on Virtue EWTN

At 10 a.m., in Voices on Virtue, chastity promoter and pro-life activist Barbara McGuigan and her guests discuss personal and public virtue. (Re-airs every Sat. at 2:30 a.m.) At 4 p.m., in The Virtues: Seven Habits of Champions, evangelizer and theologian Marcel-lino D'Ambrosio explains how to practice faith, hope, charity, prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. (Re-airs every Fri. at 5:30 a.m.)

SUNDAY, SEPT. 19

The True Story of Tripoli History Channel, 8 p.m.

The United States fought the Tripolitan War (1801-1805) to stop North African powers from plundering U.S. merchant ships, exacting tribute and enslaving our seamen. On April 27, 1805, after a 45-day, 600-mile desert trek, Lt. Presley O'Bannon, seven fellow Marines, naval agent William Eaton and some Mamelukes and mercenaries stormed the seaport citadel of Derna, freeing 307 Americans and deposing the Bey of Tripoli.

MONDAY, SEPT. 20

Growing Up Rhino Animal Planet, 8 p.m., 11 p.m.

In the Wildcare Africa Trust in Pretoria, South Africa, orphan rhino twins Tunzi and Tandi encounter the pleasures and pangs of growing up.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 21

Live from Lincoln Center PBS, 8 p.m.

This two-hour presentation of the New York Philharmonic's 2004 opening-night gala features violinist Maxim Vengerov as Lorin Maazel conducts the orchestra in Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

WED. & FRI., SEPT.-OCT.

Election 2004: The Catholic Vote EWTN

Every Wed. at 5 a.m. and every Fri. at 10 p.m. from now until Election Day, Nov. 2, Priests for Life founder Father Frank Pavone and his guests quote the popes and U.S. bishops about the moral responsibility of voters and politicians in this age of abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell experimentation and other monstrous evils.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23

Toolbox History Channel, 8 a.m.

Half-hour episodes starting at 8 a.m. profile the history and uses of the handsaw, wrench, drill, hammer, chainsaw, axe, blowtorch, ruler, screwdriver and plane, followed at 1 p.m. by The Toolbench: Power Tools. Beginning at 2 p.m., the entire slate re-airs.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 24

Debbie Travis' Painted House Home & Garden TV, 8:30 p.m.

Debbie and her crew fix up nurse Sandra's tiny apartment by finding small-room-appropriate furniture, repainting with colors that make rooms look larger and remodeling to store clutter away.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 25

Wild Game World Cook-Off Food Network, 9 p.m.

Wild-game cooks compete in Springville, Ala.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.