All times Eastern

SUNDAY, JAN. 20

American Experience: Mount Rushmore

PBS; check local listings for time

This fascinating hour-long documentary reveals little-known facts about the massive patriotic monument on Mount Rushmore and its unstoppable creator, the sculptor Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941).

MONDAY, JAN. 21

Pro-Life Is Pro-Love (Part I)

EWTN, 10 p.m.

In this four-part series, Father Dan Mode details the popular and effective pro-life program that he started at Bishop O‘Connell High School in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Father Mode shows how every Catholic high school, CCD program and youth group can implement this plan, which emphasizes prayer, evangelization and student leadership. The final three parts air Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 3 a.m., 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 22

Living the Pro-Life Mysteries

EWTN, various times

International pro-chastity speaker Barbara McGuigan has a gift for reaching hearts, as you'll discover in her deeply moving miniseries on uniting the rosary and the pro-life cause in your spiritual life. The three parts air today at 3 a.m. (set your VCR), 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 22

The Secret Life of the Brain (Parts I and II) PBS; check local listings for time

This five-part series explains recent discoveries in neuroscience. The first part, “The Baby's Brain: Wider Than the Sky,” points out that less than a month after a baby's conception, his or her brain is growing by 500,000 cells per minute. Tonight's second episode, at 10 p.m., is “The Child's Brain: Syllable from Sound.” The final three parts examine the teenage, adult and aging brain; they air the next three Tuesdays, Jan. 29-Feb. 12, at 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23

On Assignment

National Geographic, 11 a.m.

Today's edition of this weekday show covers Antarctic exploration and other topics.

THURSDAY, JAN. 24

Planned Parenthood (Part I)

EWTN, 10 a.m.

In this first episode of a two-part “Abundant Life” program, Johnette Benkovic asks Benedictine Father Matthew Habiger and pro-life researchers Charles Donovan and Jim Sedlak about the history and agenda of Planned Parenthood. This group, heavily taxpayer-funded, still embodies the ideology of its racist, anti-Catholic founder, Margaret Sanger; its abortion centers, often placed in minority areas, kill more than 150,000 American babies every year

FRIDAY, JAN. 25

The Greatest Space Explorer: The Hubble Telescope

The Learning Channel, 9 p.m.

Scientists and astronauts correct the orbiting space telescope's serious initial defects.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26

The Human Edge

National Geographic, 8 p.m.

This week's show studies accident-avoiding “smart cars,” portable defibrillators that bystanders can use to treat heart attack victims and military pilots’ new gravity suits.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.