All times Eastern

SUNDAY, NOV. 16

Emeril's Thanksgiving With Our Troops

Food Network, 9 p.m.

Chef Emeril Lagasse single-handedly (well, not quite) whips up a much-deserved Thanksgiving dinner for our military personnel at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.

MON.-FRI., NOV. 17-21

Awesome Bible Adventures

EWTN, 4:30 a.m., 6 p.m. daily

Using dramatic action, special effects and teen-age hostess Julie's insights, this show seeks to increase kids’ love for God and the Bible. This week's stories are Noah, Moses and the Commandments, David, Joshua and the Fiery Furnace. Episodes next week, in the same time slots, are Samson, Lot, Moses and the Exodus, The Tower of Babel and The Miracles of Jesus.

TUESDAY, NOV. 18

Nova: Magnetic Storm

PBS, 8 p.m.

Earth's magnetic field has been deteriorating — more in the last 300 years than in the previous 5,000, says geologist John Shaw. This special tracks scientists’ studies into whether the magnetic poles could reverse in a few hundred years and whether Earth's magnetic field could even disappear someday, as happened on Mars long ago. Clues exist in the aurora bore-alis, lava, the iron levels in clay pottery — and special molten salt.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19

Biography: The Home Depot

A&E, 8 p.m.

Arthur Bank and Bernie Marcus opened a warehouse-sized home-products store in 1979. Employee- and customer-friendly policies have helped them expand to 1,500 outlets. Other shows in this week's A&E “Shop Till You Drop Week,” Monday-Thursday, profile the founders of Sears, Macy's and Wal-Mart.

THURSDAY, NOV. 20

Life on the Rock

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Veteran sports reporter and columnist Wally Carew, a Register contributor, discusses Men of Spirit, Men of Sport, his book about his coach-Dad, priest-athletes and Catholic sports legends such as Bob Cousy, Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst and Roger Staubach.

FRIDAY, NOV. 21

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

PBS, 10 p.m.

This special investigates why pre-Columbus Indians in and around this canyon in northwest New Mexico built sites whose locations reflect the cycles of the sun and moon. Some buildings are the size of the Colosseum in Rome. First aired in June 2000.

SATURDAY, NOV. 22

God Touches a Life:

St. Catherine Laboure,

Messenger of Mary Immaculate

EWTN, 8 p.m.

In 1830, the Blessed Mother visited St. Catherine Laboure (1806-1876) in the chapel of the Daughters of Charity on the Rue de Bac in Paris. This special, new on EWTN, tells how Mary Immaculate gave the Miraculous Medal to the world through a novice sister whose role as a messenger remained unknown during her religious life.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.