All times Eastern

SUNDAY, MAY 5

Homes of the Gold Rush

Home & Garden TV, 5 p.m.

This one-hour special tours seven homes of successful Forty-Niners, prospectors who struck it rich in the California Gold Rush of 1849. Some of the houses are back east, built by miners who saved up their earnings and then went home.

SUNDAY, MAY 5

NBC's 75th Anniversary Special

NBC, 8 p.m.

In this three-hour black tie event from NBC's Studio 8-H in New York City, the “peacock network” will salute its favorite shows, reunite stars and present dignitaries. Advisory: Any broad survey such as this might include non-edifying moments.

MONDAY, MAY 6

The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Celebration

CBS, 10 p.m.

The beloved stars Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows have gone to their eternal reward, but their early TV sitcom characters, portly New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden and his wife Alice, live on in specials like this one. CBS says it will show never-beforeseen footage, as well as digitally re-mastered clips from episodes never re-shown after their original air dates in the 1950s. Also promised: Film of Audrey Meadows’ first appearance as Alice, in 1952, and commentary by co-stars Art Carney and Joyce Randolph, who played the Kramdens’ best friends, Ed and Trixie Norton.

TUESDAY, MAY 7

Favorite Stars Then and Now: An E! Entertainment Television Special

ABC, 9 p.m.

This “scrapbook on video” will bring back lots of TV memories.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

The Police Car

History Channel, 7 a.m.

Little children love to play with toy police cars — but grownups, too, are fascinated with the real vehicles and their design, equipment and lore.

THURSDAY, MAY 9

Life on the Rock

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Jeff Cavins hosts Mary Beth Bonacci of Real Love Productions. A popular columnist, speaker, author and producer of videos, she is an effective promoter of chastity and the right to life. To be rebroadcast Friday at 10 p.m., Saturday at 1 a.m. and Sunday at 11 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 10

Great Lakes:

Secret Playground of the USA

Travel, 8 p.m.

Explore some of the world's greatest natural wonders and discover their rich recreational and vacation opportunities.

SATURDAY, MAY 11

Fatima: Altars of the World

EWTN, 8 p.m.

This new hour-long documentary tells the history of Our Lady of Fatima and explains the Blessed Virgin's message of conversion, repentance, reparation and prayer. To be rebroadcast Tuesday at 3 a.m., Wednesday at 11 a.m. and Thursday at 1 p.m.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.