All times Eastern

SUNDAY, MAY 16

Historic Homes of Miami

Home & Garden TV, 5 p.m.

Some stops on this tour of historic homes and architectural milestones are Ralph Munroe's Barnacle House from the 1880s, James Deering's Vizcaya palace, Mediterranean homes from the 1950s and a 1980s home in five shades of pink.

MONDAY, MAY 17

Super Saints

EWTN, 9 p.m.

Bob and Penny Lord travel to Spain to acquaint us with St. Pascal Baylon (1540-1592), a shepherd and later a Franciscan lay brother from Aragon, on his feast day. A great lover of the Blessed Sacrament, he once defended the Real Presence from a Calvinist preacher in France so well that a mob of Huguenots tried to kill him.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19

Future Car

PBS, 8 p.m.

In this Scientific American Frontiers episode, host Alan Alda visits automotive research labs in the United States and overseas to learn about trends in car design.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19

Secrets of the Dead: D-Day

PBS, 9 p.m.

As the 60th anniversary of the allied invasion of continental Europe on June 6, 1944, approaches, this two-hour special recalls that epochal day by marshaling veterans’ first-person accounts, archival film, reenactments and even test runs of a replica of the Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) amphibious tank created especially for the invasion.

THURSDAY, MAY 20

The Most

History Channel, 7 a.m.

Two of the major topics covered in this wide-ranging episode are attacks against the U.S. mainland and infamous prisons such as the Soviets’ Kolyma death camp in Siberia.

FRIDAY, MAY 21

Classroom: National History Day

History Channel, 6 a.m.

What's your IQ in American history? Watch these students display their knowledge as they compete at the local, regional and national levels.

SATURDAY, MAY 22

From Martha's Kitchen: Memorial Day

Food Network, noon

As Memorial Day (observed May 31) approaches, perhaps you're thinking of going to Mass for our war dead at your local cemetery or attending a veterans’ ceremony. You might be contemplating a picnic, too. If so, these recipes for crispy-crunchy fried chicken, confetti slaw and apple fennel slaw will fit right in with your day.

SATURDAY, MAY 22

Food Finds: Sweet Charity

Food Network, 3 p.m.

The food and restaurant industries tend to be generous to food banks and other charities. Examples in this show include Mickey Mantle's Restaurant in New York City and Tamale Molly's, which donates its profits to a food bank in Santa Fe, N.M.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.