SUNDAY, OCT. 17
All American Festivals
Food Network, 2:30 p.m.
Everything's big in Alaska, and that includes the king salmon, the halibut and the king crab. We can sample them all, or at least wish we could, as we take this guided tour of the Kodiak Seafood Festival.
MONDAY, OCT. 18
Uncorrupted: The Story of Rose Prince
EWTN, 5 p.m.
Rose Prince (1915-1949), a member of the Carrier Nation, studied and taught at the Lejac Residential Indian School near Fraser Lake, British Columbia. This documentary interviews her associates and notes that she was found incorrupt two years after her death at age 33.
MONDAY, OCT. 18
Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent
PBS, 10:30 p.m.
Because it controlled the gateway to the Great Lakes, Fort Niagara — at the mouth of the Niagara River in Youngstown, N.Y. — was fought over by the French, Indians, British and Americans from the 17th to the 19th centuries. This 30-minute documentary uses archival material, commentary and reenactments to chronicle the fort's exciting history.
TUESDAY, OCT. 19
Designers' Challenge
Home & Garden TV, 3:30 p.m.
Designers look at ways to make the kitchen and den more family-friendly in the home of Steve and Ellen Klinenberg, who have two little girls and a baby on the way.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20
Quest for the Phoenicians
PBS, 9 p.m.
This “National Geographic Special” investigates the ancient seafarers of Phoenicia and their widespread commerce. Explorer Robert Ballard uses a robotic vessel to find shipwrecks, a Spanish archaeologist searches a cave at the bottom of the Rock of Gibraltar, and a geneticist uses DNA to trace the Phoenicians' sphere of influence.
THURSDAY, OCT. 21
Life on the Rock
EWTN, 8 p.m., live
Father Francis Mary's guest is Christopher West, an expert on Pope John Paul II's theology of the body. Re-airs Friday at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. and Sunday at 11 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 22
Classroom: Edgar Allan Poe
A&E, 7 a.m.
This bio of poet and author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) recounts his triumphs and tragedies. In 1845, his book The Raven and Other Poems contained a “Catholic Hymn” with the lines, “In joy and wo(e) — in good and ill — Mother of God, be with me still!”
SATURDAY, OCT. 23
2004 World Series
Fox, 7:30 p.m.
The teams weren't set as of our deadline, but no matter which teams play, you won't want to miss this opening game of baseball's thrilling fall classic.
Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.