All times Eastern

SUNDAY, MARCH 21

Extreme Makeover:

Home Edition

ABC, 8 p.m.

When Tom and Deirdre McCrory of Costa Mesa, Calif., learn their brood is jumping to five because triplets are on the way, they need to expand their 1,077-square-foot house in a hurry. Makeover experts do the job — and build in child—friendly touches as well.

SUNDAY, MARCH 21

Mini Golf Madness

Travel Channel, 8 p.m.

Each miniature-golf course tends to be one of a kind. This special visits 10 of them and, for good measure, throws in a nine-hole course situated beneath a funeral parlor.

MONDAY, MARCH 22

A Day in Their Lives: World War I Fighter Pilot

History Channel, 6 a.m.

This “Classroom” episode uses historical film footage, re-enactments and modern aerial photography to virtually squeeze us into the cockpit with a young American volunteer in Britain's RAF over Amiens, France, on a typical day of combat, Aug. 23, 1918.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23

NOVA: Mysterious

Mummies of China

PBS, 8 p.m.

Mummies from the Central Asian Takla Makan desert of China are more than 3,000 years old — and Caucasian. They have long, braided reddish-blond hair and blue eyes, and the grown-ups are more than 6 feet tall. First aired in January 1998. Advisory: This show is TV-PG because some of the mummies bear evident signs of human sacrifice.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24

Passion in Jerusalem

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

This 30-minute special takes us to modern-day Jerusalem and immerses us in the Holy Week observances there.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24

Secrets of the Humpback Whale

Discovery Channel, 5 p.m.

These whales travel 3,000 miles as they migrate from Hawaii to Alaska.

THURSDAYS

Figures Around the Cross: A Lenten Journey

Familyland TV, 1:30 p.m.

Father William Maestri of the Archdiocese of New Orleans helps us deepen our Lenten meditation with his programs on the life of Christ, the Blessed Mother and the Passion.

FRIDAY, MARCH 26

Lost Liners, Part I

PBS, 10 p.m.

This two-part documentary from Partisan Pictures covers the disasters that befell the Titanic, the Empress of Ireland and the Lusitania between 1912 and 1915. Part II is next Friday, April 2, at 10 p.m. First aired in July 2000.

SATURDAY, MARCH 27

Automobiles

History Channel, 8 a.m.

The very popular Volkswagen “Beetle,” created by the renowned automobile designer Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1952) in the 1930s — the original design, not the trendy New Beetle — was produced even into the 21st century.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.