All times Eastern

SUNDAY, OCT. 21

Celebrating Autumn

Home & Garden, 5 p.m.

Make a kettle of popcorn, get some hot apple cider and enjoy this premiere show as it tours Missouri pumpkin festivals, Vermont's gorgeous forest vistas and Appalachia's best spots for viewing wildlife in the fall.

MONDAY, OCT. 22

After the Game

A&E, 8 p.m.

Once their skills fade or career-ending injuries strike, pro athletes must move into “the rest of their lives.” This “Biography Close-Up” looks at the transitions of Zina Garrison, Wayne Gretzky, Art Heyman, Bo Jackson, James Rodney Richard and Alan Page.

MONDAY, OCT. 22

The Journey Home

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Host Marcus Grodi interviews Mark Gordon, the son of a Baptist minister, about how he became a Catholic and what the faith means to him now.

TUESDAY, OCT. 23

Fat Kids

A&E, 10 p.m.

This hour-long “Investigative Reports” says the number of over-weight children in the United States has nearly tripled since 1963. The show probes nutritional and emotional factors, examines medical consequences and suggests ways to remedy the problem.

THURSDAY, OCT. 25

Inventions of War

History Channel, 10 p.m.

War-related research and development has sparked inventions with peacetime uses, such as atomic power, cell phones, hair spray, microwaves and Spam.

FRIDAY, OCT. 26

All American Marvels

History Channel, 8 p.m.

Every Friday night this new series visits an American landmark and highlights its construction. This week's feature is the Statue of Liberty, or, as the poet Emma Lazarus unforgettably called her, “A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.” The noble monument to our God-given liberty was built in Paris, 1877-1884, and in New York harbor, 1884-1886. (In future shows: The Golden Gate Bridge and the Empire State Building.)

FRIDAY, OCT. 26

The World Over

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Host Raymond Arroyo interviews Father Elias Mallon, director of the Center for Multifaith Education in New York, about Islam's history and tenets. The two also discuss Catholic initiatives toward Islam today. To be rebroadcast on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 27

World Series, Game One

Fox, 7:30 p.m.

“I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,” the mighty slugger Babe Ruth, a Catholic, once said. The Babe always wore his heart on his sleeve, especially for baseball. Millions of fans everywhere will be doing the same as this year's best-of-seven-games duel between the American and National League champions begins. (As of deadline, the teams were not determined.)

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.