Weekly TV Picks
All times Eastern
by DANIEL J. ENGLER
MAY, VARIOUS DATES
Cruising America's Waterways
PBS; check local listings for time
In a 13-part series that debuts this month, singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards and two of his friends travel by boat along some of America's prettiest and most interesting rivers, lakes, canals and coastal areas.
SUNDAY, MAY 13
Our Lady of Fatima
EWTN
Apparitions at Fatima, at 3 a.m. and 8 p.m., conveys Our Lady's everurgent message of conversion and reparation. Fr. Apostoli: Our Lady in Scripture and Tradition, at 10 a.m., discusses Fatima. Fatima, at 11:30 a.m., depicts Pope John Paul II's trip to Fatima to thank Our Lady for saving his life. The cartoon The Day the Sun Danced, at 7 p.m., is CCC (Creative Communication Center) of America's faithful retelling of the events at Fatima.
TUESDAY, MAY 15
Secrets of Lost Empires
PBS; check local listings for time
“Medieval Siege,” the first episode in a new three-part series on successive Tuesdays, features a team of historians, engineers and timber framers who try to build an improved trebuchet (itself an improvement on ancient catapults) to sling 250-lb. boulders.
TUES.-WED., MAY 15-16
History's Mysteries: Cliff Mummies of the Andes
History Channel, 8 p.m.
In this two-part show, scientists gain detailed insights into the lives, culture and beliefs of ancient Andean peoples by studying their mummies and burial sites.
THURSDAY, MAY 17
Andy Griffith
Retrospective Special
The Learning Channel, 3 p.m.
Andy and his cast and crew from “The Andy Griffith Show” recall the fun they had in making their beloved small-town-America comedy series, which ran from 1960 to 1968.
FRIDAY, MAY 18
Celebrate
Pope John Paul II's Birthday!
EWTN
In Be Not Afraid: Twenty Years of John Paul II, at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m., Raymond Arroyo interviews the Pope's biographer, George Weigel, and a childhood friend. Pope John Paul II: Conscience of the World, at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., covers the Pope's calls for justice. The Personalism of John Paul II, in two parts (2 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.), examines the Pope's philosophy. John Paul II and the Sick: The Value of Suffering, at 2:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., shows the Holy Father with sick people on his journeys.
SATURDAYS
Handyma'am with Beverly DeJulio
PBS; check local listings for time
In this series, Beverly DeJulio and her daughters Angel and Christine demonstrate how everyone can do home maintenance, improvement and decorating projects. Their topics range from home-office design to picking the right trees for your yard.
SATURDAY, MAY 19
The Preakness Stakes
NBC, 5 p.m.
Many of this year's top thoroughbreds compete in another leg of the thrilling Triple Crown races, this one in Baltimore.
Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.
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- May 13-19, 2001