What to watch instead

So you've decided to bypass The Path to 9/11 and you're not into football -- or you ARE into football, but you realize that ESPN is owned by ABC/Disney. What are you going to watch instead?

Here, courtesy of Your Humble Blogger and Entertainment Weekly, are some suggestions:

SUNDAY

8-9 PM (ET): In the Footsteps of Bin Laden, CNN. A repeat of an August presentation, in which a Real Journalist, Christiane Amanpour, does an actual news analysis of Osama Bin Laden. This diary at Daily Kos by someone who saw this the first time is quite disconcerting.

9-9:30 (ET): Take a laugh break and watch Family Guy on =gak= Fox.

9:30-10 (ET): Pee and snack break

10-11 (ET): The Wire, HBO. I've never gotten into this series, but the advance reviews for this new season, which is practically a new story, are so good I may try again.


MONDAY

7-8:05 PM (ET): Brothers Lost: Stories of 9/11, HBO. A documentary by Sean McGinley profiling 31 men who lost a sibling on 9/11. Just a reminder amidst all the political bullshit that there are still real families out there who are still suffering from their loss that day.

8-9 PM (ET): To decompress a bit, catch The Miracle of Stairway B, a REAL documentary on The History Channel.

9-10 PM (ET): America Rebuilds, Part II: Return to Ground Zero, a REAL documentary on PBS.

10-11 PM (ET): Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11, a REAL documentary narrated by ex-NYC firefighter Steve Buscemi