Dinosaur TV Week

[Larry Dunn <majestic_cheese@yahoo.com>]

Here are some highlights of U.S. national television
programming concerning dinosaurs, extinct and extant,
other prehistoric animals and evolution, from high art
to low trash and (hopefully) back again, all times
Eastern (check local listings to confirm):

Monday, August 23

AMC, 12:30am
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
Dinosaur swims to Coney Island.

TLC, 9:00pm (rebroadcast midnight, and Sunday at
1:00pm)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
(This is either a new documentary series on dinosaurs
or a repackaged old series.)
"Ground Zero"
Seeking the remains of a 250 million year-old predator
in South America.

TLC 10:00pm (rebroadcast 1:00am, and Sunday at 2:00pm)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
"The Real Jurassic Park"
Montana -- _T. rex_ and more.

Tuesday, August 24

PBS, 8:00pm (time and day may vary)
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
Fish-eating birds.

TLC, 9:00pm (rebroadcast midnight, and Sunday at
3:00pm)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
"The Land that Time Forgot"
Apparently about Mokele Mobombe.  Jeepers.

TLC 10:00pm (rebroadcast 1:00am, and Sunday at 4:00pm)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
"At the Ends of the Earth"
Dinosaurs in Australia.

Wednesday, August 25

TLC, 9:00pm (rebroadcast midnight, and Sunday at
5:00pm)
When Dinosaurs Ruled
"Birth of the Giants"
Tim Mara purchases the franchise for $500 in 1925, and
the rest is history.  Oh, wait ... actually about a
French paleontologist looking at a dinosaur nest site.

Thursday, August 26

Discovery Channel, 9:00pm (rebroadcast mignight, and
Saturday at 5:00pm)
Science Mysteries
"Monsters of the Lake"
Debunking sea monster myths.

ABC-TV, 10:00pm
Nightline in Primetime
Includes segment on the Cahow Bird, whatever that is.

Friday, August 27

TRAVEL Channel, 9:00am
Travels with Mom
"Southern Alberta: Cowboys and Dinosaurs"
The official Dinosaur TV Week program of the new
millenium.

Discover the fun of plesiomorphy,

===
Larry

"I've been ionized, but I'm okay now."

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