Sundance, 8:00 p.m. ET
Vintage movies usually are the province of TCM, but tonight Sundance fills prime time with two of the most iconic counter-culture films of the Sixties. The action begins at 8 p.m. ET, when Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” plays as Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, playing long-haired bikers carrying drugs and a rebellious attitude, traverse the open American road.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
In 1955, Robert Mitchum made quite an impact in this stark drama, playing a psycho preacher – or so it seems – with LOVE written between the knuckles of one hand, and HATE between the knuckles of the other. You really have to hand it to him: No matter which punch he lands, he gets his message across. And it’s a four-letter word…
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
Part 2 of 3. Last week’s installment looked at how our continent formed. This week’s installment asks, and answers, some of the next logical questions: How did life evolve here, and where, and why? Why, for examples, did dinosaurs congregate in parts of the U.S. the way they did? (I’m talking to you, New Jersey.) For a full review, see
David Sicilia's TV Moneyland. Check local listings.
FX, 10:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s episode is called “Room 33” – and that’s where, in this particular episode, John Lowe (Wes Bentley) has a significant psychotic break. I could use a significant break about now myself. But I digress...
Sundance, 10:00 p.m. ET
Another great movie typifying the rebellious attitude of the Sixties, even though it was released in 1970. Like the movie preceding this one on Sundance’s double feature tonight, Easy Rider, it features a young actor named Jack Nicholson. Here, though, Nicholson is the star, not the sidekick, and plays a wealthy rebel and skilled pianist who goes slumming as an oil-rig worker. Well, it’s not really slumming, if the women you encounter, and embrace, are played by Karen Black (pictured, with Nicholson) and, just before All in the Family, Sally Struthers.