Public Television, Check local listings
This week’s new edition is all about the winds of change – literally. It’s called “Hurricanes, Capitalism and Democracy,” and features, in one segment, Naomi Klein discussing climate change and capitalism. In another segment, Trevor Potter analyzes the true impact of “big money,” the Super PACs and such, on the 2012 election. Important questions – and the answers, my friend, are blowing in the wind. The answers are blowing in the wind. To find where and when the program runs in your area, check the
Moyers & Company website.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
David Lean directed, and Peter O’Toole starred in, this widescreen 1962 historical epic, set in lands that, though with different names, figure prominently in today’s international conflicts and history. O’Toole cuts an accurately flamboyant figure as T.E. Lawrence, and costars include Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
The Observers now know that the Fringe team – what’s left of it – is more powerful and threatening than they had, uh, Observed. And tonight, the freedom fighters of the future (or is that for the future?) instigate their own Fringe event. And if they can indeed affect the future, then anything is possible – except, I suppose, avoiding this series’ scheduled cancellation.
Cinemax, 10:00 p.m. ET
Sam (Melissa George) didn’t die last week, but she could have – and that’s the point the guy who didn’t kill her was trying to make, as he now insists he’s on her side. But in a show so steeped in paranoia, Sam doesn’t even know which side she’s on. Or, at least, whom she can trust among those already on it.
HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: End of Season 10. Last show of the year features Eric Idle as the opening interview guest. And on the panel, guests include David Frum and Michael Moore, whose respective vocal viewpoints ought to be especially combustible – but capable of giving off light as well as heat.