TV Barn's TV picks for Aug. 28

After her days as Flo on "Alice" (and its spin-off), Polly Holliday adopted a robot child named ...?

A) Karol
B) Keith
C) Kilroy
D) Konrad
E) Data

[If our humor does not compute, abort the column and head straight to the bottom for the answer.]

TV Barn's TV Picks for Monday, August 28, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings

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Aaron Barnhart recaps last night's Emmy Awards at tvbarn.com.

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11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
U.S. Open tennis coverage begins on USA.

7 p.m.
"Making a Name for Yourself" (History): "Richard Branson: The Top of the World"
"Ed, Edd 'n Eddy" (Cartoon)

7:30 p.m.
"Hotwyred" (BET)

8 p.m.
Brian Williams pretends the nation still cares in "Hurricane Katrina: The Long Road Back: Please Don't Watch Prison Break" (NBC).

The parents of "Kyle XY" (ABC Family; season finale, after a season 1 marathon starting at 11 a.m.) arrive to take him back to Krypton ... or do they?

Meanwhile, back at Fox River, the guards and warden have to answer for their ineptitude in the "Prison Break" (Fox).

"Inside" (Court): "Prison Gangs"
Preseason football (ESPN): Green Bay at Cincinnati
"Fashion Police: The 2006 Emmy Awards" (E!)

8:30 p.m.
"Robert and Theresa" (IFC)

8:45 p.m.
"Four Simple Rules" (IFC)

9 p.m.
It seems the man accused of a crime he didn't commit actually did the deed, leaving "The Closer" (TNT) to find the fiend and his next victim. Brought to you by Homeland Security: marginally better on the whole than FEMA.

Because five theories in the pilot weren't enough, there are even more directions to search as to why the senator's wife "Vanished" (Fox).

"History Detectives" (PBS) kills the electric car.

"Helen's War: Portrait of a Dissident" (Sundance) follows Dr. Helen Caldicott's campaign against nuclear arms.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY PETE AND MY REPEAT
"The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards" (Bravo) repeats as well and as often as a burrito from El Pollo Loco.

She's meeting her late husband's "Circle of Friends" (Lifetime), which includes his murderer.

Will "Falcon Beach" (ABC Family; season finale) see you in September or lose you to a summer love?

The "101 Guiltiest Guilty Pleasures" (E!) will be counted down all this week.

"Triple Cross: Bin Laden's Spy in America" (National Geographic)
"Driving Force" (A&E)
"Lost Worlds" (History): "Churchill's Secret Bunkers"
"Biker Build-Off" (Discovery): Kevin Alsop vs. Ivy Trosclair
"Stars' First Jobs" (TV Guide)
"WWE Monday Night RAW" (Sci Fi -- Yes, that's right, Sci Fi. Okay, you can also catch it after tennis at 11 on USA.)

9:30 p.m.
"North Mission Road" (Court)

10 p.m.
"Life on Mars" (BBC America) takes hostages.

"Gene Simmons Family Jewels" (A&E) "sexercises"! A&E is a little more E than A.

Can the crew be "Saved" (TNT) from a negligence suit? Maybe. Depends on whether they've been renewed.

Fat camp, the Nation of Islam, plumbing problems, puberty and bean pies are all growing like "Weeds" (Showtime).

"Sleep Well, Drive Carefully: On the Road With Death Cab for Cutie" (Starz Cinema)
"TransGeneration Reunion" (Sundance)
"Lam Son 719" (Military)
"Secrets of the Great Plague" (Discovery Health)
"One Week to Save Your Marriage" (TLC)
"Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat" (MTV)

10:30 p.m.
"MTV Cribs" (MTV)

11 p.m.
"Lovespring International" (Lifetime)

12:30 a.m.
"Shin Chan" (Cartoon)

BABY, TALK TO ME
* Spike Lee and Xavier University president Norman Francis weigh their opinions with Charlie.
* Dave is thrilled by a motocross demonstration with Travis Pastrana and a performance from Baby Gramps.
* Jay Leno is chilled by David Spade, Eva Mendes and Zero 7 with Jose Gonzalez.

ABOUT A BOY
The Stepford/Pinocchio-esque D) "Konrad," costarring Ned Beatty and Max Wright, launched the PBS family movie series "WonderWorks."

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Comments

[Jerri Naquin]

I agree that we all need to remember how the Government failed to help citizens of their own country in a time of a crisis. I still can't belive as I watch on television tonight, to see those people suffer like they did and to know that the government could of did a better job of getting food, water, medical attention, etc to those in need. I don't care what anybody says,somebody could of did something for those people. The Government should be ashamed for the way things were handle because I know I am ashamed for them. I live just below New Orleans and just to think that it could of been me, makes me buckle to my knees and cry. I have faith that one day New Orleans will overcome this, but it will take a while. People were mentally and phyiscally abused in my eyes, it is just sad to me how the government didn't see what was happening hours after hours. No matter what the can never repay those people for the hurt they went through because of their wrong doings. I don't feel it was a racial situation, I belive it was just lack of intrest of wanting to know what was really happening to the citizens of the United States. They didn't want to deal with it, they didn't know how to deal with, it was all too much for them. But these people had to deal with it. God Bless New Orleans and make it a home again for all the people who belong to it. God Bless our Government so that they have learned from this and help them to care for their own country as much as they care for others.