‘Madness’ looks at prince
“The Madness of Prince Charles” (9 p.m. today, WE) takes a glib and irreverent look at the Prince of Wales and heir to the British crown. The “Madness” in question is Charles’ habit of making controversial statements about architecture, medicine and religion.
A British-produced documentary about a foreign monarch, this shouldn’t be of too much interest or concern to Americans, except that it champions the triumph of gossip-driven stupidity and a kind of tabloid tyranny to which we are not immune.
With the holidays breathing down our necks, the Hallmark Channel moves into high sentimentality mode. John Newton (“Desperate Housewives”) stars in “The Christmas Card” (9 p.m., Hallmark). He’s a soldier stationed in Afghanistan who receives an unsigned Christmas card.
“Godspeed to Jamestown” (8 p.m. today, History) documents efforts to build a replica of the original Godspeed, the ship that carried 52 men and boys from England to the Jamestown colony in Virginia in the year 1607.
Noah Wyle returns to the role of a swashbuckling know-it-all in the fantastic comic-book sequel “The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines” (8 p.m. Sunday, TNT). A rollicking, tongue-in-cheek composite of “Indiana Jones,” “Romancing the Stone” and dozens of pulp adventure novels, “The Librarian” enhances its thin and easy-to-follow plot with elaborate visual tricks and special effects.
The “Big in ‘06 Awards” (9 p.m. Sunday, VH1) glances back at the best, worst and weirdest in the year’s pop culture and gossip.
Tonight’s highlights
“True Hollywood Story” (5 p.m., E!) looks at online nightmares.
Scheduled on “Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC,): a Florida gang’s homicide spree.
College football action (5 p.m., ABC).
Sunday’s highlights
Three American teens span the globe in search of environmental hotspots in the 90-minute special “A Year on Earth” (6 p.m., Discovery Kids).
Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Netflix founder Reed Hastings; a survivor of Rwanda’s genocide; classical pianist Gabriela Montero.
Denver hosts Seattle on “Sunday Night Football” (8 p.m., NBC).