‘Terror’ looks at security vs. freedom
“Winning the War on Terror” (5 and 8 p.m. tonight, CNN) looks at ways that nations around the world have prepared for attacks on their civilians while trying to respect and protect civil liberties.
While many Americans have characterized the war on terror as a new struggle, other nations, including England, Israel and France, have been fighting terrorism for decades.
CNN correspondent David Ensor speaks with foreign leaders and anti-terror experts to see if these other countries’ strategies could, or should, be applied in the United States
Israel is known to target suspected terrorists for assassination.
French prosecutors can detain and question suspects for up to four days without pressing charges, and suspects can be held up to 24 hours without access to legal representation.
Britain has more than a half a million surveillance cameras in public places. These lenses may provide key evidence against suspects in last week’s bombing attacks. But they also remind us that London was the setting of George Orwell’s novel “1984.”
Among those interviewed for this special, Dan Meridor, former Israeli minister of justice, has given much thought to balancing security with civil liberties: Three years in the making, “Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie” (9 p.m. tonight, Discovery HD) commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first atomic bomb, detonated in New Mexico.
“Minding the Store” (10 p.m. Sunday, TBS), tracks the “real life” worries and triumphs of Pauly Shore.
As “Store” makes abundantly clear, Shore is the son of Mitzi and Sammy Shore, the founders of the famous Comedy Store showcase in Los Angeles that helped launched the careers of such giants as Jim Carrey and Robin Williams.
In the immortal words of Johnny Carson, “I did not know that.” I thought Shore had come upon his status as a forgettable comic actor and longtime has-been entirely on his own.
A guilty-pleasure favorite in Britain, the prime-time soap opera “Footballers’ Wives” (9 p.m. Sunday, BBC America) follows the dreams and scheme of the wives, girlfriends and mistresses of British soccer stars. While clearly imported to cash in on the audience for “Desperate Housewives,” “Footballers” lacks the arch, campy dialogue of that ABC hit.
Discovery Channel kicks off its annual Shark Week with a “MythBusters” (9 p.m. Sunday, Discovery) dedicated to examining the truths and legends about sharks perpetrated by the 1975 screen shocker “Jaws.”
Tonight’s highlights
Julie Chen hosts “Big Brother 6” (8 p.m., CBS).
Matthew Broderick stars in the 1998 big-budget monster movie “Godzilla” (8 p.m., NBC).
Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway star in the 2001 fantasy “The Princess Diaries” (8 p.m., ABC).
Scheduled on “48 Hours Mystery” (10 p.m., CBS,): a desperate housewife who stabbed her husband 193 times.
Scheduled on “Dateline” (10 p.m., NBC): a repeat report on a doomed airliner.
A disgraced former TV star struggles for fame as a late-night DJ on the British comedy “I’m Alan Partridge” (11 p.m., BBC America), now entering its second season.
Sunday’s highlights
Repeat reports scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): body armor in Iraq; an easy-to-obtain high-caliber weapon; high-powered executives who opt for motherhood.
Scheduled on “Dateline” (7 p.m., NBC): a conversation with “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling; a new haven for terrorists; a repeat report on a murder at Dartmouth College.
A home for the hearing impaired on a two-hour edition of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (7 p.m., ABC).
A pint-sized hoopster (Bow Wow) vows to play like his idol in the 2002 sports comedy “Like Mike” (8 p.m., WB).
Brad Garrrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) stars in “Gleason” (9 p.m., CBS), the 2002 warts-and-all biography of the “Honeymooners” creator and star.
Sharon Lawrence guest-stars as a PTA tyrant on “Desperate Housewives” (9 p.m., ABC).
A cranky restaurant critic’s last supper on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (9 p.m., NBC).
Matthew Perry hosts the 2005 ESPY Awards (6 p.m., ESPN) honoring the best in sports. Destiny’s Child is scheduled to perform.
Jordan is held hostage on “Crossing Jordan” (10 p.m., NBC).
A nurse is on the receiving end of care on “Grey’s Anatomy” (10 p.m.).