Here's another off-topic public service announcement. On this Sunday night (and probably the next 3 Sunday nights after), the Discovery Channel is showing their new 11-part PLANET EARTH series. I saw the preview and it looks like a winner. You will need two recording machines and cable or equivalent feeds since it starts at 8pm. This Sunday there will be 3 one hour episodes, Pole to Pole, Mountains and Deept Ocean. I don't know about future Sundays yet. The reviewer of this was ecstatic, labelling it as "brilliant, the most amazing nature series I've ever seen."
Bizarre Foods: Ecuador repeats tonight at 10pm on the Travel Channel. See my post in Maps, Maps, Maps for a description. I highly recommend it as a travelogue, not for the unusual food.
On Thursday, Travel Channel premieres "1000 Places to See Before You Die" with Alaska at 9pm and Italy at 10pm. Newlyweds won a Travel Channel contest and travel the world for 5 months. It could be interesting.