THIS WEEK’S TOP TV TIPS
SUNDAY
Killing Kennedy It’s that time of year again, and in recognition of the 50th anniVersary of the shooting of John F. Kennedy, there haVe been more programs about the death than usual. Tonight, the docudrama Version of the bestselling book by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and historian
Martin Dugard is the backdrop to this film that follows the twin trajectories of Kennedy (played by Rob Lowe) and Lee Harvey
Oswald prior to the eVents that day in Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Ginnifer Goodwin ( Once Upon a Time) costars as Jacqueline Kennedy, and Will Rothhaar plays Oswald.
National Geographic Mighty Ships It is the seVenth season premiere of this series that giVes Viewers an unprecedented access to some of the world’s most extraordinary Vessels. Tonight’s two-part premiere features the Nor
wegian Breakaway, one of the most dynamic and innoVatiVe cruise ships around. Part one looks as the ship’s first Voyage and part two goes behind the scenes to Germany to follow the months-long construction of the ship.
Discovery Channel
MONDAY
28 Heroes
Another anniVersary: 2013 marked the 60th anniVersary of the end of the Korean War. Told in the first person by Korean War Vet Lt. Ed
Mastronardi, this documentary brings to life the harrowing exploits of a 28-man Canuck platoon that fought to hold its Vulnerable outpost in the face of repeated attacks from a full battalion of Chinese forces (some 800 men). That they held on long enough to arrange a precision mortar attack that enabled the surViVors to escape is miraculous.
History The Daily Planet Tonight marks the beginning of the science show’s week-long Race To … Be
First, which follows some of the fastest, deepest, biggest, coldest, tiniest and craziest attempts to break a record and make history. Among other things it follows Canada’s Mike Riddle as he pushes to be the first Olympic Gold Medallist in the Olympics edgiest new sport – halfpipe skiing; and Hollywood heartthrob Dax
Shepard as he goes all out in Lamborghini’s Super Trofeo series; plus Austin
Coulson with the smallest street-legal car and 2014 Guinness World Record holder Fabio Reggiani’s giant ridable motorcycle.
Discovery
TUESDAY
Garage Sale Mystery Based on a noVel by Suzi
Weinart, this new made-forTV moVie follows garage-sale junky Jennifer Shannon ( Lori
Loughlin) who begins to suspect that the string of robberies in her town and its multiple garage sales are somehow connected. With the help of Det. Adam IVerson ( Andrew Dunbar), they discoVer the garage sale regulars may be behind not only the robberies but a murder.
Bravo
WEDNESDAY
Dragons’ Den: Student Special Edition Show regular Kevin O’Leary funded this new enterprise highlighting the entrepreneurial achieVements of 10 students in grades 11 and 12 with $50,000 from his first-eVer photo exhibit in Toronto. The first winner of the Future Dragon Fund Contest will be announced in tonight’s show; other winners will be reVealed weekly through mid-March, with each of the students receiVing $5,000 to pursue a project of their choice.
CBC
THURSDAY
Nature of Things
David Suzuki puts himself under scrutiny in a new doc inVestigating Alzheimer’s Disease. Suzuki’s mother, aunt and two uncles all died from the disease and he is naturally concerned about his own chances. With a new case deVeloping eVery 69 seconds scientists are now talking about an Alzheimer’s epidemic. Suzuki takes what is called the Virtual Dementia Tour to find out how his family members suffered.
CBC