SUNDAY

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Sports

Little League Baseball. Championship game (ESPN at noon; Channel 7, 3:30).

Major League Baseball. Washington at Atlanta (MASN at 1); Tampa Bay at Baltimore (Channel 50, 1:30); Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (ESPN at 8).

Auto Racing. The Montreal Grand Prix (Channel 4, 1:30).

Golf. Final round of the Bridgestone Invitational (Channel 9, 2:30); final round of the LPGA Championship for Children (ESPN2 at 3); the U.S. Amateur (Channel 4 at 4).

Mayoral Debate

Live from the George Washington University, a debate among the five D.C. mayoral candidates, moderated by WMAL's Chris Core (Channel 50 at 7 p.m.).

Public Affairs

Fox News Sunday. A discussion of the Gulf Coast one year after Hurricane Katrina with Don Powell, federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding, and New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas; Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) assesses international military conflicts; and an interview with Revolution CEO and Chairman Steve Case (Channel 5 at 9 a.m.).

This Week. A discussion of Katrina with former FEMA head Michael Brown, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Don Powell, federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding; plus Bill Nye the Science Guy talks about Pluto's downgrade (Channel 7 at 9 a.m.).

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly reports on the role religious groups have played in rebuilding churches and homes across the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina (Channel 32 at 9 a.m.).

The Chris Matthews Show. Topics are the Democrats' hopes for the midterm elections and John McCain's latest statements on Iraq; with Newsweek's Howard Fineman, the New York Times's Elisabeth Bumiller, Time's Michael Duffy and MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell (Channel 4 at 10 a.m.).

Inside Washington. The gang discusses the mounting pressure to withdraw from Iraq, the threat of a nuclear Iran and Sen. George Allen's apologies (Channel 7 at 10 a.m.).

Reliable Sources assesses the JonBenet Ramsey case with Steve Friedman of CBS News and Mark Jurkowitz of the Project for Excellence in Journalism; the New York Times's Sharon Waxman and the Hollywood Reporter's Ray Richmond talk Tom Cruise; and former presidential press secretaries Mark McKinnon and Joe Lockhart plug their new Web site (CNN at 10 a.m.).

Meet the Press interviews New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and FEMA Director R. David Paulison on the first anniversary of Katrina; plus, a panel discussion with Bloomberg News's Al Hunt, the Chicago Sun-Times's Robert Novak, the National Review's Kate O'Beirne and The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson (Channel 4, 10:30 a.m.).

Capital Sunday. Walter Isaacson of the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the New Orleans Times-Picayune's Bill Walsh discuss the one-year anniversary of Katrina; plus, a discussion of a military "backdoor draft" with Maj. Gen. William Nash and The Washington Post's Thomas Ricks and a fall weather preview with WJLA's Doug Hill (Channel 7, 10:30 a.m.).

Face the Nation asks if America is ready for another major hurricane; with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) and FEMA Director R. David Paulison (Channel 9, 10:30 a.m.).

The Inner Loop profiles legendary D.C. musician Chuck Brown (Channel 50, 10:30 a.m.).

Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer interviews Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki; Sens. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) debate the Middle East; and a discussion of Hurricane Katrina with Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) and Donald Powell, federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding (CNN at 11 a.m.).

John McLaughlin's One on One. With Joel Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams, authors of "The View From the Center of the Universe" (Channel 4 at noon; NewsChannel 8 at 9).

Q&A. With Peter Galbraith, author of "The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End" (C-SPAN at 8 and 11).

Public Broadcasting

Mystery! Murder Room. Martin Shaw returns as poet/detective Adam Dalgliesh in the latest adaptation of P.D. James's tale; when Neville Dupayne is found dead on the grounds of his family's museum, the staff notices that the murder resembles one from the museum's own chilling exhibition (Channels 22 and 26 at 9).

Newsmagazine

60 Minutes interviews New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (Channel 9 at 7).

Prime-Time Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2004) Johnny Depp stars in the original movie based on the Disney ride of the same name (Channel 7 at 7).

Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards. Conan O'Brien hosts the 58th annual ceremony honoring television's best (Channel 4 at 8). TV Guide Channel begins its five-hour pre-Emmy coverage at 3 p.m., while E! starts its pre-game show at 4 p.m.

Cable Season Finales

Deadwood. The camp turns out to vote but the election may already have been decided, and Langrishe ponders his future in Deadwood (HBO at 9).

Entourage. The guys weigh new opportunities based on Drama's new "point" system, while Ari desperately tries to save the Ramones project (HBO at 10).

Lucky Louie. Kim comes to the realization that she hates Louie and decides to move out (HBO, 10:30).

Cable Special

Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge. In the latest episode of the ongoing series following four teenagers' attempts to get healthy, the participants kick their exercise routine into high gear (Nickelodeon, 8:30).