A respectable banker and father has succeeded in keeping a dark secret from his family: He was once
A respectable banker and father has succeeded in keeping a dark secret from his family: He was once the lead singer of a popular '80s metal band. Participating in a reunion performance could help him pay for his children's education, but can he pull it off without revealing his past to his family? See how he does it in "Pop Rocks" (8 p.m., ABC Family).
On his sixth day trapped inside Utah's Blue John Canyon, Aron Ralston knew what he had to do to survive: He had to cut off his own arm, which was pinned by an 800-pound boulder. A remarkable story about an extraordinary man, "Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon" (8 p.m., NBC) airs on "Dateline NBC" as Tom Brokaw and Ralston visit the canyon.
Four film students at New York University are followed in this new 10-episode reality series, "Film School" (10:30 p.m., IFC) as they struggle to make their thesis films. Fund raising is among the big problems they face, and the typical student is said to be $65,000 in debt by graduation.
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