SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY Television specials
Sunday, August 20, 2006 It's likely that few TV channels will escape some mention of Sept. 11 in the next month. Here's a look at some of what's been scheduled: "Camp 9/11: Children of Hope," 8 p.m. tonight, TLC. Follows seven children at a camp for youngsters who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 attacks. "On Native Soil," 10 p.m. Monday, Court TV. Two-hour documentary detailing the findings of the 9/11 Commission report. Narrated by Kevin Costner and Hilary Swank. "In the Footsteps of Bin Laden," 9 p.m. Wednesday, CNN. One-hour special in which Christiane Amanpour interviews people who've encountered Osama bin Laden at various points in his life, from childhood through near-present day, and offers up some chilling speculation about what he might be planning to do next. "Inside 9/11," 7 p.m. Aug. 27, National Geographic Channel. Updated rebroadcast of the channel's 2005 miniseries. "Final Report: Osama's Escape," 10 p.m. Aug. 29, National Geographic Channel. Looks at how Osama bin Laden has so far managed to avoid being captured or killed. "What Really Happened Inside the Twin Towers," 9 p.m. Sept. 3, Discovery. Timeline of 102 minutes between the time Flight 11 struck the North Tower and that tower's collapse. "Nova: Building on Ground Zero," 8 p.m. Sept. 5, PBS . Looks at the engineering investigation of towers' collapse and what it means to the building that will go up in their place. "Five Years Later: How Safe Are We?" 10 p.m. Sept. 6, CBS. CBS News anchor Katie Couric hosts special looking at homeland security. "The Path to 9/11," 8 p.m. Sept. 10 and 11, ABC. Four-hour miniseries dramatizing the findings of the 9/11 Commission report, beginning with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Harvey Keitel stars as FBI agent John O'Neill, who'd been involved in the war on terror as early as that first bombing and who died in one of the towers on Sept. 11. "9/11," 8 p.m. Sept. 10, CBS. Rebroadcast of the two-hour film by Jules and Gedeon Naudet and former firefighter James Hanlon, with updated interviews of some participants. Film, which has aired twice before, will include warnings about content and language, but, according to the Hollywood Reporter, it will not eliminate the language that nowadays risks a much heftier fine should the FCC decide after the fact that it constituted indecency. "America Rebuilds II: Foundations of Freedom," 9 p.m. Sept. 11, PBS. Looks at the rebuilding of the PATH station under the World Trade Center and the controversies that have erupted around the building of a Sept. 11 memorial and the rebuilding at Ground Zero. Narrated by "Law & Order: SVU's" Mariska Hargitay. "Koenig's Sphere," 9 p.m. Sept. 11, Sundance Channel. Looks at what happened to a piece of sculpture that used to stand between the World Trade Center towers. "Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11," 10 p.m. Sept. 11, Sundance Channel. TV premiere of film narrated by actor — and former New York firefighter — Steve Buscemi that looks at the cases of Ground Zero first responders who were exposed to burning toxins at the site. "September 11," 11 p.m. Sept. 11, Sundance Channel. Television premiere of a group of short films by directors from 11 different countries. "Frontline: Return of the Taliban," 9 p.m. Oct. 3, PBS. News-magazine report on what's happening in the area "long suspected of harboring Osama bin Laden." "Frontline: The Enemy Within," 9 p.m. Oct. 10, PBS. Looks at whether the U.S. is better prepared to withstand a terrorist attack than it was five years ago. — Philadelphia Daily News