Ancient Television

Not too much on television in the summertime.  

Last night, on the SciFi show "Scariest Places on Earth", they explored the curse of the Roman gladiators in the coliseum.  The Roman gladiator part was actually a small part of it.  I recorded it so luckily I can fast forward through the irrelevant parts.  It's one of those shows where they take an infrared camera and follow people around in the dark as they pretend to be scared.

Tonight, at 10 PM on TCM, they're showing "Down to Earth" staring Rita Hayworth as Terpsichore, one of the nine muses.  She comes down to Earth to star in a Broadway production.  Yeah.

On Tuesday, the 22nd, the History Channel is reconstructing the seige of Troy on Ancient Discoveries at 9 PM.  I think I saw it last year, but I'm going to watch it again.  Ancient Discoveries is also exploring the underwater ruins of the ancient Roman navy.  I watched that last year too, but it wasn't nearly as interesting as it sounded.  See, the ships in the Roman navy were made of wood, and when wood is submerged in water for a long time....  Anyway.

That's all my Tivo could find.  I'll try again in August.