Here are a few programs to look out for in the upcoming week ...

Friday 9 p.m. Carnival in Rio, Travel Channel. The first-ever English telecast of this legendary celebration considered by many to be the greatest party in the world. Girls gone wild indeed.

Sunday 1 p.m. Role Reversal, A&E. Have you ever wondered what it's like to be the opposite sex? In this program, two men and two women come together for an incredible experiment that puts gender stereotypes to the test -- they swap sexes to see for themselves. Isolated from friends and family for a month, they undergo a sexual identity boot camp and learn to speak, act and move as the opposite sex, then go out in public to face a series of difficult social situations. Kind of like what Marilyn Manson does every day.

Sunday 8 p.m. The Ice World, Discovery. This program looks at the dominance of ice -- what effect ice has had on man and his landscape -- as well as forecasts when the next ice age will come. Viewers learn of the different ice ages, visit current glaciated areas to see the effect ice has on the land and glimpse the next inexorably encroaching ice sheet due to envelope current-day New York and Edinburgh. The program also looks at the 17th-Century Ice Age, when the Thames froze over regularly, there were regular Elizbethan Ice Fairs in London and famines in Scotland led people to search for new land in Ireland. They ran out of salt a lot, too, and how come they never plow my village?

Monday 11 p.m. Frank DeCaro's Academy Awards Daily Show Special, Comedy Central. Frank DeCaro -- author, TV Guide consulting editor, New York Times columnist and star of The Daily Show's "Out at the Movies" (it's a pun you know) -- looks at hits and misses among this year's nominees.

NEWS & NOTES: The Real World Las Vegas is out on DVD with "stuff you couldn't see on T.V." Of course, you can't really see it here either, as they pixeled-out the nudity. Boo! ... Carl Reiner might do a one-off reunion of the Dick Van Dyke Show. He's been in touch with the surviving principles.

-- P.F. Wilson

E-mail the editor

Printer-friendly version

personals | cover | news | columns | music | movies | arts | dining | listings | classifieds | mediakit | promotions | home

Further Proof
Dayton production brings award-winning script to real, naturalistic life

Shakespeare Lite
Falcon keeps it fast and noisy

IntercityBeat: Surveying Theater in Indy
Moby The Musical? Maybe.

To Do: Greening of Cincinnati
Plenty of options for celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Wide Angle
Panoramic photos capture Ohio's length and breadth

Bicentennial Commons
Photographer takes a seat-of-the-pants look at Ohio

Getting Inside War
Newport gallery hosts work of pivotal war photographer

Taking Stock
Three sisters reconnect in New Edgecliff production

Pacific Fumblings
Sondheim musical not up to usual Playhouse standards

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc.
Playhouse and Broadway in Cincinnati announce new seasons

Look Here!: Art, Artists, Etc.
Final Fridays the first place to be

	Join the CityBeat Mailing List
	» JOIN NOW