With the cooperation of wife Nancy and children Patti, Ron and Michael, the documentary Ronald Reagan: A Legacy Remembered looks at personal aspects of the 40th president along with his public career. Others interviewed include top officials from the Reagan era, including James Baker, George Shultz and Casper Weinberger.
The program airs tonight at 9 on the History Channel.
At a glance
Primetime: Special Edition (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WJLA, Channel 7) -- In an episode called "Trapped," the news show takes on a Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook bent, examining how fast a building can fill with smoke and how to escape, how to get out of a submerged vehicledown and submerged and how to get out of a locked car trunk, among others. (WMAR, Channel 2, is telecasting a local football game, Battle of Baltimore: Championship Game). ABC.
Erin Brockovich (8 p.m.-11 p.m., WBAL, Channel 11) -- Julia Roberts stars in this stirring and unconventional drama based on true events, as the twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins. NBC.
Funniest Holiday Moments (9 p.m.-10 p.m., WBFF, Channel 45) -- This special features home videos, news outtakes, international commercials and more, all with a holiday twist. However it turns out, it will probably be better than girls club, David E. Kelley's drama about three lawyers that used to fill this time slot but got kicked off the air after only two episodes. Fox.
CSI: Miami (10 p.m.-11 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13) -- A professor from a local university who had been teaching "The Evil of Mankind: Violence Through the Ages" is found hanging from a tree after being tortured. Also, it's Kim Delaney's last show, but the network isn't saying how her departure will be handled. CBS.
Cable
Honoring Shelley Winters (6 p.m., TCM) -- Winters, TCM's "Star of the Month," is showcased in four well-known movies from the 1960s: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell at 6 p.m.; Lolita at 8 p.m.; A Patch of Blue at 11 p.m., and Harper at 1 a.m.
Rank: Holiday Movies Unwrapped (10 p.m.-11 p.m., E!) -- This special features such holiday veterans as A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street and The Santa Clause, to more, shall we say, less likely seasonal classics such as Die Hard and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Rank also looks at some of your animated favorites including How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Compiled from wire reports by Sarah Kickler Kelber