SMALL SCREEN THE BUZZ ON TELEVISION.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski A GRAND VIEW: Vacation season is drawing to a close, but it's never too soon to start thinking about next year's getaways. The Travel Channel shows the well-known vistas and out-of-the-way spots of one of North America's most amazing landmarks in ``American Icons: Grand Canyon Grand Canyon, great gorge of the Colorado River, one of the natural wonders of the world; c.1 mi (1.6 km) deep, from 4 to 18 mi (6.4–29 km) wide, and 217 mi (349 km) long, NW Ariz. .'' The show, airing Sunday, notes that most of its 5 million visitors spend only a couple of hours at the canyon, but they could keep busy for days or weeks within the park with hiking, trail rides, white-water rafting, fishing and other activities. AMERICAN ICONS: GRAND CANYON, 9 P.M. Sunday, Travel Channel. WHEN CATS ATTACK: Their numbers are dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. in the wild, but National Geographic reports that there are some 15,000 lions, tigers, cougars and other big cats dwelling in back yards and basement cages across the country, in many cases legally. Occasionally one gets loose and roams its neighborhood. (Lock up your Chihuahuas.) On Sunday, ``National Geographic Explorer'' looks at both sides of the debate about privately owned big cats in ``America's Big Cat Crisis.'' Owners enjoy the thrill of being close to large wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. , while their opponents express concern for public safety and the welfare of animals that cannot be domesticated do·mes·ti·cate tr.v. do·mes·ti·cat·ed, do·mes·ti·cat·ing, do·mes·ti·cates 1. To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic. 2. To adopt or make fit for domestic use or life. 3. a. . AMERICA'S BIG CAT CRISIS, 5 p.m. Sunday, MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company . 'DOG' DAYS: Next month the summer's pointless, mind-numbing network programming will be yanked to make room to - we hope - the more intellectually stimulating fare of the fall schedule. But ``Dog Eat Dog'' fans can take heart. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. promises that when one of its new crop sputters out early, the part-quiz, part-brawn game show will be ready to fill the void next winter. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Grand Canyon) (2) no caption (Tiger) (3) no caption (scene from ``Dog Eat Dog'') |
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