The twin Gulf disasters -- Hurricane Katrina and the oil spill -- were made-for-television events. They were on a human scale, on ground level, happening to real-life, blue-collar, average-Joe people. That helps explain why this is such a great week for TV.

The previous blog includes a full list (Aug. 22-29) and a story, interviewing Spike Lee and some Gulf people. (Some of these have already aired now, but Lee's wonderful documentary reruns from 7-11 p.m. Friday on HBO.) Since posting that, I've had a chance to see a couple of the things listed; a few comments: