Tube Notes: 'Dancing With the Stars' and 'American Experience: We Shall Remain: Geronimo'
By Mike Hughes
mikehughes.tv
"DANCING WITH THE STARS," 7-9:02 P.M., ABC
Last week, Chuck Wicks was ousted, despite strong advantages: He was dancing with his real-life girlfriend, Julianne Hough; both are popular young country-music stars.
That leaves two athletes -- Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and rodeo champ Ty Murray -- plus singer Lil' Kim, actor Giles Marini and Melissa Rycroft, fresh from a close call.
Rycroft -- who drew fame by winning-but-losing "The Bachelor" -- was injured and couldn't compete last Monday. Judged on a rehearsal performance, she got a wave of fan support and survived.
"AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: WE SHALL REMAIN: GERONIMO," 9 P.M., PBS
The warrior known as Geronimo drew fierce emotions, pro and con.
He was raised in the Apache tradition of raiding Mexican ranches for horses and more, this intriguing documentary says. Then Mexican soldiers raided while he was away, killing his wife, children and mother.
In the years that followed, he had the last band of resistance to whites. Geronimo was in his 50's when he led a tiny band that eluded U.S. soldiers for years.
Finally captured, he became a celebrity in his final years. By his death -- in 1909, at almost 80 -- he had appeared in the World's Fair and in Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade; he had become a symbol of an era that Americans already missed.