Hampton decided to profile Marine Staff Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan, a 24-year-old helicopter mechanic killed in a crash in Afghanistan. Finding a way to honor those serving in the armed forces today was important yet challenging to Hampton. “I randomly chose one person and decided it would be better to honor one then none,” she said.
In the story, 11 year-old Ruthie Camden (Mackenzie Rosman) becomes acquainted with a solider serving in Afghanistan through an e-mail correspondence project at school. Ruthie and her family, and thus viewers, get to know real-life details of Sgt. Morgan’s life and death.
Morgan’s family and a real Marine honor guard participate in an on-screen memorial service for Morgan that the Camden family attends. The names of all American personnel killed while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom will be scrolled on screen during the closing of the special “7th Heaven” episode.
This special episode of “7th Heaven” airs Monday, May 6 at 8 p.m. PST/EST on The WB. Check your local listings for the WB affiliate in your area.
Ulysses S. Grant is a true “American Experience”: President Ulysses S. Grant is profiled on an exceptional two-part “American Experience” airing this week on PBS. The documentary depicts Grant as a great general yet a complicated man. Upon hearing the news that he had been elected president, Grant is reported to have told his wife, “I’m afraid I’m elected.”
Part one of this special details Grant’s exploits in the Civil War and his election to the presidency in 1869. Part two follows his presidency and later years, up to and including his death in 1885. At the time of his death at age 63 Grant was living in near poverty and rushing to complete his memoirs, which were being edited by Mark Twain.
To check your local listings for the date and time this special “American Experience” will air in your area go to http://www.pbs.org/.
76 Trombones to march on Disney: Fresh from his Tony award-winning performance in “The Producers,” Matthew Broderick has signed to co-star in a remake of “The Music Man” for ABC. Victor Garber (“Alias”) and Kristin Chenoweth will co-star on the special edition of “The Wonderful World of Disney” which is scheduled to air next season.
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