"Poisoned Waters," including an exploration of Puget Sound, is a Tuesday TV pick

"Poisoned Waters"

PBS' "Frontline" series examines America's contaminated waterways (including Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound). Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hendrick Smith interviews scientists, environmental activists and everyday people affected by the pollution problem. Heavy stuff, but informative viewing. 9 tonight, KCTS (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).

Doug Knoop, Seattle Times staff

Also on today

"Reaper," 8 p.m. (CW): Sam (Bret Harrison) agrees to help Alan (Sean Patrick Thomas) move to the Vatican, where he'll be protected from the Devil (Ray Wise) — but only if Alan reveals how he won his soul back.

"The Biggest Loser," 8 p.m. (NBC): The competitors take a food and fitness quiz with Rosemary Ellis, the editor in chief of Good Housekeeping magazine, to win a trip to New York.

"Schindler's List" (1993), 9 p.m. (HBO): HBO marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with a rare television broadcast of Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning drama.

"The Phone," 10 p.m. (MTV): Who's calling? Justin Timberlake probably won't be on the other end, but he does get an executive producer credit on this new competition series billed by MTV as "a potentially deadly game."

"Life After People," 10 p.m. (History): This new series imagines Earth, population zero — human population, that is — through visual effects and interviews with a roster of scientific experts.

"Rescue Me," 10 p.m. (FX): Tommy (Denis Leary) decides it's time to talk with his daughter Colleen (Natalie Distler) about sex.

The New York Times