ABC is History

ABC aired the first segement of its 'docu-drama' The Path to 9-11 last night. I missed it, much like I missed the first episode of The Wire's fourth season, because I had an appointment with the superb David Berman and his Silver Jews.

As we've all heard over the past couple of weeks, ABC's docudrama is -- how do I say this -- a tall, steaming pile of bullshit. On Salon's Video Dog today, we find a clip from Politically Incorrect where Salon's Joan Walsh, Bill, P.J. O'Rourke and Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas(?) pick through and poke at the aforementioned shitpile.

We also find an amusing sneak peek at some other docudramas ABC might have in the can.

Take a gander and prepare for tonight, when ABC drops a second load of dung (8 pm) into the inside of the shiny talking box in your living room. Or if you're dung-averse, try the replay of The Wire's fourth-season premiere (9 pm, HBO2W) or a replay of a real documentary, Spike Lee's When The Levees Broke (8:15 pm, HBO-E).