- A gang of "family values" goons in the U.S. is taking a reprehensible stand against CBS's rebroadcast of acclaimed documentary 9/11 tonight on Ch. 4 at 7 p.m. Filmmakers shooting a documentary in a Manhattan firehouse on Sept. 11, 2001, followed rescuers to the World Trade Centre, shooting inside the North Tower during the evacuation. But never mind their bravery or the compelling power of their footage -- broadcast bullies are demanding ahead of time that CBS be heavily fined over foul language in the piece, which won Edward R. Murrow and Peabody Awards. Robert De Niro returns to host the special, updated with new interviews with firefighters and studded with content warnings so viewers who may be offended get fair warning to tune out.

- Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg star in five-hour ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11, a provocative dramatization of the years of political bungling leading up to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, on Ch. at 7 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. Based in part on the 9/11 Commission Report and former ABC News anchor John Williams' book The Cell, the compelling mini -- shot partly in Canada with a supporting cast including Wendy Crewson, Michael Murphy and Shirley Douglas -- looks at how FBI agent John O'Neill (Keitel), a CIA operative in the Middle East (Wahlberg) and White House counter-terrorism advisor Richard Clarke (Stephen Root) were stymied by political bureaucracy over a period of years when golden opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden were lost and efforts to assist a key U.S. ally in Afghanistan, Gen. Massoud (Mido Hamada) were abandoned. The mini has upset Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. -- so you know it's done something right.

- Alexander Trudeau looks at several men who've been held in Canada as terrorist suspects for four years without being charged in Secure Freedom, on CKY Ch. 5 at 7 p.m. Trudeau calls attention to a law that allows Canada to hold suspects indefinitely and checks in with families and supporters of several men, one of whom faces deportation to Syria.

- Two-hour CBC doc The Secret History of 9/11 covers much of the same ground as The Path to 9/11, taking a historical view of efforts to capture terrorists before the attacks on the U.S., and looking at security and reaction foulups on the day of the attacks, on Ch. 2 at 7 p.m.

- Discovery Channel's Retaking New York, on Ch. 14 at 6 p.m., looks at new developments in anti-terrorism policing, rescue plans and security measures, such as blast-resistant concrete coating applied to high-risk targets, including The Pentagon.

- Plots involving four young boys about to start a new school year, a heated mayoral race and the continuing wiretap program are neatly intertwined on the fourth season of The Wire, premiering on Movie Central Ch. 55 at 11 p.m. As summer comes to an end, one of the boys is earning money as a corner drug runner, and the cops are baffled by the lack of corpses during what they assume is a drug war.

- The Sopranos' Joe Pantoliano and Michael Imperioli guest on the season premiere of The Simpsons, on Fox Ch. 49 and Global Ch.12 at 7 p.m., when mobster Fat Tony is shot after he invites the Simpsons over for dinner. The season premieres of animated shows American Dad and Family Guy follow at 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

- An L.A. cop and his rebellious teen daughter stumble upon a secret government science lab in a town populated by quirky genius inventors in sci-fi dramedy Eureka, debuting on Space Ch. 39 at 7 p.m. An experiment goes awry and threatens the entire town in the opener, which introduces a tough-gal deputy, an Aussie dogcatcher (Matt Frewer) and a psychiatrist (Debrah Farentino) who knows everybody's secrets.

- After Freddie Cork's son commits suicide in a big way -- taking a busload of locals with him -- enterprising Michael uses a secret to blackmail Freddie on Brotherhood, on Movie Central Ch. 55 at 9 p.m.

- Digital Animal Planet pays tribute to the late Steve Irwin with a six-hour marathon starting with behind-the-scenes biography Crocodile Hunter: Steve's Story, at 11 a.m. Five repeat episodes of Crocodile Hunter follow, starting at noon.

- Dave interferes when Mike wants to break up with the daughter of a friend on the season premiere of The War at Home, on Fox Ch. 49 and Global Ch. 12 at 8:30 p.m.

- Kathleen Robertson (Torso) and Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) play working moms who have the worst days ever, enduring one preposterous crisis after another until the absolute capper -- a bout of road rage -- produces deadly consequences in CTV movie Last Exit, on CKY Ch. 5 at 8 p.m.

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