What to Watch Wednesday, Aug. 20

'Architecture School'
(9PM, Sundance) series premiere
Into every summer a little feel-good TV should fall, and Sundance has that covered with this six-part documentary, which covers a Tulane University architecture student program that's helping rebuild post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

The show follows a group of seniors in Tulane's architecture department who must conceive, design and then actually help build a new home for a family hoping to get back on its feet in the city.

The students compete with each other to see who can come up with the best plan for a single-family house that is innovative, affordable, environmentally friendly and features bold design elements, but the real winners are, of course, the new homeowners and the still-struggling Big Easy.


'Architecture School'
(9PM, Sundance) series premiere
Into every summer a little feel-good TV should fall, and Sundance has that covered with this six-part documentary, which covers a Tulane University architecture student program that's helping rebuild post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

The show follows a group of seniors in Tulane's architecture department who must conceive, design and then actually help build a new home for a family hoping to get back on its feet in the city.

The students compete with each other to see who can come up with the best plan for a single-family house that is innovative, affordable, environmentally friendly and features bold design elements, but the real winners are, of course, the new homeowners and the still-struggling Big Easy.

'Criss Angel: Mindfreak'
(10PM and 10:30PM, A&E)
Also in the Big Easy: Criss, whose big trick doesn't seem so easy at all. He dons a straightjacket, gets suspended upside down above a crowd on Bourbon Street and tries to escape. That should be good enough to earn him some beads.

'Project Runway'
(9PM, Bravo)
RuPaul's the special guest judge ... any guesses as to what queen-sized challenge awaits the contestants?

'MythBusters'
(9PM, Discovery)
The gang calls yay or nay on the possibility of such ninja skills as catching an arrow in midair and throwing a punch that will knock a person out without even touching them.

'Family Foreman'
(10PM, TV Land) 1st season finale
George and Joan try to juggle their busy skeds to find some alone time. Considering the champ has fathered 10 kids, that would seem to be a new problem.

'Shear Genius'
(10PM, Bravo)
If Doublemint Gum isn't a sponsor of tonight's episode -- in which the four finalists have to cut twins' hair -- the Wrigley folks have really missed the marketing opportunity boat.


What's on tomorrow: 'The Cho Show,' 'Glam God With Vivica A. Fox' and more

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