GONE WITH THE WIND
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
TCM already has shown this 1939 epic on TV a few times this season – and I never shake the memory of the mid-1970s, when NBC presented Gone with the Wind on television for the very first time – as a two-part presentation, nearly 30 years after it was made. And back then, being able to watch the burning of Atlanta, and other scenes from Gone with the Wind, on your home TV set was a big enough deal that, for a while, both parts of the movie telecast topped the all-time ratings list, eventually sharing space with episodes of ABC’s Roots. Tonight, TCM follows the four-hour epic with a documentary about the making of Gone with the Wind – and TVWW heartily recommends GWTW, as well as its behind-the-scenes supplement.