AMERICAN MASTERS: “EDGAR ALLAN POE: BURIED ALIVE”
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
Denis O’Hare, an impressively versatile and chameleonic character actor, plays Edgar Allan Poe in this part biography, part literary study. It’s not the first time PBS, or even American Masters, has turned its spotlight on the creator of The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum, and the modern detective story – but it is the best so far. And it suggests that PBS should do an American Short Story-type collection of new TV adaptations of Poe stories. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower. Check local listings.