The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

ABC News Special: Gabrielle Giffords

In an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer, Rep. Giffords and her husband, space shuttle commander Mark Kelly, will talk about the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson that killed six people and left Giffords in critical condition. The special will also revisit the couple’s courtship and careers in public service, as well as the congresswoman’s remarkable recovery. Monday, Nov. 14, at 10 p.m., ABC

TCM Presents: AFI’s Master Class—The Art of Collaboration

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Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams first teamed up for 1974’s Sugarland Express, and their collaboration continues to this day. In this special, co-sponsored by the American Film Institute, the two artists discuss their influences and their work together. Saving Private Ryan, one of the films shaped by their creative partnership, follows at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m., TCM

Engineering Evil

One of the great horrors of the Holocaust is that the Nazis’ extermination of 6 million European Jews and millions of others was a meticulously planned collaborative process. Using archival footage and highlighting such artifacts as the blueprint for a crematorium and propaganda aimed at non-Jewish children, this sobering film explores the mechanics of mass murder. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 9 p.m., History

Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie

Known to many as the emcee of Woodstock, Hugh Romney (aka Wavy Gravy) is more than merely a living vestige of the hippie era and the namesake of a Ben & Jerry’s flavor. The erstwhile poet long ago dedicated himself to such causes as aiding underprivileged children and providing health care to the world’s poor. This award-winning film chronicles his long and colorful career—as an activist and as court jester of the counterculture. Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:55 p.m., Showtime

Independent Lens: We Still Live Here—As Nutayunean

The language of the Wampanoag, the Massa­chusetts tribe that met 17th-century English settlers at Plymouth, was considered long lost when Cape Cod resident Jessie Little Doe had a dream in the early 1990s about her ancestors returning. This film follows her quest to accomplish an unprecedented feat: reviving a Native American language whose last native speaker had died generations ago. Thursday, Nov. 17, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings

Other highlights

Republican Presidential Debate

Foreign policy and national security will be featured topics in this debate, co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m., CNN

Knights of Mayhem

This new docuseries follows modern-day proponents of a medieval sports attraction: full-contact jousting. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 9 p.m., National Geographic Channel

The Race to Rebuild: America’s Infrastructure

Experts discuss what can be done to rebuild America’s roads and bridges, many of which may be nearing the end of their life spans. Thursday, Nov. 17, at 10 p.m., CNBC