Domesticated 'Cat in the Hat'

Domesticated 'Cat'"The Cat in the Hat," that irrepressible source of chaos created by Dr. Seuss, is domesticated for educational use by PBS in the new series "The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About That," which debuts with back-to-back episodes at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, on WTTW Channel 11. "The Cat in the Hat" will join the PBS outlet's weekday lineup with tales explaining bird migration, tide pools and the like for young viewers.'Prime' collectionHelen Mirren's top-flight British detective series "Prime Suspect" is finally out in a complete nine-disc, nine-episode collection from Acorn Media that hits stores Tuesday, Sept. 7, with a list price of $125. It also includes a 50-minute behind-the-scenes special, but the main selling point remains Mirren's warts-and-all portrayal of detective Jane Tennison. Put it on the holiday gift list for the TV-mystery aficionado of your choice.Let the fall beginThe CW kicks off the fall TV season with the debut of the 15th cycle of Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, on WGN Channel 9, immediately followed by the premiere of "Hellcats" at 8. It stars Aly Michalka as a prelaw student who loses her scholarship and tries to hook on with the college's competitive cheerleading squad for a free ride instead. Look for a lot of catty behavior hidden behind a smidgen of intelligence in the grand CW manner.Surf's up again"The Endless Summer II" isn't one of those sequels that surpasses the original, but when an idea is this good, why get gnarly about repeating it, dude? Almost 30 years after his original surfer movie, director Bruce Brown returns to the same globe-trotting format. It's at 7 p.m. today on the Sundance Channel. What better way to end summer?False320240Robert "Wingnut" Weaver heads out of the ocean and into the pool in "The Endless Summer II." False