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In plays such as Death of a Salesman, All My Sons and The Crucible, Miller offered great entertainment mixed with pungent social criticism. He earned fame far beyond that accorded to most American playwrights. And he kept writing for more than six decades.

For a change, a sequel that's actually better than the original — NPR's Neda Ulaby reviews the DVD release of Spider-Man 2, one of the biggest movies of 2004. Ulaby lauds the glorious digital transfer to DVD, plus the bonus disk with cool behind-the-scenes goodies.

As Donald Trump's The Apprentice begins its third season on NBC, Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein offers advice on how to make the show better.

-- Writer Mark Jordan Legan has a second roundup this week of what the reviewers are writing about this weekend's big movie releases. This edition looks at the films Million Dollar Baby, The Life Aquatic and The Aviator.

Tonight, PBS premieres what a groundbreaking four-part series, Slavery and the Making of America. It follows the course of slavery from its beginnings through the Civil War and Reconstruction. NPR's Allison Keyes examines why the experts who made the series think it will surprise viewers.

BBC America, available on many U.S. cable TV networks, is offering modern adaptations of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. One of the stories -- "The Miller's Tale" -- has been recast to take place in a karaoke bar. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Peter Bowker, who adapted the 14th-century literary classic.

David Sedaris is the author of the best-selling collections Barrel Fever, Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day. His essays appear regularly in print in The New Yorker, Esquire and GQ and can be heard on the radio on This American Life. We rebroadcast a June 15,2004, interview with Sedaris.

Chris Nickson reviews the debut album by Guinean musician Ba Cissoko and the band that bears his name. It's called Sabolan. The band includes two koras -- harp-like instruments with 21 strings.

What do you get when you combine traditional Jewish music with infectious Afro-Cuban rhythms? The new album by Roberto Juan Rodriguez, Baila! Gitano Baila!, attempts that daring fusion. Tom Moon has a review.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews See Arnold Run, a new A&E biopic about bodybuilder, actor and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.