Although one woman is at the center of "The Education of Dee Dee Ricks" (8:30 tonight, HBO), the documentary actually tells the story of two women.

One is Dee Dee Ricks. She's white, wealthy and divorced with two sons. The other is Cynthia Dodson. She's African-American, working class and single. Both women develop breast cancer. But besides being wealthy, Ricks is insured. Dodson is not.

The education Ricks gets is how powerful a factor class, and sometimes consequently, race is in determining how a woman deals with a breast cancer diagnosis. In the process, we all get a troubling lesson in health care and morality.

"Harlem Heights" is BET's new show that premieres at 10 tonight. It's a docudrama, which means much of it is not happening organically, but I'm not against contrived TV if the results are good.

The press materials say the show will "provide a window into the fascinating world of New York's young, Black and fabulous crowd."

Maybe, but I found the first two episodes light on the fascinating.