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What to Watch on Monday: 'Hemingway & Gellhorn' vs. 'Hatfields & McCoys'

The Bachelorette (8pm, ABC) - One of the 16 remaining bachelors scores a one-on-one date with Emily that includes a private concert with country singer Luke Bryan, while another escorts her to Dollywood in Tennessee, where they are serenaded by Dolly Parton.

Hatfields & McCoys (9pm, History) - In part one of a three-part mini-series, a McCoy is murdered by a Hatfield and a forbidden love affair begins at the start of the legendary Hatfield-McCoy family feud, which nearly brought the states of Kentucky and West Virginia to a civil war in the 1880s. Stars Kevin Costner (right) and Bill Paxton. Adrienne has a review.

Hemingway & Gellhorn (9pm, HBO) - In this original HBO movie, a chance 1936 meeting between novelist Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) sparks a nine-year relationship dominated by a volatile romance that nearly rivaled the combat zones into which they threw themselves in Spain, China, and World War II. It's not really as interesting as it sounds -- my review.

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (9pm, A&E) - In the seventh season opener, Shannon decides that she wants to adopt a child, which creates tension with Gene.

Independent Lens: To Hell and Back (10pm, UNC-TV) - Photojournalist Danfung Dennis chronicles the experiences of a Marine platoon battling the Taliban in 2009 in Afghanistan. The documentary details the physical and emotional challenges a wounded soldier faces upon returning home.

Witness (10pm, National Geographic Channel) - Home vidoes of military men and women surprising their loved ones with an unexpected home visit, and the stories behind the emotional reunions are featured.

Grim "Hatfields & McCoys" makes its case for senselessness of violence. Over and Over.

I have a confession.

I could only make it through the first two nights of the three night mini-series "Hatfields & McCoys" (starting 9 p.m. Monday, History Channel) and I skimmed the last hour and a half of those four hours.

That's not my way of telling you that the movie is bad. It's just my threshold of how much bleak, mindlness violence I can take.

Certainly, if you don't know the details of the feud between these families you know the broader story. The six-hour miniseries tells us the roots of the fighting that began with Devil Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner) and Randall McCoy (Bill Paxton) and led to the massacre of family members on both sides across two states, international headlines and the intervention of the Supreme Court.

A Bull Durham sequel?

 

Could it be? Is a Bull Durham sequel in the works? Are we really looking at the grand return of Annie, Nuke and Crash? Is Annie still a hopeless, um, romantic? Does Nuke still love Motley Crue? Do candlesticks still make a nice gift?

Apparently, maybe, according to several entertainment news sources, including the New York Post's always-reliable 'spy.' Click here, here and here for more.

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