Nearly eight years later, the dire consequences of the vote dispute in Florida are more evident than ever to many Americans. Even so, enough time has passed for us to enjoy some laughs from that comedy of errors, and to savor the story for its own dramatic value.

For an illness shared by so many, clinical depression should be better understood and more openly addressed.

What could you learn about reality while immersing yourself for months in virtual reality?

This week Showtime, by chance, will be airing a pair of very different programs. But each of them has “American” in its title _ and each is well worth your considering.

Even the numbers are monstrous. Within a few months’ span in 1944, more than 400,000 innocent people were delivered to the Auschwitz death camp. The arrival rate each day was approximately 8,000 victims, who were exterminated with chilling efficiency by the Nazis and their collaborators.

The dramatically promising “K-Ville” didn’t last long on Fox last fall. It was done in by low ratings and the disruption of the writers strike. But its star has wasted no time bouncing back, right into TV’s longest-running drama.

It all adds up.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated when he was 39. Now, four decades later, the anniversary of his death is marked by a documentary that explores his life and legacy.

Just in case there’s any lingering doubt, the new sitcom “Miss Guided” demonstrates that you never really graduate from high school.

Evil is in the eye of the beholder. And that goes double for the pair of comic debaters squaring off during “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil.”