Cuba to 'Circus': PBS has the greatest shows on Earth

If all you end up doing this fall is watch PBS, you'll be just fine. Public TV is bursting with good stuff:

CUBA: ACCIDENTAL EDEN (On "Nature," Sunday at 8 p.m., WNET/13; Sept. 30 at 8 p.m., WLIW/21)

"Nature" gets an extended look inside Cuba, with this warning - as tourism rises, as it will when the trade embargo ends, what happens to this island's "stunning biodiversity?"

THE TENTH INNING (Sept. 28-29 at 8 p.m., WNET/13 and 10 p.m., WLIW/21)

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick "complete" the classic 1994 "Baseball" documentary series. It's an overview of the last 15 years, beginning with the 1994 strike.

ELIA KAZAN: A LETTER TO ELIA (Oct. 4 at 9 p.m., WNET/13; Oct. 10 at 3:30 p.m., WLIW/21)

In this "American Masters" film, Martin Scorsese undertakes a "personal and poignant meditation" on director Elia Kazan.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S AMERICAN SONGBOOK (Oct. 6, 13 and 20 at 8 p.m., WNET/13)

The master interpreter of Gershwin and the Great American Songbook takes viewers on a tour of its glories.

GREAT PERFORMANCES: MACBETH (Oct. 6 at 9 p.m., WNET/13; Oct. 17 at 3:30 p.m., WLIW/21)

The great Patrick Stewart in his Tony-nominated performance.

GOD IN AMERICA (Oct. 11-13 at 9 p.m., WNET/13; Sundays at 9 p.m., beginning Oct. 17, WLIW/21)

A six-hour examination of religious life in the United States, from the earliest times to present; it's a "Frontline"-"American Experience" co-production.

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! SHERLOCK: A STUDY IN PINK (Oct. 24, 31 and Nov. 7 at 9 p.m., WNET/13; Oct. 26, Nov. 2 and 9 at 9 p.m., WLIW/21)

The producers behind "Dr. Who" have created this re-imagined 21st century Sherlock Holmes, starring Benedict Cumberbatch ("Atonement") as Holmes, Rupert Graves as Inspector Lestrade and Martin Freeman (the U.K. "Office") as Watson.

CIRCUS (Nov. 3, 10 and 17 at 9 p.m., WNET/13; Nov. 6, 13 and 20 at 8:30 p.m., WLIW/21)

A six-hour tour-history of the circus.

LENNONYC (Nov. 22, WNET/13, 9 p.m.)

"American Masters" looks at John Lennon's solo career during the New York years, with interviews of Yoko Ono, Elton John, Ringo Starr and many others.