Broadcast highlights (and lowlights) for the week ahead

The terrorist has his pistol barrel pressed against the forehead of FBI agent Angela Henson. But she seems unperturbed.

"You're not a trigger-puller," she tells him calmly, just before her backups burst in to apprehend him.

What made Angela so sure? The bad guy's eyes got bigger, not narrower, as he confronted her.

Or so she explains to her rattled partner. Angela has a way of spotting liars and psyching out dissemblers that often cracks cases, even as it puts her colleagues on edge.

"Angela's Eyes" is an entertaining new Lifetime crime drama starring Abigail Spencer ("All My Children") as the fearless agent who honed her skills and joined the FBI after finding to her shock that her parents were spies -- CIA operatives convicted of slipping information to America's enemies -- and are now in prison for treason.

Did her parents really do those terrible deeds? Can Angela learn to manage the trust issues her parents' apparent betrayal stirred up in her? And is trying to throw her a surprise birthday party a lost cause?

Those are the sort of questions examined when "Angela's Eyes" premieres at 10 p.m. Sunday.

Other shows to look out for this week:

* The Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament, has haunted mankind for nearly 2,000 years. "Secrets of Revelation" explores the mysteries behind this ancient, provocative text in a one-hour special premiering on National Geographic Channel at 8 p.m. Sunday.

* The Independent Film Channel is airing a festival of gay-themed programming surrounding the premiere of the IFC Original Documentary "Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema" at 9 p.m. Sunday. "Fabulous!" covers the emergence of gay and lesbian films from the beginning of the gay rights movement in the 1960s to the "New Queer Cinema" of the '90s.

* Here's a family that puts the pedal to the metal: racing legend John Force and his three drag-racing daughters, who star in the new A&E real-life series, "Driving Force." With 119 career victories and 14 team championships in 16 years, Force has shattered virtually every major record on the drag strip. But he's also a father. "Driving Force" premieres at 8 p.m. Monday.

-- It seems that, by order of President Harry S. Truman, the government established a bucolic Pacific Northwest town a half-century ago. Found on no map, Eureka offers a nurturing environment for the nation's greatest thinkers. But befitting the quirkiness of these towering geniuses, near-chaos is a byproduct of their breakthroughs. After the town's eccentric inhabitants unleash a scientific creation unknown to the outside world, U.S. Marshall Jack Carter, an inadvertent recent arrival, steps in to restore order and consequently becomes privy to one of the nation's best-kept secrets. This is the premise for SciFi Channel's lighthearted series "Eureka," which lives up to its billing as "Northern Exposure" meets "Twin Peaks." Carter is played by Colin Ferguson, with co-stars including Joe Morton, Debrah Farentino and Matt Frewer. "Eureka" premieres 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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EDITOR'S NOTE -- Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org