News & Current Affairs

Frontline: Storm Over Everest As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from ... more Tuesday, May 13 at 8 p.m. (120 mins)

America at a Crossroads: Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age An exploration of the emergence of Muslim- and Arab-American comedians in the wake of 9/11 demonstrates how they use humor to take on stereotypes about Middle Easterners and terrorism. The film provides an inspiring chronicle of the impact 9/11 has had ... more Friday, May 16 at 10 p.m. (60 mins)

Men Get Depression "Men Get Depression" explores the corrosive effect of depression on the self, relationships and careers through the intimate profiles of a diverse group of men, including a former NFL quarterback, a Fortune 500 CEO, an unemployed Iraq War veteran, a ... more Sunday, May 25 at 1 p.m. (60 mins)

Frontline/World: Crimes at the Border In a joint project with The New York Times, "Frontline/World" correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the business of human smuggling across the busy ports of entry between Mexico and the United States. In Tijuana, masses of people attempt to cross ... more Tuesday, May 27 at 9 p.m. (60 mins)

 
Documentary & History

Secrets of the Dead: Sinking Atlantis Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were the first Europeans to use writing, and their technologically advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for famous Greek ... more Wednesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

Adirondacks Sprawled across six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is by far the largest park in the lower 48 states. Yet it is the only one on the continent in which large human populations live and whose land is divided almost evenly between ... more Wednesday, May 14 at 8 p.m. (120 mins)

Independent Lens: A Dream in Doubt This film is an immigrant story of survival in the aftermath of 9/11 as a wave of frightening hate crimes terrorizes the Sikh-American community in Phoenix, Arizona. Rana Singh Sodhi, the brother of America's first post-9/11 hate crime murder victim, ... more Tuesday, May 20 at 10 p.m. (60 mins)

Depression: Out of the Shadows A lot of Americans are keeping an important, possibly deadly secret: depression. Approximately 18.8 million American adults live with this devastating disease, which affects all age, race, gender and socioeconomic groups. This program, a part of the ... more Wednesday, May 21 at 9 p.m. (120 mins)

American Experience: Roberto Clemente On New Year's Eve 1972, Roberto Clemente, a 37-year-old baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, boarded a DC-7 loaded with relief supplies for earthquake victims in Managua, Nicaragua. A native of Puerto Rico, Clemente had established a special relief ... more Thursday, May 22 at 8 p.m. (60 mins)

Independent Lens: New Year Baby This film follows one woman's quest to uncover the secrets of how her family survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. Socheata Poeuv's family survived the Killing Fields, escaped across the border and became Americans. She searches for the truth about what ... more Tuesday, May 27 at 10 p.m. (60 mins)

American Experience: Walt Whitman On a hot summer day in 1855, a 36-year-old writer emerged from an undistinguished printer's shop in Brooklyn, New York, carrying a slim volume of his work. To family, friends and neighbors, Walter Whitman Jr. may have been just a too-old bachelor who ... more Thursday, May 29 at 8 p.m. (120 mins)

Fight Alzheimer's Early: 6 Steps to Keep Your Brain Young With Dr. Majid Fotuhi Dr. Majid Fotuhi shares some of his patients' stories to help address issues of memory loss. more Sunday, June 1 at 12 p.m. (90 mins)

Jewish People: A Story of Survival Against overwhelming odds a band of desert nomads survived four millennia and shaped world history. more Sunday, June 1 at 3:30 p.m. (90 mins)

 
Science & Nature

Nature: What Females Want and Males Will Do (Part 1 of 2: What Females Want) A two-part miniseries about sexual selection - unique behaviors, elaborate displays and special adaptations that determine who picks whom, who mates with whom, and who produces the offspring that carry genes into the next generation. Scientists around ... more Tonight at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

Nature: What Females Want and Males Will Do (Part 2 of 2: What Males Will Do) A two-part miniseries about sexual selection - unique behaviors, elaborate displays and special adaptations that determine who picks whom, who mates with whom, and who produces the offspring that carry genes into the next generation. Scientists around ... more Tonight at 8 p.m. (60 mins)

Nova: Walk to Beautiful "A Walk to Beautiful," a story of hope and survival in contemporary Ethiopia. The program follows the stories of five Ethiopian women who have been devastated by obstetric fistula, a common aftermath of neglected childbirth. An obstetric fistula is a ... more Tuesday, May 13 at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

Nature: Rhinoceros Millions of rhinos once roamed the Earth. There were hundreds of species of all shapes and sizes. But today, the rhinoceros is one of the planet's rarest animals, with three of its species on the brink of extinction. The program follows a team of experts ... more Sunday, May 18 at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

Planet Tales: Great Natural Wonders of the World From the highest, coldest summit to the lowest, hottest place on Earth, from the world's tallest waterfalls to its most impressive caverns, GREAT NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD celebrates the wealth of natural phenomena that makes Planet Earth so varied, ... more Sunday, May 18 at 8 p.m. (60 mins)

Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice This program chronicles the story of the Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007 and is scheduled to land on the Martian surface on May 25, 2008. The program features interviews with scientists who discuss the spacecraft's custom instruments ... more Thursday, May 22 at 9 p.m. (60 mins)

Nova: Lord of the Ants Every so often a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends the narrow boundaries of a particular line of research and alters our perspective of the world. E.O. Wilson is such a man. While studying ants, Wilson struggled to comprehend ... more Tuesday, May 27 at 8 p.m. (60 mins)

Planet Tales: Mystery of the Taj Mahal Built by Shah Jahan in 1642 as a memorial to his adored wife Shalimar, the Taj Mahal in Agra is more than just a glorified mausoleum. It is also a very precise visual representation of the Throne of God as described in the Koran. The identity and nationality ... more Wednesday, May 28 at 8 p.m. (60 mins)

Timeless: A National Parks Odyssey By using special cameras and cinematography techniques, David Fortney has captured the beauty inside the National Parks of North America. Fluid, masterful camera work and aerial photography give viewers the sensation of soaring over and through the landscapes. ... more Sunday, June 1 at 6:45 p.m. (60 mins)

Under the Sea With Al Giddings Al Giddings, one the world's most accomplished and renowned underwater cinematographer's shares tales and footage from his undersea film shoots - sometimes two miles below the surface - and with some of Hollywood's biggest stars. From years of shooting ... more Sunday, June 1 at 7:45 p.m. (60 mins)

 
Arts & Entertainment

Live From Lincoln Center: Camelot ""Live From Lincoln Center"" presents a semi-staged version of Camelot, directed by Lonnie Price and featuring the New York Philharmonic conducted by Paul Gemignani. more Tonight at 11:30 a.m. (150 mins)

Masterpiece Classic: Cranford (Part 2) In episode two, as winter approaches, Cranford is beset by sorrows and struggles to re-gain its confidence. When Dr. Harrison's housekeeper discovers a leg of mutton has been stolen on the very same night that store owner Mr. Johnson is mugged, the ladies ... more Tonight at 9 p.m. (60 mins)

Philip Marlowe: Private Eye: Spanish Blood Marlowe's best friend, lawyer Spanish Delaguerra (Leon Elkaim), is running for District Attorney. When Spanish is killed, and the body of the current DA is later discovered at Spanish's hideaway cabin, Marlowe finds himself embroiled with corrupt politicians, ... more Tonight at 11 p.m. (60 mins)

Best of the Jack Benny Show: Episode #103 Jack's guest from this 1954 show is comedian and actor Bob Hope. more Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. (30 mins)

Masterpiece Classic: Cranford (Part 3) In episode three, Matty suffers great disappointment and, in a nostalgic mood one evening, decides to confide in Mary about Mr. Holbrook. The mention of India prompts Mary to write to Major Gordon to tell him that Jessie regrets her decision not to marry ... more Sunday, May 18 at 9 p.m. (120 mins)

Best of the Jack Benny Show: Episode #104 Jack's guest from this 1954 show is comedian and actor Carol Burnett. more Saturday, May 24 at 7 p.m. (30 mins)

National Memorial Day Concert (2008) PBS will unite our nation in honor of all of America's men and women in uniform for their service and sacrifice with this annual presentation. The event will be led for the third year by co-hosts Gary Sinise ("CSI NY") and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna ... more Sunday, May 25 at 7 p.m. (90 mins)

Great Performances: Maestro: A Portrait of Valery Gergiev Valery Gergiev is widely acclaimed as one of the leading conductors of our time. Currently artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theater and principal conductor of the London Symphony, he also holds posts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York ... more Wednesday, May 28 at 9 p.m. (60 mins)

American Soundtrack: Doo Wop's Greatest Hits See favorite moments from "Doo Wop 50," "Rock, Rhythm and Doo Wop" and "Red, White and Rock." more Saturday, May 31 at 8 p.m. (120 mins)

Fiesta Mexicana "Fiesta Mexicana" is a performance special - hosted by Hispanic singing icon Vikki Carr - that celebrates the music and dance of the different regions of Mexico. This performance spectacular is anchored by a gala concert at the historic Teatro Juarez in th ... more Sunday, June 1 at 5 p.m. (90 mins)

Masterpiece Theatre: Henry VIII (Part 1 of 2) Ray Winstone stars as Henry VIII, England's cruel and colorful monarch, who married six times, founded a new church and presided over a bloodbath - all in pursuit of a male heir. Helena Bonham Carter plays Anne Boleyn, with Emilia Fox as Jane Seymou ... more Sunday, June 1 at 9 p.m. (90 mins)

Celine Dion: A New Day Shot at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, his new special is an unprecedented combination of performance, passion and technical innovation. The performance is a unique spectacle of song, theater, dance and state-of-the-art technology with each song evoking ... more Wednesday, June 4 at 7 p.m. (90 mins)

Queen Rock Montreal The band performs "We Will Rock You," "Under Pressure" and other hits at the Montreal Forum in 1981. more Saturday, June 7 at 9 p.m. (90 mins)

Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas This beloved performer has been voted "Best Comedian" in Las Vegas for the past six years. more Sunday, June 8 at 4 p.m. (45 mins)

Masterpiece Theatre: Henry VIII (Part 2 of 2) Shortly after Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry weds Jane Seymour. Battles rage throughout the country; hundreds are being tortured and slaughtered by Henry's soldiers, while churches are burned to the ground. Three days after giving birth to a healthy ... more Sunday, June 8 at 9 p.m. (90 mins)

 
Lifestyle

Globe Trekker: Los Angeles City Guide Megan McCormick is star-struck as she begins her trip to Tinseltown. She first seeks out the homes of the rich and famous, then decides to see if they're hard at work at Paramount Studios, the only operating studio still located in Hollywood. Megan experiences ... more Tonight at 6 p.m. (60 mins)

Classical Destinations: Venice, Vivaldi and the Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi spent his most productive years in Venice in the early 18th century. Simon, Niki and Matt tour the canals, bridges and piazzas for which Vivaldi created the perfect soundtrack in his Four Seasons. more Tonight at 10 p.m. (30 mins)

Classical Destinations: Prague Smetana serenaded its river; Dvorak started out as a dance band fiddler; Mozart enjoyed his greatest successes here. We visit the Old Town, where Simon Callow reminisces about filming Amadeus in its beautifully preserved streets. more Tonight at 10:30 p.m. (30 mins)

Antiques Roadshow: Las Vegas, NV (Part 1) At a Las Vegas, Nevada, magic theater, "Antiques Roadshow" host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Nicholas Lowery reveal that the artistry - and value - of vintage magic posters is no illusion. Appraisers at the Las Vegas Convention Center don't need sleight ... more Tomorrow at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

Primal Grill With Steven Raichlen: Episode #101 more Saturday, May 17 at 10:30 a.m. (30 mins)

Antiques Roadshow: Las Vegas, NV (Part 2) Most people probably don't think of fine art among the entertainments on the Las Vegas, Nevada, strip. But "Antiques Roadshow" host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Alan Fausel discover the work of modern art masters when they visit the Guggenheim Hermitage ... more Monday, May 19 at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

Antiques Roadshow: Las Vegas, NV (Part 3) What better place to discuss diamond rings and antique diamond cuts than Las Vegas, Nevada's Little White Wedding Chapel, where "Antiques Roadshow" host Mark L. Walberg meets appraiser Gloria Lieberman. At the Las Vegas Convention Center, collectors ... more Monday, May 26 at 7 p.m. (60 mins)

 
Kids & Family

Big Green Rabbit: Big Green Dance Party (Part 2) Join Charlie, the "Big Green Rabbit", Isablee and friends for a rollicking, hopping good time. Dance along to "Big Green Rabbit" music favorites including more Monday, May 26 at 8 a.m. (30 mins)

 
General

National Geographic Bee: 2008 National Geographic Bee The annual "National Geographic Bee" returns for the 20th consecutive year with host/moderator Alex Trebek. Students representing all 50 states first compete in school and state level competitions with ten finalists, grades four through eight, moving ... more Sunday, May 25 at 12 p.m. (60 mins)

 

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