Community
Ascertainment Report
For
October,
November & December 2009
Contents:
Arts, Entertainment & Culture Pg. 3
News & Public Affairs Pg. 43
Business/Industry, Local & National
Politics, Government, Legal Issues & Law Enforcement, Economy,
War/Veterans/National Security
Education & History Pg. 119
Science/Technology/Health
Arts, Entertainment, & Culture:
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: The Punalu’u Experience (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/1/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Filmmaker Danny Miller takes us on a journey to the
Series Title: The
National Parks:
Program Title: Great Nature (1933 – 1945)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/1/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D.
Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a “golden age”
for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a
young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of
animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies.
Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Series Title: The
National Parks:
Program Title: Great Nature (1933 – 1945)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/1/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D.
Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a “golden age”
for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a
young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of
animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies.
Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Richard Ha (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/2/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Ho’okena (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/5/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
An encore presentation of a performance in the PBS Hawaii studios by Ho’okena: Manu Boyd, Ama Aarona, Glen H.K. Smith and Horace K. Dudoit III. Nani Dudoit provides hula.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/namele.php
Series Title: That’s Amore: Italian-American Favorites
Program Title: MONDAY, October 5, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/5/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
This special brings together archival performances from some
of
Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: Harlem in
Distributor: WNET
Date: 10/5/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
“Harlem in Montmartre” tells the story of the jazz age in
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harlem-in-montmartre/preview-of-harlem-in-montmartre/827/
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: The Maunakea-Forths
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/6/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Kukui and Gary Maunakea-Forth created MA’O Organic Farms with the belief that developing self-sufficiency would not only stimulate economic development, but provide opportunities for Waianae youth through reinforcing the value of aloha ‘aina. They talk to Leslie about how it all began, their successes, and how farming can help heal a community by reconnecting it to its culture.
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday and 4pm on Sunday.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title:
Inventing LA: The
Program Title: TUESDAY, October 6, 2009
Distributor: KCET
Date: 10/6/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones chronicles the
epic saga of the most powerful family in
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/inventing-la/
Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 7, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/7/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/leahey.php
Series Title:
Craft in
Program Title: Origins
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/7/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The American craft tradition did not just appear, fully-formed and mature. Where have our craft practices come from? How do they continue? The artists featured in “Origins” tie their work to early craft techniques and demonstrate how they are involved in passing these techniques to others in a continuum of creativity.
http://www.pbs.org/craftinamerica/
Series Title:
Craft in
Program Title: Process
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/7/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This episode answers many of the questions viewers of the first series have posed, including how to learn a craft, how to make a living as a craft artist and where an artist finds the creative strength to overcome the struggle with his or her demons.
http://www.pbs.org/craftinamerica/
Series Title: Art in the Twenty-First Century
Program Title: Compassion
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/7/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Might a work of art move us to temper our more destructive impulses? In what ways do artists' feelings of empathy contribute to works that tackle problematic subjects and address the human condition? This episode features artists whose works explore conscience and the possibility of understanding and reconciling past and present, while exposing injustice and expressing tolerance for others.
Employing stop-motion animation, drawing, and performance,
William Kentridge creates poignant films and stage productions that transmute
sobering political events-such as apartheid, revolution, and colonialism-into
poetic allegories. Doris Salcedo's understated sculptures and installations
embody the silenced lives of the marginalized, from individual victims of
violence to the disempowered of the
Series Title: Playing for Change: Peace Through Music
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 8, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/8/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
Playing for Change is a multimedia effort to unite musicians and vocalists from diverse parts of the globe while seeking to immerse audiences in a movement to inspire, connect and bring peace to the world through music. Using mobile audio/video units, technicians traveled the world, recording local musicians outdoors in towns and cities worldwide. In addition, musicians from all over the world are now brought together to perform benefit concerts that build music and art schools in communities in need.
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/8/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Host Zay Harding visits western
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Makia Malo
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/12/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Makia Malo is an award-winning, native Hawaiian storyteller
who has traveled the world, sharing his stories about
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Good Evening Ev’rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Program Title: MONDAY, October 12, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/12/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This program presents a never-before-released concert performance of Louis Armstrong — and other musical greats, including Dizzy Gillespie and Mahalia Jackson — at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in celebration of Armstrong’s 70th birthday. Armstrong performs several of his greatest hits throughout the concert and rehearsals.
Series Title:
Latin Music
Program Title: Bridges / The Salsa Revolution
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/12/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Bridges:
The first hour traces the rise of Latin jazz and the
explosion of the mambo and the cha-cha-cha as they swept the
The Salsa Revolution:
The second hour explores how Puerto Ricans and other Latinos
in
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/
Series Title: From Kalaupapa – Long Story Short
Program Title: Norbert Palea
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/13/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Hansen’s disease patient Norbert Palea of Kalaupapa was only five years old when he was sent there, without even being officially diagnosed with the disease. In spite of that sentence and its hardships, he endured, with no regret. He tells Leslie, “Even if they sent us here... look around. They gave us the most beautiful home in the world.” This is the first in a series of Long Story Short shows shot on location at Kalaupapa on Moloka’i.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: Herb and Dorothy
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/13/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
You don’t have to be a Rockefeller to collect art. Herb Vogel was a postal clerk. Dorothy Vogel was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. The Vogels shared passion and disciplines, defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/herb-and-dorothy/
Series Title: From Kalaupapa – Long Story Short
Program Title: Boogie Kahilihiwa
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/14/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Hansen’s disease patient Clarence “Boogie” Kahilihiwa decided to move to Kalaupapa after patients were no longer forced to live there. Today, there are fewer than twenty Hansen’s disease patients living in Kalaupapa, but he remembers when there were more than five hundred patients on the peninsula. He talks to Leslie about living there and his effort to establish a monument listing the names of all who were sent to Kalaupapa. This is the second in a series of Long Story Short shows shot on location at Kalaupapa on Moloka’i.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: American Masters
Program Title: Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Distributor: WNET
Date: 10/14/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
In the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the
private life and public career of Joan Baez, this film examines her history as
a recording artist and performer as well as her unwavering journey as the
conscience of a generation. Following her 2008/2009 world tour, the filmmakers
captured Baez in performance and in intimate conversations with individuals
whose lives parallel hers. From a reunion with Vaclav Havel in
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
Series Title: Roy Orbison & Friends Black and White Night
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 14, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/14/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Filmed in black and white against the streamlined art deco
stage of the since-demolished Cocoanut Grove in downtown
Series Title: Art in the Twenty-First Century
Program Title: Fantasy
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/14/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
How might our desires and taboos shape our ability to imagine? What role does technology play in wish fulfillment? This episode presents artists whose works defy convention and transport us to unreal worlds and altered states of consciousness. With works at times hallucinatory, irreverent, and sublime, each of these artists pursues a vision first held in the mind's eye.
Cao Fei's video installations and new media works explore perception and reality in places as diverse as a Chinese factory and the virtual world of Second Life. Mary Heilmann filters her world through her work, imbuing abstract paintings, ceramics, and furniture with casual references to memories and aesthetic influences. Jeff Koons plucks symbolically-charged images and objects from popular culture, framing questions about taste and pleasure in modern society. Alternately romantic, cerebral, and unearthly, Florian Maier-Aichen's digitally altered photographs contain elements of truth, but are closer to the realm of drawing and fiction than documentation.
Series Title: From Kalaupapa - Long Story Short
Program Title: Meli Watanuki
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/15/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Like many Hansen’s disease patients at Kalaupapa, Meli Watanuki experienced loss from a very early age. Diagnosed with Hansen’s disease at eighteen, she was abandoned by her husband who took their young son with him. Years later, their bond could not be reconnected. Yet she explains how she found happiness and a new love by choosing to live in Kalaupapa. She and fellow Hansen’s disease patient Boogie Kahilihiwa voice their contrasting views on whether or not children should be allowed into Kalaupapa. This is the third in a series of Long Story Short shows shot on location at Kalaupapa on Moloka’i.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Future of Kalaupapa
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/15/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
As part of DAMIEN WEEK, PBS Hawaii tackles the issue of what
will happen to Kalaupapa when the last Hansen’s disease patient residing there
passes away. There are now fewer than
twenty patients living there. Kalaupapa
is currently under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health and sits
on Hawaiian Homelands, but the National Parks Service is also there developing
it as a future national park. Dan Boylan
moderates a panel including the Superintendent for Kalaupapa Historic National
Park Steve Prokop; Kalaupapa resident and Hansen’s disease patient “Boogie”
Kahilihiwa (fresh from his trip to
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents: Damien
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 15, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/14/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
PBS Hawaii presents special commemorative encore
presentation of the
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/damien.php
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Future of Kalaupapa
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/16/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
As part of DAMIEN WEEK, PBS Hawaii tackles the issue of what
will happen to Kalaupapa when the last Hansen’s disease patient residing there
passes away. There are now fewer than
twenty patients living there. Kalaupapa
is currently under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health and sits
on Hawaiian Homelands, but the National Parks Service is also there developing
it as a future national park. Dan Boylan
moderates a panel including the Superintendent for Kalaupapa Historic National
Park Steve Prokop; Kalaupapa resident and Hansen’s disease patient “Boogie”
Kahilihiwa (fresh from his trip to
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Mahi Beamer; Nina Kailiwahamana; Robert Cazimero (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/19/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Three magical talents, Mahi Beamer, Nina Keali’iwahamana and Robert Cazimero, blend their voices together to create an intimacy that only comes with family and good friends in this encore presentation of Na Mele from the PBS Hawaii studios.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/namele.php
Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title:
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/19/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
In
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/index.html
Series Title:
Latin Music
Program Title: The Chicano Wave/Divas and Superstars
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/19/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
The Chicano Wave:
Mexican Americans in
Divas and Superstars:
The final hour focuses on the Latin pop explosion of the turn of the 21st century and the success of artists like Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Shakira in the English-language market. As studios concentrate on star-driven pop, Latino youth have gravitated toward urban fusions like Spanish rap and reggaetón, as well as rock en Español.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Sister Joan of Arc Souza (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/20/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Sister Joan of Arc Souza is the principal of
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday and 4pm on Sunday.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 21, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/21/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/leahey.php
Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: Gustavo Dudamel and the
Distributor: WNET
Date: 10/21/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Bursting on to the international scene in 1999 as the 18-year-old wunderkind conductor of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel has taken the classical music world by storm. In October 2009, he became the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. GREAT PERFORMANCES will join the opening night festivities for Dudamel’s inaugural gala concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall taped on October 8. The concert’s repertoire includes Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, as well as the premiere of John Adams’ City Noir (a commission of the LA Philharmonic).
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/
Series Title: Art in the Twenty First Century
Program Title: Transformation
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/21/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Costumes and masks, makeup and style, dolls and mannequins, stage and cinema-what strategies do we use to refashion identity? Do we seek out excess and extremes in order to see ourselves more clearly? Whether observing and satirizing society or reinventing icons of literature, art history, and popular culture, these artists inhabit the characters they create and capture the sensibilities of our age.
Paul McCarthy's video-taped performances and raucous
multimedia installations lampoon polite society, ridicule authority, and
bombard the viewer with a sensory overload of spectacular imagery. In
self-reflexive photographs and films, Cindy Sherman invents myriad guises,
metamorphosing from
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Strange Land: My Mother’s War Bride Story (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/22/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
PBS Hawaii presents local filmmaker Stephanie Castillo’s documentary exploring one war bride’s story. It tells of her journey and adjustment, not only to a strange place, but to a man with whom she thought she had something in common. The film unfolds the poignant story of an immigrant bride who is ultimately transformed by her perseverance and by her acceptance that there will be no turning back.
Series Title: Rick
Steves'
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/22/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title: East Africa:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/22/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
On the historic
Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title: Unique Antiques
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/26/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANITQUES ROADSHOW’s “Unique Antiques” showcases some of the most outlandish, kitschy and downright morbidly fascinating antiques and collectibles of the series’ last decade. Warning: These objects have been appraised by trained professionals; don’t try this at home! Highlights include a Weller pottery humidor in the shape of a skull; a chair once belonging to Chang Bunker, the owner’s great-grandfather and half of the 19th-century’s world famous conjoined twins, Chang and Eng; and a collection of tin cans salvaged from a 19th-century dump and valued at $10,000 to $14,000.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/index.html
Series Title: Art in the Twenty-First Century
Program Title: Systems
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/28/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
What new grammars and logics do artists invent in today's supercharged, information-based society? Why do we find comfort in some systems while rebelling against others? This episode features artists who realize complex projects, whether through acts of appropriation, accumulation, or creating projects so vast in scope as to elude comprehension.
Synthesizing photomontage, painting, and language, John Baldessari's deadpan visual juxtapositions equate images with words and illuminate, confound, and challenge meaning. Kimsooja's videos and installations blur the boundaries between aesthetics and transcendent experience through their use of repetitive actions, practices, and forms. Applying strategies of mass production to hand-made objects, Allan McCollum questions the intrinsic value of the unique work of art in a society awash in consumption. Julie Mehretu's paintings and drawings reference elements of mapping and architecture to achieve an abstract, calligraphic complexity that resembles turbulent atmospheres and dense social networks.
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Na Mele: Tony Conjugacion (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/29/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Tony returns to his roots and pays tribute to his musical influences in a special edition of NA MELE. The show includes classic songs and original compositions by Tony himself. This spontaneous kanikapila is a historic occasion captured by the cameras in the PBS Hawaii studio.
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Jimmy Borges After Dark (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/29/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Sit back and enjoy a wonderful evening of jazz with Jimmy Borges and his all-star crew: drummer Noel Okimoto, bassist Steve Jones, saxophonists Gabe Baltazar and Matt Catingub, pianist Betty Loo Taylor and singer Pauline Wilson.
Series Title: Rick
Steves'
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/29/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
The
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title: Globe Trekker Special: Best American Hikes
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/28/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Go climb a mountain with the Globe Trekkers! Among the
challenges awaiting them include the Grand Tetons in
Series Title: American Masters
Program Title: Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound (Encore)
Distributor: WNET
Date: 10/30/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
In the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the private life and public career of Joan Baez, this film examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her unwavering journey as the conscience of a generation.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
Series Title: Na Mele
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/2/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Na Mele swings with an encore of a classic special jazz salute to Hawaiian music, featuring Sam Ahia on guitar and vocals, Rich Crandall on piano, Sango Muyiwa on percussion, Noel Okimoto on vibes, and Byron Yasui on upright bass.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/namele.php
Series Title: Antique Roadshow
Program Title:
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/2/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Host Mark L. Walberg welcomes ANTIQUES ROADSHOW viewers to
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/index.html
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Puakea Nogelmeier
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/3/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
A year out of high school, Marvin Nogelmeier arrived in
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday and 4pm on Sunday.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/4/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/leahey.php
Series Title: Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/4/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
An A-list cast of comedians — including Jerry Seinfeld and
Chris Rock — salutes Bill Cosby, the 12th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for
American Humor. Taped at the
Series Title: Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/4/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
An A-list cast of comedians — including Jerry Seinfeld and
Chris Rock — salutes Bill Cosby, the 12th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for
American Humor. Taped at the
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Puakea Nogelmeier (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/4/2009 11:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
A year out of high school, Marvin Nogelmeier arrived in
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday and 4pm on Sunday.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Made In
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/5/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Pacific Islanders in Communications presents three short
films that take you on a voyage of discovery. MADE IN TAIWAN (2006) explores
the journey of two Pacific Islanders who, through the use of DNA testing, are
able to follow their ancestors’ route through the Pacific back to
Series Title: Rick
Steves'
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/5/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
The creative spirit of
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/3/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Host Megan McCormick begins her journey in the beautiful
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Jerry Byrd & Friends (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/9/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Na Mele presents a special encore of the smooth sounds of the late master steel guitarist, Jerry Byrd. Byrd was joined for this nostalgic journey by four master musicians in their own right, Hiram Olsen K Jr. on guitar and vocals, Dennis Keohokalole on ukulele and vocals, Gary Aiko on upright bass and vocals, and Ned Ka’apana on guitar and vocals.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/namele.php
Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title:
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/6/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Host Mark L. Walberg travels to the historic Civil War
battle site in
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/index.html
Series Title: How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
Program Title: MONDAY, November 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/9/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This is the extraordinary and untold story of how the
Beatles punctured the Iron Curtain. In August 1962, award-winning director
Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film, in
Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: D Tour
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/10/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
Pat Spurgeon has big dreams to make it as an indie rock musician. Just as his career is about to take off, he suffers an incredible setback when one of his kidneys begins to fail. Follow Pat on his emotional search for a living organ donor. But can he balance his health with a rock ‘n roll lifestyle?
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/index.html
Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/11/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/leahey.php
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Biography
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/12/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
PBS Hawaii will air the English language version of this one hour-documentary about Hawaiian patriot and Renaissance man Joseph Nawahi, followed immediately by the Hawaiian language version of the same film.
Joseph Nawahi was a teacher, surveyor, lawyer, cabinet
minister, newspaper editor, and artist in
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Biography
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/12/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
PBS Hawaii will air the English language version of this one hour-documentary about Hawaiian patriot and Renaissance man Joseph Nawahi, followed immediately by the Hawaiian language version of the same film.
Joseph Nawahi was a teacher, surveyor, lawyer, cabinet
minister, newspaper editor, and artist in
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: The Art of Solo Ukulele (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/16/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
A special Na Mele encore featuring Byron Yasui, Jake Shimabukuro, Benny Chong, Gordon Mark, and Blane Kanno.
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Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title:
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/16/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Centuries before texting, girls were expressing themselves
via embroidered samplers, as appraiser Nancy Druckman shows ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
host Mark L. Walberg at the Embroiderer’s Guild of America in
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Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Loretta Ables Sayre, Pt. 2 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/17/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
In part two of
This program will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday and 4pm on Sunday.
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vlilmos
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/17/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
They took
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Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/18/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
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Series Title: Secrets of Shangri-La
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/18/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
In the legendary
Series Title: Lost Cave Temples
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/18/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
In a remote corner of the Himalaya, in the forbidden
Series Title: Mustang - Journey of Transformation
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/18/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Mustang – Journey of Transformation
Wednesday, November 18 at 10:00PM
Lost in time, the
Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Pidgin: The Voice of
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/19/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Born on sugar plantations and spoken by more than half of
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Series Title: Rick
Steves'
Program Title: Great Swiss Cities (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/19/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
In this episode, we’ll focus on an often-overlooked side of
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/19/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Globe Trekker
Host Megan McCormick hangs ten at Surfers’ Paradise on the
Gold Coast and Noosa in
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Nina Kealiiwahamana & Bill Kaiwa (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/23/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
The magic of “Hawaii Calls” is revived when Nina Keali’iwahamana joins Bill Kaiwa for some traditional Hawaiian classics. Keali’iwahamana and Kaiwa are joined for this journey down memory lane by Martin Pahinui on vocals and bass, Steven Hall on vocals and guitar, and George Kuo on vocals and guitar.
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Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title: Relative Riches
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/23/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This ROADSHOW special edition puts family folklore to the test. Did that refinished chair once seat royalty? Did a tall tale get passed down with a tall chest? “Relative Riches” demonstrates the proof is in the provenance. Highlights include a bow and quiver purported to have been made and signed by Chief Geronimo; a carved emerald and ruby ring that would benefit from a bill of sale; and a questionable 1815 Kentucky corner cupboard that might have more value as firewood than furniture.
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Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Mary Bitterman
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/24/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
This week
This program will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday and 4pm on Sunday.
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: Objectified
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/24/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
How does the design of a cell phone, toothbrush or couch affect your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (“Helvetica”) looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects, the people who design them and the creative process behind their work. Step inside the offices of the world’s most influential product designers to see how these objects influence us — oftentimes without our even knowing it.
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Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/25/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
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Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Makana (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/26/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Makana brings a full band and coffee-house atmosphere to the PBS Hawaii studios, playing songs drawn from his album Different Game.
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Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Hapa (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/26/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
One of the most and innovative acts in Hawaiian music- Hapa, with Barry Flanagan and Nathan Aweau - present their brilliant artistry, musicianship and creativity in this Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song. The program features selections from Hapa’s CD Maui and showcases both the flawless singing and innovative bass playing of Aweau and the award-winning composition and virtuoso guitar stylings of Flanagan. Host Peter Fonda, a longtime fan, introduces and interviews the duo between musical selections.
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Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: Sting: A Winter's Night
Distributor: WNET
Date: 11/26/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Following his international success with Songs from the
Labyrinth , featuring the music of Elizabethan composer John Dowland, rock and
pop superstar Sting welcomes the holidays with an atmospheric musical
celebration of wintertime — days of solitude and reflection, as well as rebirth
and festivity. Recorded at the magnificent Durham Cathedral near his hometown
of
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Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title: Ice Trekking the
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/26/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Host Zay Harding ski tours the legendary
Series Title: Hawaiian Airlines Presents: Na Mele
Program Title: Waimea 'Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/30/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
For the past eight years some of the greatest ‘ukulele and slack key guitar virtuosos converge at the Kahilu Theatre in Kamuela on Hawaii Island for five days of workshops, school outreach events, public concerts, and musical sharing amongst themselves. The annual event is called the Waimea ‘Ukulele & Slack Key Guitar Institute. PBS Hawaii tells the story of the institute in a half-hour documentary, and then lets loose with a rousing performance film starring Ledward Kaapana, Mike Ka’awa, Dennis and David Kamakahi, Richard and Kalae Ho’opi’i, Bobby Ingano, Sonny Lim, Aaron Mahi, and Danny Carvalho.
Also featured is an all-acoustic jam session between
‘ukulele superstar Jake Shimabukuro and friends Jeff Peterson, Benny Chong, and
David Kamakahi. This special
presentation is also a PBS Hawaii pledge event, co-hosted by PBS Hawaii CEO
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Series Title: Chefs A 'Field
Program Title: Sustainable
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/30/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Chef Alan Wong visits Richard Ha, whose Hamakua Springs
Country Farms grows beautiful, award-winning produce in the shadow of
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Solomon Enos (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/1/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
This program will repeat at 11pm on Wednesday.
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Series Title: Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 1, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/1/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
MY MUSIC brings back the disco years with live performances from the legends of the lighted dance floor. K.C. of K.C. and the Sunshine Band hosts the program, which includes the hit-makers featured on the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever. K.C. and the Sunshine Band (“That’s the Way I Like It” and “Get Down Tonight”), the Trammps (“Disco Inferno”), Yvonne Elliman (“If I Can’t Have You”), Tavares (“More Than a Woman”) and more bring back the days of polyester suits, big hair, mirror balls and eight-track tapes.
Series Title: VOCES
Program Title: Soy Andina
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/1/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Two New Yorkers — an immigrant folk dancer from the Andes
and a modern dancer from Queens — journey to
Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/2/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
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Series Title: Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/2/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Celtic Woman vocalists Lisa Kelly, Chloe Agnew, Lynn Hilary
and Alex Sharpe, with violinist Mairead Nesbitt, perform at
Series Title: Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 3, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/3/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 180
Description:
This program reunites original legends of rock’n’roll for a
once-in-a-lifetime performance. Hosted by pop music legends Frankie Valli,
Jerry (The Iceman)
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Kawai Cockett & Darlene Ahuna (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/7/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
A special encore Na Mele featuring the traditional Hawaiian music of Darlene Ahuna and the late Kawai Cockett. In this performance. Kawai Cockett is backed by Sam Sepitmo and Charlie Wahiineho’okane. Joining Darlene Ahuna are her husband J.J. Ahuna and Led Kaapana. Ha’aheo Cockett provides hula artistry.
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Series Title:
Andre Rieu Live in
Program Title: MONDAY, December 7, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/7/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Recorded at
Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: Barenboim on Beethoven (Encore)
Distributor: WNET
Date: 12/7/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Legendary pianist, conductor and recording artist Daniel Barenboim performed the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle in eight concerts at Berlin's Staatsoper — one of the world's most beautiful opera houses. This GREAT PERFORMANCES special features the entire fourth concert, which consists of five sonatas — including the audience favorite "Appassionata" (Sonata No. 23, F Minor, Op. 57). Also featured are excerpts from Barenboim's master classes with acclaimed young pianists Lang Lang, Jonathan Biss and Shai Wosner. Barenboim, who has played the piano sonatas for more than 50 years, offers insight into a vital repertoire that continually affirms its place among the most popular works in the entire piano literature.
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Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Marlene Sai, Pt. 1 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/8/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Only a few working female vocalists in
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday.
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Series Title: The Three Tenors Christmas
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 8, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/8/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
PBS reprises a holiday favorite with the Three Tenors — José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and the late Luciano Pavarotti. Taped in December 1999 at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the program features popular Christmas songs such as "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," "Winter Wonderland" and "Sleigh Ride," as well as beloved carols and sacred songs such as "O Holy Night," "Adestes Fideles," "Ave Maria, Dolce Maria" and "Amazing Grace." The tenors are accompanied by the Vienna Symphony and joined by the Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir.
Series Title:
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 8, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/8/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the
world-famous Rockettes, has become
Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/9/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
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Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas (Encore)
Distributor: WNET
Date: 12/9/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Everyone’s favorite “Hitman” David Foster joins superstar
tenor Andrea Bocelli for a new Christmas concert of seasonal favorites.
Showcasing Bocelli’s soaring vocals are lush new arrangements given the
distinctive Foster touch. Recorded at the Kodak Theatre in
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: Between the Folds
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/9/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? A determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists has abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the world in paper, creating a wild mix of sensibilities towards art, science, creativity and meaning.
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Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Artist2
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/10/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
A follow up to last year’s ARTIST show, ARTIST2 takes us once again into the creative process from the artist’s point of view. This diverse program offers a look at the career of Tadashi Sato and a feature on his mosaic work Aquarius; the glass murals of Doug Young; the Pacific Rim Children’s Chorus Festival; and the reuniting of the 1980s new wave rock band Oriental Love Ring.
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Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title: Artist (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/10/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
ARTIST is the story of five prominent
Series Title: Rick
Steves'
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/10/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
For centuries,
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title: Globe Trekker Special: Best Dives
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/10/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The Trekkers visit the top 15 dive sites worldwide. Each
location is more exotic than the last, from the turquoise waters of
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title: Sean Na'auao & Friends (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/14/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Sean Na’auao is joined for this traditional session by good friends Joe Uahinui on guitar and vocals, Jack Ofoia on bass and vocals, Bobo Butries on percussion. Keola and Kapua Dalire, daughters of noted kumu hula Aloha Dalire and Na’auao’s sisters-in-law, provide hula artistry.
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Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title: Roadshow Remembers (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/14/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 0
Description:
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW lifts the lid on 10 years of treasures with this special edition designed to test the memory of hardcore fans and kindle the curiosity of newcomers. Do you recall the little 18th-century silver creamer from New York, worth a small fortune, or the matched pair of 19th-century America's Cup race paintings by a certain famous marine artist? Take a trip down memory lane filled with unbelievable objects, unforgettable stories and unimaginable price.
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Marlene Sai, Pt. 1 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/15/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Singer/actress Marlene Sai talks to
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 4pm on Sunday, December 20.
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Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/16/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
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Series Title: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Ed Herrmann
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/16/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at
Series Title: Great Performances at the Met
Program Title: Tosca
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/16/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 150
Description:
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET opens its fourth PBS broadcast season with a new production of Puccini’s Tosca, staged by Luc Bondy in his Met debut, and starring Karita Mattila in her first Met performance of the title role. The cast includes Joseph Colaneri, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze and Paul Plishka. James Levine conducts. Sets are by Richard Peduzzi, with costumes by Milena Canonero and lighting by Max Keller.
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Series Title: PBS Hawaii Presents
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/17/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Maui –based Producer/Director Tom Vendetti’s
Series Title: Rick
Steves'
Program Title: The
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/17/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Few travelers venture beyond
Series Title: Globe Trekker
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/17/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Host Ian Wright explores the northern highlands of Axum
where he visits the oldest church in
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Songs
Program Title: George Winston (Plays Slack Key) (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/21/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
"Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song" presents a
rare solo slack-key concert with George Winston, best known the world over for
his evocative piano music, musical interpretations of the ever-changing seasons
of his childhood Montana home. But
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Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title: Big & Little
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/21/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
“Big & Little” proves good things come in small — and gigantic — packages. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW looks high and low through its archive of appraisals for unusually teeny treasures and outsize objects, from an heirloom five-carat diamond ring valued at $40,000 to $50,000 to a wall-sized painting by noted American artist John Fery, estimated to be worth $20,000 to $30,000.
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Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: Dance in
Distributor: WNET
Date: 12/21/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Since the first production The Nutcracker in St. Petersburg
more than a century ago, its charming story, dazzling choreography and
magnificent Tchaikovsky score have combined to make it one of the most popular
and enduring ballets the world over. San Francisco Ballet makes the beloved
ballet its own, resetting it during the 1915 Panama Pacific International
Exhibition and introducing “Dance in
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Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: W.S. Merwin
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/22/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
In his more than fifty year career, William S. Merwin has
received nearly every major award for poetry, including two Pulitzer
prizes. He has traveled widely and lived
in Europe, but since the late seventies Haiku,
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Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: Top Sports Stores of 2009
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/23/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Father Jim and son Kanoa Leahey argue about what are the top sports stories of 2009.
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Series Title:
Christmas at
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/23/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Three-time Grammy Award winner and
Series Title: Great Performances
Program Title: La Boheme - The Movie
Distributor: WNET
Date: 12/23/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Giacomo Puccini’s enduring 1896 blockbuster now makes its way to the big screen in a lushly atmospheric movie adaptation directed by Robert Dornhelm. The operatic “dream couple” — sensational Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and dashing Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón — reunite as the doomed lovers Mimi and Rodolfo, joined by George von Bergen (vocals by Boaz Daniel) as Marcello, Adrian Eröd as Schaunard, Vitalij Kowaljow as Colline, Tiziano Bracci as Benoit and Nicole Cabell as Musetta.
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Series Title:
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 24, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/24/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This program is a highlight version of the six-hour Los
Angeles County Holiday Celebration that took place in the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion of the
Series Title: Michael McDonald - This Christmas: A Soundstage Special Event
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 24, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/24/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Singer Michael McDonald combines yuletide favorites such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “White Christmas” with the Stevie Wonder Motown classic “What Christmas Means to Me” and some of his signature hits for a perfect blend of holiday cheer. McDonald’s soulful, throaty baritone infuses a unique vocal styling that adds a perfect twist to the holiday season.
Series Title: Faith Hill
Program Title: Joy to the World: A Soundstage Special Event (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/24/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Faith Hill, backed by an orchestra led by esteemed conductor David Campbell, sings favorites from her holiday album, Joy to the World, a collection of standards amped up with challenging vocals and ambitious melodic structure. This SOUNDSTAGE special features booming orchestral arrangements on the title track, “Joy to the World,” and swinging, big-band versions of more lighthearted fare such as “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “Holly, Jolly Christmas.” A choir joins Hill and the orchestra on more spiritual songs such as “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Silent Night” and “A Baby Changes Everything.” The program was taped over two nights at the Chicago-area Sears Centre Arena.
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Songs
Program Title: Led Kaapana, Dennis Kamakahi and Cyril Pahinui (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/28/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Na Mele presents a traditional Hawaiian jam session featuring slack key masters Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, and Led Kaapana. The program includes sentimental classics with each artist taking a turn on lead vocals and guitar.
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Series Title: Antiques Roadshow
Program Title: Jackpot! (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/28/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
It's every collector's dream: turning a modest outlay into a staggeringly high return on investment. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW "Jackpot" rolls the dice on those heady moments when luck smiles on flea market mavens and yard sale savants. This special recalls such spectacular windfalls as a landscape painting acquired for $1.50 at a Salvation Army "half price" sale and valued at $10,000 to $15,000; an art pottery vase, grabbed at a garage sale for less than five dollars and estimated to be worth $13,000 to $17,000; a 19th-century album of watercolor paintings, scooped up at a yard sale for a quarter, with an estimated value of $20,000 to $30,000; and a 1951 Minneapolis Millers baseball uniform worn by Willie Mays, scored at a sports collectibles show for $50 and valued at $60,000 to $80,000.
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Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Corbett Kalama
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/29/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
This program is available in High Definition and will be rebroadcast at 11pm on Wednesday 12/30/09 and at 3pm on Sunday 1/3/10.
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: Scenes from a Parish
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/29/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
Independent Lens
When a young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick
Parish in
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Series Title: Leahey & Leahey
Program Title: Top Sports Stores of 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/30/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Father Jim and son Kanoa Leahey argue about what are the top sports stories of 2009.
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Series Title: P.O.V.
Program Title: Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/30/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring, Patti Smith: Dream of Life is an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet and artist. Following Smith's personal reflections over a decade, the film explores her many art forms and the friends and poets who inspired her - William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Robert Mapplethorpe and Michael Stipe. She emerges as a crucial, contemporary link between the Beats, punks and today's music. Shot in lush, dark tones, featuring rare performance clips and narrated by the artist herself, Patti Smith: Dream of Life is an impressionistic journal of a multi-faceted artist that underscores her unique place in American culture.
Series Title: Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/31/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Moloka‘i's Raiatea Helm is joined by dad Zachary Helm, Jack
Ofoia, Casey Olsen, Aaron Sala, and dancer Nani Dudoit for a performance in the
PBS Hawaii studio. In between songs
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Series Title: Live
from
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/31/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
The New York Philharmonic's New Year's Eve gala, with new music director Alan Gilbert and baritone Thomas Hampson, celebrates all-American music from Gershwin, Copland and Broadway. This glamorous evening features Gershwin's beloved "An American in Paris," Copland's "Appalachian Spring Suite" and "Old American Songs," as well as selections from various Broadway musicals.
Series Title: Chicago/Earth, Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 31, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/31/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Legendary groups Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire join
forces in this one-hour concert special taped in
News & Public Affairs:
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 1, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/1/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Death Toll Mounts From Pacific Earthquakes
The death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes in
American Somoa and
REPORT
News Wrap: Markets Drop on Mix of Weak Reports
In other news, markets fell on a rise in claims for unemployment benefits and drops in auto sales and factory activity, and a key Senate committee neared the end of its work on health care reform.
DEBATE
Disputed Afghan Election Leads to U.N. Staff Shake-up
A top
ANALYSIS
REPORT
Fossil Find Sheds Light on 'Early Evolutionary Steps'
A 4.4-million year old fossil, discovered in
CONVERSATION
Junk Man: Poet and Professor Albert Goldbarth
Poet and toy collector Albert Goldbarth is a two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Mark Twain Prize for Humor. In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, Goldbarth discusses his writing, and his latest book of poetry,"To Be Read in 500 Years."
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/2/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Job Losses Rise, Dampening Hopes for a Quick Recovery
Employers shed 263,000 jobs in September, more than analysts expected, bringing the jobless rate to 9.8 percent. Economics columnist David Leonhardt and labor expert Jacob Kirkegaard look at the numbers.
REPORT
Other News: Two Survivors Rescued from Quake Rubble
In other news, two survivors of the earthquake in
ANALYSIS
Despite a high-profile push by President Obama and others,
REPORT
Key Senate Panel Nears Health Care Reform Vote
The Senate Finance Committee has finished a marathon week sorting through hundreds of amendments to Chairman Max Baucus's health care reform plan. Next stop for the bill: a vote by the full committee. Betty Ann Bowser reports.
ANALYSIS
Shields and Brooks on Obama's Olympic Trip, Health Care
Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news,
including President Obama's trip abroad to tout
ANALYSIS
Bening Returns to Stage with Modern Twist on 'Medea'
After establishing herself as a star of the silver screen, Annette Bening has returned to her roots as a stage actor with a modern interpretation of Euripides' classical Greek play, "Medea."
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, October 5, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/5/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
New Attacks Add Gravity to Afghan Strategy Review
The
REPORT
News Wrap: Bomb Strikes U.N. Office in
In other news Monday, five people were killed in a suicide
bombing at the U.N. World Food Program office in
ANALYSIS
New Court Term Puts Spotlight on Gun Rights, Free Speech, Business
The Supreme Court opened a new term on Monday with a docket full of cases concerning corporations, compensation, and the financial markets. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal previews the term with Gwen Ifill.
ANALYSIS
Among Doctors, Many Opinions on Health Care Reform
While President Obama worked to rally doctors around health care reform Monday, fault lines have nevertheless emerged among physicians on topics such as the public option, the role of insurance companies, and the say of patients. A pair of doctors debate their views with Judy Woodruff.
ANALYSIS
Dodgers' Vin Scully 'One on One' From the Booth
After 60 years in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Vin Scully says he still gets goose bumps. In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, the hall of famer discusses his first big break, the thrill of baseball, and his "one on one" approach with the fans.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, October 6, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/6/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Obama Brings Congress Into Afghan Strategy Review
Reporters offer insight into President Obama's meeting with
lawmakers Tuesday to discuss a strategy shift in
REPORT
Other News: Flooding in
In other news, flooding in
ANALYSIS
Dogfight Video Tests Limits of Free Speech
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether videos of illegal dogfights are protected speech. Marcia Coyle offers insight.
REPORT
In
In the first of a series on health care abroad, Ray Suarez
looks at how the
ANALYSIS
Masters of Light: Americans Win the Nobel Prize in Physics
Jeffrey Brown reports on three American scientists who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering research in fiber optics and digital photography.
REPORT
Commercial Real Estate May Be Next Victim of Recession
Just two years ago an office space in midtown
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 7, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/7/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
REPORT
News Wrap: Supreme Court Considers Giant Cross in
In other news, the Supreme Court took up the separation of
church and state in a case involving public lands in
REPORT
In the last of a series on health care in the
ANALYSIS
What the
Gwen Ifill speaks with health experts about what the
REPORT
"Obama's War" Commemorates Eight Years in
On the anniversary of the
REPORT
Student's Death Points to Upsurge in Gang Violence in
Jeffrey Brown speaks with a Chicago Sun-Times reporter about
the recent murder of a high school student in
REPORT
New Statue Honors Helen Keller
A bronze statue of Helen Keller was unveiled to Congress Wednesday. Kwame Holman reports.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 8, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/8/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Health Reform Vote Set for Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee will vote next week on revamping the nation's health care system. Kwame Holman reports.
REPORT
News Wrap: House OKs Hate Crime Protections for Gays, Lesbians
In other news, the House voted to include homosexuals in federal hate crime laws, and first-time claims for unemployment fell more than expected last week.
REPORT
Taliban Claims Credit for Deadly Suicide Bombing
Bill Neely of Independent Television news reports on the
latest suicide bombing at the Indian embassy in
CONVERSATION
Margaret Warner speaks with
REPORT
Flu Season to Come Earlier, Stronger than Expected
The flu season might start earlier than expected, complicating efforts to distribute an H1N1 vaccine before people are infected. Betty Ann Bowser reports.
ANALYSIS
Tracking Tainted Food a Near Impossibility in
Lee Hochberg reports on the difficulty in tracking the source of tainted foods and the complicated trail from production to sale.
REPORT
Michelle Obama's Ancestry Reveals Intriguing Slave Tale
Jeffrey Brown examines first lady Michelle Obama's ancestral path as the descendant of a slave.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: Meth
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/8/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The methamphetamine epidemic in
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/9/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
President Obama Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Mixed Reviews
President Barack Obama was named this year's Nobel Peace Prize honoree, becoming the second sitting president to win. Ray Suarez reports.
REPORT
News Wrap: Obama, McChrystal Discuss Afghan Strategy
In other news, Obama met with General McChrystal to discuss
strategies for
ANALYSIS
Examining the Road to Becoming a Nobel Laureate
Jeffrey Brown speaks to Scott London, co-editor of "Nobel Lectures in Peace," about the selection process for the Nobel Peace Prize.
ANALYSIS
How the Peace Prize Could Affect Obama's Presidency
Judy Woodruff gets reactions from policy experts on President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize and discusses what the award means for his presidency.
REPORT
Investigation into Rangel's Dealings Intensifies
The House Ethics Committee is expanding its investigation into Rep. Charles Rangel over a series of questionable financial dealings. Kwame Holman reports.
ANALYSIS
Brooks, Marcus Discuss Potential Peace Prize Backfire, Rangel Controversy
Columnists David Brooks and Ruth Marcus discuss the week's news, including the potential pitfalls in President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
REPORT
Small Crash on Moon Could Have Big Scientific Impact
Scientists hope crashing a probe into the moon will shed light on whether there is much water there.
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 10/9/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
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Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/9/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/9/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: Foreign Exchange
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/9/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
This is the last episode of this weekly, half-hour international affairs series.
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/9/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, October 12, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/12/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
A suicide car bombing in northwest
ANALYSIS
Militant Attacks Renew Questions on
Violence continued in
REPORT
News Wrap: Afghan Official Leaves Election Commission
In other news, an Afghan official resigned from a commission
charged with determining whether fraud occurred in the nation's presidential
election, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the world will not be deterred
by new missile testing in
ANALYSIS
Health Reform Carries Heavy Price, Insurers Claim
A new report paid for by the insurance industry has concluded that health care reform would increase the costs of coverage faster and higher than under the current system.
ANALYSIS
While the
ANALYSIS
Lawmakers Eye 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Reversal
Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on
CONVERSATION
Historian Taylor Branch on the '
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his new book, "The Clinton Tapes."
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, October 13, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/13/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Health Care Bill Clears Senate Panel with One G.O.P. Vote
President Obama's top domestic initiative, health care reform, inched closer to final votes in Congress on Tuesday after clearing a key hurdle in the Senate Finance Committee. Betty Ann Bowser reports.
ANALYSIS
Emanuel: Cost, Competition Central to Health Reform
In an interview, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discusses the Senate Finance Committee's passage of a health reform bill, the future for the public option and more.
REPORT
Other News: Obama to Announce Afghan Strategy in 'the Coming Weeks'
In other news, President Obama said he will announce whether
he intends to send more troops to
ANALYSIS
Gubernatorial races in
REPORT
Lindsey Hilsum of ITN reports from
REPORT
In
With presidential elections just weeks away, diplomats are
struggling to resolve the standoff in
REPORT
ScienceNow Looks at Rescuing the Hubble
The NewsHour airs an excerpt from a NOVA ScienceNow report on efforts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
UPDATE
More than three months after a coup removed him from office, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and his rival, interim President Roberto Micheletti, remain at loggerheads. Ray Suarez speaks with Marcelo Ballve of New America Media about the situation.
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: Obama’s War
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/13/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move
in
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Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 14, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/14/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Dow Closes Above 10,000 for First Time in a Year
The Dow Jones industrial average closed Wednesday above 10,000 for the first time since Oct. 3, 2008. Ray Suarez speaks with a Washington Post reporter about the significance.
REPORT
News Wrap: Obama Seeks More Help for Seniors
In other news, President Obama asked Congress to approve
extra social security payments for the nation's seniors, and tensions over an
American aid package for
DEBATE
Wall Street Set for Record Payouts a Year After Crash
Despite heightened scrutiny from both the public and regulators in the wake of the AIG bonus scandal, compensation on Wall Street is set for a record year in 2009. Jeffrey Brown reports.
ANALYSIS
Senate Shifts Focus to Health Care Compromise
Top Senate Democrats and White House officials have turned their health reform efforts toward crafting a compromise package that can unite Democrats and avoid a GOP filibuster. Policy analysts examine the different ways a public option could take shape in Congress.
ANALYSIS
Cash Strapped California Towns Eye Tax Hikes for Medical Marijuana
With budget woes causing cuts to essential services across
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
As President Obama develops a new
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 15, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/15/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Obama Visits
President Obama flew to
ANALYSIS
News Wrap: Dozens Killed in Attacks Across
In other news, at least 39 people were killed in a wave of
attacks across
REPORT
Making Sense of the Foreclosure Crisis
In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the ongoing foreclosure crisis.
ANALYSIS
IRS Ends Amnesty for Use of Overseas Tax Havens
In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman discusses the agency's efforts to close overseas tax shelters.
REPORT
Exploring the Hazards of Texting, Talking While Driving
As new evidence emerges about the hazards of driving while talking on a cell phone, more states are pushing to ban the practice. KCET's "SoCal Connected" takes a closer look.
REPORT
White House Fiesta Celebrates Latin Music
A sampling of Latin music performed at the White House this week at a cultural event hosted by the president and first lady.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/16/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Afghan Runoff Grows Likely Following Fraud Probe
An investigation into fraudulent ballots in
ANALYSIS
Anticipation Grows Around Afghan Fraud Probe
A probe into fraud allegations in
ANALYSIS
News Wrap: Police Station Bombing Kills 13 in
In other news, a suicide bombing at a police station in
ANALYSIS
Afghan Expert Riedel Weighs Obama's Strategic Options
Former CIA officer and terrorism expert Bruce Riedel
discusses his book, "The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology,
and Future" and his work chairing an
ANALYSIS
Bank Earnings Reveal Mixed Recovery on Wall Street
Third-quarter earnings revealed a mixed picture on Wall Street as Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase posted healthy profits, while Bank of America continued to struggle under the weight of rising credit card delinquencies and mortgage defaults.
ANALYSIS
Shields and Gerson Survey Health Care Outlook, Economy
Columnists Mark Shields and Michael Gerson sort through the top news of the past week, including a key vote on health care in the Senate Finance Committee, bank earning reports and conflicting data about the health of the economy.
ANALYSIS
Tensions Surround
With presidential elections just weeks away, negotiators in
REPORT
Casualties Take Heavy Toll on
Tom Bearden reports on how soldiers at
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 16, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 10/16/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
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Series Title: Now on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/16/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/16/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/16/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, October 19, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/19/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
In
After months of speculation, investigators confirmed on Monday that the Afghan election was rife with fraud. Margaret Warner reports.
REPORT
Other News:
In other news,
ANALYSIS
In
The Pakistani army continues to fight insurgents in the
rugged hills of
REPORT
In
Scientists dig deep into
REPORT
The Obama administration announced a new strategy on
ANALYSIS
White House Steps Up Criticism of Fox News Channel
Jeffrey Brown reports on the escalating war of words between Fox News and the Obama White House, which recently referred to the conservative leaning channel as a "wing of the Republican party."
ANALYSIS
Exploring Tensions Between Presidents and the Media
Jeffrey Brown speaks with media experts about the ongoing feud between the White House and Fox News channel.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, October 20, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/20/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Under Pressure, Karzai Endorses Afghan Election Runoff
Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed to a runoff election after a U.N. probe determined that the August election was rife with fraud. Gwen Ifill reports.
ANALYSIS
In
Afghan President Hamid Karzai bowed to pressure Tuesday and
agreed to a runoff election on Nov. 7. The move came as the Obama
administration debates the future of
REPORT
Other News: Obama Renews Vow to Withdraw From
In other news, President Obama vowed to withdraw all
UPDATE
Suicide Attacks Rattle
Ray Suarez speaks with Washington Post reporter Pamela
Constable who has been reporting from
REPORT
Yoo's Tenure Questioned Over Bush Torture Policy
Spencer Michels reports on the ongoing academic wrangling
over former Bush attorney John Yoo's instruction at the
UPDATE
CDC Chief: H1N1 Poses More Risk for Kids, Young Adults
Health officials warn that young people are expected to be hit the hardest this year by the H1N1 virus. Margaret Warner speaks with the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more.
REPORT
'
Jeffrey Brown reports on the 35th anniversary of "Austin City Limits," the longest-running music series in television history.
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: The Warning
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/20/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, FRONTLINE sifts the ashes for clues about why it happened and examines critical moments when it might have gone much differently. Looking back into the 1990s, producer/director Michael Kirk (“Inside the Meltdown,” “Breaking the Bank”) discovers early warnings of the crash, reveals an intense battle among high-ranking members of the Clinton administration and uncovers a concerted effort not to regulate the emerging, highly complex and lucrative derivatives markets, which would become the ticking time-bomb within the American economy.
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Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title:
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/20/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Grounded in the dramatic personal stories of five
generations of mining families, and narrated by Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, this
program tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world’s largest
producer of copper — the “Richest Hill on Earth,” the town that “plumbed and
electrified America.”
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/index.html
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 21, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/21/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Barofsky: TARP Program Fueled Public Distrust
The biggest cost of the TARP program might be the public's distrust of the government, according to inspector general Neil Barofsky. Ray Suarez reports.
REPORT
Other News: Wells Fargo Concerns Drive Market Sell-off
In other news, worries about the health of Wells Fargo triggered a late day sell-off on Wall Street, and former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah agreed to the presidential runoff set for November.
CONVERSATION
Former Car Czar Rattner: No Reason GM Can't Succeed
"People will start buying cars again," former car czar Steve Rattner tells Judy Woodruff. He also discusses ousting GM's CEO and how the auto industry will evolve.
REPORT
Chaos in Clinics Over H1N1 Vaccine Shortage
Throughout the nation, concern over a possible H1N1 vaccine
shortage is causing chaos at hospitals. Betty Ann Bower visits a clinic in
ANALYSIS
Cancer Society Warns Against Premature Screenings
The American Cancer Society warned Wednesday that premature screening could lead to overtreating or overlooking cancer. Gwen Ifill reports.
ANALYSIS
Report Explores New Models for Journalism
Jeffrey Brown talks to Nick Lemann of
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 22, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/22/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Feinberg Hopes More Companies Adopt Executive Pay Rules
The Federal Reserve curbed pay packages for executives of companies that received bailout money in an effort to discourage risky business practices. Jeffrey Brown speaks with executive pay czar Kenneth Feinberg.
REPORT
Other News: House OKs Consumer Protection Agency
In other news, the House voted Thursday to establish a new consumer protection agency, and federal agents carried out a massive 19-state drug bust.
ANALYSIS
House Panel Approves Curbs for Insurers' Antitrust Exemptions
The House approved a bill on Wednesday that would limit the health insurance industry's exemption from federal antitrust laws. Betty Ann Bowser and Judy Woodruff report.
REPORT
Despite a resurgence of Islam in the predominately Muslim
country,
REPORT
Stimulus Money Plows Through Tractor Country
Ray Suarez speaks with Dante Chinni of the Patchwork Nation
project about tracking federal stimulus money as it is dispersed through
CONVERSATION
Poet
Author Sherman Alexie talks about his new book of poetry called "Faces" and his new short story collection, "War Dances."
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Bed and Breakfast
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/22/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Bed and Breakfast businesses in residential areas have been a point
of contention for years. The impassioned debate about issuing new permits for
Bed and Breakfast establishments is heating up at the Honolulu City
Council. Dan Boylan moderates a panel
including members of the Council as well as supporters for and against lifting
a ban on B & Bs. Contributing editor
Howard Dicus adds an economic perspective to the issue and gives us an update
on the state of
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Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/23/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
CDC: H1N1 Vaccine Efforts Not Meeting Goals
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the H1N1 flu's effects have already matched those of the seasonal flu. Ray Suarez reports.
REPORT
Other News: Pelosi Promises a Public Option
In other news, House speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on Friday that the House of Representatives' compromise health reform bill will include a public option, and the National Association of Realtors announced a jump in sales of pre-owned homes.
REPORT
In
A heated debate over political extremism in the
CONVERSATION
'Traumatized'
Margaret Warner speaks with Rory Stewart, who spent two
years walking across
ANALYSIS
Shields, Brooks: Obama Risks Looking Petty in Fox Fight
Columnists David Brooks and Mark Shields review the week's news, including the coming Afghan runoff and the war of words between the White House and Fox News.
CONVERSATION
Sullenberger: Lifetime of Preparation Led to 'Miracle'
Jeffrey Brown speaks with Capt. Chesley "Sully"
Sullenberger whose emergency landing of a United Airways flight in
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 23, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 10/23/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
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Series Title: Now on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/23/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/23/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/23/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Bed and Breakfast
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/23/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Bed and Breakfast businesses in residential areas have been
a point of contention for years. The impassioned debate about issuing new
permits for Bed and Breakfast establishments is heating up at the Honolulu City
Council. Dan Boylan moderates a panel including
members of the Council as well as supporters for and against lifting a ban on B
& Bs. Contributing editor Howard
Dicus adds an economic perspective to the issue and gives us an update on the
state of
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, October 26, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/26/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
In
American forces suffered their deadliest day in four years
in
REPORT
Other News: Security in
In other news, Iraqi forces beefed up security one day after a blast killed 155 people and injured 500 others, and 11 Iranians were arrested in Pakistan for attempting to illegal enter the country.
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Kerry: Afghan Troop Push Goes 'Too Far, Too Fast'
Margaret Warner speaks with Sen. John Kerry about his recent
trip to
ANALYSIS
New York Times Reporter Rohde Details His Kidnapping by Taliban
New York Times reporter David Rohde recounts being kidnapped
by the Taliban for more than seven months while working on a book in
REPORT
Two Families Describe Battles With H1N1
Betty Ann Bowser takes an in-depth look at two families attempting to cope with the H1N1 flu.
CONVERSATION
Writer Michael Chabon Explores Regrets, Pleasures
Pulitzer-prize winning author Michael Chabon sits down with Jeffrey Brown to talk about his new book, "Manhood for Amateurs."
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, October 27, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/27/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Renewed Public Option Push in Senate Tests Democratic Unity
The push by the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include a public option into a health care reform bill drew sharply different reactions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with liberals voicing support, moderates airing concerns, and Republicans promising a filibuster.
REPORT
News Wrap: October the Deadliest Month in Afghan War
In other news, October officially became the deadliest month
for
ANALYSIS
Opt-out Clause on Public Option Puts Role of States Back in Spotlight
Among the health reform proposals under debate on Capitol Hill is a plan to allow states to opt out of a public option -- which may help legislation pass through Congress, but how would it work to drive down costs? Two experts discuss the idea with Ray Suarez.
REPORT
'Neglected Infections' Resurface Among
In poor rural areas, inner cities, and among Latin American immigrants, exotic diseases classified by the CDC as "neglected infections" are now affecting millions of people. As Jeffrey Kaye reports, the rarer the illness, the harder it is to find treatment.
REPORT
Labor's 'Bulldog' Trumka Challenged by Dwindling Ranks, Public Perception
As AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka works to protect organized labor from the excesses of big business, he faces dwindling ranks, splits among union groups, and diminished public support. Paul Solman reports.
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: Close to Home
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/27/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how the middle class is
faring in this recession through the stories of the people whom she’s come to
know at the hair salon she’s frequented for the past 20 years. The film reveals
the struggles of a small business owner to stay afloat, her sister’s risk of
imminent foreclosure on her
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: Journals of a Wily School
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/27/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Pickpocketing is common practice in
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/index.html
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 28, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/28/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Militant Attacks Kill Scores in
Taliban militants stormed a U.N. guest house Wednesday in
REPORT
Deadly Car Bombing Clouds
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in
REPORT
Other News: Obama Expands Hate Crimes Law
In other news, President Obama signed an expansion of the federal hate crimes law, and new home sales fell unexpectedly by 3.6 percent in September.
ANALYSIS
Crackdown Targets Banks Deemed 'Too Big to Fail'
The head of a key House committee unveiled legislation Wednesday that would grant the federal government sweeping new powers to police giant financial firms. Jim Lehrer talks to two financial analysts about the debate over "too big to fail" institutions.
REPORT
Cities Struggle With Access to Green Energy Sources
In cities across the country, officials are faced with the
task of getting renewable energy from the outskirts of town to the urban
centers where demand is greatest. NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels
reports from
REPORT
No Insurance? On
On the Southeast Asian
CONVERSATION
For Ben Folds, an Orchestral Backing Makes Classic Sense
When rock 'n' roll pianist Ben Folds writes songs, he often does so with an orchestra in mind. Now on tour performing with leading symphonies, Folds is experiencing a homecoming of sorts, reports Jeffrey Brown.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, October 29, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/29/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Economy Shows New Signs of Growth, but Jobs Still Lag
The
REPORT
News Wrap:
In other news, Iran gave no indication it will agree to a U.N. plan to ship most of its nuclear fuel abroad for enrichment, and President Obama traveled to the military post at Dover, Del. to honor 18 American killed in Afghanistan earlier this week.
REPORT
House Health Care Bill Features Public Option Compromise
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled an $894 billion health care reform bill Thursday that would expand insurance coverage to as many as 36 million people. In a nod to moderates, the plan includes a public option in which rates are negotiated with doctors and hospitals. Betty Ann Bowser reports.
REPORT
CONVERSATION
Ex-State Department Official Explains Exit Over Afghan War Strategy
In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Matthew Hoh, the first
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 30, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/30/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
As Afghan Strategy Develops,
President Obama called in his national security team to the
White House on Friday to review
REPORT
News Wrap: Stocks Slide on Weak Consumer Spending
In other news, stocks dropped on Friday on news of weak consumer spending, and the White House said it was unhappy with the output of swine flu vaccine.
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
In a Friday interview with Margaret Warner in
ANALYSIS
With Jobs Still Elusive, White House Defends Stimulus
President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package has saved or created about 650,000 jobs, the White House said Friday. But with unemployment at a 26-year high, the administration is facing increased criticism about ongoing weakness in the labor market.
REPORT
In
In the latest in a series about innovation amid economic turmoil, Tom Bearden reports on efforts to convert algae into clean fuel.
ANALYSIS
Shields and Brooks on 'New Candor' with
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the top
stories of the past week, including Hillary Clinton's visit to
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 30, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 10/30/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: Now on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 30, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/30/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, October 30, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/30/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, November 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/2/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai won another term in office
after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, unexpectedly dropped out of the runoff
election. Margaret Warner reports from
REPORT
Other News: Bomb Kills 35 as
In other news, a suicide bombing in
REPORT
The race for
REPORT
Arrogance, Ignorance Recurring in Economic History
Paul Solman speaks with economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff about the financial crisis and how it compares to previous economic meltdowns.
ANALYSIS
Taxpayers' $2.3 Billion 'Gone' in CIT Bankruptcy
The recession claimed another major financial institution, as lending giant CIT filed for bankruptcy after months of struggling to keep the company, which funds about 1 million small- to medium-sized businesses, afloat.
ANALYSIS
Kindle, Price War Changing the Way We Read
Jeffrey Brown explores the shifting world of book publishing, and examines how technology and readers are changing the industry.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, November 3, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/3/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Karzai Calls for Afghan Unity After Election
Margaret Warner updates the situation in
ANALYSIS
Gwen Ifill speaks with policymakers about the American response to President Karzai's victory this week.
REPORT
Other News: Gubernatorial Contests Held in Key States
In other news, the Taliban denied that the Pakistani army
has made gains against militants, and ballots starting rolling in as the key
states of
ANALYSIS
Auto Industry on the Road to Recovery?
The auto industry signaled recovery after GM reported a sales gain and Ford announced an unexpected profit. Jeffrey Brown reports.
REPORT
Democrats Push New Climate Change Legislation
Democrats started pushing climate change legislation a month
before the
REPORT
How the Climate Changed Human Evolution
NOVA explores the issue of climate change as it relates to human origins in part one of a three part series on evolution.
UPDATE
Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
The consequences of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme continue to trickle down as his accountant pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Judy Woodruff reports.
REPORT
Stimulus Money Trickling Into the Classroom
John Tulenko of Learning Matters Television explores how
stimulus money is making its way into classrooms in upstate
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: The Medicated Child (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/3/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Ten years ago, stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall were the drugs of choice to treat behavioral issues in children. Today children as young as four years old are being prescribed more powerful anti-psychotic medications that are much less understood. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. The increase in the use of anti-psychotics is directly tied to the rising incidence of one particular diagnosis — bipolar disorder. Experts estimate that the number of kids with the diagnosis is now more than a million and rising. As the debate over medicating children continues to grow, FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria confronts psychiatrists, researchers and big pharma about the risks and benefits of prescription drugs for troubled children.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Series Title: Independent Lens
Program Title: Power Paths
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/3/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
It’s time to cut our dependence on fossil fuel and pursue
renewable energy. But how can it be done? Native-American tribes turn to solar
and wind sources to provide clean sustainable energy for cities across the
west. Their traditional values regarding conservation and the earth offer real
solutions to
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/index.html
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/4/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
GOP Touts Different Sort of 'Change' in
Judy Woodruff speaks with Amy Walter, editor of The Hotline,
and Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Report, about the political
implications of Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in
REPORT
Other News: Iranian Protesters Clash With Police
In other news, thousands of Iranian protesters clashed with
police in the streets of
REPORT
Taliban Link Explored in British Troop Deaths
Nick Paton Walsh of Independent Television News reports on a
fatal attack in
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Abdullah Calls for Legitimacy in Afghan Government
Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah spoke
with Margaret Warner in
REPORT
TV, Radio Talkers Shaping Political Discourse in
Jeffrey Brown examines the impact of television and radio talk show hosts and how they affect the way Americans think about politics.
UPDATE
In
An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans in the
2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, November 5, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/5/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
A Search for Answers Following
At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded when a gunman
opened fire at Fort Hood Army Base in
REPORT
Other News: Stocks Rally on Falling Jobless Claims
In other news, falling weekly jobless claims contributed to
a Wall Street rally, and there are new warning signs that the
ANALYSIS
Obama Expected to Sign Extended Unemployment Benefits, Homebuyer Credit
The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to extend aid to jobless workers and offer tax breaks to homebuyers. President Obama was expected to sign the measure on Friday. Ray Suarez reports.
REPORT
Endorsements, Protests Mark Health Care Debate
House Democrats' health reform plan received AARP's backing Thursday, but thousands of protesters rallied against the plan on Capitol Hill. Kwame Holman reports.
REPORT
U.N. Exits
In
UPDATE
Hedge Fund World Rocked by Insider-trading Charges
Judy Woodruff speaks with a Financial Times reporter about 14 people facing insider-trading charges for allegedly netting $20 million in illegal profits.
REPORT
Teen's Rape Leaves
Spencer Michels reports from
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: 21st Century Education
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/5/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The world and the job market have changed dramatically in
the past decade – but what about our schools? While much of the talk about
education reform has focused on improving education, there is growing agreement
that we need to change the way we educate our kids. Dan Boylan moderates a panel of experts on
the topic, including Tony Wagner--Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group at
the Harvard Graduate School of Education--as well as local educators working to
transform
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 6, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/6/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Kwame Holman reports from Fort Hood Army Base in
REPORT
Conflicting Portrait Emerges of Accused
Ray Suarez digs into the life of suspected
ANALYSIS
Unemployment Hits 26-Year High Despite Economic Growth
The U.S. Labor Department announced that unemployment jumped to over 10 percent on Friday, the highest it's been since 1983. Jeffrey Brown talks to an economist for more.
REPORT
Freelancers Struggle As Unemployment Worsens in
As part of his Making Sen$e series on the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how freelancers are faring in the declining job market.
REPORT
Democrats' Health Bill Nears House Vote
Betty Ann Bowser speaks with key policymakers about the ongoing health care debate surrounding House Democrats' new reform proposal.
REPORT
Karzai Faces Western Pressure to Stamp Out Corruption
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghan President
Hamid Karzai that the
ANALYSIS
Shields, Brooks Examine GOP's 'Morale Boost'
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including impending health care legislation and a worsening job market.
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 6, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/6/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBSA
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 6, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/6/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 6, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/6/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 6, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/6/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: 21st Century Education
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/6/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The world and the job market have changed dramatically in
the past decade – but what about our schools? While much of the talk about
education reform has focused on improving education, there is growing agreement
that we need to change the way we educate our kids. Dan Boylan moderates a panel of experts on
the topic, including Tony Wagner--Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group at
the Harvard Graduate School of Education--as well as local educators working to
transform
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, November 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/9/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
After narrowly passing the House late Saturday, the focus of the health care reform push now moves to the Senate, where a range of issues, including the public option, and how the bill treats abortion, may prove contentious topics of debate.
REPORT
News Wrap: G-20 Stimulus Pledge Boosts Markets
In other news, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a
13-month high after G-20 nations pledged to continue stimulus efforts, and
ANALYSIS
Investigators Seek Motive in
Gwen Ifill speaks with Spencer Hsu of the Washington Post
about the investigation into last week's shooting rampage at
REPORT
Tom Bearden reports from
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Karzai on Firing Corrupt Officials: 'We Have and We Will'
In an exclusive interview with Margaret Warner, Afghan President Hamid Karzai discusses ending corruption in his country, his views on President Obama's rethinking of military strategy in the region, and more.
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Extended Interview with Karzai: 'We Do What Is Right' for
In an exclusive interview with Margaret Warner, Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledges there is corruption at different levels of government, but says the country is working to address it and that the international community must respect the decisions of the Afghan courts.
UPDATE
High Court to Rule on Life Sentences for Minors
The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Monday over whether sentencing minors to life in prison without a chance for parole constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal discusses the cases with Jim Lehrer.
REPORT
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germans celebrated the event that came to symbolize the end of the Cold War. Jeffrey Brown reports.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, November 10, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/10/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Obama: 'No Faith Justifies' Shooting at
President Obama traveled to
REPORT
News Wrap: White House Disputes Reports of Afghan Troop Surge
In other news, White House officials insisted President
Obama has not decided how many more troops to send to
ANALYSIS
Suspect's 'Radical' Views Examined in
Gwen Ifill speaks with two reporters about the ongoing
investigation into last week's attack at
REPORT
Iraqi Refugees Discover Security Comes at a Price
Nearly 32,000 Iraqi refugees have come to the
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Premiums 'Will Go Down' Under Health Bill, Orszag Says
In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Peter Orszag, director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, outlines how health care reform will reduce medical costs.
CONVERSATION
Counting the Costs of Health Care Reform
Can health care reform change the system and cut costs? Judy Woodruff gets one take from Gail Wilensky, a former administrator of the federal Medicare program.
ANALYSIS
Big Bird Celebrates Big Day with '
On the 40th anniversary of '
Series Title: Long
Story Short with
Program Title: Loretta Ables Sayre, Pt. 1 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/10/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
Since the age of three, California-born and Hawaii-raised Loretta Ables Sayre knew that all she wanted to be in life was a singer. She made her Broadway musical debut 47 years later in the plum role of Bloody Mary in the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific and received a Tony Award nomination. Everything in her life experience seemed to lead to the moment she was given that dream role. Part One of a two-part interview covers Loretta Ables Sayre’s life before South Pacific.
This program will be rebroadcast at 4pm on Sunday.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory.php
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: Sick Around the World (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/10/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Four in five Americans say the
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/11/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
With Afghan Decision Looming, Obama Honors Veterans
Just days after the deadly shooting at
REPORT
Other News:
In other news, leaders across Europe commemorated the 91st
anniversary of the end of World War I, and 11 people died in a pair of attacks
in northwestern
ANALYSIS
Fed's Regulatory Powers Challenged Under Senate Plan
More than a year after the economic crisis hit, legislators continue to work on how to reform financial regulation and stave off a future crisis. The latest proposal comes from Sen. Chris Dodd of the Senate finance committee. Financial experts review the plan.
ANALYSIS
States' Budget Woes Threaten Broad Economic Recovery
With the national economy beginning to see glimmers of a comeback, the budget woes of at least 10 states threaten to derail a broad economic recovery. Gwen Ifill reports.
REPORT
For Some Veterans, the
After returning home from
ANALYSIS
Troops' 'Avalanche of Needs' in Treating Traumatic Stress
Judy Woodruff speaks with a pair of experts about how the military helps treat soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Series Title: P.O.V.
Program Title: The Way We Get By
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/11/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
On call 24 hours a day for the past five years, a group of
senior citizens has made history by greeting nearly 800,000 American troops at
a tiny airport in
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, November 12, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/12/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Competing Philosophies Emerge in Review of Afghan Strategy
President Obama has ordered his top advisers to revise the
Afghan war options they presented him. That word came after the top
REPORT
News Wrap: Falling Oil Prices Pull Markets Down
In other news, falling oil prices drove down
UPDATE
Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan has been charged with premeditated
murder in last week's shooting at
REPORT
Connections Between Radical Cleric, Hasan Closely Examined
Since the shootings at
REPORT
10 Years After
Special correspondent Kira Kay examines East Timor's ongoing
effort to rebuild itself, 10 years after winning independence from
ANALYSIS
The Overload Factor: Is President Obama Too Busy?
As President Obama departs for
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: Teacher Furloughs
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/12/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The ongoing furloughs of state teachers and other public school staff have generated a wave of controversy, resistance, and potential law suits. Host Dan Boylan moderates a panel of players from all sides of the issue: the Chair of the Board of Education Garrett Toguchi, a representative from the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the State Director of Human Resources Development Marie Laderta, Governor Lingle’s Senior Policy Advisor Linda Smith, State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, and a representative from the parent advocacy group Hawaii Education Matters. Contributing Editor Howard Dicus sets the issue in an economic context. The panel will also field viewer questions and comments sent in via phone, e-mail, and Twitter.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 13, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/13/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Among Detainees to Face Trial in N.Y.
The Justice Department on Friday announced plans to try
suspected 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Holder: 9/11 Trials Will Weigh 'Crime of the Century'
In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Attorney General Eric
Holder discusses the decision to prosecute the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other
REPORT
News Wrap: Bombers Strike in
In other news, at least 24 people died in a suicide bombing
near a
REPORT
On Asia Tour, Obama Tests New Dynamic With
President Obama kicked off a nine-day trip to Asia on Friday
with a visit to
ANALYSIS
FDIC's Bair: Bank Bailouts Were 'Not a Good Idea'
In an interview with Paul Solman, FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair discusses lessons learned from the financial crisis, and looks back on the federal bailout of institutions deemed "too-big-to-fail," saying, "In retrospect, I think it was not a good idea."
ANALYSIS
Shields and Brooks Gauge 9/11 Trials, Afghan Troop Decision
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks break down the top
political headlines of the past week, including Justice Department plans to try
five
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 13, 2009
Distributor: WET
Date: 11/13/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 13, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/13/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 13, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/13/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 13, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/13/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: Teacher Furloughs (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/13/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The ongoing furloughs of state teachers and other public school staff have generated a wave of controversy, resistance, and potential law suits. Host Dan Boylan moderates a panel of players from all sides of the issue: the Chair of the Board of Education Garrett Toguchi, a representative from the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the State Director of Human Resources Development Marie Laderta, Governor Lingle’s Senior Policy Advisor Linda Smith, State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, and a representative from the parent advocacy group Hawaii Education Matters. Contributing Editor Howard Dicus sets the issue in an economic context. The panel will also field viewer questions and comments sent in via phone, e-mail, and Twitter.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, November 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/16/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
In
During his visit to
REPORT
Other News:
In other news, the U.N. nuclear agency reported that
ANALYSIS
Jim Lehrer speaks with a panel of
REPORT
GlobalPost correspondent Josh Shin gets reactions from
UPDATE
GM to Repay Government Loans Early, Cites Profit Progress
Despite reporting more than a billion-dollar loss since July, General Motors says it expects to pay the federal government's bailout money back five years early. Gwen Ifill speaks with David Shepardson of the Detroit News for more.
REPORT
Canadian Oil Sands Produce Economic Benefits, Environmental Costs
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago looks at the economic
benefits and the environmental costs of oil production in
CONVERSATION
'Monuments Men' Explores Hunt for Art Stolen by Nazis
Jeffrey Brown talks to author Robert M. Edsel about his new book "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History."
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, November 17, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/17/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Chinese President Vows Cooperation on Climate Change
Talks between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao yielded a promise of slowing down climate change and nuclear proliferation, but fell short of making progress on human rights. Kwame Holman reports.
REPORT
Other News: Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Up 2%
In other news, the U.S. Department of Energy reported that
global carbon dioxide emissions rose 2 percent in 2008, and
ANALYSIS
In
Jim Lehrer speaks with a human rights activist and a
ANALYSIS
Co-author: Mammogram Study's Advice 'Misinterpreted'
The vice chair of a government health panel that released controversial new recommendations for mammograms says the study's findings have been "misinterpreted" and apologized for a "lack of clarity."
REPORT
Financial Woes, Layoffs Plaguing D.C. Schools
John Merrow of Learning Matters revisits the
ANALYSIS
More Americans Facing Hunger, Report Finds
A new report found that almost 15 percent of
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: A Death in
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/17/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
At the height of the protests following
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/18/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Karzai Vows to Stamp out Corruption in
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of his inauguration to discuss corruption. Gwen Ifill reports.
REPORT
Other News: Senate Health Bill Estimated at $849B
In other news, Senate Democrats learned that the Congressional Budget Office estimated that their health reform bill would cost $849 billion over a decade and insure another 31 million Americans.
ANALYSIS
Afghan Corruption Complicates
Gwen Ifill speaks with
REPORT
Palin Takes 'Going Rogue' on
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is taking her new book, "Going Rogue," across the country. Judy Woodruff gets reactions.
REPORT
Holder: 'We Need Not Cower' Facing 9/11 Suspect
U.S. Attorney General appeared before the Senate Judiciary
Committee Wednesday to defend trying 9/11 suspects in
CONVERSATION
Author Auletta Dissects Global Impact of Google
Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Ken Auletta about his new book on Internet powerhouse Google called 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.'
REPORT
In
Although
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, November 19, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/19/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Senate Gears Up for Showdown Over Health Reform Bill
The Senate on Thursday inched closer to debating Majority Leader Harry Reid's $848 billion health care reform bill, despite stiff GOP resistance. After a report from Betty Ann Bowser, Susan Dentzer explains the details.
REPORT
News Wrap: House Rejects Cuts to Medicare Payments
In other news, the House voted to spare doctors from a 20
percent cut in their Medicare payments, and Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a
second term as president of
ANALYSIS
Complex U.S.-China Ties Took Center Stage on Obama's
President Obama concluded a four-nation Asian tour Thursday
that marked a potential turning point in relations between the
ANALYSIS
Gates:
As a Senate Committee began the first hearing into the
shooting attack at
ANALYSIS
Wu Man's Music Aims to Bridge East and West
Whether playing folk music with villagers in
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: Pidgin
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/19/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Is
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Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 20, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/20/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Women May Wait on Pap Smears Until 21, Group Says
Women can delay their first screening for cervical cancer
until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past,
according to new guidelines issued Friday by the
REPORT
News Wrap: Democrats Win Key Moderate's Support for Health Bill
In other news, Senate Democrats won over a key moderate as they move to bring health care reform to the floor, and a congressional ethics committee has formally admonished Illinois Sen. Roland Burris.
ANALYSIS
Cancer Screening Debate Reveals Risks, Benefits of Testing
Newly-released guidelines on when, and how often, women should be screened for breast and cervical cancer stirred questions -- and confusion -- this week. Margaret Warner talks to health experts for insight.
ANALYSIS
College Tuition Hike in
Students in California got a firsthand lesson Thursday in the cost of their state's budget crisis, as University of California leaders approved a 32 percent tuition hike for undergraduates to make up for lost financing. Spencer Michels reports.
ANALYSIS
Shields and
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, who is also a senior research fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, break down the biggest stories of the week, including health care reform moves in Congress and President Obama's pondering of a new Afghan strategy.
REPORT
Oprah Looks Ahead to a Future in Cable
After 23 years as a daytime talk show legend, Oprah Winfrey has announced she will be ending her program to concentrate on a new cable channel that will bear her name. Jeffrey Brown reports.
ANALYSIS
Oprah's New Venture: Can She Still Mobilize Fan Base?
After decades as a popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey will end her daytime program to concentrate on a new cable channel. Jeffrey Brown examines Winfrey's mark on the media landscape.
ANALYSIS
'NOW' Looks at Helping the Families that Care for Vets
In an excerpt from the PBS program "NOW," Maria Hinojosa examines the support system in place for family members providing the around-the-clock care many returning war veterans often require.
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 20, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 11/20/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 20, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/20/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 20, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/20/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 20, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/20/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: Pidgin (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 11/20/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Is
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, November 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/23/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Across the
A flurry of economic reports lately paint a mixed picture of
a
REPORT
Other News: 4
In other news, four more American soldiers were killed in
UPDATE
Federal prosecutors in
ANALYSIS
Senate Debate on Health Care Will Put Lawmakers to the Test
While health care reform passed a key Senate hurdle over the weekend, the legislation still faces a full-scale floor debate. Judy Woodruff asks former secretaries of health to preview the road ahead for President Obama's top domestic priority.
REPORT
Amid a global economic crisis,
REPORT
In Dorothea Lange's Photos, Wisps of 'Great Recession'
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, November 24, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/24/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Obama on Brink of Unveiling New Afghan Strategy
President Obama said Tuesday that he is ready to unveil his
decision about whether to deploy more troops to
REPORT
Other News:
In other news, International Television News reports on the
inquiry into the
ANALYSIS
Stakes High as Obama Weighs Deploying More Troops
Judy Woodruff speaks with a panel of experts about what is
at stake for the
REPORT
Military Debt Protection Could Hold Lessons for Congress, Consumers
A special collaboration between the NewsHour and Frontline looks at how a military program aims to protect consumers from amassing too much debt.
ANALYSIS
Record Crib Recall Revives Consumer Safety Concerns
Over 2 million Stork Craft baby cribs have been voluntarily recalled due to safety concerns such as potential suffocation. Ray Suarez has more.
REPORT
Bill T. Jones Tackles History Through Contemporary Dance
Jeffrey Brown profiles American artistic director, dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones. He has created more than 100 original works for his own company, in addition to countless others around the world.
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: The Card Game
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/24/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
As credit card companies face rising public anger, new
regulation from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/25/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Obama to Offer 17%
The White House said President Obama will travel to
ANALYSIS
Bound for
Ray Suarez speaks with climate experts about what to expect
from President Obama's trip to the
REPORT
Other News: Recession Complicates
In other news, airlines are experiencing a 25 percent decrease in holiday travel this year as more people are opting for trains and buses. Also, weekly jobless claims dipped below 500,000 for the first time since January.
ANALYSIS
How Would Obama's Troops Decision Impact Afghan War?
Margaret Warner sits down with two reporters who cover the
Pentagon to sort through the various options President Obama is likely weighing
as he prepares to make an announcement on the war in
ANALYSIS
Dollar's Weakness Inspires Modern-day Gold Rush
As part of his series Making Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how the dollar's weakness has spurred a new gold rush.
ANALYSIS
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/25/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Obama to Offer 17%
The White House said President Obama will travel to
ANALYSIS
Bound for
Ray Suarez speaks with climate experts about what to expect
from President Obama's trip to the
REPORT
Other News: Recession Complicates
In other news, airlines are experiencing a 25 percent decrease in holiday travel this year as more people are opting for trains and buses. Also, weekly jobless claims dipped below 500,000 for the first time since January.
ANALYSIS
How Would Obama's Troops Decision Impact Afghan War?
Margaret Warner sits down with two reporters who cover the
Pentagon to sort through the various options President Obama is likely weighing
as he prepares to make an announcement on the war in
ANALYSIS
Dollar's Weakness Inspires Modern-day Gold Rush
As part of his series Making Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how the dollar's weakness has spurred a new gold rush.
ANALYSIS
Series Title: Secrets of the Dead
Program Title: Mumbai Massacre
Distributor: WNET
Date: 11/25/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
For many, what began as a typical day in a bustling cosmopolitan city turned into a nightmarish 60 hours of orchestrated terrorism broadcast live to the world via cell phones and internet, text and twitter. The same social media tools used in consumer technology to relate vital real-time news of the escalating atrocities and information about victims' situations were also used by terrorists to coordinate and plan their attacks. In a fascinating yet fatal twist, news media relying on recycled information for their headlines played a central role in a deadly game of cat and mouse between the terrorists and the victims. Told completely from the perspective of victims in their own words, voicemail messages, texts and improvised user-group postings made during the ordeal, "Mumbai Massacre" places viewers inside the harrowing experience as it was lived by survivors caught up in a sudden and indescribable horror. This remarkable program captures the desperation and courage of ordinary people in the face of death and how social media became a silent witness and simultaneously transformed news as it happened.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, November 26, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/26/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Celebrating Thanksgiving From Thousands of Miles Away
While millions of Americans celebrate the Thanksgiving
holiday at home, thousands of
REPORT
On Thanksgiving,
Judy Woodruff speaks to a Washington Post reporter about
developments in
REPORT
Other News:
In other news, a
REPORT
In Mumbai, Tensions Remain One Year After Deadly Attack
One year after terrorist attacks rocked the Indian capital of Mumbai, Simon Israel of Independent Television News updates the political situation there.
ANALYSIS
How Will Proposed Health Care Overhaul Affect Patients?
Ray Suarez sits down with medical experts to talk about
possible changes to the
CONVERSATION
Dr. Kessler Delves Into the Mysteries of Food Cravings
Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser talks to author Dr. David Kessler about overeating and what is behind people's cravings, the subject of his new book, "The End of Overeating."
REPORT
During School Recess, New Focus on Playing Nice
Recess can be a chaotic, even violent, period during the course of a normal school day. Spencer Michels reports on how one non-profit is showing educators the health, and classroom benefits of teaching students how to play nice.
ESSAY
Poet Galway Kinnell reads "Why Regret?" a poem from his new book about "engaging ourselves with the common acts, the ordinary things, the other creatures."
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 27, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/27/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
UPDATE
The Middle East is roiling with news that
ANALYSIS
How Will
Margaret Warner talks to economic expert Simon Johnson about
how
REPORT
Other News: U.N. Censures
In other news,
REPORT
Hard Knocks: Does Playing in NFL Cause Brain Trauma?
A House committee heard testimony from medical experts in October, as well as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to determine whether professional football contributes to brain diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's. Ray Suarez reports.
ANALYSIS
Shields, Brooks Analyze Obama's Upcoming
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks go over the week's
headlines, including President Obama's upcoming
REPORT
'
Jeffrey Brown reports on the 35th anniversary of "Austin City Limits," the longest-running music series in television history.
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 27, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 11/27/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 27, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/27/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 27, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/27/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 27, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/27/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Second Opinion
Program Title: H1N1 Special (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/27/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
As concerns about the H1N1 virus escalate across the
country, Second Opinion presents an hour-long special designed to educate
viewers on the pandemic strain of flu. The panel will also answer viewer
questions supplied by PBS stations around the country. Hosted by Dr. Peter
Salgo of
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 1, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/1/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Full Text: Obama's Afghan Strategy Speech
Speaking from West Point military academy, President Barack
Obama outlined a new
DEBATE
Ahead of President Barack Obama's address to the nation,
Gwen Ifill speaks with policymakers to gauge reaction to the president's
ANALYSIS
Obama to Present
Judy Woodruff reports on the White House's
REPORT
Other News:
In other news, police killed the man suspected of shooting four police officers over the weekend, and the chief executive of General Motors was forced out Tuesday by the board of directors.
REPORT
In
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro takes an in-depth
look into the drought plaguing
CONVERSATION
'Empire of
Jeffrey Brown talks to historian Gordon Wood about his new book "Empire of Liberty," which looks at the lasting legacy of early American history.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/2/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Division on Capitol Hill Over Obama War Strategy
Gwen Ifill gets reactions to President Obama's
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Gates: Afghans Need to Accelerate Stabilization Efforts
Defense Secretary Robert Gates talks to Jim Lehrer about
President Obama's decision to deploy 30,000 additional troops to
REPORT
Americans Speak Out on New
Americans throughout the country expressed both approval and
concerns regarding President Obama's new
ANALYSIS
Afghan War Timeline Remains Point of Contention for Many
Editorial page writers from around the country throw in
their opinions and reactions to President Obama's
REPORT
Other News: Iraqi Election Postponed One Month
In other news, the United Nations reported that
Series Title: The NewsHour with
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 3, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/3/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Top Obama Advisers Face Questioning Over War Strategy
Top White House advisers appeared before congressional
committees Thursday to answer tough questions about President Obama's
REPORT
Other News: Bernanke Defends Tenure as Fed Chief
In other news, Ben Bernanke defended his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman before Congress on Thursday, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested using money left over from the Wall Street bailout to create more jobs.
ANALYSIS
In
Jim Lehrer speaks with former Army and CIA officers with
experience in
ANALYSIS
Comcast, NBC Deal Reshapes Media Landscape
Cable giant Comcast bought a majority stake in NBC Universal in a deal valued at approximately $30 billion. Jeffrey Browns talks to business journalists for more on the merger.
REPORT
States Seek Stimulus Funds Tied to Education Reform
Special correspondent for education John Merrow looks at states that will apply for their share of federal stimulus money tied to education reform.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, November 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/4/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Job Loss Slows in Nov., Signaling Some Recovery
Employers cut the fewest number of jobs in November since the recession started in 2007. Judy Woodruff talks to experts about the unexpected good news and what this could mean for the country's economic future.
REPORT
Other News: General Motors Announces Indian Venture
In other news, General Motors and its main Chinese partner
have announced a new venture in
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to Margaret Warner
about the surge in
ANALYSIS
Shields, Brooks Take on Afghan Plan, 'Populist Uprising' Over Economy
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the
implications of the latest unemployment figures and President Obama's decision
to commit more troops to
REPORT
Another Chapter Begins for NewsHour
On the final night of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the anchor looks back at the show's 34-year history and ahead to the new PBS NewsHour.
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/4/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/4/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/4/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 4, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/4/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: A Death in
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/4/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Frontline
At the height of the protests following
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, December 7, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/7/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
With Afghan Plan Under Fire, Pentagon Issues First Deployments
More than half of the 30,000 additional soldiers President
Obama will send to
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Mullen on
In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Chairman of the Joints
Chief of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen discusses President Obama's plan to send an
additional 30,000 soldiers to
REPORT
Other News: Fresh Protests Erupt in Iranian Cities
In other news, thousands of anti-government protesters
clashed with security forces in
REPORT
In part one of the Patchwork Nation series examining communities across the U.S., Ray Suarez looks at Philadelphia's shift from a city of skilled blue-collar workers to one where just 1 in 20 workers makes things for a living.
REPORT
Diplomats in
As an international climate summit kicked off in
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
EPA: Greenhouse Gases Pose Danger to Humans
In an interview with Gwen Ifill, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson explains the decision to declare greenhouse gases a danger to human health.
ANALYSIS
At The Met, Staging a Revival for Grand Opera
With opera attendance down some 34 percent over the last six
years,
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 8, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/8/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
UPDATE
A series of five bombs rocked
ANALYSIS
News Wrap: 200 Arrested in
In other news, more than 200 people in
DEBATE
Afghan Timetable, Troop Levels Spark Skepticism
Two top
REPORT
War Weary British Seek An End in
Margaret Warner travels to the tiny English
ANALYSIS
Obama Offers Job Plan, But Deficit Pressures Rise
President Obama outlined a series of initiatives Tuesday aimed at spurring job growth through aid for small businesses, despite mounting pressures to reduce a record federal budget deficit. Judy Woodruff speaks with Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and former presidential economic adviser Bruce Bartlett for their takes on the plan.
REPORT
In
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 9, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/9/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Senate Deal Attempts to Strike Compromise on Public Option
The health care debate reached a potential turning point in the Senate on Wednesday after leaders reached a compromise that drops the so-called "public option" from the bill. Gwen Ifill talks to experts about the politics and policy of the move.
REPORT
News Wrap: Storm Pounds Midwest,
In other news, a major winter storm that rocked the midwest
earlier this week has moved east to New England, and General David Petraeus
warned the surge in
REPORT
Climate Pact Elusive in
Rallying cries for a global reduction in emissions grew
louder at an international climate change summit in
ANALYSIS
A
REPORT
In part three of his Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez
travels to
REPORT
Pianist Glazier's Love for Gershwin is Here to Stay
Pianist Richard Glazier speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his adoration for the music of George and Ira Gershwin.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 10, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/10/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Wartime President Accepts Peace Prize with an 'American Speech'
Just days after announcing an escalation in
REPORT
News Wrap: Obama Further Details Afghan Timetable
In other news, President Obama further outlined the
ANALYSIS
Americans Questioned in
Five Americans who were reported missing last month from the
REPORT
McChrystal: Afghan Corruption Must be 'Wiped Away'
In an excerpt from a conversation with Charlie Rose, the top
REPORT
Older Workers Face New Challenges in Tough Job Market
In his continuing series of reports on Making Sense of the economy, Paul Solman looks at the challenges older workers face trying to secure a job, let alone retirement, amid the downturn.
REPORT
Economic Bust Strikes
As part of the Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez travels
to Eagle,
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Legacy of Social Service Cuts
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/10/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
During the current economic crisis, funding for both government and private social service organizations have suffered deep cuts. Although the cuts initially amount to savings, what are the long-term, ripple-effect costs of reducing social services for people in need? Dan Boylan moderates a panel of representatives from diverse aspects of social services to tackle this issue Contributing editor Howard Dicus sets the topic in an economic context, and delivers his weekly “Everybody’s Business” look at the economy. The panel will also field viewer questions and comments sent in via phone, e-mail, and Twitter.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 11, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/11/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
House
The House on Friday voted 223 to 202 in favor of the most far-reaching overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression in hopes of averting a repeat of last year's banking crisis. Kwame Holman reports.
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Pay Czar Feinberg Rolls Out Salary Caps on Wall Street Execs
The Obama administration's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, has set a $500,000 limit on executive compensation at bailed-out financial firms. In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Feinberg explains the pay cap.
REPORT
News Wrap: Gates Looks to Reassure Troops in
In other news, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told troops in
REPORT
Good Times Go On Holiday In
As part of the Patchwork Nation series examining communities
across the
REPORT
In
ANALYSIS
Shields and Brooks on Obama's Nobel Speech, Senate Health Bill
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks talk to Jim Lehrer about the top stories of the week, including President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and the shape of the compromise in the Senate on a health care overhaul.
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 11, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 12/11/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 11, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/11/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 11, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/11/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 11, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/11/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Legacy of Social Service Cuts
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/11/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
During the current economic crisis, funding for both government and private social service organizations have suffered deep cuts. Although the cuts initially amount to savings, what are the long-term, ripple-effect costs of reducing social services for people in need? Dan Boylan moderates a panel of representatives from diverse aspects of social services to tackle this issue Contributing editor Howard Dicus sets the topic in an economic context, and delivers his weekly “Everybody’s Business” look at the economy. The panel will also field viewer questions and comments sent in via phone, e-mail, and Twitter.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, December 14, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/14/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Obama: Banks Must Lend More to Help Economy
President Obama asked the leaders of top
REPORT
Small Businesses Buckling Under Recession's Credit Freeze
Tom Bearden examines how small businesses' inability to get
credit is playing out in
ANALYSIS
Bailout Banks Continue March Toward Recovery
Judy Woodruff gets another reaction to the White House banker summit from Steve Bartlett of the Financial Services Roundtable, which lobbies for most of the banks represented in Monday's meeting with President Obama.
REPORT
Other News:
In other news,
REPORT
Climate Change Agreement Stifled as Leaders Disagree
Efforts to craft a climate change deal in
REPORT
Are Rare Earth Minerals Too Costly for Environment?
Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News examines how
mining rare earth minerals -- considered to be an obscure yet profitable
industry, is causing a major environmental dilemma in
ANALYSIS
Late Economist Samuelson Bridged Math, Money
Paul Solman reflects on the life and work of economist Paul Samuelson, who died Sunday at the age of 94. He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in economics.
REPORT
Examining the Anatomy of a Pandemic and the H1N1 Scare
Ray Suarez unveils his new documentary, "Anatomy of a Pandemic," Monday evening. It looks at the H1N1 flu virus, how the government is handling the scare and what emergency rooms are doing to combat the spread.
Series Title: Anatomy of a Pandemic
Program Title: MONDAY, December 14, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/14/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This program presents an examination of the overarching human dimension of a pandemic’s impact on modern society and the science and history of these health crises, in response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic. Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS NEWSHOUR, will report from the front lines of the effort to combat this outbreak; the program will contextualize the current outbreak with pandemics of the past, including the 1918 influenza pandemic that caused between 50 and 100 million deaths worldwide. The program Website, a co-production with the Online NewsHour, will feature up-to-date reporting.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 15, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/15/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Democrats Inch Closer to Sweeping Health Care Overhaul
President Obama urged Senate Democrats to push forward with health care reform and pass legislation before the year ends. The majority party remains divided over the proposals, disagreeing on key elements such as expanding Medicare and providing a public option.
REPORT
Other News: Car Bombings Rock
In other news, car bombings in both
REPORT
In
The Obama administration plans to send some
REPORT
Time Running Out for Climate Change Talks as Nations Clash
In
REPORT
In
James Mates of Independent Television News looks at the
alarming rate glaciers are melting atop
CONVERSATION
How Big is Too Big to Fail?
Paul Solman talks to economist George Schultz about the merging of large, national banks and how that could impact the idea that some companies are too big to fail.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 16, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/16/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
In
Protesters outside the
REPORT
Other News: FTC Accuses Intel of Antitrust Violations
In other news, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Intel for allegedly trying to unfairly stifle competition, and the House voted to let the government borrow another $290 billion over six weeks.
REPORT
Nations Pledge $3.5B to Cut Carbon Emissions, Deforestation
Six nations pledged $3.5 billion to cut carbon emissions and deforestation through a new program called REDD. Jonathon Miller of Independent Television News examines how the United Nations-sponsored plan will work.
ANALYSIS
Amid nationwide dissatisfaction with the economy, Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" Ben Bernanke faces some opposition in Congress as he looks to serve another term as Federal Reserve chairman. Kwame Holman reports, and then Jim Lehrer speaks with economic experts for perspective on Bernanke's performance.
REPORT
Keynes vs. Hayek: Late Economists' Hip-Hop Legacy
As part of his continuing series Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman has a unique look at the legacy of economist John Maynard Keynes, who first introduced the concept of government intervention in the economy, and his countertenor Friedrich Hayek.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 17, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/17/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
The
REPORT
Other News: Mullen Visits Front Lines in
In other news, Adm. Mike Mullen traveled to the front lines
in
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Axelrod 'Confident' on Health Reform Prospects in Senate
President Obama is facing major challenges in the next 48 hours, including opposition to climate change and health care reform legislation. White House senior adviser David Axelrod speaks with Jim Lehrer about those obstacles.
REPORT
In
Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro looks at reducing
black carbon emissions in
REPORT
In
In
REPORT
Mexican Drug Lord Killed in Bloody Shootout
The Mexican government claimed a major victory in the war against drug cartels: kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed Thursday in a shoot out with a Mexican navy unit. Global Post correspondent Ioan Grillo reports.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaiii
Program Title: Health Care reform Update
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/17/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The Healthcare Reform debate is still raging in
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/18/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Leaders Reach Climate Accord, but Skepticism Remains
Leaders from the
ANALYSIS
Binding Pact, Congress Remain Major Climate Hurdles for Obama
Judy Woodruff asks two experts to weigh the outcome of the
non-binding agreement reached Friday at the international climate summit in
ANALYSIS
News Wrap:
In other news, the
REPORT
DNA Evidence Frees
A
CONVERSATION
Nobel Laureate Explores Links Between Climate Change, Biodiversity
As the
ANALYSIS
Shields and Brooks on Climate Deal, Senate Health Bill
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks break down the top
stories of the past week, including the twists and turns of the
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 18, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 12/18/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/18/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/18/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 18, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/18/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaiii
Program Title: Health Care reform Update (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/18/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The Healthcare Reform debate is still raging in
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, December 21, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/21/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Senate Inches Toward Historic Health Care Vote
With a 60-40 test vote early Monday morning to shut down a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats moved closer to passing the broadest overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation. Betty Ann Bowser reports.
ANALYSIS
Stage Set for Christmas Eve Health Care Clash
With Senate Democrats on the cusp of passing the most sweeping
overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation, Democrat Sherrod
Brown of
REPORT
News Wrap: East Coast Digs Out From Wintry Deluge
In other news, states in the Mid-Atlantic spend the first official day of winter digging out from a record weekend blizzard, and the Obama administration announced new rules for tarmac delays.
REPORT
Iranian Cleric's Death Sparks Renewed Protests
Tens of thousands of mourners took to the streets of the
Iranian city of
ANALYSIS
A Look at Climate Change After
In the aftermath of the
REPORT
D.C. Schools Chief Rhee Faces High Hopes for Reform
As part of a series of reports on how educators are
attempting to reform urban schools, education correspondent John Merrow
reported in 2007 on the efforts of
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 22, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/22/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
For Community Banks, Survival Can Often Trump Lending
President Obama met with community bank leaders at the White House on Tuesday and pressed them to boost lending. Yet in a year in which some 140 community banks have been forced to close, the focus among small lenders is often more about keeping afloat.
REPORT
News Wrap: Senate Health Fight Nears End
In other news, the goal line appeared in sight Tuesday for the health care debate in the U.S. Senate, and Republicans picked up another vote in the House after freshman Democrat Parker Griffith announced he is switching parties.
ANALYSIS
Exploring the Big Money Behind Health Care Reform
With Senate Democrats inching towards passage of landmark health care reform legislation, Gwen Ifill examines the massive lobbying effort behind the bill.
ANALYSIS
Effort to Reform D.C. Schools Stirs Fierce Pushback
John Merrow reports on the controversial steps D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee is using to shake up the city's school system, including closing 23 schools by 2010.
ANALYSIS
How Dangerous is the Cyber Crime Threat?
The White House named a new chief for the nation's cyber
security efforts Tuesday, part of a new emphasis on digital threats. A digital
security expert weighs in on the realities of cyber crime in the
REPORT
Photographers Lend a Hand With Portraits of Military Families
For troops in the field, few things are more important than reminders of their families -- particularly photos. Tom Bearden reports on how some photographers are lending a helping hand.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/23/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW
Newsmaker: Obama on Health Reform Politics,
In an exclusive interview with Jim Lehrer, President Obama says despite Republican opposition and backlash from some members of his own party, he is '95 percent' satisfied with the Senate's health care reform bill set for another vote on Thursday.
REPORT
News Wrap: Plan to Close Gitmo Hits New Delays
In other news, President Obama's plan to close the detention
center at
REPORT
Four family members of a Mexican Naval hero were gunned down this week in an apparent revenge attack by one of Mexico's top drug cartels, thrusting an already escalating drug war into a dangerous new territory.
REPORT
In
Jeffrey Brown speaks with The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson
about how the militant threat to
REPORT
Hallelujah!: How Handel Orchestrated a Classic Financial Portfolio
When 18th century composer George Frideric Handel wrote his timeless "Messiah" oratorio, he not only penned a classic holiday composition, he also established a foundation for a new business approach to opera. Paul Solman reports.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 24, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/24/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Senate Health Bill Sets Stage for Tough Negotiations With House
In a landmark vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to approve an overhaul to the nation's health care system. Judy Woodruff examines the negotiations ahead to reconcile Senate and House versions of the bill, and what the measures might mean for patients.
REPORT
News Wrap: Winter Storm Roils Travel Across
In other news, a winter storm spread across the
REPORT
As Global Temperatures Rise, So Too Do Health Risks
While there may be debate over what's causing global climate change, there are far fewer questions about the effect of a warming planet on human health, reports Ray Suarez.
ANALYSIS
Airstrike in
An airstrike in
REPORT
Beset by Low Expectations, D.C. Schools Chief Looks for New Breed of Educators
As part of a series of reports on school reform in the nation's capital, John Merrow checks in with D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee, who has had to make difficult -- and controversial -- decisions regarding school closures and staff cuts.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/25/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
Around the World, Celebrations of Christmas
This Christmas day brought all the traditional festivities
and religious observances, but it was also marked by questions about the pope's
safety and a harsh winter storm in the
REPORT
News Wrap: Passenger Allegedly Tries to Set Off Bomb on
Flight to
In other news, a passenger allegedly tried to blow up a
Delta Air Lines flight today as it landed in
REPORT
Chinese Dissident's Prison Sentence Draws Rebuke
A Chinese court has sentenced a prominent political dissident to 11 years in prison. Margaret Warner recaps the developments.
ANALYSIS
Chinese Dissident's Prison Sentence Draws Criticism
A Chinese court has sentenced a prominent political
dissident to 11 years in prison. Margaret Warner speaks with an advocate for
human rights in
REPORT
Billions in Pension Payments Loom for Struggling State Budgets
In a weak economy, many states, cities and towns may be
facing billions of dollars in pension liabilities that are currently
underfunded. Spencer Michels reports from
ANALYSIS
Shields and Brooks on Impact of Health Reform, Politics of 2009
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the next steps for health care reform legislation and look back on the year in politics in 2009, including President Obama's first year in the White House.
REPORT
Financial Woes, Layoffs Plaguing D.C. Schools
A second look at John Merrow's series on school reform in
UPDATE
Despite Teacher Pushback, D.C. Continues Schools Reform
Gwen Ifill speaks with John Merrow for an update on efforts
to reform
Series Title:
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 25, 2009
Distributor: WETA
Date: 12/25/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
For 40 years,
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/
Series Title: NOW on PBS
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/25/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
PBS’ Emmy-winning weekly news magazine NOW engages viewers by probing the most important issues facing democracy. The series occupies a unique place in the American television landscape by pursuing the stories overlooked by other public affairs broadcasts and travels the nation to shed light on public policy issues that have real-world impact on working Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/now/
Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/25/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers re-invents his original public television series with interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy in the 21st-century.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
Series Title: The McLaughlin Group
Program Title: FRIDAY, December 25, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/25/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 30
Description:
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
Series Title: Insights on PBS Hawaii
Program Title: The Year in Review
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 12/25/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
As 2009 comes to a close, journalists Richard Borreca of Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wayne Yoshioka of Hawaii Public Radio, Denby Fawcett of KITV 4 News plus Howard Dicus will join Dan Boylan to discuss the hot topics of the year. They will look back and reflect on the economy, education, changes in the media, health care, and social services, and many more newsworthy events of the year.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: MONDAY, December 28, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/28/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Christmas Day Bomb Scare Prompts Review of Airport Security
An attempted bombing aboard a transatlantic Northwest
Airlines flight bound for
ANALYSIS
A Search for Answers After Attempted Attack on
In the wake of an attempted Christmas Day bombing of a
Northwest Airlines flight bound for
REPORT
News Wrap:
In other news,
ANALYSIS
Deadly Clashes in
About 300 people, including at least seven prominent
opposition leaders, have been jailed in
ANALYSIS
New Clashes Test Iranian Regime's Grip on
In the wake of weekend protests in
REPORT
Retirees Flock to
Thousands of Americans are increasingly traveling to resort
towns like
ANALYSIS
Looking Back at Wall Street's Behavior in 2009
Jeffrey Brown speaks with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and John Cassidy of The New Yorker about the fallout from the financial crisis, the big bailouts and Wall Street's mentality.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: TUESDAY, December 29, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/29/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Obama Sharpens Criticism of Bomb Plot's 'Human and Systemic Failures'
President Obama criticized "human and systemic
failures" that allowed an attempted bombing of a flight bound for
REPORT
Other News: Death Toll Grows in
In other news, Pakistani authorities called for calm as the
death toll from Monday's suicide bombing grew to 43, and an Afghan soldier
reportedly shot and killed a
ANALYSIS
Christmas Scare Renews Questions Over Travel Security, Privacy
Gwen Ifill speaks with transportation and homeland security experts about striking the right balance between providing safety in air travel and accommodating the privacy needs of passengers.
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
In
Jeffrey Brown speaks with terrorism experts about the
potential threats coming out of
REPORT
In
In the next installment of his series on
REPORT
Psychiatric Demands Jump as
Mark Scheffler of GlobalPost looks at the ailing profession
of psychiatry in
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 30, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/30/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
REPORT
Dutch: Reports Appear to Confirm al-Qaida Role in Bomb Plot
The Dutch interior ministry said Wednesday that initial findings appear to confirm al-Qaida's claim of responsibility in the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt. Ray Suarez reports on the day's updates.
ANALYSIS
9/11 Commission Staff Consider Still-Needed Security Upgrades
Jeffrey Brown talks to three people involved with the 9/11 Commission about the latest security failures that allowed a potential terrorist to board a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day eight years after the Sept.11 attacks.
REPORT
Other News: Afghan Suicide Attack Kills At Least 8 Americans
In other news, at least 8 Americans were killed by a suicide
bombing in
ANALYSIS
Exploring Congressional Role in Air Travel Security
A new debate is growing in Congress over what role the
legislative branch should take in preventing terrorist attacks on
REPORT
Google's Goal: Digitize Every Book Ever Printed
In a new era of E-books, Internet giant Google is attempting to offer millions of books online. Spencer Michels looks at the controversial plan and what it could mean for the future of reading.
ANALYSIS
Journalist Kati Marton Examines Human Cost of War
Margaret Warner chats with author Kati Marton about her book
"Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to
Series Title: A Girl's Life
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 30, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/30/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Today, American teenage girls compete on the athletic field and regularly outperform the boys in their classroom. But research shows that once girls reach puberty, their self-confidence can take a nose-dive. In this documentary from the producers of RAISING CAIN, best-selling author and girls expert Rachel Simmons embeds herself in the lives of four remarkable teenage girls - Analuz, Libby, Carla and Sonia - to explore their most personal thoughts and experiences as they face new challenges posed by cyber-bullying, increased violence, poor body image and the often rocky transition from girlhood to womanhood. Simmons reaches out to parents, psychologists, teachers and social workers to find out the best ways to nurture girls into capable, resilient adults.
Series Title: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Program Title: THURSDAY, December 31, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/31/2009 6:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
ANALYSIS
CIA Hunts for Answers After Deadly
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency reported
Thursday that seven CIA employees were killed in an attack on a
REPORT
Blackwater Guards Cleared of Charges; Prosecution Could Appeal
A federal judge dismissed charges against five Blackwater guards accused of killing seven Iraqis in 2007. Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press speaks with Ray Suarez about the developments.
REPORT
Other News: 5 Americans Face Possible Life Sentences in
In other news, Pakistani police announced that five
Americans will face terror charges for allegedly trying to train with a
militant group linked to al-Qaida, and
ANALYSIS
Intelligence Panel Considers Needs in Security Overhaul
The discussion over failed security measures that led to the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound flight continues with three veterans of the intelligence community. Jeffrey Brown moderates the debate.
REPORT
Economists Explain Why Hints of the Economic Crisis Eluded Them
Some of the nation's brightest economists failed to predict the foreclosure crisis and economic recession that followed. Paul Solman asks them why no one connected the dots in time to warn the public.
ANALYSIS
From Wars to Recession, a Review of Decade's Politics
Starting with a divisive presidential election and ending with the rancorous debate over health care reform, Gwen Ifill and political analysts look back at the highs and lows of the decade's politics.
CONVERSATION
Russian Poet Pavlova Celebrates Desire in New Collection
A profile of Russian poet Vera Pavlova, who will release her first collection of poems in English, "If There is Something to Desire," next month.
Education & History:
Series Title: The
National Parks:
Program Title: Great Nature (1933 – 1945)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/1/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D.
Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a “golden age”
for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a
young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of
animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies.
Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Series Title: The
National Parks:
Program Title: Great Nature (1933 – 1945) (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/1/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D.
Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a “golden age”
for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a
young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of
animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies.
Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Series Title: The
National Parks:
Program Title: The Morning of Creation (1946 – 1980)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/2/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Following World War II, the parks are overwhelmed as
visitation reaches 62 million people a year. A new billion-dollar campaign —
Mission 66 — is created to build facilities and infrastructure that can
accommodate the flood of visitors. A biologist named Alfred Murie introduces
the revolutionary notion that predatory animals, which are still hunted,
deserve the same protection as other wildlife. In
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Series Title: The
National Parks:
Program Title: The Morning of Creation (1946 – 1980) (Encore)
Distributor: PBS Hawaii
Date: 10/2/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Following World War II, the parks are overwhelmed as
visitation reaches 62 million people a year. A new billion-dollar campaign —
Mission 66 — is created to build facilities and infrastructure that can accommodate
the flood of visitors. A biologist named Alfred Murie introduces the
revolutionary notion that predatory animals, which are still hunted, deserve
the same protection as other wildlife. In
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title:
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/6/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
NOVA and National Geographic Television present the
extraordinary human drama that led to the birth of perhaps the most influential
scientific theory of all time. Acclaimed screenwriter John Goldsmith brings to
life Charles Darwin’s greatest personal crisis: the anguishing decision over
whether to “go public” with his theory of evolution.
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: Hubble’s Amazing Rescue
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/13/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
In the spring of 2009, NASA sent a shuttle crew on a risky mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope for the last time. Hubble has enthralled scientists and the public by capturing deep views of the cosmos and a wealth of data from distant galaxies. It has helped lead the search for alien planets and is a key tool in cosmology’s quest to investigate and map the universe’s mysterious dark matter. The astronaut servicing team carried out the first-ever in-space repairs of Hubble’s defective instruments, a task that required ingenious engineering fixes and the most intensive NASA spacewalk ever. From training to launch, NOVA presents the inside story of the mission and the extraordinary challenges faced by the rescue crew.
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: Lizard Kings
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/20/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Though they may look like dragons and inspire stories of man-eating, fire-spitting monsters with long claws, razor-sharp teeth and muscular, whip-like tails, these creatures are actually monitor lizards, the largest lizards to walk the planet. With their acute intelligence — including the ability to plan — these lizards are a very different kind of reptile, blurring the line between reptiles and mammals. And even though these bizarre reptiles haven’t changed all that much since the dinosaurs, they are a successful species, versatile at adapting to all kinds of settings. “Lizard Kings” looks at what makes these tongued reptiles so similar to mammals and what has allowed them to become such unique survivors.
Series Title: American Experience
Program Title: The 1930s: The Crash of 1929
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/26/2009 8:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
In the “roaring twenties,” while the stock market was rising, there were few critics. It was a “new era” when everyone could get rich. Wall Street leaders such as Charles Mitchell, president of the National City Bank (which would become Citibank), stock specialist Michael Meehan and Jesse Livermore, a Wall Street insider, found new ways to manipulate the stock market and grew incredibly wealthy, helping create the economic boom of that fabulous decade. Their success made them folk heroes of the day. The upward climb of the market seemed limitless. But in October 1929, the market plunged, taking with it the finances of the Wall Street titans and everyday investors alike.
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Series Title: Herbert Hoover: Landslide
Program Title: MONDAY, October 26, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/26/2009 9:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Herbert Hoover was a politician and a humanitarian whose
legacy has been largely defined by the Great Depression. When he was elected
president in a landslide victory in 1928,
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: Family That Walks on All Fours (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 10/27/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
An intense scientific debate has ignited around a quiet but
extraordinary family living in rural
Series Title: The Botany of Desire
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, October 28, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 10/28/2009 7:30:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato — evolved to satisfy human yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control.
Series Title: American Experience
Program Title: The 1930s: Civilian Conservation Corps
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/2/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
American Experience
In March 1933, within weeks of his inauguration, President Franklin Roosevelt sent legislation to Congress aimed at providing relief for the one out of every four American workers who were unemployed. He proposed the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to provide jobs in natural resource conservation. Over the next decade, the CCC put more than three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks, planting trees, building flood barriers, fighting fires and maintaining roads and trails. Corps workers lived in camps under quasi-military discipline, and received a wage of 30 dollars per month, 25 of which they were required to send home to their families. This film tells the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief.
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Series Title: The People v. Leo Frank
Program Title: MONDAY, November 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/2/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
This program brings to vivid life one of the most fascinating criminal cases in American history: the 1913 murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a child laborer in an Atlanta pencil factory, and the trial and lynching of Leo Frank, the Jewish factory supervisor accused of her murder. The film illuminates the scandalous trial and its shocking aftermath with dramatic sequences created verbatim from transcripts, documents and letters.
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: Becoming Human, Pt. 1
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/3/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special
— investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of
how we became human. The first program, “First Steps,” explores fresh clues
about our earliest ancestors in
Shot “in the trenches” as discoveries were unearthed
throughout Africa and
Series Title: American Experience
Program Title: The 1930s:
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/9/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the
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Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: Becoming Human, Pt. 2
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/10/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special — investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. “Birth of Humanity,” the second program, tackles the mysteries of how our ancestors managed to survive in a savannah teeming with vicious predators, and when and why we first left our African cradle to colonize every corner of the earth.
Shot “in the trenches” as discoveries were unearthed
throughout Africa and
Series Title: Secrets of the Dead
Program Title: Airmen and the Headhunters
Distributor: WNET
Date: 11/11/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This documentary investigates the extraordinary survival
story of a crew of airmen shot down over the jungles of Japanese-occupied
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Series Title: American Experience
Program Title: The 1930s: Surviving the Dust Bowl
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/16/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
They were called “black blizzards,” dark clouds reaching miles into the sky, churning millions of tons of dirt into torrents of destruction. For 10 years, beginning in 1930, dust storms ravaged the parched and overplowed southern plains, turning bountiful wheat fields into desert. Disease, hardship and death followed, yet the majority of people stayed on, steadfastly refusing to give up on the land and a way of life.
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Series Title:
Documenting the Face of
Program Title: MONDAY, November 16, 2009 (Encore)
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/16/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This film brings to life the remarkable stories behind the
legendary group of New Deal-sponsored photographers who traversed the country
in the 1930s and early 1940s, capturing the face of
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: Becoming Human, Pt. 3: Last Human Standing
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/17/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special
— investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of
how we became human. In Part Three, “Last Human Standing,” NOVA probes a wave
of dramatic new evidence, based partly on cutting-edge DNA analysis, that
reveals new insights into how we became today’s creative and “behaviorally
modern” humans and what really happened to the enigmatic Neanderthals who faded
into extinction. Shot “in the trenches” as discoveries were unearthed
throughout Africa and
Series Title: American Experience
Program Title: The 1930s: Seabiscuit
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/23/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
He was boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn’t completely
straighten, a short straggly tail and an ungainly gait, but though he didn’t
look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred
racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim
realities of Depression-era life, four men turned Seabiscuit into a national
hero. They were his fabulously wealthy owner Charles Howard, his famously
silent and stubborn trainer Tom Smith and the two hard-bitten, gifted jockeys
who rode him to glory. By following the paths that brought these four together
and in telling the story of Seabiscuit’s unlikely career, this film illuminates
the precarious economic conditions that defined
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Series Title: Elbert Hubbard: An American Original
Program Title: MONDAY, November 23, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/23/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
The life of Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) is a story of love,
art, passion and controversy set against the backdrop of the Arts and Crafts
Movement at the turn of the 20th century. To this “back-to-basics” artistic and
cultural movement, Hubbard contributed his bold, ingenious talent and creative
force. As the flamboyant founder of the Roycroft artisan community in
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: What are Dreams?
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 11/24/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden realm within us? Science is only just beginning to understand. NOVA joins the leading dream researchers and witnesses the extraordinary experiments they use to investigate the world of sleep. From human narcoleptics to sleepwalking cats, from recurrent nightmares to those who can’t dream, each sequence contains a vital clue to the question these scientists are pursuing: Why do we dream?
Series Title: American Masters
Program Title: Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Distributor: WNET
Date: 11/25/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
The music of the nation's signature folk singer/songwriter
has been recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to the Irish
rock band U2. Originally blowing out of the Dust Bowl in 1930s
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Series Title: For
the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in
Program Title: MONDAY, November 30, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 11/30/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL: ENDING JIM CROW IN ALASKA traces the Native Alaskan civil-rights movement. The film profiles the remarkable people behind the victories for citizenship, voting rights and school desegregation, including Alberta Schenck Adams and Elizabeth Peratrovich, an unassuming young woman whose compelling testimony helped sway the Alaska State Senate to pass the first civil-rights bill since the Civil War. Blending re-enactments, rare and newly discovered historic footage and photographs, and interviews with tribal elders, FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL chronicles Alaska Natives' efforts to honor their heritage and leverage their future.
Series Title: Long Days Working Hard
Program Title: WEDNESDAY, December 2, 2009
Distributor: PBS
Date: 12/2/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Long Days Working Hard is a documentary about the West Coast
World War II experience. Long Beach, California, is highlighted as a community
uniquely positioned to fully participate in the war effort, including
shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, petroleum production, Navy activity and
more. From Pearl Harbor's precursor to Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, from B-17s
and Rosie the Riveter, to enemy submarines and Japanese internment, it all
happened in
Series Title: Secrets of the Dead
Program Title: Killer Flu (Encore)
Distributor: WNET
Date: 12/14/2009 10:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
This encore program follows scientists, led by Jeffrey Taubenberger, who have been seeking to learn where the 1918 flu virus came from and what made it so deadly. Using fragments of undamaged 1918 virus found in lung tissue of a flu victim, Taubenberger and his team set out to map the genes of the killer flu. Since the original broadcast of this program, Taubenberger's team successfully created a genetic sequencing of the 1918 virus, resurrected the virus itself to study its effects on lung tissue and announced a striking similarity between the 1918 virus and the H5N1 avian flu virus. The updated episode includes new material and interviews with Taubenberger that reflect new findings.
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Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: The Spy Factory (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/15/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
NOVA
Based on the best-seller by journalist James Bamford, “the
Spy Factory” exposes the hidden world of high-tech, 21st-century eavesdropping
carried out by the National Security Agency (NSA). Today, the NSA is the
world’s largest intelligence agency, three times the size of the CIA and far
more secret. Its mission is to eavesdrop on the world — from cell phones in
Europe to pay phones in
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Pt. 1 (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/15/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
FRONTLINE presents the epic story of the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence, the series transports viewers back two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus of Nazareth once lived and preached and challenges familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity.
The first hour traces the life of Jesus of Nazareth,
exploring the message that helped his ministry grow and the events that led to
his crucifixion around 30 C.E. The film then turns to the period that followed
Jesus' death, examining the rise of Christianity and concluding with the first
revolt - the bloody and violent siege of
In the second hour, FRONTLINE examines the period after the
First Revolt, tracing the development and impact of the Gospels and looking at
the increasingly hostile relationship between the Christians and the Jews. The
film looks at another bloody Jewish war against
Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: The Last Great Ape (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/22/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 60
Description:
Deep in the
Series Title: Frontline
Program Title: From Jesus Christ: The First Christians, Pt. 2 (Encore)
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/22/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 120
Description:
FRONTLINE presents the epic story of the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence, the series transports viewers back two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus of Nazareth once lived and preached and challenges familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity.
The first hour --"Let the Reader Understand"-
-examines the period after the First Revolt, tracing the development and impact
of the Gospels, looking at the increasingly hostile relationship between the
Christians and the Jews, concluding with another bloody Jewish war against
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Series Title: American Masters
Program Title: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Distributor: WNET
Date: 12/28/2009 9:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
The author of Little Women is an almost universally
recognized name. Her reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster,
reflecting the conventional propriety of late 19th-century
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Series Title: NOVA
Program Title: What
Distributor: WGBH
Date: 12/29/2009 8:00:00 PM
Length: 90
Description:
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of
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