may 2011
bea rs of the
last frontier
T h i s mon t h on N at u r e
With Bear Expert Chris Morgan
Featured this month
Nature:
Bears
of the Last
Frontier
Sun 8th, 15th and
22nd at 8 p.m.
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understanding of their behavior allow
him to interact with them in a way that
is revealing and awe-inspiring. In the first
episode, a mother bear approaches him
with her cubs—astounding behavior for
an animal known to be so protective of
its young.”
Morgan and producer Joe Pontecorvo
will be available for a live web chat after
the premiere of the first episode of Bears
of the Last Frontier on May 8th and will
respond to text questions posted to the
Nature website at thirteen.org/nature for
the second and third episodes.
For the chance to win
a copy of Chris
Morgan’s companion
book to Nature: Bears
of the Last Frontier,
go to thirteen.org/
giveaways
Major corporate support for Nature is provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. Additional support is provided by
the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by the nation’s public
television stations.
Cover and this page: Joseph Pontecorvo ©Wnet
Adventurer and bear biologist
Chris Morgan (pictured) has spent nearly
half his life studying bears around the
world. He can think like a bear, decode
their body language, and anticipate their
next move. Join him as he embarks on
a 3,000-mile journey deep into Alaska’s
bear country in the new three-part Nature
series, Bears of the Last Frontier, premiering this month on THIRTEEN.
Traveling with a small film crew, Morgan
immerses himself in the world of brown
bears, black bears, and polar bears to give
us an intimate portrait of their personalities, social structure, and survival skills.
“What makes this series so fascinating—
and unlike any other film we’ve done on
bears—is Chris’s presence,” said Fred
Kaufman, Series Executive Producer.
“He shares Nature’s respect for the
natural world, and his deep personal
connection with bears and profound
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American Experience The
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11:00 Charlie Rose
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5/03 EARLY TUESDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
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11:00 Live From the Artists
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12:30 Nature See Sun 1st,
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5/02 EARLY MONDAY AM
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1:00 Independent Lens:
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2:00 Secrets of the Dead:
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3:00 Krakatoa
4:30 NOVA See Sun 1st, 7pm.
[R]
Isaac Babcock
early Mon 9th, 5am.
early Tue 3rd, 2:30am.
and Sat 7th, 5pm.
2 MONDAY
9:00 PREMIERE
Masterpiece Classic:
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10:30 PREMIERE In the
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5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
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Repeats early Thu 5th, 1am
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2
evening and night
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8:00 PREMIERE Secrets
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11:30 Charlie Rose
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provides a view of life in
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Repeats Thu 5th, 1:30pm.
5/05 EARLY THURSDAY AM
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1:00 Black in Latin America
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Sat 7th, 3pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline [R]
3:00 Independent Lens
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1:00 Reel 13 Indies: “1981”
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3:45 Roads to Memphis:
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early mon 9th, 12mid.
Mon 2nd, 9pm. Repeats early
9:00 NOVA: “Ghosts of
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“The Lost City of the Incas.”
Mon 9th, 2:30am. [R]
Repeats early Fri 6th, 1:30am;
Sun 8th, 7pm; and early
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5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
Mon 9th, 4am.
10:00 PREMIERE
Thoroughbred The people
who breed, sell, race, and
love thoroughbred horses.
Repeats early Fri 6th, 2:30am
and early Sat 7th, 4:30am.
11:30 Charlie Rose
5 THURSDAY
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
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4:30 Our Holocaust Vacation
A Holocaust survivor travels
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Courtesy of Felix feng
5/04 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM
12:30 Tavis Smiley
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Sat 7th, 3:30am.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!:
“Foyle’s War, Series VI:
Killing Time” When suspicion falls on a GI for the
murder of a local girl, Foyle
takes on the U.S. Army.
5/06 EARLY FRIDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Sat 7th, 9am.
See Wed 4th, 10pm. [R]
8:30 PREMIERE Need to
Know With Alison Stewart
and Jon Meacham. Repeats
7 SATURDAY
9:30 PREMIERE Live
From the Artists Den:
“Daniel Merriweather,
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Hannigan” R&B singer
Daniel Merriweather live
at Sotheby’s; alternative
pop songstress A Fine
Frenzy in the Hamptons;
and folk singer Lisa
Hannigan at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of
Montclair, New Jersey.
Repeats Sun 8th, 11pm.
Adam Macchia
Repeats Fri 6th, 1:30pm.
See Sun 1st, 9pm. [R]
3:30 Funny Business
See Thu 5th, 8pm. [R]
4:30 Thoroughbred
Sun 8th, 6pm.
Repeats early Sat 7th, 1am.
10:30 PREMIERE Vine Talk:
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Tucci, celebrity guests and
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This week’s guests: actress
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8:00 Keeping Up
Appearances Chaos erupts
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8:30 As Time Goes By Judy
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9:00 PREMIERE Reel 13
Classics: “When Harry Met
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Sun 8th, 12:15am.
10:40 Reel 13 Indies: “Mona”
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1:30 NOVA See Wed 4th, 9pm.
10:30 PREMIERE Ebert
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2:30 Thoroughbred See
11:00 Charlie Rose
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Sun 8th, 3:25am.
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12:30 Secrets of the Dead
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12:00 Tavis Smiley
See Sat 7th, 9pm. [R]
Repeats Mon 9th, 1pm.
Sat 7th, 10:40pm. Repeats
12:30 Theater Talk With
hosts Susan Haskins and
Michael Riedel.
1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
early Wed 11th, 1:30am. [R]
1:55 Reel 13 Indies See
See Thu 5th, 9pm. [R]
3:25 Reel 13 Shorts [R]
3:30 Ebert Presents At the
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2:30 Masterpiece Classic
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1:00 Independent Lens
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See Mon 2nd, 8pm. [R]
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4:00 POV: “In the Matter
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See Fri 6th, 8:30pm. [R]
7:00 NOVA: “Ghosts of
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[R]
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10 TUESDAY
9pm. Repeats early Mon 9th,
8:00 PREMIERE Nature:
Bears of the Last Frontier:
“City of Bears” Adventurer
and bear biologist Chris
Morgan embarks on a oneyear motorcycle odyssey
deep into Alaska’s bear
country to explore the
resiliency and adaptability
of these majestic animals.
5:30 BBC World News
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8:00 PREMIERE Antiques
Roadshow Experts
appraise an 1811 silk-on-silk
embroidery sample in
Biloxi, Mississippi. (Part 2
3am.
Tue 10th, 1am and Sat 14th,
9:00 PREMIERE Soundtrack
for a Revolution: American
Experience The story of
the civil rights movement
told through protestors’
freedom songs. Repeats
9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Classic: “South
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his estate to pay family
medical bills, Robert travels
to Manchester seeking
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early Tue 10th, 2am and
early Sat 14th, 2:30am.
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Opera’s production brings
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inspired by author Amy
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8:00 PREMIERE Black in
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& Peru: A Hidden Race”
Professor Gates explores
the unknown history
of slaves in Mexico and
Peru, and the culture
their descendants have
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of 3) Repeats early Wed 11th,
(Part 1 of 3) Repeats early
5pm.
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6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
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10:30 Freedom Songs: The
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and others. Repeats early
Mon 16th, 2:30am.
11:35 Charlie Rose
Graham Smith
4am.
5/09 EARLY MONDAY AM
12:00 Our Holocaust
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8pm. Repeats Sat 14th, 5pm.
[R]
9:00 Frontline Episode
TBA
10:00 PREMIERE Independent Lens: “Bhutto” The
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2:00 Masterpiece Classic
Thu 12th, 2:30am. DE
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11:00 Live From the Artists
Den See Fri 6th, 9:30pm. [R]
5/10 EARLY TUESDAY AM
12:30 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Tue 10th, 1pm.
1:00 Nature See Sun 8th,
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12:00 Charlie Rose
1:30 Frontline [R]
2:30 Independent Lens
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2:30 Secrets of Shangri-La
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4:30 Independent Lens:
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1:30 Reel 13 Indies
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4:00 Soundtrack for a
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6:30 Nightly Business
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7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 Secrets of the Dead:
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5:30 BBC World News
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9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!:
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of high treason from
the executioner’s noose.
Repeats early Sat 14th, 1am.
[R]
3:30 Winged Migration
5:00 Travelscope [R]
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5:30 BBC World News
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6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business
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7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 Washington Week
Repeats Sat 14th, 9am.
8:30 PREMIERE Need to
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Sun 15th, 6pm.
9:30 Live From the Artists
Den: “Ringo Starr With Ben
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The former Beatle and the
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Museum of Art’s Egyptian
Wing. Repeats Sun 15th, 11pm.
10:00 Secrets of Shangri-La
Archaeologists explore
ancient caves high in the
remote Himalayas. Repeats
10:30 PREMIERE Vine Talk:
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Stanley Tucci, celebrity
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week’s guests: actor Ron
Darling, violinist Philippe
Quint, and chef Tim Love.
early Fri 13th, 2:30am and
Repeats Sun 15th, 3:30pm.
Repeats Mon 16th, 1pm.
early Mon 16th, 12mid. DE
11:00 Charlie Rose
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Fri 13th, 1:30pm.
12:30 Theater Talk
1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
Repeats early Fri 13th,
12:30am.
9:00 NOVA: “Secrets of
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of the Stone Age relic.
Repeats early Fri 13th, 1:30am
and Sun 15th, 7pm.
Repeats Thu 12th, 1:30pm.
5/12 EARLY THURSDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
10:30 PREMIERE Ebert
Presents At the Movies
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early Sun 15th, 5:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Mon 16th, 1:30pm.
5/14 EARLY SATURDAY AM
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See Thu 12th, 9pm. [R]
5/13 EARLY FRIDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
2:30 Masterpiece Classic
Repeats Fri 13th, 1pm.
See Sun 8th, 9pm. [R]
Repeats Thu 12th, 1pm.
12:30 Secrets of the Dead
3:30 Over 90 and Loving
It See Thu 12th, 8pm. Repeats
12:30 Black in Latin America
See Wed 11th, 8pm. [R]
early Tue 17th, 4:30am. [R]
See Tue 10th, 8pm. Repeats
1:30 NOVA: “Secrets of
Stonehenge” See Wed 11th,
4:30 Holes in My Shoes
Sat 14th, 3pm. [R]
Repeats early Mon 16th, 4am.
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evening and night
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8:00 PREMIERE Nature:
Bears of the Last Frontier:
“The Road North” Chris
Morgan explores the world
of black bears caught in
the crossroads of urban
development in Anchorage
and the wilderness. (Part 2
6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real
Food
6:30 Lidia’s Italian Table
7:00 The This Old House Hour
8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth sees a
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8:30 As Time Goes By
Alistair and Jean work
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and a quick-draw kid go
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2:30 Freedom Songs: The
Music of the Civil Rights
Movement See Mon 9th,
10:30pm. [R]
4:00 Holes in My Shoes [R]
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of 3) Repeats early Tue 17th,
12:30am and Sat 21st, 5pm.
9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Classic: “South
Riding” Robert faces ruin
after a principled stand
against political corruption.
(Part 3 of 3) Repeats early
Tue 17th, 1:30am and early
Sat 21st, 2:30am.
10:00 PREMIERE Last
Summer at Coney Island
The controversy over
restoration plans for
Coney Island. Repeats
early Sun 15th, 1:10am.
11:15 Reel 13 Indies:
“Welcome” (2009) A
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friendship between a Kurdish
refugee (Firat Ayverdi) and
his swimming instructor
(Vincent Lindon). Repeats
early Tue 17th, 2:30am.
early Sun 15th, 3:25am and
Wed 18th, 12:30am.
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PREMIERE Antiques
Roadshow Biloxi, Mississippi
treasures include watercolor portraits attributed
to “The Guilford Limner,” a
mysterious North Carolinabased artist. (Part 3 of 3)
Repeats early Wed 18th,
2:25am and early Sun 22nd,
5am.
9:00 PREMIERE Freedom
Riders: American Experience
The story of the courageous
band of civil rights activists
who traveled on integrated
buses through the Deep
South in 1961. Repeats
early Wed 18th, 3:25am and
5/15 EARLY SUNDAY AM
1:05 PREMIERE Reel 13
Shorts Repeats early
early Mon 23rd, 12:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Tue 17th, 1:30pm.
Sun 15th, 5:20am.
See Sat 14th, 9pm. [R]
3:25 Reel 13 Indies See
Sat 14th, 11:15pm. Repeats
early Wed 18th, 12:30am. [R]
5/17 EARLY TUESDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
Creative Arson
1:10 Reel 13 Classics
Repeats Tue 17th, 1pm.
12:30 Nature See Sun 15th,
8pm. Repeats Sat 21st, 5pm.
11:00 Live From the Artists
Den See Fri 13th, 9:30pm. [R]
See Sun 15th, 9pm. Repeats
15 SUNDAY
6:00 Need to Know
[R]
1:30 Masterpiece Classic
5/16 EARLY MONDAY AM
12:00 Secrets of Shangri-La
See
See Wed 11th, 10pm. [R] DE
early Sat 21st, 2:30am. [R]
2:30 Last Summer at
Coney Island See Sun 15th,
1:00 Soundtrack for a
Revolution: American
Experience See Mon 9th,
10pm. [R]
7:00 NOVA: “Secrets of
Stonehenge” See early
Fri 13th, 1:30am. [R]
9pm. [R]
See Thu 12th, 8pm. [R]
Fri 13th, 8:30pm. [R]
3:30 TBA
4:30 Over 90 and Loving It
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5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PREMIERE Secrets
of the Dead: “The World’s
Biggest Bomb” In a race
to build the biggest bomb,
U.S. and Soviet scientists
pushed technology far into
unknown territory. Repeats
early Thu 19th, 12:30am
9:00 Frontline Episode
TBA
10:00 American Masters:
“I.M. Pei: Building China
Modern” The architect
returns to his native
country to design a
modern museum to
house the antiquities of
Suzhou. Repeats early
8:00 Secrets of the Dead:
“The Silver Pharaoh” The
splendor of the royal tomb
of Pharaoh Psusennes I
surpasses even that of
Tutankhamen. Repeats
early Fri 20th, 12:30am.
9:00 NOVA: “Riddles of
the Sphinx” Archeologists
and engineers race against
time and the forces of
nature to save the Sphinx.
and culture with Emmy
winners Philippe de
Montebello and Paula
Zahn. Repeats early
Sat 21st, 3:30am.
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8:30 TBA
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!:
“Inspector Lewis, Series 1—
Whom The Gods Would
Destroy” Lewis and
Hathaway are thrown into
a murder case involving
a prominent Oxford man.
Repeats early Fri 20th,
1:30am and Sun 22nd, 7pm.
10:00 NOVA: “Building
Pharaoh’s Ship” Archeologists reconstruct a
mighty vessel from an
ancient Egyptian carving,
launching it into the
Red Sea. Repeats early
Repeats early Sat 21st, 1am.
Fri 20th, 2:30am.
5/18 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
1:30 Frontline [R]
2:30 American Masters
Repeats Wed 18th, 1pm.
See Tue 17th, 10pm. Repeats
12:30 Reel 13 Indies
Sun 22nd, 12:30pm. [R] DE
See Sat 14th, 11:15pm. [R]
3:30 American Masters:
“Hollywood Chinese” [R]
10:30 PREMIERE Vine
Talk: “Sipping Sancerres
From the Loire Valley”
Host Stanley Tucci,
celebrity guests and
audience members
taste and vote for their
favorite wine at The
Tisch WNET Studios
at Lincoln Center. This
week’s guests: Broadway
star Cheyenne Jackson,
author Gay Talese, and
chef Joey Campanaro.
See Mon 16th, 8pm. Repeats
DE
Repeats Sun 22nd, 3:30pm.
early Sun 22nd, 5am. [R]
5:00 Travelscope
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Thu 19th, 1:30pm.
Sun 22nd, 12:30pm. DE
5/19 EARLY THURSDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Thu 19th, 1pm.
Repeats Wed 18th, 1:30pm.
12:30 Secrets of the Dead
Thu 19th, 2:30am and
2:25 Antiques Roadshow
3:25 Freedom Riders:
American Experience
See Mon 16th, 9pm. Repeats
19 THURSDAY
early Mon 23rd, 12:30am. [R]
18 WEDNESDAY
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PREMIERE
SundayArts Primetime
Special New York arts
Eduardo Patino
See Tue 17th, 8pm. [R]
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Fri 20th, 1:30pm.
5/20 EARLY FRIDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Fri 20th, 1pm.
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evening and night
12:30 Secrets of the Dead
See Wed 18th, 8pm. [R]
3:30 SundayArts Primetime Special See Thu 19th,
1:30 NOVA See Wed 18th,
8pm. [R]
9pm. Repeats Sun 22nd, 7pm.
4:00 TBA
4:30 P.O.V.: “Inheritance”
22 SUNDAY
21 SATURDAY
Fri 20th, 8:30pm. [R]
[R]
5:00 Antiques Roadshow
See Mon 16th, 8pm. [R]
2:30 NOVA See Wed 18th,
10pm. [R]
3:30 Into the Deep:
America, Whaling &
the World
20 FRIDAY
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business
Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 Washington Week
Repeats Sat 21st, 9am.
8:30 PREMIERE Need to
Know With Alison Stewart
and Jon Meacham. Repeats
Sun 22nd, 6pm.
9:30 Live From the Artists
Den: “Tori Amos” Amos
performs classics and
new songs in the Veterans
Room of New York City’s
Park Avenue Armory.
Repeats Sun 22nd, 11:30pm.
10:30 PREMIERE Ebert
Presents At the Movies
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Mon 23rd, 1:30pm.
Sun 22nd, 12:40am.
11:05 Reel 13 Indies:
“Children of Invention”
(2009) Two young children
are left to fend for themselves when their mother
disappears. Repeats early
Sun 22nd, 2:45am and
early Wed 25th, 1am. DE
5/22 EARLY SUNDAY AM
12:35 PREMIERE Reel 13
Shorts Repeats early
Sun 22nd, 4:15am. [R]
5/21 EARLY SATURDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
See
7:00 NOVA See Wed 18th,
6:00 Mike Colameco’s
Real Food
6:30 Lidia’s Italian Table
7:00 The This Old House
Hour
8:00 Keeping Up
Appearances Hyacinth
mingles with aristocracy.
8:30 As Time Goes By
Jean and Lionel vacation
in Paris.
9:00 Reel 13 Classics:
“Meet John Doe” (1941)
Everyman Gary Cooper and
cynical reporter Barbara
Stanwyck start a political
movement in this Frank
Capra classic. Repeats early
See fri 6th, 10:30pm. repeats
early Sun 22nd, 4:30am.
6:00 Need to Know
9pm. [R]
8:00 PREMIERE Nature:
Bears of the Last Frontier:
“Arctic Wanderers” Chris
Morgan travels to the far
north of Alaska, where
polar bears hunt on sea
ice; and to the North Slope,
where grizzlies await the
caribou migration. (Part 3
of 3) Repeats early Tue 24th,
12:30am and Sat 28th, 5pm.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!:
“Poirot X: Murder on the
Orient Express” David
Suchet as suave Belgian
sleuth Hercule Poirot,
called upon to solve an
on-board murder. Repeats
early Tue 24th, 1:30am
and early Sat 28th, 1pm.
10:30 PREMIERE Media
2011: Journalism in Crisis
Bill Baker, WNET’s President
Emeritus, examines how
social media and changing
technology are impacting
journalism inthe 21st century.
11:30 Live From the Artists
Den See Fri 20th, 9:30pm. [R]
12:40 Reel 13 Classics
See Sat 21st, 9pm. [R]
early Wed 25th, 1am. [R]
5/23 EARLY MONDAY AM
12:30 Freedom Riders:
American Experience
DE
See Mon 16th, 9pm. [R]
2:30 Most Honorable Son
2:30 Masterpiece Classic
4:15 Reel 13 Shorts [R]
4:30 Ebert Presents At the
Movies See Fri 20th, 10:30pm.
See Sun 15th, 9pm. [R]
[R]
Repeats Mon 23rd, 1pm.
2:45 Reel 13 Indies See
12:30 Theater Talk With
hosts Susan Haskins and
Michael Riedel.
1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
Sat 21st, 11:05pm. Repeats
See Thu 19th, 9pm. [R]
DE
3:30 Victory in the Pacific:
American Experience DE
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5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PREMIERE Antiques
Roadshow In Washington,
DC, a turn-of-the-century
silver tea set is valued
at $90,000. (Part 1 of 3)
Repeats early Thu 26th, 4am.
9:00 Trials of J. Robert
Oppenheimer: American
Experience Theoretical
physicist behind the
Manhattan Project. Repeats
early Thu 26th, 12:30am
Repeats early Fri 27th,
and early Sat 28th, 2:30am.
1:30am and Sun 29th, 7pm.
9:00 Frontline Episode TBA
10:00 PREMIERE Hold at
All Costs The story of a
desperate battle waged
in 1953 during the closing
months of the Korean
Conflict. Repeats early
10:00 Lost Cave Temples
The search for nine
legendary cave temples
in the Himalayas. Repeats
early Sun 29th, 3:40am. DE
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Thu 26th, 1:30pm.
Thu 26th, 2:30am and
11:30 Charlie Rose
5/26 EARLY THURSDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Wed 25th, 1:30pm.
Repeats Thu 26th, 1pm.
early Tue 31st, 3:30am. DE
12:30 Craft in America See
5/25 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM
12:30 Tavis Smiley
Tue 24th, 8pm. Repeats early
Repeats Wed 25th, 1pm.
Sat 28th, 2:30am. [R]
1:00 Reel 13 Indies See
1:30 Frontline [R]
2:30 Hold at All Costs
early Wed 25th, 2:35am
Sat 21st, 11:05pm. [R] DE
See Tue 24th, 10pm. Repeats
and early Mon 30th, 3:30am.
2:30 Reel 13 Shorts [R]
2:35 Trials of J. Robert
Oppenheimer See Mon 23rd,
early Tue 31st, 3:30am. [R] DE
9pm. Repeats early Mon 30th,
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Tue 24th, 1:30pm.
5/24 EARLY TUESDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Tue 24th, 1pm.
4:00 Antiques Roadshow
See Mon 23rd, 8pm. [R]
3:30am. [R]
4:35 TBA
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
26 THURSDAY
12:30 Nature See Sun 22nd,
8pm. Repeats Sat 28th, 5pm.
[R]
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
25 WEDNESDAY
1:30 Masterpiece Mystery!
early Sat 28th, 1am. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens:
“Wings of Defeat” DE
4:00 D-Day: The Price of
Freedom
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
24 TUESDAY
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PREMIERE Craft
in America: “Messages”
Observes glass bead artist
Joyce Scott and other
artists at work. Repeats
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business
Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 Secrets of the Dead:
“Lost Ships of Rome”
Marine archeologists
discover the wrecks of five
ancient Roman ships near
the island of Ventotene.
Repeats early Fri 27, 12:30am
and early Sun 29th, 4:40am.
9:00 NOVA: “Secrets of
the Parthenon” How did
the ancient Athenians build
their great temple in a
mere eight years—with no
building plan or blueprint?
8:00 PREMIERE Great
Performances at the Met:
“Iphigénie en Tauride”
Susan Graham and
Plácido Domingo reprise
their starring roles in
this elegant interpretation
of the primal Greek myth.
Repeats Sun 29th,12:30pm.
ken howard/metropolitan opera
See Sun 22nd, 9pm. Repeats
10
evening and night
10:30 PREMIERE Vine
Talk: “Polishing Off Pinots
From Oregon” Host Stanley
Tucci, celebrity guests, and
audience members taste
and vote for their favorite
wine at The Tisch WNET
Studios at Lincoln Center.
This week’s guests: Emily
Bergl, Boardwalk Empire
star Steve Buscemi,
and chef Joe Bastianich.
10:30 PREMIERE Ebert
Presents At the Movies
12:05 Reel 13 Classics
See Sat 28th, 9pm. [R]
see fri 6th, 10:30pm. Repeats
1:30 Reel 13 Indies See
early Sun 29th, 3:10am.
Sat 28th, 10:25pm. Repeats
11:00 Charlie Rose
early Wed 1st, 12:30am. [R]
Repeats Mon 30th, 1:30pm.
3:05 Reel 13 Shorts See
5/28 EARLY SATURDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
early sun 29th, 12mid. [R]
3:10 Ebert Presents At the
Movies See Fri 27th, 10:30pm.
Repeats Mon 30th, 1pm.
12:30 Theater Talk
1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
[R]
Repeats Sun 29th, 3:30pm.
See Sun 22nd, 9pm. [R]
See Wed 25th, 10pm. [R] DE
11:00 Charlie Rose
2:30 Craft in America
4:40 Secrets of the Dead
Repeats Fri 27th, 1:30pm.
See Thu 26th, 12:30am. [R]
See Wed 25th, 8pm. [R]
5/27 EARLY FRIDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
28 SATURDAY
29 SUNDAY
6:00 Mike Colameco’s
Real Food
6:30 Lidia’s Italian Table
7:00 The This Old House Hour
8:00 Keeping Up
Appearances Hyacinth
tries impress the head
of the operatic society.
8:30 As Time Goes By
Lionel plays a surprising
role at his father’s wedding.
9:00 Reel 13 Classics:
“Father’s Little Dividend”
(1951) Spencer Tracy portrays
a reluctant grandfather in
this sequel to Father of
the Bride, also starring
Elizabeth Taylor. Repeats
6:00 Need to Know
3:40 Lost Cave Temples
Repeats Fri 27th, 1pm.
See Wed 25th, 8pm. Repeats
early Sun 29th, 4:40am. [R]
1:30 NOVA See Wed 25th,
9pm. Repeats Sun 29th, 7pm.
[R]
2:30 The Jews of New York
3:30 Jerusalem: Center of
the World
27 FRIDAY
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 Washington Week
Repeats Sat 28th, 9am.
8:30 PREMIERE Need to
Know With Alison Stewart
and Jon Meacham. Repeats
Sun 29th, 6pm.
early sun 29th, 12:05am.
10:25 Reel 13 Indies: “Nurse.
Fighter. Boy” (2008) An
urban love story about the
soul of a mother, the heart
of a fighter and the faith
of a child. Repeats early
See Fri 27th, 8:30pm. [R]
7:00 NOVA: “Secrets of the
Parthenon” See Wed 25th,
9pm. [R]
8:00 PREMIERE National
Memorial Day Concert
Gary Sinise and Joe
Mantegna host this
star-studded salute,
broadcast live from the
West Lawn of the U.S.
Capitol. Repeats early
Tue 31st, 12:30am.
Courtesy of Capital Concerts
12:30 Secrets of the Dead
9:30 Live From the Artists
Den: “David Gray” The
singer-songwriter brings
his signature acousticelectronic mix to New York’s
Broad Street Ballroom.
5/29 EARLY SUNDAY AM
12:00 PREMIERE Reel 13
Shorts Repeats early
9:30 Medal of Honor
Interviews with 13 living
honorees of our nation’s
highest award for military
service. Repeats early
Repeats Sun 29th, 11pm.
Sun 29th, 3:05am. [R]
Tue 31st, 2am.
Sun 29th, 1:30am and Wed 1st,
12:30am.
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Den See Fri 27th, 9:30pm. [R]
5/30 EARLY MONDAY AM
12:00 American Road to
Victory (Parts 1-3 of 3) [R]
3:30 Trials of J. Robert
Oppenheimer See Mon 23rd,
9pm. [R]
10:00 Bob Hope: Hollywood’s Brightest Star
The entertainer’s colorful
life and career. Repeats
and the New York
Philharmonic commemorate the historic hall’s
120th anniversary with
special guests Emanuel
Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma,
violinist Gil Shaham, and
Broadway star Audra
McDonald.
early Wed 1st, 4am.
11:00 Charlie Rose
Repeats Tue 31st, 1:30pm.
5/31 EARLY TUESDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Tue 31st, 1pm.
30 MONDAY
12:30 National Memorial
Day Concert See Sun 29th,
8pm. [R]
early Wed 1st, 2:05am.
9:00 PREMIERE War Letters:
American Experience
The human side of war,
as revealed in personal
correspondence, from
the American Revolution
to the Gulf War. Repeats
early Wed 1st, 3:05am.
2:00 Medal of Honor
See Sun 29th, 9:30pm. [R]
3:30 Hold at All Costs
See Tue 24th, 10pm. [R] DE
5:00 Someone Else’s War
[R]
31 TUESDAY
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 NJN News
6:30 Nightly Business
Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
Michael Wilson
5:30 BBC World News
America
6:00 New Jersey Capitol
Report With Steven Adubato
& Rafael Pi Roman
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PREMIERE Antiques
Roadshow Experts appraise
a Charles Schreyvogel
sculpture in Washington,
D.C. (Part 2 of 3) Repeats
9:30 TBA
11:00 Charlie Rose
6/01 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM
12:00 Tavis Smiley
12:30 Reel 13 Indies
See Sat 28th, 10:25pm. [R]
2:05 Antiques Roadshow
See Mon 30th, 8pm. [R]
3:05 War Letters See
8:00 PREMIERE Great
Performances: “Carnegie
Hall @ 120: An Anniversary
Celebration” Alan Gilbert
Mon 30th, 9pm. [R]
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Brightest Star See Mon 30th,
10pm. [R]
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Most Honorable Son (21st)
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