Specials & Highlights
This Week's Highlights & Specials
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WYOMING PERSPECTIVES The Savvy Investor - Protecting Against Scams
Airs Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 PM - Fraud prevention experts join program host, Margaret Benson, to discuss Investment Fraud in Wyoming.
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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Damian Marley
Airs Saturday, May 17 at 6:00 PM - Damian Marley performs tunes from Welcome to Jamrock with his brothers Stephen and Julian.
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DISCOVER THE WILD Teton Science School & Sage Grouse
Airs Sunday, May 18 at 7:00 PM - We visit the Teton Science School, then talk to leading national experts about sage grouse.
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MASTERPIECE Cranford (Episode 3)
Airs Sunday, May 18 at 9:00 PM - Can Cranford’s tight-knit community survive a series of disasters?
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE FDR: The Grandest Job in the World/The Juggler
Airs Monday, May 19 at 8:00 PM - “FDR” goes beyond the familiar words and images to offer an incisive, often startling portrait of one of the most extraordinary personalities ever elected to the presidency.
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FRONTLINE Growing Up Online
Airs Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 PM - FRONTLINE explores the complicated new lines being drawn between the real and virtual worlds for today’s children and teens and for their parents.
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INDEPENDENT LENS A Dream in Doubt
Airs Tuesday, May 20 at 9:00 PM - The victim of the first hate-based murder in the wake of 9/11 was a Sikh in Mesa, Arizona, where his family had sought religious freedom.
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DEPRESSION: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Airs Wednesday, May 21 at 8:00 PM - This 90-minute documentary about clinical depression is followed by a half-hour panel discussion hosted by Jane Pauley.
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WYOMING PERSPECTIVES Sage Grouse
Airs Thursday, May 22 at 7:00 PM - Wyoming PBS host Tom Rae is joined by wildlife expert in this live, call-in public affairs program.
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PHOENIX MARS MISSION: ASHES TO ICE
Airs Thursday, May 22 at 9:00 PM - This program chronicles the story of the Phoenix Mars Lander, which is scheduled to land on the Martian surface on May 25, 2008.
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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS R.E.M.
Airs Saturday, May 24 at 6:00 PM - In their AUSTIN CITY LIMITS debut appearance, influential superstars R.E.M. take the stage in support of their latest acclaimed record, Accelerate.
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DISCOVER THE WILD Mule Deer
Airs Sunday, May 25 at 7:00 PM - This show features the marvelous mule deer of Wyoming.
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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Airs Sunday, May 25 at 7:30 PM - This program tells tells the tale of a different band of brothers — a small group of World War II veterans whose bonds go far beyond surviving combat.
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NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT (2008)
Airs Sunday, May 25 at 8:00 PM - The NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT is the premier memorial service for the US, honoring the service and sacrifice that so many American servicemen and women have made for their country.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Truman (Part 1 of 2)
Airs Sunday, May 25 at 9:00 PM - Truman’s early struggles and failures as a young adult and his determination to have an accomplishment to call his own.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Truman (Part 2 of 2)
Airs Monday, May 26 at 8:00 PM - After Harry Truman’s unlikely rise to the presidency, he would face some of the biggest crises of the century.
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NOVA Master of the Killer Ants
Airs Tuesday, May 27 at 7:00 PM - Usually the Mofu tribe's precious ally, termines have left the fields and invaded huts and granaries.
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD Herculaneum Uncovered
Airs Wednesday, May 28 at 7:00 PM - Unlike Pompeii, Herculaneum was not suffocated by falling ash, but by blistering pyroclastic flows.
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GREAT PERFORMANCES Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev
Airs Wednesday, May 28 at 8:00 PM - An exclusive look at conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and principal conductor of the London Symphony.
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