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Sunday, May 1 - Saturday, May 7 Tuesday 3 PRIME TIME 7:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters

Intimate letters and rare footage shed light on the life of iconic rock singer Janis Joplin.

9:00 Frontline Janis Joplin: American Masters TUESDAY 7:00

Sunday 1 PRIME TIME 7:00 Call The Midwife

The Turners reassess their lifestyles as they fight for respiratory health for patients.

8:00 Grantchester Season 2 On Masterpiece Episode Six Sidney seeks oblivion and his friend Sam seeks forgiveness. A dead girl’s parents seek revenge.

9:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Six A former employee is laid to rest. Jimmy thinks he’s a hunted man, as he makes the deal of his life.

10:00 Doc Martin

Facta Non Verba Dr. Timoney questions Martin and Louisa’s ultimate compatibility. Martin has new neighbors.

4:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

Monday 2 PRIME TIME 7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Omaha, Hour Three Travel to Omaha to see fantastic pieces of history, like a Humphreys’ homeopathic medicine cabinet.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow Detroit, Hour Three Highlights include a Charles Schulz signed letter and etchings by Edward Hopper and John Sloan.

9:00 Independent Lens

My Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did The sons of two Nazi war criminals who were responsible for thousands of deaths are interviewed.

11:00 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 11:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT

12:00 Call The Midwife 1:00 Grantchester Season 2 On Masterpiece

12:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Show Stoppers

1:00 National Parks: America’s Best Idea

The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)

3:00 Independent Lens Mimi and Dona

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LATE NIGHT

Episode Six

2:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Six

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Benghazi In Crisis Benghazi, the birthplace of Libya’s uprising, is now besieged by ISIS and warring militias.

10:00 Point Taken 10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Hour Three

1:00 Antiques Roadshow Detroit, Hour Three

2:00 Independent Lens

My Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did

3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Wednesday 4 PRIME TIME 7:00 Nature

The Last Orangutan Eden The work being done to save wild orangutans in the jungles of Northern Sumatra is documented.

8:00 NOVA

Operation Lighthouse Rescue Engineers race to rescue the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard from the ocean’s erosion.

9:00 NOVA

Petra - Lost City of Stone Experts carve a templetomb to find out how the ancient people of Petra built their city of stone.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT

1:00 NOVA

12:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters 2:00 Frontline

2:00 NOVA

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Benghazi In Crisis

Thursday 5 PRIME TIME 7:00 Live Here

Brian Eades Exit Interview An exit interview with departing Amarillo City Councilman Brian Eades, who has resigned his council seat, effective in late July, to move to Colorado. Eades was elected five times to the council, beginning in 2007.

7:30 Stories of the Mind

Depression A writer, a musician and a video blogger with depression find three surprising paths to recovery.

8:00 Daytripper

Dallas Chet views Dallas from the top of Reunion Tower and visits the world-class Perot Science Museum.

8:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Anthony Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is the US Secretary of Transportation and a former Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

9:00 The This Old House Hour

Erik lays red cedar shingles on the roof. Reproduction light fixtures are handcrafted in Vermont.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Nature

The Last Orangutan Eden

Operation Lighthouse Rescue Petra - Lost City of Stone

Friday 6 PRIME TIME 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Charlie Rose The Week 8:00 Jazz

Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945) As racial conflict in America heats up, the center of jazz in NY moves from Harlem to 52nd Street.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Live Here

Brian Eades Exit Interview

12:30 Stories of the Mind Depression

1:00 Daytripper Dallas

1:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Anthony Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary

2:00 The This Old House Hour 3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

8:00 Classic Gospel

Joey+Rory: Hymns That Are Important to Us One of country music’s most loved duos performs some of their all-time favorite hymns.

9:00 Doc Martin

The Doctor Is Out Marin find himself trapped by Annie Winton, who desperately wants him to try and save her husband.

10:00 Austin City Limits

Gary Clark Jr./ Courtney Barnett Experience the contemporary R&B of Gary Clark Jr. Rocking Australian Courtney Barnett performs.

11:00 Soundstage

Toby Keith The voice behind the ultimate party song, “Red Solo Cup,” performs honkytonk and country hits.

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Charlie Rose The Week 1:00 Jazz Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945)

3:00 Nature

The Last Orangutan Eden

4:00 NOVA

Operation Lighthouse Rescue

Saturday 7 PRIME TIME 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show

25th Anniversary Great songs include “The Anniversary Song,” “Say It With Music” and “Thank You Very Much.”

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Sunday, May 8- Saturday, May 14 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour One

1:00 Independent Lens Peace Officer

2:30 3:00 4:00 4:30

Nature: Perfect Partners WEDNESDAY 7:00

Sunday 8

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PRIME TIME

PRIME TIME

7:00 Call The Midwife

7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Consequences occur when a woman doesn’t report a rape and a mom conceals her daughter’s pregnancy.

8:00 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece

The White Lioness The case of a missing Swede in South Africa leads Wallander down a dangerous path.

9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Seven The Whiteleys deal starts to look bad. A reporter confronts Jimmy and Grove undertakes a good deed.

10:30 Doc Martin

The Doctor Is Out

11:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

LATE NIGHT 12:00 The Lawrence Welk Show 25th Anniversary

1:00 Classic Gospel

Joey+Rory: Hymns That Are Important to Us

2:00 Austin City Limits Gary Clark Jr./ Courtney Barnett

3:00 Soundstage Toby Keith

4:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

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Wednesday 11 PRIME TIME 7:00 Nature

Nature’s Perfect Partners Learn the value of teamwork among animal partners, even ones as odd but perfect as hippo and fish.

Cleveland, Hour One Discover hidden treasures such as 1920 World Series stubs and a Charles Rohlfs music stand.

8:00 Independent Lens

Peace Officer The investigations of a former sheriff highlight the growing militarized state of American police.

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

8:00 NOVA

Bombing Hitler’s Supergun Engineers and World War II historians investigate Hitler’s fearsome bank of “superguns.”

9:00 Nazi Mega Weapons

Blitzkrieg In the first years of WWII, Germany crushes its enemies in a series of “Blitzkrieg” offensives.

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Call The Midwife 1:00 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece The White Lioness

2:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Seven

3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Tuesday 10 PRIME TIME 7:00 Independent Lens

The Armor of Light Two different Christians find common ground in the fight against the rising tide of gun violence.

10:00 Point Taken 10:30 Charlie Rose

Sands of War Charlie Rose BBC World News Tavis Smiley

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Independent Lens The Armor of Light

1:30 3:00 4:00 4:30

War Journal: The Incredible WWII Escape of Major Damon Rocky Gause Charlie Rose BBC World News Tavis Smiley

Thursday 12 PRIME TIME

PRIME TIME

7:00 Live Here

7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Charlie Rose The Week 8:00 Jazz

Shots Fired The Panhandle PBS crew follows veteran law enforcement trainers who lead students through mock crime scenes to teach them how to analyze bullet trajectories, impact marks and collect evidence.

7:30 Stories of the Mind

Veterans These stories illustrate the challenges some vets face and successful ways they overcome.

8:00 Daytripper

New Braunfels Chet explores this old German town built along two pristine rivers and the oldest bakery in Texas.

8:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a professor at Harvard University and host of “Finding Your Roots.”

9:00 The This Old House Hour

Drilling begins on a geothermal system and Norm tours local 1st period homes.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Nature

Nature’s Perfect Partners

1:00 NOVA

Bombing Hitler’s Supergun

2:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Blitzkrieg

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley Find Panhandle PBS on

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Risk (1945-1955) Jazz becomes a symbol of American democracy abroad. At home, the music breaks into different camps.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Live Here

Shots Fired

12:30 Stories of the Mind Veterans

1:00 Daytripper

New Braunfels

1:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Historian

2:00 The This Old House Hour 3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

9:00 Doc Martin

On The Edge - Part 1 Martin fails to restart his relationship with Louisa. Her father Terry plans to smuggle explosives.

10:00 Austin City Limits

Kendrick Lamar Experience an hour of contemporary hiphop from Grammynominated superstar Kendrick Lamar.

11:00 Soundstage

Georgefest Brian Wilson, Norah Jones and more guest artists pay tribute to the late Beatle, George Harrison.

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Charlie Rose The Week 1:00 Jazz Risk (1945-1955)

3:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Blitzkrieg

4:00 NOVA

Bombing Hitler’s Supergun

Saturday 14 PRIME TIME 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show

Tribute to Bing Anacani is the guest. “Swingin’ On A Star” and “On The Road To Morocco” are performed.

8:00 Classic Gospel

Best of the Cathedrals This rare collection includes the Cathedrals’ best performances of their 50-year legacy.

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Sunday, May 15 - Saturday, May 21 Monday 16 PRIME TIME 7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Cleveland, Hour Two A 1964 Manoucher Yektai oil painting and an 1863 Civil War grave marker group are appraised.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow

Baton Rouge, Hour One A French Art Deco ring and four Rembrandt and James McNeill Whistler etchings are appraised.

Call the Midwife SUNDAY 7:00

Sunday 15 PRIME TIME 7:00 Call The Midwife

Patsy struggles to help a transient woman who is determined to avoid the maternity home.

8:00 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece A Lesson In Love A knife-slashed corpse takes Wallander on a chase for the victim’s missing daughter.

9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Eight Josie takes on a new role. Whiteleys’ troubles lead Jimmy and Mr. Crabb to take a big risk.

10:30 Doc Martin

On The Edge - Part 1

11:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

LATE NIGHT 12:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Tribute to Bing

1:00 Classic Gospel

Best of the Cathedrals

2:00 Austin City Limits Kendrick Lamar

3:00 Soundstage Georgefest

4:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

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9:00 Independent Lens

Dogtown Redemption Street recyclers fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Oakland, California.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Call The Midwife 1:00 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece A Lesson In Love

2:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Eight

3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Tuesday 17 PRIME TIME 7:00 Genealogy Roadshow Albuquerque

Trace a woman’s connection to a Native-American code talker and a man’s deep New Mexican roots.

8:00 Secrets of the Dead

Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb An amateur archaeologist’s theory may reveal where the queen Cleopatra’s lost tomb is hidden.

9:00 Frontline

The Secret History of Isis The inside story of the creation of ISIS and how America missed the many warning signs.

10:00 Point Taken 10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour Two

1:00 Antiques Roadshow

Baton Rouge, Hour One

2:00 Independent Lens

Dogtown Redemption

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Wednesday 18 PRIME TIME 7:00 Nature

Jungle Animal Hospital Witness the day-to-day drama at one of the world’s wildest hospitals deep in the Guatemalan jungle.

8:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Can We Time Travel? Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible.

9:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Are We Alone? Ordinary people are challenged to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Genealogy Roadshow Albuquerque

1:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

2:00 Frontline

The Secret History of Isis

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

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PRIME TIME

7:00 Live Here

7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Charlie Rose The Week 8:00 Jazz

7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show

Life by the Barrel Live Here examines the impact of $30- to $40-a-barrel oil on the economy of towns in the Texas Panhandle.

7:30 Stories of the Mind

The Critical Years Four stories from young adults show a range of mental health experiences during this critical age.

8:00 Daytripper

Richmond Chet explores a living history park full of reenactors and a local swamp full of alligators.

8:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Jeffrey Goldberg, Journalist and Author Jeffrey Goldberg discusses President Obama’s foreign policy legacy called “The Obama Doctrine.”

9:00 The This Old House Hour

Clapboard siding is installed and a landscape architect selects salvaged granite for the yard.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

The Adventure (1955-1960) Saxophonist Sonny Rollins makes his mark on the scene and Miles Davis creates several great albums.

10:00 Jazz

A Masterpiece By Midnight (1961-Present) In the 1960s, jazz becomes divided into “schools,” including Dixieland, swing, bop and cool.

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Live Here

Life by the Barrel

12:30 Stories of the Mind The Critical Years

1:00 Daytripper Richmond

1:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Jeffrey Goldberg, Journalist and Author

2:00 The This Old House Hour 3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

LATE NIGHT

Songs from the Classics Jim Turner is the guest. “Hot Diggity, Dog Ziggity” and “The Twelfth of Never” are performed.

8:00 Classic Gospel

I’ll Meet You on the Mountain The Homecoming Friends sing “I’ll Meet You on the Mountain,” “There Is a Mountain and more.

9:00 Doc Martin

On The Edge - Part 2 Martin fails to restart his relationship with Louisa. Her father Terry plans to smuggle explosives.

10:00 Austin City Limits

Foo Fighters Superstar rockers Foo Fighters feature songs from the best-selling album “Sonic Highways.”

11:00 Soundstage

Jason Isbell Jason Isbell showcases his unmatched talent and proves he is taking the music industry by storm!

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Charlie Rose The Week 1:00 Jazz

The Adventure (1955-1960)

12:00 Nature

3:00 Jazz

Jungle Animal Hospital

A Masterpiece By Midnight (1961-Present)

1:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Can We Time Travel?

2:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Are We Alone?

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley Genealogy Roadshow TUESDAY 7:00

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Sunday, May 22- Saturday, May 28 Pocahontas and a Cuban grandfather’s secret past.

8:00 Secrets of the Dead

Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings A team of scientists explore royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan.

9:00 Frontline Daytripper: Turkey, Texas THURSDAY 8:00

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Monday 23

PRIME TIME

PRIME TIME

7:00 Call The Midwife

7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Nonnatus House tries to cope with a tragedy and there’s joy all around at a wedding reception.

8:00 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece

The Troubled Man With his memory failing, Wallander draws on primal instincts to crack a very old submarine mystery.

9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Nine The press links Harry with Jimmy’s demise. Suppliers refuse to sell. Stockholders are up in arms.

11:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

LATE NIGHT 12:00 The Lawrence Welk Show

Songs from the Classics

1:00 Classic Gospel

I’ll Meet You on the Mountain

2:00 Austin City Limits Foo Fighters

3:00 Soundstage Jason Isbell

4:00 Changing Season: On the Masumoto Family Farm

Cleveland, Hour Three Great finds include a “Big Bronco” coin-operated horse and a Tiffany & Co. pendant watch necklace.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow

Baton Rouge, Hour Two A Louisiana political poster, a NASA photograph collection and more amazing items are appraised.

9:00 POV

The Return In 2012, California amended its Three Strikes law, shortening the sentences of thousands of people.

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Call The Midwife 1:00 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece The Troubled Man

2:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece Episode Nine

3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Tuesday 24 PRIME TIME 7:00 Genealogy Roadshow

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Miami Follow genealogists as they trace stories about

Business of Disaster An investigation into who profits when disaster strikes focuses on Superstorm Sandy.

10:00 Point Taken 10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour Three

1:00 Antiques Roadshow

Baton Rouge, Hour Two

2:00 POV

The Return

3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Wednesday 25 PRIME TIME 7:00 Nature

Meet The Coywolf The coywolf, a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is a mixture of coyote and wolf, is explored.

8:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Why Are We Here? Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out why they exist at all.

9:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Where Did The Universe Come from? Professor Stephen Hawking challenges ordinary people to work out where the universe came from.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News

11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Genealogy Roadshow Miami

1:00 Secrets of the Dead

Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings

2:00 Frontline

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Nature

Meet The Coywolf

1:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Why Are We Here?

2:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Where Did The Universe Come from?

Business of Disaster

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Thursday 26 PRIME TIME 7:00 Live Here

Handing Over the Reins An interview with West Texas A&M University President Patrick O’Brien, who announced in February that he will retire at the end of this academic year.

7:30 Stories of the Mind

Ways to Wellness Five ways for every viewer to achieve optimum mental fitness, told through the personal experiences.

8:00 Daytripper

Turkey Chet visits Caprock Canyon State Park which is full of beautiful views and horseback riding.

8:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Kara Swisher, Executive Editor, Re/Code Kara Swisher of Re/ Code has been covering technology and digital issues since 1997.

9:00 The This Old House Hour

Friday 27 PRIME TIME 7:00 7:30 8:00

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Charlie Rose The Week The Highwaymen: American Masters

The musical group featuring Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson is explored.

9:00 Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

An all-star tribute to the celebrated singersongwriter and American music icon Willie Nelson.

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Live Here

Handing Over the Reins

12:30 Stories of the Mind Ways to Wellness

1:00 Daytripper Turkey

1:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Kara Swisher, Executive Editor, Re/Code

2:00 The This Old House Hour 3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Saturday 28 PRIME TIME 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show

America’s Wonderland “This Land Is Your Land” and “Hawaiian Wedding Song” are performed. Dick Dale is the host.

8:00 Classic Gospel

Statler Brothers Farewell Concert The Statler Brothers perform “Class Of ‘57,” “Bed Of Roses” and many other great songs.

9:00 Doc Martin

The Apple Doesn’t Fall The doctor learns that the new police officer has narcolepsy. Bert Large is having a midlife crisis.

10:00 Austin City Limits James Taylor

11:00 Soundstage Jake Owen

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Charlie Rose The Week 1:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters 2:00 Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress

Landscaping begins with a backyard patio and the den gets some formal wainscoting.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

Highwaymen: American Masters FRIDAY 8:00

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Sunday, May 29 - Saturday, June 4 1:00 Classic Gospel

Statler Brothers Farewell Concert

2:00 Austin City Limits James Taylor

3:00 Soundstage Jake Owen

4:00 Bard in the Backcountry

Monday 30 PRIME TIME TED Talks: War and Peace MONDAY 8:00

Sunday 29 AFTERNOON 2:00 Great Performances at the Met

The Pearl Fishers Diana Damrau stars as Leila in Bizet’s lush, melodic romance. Matthew Polenzani also stars.

4:30 Live Here

Life by the Barrel

5:00 PBS Newshour Weekend 5:30 On Story 6:00 Arts In Context

Perception Unfolds

6:30 Well Read

Louise Erdich, Larose

PRIME TIME 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert

This wonderful night of remembrance honors the service of American men and women in uniform.

8:30 National Memorial Day Concert Encore

10:00 Doc Martin

The Apple Doesn’t Fall

11:00 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 11:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

LATE NIGHT 12:00 The Lawrence Welk Show America’s Wonderland

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7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Baton Rouge, Hour Three A collection of Civil War Confederate letters and a Porfirio Salinas oil painting are discovered.

8:00 Ted Talks

War and Peace Join those who have experienced war, including fighters, journalists, psychologists and more.

9:00 POV

Of Men and War Iraq and Afghanistan veterans try to make peace with their pasts at a PTSD treatment center.

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 National Memorial Day Concert 1:30 War Journal: The Incredible WWII Escape of Major Damon Rocky Gause 3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Tuesday 31 PRIME TIME 7:00 Genealogy Roadshow

Houston Investigate a re-enactor’s Texas roots and uncover one woman’s link to a prominent Texas figure.

8:00 Secrets of the Dead

Jamestown’s Dark Winter Forensic anthropologists excavate the early American colony and uncover dark secrets.

9:00 Frontline

The Fantasy Sports Gamble An investigation into fantasy sports and online sports betting traces the growth of the businesses.

10:00 Point Taken 10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Antiques Roadshow

Baton Rouge, Hour Three

1:00 Ted Talks

War and Peace

2:00 POV

Of Men and War

3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Wednesday 1 PRIME TIME 7:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

The geological forces that created the amazing landscape of Colorado’s national parks are explored.

8:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

What Are We? Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are.

9:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Where Are We? Join Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to find humanity’s true place in the cosmos.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

12:00 Genealogy Roadshow

1:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

1:00 Secrets of the Dead

2:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking

Saturday 4

LATE NIGHT Houston

Jamestown’s Dark Winter

2:00 Frontline

The Fantasy Sports Gamble

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

Thursday 2 PRIME TIME 7:00 Live Here

Yellow City Sounds Live: Don Conoscenti Experience a concert recorded before a live audience in the Panhandle PBS studio by a Woody Guthrie Festival regular.

7:30 Stories of the Mind

Facing Suicide Personal stories explore this difficult topic including a family recovering from a son’s suicide.

8:00 Daytripper

Hillsboro Chet heads to a modern town with a vintage feel and visits a museum of roadside attractions.

8:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Margaret Atwood, Award-winning Author The celebrated author of “The Blind Assassin” discusses her latest novel “The Heart Goes Last.”

9:00 The This Old House Hour

The staircase is finished with a maple newel post. A reproduction antique light fixture is featured.

What Are We?

Where Are We?

3:00 Charlie Rose 4:00 BBC World News 4:30 Tavis Smiley

PRIME TIME 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show

Can’t Help Singing Mary Lou is the host. Wonderful songs include “Cuddle Up A Little Closer” and “Can’t Help Singing.”

Friday 3 PRIME TIME 7:00 7:30 8:00 9:30

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Charlie Rose The Week Carol Burnett’s Favorite Sketches Pioneers of Television

Carol Burnett & The Funny Ladies Carol Burnett’s television comedy career and the funny ladies of TV who joined her are highlighted.

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

8:00 Classic Gospel

Gaither Vocal Band: Sometimes It Takes A Mountain The legendary Gaither Vocal Band performs “Peace in the Valley” and more great songs.

9:00 Doc Martin

Movement Bert Large opens his own restaurant, but things go wrong when people complain of food poisoning.

10:00 Austin City Limits

Don Henley Don Henley’s solo album Cass County represents his roots and the next stop on his creative journey.

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Live Here

Yellow City Sounds Live: Don Conoscenti

12:30 Stories of the Mind Facing Suicide

1:00 Daytripper Hillsboro

1:30 Overheard with Evan Smith

Margaret Atwood, Award-winning Author

2:00 The This Old House Hour 3:00 Charlie Rose

11:00 Soundstage Toby Keith

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Charlie Rose The Week 1:00 Carol Burnett’s Favorite Sketches 2:30 Pioneers of Television

Carol Burnett & The Funny Ladies

10:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 BBC World News America

LATE NIGHT 12:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks

Frontline: The Fantasy Sports Gamble TUESDAY 9:00

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