january 2011
American Masters at 25 Season Premiere: Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides Wed 12th, 8 p.m. thirteen.org/ americanmasters
American Masters At 25
Read the complete interview with Susan Lacy at thirteen.org
Since its premiere in 1986, THIRTEEN’s American Masters series has told the stories of more than 160 groundbreaking artists and their lasting impact on American culture. The award-winning series, hailed by The Baltimore Sun as “one of the greatest cultural storytelling franchises in American life,” has profiled artists ranging from Martha Graham and Rod Serling to Judy Garland and John Lennon.
American Masters begins its 25th season this month with Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides (Wed 12th, 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN; Sun 23rd, 3:30 p.m. on WLIW21). To honor this exciting milestone, THIRTEEN spoke with Susan Lacy, creator and executive producer of the series.
Being a THIRTEEN member just became more rewarding. To celebrate American Masters’ 25th anniversary, we’re offering a special gift to our members. The first 50 people to visit thirteen.org/AM25 by January 31 and enter code AM25 will win an American Masters DVD.
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What inspired you to create American Masters?
How would you explain the longevity of the series?
A: When I first came to THIRTEEN in 1979, I worked closely with Great Performances executive producer Jac Venza, who was also the head of the Arts and Culture Department. While I loved the productions we worked on—operas, classical musical concerts, dance pieces, and stage plays—what really fascinated me were the artists who created these shows. So I suggested the idea for a biography series that would examine American culture through the lives and achievements of extraordinary artists—but nobody thought it was a good idea except Jac. There wasn’t a place for cultural documentaries on American television at the time, so PBS didn’t know there could actually be an audience for this kind of film. I promised PBS that if they scheduled the series, I would give them films that people would watch because they’re great stories. I’ve always known that artist stories are great stories.
A: I think the series has lasted because it remains consistently good. I do everything I can to keep the standards as high as possible. There’s a lot of pressure to produce films faster and cheaper, but if you want to produce a quality film, it takes time and money. There are no shortcuts. I also think we’ve endured because we have a reputation for producing films that have artistic integrity. I don’t do a film unless we have the subject or estate’s permission because I know we’ll get better material if we have their cooperation. Having access to letters, diaries, and key primary interviews is what allows you to go deep.
“The beauty of public television is that it isn’t about chasing ratings.”
Who is on your American Masters wish list? A: Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and Stephen Sondheim—to name a few icons! I’d also like to do films on Miles Davis, Philip Roth, and Johnny Carson. We always try to have a mix of high art and popular culture in the line-up because popular culture is a huge part of American culture. Naturally, if you do a film about a pop star, you’re going to get higher ratings, but the beauty of public television is that it isn’t about chasing ratings. On American Masters, we feature the James Baldwins and Hemingways and Balanchines and Ralph Ellisons alongside the Bob Dylans—that’s what makes the series strong and unique. The raison d’être of public television is that we’re an alternative television service, and that means we’re doing something nobody else is doing. That’s why we’re here.
American Masters is made possible by the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding for American Masters is provided by Rosalind P. Walter, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Jack Rudin, Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, and public television viewers.
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2:20 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts 2:30 Reel 13 Classics See Sat 1st, 9:30pm. [R]
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3 MONDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Antiques Roadshow In Miami, experts appraise a 1940s Alexander Calder mobile.
Fri 14th, 9:30pm and Sun 16th,
6:00 Need to Know [R] 7:00 NOVA: “Secrets Beneath the Ice” Scientists use a state-of-the-art drilling probe to investigate ice shelf melting in Antarctica. 8:00 Nature: “American Eagle” The bald eagle’s life in the wild. Repeats early
10:30pm.
Tue 4th, 12:30am and Sat 8th,
Wed 5th, 3:15am; Sat 8th,
5pm.
2:30pm; early Mon 10th, 12mid;
8:00 PREMIERE Great Performances: “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2011” Franz Welser-Möst leads the Vienna Philharmonic in Strauss Family favorites. Paula Zahn hosts.
9:00 Masterpiece Classic: “My Boy Jack” Rudyard Kipling’s son joins the Irish Guard at the outset of World War I. With Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City).
and early Mon 17th, 1:30am.
early Wed 5th, 4:45am and
Repeats Sun 2nd, 12:30pm.
Repeats early Tue 4th,
Sat 8th, 1pm.
1:30am and early Sat 8th,
11:00 Charlie Rose
3:30am.
Repeats Tue 4th, 1:30pm.
1 SATURDAY 7:00 Jackie Gleason— Genius at Work The television comedy king. Repeats
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11:00 J.M.W. Turner The English Romantic painter. 11:30 PREMIERE Art Through Time: A Global View: “Portraits” With examples from ancient Peru, medieval Japan, and 17th-century Ghana.
(Part 1 of 3) Repeats early Wed 5th, 2:15am.
9:00 PREMIERE Robert E. Lee: American Experience The life of the legendary general. Repeats early
10:30 Morristown: Where America Survived How George Washington and his troops endured the winter of 1780 as war hung in the balance. Repeats
1/04 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Tue 4th, 1pm.
12:30 Nature See Sun 2nd, 8pm. Repeats Sat 8th, 5pm. [R]
1:30 Masterpiece Classic See Sun 2nd, 9pm. Repeats
9:30 Reel 13 Classics: “Dances With Wolves” (1990) Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning epic of the American West. Repeats early Sun 2nd, 2:30am.
1/02 EARLY SUNDAY AM 12:35 Reel 13 Indies: “Jelly” (2009) Repeats early Wed 5th, 12:30am.
1/03 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:00 American Masters: “Glenn Gould: Genius Within” Repeats Sun 30th, 12:30pm.
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea” 3:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis: Music to Die For” 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
early Sat 8th, 3:30am. [R]
3:30 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures
4 TUESDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
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8:00 NOVA: “Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor” NOVA dives beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the fate of the USS Arizona. Repeats early Thu 6th, 12:30am and Sun 9th, 7pm.
5 WEDNESDAY
6 THURSDAY
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Masters of the Arctic Ice Global warming in the Arctic. Repeats early Fri 7th,
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes: “The Queen of Sheba” Tracing the legendary queen through the Red Sea region. Repeats early Sat 8th,
9:00 Frontline: “Death by Fire” Was Cameron Todd Willingham wrongly executed for arson fatalities?
12:30am; Sat 8th, 1:30pm; and
Repeats early Thu 6th,
early Thu 13th, 4:30am.
1:30am.
1am.
10:00 PREMIERE Independent Lens: “Men Who Swim” A group of middle-aged Swedish men find unlikely success as members of a synchronized swim team.
9:00 PREMIERE Great Performances at the Met: “Don Pasquale” Anna Netrebko revives her turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, co-starring John Del Carlo. Repeats early
Repeats early Thu 6th,
Fri 7th, 1:30am and
2:30am.
Sun 9th, 12:30pm.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Life Born of Fire” A serial killer targets a religious organization. Repeats early Sat 8th, 2am.
10:30 Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter The beloved humorist. Repeats early Sat 8th, 5:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Wed 5th, 1:30pm.
1/05 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Wed 5th, 1pm.
1/07 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
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Repeats Fri 7th, 1:30pm.
Repeats Fri 9th, 1pm.
12:30 Masters of the Arctic Ice See Wed 5th, 8pm. Repeats Sat 8th, 1:30pm and early Thu 13th, 4:30am. [R]
1:30 Great Performances at the Met See Wed 5th, 9pm. Repeats Sun 9th, 12:30pm.
11:30 Charlie Rose
[R]
Repeats Thu 6th, 1:30pm.
4:00 P.O.V.: “Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North” Repeats early
12:30 Reel 13 Indies See 2:15 Antiques Roadshow
1/06 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:30 NOVA See Tue 4th,
See Mon 3rd, 8pm. [R]
8pm. Repeats early Thu 6th,
early Sun 2nd, 12:35am. [R]
Mon 10th, 1:30am.
3:15 American Experience
4:30am and Sun 9th, 7pm. [R]
See Mon 3rd, 9pm. Repeats
1:30 Frontline See Tue 4th,
Sat 8th, 2:30pm; Sun 9th,
9pm. [R]
12mid; and early Mon 17th,
2:30 Independent Lens
1:30am. [R]
See Tue 4th, 10pm. [R]
4:45 Morristown: Where America Survived See Mon 3rd, 10:30pm. Repeats
3:30 Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing 4:30 NOVA See Tue 4th, 8pm.
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week
Sat 8th, 1pm. [R]
Repeats Sun 9th, 7pm. [R]
Repeats Sat 8th, 9am.
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evening and night 8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham. Repeats Sun 9th, 6pm.
(James Cagney) in West Germany panics when the Coca-Cola heiress marries a communist. Repeats early
Laura Linney hosts.
Sun 9th, 12:20am.
10:30 PREMIERE Nou Bouke: Haiti’s Past, Present and Future The earthquakeravaged nation faces an uncertain future. Repeats
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10:55 Reel 13 Indies: “Luke and Brie Are on a First Date” (2008) The pleasure and pain of a first date.
9:30 American Masters: “Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character” The life and career of the star who won America’s heart in the 1960s and 70s. [R] 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Mon 10th, 1:30pm.
early Thu 13th, 3:30am.
11:30 PREMIERE Art Through Time: A Global View: “The Natural World” How people work with and against nature to produce art.
1/09 EARLY SUNDAY AM 12:10 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts 12:20 Reel 13 Classics 2:15 Reel 13 Indies See
1/10 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:00 American Experience
Sat 8th, 10:55pm. Repeats
See Mon 3rd, 9pm. Repeats
early Wed 12th, 12:30am. [R]
early Mon 17th, 1:30am. [R]
See Sat 8th, 9pm. [R]
1:30 P.O.V. See early Fri 7th, 3:35 Reel 13 Shorts
4am. [R]
See early Sun 9th, 12:10am.
3:00 America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr. 5:00 Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom [R]
3:40 American Masters: “Trumbo” Repeats early
Repeats Mon 10th, 1pm.
Fri 14th, 3:30am.
12:30 Theater Talk 1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes See Thu 6th,
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8pm. [R]
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
6:00 Need to Know
See Thu 6th, 9pm. [R]
See Fri 7th, 8:30pm. [R]
3:30 Masterpiece Classic
7:00 NOVA See Tue 4th,
6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 As Time Goes By Reunion Special Jean longs for grandchildren. 9:00 PREMIERE Reel 13 Classics: “One, Two, Three” (1961) A company man
3:30am.
2:15am and Wed 12th, 12:30am.
[R]
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1:30am and early Sat 15th,
Repeats early Sun 9th,
1/08 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
See Sun 2nd, 9pm. [R]
(Part 1
of 4) Repeats early Tue 11th,
8pm. [R]
8:00 PREMIERE Nature: “Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story” A look at the current state of lions and the legacy of Born Free, 50 years after its publication. Repeats early
10 MONDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Antiques Roadshow Experts appraise diamond jewelry in Miami Beach. (Part 2 of 3) Repeats early Wed 12th, 1:50am and
Tue 11th, 12:30am and Sat 15th,
Sat 15th, 1pm.
5pm.
9:00 PREMIERE U.S. Grant: Warrior: American Experience The military strategist and Civil War hero. Repeats early Wed
9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” The lives of the noble Crawley family circa 1912, with Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern.
12th, 2:50am and Sun 16th, 12mid.
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10:30 Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom Jamie Hector (The Wire) stars as the former slave who escaped to freedom and became one of our nation’s most influential abolitionists.
Repeats early Thu 13th,
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Wed 12th, 1:30pm.
1/12 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Wed 12th, 1pm.
Repeats early Fri 14th, 5am.
12:30 Reel 13 Indies
[R]
See Sat 8th, 10:55pm. [R]
11:00 Charlie Rose
1:50 Antiques Roadshow
Repeats Tue 11th, 1:30pm.
See Mon 10th, 8pm. Repeats Sat 15th, 1pm. [R]
1/11 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
2:50 American Experience
Repeats Tue 11th, 1pm.
Sun 16th, 12mid. [R]
12:30 Nature See Sun 9th,
4:20 Just as We Are
See Mon 10th, 9pm. Repeats
8pm. Repeats Sat 15th, 5pm. [R]
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1:30 Masterpiece Classic See Sun 9th, 9pm. Repeats
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
early Sat 15th, 3:30am. [R]
3:00 Healing Birds of Prey 3:30 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures
11 TUESDAY
8:00 SEASON PREMIERE American Masters: “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides” The life and craft of the Oscarwinning actor and star of Crazy Heart and The Big Lebowski. Directed by Gail Levin. Repeats
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE NOVA: “The Deadliest Earthquake” U.S. geologists enter Haiti following the catastrophe.
early Fri 14th, 12:30am and Sun 23rd, 12:30pm.
Repeats early Thu 13th, 12:30am; early Sat 15th, 5am; and Sun 16th, 7pm.
Repeats early Thu 13th, 1:30am and Sat 15th, 2pm.
10:00 PREMIERE Independent Lens: “Children of Haiti” Profiles three teenaged orphans in Haiti.
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9:00 PREMIERE Frontline: “Battle for Haiti” Escaped convicts organize a reign of terror over Haiti’s people.
Houdini in chains, 1903, photograph. Library of Congress
2:30am and Sat 15th, 3pm.
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evening and night 9:30 American Masters: “The Doors: When You’re Strange” The iconic rock band’s story told with original film footage. Johnny Depp narrates.
Farnsworth House, an icon of 20th-century modernist domestic architecture. 11:00 Charlie Rose
12:30 Theater Talk 1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes See Thu 13th,
Repeats Fri 14th, 1:30pm.
See Thu 13th, 9pm. [R]
8pm. [R]
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! 3:30 Masterpiece Classic
Repeats early Fri 14th, 2am
See early Tue 11th, 1:30am. [R]
11:00 Charlie Rose
1/14 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
Repeats Thu 13th, 1:30pm.
Repeats Fri 14th, 1pm.
Repeats Sun 16th, 7pm. [R]
and Sun 16th, 12:30pm.
5:00 NOVA See Tue 11th, 8pm.
12:30 American Masters 1/13 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
See Wed 12th, 8pm. Repeats
Repeats Thu 13th, 1pm.
2:00 American Masters
12:30 NOVA See Tue 11th,
See Wed 12th, 9:30pm. Repeats
8pm. Repeats early Sat 15th,
Sun 16th, 12:30pm. [R]
5am and Sun 16th, 7pm. [R]
2:30 Independent Lens
3:30 American Masters: “Trumbo” [R] 5:00 Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom See Mon 10th,
See Tue 11th, 10pm. Repeats
10:30pm. [R]
1:30 Frontline See Tue 11th, 9pm. Repeats Sat 15th, 2pm. [R]
Sun 23rd, 12:30pm. [R]
Sat 15th, 3pm. [R]
3:30 Nou Bouke: Haiti’s Past, Present and Future
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See Sun 9th, 10:30pm. [R]
4:30 Masters of the Arctic Ice See Wed 5th, 8pm. [R].
13 THURSDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes The truth about the Round Table, Excalibur and the Holy Grail. (Part 2 of 4) Repeats early Sat 15th, 1am.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: The Great and the Good” Murder in the Oxford community. Repeats early Sat 15th, 2am.
10:30 Saved From the Wrecking Ball The
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week
15 SATURDAY 6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 As Time Goes By Reunion Special Jean introduces Patrick to Penny as Lionel’s son. 9:00 PREMIERE Reel 13 Classics: “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963) A motley assortment of characters embarks on a race to find buried loot. With Spencer Tracy, Ethel Merman, and others. Repeats early Sun 16th,
Repeats Sat 15th, 9am.
1:25am.
8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham. Repeats
11:40 PREMIERE Reel 13 Indies: “The Grocer’s Son” (2007) A man takes over the family business when his father has a stroke.
Sun 16th, 6pm.
9:30 Jackie Gleason— Genius at Work See Sat 1st, 7pm. Repeats Sun 16th,
Repeats early Sun 16th, 4:02am and Wed 19th, 12:30am.
10:30pm.
10:30 No Escaping Houdini The legendary magician and escape artist. Repeats 11:00 Charlie Rose
1/16 EARLY SUNDAY AM 1:20 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts 1:25 Reel 13 Classics
Repeats Mon 17th, 1:30pm.
See Sat 15th, 9pm. [R]
early Mon 17th, 5am.
4:05 Reel 13 Indies 1/15 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Mon 17th, 1pm.
See Sat 15th, 11:40pm. Repeats early Wed 19th, 12:30am. [R]
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16 SUNDAY See Fri 14th, 8:30pm. [R]
3:00 America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr. 5:00 No Escaping Houdini
7:00 NOVA See Tue 11th,
See Fri 14th, 10:30pm. [R]
6:00 Need to Know
8pm. [R]
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2 of 4) Repeats early Tue 18th, 2am and early
early Wed 19th, 2:06am and
Sat 22nd, 3:30am.
early Sun 23rd, 5am.
18th, 1am and Sat 22nd, 5pm.
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9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” The lives of the noble Crawley family. (Part
11:30 PREMIERE Art Through Time: A Global View: “The Urban Experience” How cities have been shaped by creative visions of architects, sculptors and planners.
2:00 Masterpiece Classic See Sun 16th, 9pm. Repeats early Sat 22nd, 3:30am.
3:30 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work
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9:00 PREMIERE Dinosaur Wars: American Experience Examines a rivalry between two paleontologists in the late 1800s. Repeats early Wed 19th, 3:03am and
Thu 20th, 12:30am and
Sat 22nd, 2pm.
Fri 21st, 9:30pm.
9:00 PREMIERE Frontline: “Are We Safer?” Investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Repeats early Thu 20th, 1:30am.
10:00 Dutch New York Historian Barry Lewis examines the contributions of Henry Hudson, Peter Stuyvesant and others to the city’s history. Repeats early Thu 20th, 2:30am and
1:30 American Experience See Mon 3rd, 9pm. [R]
Repeats early Wed 19th, 4am.
See Mon 10th, 9pm. [R]
1:00 Nature See Sun 16th, 8pm. Repeats Sat 22nd, 5pm.
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Pioneers of Television: “Science Fiction” The stars and creators of Star Trek, Lost in Space and The Twilight Zone. Repeats early
10:00 Roads to Memphis: American Experience Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his assassin, and the forces that brought them into fateful contact in 1968.
1/17 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:00 American Experience
1/18 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley
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5:30 BBC World News 6:00 New Jersey Capitol Report With Steve Adubato & Rafael Pi Roman 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Antiques Roadshow Miami finds include a rare Qing Dynasty vase. (Part 3 of 3) Repeats
7pm. [R]
Repeats Tue 18th, 1:30pm.
Repeats Tue 18th, 1pm.
8:00 Nature: “White Falcon, White Wolf” Survival of the fittest on Canada’s remote Ellesmere Island. Repeats early Tue
10:30 Jackie Gleason— Genius at Work See Sat 1st,
11:30 Charlie Rose
Sat 22nd, 3pm.
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Wed 19th, 1:30pm.
1/19 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Wed 19th, 1pm.
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evening and night 12:30 Reel 13 Indies
11:00 Charlie Rose
2:30 Chihuly Fire & Light
See Sat 15th, 11:40pm. [R]
Repeats Thu 20th, 1:30pm.
See Wed 19th, 10pm. Repeats
2:10 Antiques Roadshow
Sun 23rd, 2pm and Sun 23rd, 12mid. [R]
early Sun 23rd, 5am. [R]
1/20 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
3:05 American Experience
Repeats Thu 20th, 1pm.
Repeats Sun 23rd, 10:30pm.
See Mon 17th, 9pm. Repeats
4:00 American Experience
12:30 Pioneers of Television See Tue 18th, 8pm. [R] 1:30 Frontline See Tue 18th,
4:30 Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of the Eastman Theater
See Mon 17th, 10pm. [R]
9pm. [R]
See Mon 17th, 8pm. Repeats
Sat 22nd, 2pm. [R]
2:30 Dutch New York
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See Tue 18th, 10pm. Repeats
Repeats early Fri 21st, 12:30am and Sat 22nd, 1pm.
20 THURSDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes: “Shangri-La” A secret paradise in the Himalayas. (Part 3 of 4)
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Repeats early Sat 22nd, 1am.
9:00 PREMIERE NOVA: “Making Stuff Stronger” Is the world’s strongest material steel, Kevlar, spider silk, or carbon nanotubes? Repeats
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Allegory of Love” Lewis investigates a prominent Oxford don. Repeats early
early Fri 21st, 1:30am and
10:30 Charles Moore: I Fight With My Camera The Montgomery photojournalist who took searing images of the Civil Rights era. Repeats early Sat 22nd,
Sun 23rd, 7pm.
Sat 22nd, 2am.
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week Repeats Sat 22nd, 9am.
8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham. Repeats Sun 23rd, 6pm.
9:30 Pioneers of Television See Tue 18th, 8pm. [R]
10:30 PREMIERE Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critics Christy Lemire (Associated Press), Elvis Mitchell (National Public Radio) and special guests. Repeats early Sun 23rd, 3:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Mon 24th, 1:30pm.
1/22 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats
5am.
Mon 24th, 1pm.
11:00 Charlie Rose
12:30 Theater Talk 1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes: “Shangri-La”
Repeats Fri 21st, 1:30pm.
10:00 PREMIERE Chihuly Fire & Light Dale Chihuly’s glass installation at San Francisco’s de Young Museum. Repeats early Fri
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Sat 22nd, 3pm. [R]
3:30 Paving the Way 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE NOVA scienceNOW: “Can We Live Forever?” Can we stop the aging process? Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.
3:30 Craft in America
1/21 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
See Thu 20th, 8pm. [R]
Repeats Fri 21st, 1pm.
See Thu 20th, 9pm. [R]
12:30 NOVA scienceNOW
3:30 Masterpiece Classic
See Wed 19th, 8pm. Repeats
See Sun 16th, 9pm. [R]
Sat 22nd, 1pm. [R]
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
21st, 2:30am; Sun 23rd, 2pm;
1:30 NOVA See Wed 19th, 9pm.
5:00 Charles Moore: I Fight With My Camera
and Sun 23rd, 12mid.
Repeats Sun 23rd, 7pm. [R]
See Thu 20th, 10:30pm. [R]
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early Sun 23rd, 12:15am.
10:40 PREMIERE Reel 13 Indies: “Children of Invention” (2007) Two young children fend for themselves when their mother disappears. Repeats
6:00 Need to Know
24 MONDAY See
Fri 21st, 8:30pm. [R]
7:00 NOVA See Wed 19th, 9pm. [R]
8:00 PREMIERE Nature: “Birds of the Gods” Scientists undertake a grueling expedition to film the elusive Birds of Paradise in the New Guinean rainforest. With insights from David Attenborough. Repeats Sat 29th, 5pm.
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Antiques Roadshow In San Diego, experts appraise an aristocratic portrait by Robert Henri. (Part 1 of 3) Repeats early Wed 26th, 2:30am and early Sun 30th, 5am.
9:00 PREMIERE Panama Canal: American Experience The opening of the Panama Canal in 1914. Repeats early Wed 26th, 3:30am and Sat 29th, 2:30pm and early
Courtesy of Ken Field
6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth plans a riverside picnic. 8:30 As Time Goes By A chance meeting reunites Jean and Lionel in the premiere episode of this British comedy series. 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Rain” (1932) A prostitute in the Hawaiian Islands finds redemption through a severe missionary man. With Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. Repeats
23 SUNDAY
Mon 31st, 2am.
10:30 PREMIERE In the Life The acclaimed LGBT newsmagazine. Repeats early Sat 29th, 5:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose 9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” Lives of the noble Crawley family circa 1912. (Part 3 of
Repeats Tue 25th, 1:30pm.
early Sun 23rd, 1:50am and
4) Repeats early Tue 25th,
Repeats Tue 25th, 1pm.
early Wed 26th, 1am.
1:30am and early Sat 29th,
12:30 Nature See Sun 23rd,
4am.
8pm. Repeats Sat 29th, 5pm.
1/23 EARLY SUNDAY AM 12:10 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers. 12:15 Reel 13 Classics
1/25 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
early Wed 26th, 1am. [R]
10:30 Craft in America The birth of the American craft movement. (Part 1 of 2) [R] 11:30 PREMIERE Art Through Time: A Global View: “Conflict and Resolution” How art shapes political conflicts and more.
3:20 Reel 13 Shorts [R] 3:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies See Fri 21st,
1/24 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:00 Chihuly Fire & Light
10:30pm. [R]
See Wed 19th, 10pm. [R]
25 TUESDAY
4:00 American Masters: “John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature” [R]
1:00 Who Does She Think She Is? 2:00 Appalachians 5:00 American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabaugh
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
See Sat 22nd, 9pm. [R]
1:50 Reel 13 Indies See Sat 22nd, 10:40pm. Repeats
5:00 Antiques Roadshow See Mon 17th, 8pm. [R]
[R]
1:30 Masterpiece Classic See Sun 23rd, 9pm. Repeats early Sat 29th, 4am. [R]
3:00 Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose 5:00 Mustang—Journey of Transformation Repeats early Wed 26th, 5am and Sat 29th, 2pm.
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evening and night
early Thu 27th, 12:30am
Courtesy of PBS “Pioneers of Television”
and Fri 29th, 9:30pm.
26 WEDNESDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE NOVA scienceNOW: “How Smart are Animals?” Do our pets have the same feelings we do? Repeats early Fri 28th, 12:30am.
9:00 PREMIERE NOVA: “Making Stuff Smaller” High-powered nano-circuits and micro-robot technology. David Pogue hosts. Repeats early Fri 28th, 1:30am and Sun 30th, 7pm.
9:00 Frontline: “The Wounded Platoon” The emotional wounds of American soldiers who served in Iraq. Repeats early Thu 27th, 1:30am.
10:00 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo A photographer and an ex-Marine from Queens retrace Polo’s trek from Venice to China. Re-
myth of Jason through Greece. Repeats early
10:00 Bear Island Alaskan grizzlies. Repeats early Fri 28th, 2:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Thu 27th, 1:30pm.
Sat 29th, 1am.
9:00 PREMIERE SundayArts Primetime Special New York arts and culture with Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. Repeats early Sat 29th, 2am. JOsEph SINNOTT/wnet.org
8:00 PREMIERE Pioneers of Television: “Westerns” Bonanza, Maverick, The Big Valley, and Gunsmoke. Repeats
9:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Quality of Mercy” An actor is murdered during a student Shakespeare production. Repeats early Sat 29th, 2:30am.
1/27 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Fri 28th, 1:30pm.
Repeats Thu 27th, 1pm. See Tue 25th, 8pm. Repeats
1/28 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley
12:30 Pioneers of Television Fri 28th, 9:30pm. [R]
Repeats Fri 28th, 1pm.
peats early Thu 27th, 2:30am
1:30 Frontline See Tue 25th,
12:30 NOVA scienceNOW
and early Mon 31st, 3:30am.
9pm. [R]
See Wed 26th, 8pm. Repeats
11:30 Charlie Rose
2:30 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo See Tue 25th,
early Fri 28th, 3:30am. [R]
Repeats Wed 26th, 1:30pm.
1:30 NOVA See Wed 26th, 9pm.
10pm. Repeats early Mon 31st,
Repeats Sun 30th, 7pm. [R]
3:30am. [R]
2:30 Bear Island
4:00 Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose
See Wed 26th, 10pm. [R]
Repeats Wed 26th, 1pm.
1:00 Reel 13 Indies
Repeats early Sun 30th, 4am.
See Wed 26th, 8pm. [R]
See Sat 22nd, 11:40pm. [R]
5:00 Rudy Maxa’s World
4:30 Everest: A Climb for Peace
1/26 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley
2:30 Antiques Roadshow See Mon 24th, 8pm. Repeats early Sun 30th, 5am. [R]
27 THURSDAY
3:30 American Experience See Mon 24th, 9pm. Repeats Sat 29th, 2:30pm and early Mon 31st, 2am. [R]
5:00 Mustang—Journey of Transformation Repeats Sat 29th, 2pm. [R]
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes Tracing the
3:30 NOVA scienceNOW
28 FRIDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
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8:00 Washington Week Repeats Sat 29th, 9am.
1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes [R] 2:00 SundayArts Primetime Special See
5:30 In the Life See Mon
8:30 As Time Goes By Can Lionel and Jean rekindle their romance? 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Made for Each Other” (1939) A couple (James Stewart and Carole Lombard) struggles to find happiness after a whirlwind romance.
24th, 10:30pm. [R]
Repeats early Sun 30th,
8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham. Repeats
Thu 27th, 9pm. [R]
Sun 30th, 6pm.
2:30 Masterpiece Mystery!
9:30 Pioneers of Television
See Thu 27th, 9:30pm. [R]
See Tue 25th, 8pm. [R]
4:00 Masterpiece Classic
10:30 PREMIERE Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critics Christy Lemire and Elvis Mitchell, and special guests. Repeats
See Sun 23rd, 9pm [R]
12:15am.
29 SATURDAY
early Sun 30th, 3:30am.
11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Mon 31st, 1:30pm.
1/29 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Mon 31st, 1pm.
12:30 Theater Talk
6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth pressures Richard to take up skiing.
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1/30 EARLY SUNDAY AM 12:10 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts
Edward HoppEr and His timE tHrougH april 10
wHitnEy.org
Edward Hopper (1882–1967), Early Sunday Morning, 1930. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.426
early Sun 30th, 1:45am.
wHitnEy musEum of amErican art
modErn lifE
10:30 PREMIERE Reel 13 Indies: “Republic of Love” (2003) An idealistic young woman falls for a charismatic radio host. Repeats
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evening and night 12:15 Reel 13 Classics See Sat 29th, 9pm. [R]
1:45 Reel 13 Indies See Sat 29th, 10:30pm. [R]
3:25 Reel 13 Shorts. [R] 3:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies See Fri 28th,
11:30 PREMIERE Art Through Time: A Global View: “The Body” Ancient Egyptian and Greek sculpture; the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
4:00 Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose [R] 5:00 Antiques Roadshow
1/31 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:00 Choctaw Code Talkers 1:00 Walking Into the Unknown 2:00 American Experience
See Mon 24th, 8pm. [R]
See Sat 29th, 2:30pm. [R]
10:30pm. Repeats Sun 30th, 2:30pm. [R]
3:30 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo See early
in shipwreck, starvation, mutiny, and cannibalism. 10:00 PREMIERE Chautauqua: An American Narrative Western New York’s Chautauqua Institution is a unique place of renewal and inspiration. 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Tue 1st, 1:30pm.
2/01 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Tue 1st, 1pm.
12:30 Nature See Sun 30th,
30 SUNDAY
Thu 27th, 2:30am. [R]
8pm. [R]
1:30 Masterpiece Classic
6:00 Need to Know
5:00 Remembered Earth: New Mexico’s High Desert
See Fri 28th, 8:30pm. [R]
7:00 NOVA See Wed 26th, 9pm. [R]
8:00 Nature: “Born Wild: The First Days of Life” Follows the birth and the dangerous first day of a marmoset, a moose, an elephant, and a gorilla. 9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” The heir crisis takes an unexpected turn. (Part 4 of 4) 10:30 Craft in America Many craftsmen learn their skills later in life. (Part 2 of 2)
31 MONDAY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Antiques Roadshow Experts appraise a Turkmenistan rug. (Part 2 of 3) 9:00 PREMIERE Greely Expedition: American Experience A scientific expedition in 1881 ended
See Sun 30th, 9pm. [R]
3:00 Another Day in Paradise 4:30 Eden at the End of the World
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1:00 Tina Fey: The Mark Twain Prize (1st) Morristown: Where America Survived (8th) Antiques Roadshow [R] (15th) NOVA ScienceNOW (22nd) DOHA Debates (29th) 1:30 Masters of the Arctic Ice (8th) 2:00 Frontline: Battle for Haiti [R] (15th) Dinosaur Wars [R] (22nd) Mustang— Journey of Transformation (29th)
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Panama Canal (29th) 3:00 Independent Lens: Children of Haiti [R] (15th) Dutch New York (22nd) 4:00 Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize (1st) Globetrekker 5:00 Nature: “American Eagle” [R] (8th); “Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story” [R] (15th); “White Falcon, White Wolf” [R] (22nd); “Birds of Gods” [R] (29th)
5:30 American Masters: “Carol Burnett” [R] (1st) 6:00 Colameco’s Food Show (except 1st) 6:30 Lidia’s Italy (except 1st)
SUNDAYS 12:00 Sunday Arts 12:30 Great Performances: “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2011” [R] (1st) Great Performances at the Met: “Don Pasquale” [R] (9th) American Masters: “The Doors” [R] (16th) “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides” [R] (23rd) “Glenn Gould: Genius Within” (30th) 2:00 The Peter Cooper Story (2nd) American Masters: “John James Audubon” (16th) Chihuly Fire & Light (23rd) 2:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies [R] (30th) 3:00 Roadtrip Nation 3:30 Simply Ming 4:00 Mexico—One Plate at a Time 4:30 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way 5:00 Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen 5:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly [R]
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