WASHINGTON WEEK

WASHINGTON WEEK FRIDAY, MAY 14 @ 6:00PM, 8:30PM & 12:30AM After weeks of speculation, President Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. The former Harvard Law School dean would replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, who is considered one of the court’s leading liberals. If confirmed she would be the youngest member, and third woman on the current...

SCHEDULE MAY 13 – MAY 19

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AMERICAN MASTERS

The Doors: When You’re Strange TUESDAY, MAY 12 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM “The story of The Doors is one of the most compelling in the history of American rock music; three hugely talented musicians and a lead singer whose commitment to artistic freedom was so intense he rocketed them to a success that always hovered on the edge of chaos. As an independent filmmaker this sensibility...

NOVA

Hunt for the Supertwister WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 @ 7:00pPM 12:00AM On May 3, 1999, one of the most powerful tornadoes ever recorded carved a path of complete destruction near Oklahoma City. To scientists, the supertwister held sobering lessons about the future for rapidly expanding cities in tornado-threatened areas. Most tornadoes form suddenly and with little warning. But now meteorologists are on...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

  INTO THE DEEP: AMERICA, WHALING & THE WORLD SATURDAY, MARCH 24 @ 6:00PM Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World examines the history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil...