CALL THE MIDWIFE

SEASON 1 – EPISODE 3 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 @ 10:00PM   Call the Midwife is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery and family life in 1950’s East London. We are introduced to the community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she arrives at Nonnatus House to live and work as a midwife alongside an Order of Nuns. Jenny is placed on the district...

THE CLIBURN

50 YEARS OF GOLD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 @ 8:00PM Every four years, a group of the finest young pianists takes the stage at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. In the midst of the drama, the beauty, the nerves and the excitement, they know one thing is true — what happens there can change their lives. They strive to feel the joy of victory and achieve their...

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

THE PHILHARMONIC OPENING GALA WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 @ 6:00PM & 9:00PM   The New York Philharmonic’s Opening Gala conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert will feature world famous violinist Itzhak Perlman performing personal favorites including Williams’ Theme from Schindler’s List and Massenet’s “Meditation from Tha?s, as well as works by Sarasate,...

FRONTLINE

DROPOUT NATION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM What does it take to save a student? Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas – an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. What is clear is that massive dropout rates cripple individual career prospects and cloud the country’s future. At...

AMERICAN MASTERS

THE DAY CARL SANDBURG DIED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM It’s the life and times of Carl Sandburg on the AM website: Watch the film starting Sept. 24 on PBS, as well as extended video interviews with the likes of Pete Seeger and the late and great Studs Terkel; hear Sandburg perform and sing in video and audio web features; read curated selections of his writing; plus...