NOVA scienceNOW

CAN I EAT THAT? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 @ 6:00PM What are the secrets behind your favorite foods? Why are some treats, like chocolate-chip cookies, delectable, while others, like cookies made with mealworms, disgusting? You might think you understand what makes something sweet, salty, or bitter, but David Pogue gets a taste of a much more complicated truth, as he ventures into labs and kitchens...

THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE

ELLEN DEGENERES FRIDAY, JULY 18 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on October 22, the 90-minute special will feature a star-studded cast. The evening will pay tribute to Ellen DeGeneres, whose distinctive comic voice has resonated with audiences from her first stand-up comedy appearances through her work today on television, in film and in the...

FRONTLINE

BIG SKY, BIG MONEY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 7:00PM In a special investigation in collaboration with Marketplace, FRONTLINE travels to the remote epicenter of the campaign finance debate for a tale of money, politics, and intrigue. How has the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision changed campaigns in America? Ask Montana, which has tried to challenge the ruling in court, is investigating...

INDEPENDENT LENS

LOVE FREE OR DIE MONDAY, JUNE 3 @ 11:00PM Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson is a man of God, driven and defined by his faith, who is also devoted to his husband Mark. His consecration, the first of an openly gay man in any Christian denomination, has deeply divided the church and put Robinson’s very life in danger. Find out more...

CALL THE MIDWIFE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 9:00PM EPISODE 5:  Nonnatus House responds to cancer – and to an ill-starred money-making venture. 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...