FRONTLINE

THE RETIREMENT GAMBLE TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 @ 11:00PM For most Americans, traditional retirement is now a pipe dream: Six in 10 people believe they’ll have to delay retirement, just 14 percent are very confident they’ll be able to live comfortably once they stop working, and 17 percent believe they’ll never retire at all. The Retirement Gamble, airing tonight on MCPTV 26.2 is an eye-opening...

INDEPENDENT LENS

THE ISLAND PRESIDENT MONDAY, APRIL 22 @ 8:00PM Jon Shenk’s The Island Presidenttells the story of former president Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced—the survival of his country and everyone in it. After bringing democracy to the Maldives after thirty years of despotic rule, Nasheed is now faced with an even greater...

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

MR. SELFRIDGE SUNDAY, MAY 5 @ 10:00AM EPISODE 6 In Episode 6 of Mr. Selfridge, two dead relatives show up at a store séance prompted by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle. Agnes gets moved to fashion and develops a closer relationship to Henri. Jeremy Piven (Entourage) stars in Mr. Selfridge as a wheeling-dealing American who shows early 1900s Londoners how to shop. Based on the life...

THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE

  SUNDAY, MAY 5 @ 6:00PM & 12:00AM EPISODE 3 See where the killer’s obsession with Susan — and her determination to find him — leads. With an extraordinary flair for code breaking and razor-sharp intelligence skills, four seemingly ordinary women become the unlikely investigators of a string of grisly murders in this original thriller, set against the backdrop of post-war...

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

CELEBRATION: STEPHANIE BLYTHE MEETS KATE SMITH SATURDAY, APRIL 20 @ 10:00PM Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe pays personal tribute to the songs made famous by Kate Smith, the popular music icon whose stirring voice helped the country find its way out of the Great Depression and World War II. For those of us of a certain age, the hour of 12 Noon evokes memories of Ted Collins on CBS radio...