26.1 PRIMETIME 8/22-8/28/16

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26.2 PRIMETIME 8/22-8/28/16

      Schedule Notes: All schedules contain the air time, program name and episode name when available. A detailed description for selected programs can be found under Program Highlights or may be featured on What’s on Tonight! Comments are closed on “Schedules ” and programs listed may be subject to last minute changes that may or may not be reflected on the web...

INSPECTOR LEWIS

SEASON 8 ON MASTERPIECE WHAT LIES TANGLED SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM In “What Lies Tangled,” an eminent mathematician is killed in a gruesome bomb attack, leaving Lewis and Hathaway to quickly discover that the victim had many enemies — several of whom could have killed him. When another bomb is discovered at the home of the victim’s brother, the case moves in...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFEL FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 @ 9:00PM Donald Trump tried something new Thursday: he expressed “regret” for some of his past statements that have “caused personal pain.” The change came just days after Trump announced a major campaign shakeup and brought in Stephen Bannon from the conservative news site Breitbart and promoted veteran GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 @ 6:00PM The title character of Madama Butterfly — a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage — is one of the defining roles in opera. The story triggers ideas about cultural and sexual imperialism for people far removed from the opera house,...