BREAKING BIG

DANAI GURIRA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 @ 11:30PM See how Tony Award-nominated writer Gurira made the leap from storyteller to Hollywood superstar. The Zimbabwe native yearned to bring African faces and voices to Broadway through her plays, but ended up starring in the mega-hit “Black Panther.” FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

ELLIS ISLAND THE DREAM OF AMERICA WITH PACIFIC SYMPHONY FRIDAY, JUNE 29 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM THIRTEEN’s Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America’s history with a performance of composer Peter Boyer’s “Ellis Island: The Dream of America,” a Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work celebrating the historic American...

NATURE – PETS

WILD AT HEART SECRETIVE CREATURES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 @ 9:00PM Our pets may seem familiar but they exist alongside us in a secret world of wild behavior and natural abilities that we hardly recognize. This two-part series explores this parallel existence with all the techniques that have been perfected in past “spy” shows, including HD spy cameras, night vision cameras, drones, miniature...

NOVA

RISE OF THE SUPERSTORMS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 @ 11:00PM During the 2017 hurricane season, the US receives a record three Category 4 hurricane landfalls with Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Harvey, with its record-breaking rainfall and flooding, is the second-most costly storm in US history, with an estimated $125 billion of damage done. Irma broke records with prolonged intensity, causing communities...

POV

SINGING WITH ANGRY BIRD MONDAY, JUNE 25 @ 11:00PM Jae-Chang Kim runs a children’s choir in Pune, India. Although his quick temper earned him the nickname “Angry Bird,” he has made significant changes in the lives of the choir children. But skeptical of the practical value of music education, their parents are reluctant to let them sing. In order to convince them, Angry Bird...