ON MASTERPIECE

EPISODE 6

SUNDAY, MAY 9 @ 11:00PM

Paris falls to the Nazis, and Webster and Albert’s lives are suddenly turned upside down.

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THE GIANT AWAKES

SUNDAY, MAY 9 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

America enters the war, and Olav arrives from England. Missy grows suspicious of ties between Roosevelt and Martha, as does Olav. Meanwhile, a dastardly Nazi plot unfolds.

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POWER! 1966-68

SATURDAY, MAY 8 @ 8:00PM

The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins as the first Black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with books, programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain control of a school district but lead them to a showdown with New York City’s teachers’ union.

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A QUESTION OF LOYALTY

SATURDAY, MAY 8:00PM

An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands. CORRECTION: Certain errors in a previous version of this program have been corrected, including the statement that the Core Civic South Texas Family Residential Center separates children from their families, which is not the case, and the erroneous use of a photo of a different facility.

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UNCLE VANYA

FRIDAY, MAY 7 @ 10:00PM

Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson breathes new life into Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece with his acclaimed adaptation of the drama, portraying life at the turn of the 20th century filled with tumultuous frustration, dark humor and hidden passions. (2 hours 30 min)

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THE CAPITAL OF BASEBALL

THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 10:00PM

In the seventh “inning” of Ken Burns’s film BASEBALL, rare newsreel film and interviews celebrate the glorious heyday of New York City baseball with some of its most memorable moments: the “shot heard round the world,” Bobby Thomson’s home run off Ralph Branca in 1951; Willie Mays’ incredible catch in the 1954 World Series; and Don Larsen’s perfect game. The highlight of the episode is 1955, when the Brooklyn Dodgers, sparked by Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, finally win their first World Series, only to be moved by their owner to a new city 3,000 miles away: Los Angeles. (2 hours 30 min)

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THE CAPITAL OF BASEBALL

THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

In the seventh “inning” of Ken Burns’s film BASEBALL, rare newsreel film and interviews celebrate the glorious heyday of New York City baseball with some of its most memorable moments: the “shot heard round the world,” Bobby Thomson’s home run off Ralph Branca in 1951; Willie Mays’ incredible catch in the 1954 World Series; and Don Larsen’s perfect game. The highlight of the episode is 1955, when the Brooklyn Dodgers, sparked by Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, finally win their first World Series, only to be moved by their owner to a new city 3,000 miles away: Los Angeles. (2 hours 30 min)

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THE WORLD WITHIN

BIRTH

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 @ 10:00PM

Go on a journey with parents who are preparing for babies to see how our bodies create and sustain new life. Through their stories, we learn about what is fundamentally shared and absolutely unique about the experience of birth.

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EPISODE 4

TUESDAY, MAY 4 @ 10:00PM

LaTonya Myers fights for probation reform, but any slip-up could send her back to prison.

Go inside the emotional, high stakes work that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and an ensemble of idealistic outsiders from different walks of life take on as they attempt a fundamental overhaul of an entrenched criminal justice system.

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