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 another direction. Then a chemistry professor is murdered, and a clue is uncovered that helps solve the case. Meanwhile, Lewis’ long-planned trip with his girlfriend (Clare Holman) is put in jeopardy as Lewis worries about whether his job will be waiting for him when he returns.

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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 campaign manager. Their first task will be to turn around Trump’s slipping poll numbers, but with less than three months to Election Day, can the new leadership team right the ship? The Republican nominee will travel to flood-ravaged Baton Rouge to tour the damage, and earlier this week he announced a new plan of “extreme vetting” for Muslim immigrants to the United States to stop the spread of ISIS.

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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, and film, Broadway, and popular culture in general have continue to riff endlessly on it. The lyric beauty of Puccini’s score, especially the music for the thoroughly believable lead role, has made Butterfly timeless. (3 Hours)

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 @ 9:00PM

The life and career of our 41st president, from his service in World War II and his early career in Texas to his days in the Oval Office, first as vice president to Ronald Reagan, then as the leader who presided over the first Gulf War. Drawing upon Bush’s personal diaries and interviews with his closest advisors and most prominent critics, the film also explores Bush’s role as the patriarch of a political family whose influence is unequaled in modern American life.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

Look back at the life and career of our 41st president, from his service in World War II and his early career in Texas to his days in the Oval Office, first as vice president to Ronald Reagan, then as the leader who presided over the first Gulf War. George H.W. Bush died in November 2018 at the age of 94. (3 HOURS)

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