HOSTED BY JOE MONTEGNA & GARY SINISE

SUNDAY, MAY 29 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

The National Memorial Day Concert features uplifting musical performances, documentary footage and dramatic readings that honor the military service of all our men and women in uniform, their families at home and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. One of PBS’ highest-rated programs, the multi-award-winning television event has become an American tradition, featuring a star-studded lineup performing in tribute to all Americans who have sacrificed for our country.

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AMERICAN MASTERS

SATURDAY, MAY 28 @ 9:00PM

Frequently referred to as “the Mount Rushmore of country music,” The Highwaymen – Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson – were American country music’s first bona fide supergroup, an epic quartet comprised of the outlaw country genre’s pioneering stars. An essential musical and cultural influence, the Grammy-winning group was active from 1985 – 1995: recording three albums, touring the world and acting in the movie Stagecoach (1986).

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PRINCE CHARLES’ TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN

THURSDAY, MAY 26 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

In Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute to The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales shares memories and recalls events from Queen Elizabeth II’s public and private life.

Drawing on archive news reels and never-before-seen home movies and photographs, The Prince reflects back on Her Majesty’s 60 year reign – both as the Great Britain’s Queen and as his own mother. Previously-unseen photographs and cine films from Her Majesty’s private collection – many of them shot by the Queen herself – capture family life.

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BY STEPHEN HAWKING

WHY ARE WE HERE?

THURSDAY, APRIL 10 @ 5:00PM

Join Stephen Hawking as he sets three ordinary people a truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Hawking takes them down a rabbit hole of profound realizations, helping them think like philosophers as much as scientists.

Follow the team’s truly mind-bending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all?

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TEOTIHUACAN’S LOST KINGS

TUESDAY, MAY 24 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Two thousand years ago, Teotihuacán was one of the largest cities in the world, a thriving metropolis not far from what is today Mexico City. But just a few hundred years later, it was completely abandoned, its former citizens long gone, leaving little trace of their culture. Despite many decades of research, not much is known about the long-lost Teotihuacán society. Who built this magnificent city with its giant pyramids? Why did its people seemingly vanish without a trace?

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BUSINESS OF DISASTER

TUESDAY, MAY 24 @ 11:00PM

When disaster strikes, who profits? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the Business of Disaster in a major, multiplatform collaboration focused on the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: the thousands still not home, the agencies that were supposed to help, and the companies that made millions.

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THE RETURN

MONDAY, AUGUST 26 @ 11:00PM

In 2012, California amended its “Three Strikes” law — one of the harshest criminal sentencing policies in the country. The passage of Prop. 36 marked the first time in U.S. history that citizens voted to shorten sentences of those currently incarcerated. Within days, the reintegration of thousands of “lifers” was underway. The Return examines this unprecedented reform through the eyes of those on the front lines — prisoners suddenly freed, families turned upside down, reentry providers helping navigate complex transitions and attorneys and judges wrestling with an untested law. At a moment of reckoning on mass incarceration, what can California’s experiment teach the nation?

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