AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: A HISTORY

SATURDAY, MARCH 19 @ 6:00PM

Encore broadcast. Ric Burns’ film on the 75-year history of the preeminent ballet company combines rehearsal footage, virtuoso performances and interviews with ABT’s key figures including Alicia Alonso and the late Donald Saddler and Frederic Franklin; Susan Jaffe and Julie Kent, Misty Copeland, Gillian Murphy, Marcelo Gomez, choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.

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WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ 9:00PM

Tonight on Washington Week | The long primary campaign: Republicans prepare for home state tests while Sanders upsets Clinton in Michigan.

Republican presidential hopefuls will debate in Miami on Thursday night just days before a number of pivotal primaries on March 15 that include some winner-take-all states — Florida, Missouri and Ohio.

Donald Trump continues to move closer to the Republican nomination despite fierce efforts by the GOP establishment to blunt his momentum. The billionaire businessman scored victories in Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii on Tuesday. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won Idaho and picked up the endorsement of former presidential rival Carly Fiorina. For Marco Rubio and John Kasich, time appears to be running out as both candidates face “must win” primaries in their home states of Florida and Ohio on March 15.

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THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 @ 11:00PM

Fifty years ago, in October 1962, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war. On October 22, 1962, after reviewing photographic evidence, President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba, just 90 miles off the shores of Florida. For the next 13 days, the world held its breath as the Soviet Union and the United States confronted each other about missiles stationed in Cuba. While politicians sought a resolution to the standoff, no one was aware of the events taking place inside the Soviet submarine B-59 in the waters off the coast of Florida.

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MAPS OF STARS

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

Learn how Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow, who last shared the screen together in 1969, also share a history of tragic deaths in their families that played major roles in shaping future generations

Mia Farrow has appeared in more than forty films but she is equally known as an fierce advocate for human rights. She has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2000, with a focus on children in conflict zones, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

A two-time Academy Award winner and seven-time nominee whose arrival in Hollywood helped usher in a new and revitalized approach to filmmaking, Dustin Hoffman continues to add singular performances to a career rich with characters that have obliterated the line previously dividing the archetypes of “character actor” and “leading man.”

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