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FRIDAY, MAY 8 @ 9:00PM

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the NSA bulk collection of telephone call information is illegal. The court said that information can only be gathered when there is something specific to investigate.  Pete Williams of NBC News will have context and analysis on the impact and ramifications of the decision for future anti-terrorism efforts.

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THURSDAY, MAY 7 @ 7:00PM

EPISODE 5

With Anne pregnant again and away from court, Henry begins to take notice of Jane Seymour. Anne hears of this and threatens Cromwell to make terms with her before her son is born. But has she overplayed her cards?

Wolf Hall is adapted from Hilary Mantel’s best-selling Booker Prize-winning novels: Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies.

The celebrated cast includes: Tony® Award-winning actor Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night), Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winner Damian Lewis (Homeland), Claire Foy (Little Dorrit), Anton Lesser (Endeavour), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Jonathan Pryce (Cranford,)and Saskia Reeves (Worricker).

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SUNDAY, MAY 10 @ 8:00PM

Americans are living longer than ever before, and soon older adults will outnumber the young. Today, family caregivers are providing 90 percent of parent care, in addition to balancing work and family, a job most cannot afford to do.

Who will take care of those who can no longer care for themselves? How will the nation adapt to ensure that adequate care can be provided for both the caregivers and for those being cared for?

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NAZI ATTACK ON AMERICA

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 @ 10:00PM

Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming 5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, investigates the wreck of one of the attack craft, a German submarine that lies at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off New Orleans. U-166 was part of Operation Drumbeat, a highly successful U-boat operation that caught East Coast cities and shipping almost completely unprepared. With state-of-the-art survey gear Ballard probes the wreck and explores a dramatic mystery in the official story of the sub’s sinking.

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AN INTIMATE HISTORY

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TUESDAY, MAY 5 @ 9:00PM

The century-long Roosevelt legacy begins with the birth of Theodore Roosevelt on October 27th, 1858. The trajectory of his life, from a sickly, asthmatic childhood to his vibrant presidency, is defined in its early years by academic achievement, political success and a blissful marriage. But on February 14, 1884, the tragic deaths of his mother and his wife on the same day leave TR shattered, and only by escaping to the Badlands of North Dakota does he find a refuge and the chance to re-build his body and spirit. (2 Hours)

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OUTBREAK

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 @ 11:00PM

“Ebola was not an exception. Ebola is a precedent.”

Coming on FRONTLINE: the vivid, inside story of how the Ebola outbreak began, and why it wasn’t stopped before it was too late.

FRONTLINE filmmaker Dan Edge spent months on the ground in West Africa, tracing the outbreak’s path through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and uncovering the hidden story of what happened before the world started paying attention. With exclusive access to key global decision-makers and health responders, and gripping firsthand accounts of victims from the jungles of Guinea to the slums of Monrovia, Outbreak exposes tragic missteps in the response to the epidemic.

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KUMU HINA

TUESDAY, MAY 4 @ 8:00PM

The film is an intimate portrait of Hina, a mahu (transgender) woman and cultural legend in Hawaii who teaches Hawaiian language, history, and culture. She finds a surprising candidate to lead her school’s all-male hula troupe: Ho’onani, a sixth grader who is proud to be seen as a mixture of boy and girl. As Kumu (teacher) Hina helps Ho’onani negotiate the mixed reactions of her classmates and her family, the power of culture to instill a sense of pride and acceptance becomes clear.

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