MAGIC OF THE SNOWY OWL

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 @ 8:00PM

Throughout the long months of the Arctic’s frozen winter, the sun remains below the horizon. The cold is intensified by the darkness, making life difficult, if not impossible, for all but the toughest and most experienced of animals. Snowy owls are built for the challenge, their every sense and skill honed to take on the eerie, bleak world. When the brief Arctic summer approaches, bringing light back to the tundra, snowy owls embark on an even more daunting challenge than keeping themselves alive.

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THREE MEN GO TO WAR

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 @ 11:00PM

Fifty years after the events that brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster, CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS — THREE MEN GO TO WARreveals how three human beings grappled with the most dangerous two weeks in human history, when countless events outside their control threatened to ignite a nuclear holocaust that could have ended human civilization

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CLIMATE OF DOUBT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 7:00PM

Four years ago, climate change was a hot issue and politicians from both sides seemed poised to act. Today public opinion on the climate issue has cooled considerably. Politicians either ignore it or proclaim their skepticism. What’s behind this massive reversal? FRONTLINE goes inside the organizations that fought the scientific establishment to shift the direction of the climate debate.

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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

MONDAY. OCTOBER 22 @ 7:00PM

Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent, CBS News, and moderator, “Face the Nation,” moderates the debate. The debate will focus on foreign policy and be divided into six segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced before the debate.

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UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES 2

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

A PERFECT SPECIMEN OF WOMANHOOD

Lady Agnes Holland has cheerfully taken up a class at the Women’s League of Health and Beauty, which holds the dual ideals of exercise and equality. She has eagerly enlisted several of the female staff to participate as well.

But back on the home front, a scandal is brewing involving a torrid new novel and its potential ties to a household resident, drawing the attention of the press and the ire of the house staff.

Lady Agnes and her modern ideals are tested when the welfare of the women working at the house is called into question. A visit to a trusted advisor offers reassurance and comfort.

Meanwhile, a crisis is playing out at 165 Eaton Place, causing Lady Persie and Sir Hallam to clash and share an explosive secret. In the battle of these two strong wills, who will win and what is right?

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 @ 9:30PM

In a special edition of Need to Know, anchor Maria Hinojosa travels to the critical swing state of Florida where one in seven registered voters is Hispanic. The show will examine how both presidential campaigns are courting the Hispanic vote and how those voters are receiving the candidates’ messages.

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LEMON

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 8:00PM

When Lemon Andersen held a Tony Award in his hands for his work in Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, it was close to a miracle. This poet and performer was a three-time felon who’d achieved more than anyone could have ever imagined. But when the show closed, he lost everything and moved his wife and two small daughters back to the projects. In desperation, he turned to the only thing he had left — his pen and his past. Lemon follows his journey to take his life story to the New York stage while battling his darkest demons. Lemonwas co-produced and directed by Laura Brownson and Beth Levison.

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SUN KISSED

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ 8:00PM

When a Navajo couple discovers their children have a disorder that makes exposure to sunlight fatal, they also learn their reservation is a hotbed for this rare genetic disease. Why? Sun Kissed follows Dorey and Yolanda Nez as they confront cultural taboos, tribal history and their own unconventional choices to learn the shocking truth: The consequences of the Navajos’ Long Walk — their forced relocation by the U.S. military in 1864 — are far from over.

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WOLVERINE: CHASING THE PHANTOM

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Wolverines are among the most elusive creatures on the planet. They seek out the toughest terrain – the most rugged, remote and fiercely raw – and they’ve always been scarce to begin with. So they’re hard to find. They weigh only about 30 pounds, but they have a ton of attitude and a reputation to match. They eat everything, dead or alive, warm or frozen, and will climb anything, even mountains. It’s impossible for humans to keep up with them. They’re built to travel long distances with minimum effort across deep snow or up the sides of sheer cliffs. They roam an enormous territory of about 500 square miles – a home turf larger than an average grizzly bear’s. And they share it only with their immediate family. It’s “no trespassing” for everybody else.

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