SHERLOCK ~ SEASON 2

A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA

SUNDAY,AUGUST 16 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

In the wake of their terrifying poolside face-off with Sherlock’s insane arch-nemesis Moriarty, John blogs, Sherlock deduces, and the cases — and pageviews — roll in. But when a mysterious summons transports John and Sherlock to the inner chambers of Buckingham Palace, Sherlock’s peevish brother Mycroft, an enigmatic government agent with “ultra” high—security clearance, explains that he needs Sherlock’s help. Irene Adler, professionally known as “The Woman,” has compromising photos of a young royal on her smartphone. Adler has reached out to the royals, although not to extort money or favor. A power play, Sherlock observes, enticed, and so begins his adventure with the woman whose website advises, “Know when you are beaten.”

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BALANCE

SATURDAY, MAY 5 @ 7:00PM

In what ways can art convey equilibrium or disequilibrium? What is reality? How do artists perceive and express it? This episode features artists whose works explore the distinctions between balance and imbalance, and demonstrate that the smallest change in a line, a formal element, or a structure can be a radical proposition.

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CIRCO

THURSDAY, MAY 3 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

The Ponce family circus has been living and performing in rural Mexico for seven generations. Its history dates back to the late 19th century, when Genaro Ponce founded the Circo Ponce Hermanos. Today, the circus members are still carrying on their ancestors’ traditions. But their performing days may be numbered.

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MADE IN THE USA

MONDAY, MAY 7 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

American manufacturing has undergone a massive revolution over the past 20 years. Despite all the gloom and doom, America is actually the number one manufacturing nation on earth. Yul Kwon crosses the nation looking at traditional and not-so traditional types of manufacturing.

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MONEY, POWER AND WALL STREET

EPISODE 2

TUESDAY, MAY 1 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM

Money, Power and Wall Street continues tonight, with an inside look at how the Obama administration, including a divided economic team, has handled the crisis and how the financial world has returned to many of the practices that created the meltdown in the first place.

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ELECTRIC NATION

MONDAY,APRIL 30 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

Our modern electric power grid has been called the biggest and most complex machine in the world – delivering electricity over 200,000 miles of high tension transmission lines. In this third episode of America Revealed, host Yul Kwon travels around the country to understand its intricacies, its vulnerabilities, and the remarkable ingenuity required to keep the electricity on every day of the year.

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BIRDSONG – EPISODE 2

SUNDAY, APRIL 29 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

Stephen, in a convalescent hospital in Abbeville, turns down the offer of a desk job in London when he finds that his unit will be moving up to Amiens in preparation for the Somme offensive. He returns to the front and prepares to find Isabelle.

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HISTORY

FRIDAY, APRIL 27 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

How do artists mine the past to explore the present? Why do some historical events shape the way we think today, and why have some been forgotten? In what ways do artists use their own histories to examine the human condition? In this episode, artists play with historical events, explore and expose commonly held assumptions about historic ‘truth’, and create narratives based on personal experiences.

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