NOVEMBER 26 @ 6:30PM & 11:30PM

On this special Thanksgiving edition of Need to Know, we bring you some of our best coverage on soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and the ongoing troubles they face even after they return home.

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SONDHEIM! THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT

SATURDAY, MARCH 17 @ 6:00PM

In a year chock full of star-studded 80th birthday tributes to legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the March 15–16 gala evenings with the New York Philharmonic at New York’s Lincoln Center stood tall.

The concert includes songs and orchestral pieces from Sondheim musical theater favorites such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George.
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QUEST FOR SOLOMON’S MINES

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ 11:00PM

Countless treasure-seekers have set off in search of King Solomon’s mines, trekking through burning deserts and scaling the forbidding mountains of Africa and the Levant, inspired by the Bible’s account of splendid temples and palaces adorned in glittering gold and copper. Yet to date, the evidence that has claimed to support the existence of Solomon and other early kings in the Bible has been highly controversial. In fact, so little physical evidence of the kings who ruled Israel and Edom has been found that many contend that they are no more real than King Arthur.

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LENNON NYC

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

This fall, as the world remembers John Lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of his death, American Masters airs LENNONYC, a new film that takes an intimate look at the time Lennon, Yoko Ono and their son, Sean, spent living in New York City during the 1970s.

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Behind the genius, outspokenness, and mischievous antics of the much-loved “smart Beatle,” John Lennon (Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who), is an artist whose struggle with childhood abandonment by his father shapes and nearly undermines his every relationship.

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THE DAWN OF DEMOCRACY

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

Against the glorious backdrop of ancient Greece, classical historian Bettany Hughes (The Spartans, Helen of Troy) explores the truth about the “Golden Age” of ancient Athens. Far from an environment of peace and tranquility, democratic Athens was a bloody, tumultuous place of both brilliant ideas and a repressive regime with a darker side.

SECRETS OF STONEHENGE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 @ 11:30PM

Dated to the late Stone Age, Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Every year, a million visitors are drawn to England to gaze upon the famous circle of stones, but the monument’s meaning has continued to elude us. Now investigations inside and around Stonehenge have kicked off a dramatic new era of discovery and debate over who built Stonehenge and for what purpose. How did prehistoric people quarry, transport, sculpt, and erect these giant stones? Granted exclusive access to the dig site at Bluestonehenge, a prehistoric stone-circle monument recently discovered about a mile from Stonehenge, NOVA cameras join a new generation of researchers finding important clues to this enduring mystery.

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TINA FEY

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on November 9, the 90-minute special features a star-studded cast of Fey’s friends and colleagues including top entertainers Fred Armisen, Steve Carell, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Hudson, Jane Krakowski, Steve Martin, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Tracy Morgan, Amy Poehler and Betty White. The evening pays tribute to the humor and accomplishments of the popular writer, producer, actress and comedienne.

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