EPISODE 4
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
As Maggie continues to seek amends with her neighbors, she makes a horrifying discovery in a confrontation with Roxanna. Gambling debts plague Alex and the community’s continued pressure on Peter threatens his job and family. (FOLLOWED BY EPISODES 5 & 6)
SEX & LIES
THURSDAY, MARCH 2 @ 11:00PM
Revel in the ethereal beauty of orchids and examine their exotic flowers, which are shaped for one purpose – to attract pollinators. Many use sex as a lure, impersonating a female bee or wasp.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3 @ 9:00PM
Follow the British Prime Minister and his Cabinet Office Briefing Room A (COBRA) committee, comprised of leading contingency planners and senior politicians, as they navigate the difficulties in overcoming a major national crisis. (Followed by Episode 2 & 3)
TUESDAY, MARCH 1 @ 7:00PM
In good times or bad, American presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong” or words very much like it.
AMERICAN MASTERS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 @ 10:00PM
Discover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and new interviews. American Masters Presents Stanley Nelson’s Grammy-nominated Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. (2 HOURS)
EPISODE 8
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 @ 10:00PM
Fogg meets on old friend in New York and must decide whether to continue his trip. Astronomical effects will decide the outcome.
AUGMENTED
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 @ 10:00PM
Follow the dramatic personal journey of Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs. At age 17, Herr’s legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices. (2 HOURS)
AMERICAN HORSES
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 @ 9:00PM
American horses are icons. Mustang. Appaloosa. Morgan. Quarter Horse. Follow the history of the uniquely American horse breeds that helped shape our nation and meet the people who are continuing in the long tradition of caring for them.
AN AMERICA REFRAMED SPECIAL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 @ 6:00PM
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist, Fannie Lou Hamer’s America explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.
SONGS OF THE PAST
SATURDAY, JUNE 15 @ 11:00PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. accompanies Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane as they meet a cast of inspiring ancestors hidden in the branches of their family trees.