COUNTDOWN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
The big day has come, and Cristina must approve the new dress Ana made overnight. Alberto receives a mysterious letter.
Category Archives: Program Highlights
ICONIC AMERICA
OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
TEUSDAY, JANUARY 28 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
Reveal the evolving meaning of this symbol for a “nation of immigrants,” and how it embodies our values and our conflicts, from abolition and women’s suffrage to the treatment of refugees.
GREAT MIGRATIONS
GREAT MIGRATIONS
A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
EXODUS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 @ 9:00PM
Episode one of Great Migrations explores the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940), a collective leap into the unknown as more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North. In the face of some of the country’s worst racist violence, these migrants established thriving Black neighborhoods, wielded political power, and redefined American culture.
RESISTANCE
THEY FOUGHT BACK
MONDAY, JANUARY 27 @ 8:00PM
People have a myth stuck in their heads that during the Holocaust, Jews went to their deaths “like sheep to the slaughter.” But this is where the real story begins. Jews did not go as sheep to the slaughter. They fought back.
THIS OLD HOUSE
RIDGEWOOD | WALLED IN SCIENCE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 @ 9:00PM & 11:30PM
Kevin O’Connor arrives at the house where Zack Dettmore and Tom Silva are busy prepping the new addition’s foundation. After, he meets with architect Jeff Jordan to review the overall layout of the project. Meanwhile, Jenn Nawada and Zack look at the rainwater management system. Later, Zack travels to Switzerland to visit the factory where the project’s house wrap is made.
VELVET
NIGHT OF THE QUEEN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
The day before the wedding, Cristina’s dress disappears, and Ana must do her best to save the ceremony. Tensions between Max and Dona Blanca continue.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
WORLD WAR SPEED
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 @ 11:00PM
Follow historian James Holland on his quest to understand how the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II and unleashed the first pharmacological arms race.
NOVA
WHAT ARE UFOS?
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 @10:00PM
After decades in the shadows, UFOs are being studied seriously. Are they weather balloons, optical illusions, secret military technology? Or something else? Follow scientists as they try to unravel the mystery of the strangest objects in our skies.
FRONTLINE
TRUMP’S COMEBACK
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 @ 9:00PM
FRONTLINE traces Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, overcoming unprecedented obstacles and opposition. With insider interviews, the documentary examines defining moments over his life and career, his 2020 election loss, felony convictions and his historic comeback.
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
LUCY WORSLEY INVESTIGATES
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
On the 5th of November 1605, in a cellar deep below London’s Parliament, Guy Fawkes prepared to light the fuse on a deadly attack. Orchestrated by a small network of men, the plot aimed to destroy the King and his government. Unstopped, this one explosion, one moment of violence, could have changed the history of Britain forever.