Category Archives: Program Highlights

NOVA

BAT SUPERPOWERS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 @ 10:00PM

Bats have been implicated in deadly epidemics such as COVID-19 and Ebola, yet scientists are discovering evidence that they may hold a key to a longer and healthier life. From caves in Thailand and Texas to labs around the globe, NOVA meets the scientists who are decoding the superpowers of the bat.


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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR: THE FIRST

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

The Supreme Court’s first female justice, Sandra Day O’Connor. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, she was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.


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ROYAL MYTHS & SECRETS

LUCY WORSLEY’S

ROYAL MYTHS & SECRETS

THE ROMANOVS & THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 @ 6:00PM

The October Revolution of 1917 has gone down in history as the only Russian Revolution that really mattered. But Lucy Worsley reveals that the earlier revolution in February that year was downplayed in Bolshevik history books and films despite the fact that it was the truly spontaneous popular uprising that swept the Czar from power.


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GREAT PERFORMANCES

VERDI’S REQUIEM

THE MET REMEMBERS 9/11

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 @ 6:00PM

Honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with this special performance hosted by Misty Copeland and led by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin featuring soloists Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani and Eric Owens.


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