10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 @ 10:00PM
A look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts featuring dozens of music icons. Watch unforgettable performances by Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Hugh Masekela, and many more.
THE NATIONAL PASTIME
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 @ 10:00PM
Inning Six, The National Pastime, covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio’s celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls “baseball’s finest moment” — the debut of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
THE NATIONAL PASTIME
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
Inning Six, The National Pastime, covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio’s celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls “baseball’s finest moment” — the debut of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
ON BROADWAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 @ 11:00PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin, discovering ancestors whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success.
EPISODE 3
SATURDAY, MAY 1 @ 7:00PM
As a candidate, Larry Krasner pledged his office would never seek the death penalty. That promise is put to the test when a police sergeant is murdered while shopping for his son’s birthday. Krasner faces pressure from the police union, the slain officer’s family, and his own attorneys to pursue the death penalty. Lives—and his credibility—hang in the balance of the D.A.’s biggest decision yet.
THE VIRUS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD, PART 1
MONDAY. APRIL 26 @ 10:00PM
The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.
CAREY MULLIGAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ 6:00PM
Follow actress Carey Mulligan as she travels to Japan to learn about her grandfather’s experience as a British naval officer during World War II, including the Kamikaze attack he survived, and the extent of the devastation he witnessed.
FIRES SPREAD
EPISODE 4
SUNDAY, APRIL 25 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Martha is pressured to exploit her friendship with the president, who defies isolationists to push the Lend-Lease act. Martha and the children get a surprise Christmas present.
MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA?
1963-1964
SATURDAY, APRIL 24 @ 8:00PM
Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three of them are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
MARK RYLANCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 23 @ 10:00PM
Follow actor Mark Rylance as he explores the extraordinary story of his grandfather, who spent nearly four years as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II, and examines his own beliefs about war and peace in the process.