WOMEN REMAKING AMERICA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Chart the last five years of the women’s movement and its re-energized, intersectional fight for equality. Activists, journalists, entertainers, athletes, and politicians report from the frontlines of the feminist tidal wave.
A PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT STORY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ 10:30PM
Explore how people in different age groups see themselves and their place in the America. Through self-shot video, they share common experiences that bind age groups together and generational differences that put them at odds with one another.
EPISODE 2
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Historian Maggie Cole is asked to an interview her coastal village, Thurlbury. Maggie throws a garden party where she plays the interview in full, revealing all the guarded secrets, indiscretions and gossip, changing life in Thurlbury forever.
ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 4
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 10:00PM
Four relationships spiral out of control. Vivien tries to dismiss her children’s fears about Mark. Mary responds to an emergency.
FREEDOM SUMMER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 @ 9:00PM
Freedom Summer of 1964 was marked by sustained and deadly violence, including the notorious murders of three civil rights workers, countless beatings, the burning of thirty-five churches, and the bombing of seventy homes and community centers. Premiers June 24, 2014 on PBS American Experience.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 11:30PM
BEYOND THE CANVAS features the best arts and culture reporting from PBS NewsHour’s CANVAS arts series. Each episode is built around a specific theme using artist profiles and NewsHour’s first person narrative segments to explore the idea. Hosted by Amna Nawaz.
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
WHERE NOW IS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Explore the life and career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime Grammy-winning music director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern music.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 10:00PM
The incumbent and his Democratic challenger will share the stage at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, in front of moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News. This 90-minute debate will be split into six 15-minute segments, with no ad breaks. The topics as set by Welker are, in no particular order: Fighting COVID-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security, and leadership. The topics are subject to possible change due to news developments.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
The incumbent and his Democratic challenger will share the stage at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, in front of moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News. This 90-minute debate will be split into six 15-minute segments, with no ad breaks. The topics as set by Welker are, in no particular order: Fighting COVID-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security, and leadership. The topics are subject to possible change due to news developments.
TOUCHING THE ASTEROID
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 @ 10:00PM
In October 2020, a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx attempts to reach out and grab a piece of an asteroid named Bennu to bring it back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx team has just three chances to extend its spacecraft’s specialized arm, touch down for five seconds, and collect material from the surface of Bennu. But if they can pull it off, scientists could gain great insight into Earth’s own origins—and even learn to defend against rogue asteroids that may one day threaten our planet.