WESTERLY | DECKING FOR BEGINNERS
THURSDAY, JULY 30 @ 9:00PM
Tom Silva teaches the new apprentices to frame a deck. Jeff Sweenor’s crew frames the exterior flair detail. Jenn Nawada learns about Westerly granite. Jeff teaches the apprentices to install a window. Richard Trethewey and Jeff look for a path for the drain stacks.
WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH
THURSDAY, JULY 30 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.
ELEMENTS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM
The forces of nature make Earth a restless planet, but they also turned our ball of rock into a home for life. How did our planet’s ingredients, the chemical elements, come together and take that first crucial step from barren rock to a living world?
MAKING NORTH AMERICA
HUMAN
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 @ 8:00PM
Explore the intimate connections between the landscape, the colonizing of the continent, and the emergence of our industrial world. Beginning with Native American ancestors who crafted hunting weapons from stone traded across hundreds of miles, the program shows how pre-Columbian civilizations developed an expert knowledge of the landscape and its resources.
UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY
TUESDAY, JULY 28 @ 11:00PM
How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House. FRONTLINE examines the alliance of conspiracy entrepreneur Alex Jones, Trump advisor Roger Stone, and the president, and their role in the battle over truth and lies.
ADVOCATE
MONDAY, JULY 27 @ 11:00PM
A political firebrand in her home country, Israeli defense attorney Lea Tsemel is known by her opponents as “the devil’s advocate,” for her decades-long defense of Palestinians who have been accused of resisting the occupation, both violently and non-violently. Official selection for Sundance. Shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the 92nd Academy Awards.
SUNDAY, JULY 26 @ 11:30PM
The NewsHour has long been committed to reporting on arts and culture through our ongoing series, Canvas. This weekend, that effort expands into primetime on PBS with “Beyond the Canvas.” Jeffrey Brown and Amna Nawaz join Judy Woodruff to share a preview.
SHE LOVES ME
FRIDAY, JULY 24 @ 10:00PM
She Loves Me was the first Broadway musical ever to stream live during a performance at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54. In the musical, Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti and Tony Award®nominee Zachary Levi star as Amalia and Georg, two parfumerie clerks who aren’t quite the best of friends. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the sparring coworkers can’t seem to find common ground. But little do they know, the anonymous romantic pen pals they have both been falling for happen to be each other. Will love continue to blossom once their identities are finally revealed?
A NECESSARY WAR
THURSDAY, JULY 23 @ 10:00PM
THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. (2 hours, 30 minutes)
A NECESSARY WAR
THURSDAY, JULY 23 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. (2 hours, 30 minutes)