DOG TALES
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 @ 6:00PM
Dogs have long been dependable companions by our sides. But it wasn’t always that way, and a look at their closest living relative, the wolf, makes it clear why. Research into dog domestication and intelligence offers clues into what the human-dog relationship. And analyzing dogs’ brain activity and genes may even help answer whether dogs are in it for the food—or if they really love us.
WILD FLORIDA
SUNDAY, JUNE 19 @ 8:00PM
Florida is home to beaches, coral reefs, pine forests and the famous Everglades wetland, but a growing human population and abandoned exotic pets like pythons are threatening this wild paradise. Can Florida’s ecosystems continue to weather the storm?
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 @ 6:00PM
Learn the interweaving stories of two extraordinary men, boxers Max Schmeling of Germany and American Joe Louis, culminating in what was arguably the most politicized sporting event in history: the 1938 heavyweight championship of the world.
BATTLE FOR HONG KONG
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 @ 11:00PM
FRONTLINE goes inside the battle for Hong Kong, following protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their struggle against growing influence on Hong Kong from the communist government of China.
LAS VEGAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 10:00PM
Host Marcus Samuelsson visits Las Vegas to learn more about the city’s long-standing Chinese community and their food traditions. He makes hand-pulled noodles and Peking duck, eats regional favorites from xiao long bar and beef noodle soup to cumin lamb and fish braised in clay pots.
WITH LUCY WORSLEY
SUNDAY, JUNE 13 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? (1968 –1972)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 @ 10:00PM
Learn how country music responds to a nation divided by the Vietnam War, as Army captain turned songwriter Kris Kristofferson sets a new lyrical standard, and artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds find a recording home in Nashville.
WITH STEVE BACKSHALL
MEXICO – FLOODED CAVES
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ 10:00PM
Dive into a network of unexplored caves under the Yucatan Peninsula with Steve Backshall. After trekking through kilometers of scorpion-infested Mexican jungle to reach the caves, he faces the terror of being lost in an underwater silt cloud.
POLAR EXTREMES
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 @ 10:00PM
Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places–beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic–NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.(2 HOURS)
SCIENCE PIONEERS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 @ 8:00PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E. Varmus — three pioneering scientists who’ve made dramatic contributions to our understanding of the world, all the while knowing little about their own ancestry.