THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 9:00PM & 11:00PM
Join us July 4 at 8/7c on PBS for A Capitol Fourth featuring Carole King, the Broadway cast of Beautiful feat. Vanessa Carlton, the Muppets of Sesame Street, Vanessa Williams, Lee Brice, Keala Settle, Gone West feat. Colbie Caillat, The O’Jays, Yolanda Adams, Laine Hardy, Lindsey Stirling, Maelyn Jarmon, Laura Osnes, Angelica Hale, Maestro Jack Everly conducting the NSO and hosted by John Stamos!
THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 6:00PM, 8:00PM & 12:30AM
Join us July 4 at 8/7c on PBS for A Capitol Fourth featuring Carole King, the Broadway cast of Beautiful feat. Vanessa Carlton, the Muppets of Sesame Street, Vanessa Williams, Lee Brice, Keala Settle, Gone West feat. Colbie Caillat, The O’Jays, Yolanda Adams, Laine Hardy, Lindsey Stirling, Maelyn Jarmon, Laura Osnes, Angelica Hale, Maestro Jack Everly conducting the NSO and hosted by John Stamos!
THE MISSISSIPPI
FRIDAY, JUNE 18 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
The Mississippi reaches far beyond the Deep South; its fingers stretch into nearly half of the USA. From the frozen north – where coyotes learn to fish in icy water – down through the nation’s agricultural heart and then to the mysterious, steamy southern swamps where alligators still rule. The many faces of the Mississippi unite a nation.
AMERICAN PATRIOT
TUESDAY, JULY 2 @ 11:00PM
FRONTLINE investigates how the Bundy family’s fight against the government invigorated armed militias and “patriot” groups. “American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government” goes inside the family’s standoffs over land in the West, and examines how groups aligned with them have grown to levels not seen in decades.
GALILEO’S MOON
SUNDAY, JULY 7 @ 6:00PM
Join experts as they uncover the truth behind the find of the century: an alleged proof copy of Galileo’s “Sidereus Nuncius,” which changed our understanding of the cosmos. This copy included his signature and seemingly original watercolor paintings.
CALL HER GANDA
MONDAY, JULY 1 @ 11:00PM
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case—an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita “Nanay” Laude)—galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism.
SUNDAY, JUNE 30 @ 11:30PM
Maria forms a plan which could secure a new life for her and Pedro. Silas seeks revenge against Yeardley and jeopardizes his place with the Pamunkey. Jocelyn learns that Willmus believes her corrupt; she tries to woo him but may have met her match.
RIVERS OF LIFE
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 @ 8:00PM
The Amazon, the greatest river system on Earth, amasses one-fifth of Earth’s freshwater as it flows east from the Andes to the Atlantic. Boiling streams, crystal clear lagoons, pink river dolphins and a strange new reef are some of its many secret and extreme worlds.
WORLD WAR SPEED
TUESDAY, JUNE 25 @ 9:00PM
Follow historian James Holland on his quest to understand how the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II and unleashed the first pharmacological arms race.
THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE PARTY
TUESDAY, JUNE 25 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Uncover the true story of the seven-week period that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, a violent and bloody pro-democracy demonstration ended, leaving thousands dead, and laying the foundation for China’s future.