CROCODILE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 @ 6:00PM &10:00PM
Mark Evans travels to Namibia’s Chobe River, a place that’s known as the croc attack capital of the world. Crocodiles here are growing in size and number and so is the frequency of attacks. Each time an attack occurs, the locals kill crocs in retaliation.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 @ 6:00PM
On June 28, 1969, New York City police raided a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, the Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons stood up against the authorities, setting off a three-day riot that launched the modern American Gay Rights Movement.
THE PENSION GAMBLE
TUESDAY, JUNE 11 @ 10:30PM
“The Pension Gamble” goes inside the volatile fight over pensions that’s playing out in one state, and examines the broader consequences for teachers, police officers, firefighters and public employees everywhere.
ELLIS ISLAND
THE DREAM OF AMERICA WITH PACIFIC SYMPHONY
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
THIRTEEN’s Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America’s history with a performance of composer Peter Boyer’s “Ellis Island: The Dream of America,” a Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work celebrating the historic American immigrant experience.
AMERICAN MASTERS
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Explore the life and work of the A Raisin in the Sun playwright and activist who played a significant role in the civil rights movement. LaTanya Richardson Jackson narrates. Anika Noni Rose is the voice of Lorraine Hansberry.
THE BATTLE FOR LA FIERE
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 @ 11:00PM
Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière sheds light on a relatively unexplored, but pivotal battle to secure a critical route inland for allied forces invading France on June 6, 1944. The fight for the La Fière causeway and bridge is regarded as one of the bloodiest small arms battles in U.S. military history, fought largely by paratroopers and glidermen from the 82nd Airborne Division.
ON MASTERPIECE
SEASON 3, EPISODE 8
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 @ 6:00PM
Change arrives in a big way for several key characters at Downton Abbey. A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled and new plots hatched.
SEASON 2 – QUARTER FINAL
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 @ 4:30PM & 7:00PM
This week, the five remaining bakers are tested on unconventional flours and unusual desserts. They must make a loaf using flours such as spelt, rye, potato or tapioca flours, master meringue and custard dacquoise and create novelty vegetable cakes.
FRIDAY, MAY 31 @ 9:00PM
Special counsel Robert Mueller spoke this week for the first time since launching an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mueller said “if we had had confidence the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” and suggested it was up to Congress to decide what to do next as his office was bound by Justice Department policy not to charge a sitting president with a federal crime.
FRIDAY, MAY 31 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
MONROVIA, INDIANA is a film by documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, airing on PBS. Monrovia, Indiana, (population 1,063) is primarily a farming community in mid-America. Wiseman’s film explores the day-to-day experiences living and working in Monrovia, with emphasis on community organizations and institutions, religion and daily life in this farming community.