FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 8:00PM
A bipartisan group of senators has struck a deal that would include deportation protection for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants known as “Dreamers” who were brought to the country illegally. It is not clear whether there is support from the rest of the chamber or the more conservative House, and the White House has yet to sign on.
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
A tribute to Tony Bennett, featuring Chris Botti, Michael Bublé, Michael Feinstein, Savion Glover, Josh Groban, Wé McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vanessa Williams, Wynton Marsalis and host Bruce Willis.
YOSEMITE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 @ 9:00PM
Yosemite is a land forged in wildfire and sculpted by water, but with climate change, water is scarcer and fire more common. Join scientists and adventurers to investigate how these global changes are affecting one of America’s greatest wildernesses.
BLACK HOLE APOCALYPSE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 5:30PM
Black holes are the most enigmatic and exotic objects in the universe. They’re also the most powerful, with gravity so strong it can trap light. And they’re destructive, swallowing entire planets, even giant stars. Anything that falls into them vanishes…gone forever. Now, astrophysicists are realizing that black holes may be essential to how our universe evolved—their influence possibly leading to life on Earth and, ultimately, us. In this two-hour special, astrophysicist and author Janna Levin takes viewers on a journey to the frontiers of black hole science.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon. Two of the most celebrated men from their respective nations, Roosevelt and Rondon set out with twenty other adventurers in 1914.
UNREST
MONDAY, JANUARY 8 @ 8:00PM
Filmmaker Jennifer Brea was a Harvard PhD student soon to be engaged when she was struck down by a mysterious fever that left her bedridden. As her illness progressed she lost even the ability to sit in a wheelchair, yet doctors insisted it was “all in her head.” Unable to convey the seriousness and depth of her symptoms to her doctor, Jennifer began a video diary on her phone that eventually became a powerful and intimate documentary, Unrest.
ON MASTERPIECE
SEASON 1, EPISODE 5
THE QUEEN’S HUSBAND
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
At loose ends in a foreign land, Albert finds a noble cause. Victoria gets her way at court and resorts to a folk cure in the bedroom. Francatelli does Miss Skerrett a favor for a price. Followed by “Engine of Change” and “Young England”.
Season 2 begins on January 14 @ 7:00pm
TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA
CHEEK TO CHEEK LIVE!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 8:30PM
Taped at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall on July 28, 2014, each song was handpicked by the artists, and features classic selections from the Great American Songbook. At press time, the song roster is scheduled to include “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” “Sophisticated Lady,” “Lush Life,” “Anything Goes,” and the title track from their forthcoming album, “Cheek To Cheek.”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 @ 10:00PM
STORIES FROM THE STAGE illustrates the power of real stories told by masterful storytellers. Each episode explores the art of storytelling with the introduction of the theme, interviews with the host and the three multicultural storytellers talking about their craft, and the on-stage performances. Everyone has a story to share. What’s yours?
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
In September of 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. The cause of death was identified as influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. As the killer virus spread across the country, hospitals overfilled, death carts roamed the streets and helpless city officials dug mass graves. It was the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 — until it disappeared as mysteriously as it had begun.