AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TUESDAY, APRIL 13 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the isolated mountaintop home of Randy and Vicki Weaver and their children on Ruby Ridge in Northern Idaho. Charged with selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns to an undercover agent, Weaver had failed to appear in court and law enforcement was tasked with bringing him in. For months, the Weavers had been holed up on their property with a cache of firearms, including automatic weapons.

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ACCIDENTAL COURTESY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 @ 8:00PM

Renowned musician Daryl Davis has an unusual, controversial hobby: meeting and befriending members of KKK, many of whom have never met a black person. When some decide to leave the Klan, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods, a collection built piece by piece, story by story. Accidental Courtesy captures Daryl’s search for answers to the question, “How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?”

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 @ 9:00PM

One week after being sworn in, President Trump met with British Prime Minister Theresa May to signal the strength of the U.S. relationship with the U.K. Trump also spoke by phone with the Mexican president, just one day after he cancelled a visit to the White House because of Trump’s plan for Mexico to pay for his border wall. What does Trump’s 1st week say about America’s place in the world?

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50 YEARS OF MOSTLY MOZART

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Lincoln Center celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Mostly Mozart Festival with both a look back and a look ahead, anchored by signature performances of Mozart’s first and last symphonies.

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THE HOUSE GUEST

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 @ 7:00PM

A house guest becomes the focus of Alice’s schemes. When Mary falls gravely ill, Foster’s attempts to care for her antagonize the new chief. Charlotte tries to contain the smallpox epidemic and Samuel has to make a difficult decision.

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A NATURE MINISERIES

LOVE

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 @ 9:00PM

In the most innovative production Nature has ever presented, this five-part series employs more than 30 animatronic spy cameras disguised as animals to secretly record behavior in the wild. These “spycams” reveal animals as having emotions and behavior similar to humans: specifically, a capacity to love, grieve, deceive, and invent. Among the featured Spy Creatures are: Spy Orangutan, Spy Croc Hatchling, Spy Meerkat, Spy Egret, Spy Tortoise, Spy Prairie Dog, Spy Macaw, Spy Sloth, Spy Cobra, Spy Bushbaby, Spy Squirrel, Spy Adelie, and Spy Baby Hippo. These robotic, uncanny look-alikes infiltrate the natural world to film surprising behavior among wildlife from around the globe.

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FIRE IN THE SKY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3 @ 11:00PM

Examine legends about the origins and meaning of the aurora, the colorful glow that often brightens the night sky in Earth’s polar regions. Investigate the myths of Finland’s Saami, Alaska’s Inuit, Canada’s Native Americans and New Zealand’s Maori.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 7:00PM &11:00PM

In the late 19th century, as America’s teeming cities grew increasingly congested, the time had come to replace the nostalgic horse-drawn trolleys with a faster, cleaner, safer, and more efficient form of transportation. Ultimately, it was Boston — a city of so many firsts — that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its citizenry to construct America’s first subway. Based in part on Doug Most’s acclaimed non-fiction book of the same name, The Race Underground tells the dramatic story of an invention that changed the lives of millions.

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SEVEN SONGS FOR A LONG LIFE

MONDAY, JANUARY 30 @ 8:00PM

Visit Strathcarron, a Scottish hospice center where patients face pain, uncertainty and the possibility of life’s end with song and humor. Hear tunes belted out by patients and caregivers alike between reflections on life, love and mortality.

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THE HOUSE GUEST

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 @ 9:00PM

A house guest becomes the focus of Alice’s schemes. When Mary falls gravely ill, Foster’s attempts to care for her antagonize the new chief. Charlotte tries to contain the smallpox epidemic and Samuel has to make a difficult decision.

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