FOR THE TROOPS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 11:00PM
See how the USO has strengthened U.S. service personnel for more than 75 years.
Examine the ways the USO has lifted the spirits of American service personnel for more than 75 years. See how the organization keeps military men and women connected to country, home, family and hope, abroad and on the home front.
SEASON 2 ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 6
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 @ 10:00PM
Ross finally finds the answers he’s been after, but the trap has already been set. A fugitive points the way to riches. Ross and the free traders sail into a trap. Caroline and Dwight hatch a plan. Demelza faces house arrest.
ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 4
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 @ 8:00PM & 10:00PM
Leslie gets thrown out of the house and ends up in court. Theo and Spiros are his attorneys. Margo settles into her new job—and a new dress. Louisa has more man trouble.
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 @ 9:00PM
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are each making their final pitch to voters even as more than 30 million people have cast their ballots early. As the campaigns remain planted in battleground states, the Republican nominee has taken the advice of his campaign leadership and stayed on message by continually hammering Clinton’s “corrupt” use of emails. The Democratic nominee has pulled out big campaign surrogates including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Bernie Sanders and Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who was criticized by Trump in the 1990s.
LINCOLN CENTER AT THE MOVIES
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
This special Lincoln Center at the Movies presentation brings one of the world’s leading modern dance companies, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, to PBS. Designated by a U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American “Cultural Ambassador to the World,” the Ailey company is known for its spectacular range, diversity and artistry, which are showcased in this episode, culminating in a performance of its beloved signature work, Revelations, the American dance masterpiece created by founder Alvin Ailey. Audiences will also get to see three additional dynamic pieces: Chroma by Wayne McGregor, Grace by Ronald K. Brown and Takademe by the company’s Artistic Director Robert Battle. Matthew Diamond directs for television. (2 hours)
TREASURES OF THE EARTH
GEMS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 @ 10:00PM
“Treasures of Earth: Gems, Metals, and Power” is a 3-part series that will take us on a journey deep inside Earth to uncover the mysteries of how these treasures were created, and to explore how they have allowed humankind to progress and build our great civilizations. But even as that quest continues, we are discovering that some of our treasures may soon run out or have unintended consequences that bring new perils. Can our ancient treasures reveal new secrets that will help us solve the problems we face today?
THE STORY OF CATS
ASIA TO AFRICA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 @ 9:00PM
In the first episode, we discover how the first cats arose in the forests of Asia, how they spread across the continent, and later came to conquer Africa. We reveal how they evolved flexible limbs to climb, giant bodies to survive in the cold, and super senses to catch prey. Ultimately we discover how becoming social made the lion, king of the savannah. Also featured in this episode are other larger cats such as the clouded, snow and African leopards, the Bengal and Siberian tigers, and the cheetah. However, the introductions of smaller and lesser-known species like the serval, the caracal, and the fishing, Pallas’s and sand cats are just as fascinating.
BUSH/OBAMA – THE MASTER STRATEGISTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 9:00PM
Examine the campaign strategies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, candidates at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Both beat out serious big-ticket contenders with pitch-perfect messaging and careful and calculated campaign strategy.
Despite vastly different backgrounds, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, two of the best campaigners in modern history, both won two-term presidencies in the 21st century. Bush won a hotly contested Republican primary before narrowly beating Al Gore in 2000. Barack Obama went from relative obscurity to a history-making campaign in just a few years, riding a vow of hope and change to the White House.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
American-led United Nations troops were outnumbered and at risk of annihilation at the Chosin Reservoir by the sudden entrance of the People’s Republic of China, led by Mao Zedong, into the five-month-old Korean War. The two-week battle that followed, fought in brutally cold temperatures, is one of the most celebrated in Marine Corps annals and helped set the course of American foreign policy in the Cold War and beyond. Revisit this pivotal 1950 Korean War battle through the eyewitness accounts of participants. (2 hours)
WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 8:00PM
In Afghanistan today, there is no social issue more controversial than women’s rights. And nothing cuts to the heart of the matter more than the education of young girls because nothing so radically threatens to change a deeply patriarchal society than rising generations of educated women.