THE RETURN

MONDAY, AUGUST 26 @ 11:00PM

In 2012, California amended its “Three Strikes” law — one of the harshest criminal sentencing policies in the country. The passage of Prop. 36 marked the first time in U.S. history that citizens voted to shorten sentences of those currently incarcerated. Within days, the reintegration of thousands of “lifers” was underway. The Return examines this unprecedented reform through the eyes of those on the front lines — prisoners suddenly freed, families turned upside down, reentry providers helping navigate complex transitions and attorneys and judges wrestling with an untested law. At a moment of reckoning on mass incarceration, what can California’s experiment teach the nation?

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SEASON 4 ON MASTERPIECE

THE TROUBLED MAN

SUNDAY, MAY 22 @ 10:00PM

When Linda’s father-in-law, Håkon Von Enke, disappears, Wallander becomes entrenched in his most challenging missing person’s case yet. The only clue to Håkon’s whereabouts is a suspicious submarine incident shrouded in 25 years of secrets.

When the case takes a devastating turn, Wallander must delve deeper into cold war politics and, in doing so, uncovers delicate, fractured relationships within the Von Enke family. With time running out, and his own memory working against him, Wallander must prevail against the odds if he is to safeguard his daughter’s future.

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SEASON 5, EPISODE 8

SUNDAY, MAY 22 @ 6:00PM & 10:30PM

SEASON FINALE

As Poplar moves towards the season of goodwill, the time has come to accept the things that have passed, and look to the future. Dr Turner is forced to do so when the cause of the recent spate of infant limb deformities is finally uncovered. Realising that his own prescriptions could have exacerbated the tragedy, he jumps into action in an attempt to prevent further damage.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, MAY 20 @ 9:00PM

This Week on Washington Week: Clinton says Trump “not qualified” to be president, escalating tensions in the Democratic Party, Trump names his SCOTUS short list and Obama acts on overtime pay.

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THE ADVENTURE (1955-1960)

THURSDAY, MARCH 4 @ 7:00PM & 11:0PM

In the late 1950s, America’s postwar prosperity continues, but beneath the surface run currents of change. Families are moving to the suburbs, watching television has become the national pastime, and baby boomers have begun coming of age.

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JUNGLE ANIMAL HOSPITAL

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 6:00PM

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle, there’s an organization whose staff works around the clock to try to save and care for injured, orphaned and endangered animals brought to its facility from all over the country. This rescue center, known as ARCAS, is at full capacity with over seven hundred boarders of all shapes and sizes, chiefly victims of the illegal pet trade. However, the team still tries to accommodate additional rescued animals arriving daily.

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CAN WE TIME TRAVEL?

EPISODE 1

THURSDAY, APRIL 3 @ 5:00PM

In each of six episodes, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking presents three ordinary people with a series of physical and mental challenges to show them how to think like a genius.

World-famous scientist Stephen Hawking sets a series of fun physical and mental challenges for three ordinary people. Can they think like a genius? This is a show where as you watch you realize you actually understand concepts that you never thought you would. In this mind-bending episode: Can three volunteers work out if time travel is possible?

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ALBUQUERQUE

TUESDAY, MAY 17 @ 9:00PM

Genealogy Roadshow uncovers fascinating family stories at the Old Albuquerque Airport Terminal. A woman seeking a connection to a Native-American code talker learns that a missing branch of her family tree has been searching for her; a man is shocked to find out just how deep his New Mexican roots go; a woman finds out that her ancestor’s life was straight out of a Wild West tale; another questions her family connection to the explosive Trinity Test; one man is linked to a famous comic book heroine; and a woman looks to verify family lore of a connection to Pancho Villa.

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CLEOPATRA’S LOST TOMB

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

In the annals of world history, few names are as recognizable as Cleopatra, queen of ancient Egypt. Cleopatra VII was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and the last pharaoh of Egypt. For centuries, archeologists have been searching for her tomb.  But there have been very few clues about the remains of this powerful ruler. But could this be about to change?

Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb, follows Kathleen Martinez, a criminal lawyer from the Dominican Republic turned maverick archaeologist, as she embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of Cleopatra’s final resting place.

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DOGTOWN REDEMPTION

MONDAY, MAY 16 @ 8:00PM

A surprising number of people make their living off our nation’s vast rivers of trash. Dogtown Redemption follows the lives of three of these people over the course of seven years: Jason Witt, the ultimate recycling hustler, who often hauls around a shopping cart that weighs over a ton; Landon Goodwin, a former minister who struggles with his own fall from grace; and Miss Hayok Kay, the daughter of a prominent Korean family and one-time drummer for popular 1980s Bay Area punk-polka band Polkacide, but now an economic castaway at the mercy of the streets. Each survives by redeeming bottles, cans, and assorted other recyclables in an area of West Oakland, California nicknamed “Dogtown.”

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