Category Archives: Program Highlights

A CAPITOL FOURTH 2024

THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 9:00PM & 10:30PM

The 44th annual edition of A CAPITOL FOURTH, America’s longest-running live national Independence Day TV tradition, returns from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Viewers are front and center for our country’s biggest birthday party, featuring performances by top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway with the National Symphony Orchestra. Capped off with patriotic classics and a spectacular fireworks display over our nation’s iconic skyline. Celebrate America’s 248th birthday with a special tribute to our military heroes and their families.


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A CAPITOL FOURTH 2024

THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 6:00PM & 7:30PM

(Repeated at 10:00pm & 11:30pm)

The 44th annual edition of A CAPITOL FOURTH, America’s longest-running live national Independence Day TV tradition, returns from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Viewers are front and center for our country’s biggest birthday party, featuring performances by top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway with the National Symphony Orchestra. Capped off with patriotic classics and a spectacular fireworks display over our nation’s iconic skyline. Celebrate America’s 248th birthday with a special tribute to our military heroes and their families.


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HOPE IN THE WATER

CHANGING THE MENU

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

With demand for fish and seafood on the rise around the world, what we eat can put tremendous pressure on wild fisheries, limit access to local communities in need, and negatively affect the health of the ocean. But creative approaches to diversifying our seafood diets are already rewriting menus worldwide.


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FINDING YOUR ROOTS

HIDDEN KIN

TUESDAY, JULY 9 @ 5:00PM

Henry Louis Gates explores the remarkable roots of actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts — using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to travel generations into the past, tracing lineages that run from Northern Europe to the American South. Along the way, Norton and Roberts reimagine their family stories and discover their hidden connections to our nation’s history — and each other.


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DISCO

SOUNDTRACK OF A REVOLUTION

STAYIN’ ALIVE

TUESDAY, JULY 2 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Disco seemed untouchable by the end of the 1970s, but an incited violent backlash led to its demise. Dive into disco’s underground return, where it laid the foundations for all future electronic dance music.


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PROFESSOR T

TRUTH AND JUSTICE

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

Professor T is finally up in court and he must decide whether to save himself or his former lover Christina. Meanwhile a prison officer is found stabbed to death in the laundry room of the jail and there are no shortage of suspects, but one in particular seems intent on taking the blame.


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