NO MAS BEBES (NO MORE BABIES)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 @ 8:00PM
No Más Bebés tells the story of a little-known but landmark event in reproductive justice, when a small group of Mexican immigrant women sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were sterilized while giving birth at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
THE UNIFORM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 @ 8:00PM
EPISODE 3
Dr. Foster confronts his family’s divided loyalties when his mother and wounded Confederate brother arrive. Alice is shocked to find her fiancé, Tom, deeply changed by war. Samuel and Aurelia try to persuade a slave boy to seize a chance at freedom.
SEASON 6 ON MASTERPIECE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM
EPISODE 5
In an unlikely turn of character, Thomas makes Andy a generous offer, and Spratt plays the hero. A powerful politician comes to dinner, but disaster strikes. And Lady Mary’s suspicions take shape.
AMERICAN MASTERS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 @ 9:00PM
With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director. American Masters: Mike Nichols features new interviews with his friends and colleagues, including Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Paul Simon, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and many others, conducted by film, TV and theater producer Julian Schlossberg .
HIMALAYAN MEGAQUAKE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 @ 10:00PM
On April 25, 2015, a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal. As it ripped across the Himalayas, it wiped out villages and left thousands dead. Hear the harrowing stories of the Nepalese people who lived near the epicenter and of survivors trapped on Everest. Through dramatic eyewitness footage, expert interviews, and stunning graphics, NOVA reveals the anatomy of this megaquake while scientists race to answer urgent questions—Is another big one just around the corner? What can we learn from the deadly combination of earthquakes and landslides? And can we rebuild to survive the next big one?
LIVING WONDERS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 @ 7:00PM
Witness wonders created by the force that makes our planet unique — life itself. In the Amazon Rainforest, two 9-year old boys must prepare themselves for a terrifying rite of passage involving the insect with the most painful sting on Earth: the bullet ant. In Borneo, a father must provide for his family by climbing to the roof of a vast cave to collect birds’ nests. And, in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, a father and son must brave killer bees and man-eating tigers to find honey.
TRAGEDY + TIME = COMEDY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 @ 9:00PM
Uncover a history of tragedies and triumphs in the families of three of America’s funniest men–Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear and Bill Hader—as they learn how comedy truly has its place in all aspects of life.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Go inside the coal miners’ bitter battle for dignity at the dawn of the 20th century with The Mine Wars. The struggle over the material that fueled America led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a bloody war zone.
IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST
MONDAY, JANUARY 25 @ 8:00PM
In Football We Trust is the story behind the Polynesian pipeline to the NFL as witnessed through the lives of talented high school football players in Utah. Before these prospects enter the high stakes world of college recruiting and the promise of NFL fame, fortune, and glory, they must contend with gang violence, drug abuse, and poverty.
THE HAVERSACK
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 @ 8:00PM
EPISODE 2
Confederate belle Emma nurses her wounded friend. Dr. Foster wrestles with his marriage and career as Mary tries to improve her patients’ lives with Samuel’s help. Aurelia submits to Silas’ advances in exchange for his help.
Based on real events, Mercy Street takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.
Set in Virginia in the spring of 1862, Mercy Street follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the conflict: Nurse Mary Phinney (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green (Hannah James), a naive young Confederate belle.