EXTREME REALITIES: SEVERE WEATHER,

CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 11:00PM

Hosted and narrated by Matt Damon, Extreme Realities is a new Journey to Planet Earth episode investigating the link between extreme weather, climate change, and threats to our national security. Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tom Friedman, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, former CIA Director James Woolsey, and environmental visionary Lester Brown, the documentary focuses on recent political conflicts and severe weather events in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, India, the Middle East, the United States, and the Arctic.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ 11:00PM

This Week on Washington Week: Senate Report on CIA Interrogations & Bipartisan Budget Deal

CIA Director John Brennan is strongly defending his agency following the release of a critical Senate Intelligence Committee report about the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program. The Senate’s so-called “torture report” accuses the CIA of misleading the White House and Congress about the effectiveness of harsh tactics used against terrorism suspects following the 9/11 attacks. Brennan is calling the process by which the Senate committee arrived at its report “flawed.”

Plus we’ll take a closer look at how Congress was able to reach a bipartisan budget deal to avert another government shutdown.

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CURTAIN UP

THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

For the first time on Live From Lincoln Center, the curtain will be drawn back on one of the world’s premier ballet academies—the School of American Ballet—with the presentation of SAB’s 50th Annual Workshop Performances. The broadcast features an all-Balanchine program (including Serenade, and excerpts from Coppélia, Swan Lake, and Western Symphony) from its 50th annual showcase as well as rare behind-the-scenes footage, offering a close-up look at the ballet stars of tomorrow.

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THE MADOFF AFFAIR

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 @ 11:00PM

It took more than Bernard Madoff alone to pull off the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. On Monday, the first of five members of his inner circle to be convicted in connection to the epic fraud case was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In addition to prison time, Daniel Bonventre, a former operations director for Madoff, was ordered to forfeit $155 billion for his role in the scheme. Madoff has maintained for years that he acted alone in the investment scam, but in March, following five months of trial, a federal jury ruled that Bonventre helped facilitate the fraud by producing phony books and records.

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THE BIRTH OF NUCLEAR POWER

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

Combative, provocative and searingly blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick, a unique American hero. Unafraid to buck the system, he alienated Navy brass, yet inspired the men under him.

When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover undertook a quest to harness the fearsome power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s.

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ALL OF ME: A STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND LAST RESORTS

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 @ 8:00PM

A group of women friends who met via the Austin chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance and have tried every diet and diet pill, go through weight-loss surgery in an effort to lose hundreds of pounds. The experience presents a host of issues and consequences, some they never could have imagined.

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A TRIBUTE TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 @ 7:00PM

Recorded at the 2013 MusiCare’s Man of the Year Bruce Springsteen benefit, A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen features the industry’s biggest names performing The Boss’ biggest hits. Highlights include Alabama Shakes with a fierce rendition of “Adam Raised a Cain”; Elton John on “Streets of Philadelphia”; John Legend with a piano-driven arrangement of “Dancing in the Dark”!

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 @ 9:00PM

The Supreme Court heard a case of a former UPS driver who claims the company discriminated against her while she was pregnant. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal offers some background on the case and Gwen Ifill gets analysis from Marcia Greenberger of the National Women’s Law Center and Karen Harned of the National Federation of Independent Business’ Small Business Legal Center.

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CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 10:00PM

Celebrate the magic of the season with acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming and special guests.

American soprano Renée Fleming and special guests bring the magic of Christmas in New York to homes across America. The essence of the city during this most wonderful time of year is captured in a series of intimate and unique musical performances in a beautiful setting decorated for the holidays.

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BEST OF BIRDS

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ 11:00PM

Celebrate the natural world with Nature’s “all-star bird collection,” a catalogue pledge special featuring some of the most memorable bird scenes from Nature’s awardwinning library. Included in the special will be excerpts from fan favorites like My Life as a Turkey, An Original DUCKumentary, Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air, Raptor Force, Birds of the Gods, Ireland’s Wild River and more. Approximately 20 film clips will be highlighted.

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