Category Archives: Program Highlights

AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS

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WITH MARIA HINOJOSA

THE NEW MAD MEN

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 7:30PM

With a collective purchasing power of $3 trillion, people of color are quickly becoming the nation’s most sought-after consumers. Iconic brands are re-examining their marketing strategies in order to stay competitive in the changing marketplace. Latinos, with a buying power of $1.2 trillion, are at the heart of this new consumer focus.

We take an exclusive look inside LatinWorks, one of the most successful multicultural ad agencies in the country, and learn how they are speaking to the multicultural millennial market.


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WASHINGTON WEEK

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ 9:00PM

President Obama’s executive action to overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system will allow as many as five million undocumented immigrants to stay in the country without threat of deportation. The plan will also expand the current “Dreamers” program that protects immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children, but the new policy will not shield the parents of those Dreamers.


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GREAT PERFORMANCES

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CATS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 6:00PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, the second longest-running Broadway musical (only surpassed by Lloyd Webber’s own “The Phantom of the Opera”), and fourth longest-running West End musical, returns in high definition and digital sound to Great Performances where it had its 1998 world television premiere. The special encore presentation will air Friday, November 21 at 7:00pm on MCPTV 26.1.


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NOVA

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KILLER LANDSLIDES

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 @ 10:00PM

Just before 11 a.m. on March 22, 2014, an ominous rumble startled the residents of the community of Oso, Washington, about an hour’s drive from Seattle. It was the terrifying sound of what would become the United States’ deadliest landslide in decades. The equivalent of one million dump truck loads of earth came plummeting down the valley.

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NATURE

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INVASION OF THE KILLER WHALES

SUNDAYDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ 9:00PM

A shift of power is taking place at the top of the world. The Arctic is undergoing a dramatic change, and with this change one iconic Arctic hunter may soon have to give way to another as solid ice turns to open sea. The polar bear, once king of the North, needs ice to stalk its prey. Killer whales, or orca, on the other hand, are unable to hunt in an ocean locked in ice. As the ice increasingly disappears, the tables have turned. Polar bears are struggling to survive while the now open ocean provides bountiful new hunting grounds for the whales.


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COLD WAR ROADSHOW

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 @ 10:00PM

In the fall of 1959, at the height of the Cold War, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev toured the United States for 12 days at the invitation of President Dwight Eisenhower. For both men, the visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and potentially chart a new course toward peaceful coexistence. For the American press, it was the media blockbuster story of the year.


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MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

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THE PARADISE, SEASON 2

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 @ 7:00PM

Episode 8 ~ FINALE

Clémence has returned, “large as life and twice as French,” as Sam says. This time she isn’t selling her wares, and instead seems to be fleeing her past. But she hasn’t arrived alone – a man who holds her secret is in close pursuit, and a chance encounter threatens to alter her life forever. Clémence’s arrival is an opportunity for Tom Weston, who is gleeful at his prospects, while also tormented by his demons. In the end, it will all come down to one fateful, high-stakes moment. Will all that has been be regained, or has the blush of misfortune stained the Paradise forever?


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MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY

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WORRICKER: SALTING THE BATTLEFIELD

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Johnny (Bill Nighy) and Margot (Helena Bonham Carter) are together again, just like old times, managing to stay a jump ahead of an international dragnet hard on their heels all across Europe. British Prime Minister Alec Beasley (Ralph Fiennes) desperately wants Johnny back, and so does Johnny’s old MI5 colleague, Jill Tankard (Judy Davis) — but for different reasons. Who will win this frenzied game of spy versus spy? And what happens when a terrible secret sees the light of day? (90 Minutes)


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