WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ 7:30PM

This Week: Election ’13 Takeaways, Healthcare Rollout Woes Continue, Workplace Discrimination Law, plus Jobs & the Economy

The off-year election results from around the country have Republicans and Democrats looking for hints of any trends that may carry through to 2014 and 2016.

In the Virginia gubernatorial race, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe narrowly defeated tea-party favorite Ken Cuccinelli who tried to make the election a referendum on the Affordable Care Act. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) easily won re-election setting up an expected 2016 presidential bid. And the voters of New York City elected the first Democratic mayor in two decades.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY

WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9 @ 6:00PM

This New York Philharmonic gala concert production of “Company” is directed by Sondheim veteran Lonny Price and stars Craig Bierko (as Peter), Stephen Colbert (as Harry), Jon Cryer (as David), Katie Finneran (as Amy), Neil Patrick Harris (as Bobby), Christina Hendricks (as April), Adam Lazar (as Paul), Patti LuPone (as Joanne), Jill Paice (as Susan), Martha Plimpton (as Sarah), Anika Noni Rose (as Marta), Jennifer Laura Thompson (as Jenny), Jim Walton (as Larry), and Chryssie Whitehead (as Kathy).

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LOVE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 @ 8:00PM

Animals dance, sing, flirt, and compete with everything they’ve got to find and secure a mate. For many, the all-important bonds they share as a couple are what enable the next generation to survive. But can we call these bonds love? In this delightful, provocative look at the love life of animals, we see the feminine wiles of a young gorilla, the search for Mr. Right among a thousand flamingos, the open “marriages” of blue-footed boobies, the soap opera arrangements of gibbons, and all the subtle, outrageous, romantic antics that go into finding a partner. These are love stories all right, as various and intriguing as the lovers themselves.

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MAKING STUFF SAFER

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

The world has always been a dangerous place, so how do we increase our odds of survival? In “Making Stuff Safer,” David Pogue explores the cutting-edge research of scientists and engineers who want to keep us out of harm’s way. Some are countering the threat of natural disasters with new firefighting materials and safer buildings.

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MANY RIVERS TO CROSS

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 9:00PM

Into the Fire examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction’s thrilling but tragically brief “moment in the sun.” From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their own liberation, forcing the Union to confront the issue of slavery by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve as soldiers in the United States Colored Troops.

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JIMI HENDRIX

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

A pioneering electric guitarist, Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942 — Sept. 18, 1970) had only four years of mainstream exposure and recognition, but his influential music and riveting stage presence left an enduring legacy. Hear My Train A Comin’ traces the guitarist’s remarkable journey from his hardscrabble beginnings in Seattle, through his stint as a US Army paratrooper, unknown sideman to R&B stars such as Little Richard, Joey Dee and the Isley Brothers and his discovery and ultimate international stardom.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 @ 10:00PM

On London’s world famous Oxford Street, Selfridges department store stands out as a neo-classical landmark. A fact most of its customers don’t realize is this iconic British institution was built by American – and until he built it, the street was an undesirable back-water. This is just one of many amazing secrets hidden in the story of Selfridge and his department store.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 9:00PM

THIS WEEK: HEALTHCARE.GOV REPAIRS, NSA SPYING, AND THE PUBLIC’S GROWING DISSATISFACTION WITH WASHINGTON

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized to Americans for the ongoing problems with Healthcare.gov during a hearing on Capitol Hill this week and tried to assure everyone that the website’s technical “glitches” are fixable.  President Obama reiterated the message during a speech in Boston where he defended the wide-spread benefits of the Affordable Care Act for all Americans. He also tried to clarify that insurance companies are canceling some “substandard” plans that do not meet the new healthcare law’s minimum coverage requirements, but that policy holders affected will be given a choice of other more comprehensive plans.

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MOBY- DICK FROM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s award-winning opera Moby-Dick will be broadcast on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Friday, November 1, 2013 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. Composed in two acts and sung in English, Heggie and Scheer’s opera adaptation brings a thrilling new musical dimension to one of the towering classics of American literature, Herman Melville’s celebrated novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Jay Hunter Morris sings Captain Ahab in Leonard Foglia’s multimedia production.

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ROCK AND ROLL HEART

AN “AMERICAN MASTERS” SPECIAL

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 8:00PM

For thirty-five years Lou Reed has been at the forefront of the avant-garde in popular music. His gritty and realistic vision made him a cultural icon of the disenfranchised urban youth of the 1960s and 1970s. A counterpoint to the booming impersonal economy of the 1980s and 1990s, Reed has asserted a brutal honesty into both his music and lyrics that demands the full attention of contemporary listeners. From punk rock to grunge, Reed has had an unparalleled influence on the American music scene.

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