WONDER WOMEN!

THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES

MONDAY, MARCH 7 @ 10:00PM

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating birth, evolution, and legacy of Wonder Woman, and introduces audiences to a dynamic group of fictional and real-life superheroines fighting for positive role models for girls, both on screen and off.

Wonder Women!explores the nation’s long-term love affair with comic book superheroes and raises questions about the possibilities and contradictions of heroines within the genre. The film goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna, comic writers and artists, and others who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre.

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AMERICAN SONGBOOK

EPISODE 2 ~ LET’S DANCE

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 @ 11:00PM

Michael Feinstein talks with Liza Minnelli—who started her career as a dancer—about the intersection between music and movement.

Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook returns to PBS for a star-studded, three-part third season premiering April 5, 2013. This time America’s most passionate music preservationist explores the enduring popularity of Broadway show tunes, the pas de deux between music and choreography, and the indelible impact radio in its heyday had on the American musical canon. Again the biggest stars in music (and dance, too) journey with him. Offering an intimate look at the performer on stage, behind the scenes, and on the road, Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook airs as part of PBS ARTS on Friday nights.

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MAIN STREET, FINDLAY, OHIO

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 @ 6:30PM & 11:30PM

Correspondent John Larson travels to Ohio to assess how workers are faring after the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs over the past 35 years. Findlay, a town in northwestern Ohio with a population of just over 40,000 is bucking a trend: the town is now gaining factory jobs after years of losing them.

What are these new manufacturing jobs? And what will these new opportunities mean for wages, unions, new workers and the middle class?

This week’s report is part our series “Main Street” series. Maria Hinojosa anchors the broadcast.

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CLASH: ENCOUNTERS OF BEARS & WOLVES

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 @ 10:00PM

Yellowstone National Park is a world of predators, scavengers and opportunists. In this vast and complex kingdom, two dominant predators reign supreme: the grizzly bear and the wolf. Size and power square off against speed and teamwork, as mighty grizzly bears contend with powerful packs of wolves for control of the food supply. Though these two fearsome hunters would normally rule their ranges uncontested, in Yellowstone they must share resources, or face starvation.

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with MICHAEL MOSLEY

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 @ 8:00PM

Join British journalist and physician Michael Mosley on his journey to uncover the truth about exercise. Mosley reveals the latest scientific discoveries about how our bodies respond to a workout and why individuals respond differently.

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CAROL BURNETT: A WOMAN OF CHARACTER

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 @ 9:00PM

America, in the 1960s and ‘70s, was in turmoil – the civil rights struggle, the war in Vietnam and the sexual revolution defined a nation in conflict. But, at 10:00 every Saturday night, in dorms and dens, in living rooms and bedrooms across the country, Americans watched The Carol Burnett Show. For 11 years, this whacky performer yelled like Tarzan and won our hearts, often breaking our hearts, with her edgy – always sympathetic characters. She could fall down a flight of stairs or take a pie in the face like nobody else. She could also wear a slinky sequined gown and hold her own in a duet with Bing Crosby or Julie Andrews. She was open, honest, a real person – our friend. Yet, as with so many brilliant comedians, hers was a difficult childhood and a glimpse of something deeper, darker began to emerge in the dramatic career that followed her TV variety show.

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SYRIA BEHIND THE LINES

THURSDAY, JUNE 13 @ 7:00PM

In Syria’s rural heartland, the bloody uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a terrifying turn. The once-peaceful Orontes River valley is now a perilous sectarian front line where neighbor is fighting neighbor. Olly Lambert spent five weeks living on both sides, and his unprecedented film documents the everyday lives of rebels, government soldiers and the civilians who support them.

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with GWYN IFILL

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 @ 9:00PM

THIS WEEK

North Korea Blusters, Jobs & the Economy, Immigration Legislation, and Political Wrap-Up We’ll discuss: escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, mixed signals about the U.S. economic recovery, bipartisan negotiations on immigration reform, and the week’s political stories from Mark Sanford to Hillary Clinton.

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AMERICAN SONGBOOK

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

SHOW TUNES @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

LET’S DANCE @ 8:00PM

Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook returns to PBS for a star-studded, three-part third season premiering April 5, 2013. This time America’s most passionate music preservationist explores the enduring popularity of Broadway show tunes, the pas de deux between music and choreography, and the indelible impact radio in its heyday had on the American musical canon. Again the biggest stars in music (and dance, too) journey with him.

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ANCIENT COMPUTER

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

In 1900, a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they discovered a 2,000 year-old Greek shipwreck. Among the ship’s cargo they hauled up was an unimpressive green lump of corroded bronze. Rusted remnants of gear wheels could be seen on its surface, suggesting some kind of intricate mechanism. The first X-ray studies confirmed that idea, but how it worked and what it was for puzzled scientists for decades. Recently, hi-tech imaging has revealed the extraordinary truth: this unique clockwork machine was the world’s first computer.

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