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FIRST FREEDOM

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THE FIGHT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 @ 9:00PM

FIRST FREEDOM: The Fight for Religious Libertyis the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they radically broke with the Western tradition of religion-by-law to create a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. The film is about the people who imagined a new way of approaching human and civil rights and ultimately transformed a nation and the world. Often misunderstood, sometimes purposely distorted, the religious feelings of America’s founders are approached on the basis of fact. From the most non-conformist to the most devout, the founders might sometimes shock or surprise modern sensibilities regarding religious belief.


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MARKET WARRIORS

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ANTIQUING IN CANTON, TX – Part 2

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 @ 10:00PM

This week on MARKET WARRIORS, pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin return to Canton, Texas, home to First Monday Trade Days, a massive monthly market in East Texas. Day two is a challenge for the pickers, working within their fixed budgets to find something from the 19th century. This week one picker’s creativity and knowledge provides a winning edge when the items go to auction!


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INDEPENDENT LENS

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LIVES WORTH LIVING

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 @ 8:00PM

People with disabilities are one of the largest minorities in the United States. But for most of American history, they occupied a sub-class of millions without access to everyday things most citizens take for granted: schools, apartment buildings, public transportation, and more. Some were forcibly sterilized under state laws. Others were committed to horrifying institutions where they were left and forgotten.


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DOWNTON ABBEY

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SERIES II

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

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

Episode 4: Amiens, 1918

Devastating news from the front rocks the very foundations of Downton Abbey, and it is up to the Dowager Countess to buck bureaucratic protocol and bring Downton’s men home. In an unwelcome return, Vera Bates threatens to make public the scandalous story of Lady Mary’s ill-fated indiscretion. Desperate to contain the story, Mary appeals to the savvy opportunist Sir Richard Carlisle.

Episode 5: 1918

As the war promises to draw to a close, uncertainty still reigns. With its ruined aristocratic houses, rationing, and fallen officers, war’s aftermath opens some doors for the present and former servants and slams shut others. Meanwhile, Isobel’s post-war plans create an indomitable, if unlikely, alliance. But when a mysterious stranger arrives, Downton faces more turmoil.


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GREAT PERFORMANCES

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MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR REVISITED

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Songs you’ll never forget, the film you’ve never seen and a story that’s never been told. In August 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles made a film. It was seen in the U.K. by a huge audience, at 8.35 p.m. on BBC One on Britain’s Boxing Day…and all hell broke loose.

Magical Mystery Tour was chock-full of thinly veiled references to psychedelia, anarchy and fantasy, all in the setting of a traditional British sightseeing bus outing to the seaside. This was a far cry from the innocent loveable mop-top japery of Help! and A Hard Day’s Night.


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WASHINGTON WEEK

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

This Week on Washington Week: Susan Rice Yields, Fiscal Cliff Progress and Right-to-Work Politics

The deliberations between the President and House Speaker John Boehner to avert the looming economic fiscal cliff continue. There have been phone calls and at least two face-to-face meetings between the leaders but little public progress to report. John Dickerson of Slate Magazine and CBS News joins us to discuss why what sounds like a stalemate may actually be a sign of progress.


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LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

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THE RICHARD TUCKER OPERA GALA

THUSDAY, DECEMBER 13 @ 9:00PM

A cherished highlight of the New York musical season is the annual Gala event of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Established in 1975 by the family of the beloved tenor a few months after his untimely death, the Foundation offers, by way of a Competition, financial support to young opera singers on the brink of important careers. This year’s Gala will be a proud presentation of Live From Lincoln Center on Thursday evening, December 13, and will present a veritable cornucopia of established opera stars along with younger artists for whom stardom seems assured. Among past recipients of the Richard Tucker Award are Renee Fleming, Deborah Voigt, and Joyce DiDonato…by Martin Bookspan.


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LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

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THE RICHARD TUCKER OPERA GALA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 6:00PM

A cherished highlight of the New York musical season is the annual Gala event of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Established in 1975 by the family of the beloved tenor a few months after his untimely death, the Foundation offers, by way of a Competition, financial support to young opera singers on the brink of important careers. This year’s Gala will be a proud presentation of Live From Lincoln Center on Thursday evening, December 13, and will present a veritable cornucopia of established opera stars along with younger artists for whom stardom seems assured. Among past recipients of the Richard Tucker Award are Renee Fleming, Deborah Voigt, and Joyce DiDonato…by Martin Bookspan.


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FRONTLINE

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THE UNDERTAKING

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 @ 11:00PM

Thomas Lynch, 58, is a writer and a poet. He’s also a funeral director in a small town in central Michigan where he and his family have cared for the dead — and the living — for three generations. For the first time, Lynch agreed to allow cameras inside Lynch & Sons, giving FRONTLINE producers Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor rare, behind-the-scenes access — from funeral arrangements to the embalming room — to the Lynches’ world for this film, The Undertaking.


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THE TITANIC

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WITH LEN GOODMAN

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

To mark the centenary of the tragedy, Titanic with Len Goodmanexplores the ship’s enduring legacy and uncovers how for victims’ families, and for the survivors, the sinking was just the beginning of the story. Generations later, these stories are still unfolding as we meet the modern day descendants of the shipbuilders, passengers and crew to learn how, 100 years after the sinking, Titanic’s legacy lives on.


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