ANTIQUING IN PASADENA, CA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 6:00PM
Head to the famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena, where the pickers search for Native- American wares.
From the producers of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, the hit PBS series and the forerunner of television’s popular antiques and collectibles genre, comes a new adventure for treasure seekers.
GARBAGE DREAMS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 @ 8:00PM
On the outskirts of Cairo lies the world’s largest garbage village. A labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash, the village is home to 60,000 Zaballeen — Arabic for “garbage people.” The Zaballeenhave survived for centuries by recycling Cairo’s waste. Members of Egypt’s minority Coptic Christian community, these entrepreneurial garbage workers recycle nearly all the trash they collect, maintaining what could be the world’s most efficient waste disposal system.
REJOICE, GIVE THANKS, & SING
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 @ 9:00PM
Since 1912, music lovers have marked the holiday season with one of the country’s most honored traditions, the St. Olaf College Christmas Festival. Initially a small musical program for the college community in Northfield, Minnesota, started by the founder of the school’s music department, F. Melius Christiansen, the beloved annual celebration now enjoys a national, and even worldwide, audience.
SEASON II
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Eposiode 3
Lavinia’s secret surfaces, Anna has a glimmer of hope, and the domestic war heats up! Now a convalescent home, Downton Abbey provides comfort for the wounded, and drama for its inhabitants.
Episode 4
Sybil confides in Mary about Branson, O’Brien sets her sights on new and returning targets, Thomas exerts his new authority, and Ethel discovers an age-old way to support the war effort. But then disturbing news arrives from the front.
FISCAL CLIFF STALEMATE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM
President Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner have each proposed plans to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff but remain divided on the specifics of tax increases and spending cuts. While both sides seem to agree that a plunge off the cliff would be disastrous, no one seems to be rushing to stop it.
December 8th will be 32 years since the death of John Lennon. LENNONYC takes an intimate look at the time Lennon, Yoko Ono and their son, Sean, spent living in New York City during the 1970s.
“New York became a part of who John and I were,” said Ms. Ono. “We couldn’t have existed the same way anywhere else. We had a very special relationship with the city, which is why I continue to make this my home, and I think this film captures what that time was like for us very movingly.”
“The period that Lennon lived with his family in New York is perhaps the most tender and affecting phase of his life as a public figure,” said Susan Lacy, series creator and executive producer of American Masters as well as a producer of the Lennon film.
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC
SERIES II ~ RE-BROADCAST
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 @ 7:00PPM @ 11:00PM
Catch up on what has happened in the sprawling world of Downton Abbey. Don’t miss the re-brodcast of Season 2 before Season 3 premieres in January 2013.
Episode 1:
Two years into World War I, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war — or avoid it. At the war front, life intensifies for Downton’s young men in the face of untold horrors. Far from the trenches, there remains no shortage of scheming, meddling, and dangerous attractions.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 @ 9:00PM
This week provided some good lessons on the workings of Washington and the inside/outside maneuvering that sometimes goes on to get things done.
With the fiscal cliff deadline looming, there were no “formal” negotiations scheduled this week but plenty of political jockeying between the White House and congressional Republicans regarding their positions on taxes and spending.
HUNTING THE EDGE OF SPACE
THE MYSTERY OF THE MILKY WAY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 @ 10:00PM
HOUR 1: “The Mystery of the Milky Way,” chronicles the history of telescopes, from Galileo’s refractor to Newton’s reflector and beyond. It looks at key discoveries, such as those made by William Herschel and his sister Caroline, including the discovery of the planet Uranus. Hour 1 also looks at recent missions: the voyage of the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn, the Kepler telescope’s search for planets beyond our solar system, and the Herschel Space Observatory’s examination of the Milky Way, which is so large that it would take 100,000 years traveling at the speed of light to cross from one edge to the other.
THE WAR OF 1812
TUESDAY, JUNE 7 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
For two and a half years, Americans fought Against the British, Canadian colonists, and native nations. In the years to come, the War of 1812 would be celebrated in some places and essentially forgotten in others. But it is a war worth remembering—a struggle that threatened the existence of Canada, then divided the United States so deeply that the nation almost broke apart. Some of its battles and heroes became legendary, yet its blunders and cowards were just as prominent. The film shows how the glories of war became enshrined in history – how failures are quickly forgotten – how inconvenient truths are ignored forever.