THE ASTROS EDGE
TRIUMPH AND SCANDAL IN MAJOR LEAGUE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 @ 8:00PM & 11:30PM
FRONTLINE examines the Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today. With reporter Ben Reiter, the documentary traces the making of one of the best teams and worst scandals in modern Major League Baseball history, the limited accountability and how the Astros’ approach to baseball changed the sport.
MURDERS THAT MATTER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 @11:00PM
Set in Philadelphia, Murders That Matter documents African American, Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell over five years as she transforms from a victim of violent trauma into a fierce advocate against gun violence in Black communities. Her relentless activism exposes the emotional and psychological toll the killings take on those left behind.
MAGIC IN AMSTERDAM, PART 1
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
The team is taken to the edge of reality following the death of a participant in a magical ritual invoking a demon. Is there a supernatural cause for the murder, or is there a much more earthbound explanation?
THE TRIAL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 @ 7:00PM
As a major trial gets underway, Professor T presents the case to his students–it involves a caretaker accused of shooting dead his rich employer. It seems an open and shut case, but the Professor turns expert witness to prove otherwise.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 @ 10:00PM
Celebrate the new class of Hispanic Heritage Award honorees, including Grammy-nominee Omar Apollo; Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group Cesar Conde; Grammy and Latin Grammy winning musicians Café Tacvba; Co-Founders of Siete Family Foods Veronica, Miguel, and Aida Garza; and reggaeton and urbano pioneer Wisin.
A SONG FOR CESAR
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 @ 6:00PM
Trace the life and legacy of labor activist Cesar Chavez. Through interviews with Maya Angelou, Joan Baez, Carlos Santana and more, see how music and the arts were instrumental to the success of the farmworkers’ movement Chavez helped found.
SEASON 5, EPISODE 4
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 @ 11:00PM
Sunny and Jess’ personal lives go from bad to worse while they struggle to keep focused. Meanwhile, the suspect list grows, and a mother and son are put under the microscope.
WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON
OREGON: NEW HEIGHTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
From scaling ancient trees to spearfishing in underwater kelp forests to rollerblading through Portland with an Indigenous roller derby team, Baratunde dives into the variety that defines the outdoors in Oregon.
PUTIN VS. THE PRESS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
The story of one journalist’s battle to defend free speech in Putin’s Russia. With unique access, the film follows Nobel prize-winner Dmitry Muratov as he fights to keep his newspaper alive and his reporters safe amid a government crackdown.
UYRA: THE RISING FOREST
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon to promote the significance of identity and place, threatened by Brazil’s oppressive political regime. Through dance, poetry, and stunning characterization, Uýra confronts historical racism, transphobia, and environmental destructio