HEARTLANDS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 @ 9:00PM
Magical forests wrap around a labyrinth of waterways in Scandinavia’s heartlands. Elusive wolves and lynx stalk this secret world, while osprey and reindeer survive the ever-changing seasons through surprising and ancient alliances.
OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES
THE COWBOY
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 @ 6:00PM
The cowboy is the quintessential American — fiercely independent, brave and laconic. The episode examines the myths and realities of this archetype, which remains as potent as ever in the 21st century.
NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV
TUESDAY, MAY 16 @ 10:00PM
See the world through the eyes of Nam June Paik, the father of video art and coiner of the term “electronic superhighway.” Born in Japan-occupied Korea, Paik went on to become a pillar of the American avant-garde and transformed modern image-making with his sculptures, films and performances. Experience his creative evolution, as Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun reads from Paik’s own writings.
SILENT BEAUTY
MONDAY, MAY 15 @ 8:00PM
In this autobiographical exploration of survivorship, New Orleans journalist and filmmaker Jasmín Mara López unabashedly shares her process of healing from childhood sexual abuse. After Jasmin discloses to her family she’d been abused by her grandfather, she liberates others to come forward in a story of confronting a culture of silence over generational trauma.
ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 3
THURSDAY, MAY 18 @ 11:00PM
Tom is lured to a masquerade by an insatiable paramour; complications develop. Blifil and a loathsome lord try to compromise Sophia.
THE SONGS WE SHARE
BROADWAY
FRIDAY, MAY 17 @ 11:30PM
Join Luke Hawkins (“A Cole Porter” opposite Harry Connick, Jr), Amber Iman (“Hamilton”), Alexis Michelle (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”), and more. Hosted by Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (“Beautiful: The Carol King Musical”).
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF BROADWAY’S BEST
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Features performances by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater.
QUEEN OF HEARTS
THURSDAY, MAY 11 @ 8:00PM
Louis becomes increasingly confident as he throws himself into supporting the American War of Independence. Marie Antoinette embraces life at the Petit Trianon where she becomes enamored by a familiar face — Count Axel von Fersen.
LIFE ON THE EDGE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 @ 9:00PM
Scandinavia’s wild and unpredictable coast is a place of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes. Home to sea eagles, otters, base jumpers and orca. Only the tough and resourceful can carve out a Life on the Edge.
OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES
THE GADSDEN FLAG
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
In this episode, viewers will discover how the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, once a potent symbol of independence, has been co-opted by a variety of Americans over its long history.