Category Archives: Program Highlights

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

THE STORM

MONDAY, JUNE 27 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Ken Burns presents a major new public television documentary, Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness. The film gives voice to the experiences of young people who struggle with mental health challenges and focuses on the importance of awareness and empathy.


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ENDEAVOUR

SCHERZO

SUNDAY, JUNE 9:00PM

On the outskirts of Oxford, a cab driver is found murdered in his taxi. The investigation into his death leads Endeavour and the team down a surprising path. Endeavour receives a guest who reminds him of a past he’d sooner forget.


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HOTEL PORTOFINO

LESSONS

THURSDAY, JUNE 30 @ 8:00PM

Cecil arranges for a family heirloom to be sent from England for authentication. Bella is horrified when he also invites her blackmailer, Signor Danioni, for tea. Lucian gives Rose a painting lesson on the beach with an unfortunate outcome.


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AMERICAN ANTHEMS

LIFE IS SWEET

FRIDAY, JUNE 24 @ 11:00PM

Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles meets Seth Grumet, founder of Stomp The Monster, which he started during chemotherapy. Jennifer writes and performs a soaring anthem about Seth’s life that leaves a surprised audience without a dry eye in the house.


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BROADCHURCH

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 @ 10:00PM

When a young boy is murdered, this small town of Broadchurch in Dorset suddenly becomes the focus of a major event in the full glare of the media spotlight. DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) lead the investigation, as one by one the community of Broadchurch are drawn into the police inquiry, starting with the immediate family, and then radiating outward.

New information forces Hardy and Ellie to re-evaluate what they believe; is it possible that they’ve been wrong about everything so far? Sharon receives some unexpected help, while Olly Stevens gets a major scoop.

 


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HOTEL PORTOFINO

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

Rose and her mother arrive at the hotel to evaluate a prospective marriage with Lucian, the war veteran son of the hotel’s proprietors. Lucian’s mother, Bella, finds herself vulnerable to extortion from a local politician.


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PLANET CALIFORNIA

RIVERS OF GOLD

THURSDAY, JUNE 5 @ 7:00PM &11:00PM

A celebration of California’s wildlife and wild places, and their coexistence with the 40 million people who call it home. Famous for its beaches and Hollywood, California is also a wellspring of biodiversity. Bounded by mountains, deserts and the Pacific Ocean, here are iconic wild places like Yosemite National Park and Death Valley, as well as Baja California’s lesser-known wild beauty.  


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JON STEWART

THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 @ 10:00PM

A lineup of leading performers, including including Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, Dave Chappelle, Gary Clark, Jr., Stephen Colbert, Pete Davidson, Ed Helms, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Meacham, Olivia Munn, John Oliver, Bruce Springsteen, Bassem Youssef, and others salute Jon Stewart at the 23rd annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize.


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POV

WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?

MONDAY, JUNE 20 @ 8:00PM

On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer, with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system.


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