GREAT PERFORMANCES

AT THE MET: TOSCA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM A new production of Puccini’s Tosca starring Karita Mattila opens THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met’s fourth season on PBS. Mattila sings the title role of Tosca for the first time outside her native Finland, opposite Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is Scarpia and Paul Plishka is the...

NOVA

National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland THE SPY FACTORY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 6:00PM & 9:00PM In this program, an eye-opening documentary on the National Security Agency (NSA) by best-selling author James Bamford and Emmy Award-winning producer Scott Willis, NOVA exposes the ultra-secret intelligence agency’s role in the failure to stop the 9/11 attacks and the...

ANATOMY OF A PANDEMIC

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM What is known about the current H1N1 influenza outbreak? How is the government preparing for the next big threat? Join the PBS NewsHour’s Ray Suarez for an exploration of the science and policy of this year’s swine flu pandemic, from federal vaccination headquarters to big city hospital emergency rooms. Find out more...

The Christian Revolution

Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 The Rock and the River @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM The Empire and the Kingdom @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM Two millennia ago, in the Roman province of Judea, Jesus was crucified by imperial troops. Thousands before him had suffered the same fate. But unlike his predecessors on the cross, Jesus did not drop from history. Instead, his memory...

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency

MONDAY, JUNE 14 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM The quintessential self-made man, Andrew Jackson, the son of poor Irish immigrants, rose from his humble background to become a national military icon and the 7th President of the United States. During his terms as president, Jackson confronted some of the defining issues facing a nascent nation still searching for its identity. By moving beyond the...