AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

REAGAN-AN AMERICAN CRUSADE TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the twentieth century — and one of the most controversial. A failed actor, Reagan became a passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of lower taxes, less government, and anti-communism. One by one, his...

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

ANY HUMAN HEART FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 @ 7:30PM & 12:30PM A young boy adrift in a boat on a placid river; a grizzled old man sorting through piles, boxes and books. Which is truly Logan Mountstuart — and how did the boy become the man? Old Logan opens a journal dated 1926, and we are transported into the past as Logan, a young man studying literature at Oxford and aspiring to become a great...

MASTERPIECE

  THE UNSEEN ALISTAIR COOKE SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 @ 11:30PM Alistair Cooke filmed his early travels across the United States with an 8mm camera. The footage, discovered only after his death, offers a record of the unseen life behind Cooke’s polished words, against a backdrop of an America sparkling with possibilities. The Unseen Alistair Cooke: A Masterpiece Special chronicles...

SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 16

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NOVA SCIENCENOW

HOW SMART ARE ANIMALS? WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 6:00PM & 9:00PM Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may think twice after watching the segments in this NOVA scienceNOW episode. While we may not be ready to send pets to Harvard, the remarkable footage and findings presented here demonstrate that many animal species are much smarter than we assume...