NOVA

RISE OF THE DRONES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 @ 8:00PM Drones. These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds–do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense, and kill has remained secret. But now, with rare access to drone engineers and those who fly them for the U.S. military, NOVA reveals the...

LIFE ON FIRE

PHOENIX TEMPLE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 @ 8:00PM The life that surrounds Nicaragua’s active Masaya Volcano is examined. Included: bats that have colonized the miles of tunnels created by hot flowing magma; and parakeets and vultures that have made nests inside the crater. Life on Fire series offers a close up look at volcanoes, providing viewers with a never seen before look at their effect on...

FRONTLINE

THE UNTOUCHABLES THURSDAY, MAY 23 @ 7:00PM In The Untouchables, FRONTLINE producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates why the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has failed to act on credible evidence that Wall Street knowingly packaged and sold toxic mortgage loans to investors, loans that brought the U.S. and world economies to the brink of collapse. Find out more...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THE ABOLITIONISTS PART THREE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 @ 7:00PM & 12:00 AM By 1854, the battle over admitting new territories to the Union had reached a fever pitch. Kansas was the front line of a bloody battle between pro-slavery and free-soil contingents. In 1859, John Brown summoned Frederick Douglass to a secret meeting in Chambersburg, PA, and revealed his plan to capture the federal armory...

MARKET WARRIORS

ANTIQUING IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA MONDAY, APRIL 15 @ 10:00PM Join the pickers at the Gold Rush Olmsted County market in Rochester, Minnesota, to find something French. From the producers of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, the hit PBS series and the forerunner of television’s popular antiques and collectibles genre, comes a new adventure for treasure seekers. Find out more...