CHARLIE ROSE – THE WEEK

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 @ 9:03PM BILLY CRYSTAL ON THE BEST ADVICE HE EVER GOT In his interview with Charlie Rose, Billy Crystal talks about his new memoir, “Still Foolin’ ‘Em.” Here he tells Charlie Rose about some of the best advice he’s been given about stand-up comedy. The iconic interviewer brings his unique style to PBS prime time with the best stories and...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

THE HOLLOW CROWN: RICHARD II FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM KING RICHARD is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin HENRY BOLINGBROKE and THOMAS MOWBRAY. RICHARD calls for a duel but then halts it just before swords clash. Both men are banished from the realm. RICHARD visits JOHN OF GAUNT, BOLINGBROKE’s Father, who, in the throes of death, reprimands the King. After...

EARTHFLIGHT

A NATURE SPECIAL PRESENTATION EUROPE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 @ 9:00PM Episode Three: Europe Cranes and geese rise over Venice, Dover, Edinburgh and the monkey-guarded Rock of Gibraltar. In Rome, the Loire Valley, Holland and Hungary, birds gather by the millions to breed and two by two to raise their families. Find out more...

NOVA

WHY SHIPS SINK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 @ 6:00PM Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe “floating cities” that offer everything from swimming pools to shopping malls to ice skating rinks. And the ships just keep getting bigger: The average cruise ship has doubled in size in just the last ten years. Some engineers fear that these towering behemoths...

FRONTLINE

EGYPT IN CRISIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 @ 7:00PM It took them 80 years to rise to power, and 12 months to lose it. In a special FRONTLINE report, veteran Middle East correspondents Martin Smith and Charles Sennott examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. With unique access to the Brotherhood’s leadership, FRONTLINE follows the Islamist movement as they plot their next...