INDEPENDENT LENS

IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST MONDAY, JANUARY 25 @ 8:00PM In Football We Trust is the story behind the Polynesian pipeline to the NFL as witnessed through the lives of talented high school football players in Utah. Before these prospects enter the high stakes world of college recruiting and the promise of NFL fame, fortune, and glory, they must contend with gang violence, drug abuse, and poverty. FIND...

MERCY STREET

THE HAVERSACK THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 @ 8:00PM EPISODE 2 Confederate belle Emma nurses her wounded friend. Dr. Foster wrestles with his marriage and career as Mary tries to improve her patients’ lives with Samuel’s help. Aurelia submits to Silas’ advances in exchange for his help. Based on real events, Mercy Street takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the...

DOWNTON ABBEY

SEASON 6 ON MASTERPIECE SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM EPISODE 4 Daisy continues to press her case, and Baxter has a new case to consider. Anna and Mary make an urgent trip to London, and two visitors from the past—one distant, one recent—arrive at Downton. Car talk is in the air. See the much-anticipated final season of the Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winning drama. FIND OUT...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 @ 9:00PM Tonight on Washington Week: Political Storm Brewing with One Week to Iowa, Supreme Court to Rule on Obama’s Immigration Plan and Iran Releases U.S. Prisoners FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

AT THE MET IL TROVATORE SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 @ 6:00PM Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the Gypsy troubadour. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna, Yonghoon Lee is Manrico in his Met role debut as the title character, Dolora Zajick sings her signature role of the gypsy Azucena,...