NOVA

AUSTRALIA’S FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 @ 10:00PM How did life storm the beaches and dominate planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues. Host Richard Smith introduces Earth’s forgotten pioneers in a time when four-legged animals walked onto dry land, with the planet poised for disaster. FIND OUT MORE...

PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP

WE DIG DINOSAURS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM Cruise with Emily into the Cretaceous, when astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet. But what happened to these tremendous animals? And how did other life forms survive an apocalyptic asteroid crash into Earth 66 million years ago? FIND OUT MORE...

FRONTLINE

OPIOIDS, INC. TUESDAY, JUNE 23 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin. FIND OUT MORE...

TONI MORRISON

AMERICAN MASTERS SATURDAY, MARCH 4 @ 6:00PM American Masters — Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is an artful and intimate meditation on the legendary Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author that examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to ’70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali,...

INDEPENDENT LENS

PIPE DREAMS MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM In this excerpt from Pipe Dreams, talented young organists competing in the intense Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) in Montreal practice, practice, practice, and even do physical workouts. Anything to get ahead of the competition, including bringing out their inner craziness, for what is widely regarded as the Olympics for...