AMERICA's BALLROOM CHALLENGE
Saturday at 7:00 pm
NOVA "Becoming Human: First Steps"
Thursday at 9:00 pm
This definitive three-part special on human evolution combines interviews with renowned scientists and the most recent, groundbreaking discoveries with vivid images of our earliest ancestors to tell the first comprehensive story of our human past.
AMERICAN MASTERS "You Must Remember This"
Saturday at 8:00 pm
Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-1950): Warner Bros. becomes home to stars Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, etc. The studio, like the world, faces the catastrophes of the Depression & WWII, along with blacklists and witch-hunts.
P.O.V. "Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy"
Saturday at 10:00 pm
What is it like to be torn from your Chinese foster family, put on a plane & wake up in a new country, family & culture? This is the story of Fang Sui Yong, an 8-year-old orphan, & the Sadowskys, the Long Island Jewish family that travels to China to adopt her.
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: HAMLET – New!
Sunday at 2:00 – 5:00 pm
"Elegant & wrenching, intelligent & fitful," wrote The New York Times of baritone Simon Keenlyside's unforgettable performance as Hamlet. "You could not take your eyes off him." -- The opera's TV premiere, 113 years after it was last performed at the Met.
Schedule Change / THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT
Monday, Sept. 6 at 8:30 am
PBS KIDS & Random House join to support science learning for preschoolers nationwide with the premiere of this new series. Voiced by award-winning actor Martin Short, it's appeals to preschoolers' natural curiosity. Click here: Kids Schedule change
NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS
Friday at 7:00 pm & Sunday at 6:30 am
The Latest Election Polls Are Out, But Do They Actually Give An Accurate Picture Of The State's Key Campaign Races? Also Gene Grant Sits Down With Two Journalists From Nepal And Egypt.
REPORT FROM SANTA FE
Fridays at 10:30 pm & Sunday at 7:30 am
This week's guest on"Report from Santa Fe" is Winona LaDuke, Native American activist (Ojibwe), economist, environmentalist, and writer. LaDuke ran for Vice President of the United States on the Green Party ticket with Ralph Nader in 1996 and 2000.
MOMENTS IN TIME
Billy the Kid's letters, a Governor's wife faces the Inquisition, on board the U.S.S New Mexico during a WWII Kamikaze attack… The N.M. History Museum & KNME present short history videos about New Mexico's unique and diverse history.
MI-5
Saturday at 9:00 pm
