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Visit thirteen.org 3:30am and Sun 9th, 2:30pm. 12:00 Repeats for related activities 8:00 PREMIERE Royal Tue 4th, 1pm. Memories: Prince Charles’ 12:30 One-on-One With Tribute to the Queen Steve Adubato 1 SATURDAY Prince Charles leads this 1:00 Masterpiece Mystery! touching tribute to his See Sun 2nd, 9pm. [R] 6:00 Mike Colameco’s mother, sharing never- 2:30 Royal Memories: Real Food before-seen home movies Prince Charles’ Tribute 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in and more. Repeats early to the Queen See Sun 2nd, America Tue 4th, 2:30am. 8pm. [R] 7:00 The 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: 3:30 New York: Influence Hour “Inspector Lewis, Series City See Sun 2nd, 7pm. 8:00 Fawlty Towers IV: The Gift of Promise” A Repeats Sun 9th, 2:30pm. [R] 8:35 As Time Goes By blackmail plot gone wrong. 4:30 The Tradesmen: 9:05 PREMIERE Reel 13 10:30 POV: “Better This Making an Art of Work Classics: “I Want to Live!” World” Two friends are (1958) Convicted of murder, accused of intending to a drug-addicted shill and firebomb the 2008 Repub- 4 TUESDAY prostitute (Susan Hayward) lican National Convention. lands on death row. Repeats Repeats early Thu 6th, 1am. 5:30 BBC World News early Sun 2nd, 1:15am. America 11:10 PREMIERE Reel 13 9/03 EARLY MONDAY AM 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Indies: “Amador” (2010) 12:00 Egypt’s Golden Schneider. A young woman takes a Empire (Parts 1-3 of 3) 6:30 Nightly Business summer job caring for a 3:00 Globe Trekker Report bedridden older man. 5:00 Architect Robert A.M. 7:00 PBS NewsHour Repeats early Sun 2nd, Stern: Presence of the Past 8:00 PREMIERE PBS 3:25am and early Wed 5th, Convention Coverage—A 1am. NewsHour Special Report: 3 MONDAY “Democratic Convention” 9/02 EARLY SUNDAY AM Gavel-to-gavel coverage 1:10 PREMIERE Reel 13 5:30 BBC World News of the 2012 Democratic Shorts America National Convention 1:15 Reel 13 Classics See 6:00 NJ Today With Mike with Jim Lehrer and the Sat 1st, 9:05pm. [R] Schneider. NewsHour team. 3:25 Reel 13 Indies See 6:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Sat 1st, 11:10pm. Repeats early 7:00 PBS NewsHour Wed 5th, 1:30pm. Wed 5th, 1am. [R] 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Mobile, Alabama Repeats 9/05 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM early Wed 5th, 3am. [R] 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats 2 SUNDAY 9:00 PREMIERE Market Wed 5th, 1pm. Warriors A Salvador Dali 12:30 One-on-One With 6:00 PREMIERE Moyers lithograph is found in Steve Adubato & Company Conversations Springfield, Ohio. Repeats 1:00 Reel 13 Indies See about life and American early Wed 5th, 4am. Sat 1st, 11:10pm. [R] 2 evening and night

3:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats 10:00 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS See Mon 3rd, 8pm. [R] Fri 7th, 1:30pm. New York arts and culture 4:00 Market Warriors See with Philippe de Montebello Mon 3rd, 9pm. [R] 9/07 EARLY FRIDAY AM and Paula Zahn. Repeats 5:00 Equitrekking 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats early Sat 8th, 2am and Adventures Fri 7th, 1pm. Sun 9th, 12 noon. 12:30 One-on-One With 10:30 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS Steve Adubato See FRI 7th, 10PM. 5 WEDNESDAY 1:00 Nature [R] 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats 2:00 NOVA [R] Repeats Mon 10th, 1:30pm. 5:30 BBC World News early Mon 10th, 4:30am. America 3:00 P.O.V. 9/08 EARLY SATURDAY AM 6:00 NJ Today. 4:30 Made in India 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats 6:30 Nightly Business Report Mon 10th, 1pm. 7:00 PBS NewsHour 12:30 One-on-One With 8:00 PREMIERE PBS 7 FRIDAY Steve Adubato Convention Coverage—A 1:00 Theater Talk NewsHour Special Report: 5:30 BBC World News 1:30 Austin Film Festival: “Democratic Convention” America On Story Repeats early See TUE 4th, 8PM. 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Sun 9th, 4am. 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Schneider. 2:00 NYC-ARTS See Thu 6th, 1:30pm. 6:30 Nightly Business Report Fri 7th, 10pm. Repeats Sun 7:00 PBS NewsHour 9th, 12 noon. [R] 9/06 EARLY THURSDAY AM 8:00 2:30 NYC-ARTS See 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Repeats Sat 8th, 9am. Fri 7th, 10:30pm. Repeats Thu 6th, 1pm. 8:30 PREMIERE Need to early Sun 9th, 5:30am. [R] 12:30 One-on-One With Know With Jeff Greenfield, Steve Adubato Maria Hinojosa, Scott Simon, 3:00 [R] 1:00 POV See Sun 2nd, and Ray Suarez. Repeats 4:30 Art in the Twenty- 10:30pm. [R] Sat 8th, 9:30am. First Century [R] 2:30 History Detectives Re- peats early Mon 10th, 1:30am. 9:00 PREMIERE Great 3:30 History Detectives Re- Performances: “Paul 8 SATURDAY peats early Mon 10th, 2:30am. McCartney’s Live Kisses” 4:30 A Flea Market The iconic musician sings 6:00 Mike Colameco’s Documentary standards from childhood Real Food plus his new songs “My 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in America Valentine” and “Only Our 7:00 The This Old House 6 THURSDAY Hearts,” joined by singer Hour Diana Krall and her band. 8:00 Fawlty Towers Basil 5:30 BBC World News Repeats Sun 9th, 12:30pm forgets his wedding America and early Mon 10th, anniversary. 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 12:30am. 8:30 As Time Goes By A Schneider. chance meeting reunites 6:30 Nightly Business Report Jean and Lionel in the 7:00 PBS NewsHour premiere episode of this 8:00 PREMIERE PBS British comedy series. Convention Coverage—A 9:00 PREMIERE Reel 13

NewsHour Special Report: y o f MJ k i m Classics: “Diner” (1982)

“Democratic Convention” t e s Immature buddies (Steve o u r

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Kevin Bacon) regroup at an 9 SUNDAY performers vie for the all-night diner after various coveted Jimmy Awards. escapades in late-1950s 6:00 PREMIERE Moyers & Repeats early Tue 11th, Baltimore. Repeats early Company Repeats Mon 10th, 2:30am. Sun 9th, 12:30am. 10pm.

10:55 PREMIERE Reel 13 g ee Indies: “Please Give” 7:00 PREMIERE Treasures (2010) The granddaughters of New York: “City of an elderly woman clash Parks” Chronicles the with her landlord. With history of Central Park, m c y o f he n ry Catherine Keener and Flushing Meadows- t e s o u r Oliver Platt (The Big C). Re- Corona Park, Prospect C peats early Sun 9th, 2:25am Park, Staten Island’s 9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece and early Wed 12th, 1am. Greenbelt, and Pelham Mystery!: “Wallander, Bay Park. Repeats early Series III—An Event in 9/09 EARLY SUNDAY AM Tue 11th, 3:30am and Sun Autumn” Wallander’s newly 12:25 PREMIERE Reel 13 16th, 2pm. blissful life with Vanja is Shorts Repeats early disturbed when a corpse is Sun 9th, 3:55am. [R] found on their property. 12:30 Reel 13 Classics Repeats early Tue 11th, 1am See Sat 8th, 9pm. [R] and early Sat 15th, 3am. 2:25 Reel 13 Indies See 10:30 : Sat 8th, 10:55pm. Repeats “You Must Remember This: early Wed 12th, 1am. [R] The Warner Bros. Story” 3:55 Reel 13 Shorts See The four brothers from Sun 9th, 12:25am. [R] Youngstown found a studio 4:00 Austin Film Festival: 8:00 PREMIERE Broadway that puts their mark on On Story [R] or Bust America’s top movie history. (Parts 1-3 of 7) 4:30 Globe Trekker [R] high school musical

Pioneers of THIRTEEN

Mon 17th, 8 p.m. thirteen.org/50

celebrating THIRTEEN’s 50th anniversary, this special chronicles the fascinating history of the station, from the opening broadcast hosted by Edward R. Murrow in 1962 to the present. It features archival footage of iconic public television programs and interviews with the pioneers who created them, including Dick Cavett (The Dick Cavett Show, pictured), (Great Perfor- /©w n e t

tt mances), Susan Lacy (American Masters), Fred Kaufman (Nature), (), as well as

s e p h i nn o THIRTEEN President Emeritus Bill Baker, PBS President Jo Paula Kerger, and others. 4 evening and night

9/10 EARLY MONDAY AM 1:00 Masterpiece Mystery! 6:30 Nightly Business 12:30 The Tents: New York See Sun 9th, 9pm. Repeats Report Fashion Week early Sat 15th, 3am. 7:00 PBS NewsHour 2:00 History Detectives 2:30 Broadway or Bust 8:00 PREMIERE Great See early Thu 6th, 2:30am. [R] See Sun 9th, 8pm. [R] Performances at the Met: 3:00 History Detectives 3:30 Treasures of New York “Wagner’s Ring Cycle— See early Thu 6th, 3:30am. [R] See Sun 9th, 7pm. Repeats Die Walküre” Wotan puts 4:00 Craft in America [R] Sun 16th, 2pm. [R] Brünnhilde to sleep in a ring 5:00 Treasures of New York 4:30 Golf’s Grand Design of fire that can be crossed [R] [R] only by the bravest of he- roes. Conducted by James Levine. With Deborah Voigt, 10 MONDAY 11 TUESDAY Stephanie Blythe, and Bryn Terfel. (Part 2 of 4) 5:30 BBC World News 5:30 BBC World News America America 9/13 EARLY THURSDAY AM 6:00 NJ Today 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 12:30 Charlie Rose Repeats 6:30 Nightly Business Report Schneider. Thu 13th, 1:30pm. 7:00 PBS NewsHour 6:30 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley Repeats 7:00 PBS NewsHour Thu 13th, 1pm. 8:00 PREMIERE Great 8:00 PREMIERE Great 2:00 History Detectives [R] Performances at the Performances at the Met: 3:00 POV [R] Met: “Wagner’s Ring “Wagner’s Ring Cycle—Das 4:30 To Market to Market Cycle—Wagner’s Dream” Rheingold” The mighty to Buy a Fat Pig The Metropolitan Opera Ring cycle is set in motion and visionary director with a clash between giants, Robert Lepage take dwarves, and the gods of 13 THURSDAY on the quest to fulfill Valhalla. With Bryn Terfel, Wagner’s dream of the Stephanie Blythe, and 5:30 BBC World News perfect Ring in Susan conductor James Levine. America Froemke’s documentary. (Part 1 of 4) 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Schneider. Wed 12th, 1:30pm. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 9/12 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 7:00 PBS NewsHour Op er a t ro p oli tan a rd/Me 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats 8:00 PREMIERE Great Wed 12th, 1pm. Performances at the Met: 12:30 One-on-One With “Wagner’s Ring Cycle— y o f Ke n H ow Steve Adubato Siegfried” The young hero t e s 1:00 Reel 13 Indies See Siegfried crosses a barrier o u r C Sat 8th, 10:55pm. [R] of magic fire to awaken his 10:00 Moyers & Company 2:30 Frontline [R] true love, Brünnhilde. Con- See Sun 9th, 6pm. [R] 4:30 Frontline [R] ducted by Fabio Luisi. With 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Tue 11th, 1:30pm. Morris, and Bryn Terfel. 12 WEDNESDAY (Part 3 of 4) 9/11 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats 5:30 BBC World News 9/14 EARLY FRIDAY AM Tue 11th, 1pm. America 12:30 Charlie Rose Repeats 12:30 One-on-One With 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Fri 14th, 1:30pm. Steve Adubato Schneider. 1:30 Nature [R] thirteen.org 5

2:30 NOVA [R] 9:00 PREMIERE Great 15 SATURDAY 3:30 Walking the at the Met: Divide: A Journey Along “Wagner’s Ring Cycle— 6:00 Mike Colameco’s the Continental Divide Trail Götterdämmerung” The Real Food (Parts 1-2 of 2) curse of the Ring leads 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in to global cataclysm, the America twilight of the gods, and a 7:00 The This Old House 14 FRIDAY new world order. Conducted Hour by Fabio Luisi. With Deborah 8:00 Fawlty Towers Manuel’s 5:30 BBC World News Voigt, Wendy Bryn Harmer, pet rat escapes. America Waltraud Meier, and Jay 8:35 As Time Goes By 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Hunter Morris. (Part 4 of 4) Can Lionel and Jean Schneider. rekindle their romance of 6:30 Nightly Business Report 38 years ago? 7:00 PBS NewsHour 9/15 EARLY SATURDAY AM 9:05 PREMIERE Reel 13 8:00 Washington Week 2:00 Theater Talk Classics: “Dark Passage” Repeats Sat 15th, 9am. 2:30 Austin Film Festival: (1947) A San Francisco art 8:30 PREMIERE Need to On Story Repeats early student (Lauren Bacall) Know With Jeff Greenfield, Sun 16th, 3:55am. hides a fugitive (Humphrey Maria Hinojosa, Scott Simon, 3:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Bogart) accused of mur- and Ray Suarez. Repeats See Sun 9th, 9pm. [R] dering his wife. Repeats Sat 15th, 9:30am. 4:30 POV [R] early Sun 16th, 12:30am. 6 evening and night

10:55 PREMIERE Reel 13 dead Latvians are found President Paula Kerger, Indies: “Frozen River” aboard a raft adrift in and others. Repeats early (2008) Two single mothers Swedish waters. Repeats Mon 24th, 12 mid. become smugglers along early Tue 18th, 1am and the Canadian border. early Sat 22nd, 3:30am. Repeats early Sun 16th, 10:30 American Masters: 2:20am and early Wed 19th, “You Must Remember This: /©w n e t

1am. The Warner Bros. Story” tt The Brothers Warner keep 9/16 EARLY SUNDAY AM current with trends in the

12:25 Reel 13 Shorts Repeats TV age, emerging with s e p h i nn o Jo early Sun 16th, 3:50am. [R] their reputation for hard- 12:30 Reel 13 Classics See boiled content (Bonnie and 10:00 Moyers & Company Sat 15th, 9:05pm. [R] Clyde, Dirty Harry) intact. See Sun 16th, 6pm. Repeats 2:20 Reel 13 Indies See (Parts 4-6 of 7) early Wed 19th, 4:30am. [R] Sat 15th, 10:55pm. Repeats early Wed 19th, 1am. [R] 9/17 EARLY MONDAY AM 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats 3:50 Reel 13 Shorts See early 12:30 American Masters: Tue 18th, 1:30pm. Sun 16th, 12:25am. [R] “You Must Remember 3:55 Austin Film Festival: This: The Warner Bros. 9/18 EARLY TUESDAY AM On Story [R] Story”(Part 7 of 7) 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats 4:25 Globe Trekker [R] 1:30 Independent Lens: Tue 18th, 1pm. “These Amazing Shadows” 12:30 One-on-One With [R] Steve Adubato 16 SUNDAY 2:30 Independent Lens: 1:00 Masterpiece Mystery! “No Subtitles Necessary” [R] See Sun 16th, 9pm. Repeats 6:00 PREMIERE Moyers & 4:00 Independent Lens: early Sat 22nd, 3:30am. Company Conversations “Operation Filmmaker” [R] 2:30 Broadway or Bust about life and American See Sun 16th, 8pm. [R] democracy, with Bill Moyers. 3:30 Treasures of New York Repeats Mon 17th, 10pm and 17 MONDAY See Sun 16th, 7pm. [R] early Wed 19th, 4:30am. 4:30 Nature [R] 7:00 Treasures of New 5:30 BBC World News York: “Lincoln Center With America Patti LuPone” Tony winner 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 18 TUESDAY Patti LuPone, a Juilliard Schneider. graduate, hosts and narrates 6:30 Nightly Business Report 5:30 BBC World News this documentary exploring 7:00 PBS NewsHour America the ambitious renovation 6:00 NJ Today With Mike and fascinating history of 8:00 PREMIERE Pioneers Schneider. Lincoln Center. Repeats of THIRTEEN Celebrating 6:30 Nightly Business Report early Tue 18th, 3:30am. THIRTEEN’s 50 years on 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Broadway the air, featuring such 8:00 PREMIERE Death and or Bust America’s top high pioneers as Jac Venza the Civil War: American school musical performers (Great Performances), Experience The staggering vie for the coveted Jimmy Susan Lacy (American casualty lists of the Civil Awards. Repeats early Masters), Fred Kaufman War compelled Americans Tue 18th, 2:30am. (Nature), Joan Ganz to find ways of coping with 9:00 PREMIERE Masterpiece Cooney (Sesame Street), death on an unimaginable Mystery!: “Wallander, Series THIRTEEN President scale. A film. III—The Dogs of Riga” Two Emeritus Bill Baker, PBS Repeats early Thu 20th, 1am. Celebrating

Years

“This instrument can teach. It can illuminate...and it can even inspire.” Edward R. Murrow

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“Tonight you join me on a great as ever, and we continue our proud adventure,” legendary newscaster tradition of providing exceptional com- Edward R. Murrow famously said dur- munity and educational services to the ing THIRTEEN’s inaugural broadcast 50 New York metropolitan area. years ago on September 16, 1962. With And we’re looking forward to 50 more the flip of a switch, the greater New York glorious years! region’s first public television station Join us for a trip down memory lane was born, offering a relevant alternative as we recall some of the most memo- to commercial networks that would rable moments in THIRTEEN’s broadcast set the gold standard for television for history. Then visit our 50th Anniversary decades to come. Website (thirteen.org/50) for exclusive Much has changed since that historic content including interviews with first broadcast half a century ago, but our Dick Cavett and other “Pioneers of mission remains the same. Our program- THIRTEEN,” archival program footage— ming is as inspiring and groundbreaking and much more. Sesame Street (1969): A revolutionary concept: TV can Black Journal (1968): teach children. The weekly public affairs series from producer Tony Brown featured such high-profile guests as actress Lena Horne.

The French Chef (1963): With .

Welcome to the 60s s On September 16, 1962 at 7:30 p.m., sets the stage for offering the finest in Edward R. Murrow ushers in a brave the performing arts. new era in television history when THIR- Black Journal (1968) covers issues TEEN goes on the air, debuting with the of concern to the black community, call letters WNDT (“New Dimensions in while Soul! features a weekly line-up Television”). The French Chef (1963) of top black entertainers and thought makes the irrepressible Julia Child a leaders. Children’s educational tele- household name, and the station airs vision takes center stage with the the first telephonecall-in Pledge nights premiere of Sesame Street (1969). (1965), as well as New York Television Also that year, The Forsyte Saga intro- Theater, featuring such noted actors duces the mini-series to American audi- as Sada Thompson, Gene Hackman, ences and THIRTEEN’s long relationship and James Earl Jones. with documentarian Fred W iseman makes his T V debut in Journey of the begins with Law and Order. Fifth Horse on NET Playhouse (1966), which, along with Sunday Showcase, An American Family (1973): Private lives, public television: at home with the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California. ©1972 W N E T ©1972

Watergate Hearings (1973): Gavel-to-gavel coverage of the political scandal. sThe 70s: Bold & Fearless As THIRTEEN’s popularity grows youngsters who tune in to the new kids during the 70s, producers are given series Zoom. Viewers witness real-life the freedom to experiment with the drama being played out on the cinéma boundaries of what public television vérité series An American Family (1973), can be. Bill Moyers Journal (1971) de - and coverage of the Watergate hearings buts while Alistair Cooke begins his produces an outpouring of 25,000 long residence as host of Masterpiece member contributions. Also in 1973, Theatre. That same year, the E mmy THIRTEEN presents the first college Award-winning satire series The Great course, Man and Environment, offered American Dream Machine, featuring for credit on television in New Jersey. special guests ranging from The Adams Chronicles (1976) wins four to Dalton Trumbo, is heralded as an and a Peabody Award, intellectual Laugh-In. Faye Dunaway and Dance in America becomes the first stars in the drama Hogan’s Goat on Great long-running television program in the Performances (1972), and “C’mon and United States devoted entirely to dance. zoom!” becomes a mantra for millions of (1989): rocks in the popular children’s series.

Brideshead Revisited (1982): Addictive British drama, with Laurence Olivier and other Brooklyn or k acting giants. Bridge (1982): ’ first y o f M us e um

film for public t e s o u r C television. o f t he C i y New Y The 80s: The Cultural Capital

During the 80s, THIRTEEN emerges traits of Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holliday, as a major producer of arts, public affairs, and Aaron Copland, among others, while and historical series, significantly influ- Robert MacNeil takes viewers on a pro- encing PBS’ national schedule. Nature found linguistic journey in The Story (1982) debuts with The Flight of the Con- of English. Joseph Campbell and the dor, and Celeste Holm stars in The Shady Power of Myth With Bill Moyers (1988) Hill Kidnapping, the series premiere of inspires millions of viewers with re - . Also that year, flections on spirituality and human Brideshead Revisited garners critical and existence. THIRTEEN undertakes the popular acclaim, and Ken Burns begins largest opera telecast in American his illustrious career with Brooklyn Bridge. history with Wagner’s Ring Cycle when The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (1983) be- The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1989) comes the first hour-long nightly national makes its magnificent debut.The National news program, while The Brain (1984), Teaching Training Institute is also launched Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, and that year, providing educators with ideas, Adam Smith’s Money World offer equally strategies, and resources for bringing substantial food for thought. American technology into the classroom. Masters (1986) presents revealing por - The 90s: The Changing Landscape

With the advent of new technologies milestones include Marsalis on Music and a faultering economy, THIRTEEN (1995) and the Great Performances special focuses on what it does best: diversity, Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House community, and experimentation. THIR- (1996). Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly TEEN makes television history once again (1997) premieres, while David Hartman with the firstThree Tenors concert (1990) and historian Barry Lewis introduce the and the debut of Charlie Rose (1991). popular Walking Tours series with A Walk Also in 1991, THIRTEEN becomes the Down 42nd Street (1998). Also in 1998, first public television station to air GED 12 million people tune in to Moyers on en Español. Ken Burns hits a home run Addiction: Close to Home and Savage Earth with Baseball (1994) and on American rocks the world with its exploration of Playhouse, Armistead Maupin's Tales of earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Ric the City is one of the most talked-about Burns’ epic New York (1999) series makes series of the year. Thirteen Online (1995) headlines with its dazzling history of the hits the Web, City Arts showcases the city that never sleeps. cultural diversity of the city, and , Debra Winger, and other stars bond with the animal kingdom in the A Walk Down 42nd The 80s: Nature miniseries In the Wild. Musical Street (1998): Gotham uncovered, The Cultural Capital with David Hartman and Barry Lewis.

Tales of the City (1994): , eccentric landlady of Courtesy of suzanne tenner 28 Barbary Lane. 21st Century Unlimited: 2000 to the Present The new millennium begins on a tower in New Jersey and airs programs high note with the premieres of EGG the designed to help viewers understand and arts show (2000) and The 1900 House, cope, including New York Voices, hosted THIRTEEN’s first "hands-on history" series. by Rafael Pi Roman. delivers the best of Broad- A new year brings new milestones way with The Man Who Came to Dinner as the animated children’s math series starring Nathan Lane, and Ken Burns’ (2002) launches to great ac- 10-part Jazz (2001) series premieres. claim. Other premieres include Wide Angle, On July 11, 2001, THIRTEEN begins NOW With Bill Moyers, and . transmission of its digital broadcast signal hosts Broadway: The Ameri- from the World Trade Center. On July 31, can Musical (2004), and Martin Scorsese the merger of THIRTEEN and WLIW21 is directs a Peabody Award-winning portrait announced. Two months , THIRTEEN’s of Bob Dylan (2006) for American Masters. digital and broadcast antennas are destroyed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Shortly after the attacks, THIRTEEN resumes broadcasting from a back-up C hri s R idley /©w n e t tt s e p h i nn o

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Faces of America tt (2010): Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s genealogy The Tisch WNET s e p h i nn o series, with Stephen Studios at Lincoln Jo Colbert (left) and other Center (2010): The site renowned Americans. of NYC-ARTS tapings and more. 21st Century Unlimited:

2000 to the Present Women, War & Peace Woody Allen: A Docu- (2011): Courageous mentary (2011): Smile, women, inspiring stories. you’re on American Masters. Michael Angelo for Wonderland

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Silence of the Bees (2007): Nature's Peabody Award-winning film on Courtesy of Whitney Johnson - © EBC 2007 the honeybee crisis.

Also that year, Harvard scholar Henry Prize winner Leymah Gbowee and other Louis Gates, Jr. debuts African American activists. Lincoln Center With Patti LuPone Lives, and The Celebration of Teaching & debuts the Treasures of New York series. Learning brings educators from across the Bear expert Chris Morgan hosts Bears of country together for a weekend of inspira- the Last Frontier on Nature, and My Life tion. New York Goes to War (2007) and as a Turkey is one of the highlights of the New York War Stories,THIRTEEN’S compan- series' 30th anniversary season. Online ion series to Ken Burns’ The War, feature series Mission US and Oh Noah! help kids viewer-submitted narratives and videos. learn history and foreign language skills. THIRTEEN creates local programs Reel MetroFocus launches online and evolves 13 (2008) and SundayArts, unique on- in 2012 with broadcasts and a mobile app. air/online showcases. The Tisch WNET SundayArts moves to primetime and be- Studios at Lincoln Center (2010) open at comes NYC-ARTS, with a comprehensive 66th Street and Broadway, stars shine in new website and app. Bill Moyers returns Sondheim: The Birthday Concert on Great with Moyers & Company, and American Performances, and American Masters Masters breaks ratings records with Johnny presents Lennon NYC, a valentine to Carson King of Late Night. the former Beatle and the city he loved. The Masterpiece miniseries Downton Abbey attracts millions of enthusiastic Learn more about THIRTEEN’s 50th fans worldwide, Women War & Peace anniversary at thirteen.org/50. (2011) recounts stories of Nobel Peace /©w n e t tt s e p h i nn o Jo our thanks!

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