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The Tisch WNET Studios At Lincoln Center

In the April issue of THIRTEEN, we announced the grand opening of WNET.ORG’s studios at Lincoln Center, a new production facility and broadcast studio located at the corner of and . We are pleased to announce that the venue has been named The Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center. “The Studios are a shining example of Jim and Merryl’s commitment to public television in ,” said Neal Shapiro, President and CEO of WNET.ORG. “Their generosity will help us to continue our mission of delivering media James S. Tisch, experiences that educate, inspire and change lives.” chairman of Need to Know and Reel 13 are among the WNET.ORG WNET.ORG’s productions currently taping at the Studios, and it was also Board of Trustees, the setting for SundayArts’ recent Fashion Week specials with

and his wife, Paula Zahn and Christina Ha. Famed sportscaster Bob Costas WNET.ORG /(C)2010 S I NNOTT : JOSEPH ge ): © A + I Arch i tecture photo a Merryl H. Tisch taped intros for our local documentary series Baseball: A New York Love Story at the new facility, and pilots for Metrofocus, v er & th i s p Vine Talk and a new film series with o Professor Richard Brown are also in the works. RE n d er i ng (C FEATURED THIS MONTH com . bobgruen ub , WNET.ORG 2010 , WNET.ORG of © B ob G ruen / www ourtesy of Gi ll ia n La ourtesy C C Si nnott J oseph BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY

“John was in love with this city, gala 80th birthday tribute to Broadway head over heels,” Yoko Ono has said composer and lyricist of John Lennon’s for New York that was one of the hottest tickets of City. Lennon’s life in New York with Ono Lincoln Center’s 2010 season. Hosted and their son Sean during the 1970s is by David Hyde Pierce, it features the subject of Lennon NYC (Mon 22nd, , , 9 p.m.), a new film Patti LuPone, , Elaine premiering this month on THIRTEEN. Stritch, Audra McDonald, and other The film includes never-before- Broadway greats performing with the released studio recordings and concert . footage, home movies, and exclusive Finally, THIRTEEN takes you behind interviews with Ono, Elton John and the scenes at the Big Apple Circus in other artists who worked with Lennon Circus (Wed 3rd, 10th and 17th, 9 p.m.), during the last decade of his life. The a six-part series revealing the joys and result is an intimate portrait of Lennon challenges of life in the ring. From the as a devoted father, husband, activist, big top to the back lot, meet clowns, artist, and New Yorker. acrobats, and other members of the Big salutes another Apple family who know that in spite of legendary New Yorker in Sondheim! The professional and personal crises, the Birthday Concert (Wed 24th, 9 p.m.), a show must go on.

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Great Performances: Sondheim! The Birthday Concert is funded by the Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, public television viewers and PBS. American Masters is made possible by the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding for American Masters is provided by Rosalind P. Walter, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Jack Rudin, Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, and public television viewers. 2 evening and night

6:00 New Jersey Capitol 3 WEDNESDAY 6/04symbol EARLY FRIDAY key AM Report With Steve Adubato 12:00 & Rafael Pi Roman. 5:30 BBC World News Repea ts FAiredri 4th earlier, 1pm. 6:30 Nightly Business 6:00 NJN News this month 12:30 Change Your Brain Report 6:30 Nightly Business Change YourTo be announcedBody See Wed 7:00 PBS NewsHour Report 2nd, 10pm. Repeats Sat 5th, 7:00 PBS NewsHour Visit thirteen.org 6am and early Mon 7th, for related activities 8:00 PREMIERE NOVA: 3:30am. [R] “Trapped in an Elevator” 8:00 PREMIERE Secrets The secret lives of elevators. of the Dead: “The Silver Repeats early Thu 4th, Pharaoh” The splendor 1 MONDAY 12:30am; Sun 7th, 7pm and of the royal tomb of early Tue 9th, 3am. Pharaoh Psusennes I 5:30 BBC World News surpasses even that of 6:00 NJN News Tutankhamen. Repeats 6:30 Nightly Business Report early Fri 5th, 12:30am and 7:00 PBS NewsHour early Tue 9th, 4:30am. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: “Politically Collect” Keep- sakes of political battles long past. Repeats early Wed 3rd, 3:25am and early of WGBH ourtesy Sun 7th, 3:30am. C 9:00 We Shall Remain: 9:00 Frontline: “Obama’s : Deal” The political battles y W ebb “Trail of Tears” Thousands and costly compromises of Cherokees perished in behind health care reform. a forcible relocation in 1838. Repeats early Thu 4th, of An d ourtesy Repeats early Wed 3rd, 1:55am. 1:30am. C 10:30 PREMIERE In the 10:00 PREMIERE Independent 9:00 PREMIERE Circus: Life The acclaimed LGBT Lens: “Reel Injun” A new “First of May/ One Ring newsmagazine. view of the “Hollywood Family” Behind the scenes 11:00 Charlie Rose Indian” with Cree filmmaker at the Big Apple Circus; Repeats Tue 2nd, 1:30pm. Neil Diamond. Repeats early rivalries and romances blos- Thu 4th, 2:30am; early Sat 13th, som as rehearsals begin. 11/02 EARLY TUESDAY AM 1am; and Sun 14th, 2pm. (Parts 1-2 of 6) Repeats 12:00 Tavis Smiley 11:00 Charlie Rose early Fri 5th, 1:30am and Repeats Tue 2nd, 1pm. Repeats Wed 3rd, 1:30pm. early mon 8th, 12mid. 12:30 Nature Repeats 11:00 Charlie Rose Sat 6th, 5pm. 11/03 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM Repeats Thu 4th, 1:30pm. 1:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: 12:00 Tavis Smiley “Sherlock: The Blind Banker” Repeats Wed 3rd, 1pm. 11/04 EARLY THURSDAY AM 3:00 Wall—A World Divided 12:30 Reel 13 Indies: “Pieces 12:00 Tavis Smiley 4:00 : of April” (2003) Repeats Thu 4th, 1pm. “Art and Copy” Repeats 1:55 We Shall Remain: 12:30 NOVA See Tue 2nd, 8pm. early Sun 7th, 4:30am. American Experience Repeats Sun 7th, 7pm and See Mon 1st, 9pm. [R] early Tue 9th, 3am. [R] 3:25 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Frontline See Tue 2nd, 2 TUESDAY See Mon 1st, 8pm. Repeats 9pm. [R] early Sun 7th, 3:30am. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens See 5:30 BBC World News 4:25 A Cemetery Special Tue 2nd, 10pm. Repeats early thirteen.org 3

Sat 13th, 1am and Sun 14th, 8:30 PREMIERE Need 6 SATURDAY 2pm. [R] to Know With broadcast 3:30 Children’s Hospital journalist Alison Stewart 6:00 Colameco’s Food (Parts 1-2 of 6) and Newsweek editor Jon Show Meacham. Repeats Sun 7th, 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 6pm. 7:00 The 4 THURSDAY Hour 9:30 PREMIERE At the 8:00 Keeping Up 5:30 BBC World News Paley Center: “” Appearances Hyacinth 6:00 NJN News Pat Mitchell, President deals with an amorous 6:30 Nightly Business and CEO of the Paley Italian pensioner. Report Center for Media, 8:30 As Time Goes By Jean 7:00 PBS NewsHour interviews actor Joel decides it’s time to join the 8:00 PREMIERE B.L.A.S.T.! Grey. Repeats Sat 6th, 1pm. age of technology. Dr. Mark Devlin and his 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: team track the origins of “Of Mice and Men” (1992) the universe. Repeats early A migrant worker (Gary Sat 6th, 1am; Sat 6th, 1:30pm; Sinise) protects his strong, and early Thu 11th, 4am. simple-minded friend (John 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Malkovich) in 1930s California. “Inspector Lewis, Series 1— Repeats early Sun 7th, Old School Ties” Lewis 12:45am. investigates the death of an 10:55 Reel 13 Indies: “Look ambitious Oxford student. Both Ways” (2005) A train Repeats early Sat 6th, 2am. wreck changes the lives of 10:30 J.M.W. Turner The three friends. Repeats early English Romantic painter Sun 7th, 1:40am and early 11:00 Charlie Rose Wed 10th, 1am. M e dia ley C enter for of T he Pa ourtesy Repeats Fri 5th, 1:30pm. C 10:00 PREMIERE Music of 11/07 EARLY SUNDAY AM 11/05 EARLY FRIDAY AM Ireland—Welcome Home 12:35 Reel 13 Shorts Repeats 12:00 Tavis Smiley With , early Sun 7th, 3:20am. Repeats Fri 5th, 1pm. Van Morrison, The Chieftains, 12:45 Reel 13 Classics 12:30 Sinead O’Connor, and others. See Sat 6th, 9pm. [R] See Wed 3rd, 8pm. Repeats (Part 1 of 2) 1:40 Reel 13 Indies early Tue 9th, 4:30am. 11:00 Charlie Rose See Sat 6th, 10:55pm. Repeats 1:30 Circus See Wed 3rd, 9pm. Repeats Mon 8th, 1:30pm. early Wed 10th, 1am. [R] Repeats Sun 7th, 12mid. 3:20 Reel 13 Shorts [R] 3:30 Children’s Hospital 11/06 EARLY SATURDAY AM 3:30 Antiques Roadshow (Parts 3-4 of 6) 12:00 Tavis Smiley See Mon 1st, 8pm. [R] Repeats Mon 8th, 1pm. 4:30 Independent Lens 12:30 Theater Talk With See early Tue 2nd, 4am. [R] 5 FRIDAY hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel. 5:30 BBC World News 1:00 B.L.A.S.T.! See Thu 4th, 7 SUNDAY 6:00 NJN News 8pm. Repeats Sat 6th, 1:30pm 6:30 Nightly Business and early Thu 11th, 4am. [R] 6:00 Need to Know Report 2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! See Fri 5th, 8:30pm. [R] 7:00 PBS NewsHour See Thu 4th, 9pm. [R] 7:00 NOVA See Tue 2nd, 8:00 3:30 Children’s Hospital 8pm. Repeats early Tue 9th, Repeats Sat 6th, 9am. (Parts 5-6 of 6) 3:30am. [R] 4 evening and night

8:00 PREMIERE Nature: 11/08 EARLY MONDAY AM 11:30 Charlie Rose “Braving Iraq” The 12:00 Circus See Wed 3rd, Repeats Tue 9th, 1:30pm. heroic restoration of the 9pm. [R] Mesopotamian Marshes, 2:00 Run for Your Life [R] 11/09 EARLY TUESDAY AM a wildlife habitat 3:35 Hotspots (Parts 1-2 of 2) 12:30 Tavis Smiley destroyed by Saddam Repeats Tue 9th, 1pm. Hussein. Repeats early 1:00 Nature See Sun 7th, 8pm. Tue 9th, 1am and Sat 13th, 8 MONDAY Repeats Sat 13th, 5pm. [R] 5pm. 2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! 5:30 BBC World News See Sun 7th, 9pm. Repeats 6:00 NJN News early Sat 13th, 3:30am. oote 6:30 Nightly Business 3:30 NOVA See Sun 7th, Report 7pm. [R] tephen F 7:00 PBS NewsHour 4:00 Wayfarer’s Journey: 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Listening to Mahler Found in Mobile, Alabama: 4:30 Secrets of the Dead of S ourtesy

C rare lithographs of See Wed 3rd, 8pm. [R] American Indian chiefs 9:00 PREMIERE valued at $70,000 to Masterpiece Mystery!: $90,000. (Part 2 of 3) 9 TUESDAY “Sherlock: The Great Repeats early Fri 12th, Game” Holmes must 4:30am and early Sun 14th, 5:30 BBC World News solve perplexing and 4:40am. 6:00 NJN News dangerous puzzles 6:30 Nightly Business Report

I ECE STERP specifically laid out for him. 9:00 The Tenth Inning: 7:00 PBS NewsHour Repeats early Tue 9th, 2am “Top of the Tenth” Ken 8:00 PREMIERE NOVA: and early Sat 13th, 3:30am. Burns recalls the base- “Dogs Decoded” Genetic ball strike of 1994, the research offers new clues Yankees’ return to glory about the special bond under the management between dogs and humans. of Joe Torre, and the Repeats early Thu 11th, infusion of new players 12:30am; Sun 14th, 7pm and from Latin America. early Tue 16th, 3:30am. (Part 1 of 2) Repeats early 9:00 PREMIERE Frontline: Wed 10th, 2:45am. “The Confessions” Why did M A d Fi lms /BBC for of ©Ha rtswoo ourtesy

C “The Norfolk Four” confess to a brutal crime they didn’t 10:30 Baseball: A New commit? Repeats early Thu York Love Story Baseball 11th, 1:30am; Sat 13th, 2:30pm memories from THIRTEEN and early Mon 15th, 4am. te d and WLIW21 viewers. 10:30 PREMIERE (Part 1 of 5) Independent Lens: “The Longoria Affair” A Texas funeral parlor’s rejection of a Mexican American soldier launches a civil rights movement. Repeats early Thu 11th, 3am and early Tue 16th, 4:30am. 11:30 Charlie Rose Repeats a Illustr ports of Al Ti elem a ns /S ourtesy

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11/10 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 11:00 Charlie Rose 12:30 Tavis Smiley Repeats Thu 11th, 1:30pm. Special Member Repeats Wed 10th, 1pm. Offer 1:00 Reel 13 Indies 11/11 EARLY THURSDAY AM See Sat 6th, 10:55pm. [R] 12:00 Tavis Smiley 2:45 The Tenth Inning Repeats Thu 11th, 1pm. See Mon 8th, 9pm. [R] 12:30 NOVA See Tue 9th, 8pm. 4:45 Rick Steves’ Europe Repeats Sun 14th, 7pm and early Tue 16th, 3:30am. [R] 1:30 Frontline See Tue 9th, 10 WEDNESDAY 9pm. Repeats Sat 13th, 2:30pm and early Mon 15th, 4am. [R] 5:30 BBC World News 3:00 Independent Lens 6:00 NJN News See Tue 9th, 10:30pm. Repeats 6:30 Nightly Business early Tue 16th, 4:30am. [R] Report 4:00 B.L.A.S.T.! See Thu 4th, 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8pm. [R] 5:00 Smart Travels—Europe 8:00 PREMIERE Secrets with Rudy Maxa of the Dead: “Slave Ship Mutiny” Archaeologists, historians and slave 11 THURSDAY descendents investigate of T he Bi g Apple Ci rcus ourtesy

the Meermin shipwreck 5:30 BBC World News C of 1766. Repeats early 6:00 New Jersey Capitol Fri 12th, 3:30am. Report With Steve Adubato The Big Apple Circus & Rafael Pi Roman. returns to Lincoln Center 6:30 Nightly Business Report with Dance On!, a thrilling 7:00 PBS NewsHour new show featuring 8:00 Billy Crystal: The Mark Twain Prize A Grandma the Clown and star-studded salute with other renowned circus , Whoopi artists from around the Goldberg and others. world. Enjoy the magic th a r i n P echel 9:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series 1— of this spectacular show Expiation” A North Oxford on Monday, December 27 housewife is found hanged

of Ka ourtesy at 4:30 p.m. from special C in her home. Repeats early Ringside seats reserved 9:00 PREMIERE Circus: Sat 13th, 2am. “Change On!/ Survival of 11:00 Charlie Rose exclusively for THIRTEEN the Fittest” Lackluster Repeats Fri 12th, 1:30pm. members. It’s our thank ticket sales, a cancer you for supporting diagnosis, and other 11/12 EARLY FRIDAY AM pressures abound as the 12:00 Tavis Smiley public television. Big Apple Circus travels Repeats Fri 12th, 1pm. For more information to for its first 12:30 America’s Veterans: about this special offer, performance. (Parts 3-4 of A Musical Tribute 2010 please visit thirteen.org/ 6) Repeats early Fri 12th, 1:30 Circus See Wed 10th, 1:30am and early mon 15th, 9pm. Repeats early mon 15th, circus. 12mid. 12mid. 6 evening and night

3:30 Secrets of the Dead 11:00 Charlie Rose 12:50 Reel 13 Classics See Wed 10th, 8pm. Repeats Mon 15th, 1:30pm. See Sat 13th, 9pm. [R] 4:30 Antiques Roadshow 2:45 Reel 13 Indies See See Mon 8th, 8pm. Repeats 11/13 EARLY SATURDAY AM Sat 13th, 10:55pm. Repeats early Sun 14th, 4:40am. [R] 12:00 Tavis Smiley early Wed 17th, 1am. [R] Repeats Mon 15th, 1pm. 4:30 Reel 13 Shorts [R] 12:30 Theater Talk 4:40 Antiques Roadshow 12 FRIDAY 1:00 Independent Lens See Mon 8th, 8pm. [R] See Tue 2nd, 10pm. Repeats 5:30 BBC World News Sun 14th, 2pm. [R] 6:00 NJN News 2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! 14 SUNDAY 6:30 Nightly Business See Thu 11th, 9:30pm. [R] Report 3:30 Masterpiece Mystery! 6:00 Need to Know 7:00 PBS NewsHour See Sun 7th, 9pm. [R] See Fri 12th, 8:30pm. [R] 8:00 Washington Week 5:00 Globe Trekker [R] 7:00 NOVA: “Dogs Repeats Sat 13th, 9am. Decoded” See Tue 9th, 8pm. Repeats early Tue 16th, 8:30 PREMIERE Need 13 SATURDAY 3:30am. [R] to Know With broadcast 8:00 PREMIERE Nature: journalist Alison Stewart 6:00 Colameco’s Food Show “Wolverine: Chasing the and Newsweek editor 6:30 Lidia’s Italy Phantom” The secretive Jon Meacham. Repeats 7:00 The This Old House Hour world of a resourceful Sun 14th, 6pm. 8:00 Keeping Up carnivore of the frozen Appearances Hyacinth north. Repeats Sat 20th, 5pm. awaits her invitation to the Mayor’s fancy dress ball. 8:30 As Time Goes By Sandy’s 9:00 PREMIERE Tina policeman boyfriend, Harry, Fey: The Kennedy Center calls at the house with Mark Twain Prize A star- important news. studded salute to the 9:00 PREMIERE Reel groundbreaking writer, 13 Classics: “Ninotchka” actress, and 30 Rock star, (1939) A playboy charms featuring Jimmy Fallon, a Russian envoy (Greta Jon Hamm, Steve Martin,

/WNET.ORG Garbo) sent to fetch three Betty White, and others. wayward comrades in Paris. Repeats early Tue 16th, Repeats early Sun 14th, 2am and early Sat 20th, 1am.

J oe Si nnott 12:50am. 9:30 PREMIERE At the 10:55 Reel 13 Indies: Paley Center: “Jimmy “Down to the Bone” (2009) Fallon and Brian Williams” Little Michael’s babysitter NBC Nightly News anchor dispatches him to the Brian Williams interviews yard, throwing his severe Jimmy Fallon. allergies into overdrive. 10:00 PREMIERE Music Repeats early Sun 14th, of Ireland—Welcome to 2:45am and early Wed 17th, America This tribute to 1am. contemporary Irish music highlights U2, Glen Hansard, 11/14 EARLY SUNDAY AM

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10:30 Baseball: A New York 1850 Virginia painted chest 2:00 Tina Fey: The Kennedy Love Story Baseball stories in Alabama. (Part 3 of 3) Center Mark Twain Prize from THIRTEEN and WLIW21 Repeats Sat 20th, 2pm. See Sun 14th, 9pm. Repeats viewers. (Part 2 of 2) 9:00 The Tenth Inning: early Sat 20th, 1am. [R] “Bottom of the Tenth” 3:30 NOVA See Tue 9th, 8pm. [R] 11/15 EARLY MONDAY AM recalls the 4:30 Independent Lens 12:00 Circus See Wed 10th, Red Sox’s historic World See Tue 9th, 10:30pm. [R] 9pm. [R] Series victory; rivalries, 2:00 Helen of Troy [R] records and revelations 4:00 Frontline See Tue 9th, about steroids impact 16 TUESDAY 9pm. [R] 21st-century baseball. (Part 2 of 2) Repeats early 5:30 BBC World News Wed 17th, 2:45am. 6:00 NJN News 15 MONDAY 11:30 Charlie Rose 6:30 Nightly Business Repeats Tue 16th, 1:30pm. Report 5:30 BBC World News 7:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 NJN News 11/16 EARLY TUESDAY AM 8:00 PREMIERE NOVA: 6:30 Nightly Business 12:30 Tavis Smiley “Secrets of Stonehenge” Report Repeats Tue 16th, 1pm. New discoveries surround 7:00 PBS NewsHour 1:00 Nature See Sun 14th, the Stone Age relic. Repeats 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 7pm. Repeats Sat 20th, 5pm. early Thu 18th, 12:30am and Experts appraise a circa [R] Sun 21st, 7pm. LaPlacaCohen date: Insertion Guide Program Thirteen Publication: 212-675-4106 OCTOBER, 2010 5.375 X 4.125 4C MAG 4C 4.125 X 5.375 2010 OCTOBER,

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9:00 Frontline: “Law & 1:00 Reel 13 Indies 8:00 PREMIERE Disorder” Investigating See Sat 13th, 10:55pm. [R] SundayArts Primetime the use of lethal force by 2:45 The Tenth Inning Special New York arts New Orleans police in the See Mon 15th, 9pm. [R] and culture with Philippe aftermath of Hurricane de Montebello and Paula Katrina. Repeats early Zahn. Thu 18th, 1:30am. 17 WEDNESDAY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE Secrets of the Dead: “Lost Ships of

Rome” Marine archeologists J oe Si nnott discover the wrecks of five 8:30 George Carlin: The ancient Roman ships near Mark Twain Prize Jon of FRONTL I NE ourtesy

C the island of Ventotene. Stewart, Joan Rivers, Lily Repeats early Fri 19th, 3am Tomlin, and others honor 10:00 PREMIERE and Sat 20th, 3pm. the late comedian. Repeats Independent Lens: “Lost 9:00 PREMIERE Circus: early Sat 20th, 2:30am and Sparrow” Decades after “Born to Be Circus” Big early Mon 22nd, 2am. the deaths of two Crow Apple Circus founder Paul Indian Brothers, their Binder scouts new talent at 10:00 Masterpiece adoptive brother the renowned Monte Carlo Mystery!: “Miss Marple, confronts the mystery. circus festival. (Parts 5-6 of Series IV: They Do It With new series host 6) Repeats early Fri 19th, 1am With Mirrors” Miss Marple America Ferrera. Repeats and early mon 22nd, 12mid. helps an old friend who is early Thu 18th, 2:30am. being poisoned. 11:00 Charlie Rose Repeats Thu 18th, 1:30pm. I ECE STERP

11/18 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley Repeats Thu 18th, 1pm. 12:30 NOVA See Tue 16th, 8pm. Repeats Sun 21st, 7pm. [R] M A of © I T V for ourtesy 1:30 Frontline See Tue 16th, C 9pm. [R] 11:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Independent Lens See Repeats Fri 19th, 1:30pm. Tue 16th, 10pm. [R] 4:00 Kit Carson: American 11/19 EARLY FRIDAY AM Experience 12:30 Tavis Smiley Repeats Fri 19th, 1pm. of I N D EPEN ENT LENS ourtesy C 1:00 Circus See Wed 17th, 11:30 Charlie Rose 18 THURSDAY 9pm. Repeats early Sun 21st, Repeats Wed 17th, 1:30pm. 12mid. [R] 5:30 BBC World News 3:00 Secrets of the Dead 11/17 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 6:00 NJN News See Wed 17th, 8pm. Repeats 12:30 Tavis Smiley 6:30 Nightly Business Report Sat 20th, 3pm. [R] Repeats Wed 17th, 1pm. 7:00 PBS NewsHour 4:00 P.O.V. [R] thirteen.org 9

19 FRIDAY 8:00 Keeping Up Appear- Lennon’s life beginning ances Hyacinth becomes an in 1967. Repeats early 5:30 BBC World News expert on gracious living. Mon 22nd, 1:30am. 6:00 NJN News 8:30 As Time Goes By 10:30 How the Beatles 6:30 Nightly Business Report Alistair proposes to Judith. Rocked the Kremlin How 7:00 PBS NewsHour 9:00 PREMIERE Reel 13 the Fab Four’s influence in 8:00 Washington Week Classics: “Batman Forever” the USSR may have helped Repeats Sat 20th, 9am. (1995) The Caped Crusader bring down the Soviet 8:30 PREMIERE Need woos a psychologist, takes system. Repeats early to Know With broadcast on a sidekick and battles Tue 23rd, 3am. journalist Alison Stewart Two-Face and the Riddler. and Newsweek editor Jon With Val Kilmer. 11:30 PREMIERE Art Meacham. Repeats Sun 21st, 11:30 PREMIERE Reel 13 Through Time: A Global 6pm. Indies: “Art School Confi- View: “Cosmology & 9:30 PREMIERE Fixing dential” (2006) A suburban Belief” How various the Future: NOW on PBS boy who loves to draw gets cultures express ideas David Brancaccio visits a reality check when he about their place in the communities across attends art school. universe through art. of the R ub i n M useum Art ourtesy America, finding innova- tive solutions to hardship. 11/21 EARLY SUNDAY AM Repeats Sat 20th, 1pm. 1:15 Member Favorites

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Freedom The heroism of , N ep 12 ordinary people during 21 SUNDAY the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. 6:00 Need to Know

11:00 Charlie Rose See Fri 19th, 8:30pm. [R] i st a rt U nknown Repeats Mon 22nd, 1:30pm. 7:00 NOVA: “Secrets of Stonehenge” See Tue 16th, 11/22 EARLY MONDAY AM 11/20 EARLY SATURDAY AM 8pm. [R] 12:00 Circus See Wed 17th, 12:00 Tavis Smiley 9pm. [R] Repeats Mon 22nd, 1pm. 8:00 PREMIERE Nature: 2:00 George Carlin: 12:30 Theater Talk “Revealing the Leopard” The Mark Twain Prize 1:00 Tina Fey: The Kennedy A psychological profile of See Thu 18th, 8:30pm. [R] Center Mark Twain Prize the beautiful and deadly 3:30 Empire of the Air: See Sun 14th, 9pm. [R] feline. Repeats early Tue The Men Who Made Radio 2:30 George Carlin: The 23rd, 12:30am. Mark Twain Prize See Thu 18th, 8:30pm. Repeats 22 MONDAY early Mon 22nd, 2am. [R] 4:00 Masterpiece Mystery! 5:30 BBC World News [R] 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 20 SATURDAY 7:00 PBS NewsHour of T heo W ebb © BBC ourtesy C 6:00 Colameco’s Food 9:00 PREMIERE 8:00 PREMIERE Show Masterpiece Contemporary: Antiques Roadshow: 6:30 Lidia’s Italy “Lennon Naked” A drama “Simply the Best” 7:00 The This Old House focusing on the turbulent Highlights include Hour period of change in John Massachusetts-made 10 evening and night

Federal side chairs. 9:00 PREMIERE Frontline: 9:00 PREMIERE Repeats early Wed 24th, “Facing Death” The com- Great Performances: 4:30am. plicated reality of modern, “Sondheim! The medicalized death is Birthday Concert” The examined in a New York New York Philharmonic’s hospital. Repeats early gala all-star salute to a Thu 25th, 2am. true Broadway legend, 10:00 PREMIERE taped at Lincoln Center Independent Lens: “Deep in honor of Sondheim’s Down” A mountaintop 80th birthday. With WGBH of J eff Dunn for ourtesy C removal coal mine divides Bernadette Peters, Patti 9:00 PREMIERE American a poor Kentucky town. LuPone, , Masters: “Lennon NYC” Repeats early Thu 25th, 3am. Audra McDonald, Donna A revealing look at John 11:00 Charlie Rose Murphy (pictured), and Lennon’s life in New York Repeats Wed 24th, 1:30pm. host David Hyde Pierce. with Yoko Ono and their Repeats early Fri 26th, son Sean during the 1970s. 11/24 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 1:30am and Sun 28th, 9pm. Repeats early Wed 24th, 12:00 Tavis Smiley 2:30am. Repeats Wed 24th, 1pm. 11:00 Charlie Rose 12:30 Reel 13 Indies Repeats Tue 23rd, 1:30pm. 2:30 American Masters See Mon 22nd, 9pm. [R] 11/23 EARLY TUESDAY AM 4:30 Antiques Roadshow 12:00 Tavis Smiley See Mon 22nd, 8pm. [R] Repeats Tue 23rd, 1pm.

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