January – March 2010 January 2010 Quarterly Program Topic Report Category: Aging NOLA: INLE 001110 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: Young @ Heart/George and Rosemary Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 1/12/2010 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:56:46 The surprising, delightful, entertaining and inspiring members of the Young@Heart Chorus, a New England senior citizens chorus, have charmed audiences worldwide with their renditions of songs by everyone from the Clash to Coldplay. As Stephen Walker's critically acclaimed documentary begins, the retirees, led by their demanding musical director, are rehearsing their new show, struggling with Sonic Youth's dissonant rock anthem "Schizophrenia" and giving new meaning to James Brown's "I Feel Good." What ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving testament to friendship, creative inspiration and expectations defied. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 016005 Series Title: Charlie Rose Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/1/2010 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 An appreciation and remembrance of the people we lost in 2009. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: EMNO 000000 Series Title: Emile Norman - By His Own Design Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/10/2010 2:00:00 AM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00 This is a portrait of the artist Emile Norman, who, at age 88, is still working with the same passion that inspired him through seven decades of a changing art scene and turbulent times for a gay man in America. The film chronicles his early days in the San Gabriel Valley, his success in New York City, and the freedom he found in Big Sur, where he and his partner of 30 years created a haven for artists that is still growing today. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 009634 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/4/2010 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 Alvin Ailey Troupe Celebrates Longtime Choreographer's Last Dance: After more than 20 years at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, director Judith Jamison is preparing to step down. In a profile by Jeffrey Brown, Jamison discusses how a mantra of "pray, prepare, and proceed" had guided her both on and off the dance floor. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: WWIR 004926 Series Title: Washington Week Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 1/1/2010 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 Happy New Year, but before we look ahead, we take a look back, tonight on Washington Week. A thwarted attempt to blow a plane from the sky revives old fears about terrorism and the tradeoffs we make to feel safe. President Barack Obama said, "This was a serious reminder of the dangers that we face and the nature of those who threaten our homeland." Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) said, "The threat to the United States is real. I think this administration has downplayed it. They need to recognize it." At the end of the year and the end of a decade, a new scare. Michael Duffy of Time Magazine provides context. Then, a roundtable with three Washington Week panelists whose books tell us much about the year just passed and the year to come. Dan Balz, author of "The Battle for America 2008," the story of the election. Joan Biskupic, author of "American Original," a biography of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. And David Sanger, author of "The Inheritance," a look at the challenges of our foreign policy. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 002202 Series Title: Wyatt Earp: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/25/2010 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46 He has been portrayed in countless movies and television shows by some of Hollywood's greatest actors, including Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart and, more recently, Kevin Costner, but these popular fictions belie the complexities and flaws of a man whose life is a lens on politics, justice and economic opportunity on the American frontier. As a young man, Wyatt Earp was a caricature of the Western lawman, spending his days drinking in saloons, gambling, visiting brothels and gaining notoriety as the legendary gunman in the shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Shortly after his death in 1929, distressed Americans down on their luck transformed Wyatt Earp into a folk hero: a central figure in the American narrative of how the West was won, a man who took control of his own destiny. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: BLAA 000000 Series Title: Benjamin Latrobe: America's First Architect Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/18/2010 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:56:46 Noted architecture critic Paul Goldberger hosts this documentary biography of Benjamin Latrobe, the creator of the first uniquely "American" architecture. Latrobe's tumultuous life was a series of creative triumphs, personal tragedies and constant re-invention. The film features computer-generated animation, interviews with architects and historians and location shooting as Goldberger explores Latrobe's life, from his early years in England to his immigration to the young republic and his work on such iconic buildings as the U.S. Capitol, the White House and the Baltimore Basilica. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: BMJL 001340 Series Title: Bill Moyers Journal Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/29/2010 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka: AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka joins Bill Moyers on the JOURNAL to talk about why he thinks labor remains relevant, how labor has fared thus far under the Obama presidency, and the role he envisions for unions in the future. Campaign Finance Laws by State: Twenty-four states currently have laws which restrict or ban corporate spending in elections. Below, you will find a list of state statutes that may be affected by Citizens United v. F.E.C. Remembering Howard Zinn: Bill Moyers remembers Howard Zinn. The Court and Campaign Finance: The JOURNAL explores what the Supreme Court's decision means for campaign finance reform and the future of our democracy with legal experts Monica Youn, of the Brennan Center for Law and Justice at NYU School of Law and Zephyr Teachout, of Fordham University's School of Law. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: COSE 016019 Series Title: Charlie Rose Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/21/2010 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 First Charlie speaks with Mika Brzezinski, Co-Host of Morning Joe on her new book, "All Things at Once." Next, Charlie interviews actor Gabourey Sidibe about the movie "Precious." Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 009644 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/18/2010 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 From 'Dark Days' to 'Bright Nights,' Reexamining the Civil Rights Era: In observance of Martin Luther King Day, Ray Suarez speaks with historian Peniel Joseph about his new book, "Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama." Category: Arts NOLA: AMMS 002208 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: Sam Cooke: Crossing Over Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/11/2010 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00 Sam Cooke put the spirit of the Black church into popular music -- creating a new sound and setting into motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of popular music and race relations in America. With "You Send Me" in 1957, Cooke became the first African American artist to reach #1 on both the R&B and the pop charts. It was groundbreaking. It was also risky for this young gospel performer to alienate his fans by embracing "the devil's music" -- but he proved, with his pop/gospel hybrid, that it was, indeed, possible to win over white teenage listeners and keep his faithful church followers intact. Category: Arts NOLA: APLO 006009 Series Title: Place of Our Own; A Episode Title: The Importance of Music Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 1/21/2010 6:00:00 AM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 English-language companion to the Spanish-language series LOS NINOS EN SU CASA. Both shows are designed for parents or anyone else who takes care of young kids: grandparents, nannies, babysitters and home daycare providers. The shows cover subjects such as: tantrums, literacy, preventing obesity, speech and language delays. These series combine an entertainment format -- the daytime talk/demonstration show -- with solid educational information on how young children learn, and what adults need to know to help kids be prepared for kindergarten and beyond. Category: Arts NOLA: COSE 016010 Series Title: Charlie Rose Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/8/2010 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Segment Length: 00:00:00 A rebroadcast of an hour with director Tim Burton. Category: Arts NOLA: INLE 001110 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: Young @ Heart/George and Rosemary Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 1/12/2010 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:56:46 The surprising, delightful, entertaining and inspiring members of the Young@Heart Chorus, a New England senior citizens chorus, have charmed audiences worldwide with their renditions of songs by everyone from the Clash to Coldplay. As Stephen Walker's critically acclaimed documentary begins, the retirees, led by their demanding musical director, are rehearsing their new show, struggling with Sonic Youth's dissonant rock anthem "Schizophrenia" and giving new meaning to James Brown's "I Feel Good." What ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving testament to friendship, creative inspiration and expectations defied.