Nashville Public Television Programs/Problems Report October – December 2015

Category: Arts NOLA: AMDO 002814 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/2/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/2/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

This stunning dissection of the persecution of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei ve backfired and explores how the government’s attempts to silence him ha turned him into an irrepressible voice for free speech and human rights around the globe.

Category: Arts NOLA: MTMO 000000 Series Title: Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/13/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/13/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

She "turned the world on with her smile" on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and countless movie roles. This special features dozens of classic clips plus comments from Betty White, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, John Amos, Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke, and Mary Tyler Moore herself. Plus, Oprah Winfrey recounts Mary Tyler Moore's critical role in inspiring her as TV's first independent career woman.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 011369 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/5/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/5/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:32

In size and stakes, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a big deal: The U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations have struck the largest trade deal in a generation. The wide-ranging Trans-Pacific Partnership sets new rules for labor and environmental standards and reduces and phases out thousands of tariffs on American producers, among other provisions. But there's substantial opposition to the accord. Jeffrey Brown learns more from Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRON 003315 Series Title: Frontline | My Brother's Bomber Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/13/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/13/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Follow Dornstein’s continued search for his brother’s killers, the terrorists who blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. The filmmaker uncovers new information about a suspected Lockerbie bomb-maker and attempts to make contact.

Category: Culture NOLA: ILHP 000103 Series Title: I'll Have What Phil's Having Episode Title: Paris Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/12/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/12/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Join Phil in the place he calls the “City of Sweets” as he indulges in some of the finest hot chocolate, football-sized croissants and vanilla bombes and searches for the best roast chicken and vegetable-centric dishes in the City of Lights.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: GORN 000105 Stacked Series Title: Gorongosa Park - Rebirth of Paradise Episode Title: Battle Lines/Roaring Back Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 10/6/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/6/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

When Bob Poole returns to Gorongosa, he discovers a huge nesting colony of water birds. He resumes his search for the lion cubs that went missing. After the future of many sleepless nights, he finally meets the park’s new cubs — lions in Gorongosa.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 003303 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Big Birds Can't Fly Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/7/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/7/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Explore the evolution and unique stories of ostriches, emus, rheas, feathers, cassowaries and kiwis. Though it’s said a bird is three things — flight and song or sing, and their feathers are — these birds can’t fly closer to fluff.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 003304 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Soul of the Elephant Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/14/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/14/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Delve into the hearts, minds and even souls of elephants through the eyes of award-winning filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, whose uniquely personal experiences with these iconic creatures of Africa provide a window into their remarkable lives.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: TBRN 000101 Series Title: Brain with David Eagleman; The Episode Title: What Is Reality? Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/14/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/14/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Dr. David Eagleman takes viewers on an extraordinary journey, exploring how the brain, locked in silence and darkness without direct access to the world, conjures the rich and beautiful world we all take for granted.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOVA 004212 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Secrets of Noah's Ark Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/7/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/7/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

A 3,700-year-old inscribed clay tablet reveals a surprising new version of the Biblical flood story, complete with how-to instructions for assembling an ark. Following the directions, expert boat builders assemble and launch a massive reed boat. Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOVA 004217 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: CyberWar Threat Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/14/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/14/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Through startling, previously unreported detail, delve into the chilling new reality of cyberwar, in which cyber weapons can inflict physical damage on our factories, power plants and pipelines … leaving us vulnerable to crippling attacks.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: SEDE 001402 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: The Real Trojan Horse Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/13/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/13/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Discover new archeological evidence that suggests Troy and the Trojan War may be more than myth. If the legendary siege did happen, was there really a wooden horse that brought enemy soldiers inside the fortified city?

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 003306 Series Title: Nature | Pets: Wild at Heart Episode Title: Secretive Creatures Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/28/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/28/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Discover how our pets get in touch with their wild side. Schlieren photography makes smells visible, while moving x-rays, ultraviolet light and doggycams reveal how our pets experience their world through hidden channels of communication.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NOVA 004219 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Animal Mummies Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/28/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/28/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

From baboons to bulls, crocodiles to cows, a vast menagerie of animal mummies lies buried in Egyptian catacombs. Hi- tech imaging reveals what’s inside the bundles and the strange role that animals played in ancient Egyptian beliefs.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: TBRN 000103 Series Title: Brain with David Eagleman; The Episode Title: Who Is in Control? Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/28/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/28/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Dr. Eagleman explores the unconscious brain and reveals that everything from our movements, to our decisions, to our behavior is largely controlled and orchestrated by an invisible world of unconscious neural activity.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: FRON 003316 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Immigration Battle Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 10/20/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/20/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

Gain insight into the hard-fought battles and secret negotiations over immigration reform on Capitol Hill. Examine President Obama’s push for policy changes that could affect the fate of millions and define for decades what it means to be American.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 011382 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/22/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/22/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:12:38

Did we learn anything new from Clinton’s Benghazi testimony? House Republicans grilled former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the U.S. embassy attack in Benghazi, Libya. Political director Lisa Desjardins recaps the sometimes tense and emotional hearing. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Yochi Dreazen of Foreign Policy and Anne Gearan of The Washington Post. Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: FRON 003402 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Inside Assad's Syria Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 10/27/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 10/27/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Join correspondent Martin Smith in Syria as he reports from government- controlled areas while the war rages. With on-the-ground reporting and firsthand accounts from Syrians caught in the crisis, the film shines new light on the ongoing conflict.

Category: Abortion NOLA: MLNH 011398 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/13/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/13/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:14

News Wrap: Kurdish forces drive Islamic State out of Sinjar: In our news wrap Friday, the Islamic State sustained major losses across territory in Syria and in Iraq, where Kurdish forces drove them from the town of Sinjar. Meanwhile, a U.S. drone strike targeted the IS execu tioner known as “Jihadi John.” Also, the Supreme Court will review a case on abortion for the first time since 2007. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: DOHO 000000 Series Title: Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/10/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/10/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Take an unflinching look at the reality of warfare and disability in this history of disabled veterans. Witness moving interviews with some of the country’s most prominent disabled veterans. Category: American History/Biography NOLA: INLE 001701 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: Stray Dog Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 11/9/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/9/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Meet motorcycle-riding, stereotype- Stray shattering Vietnam veteran Ronnie “ Dog” Hall as he tries to come to terms with his combat experience and help others like himself.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: IWOJ 000000 Series Title: Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/10/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/10/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Follow survivors of perhaps the fiercest battle of WWII as they return to Iwo Jima for a Reunion of Honor on the only battlefield where former enemies come together in shared remembrance.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: FRON 003317 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Terror in Little Saigon Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/3/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/3/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Join the search for assassins behind a reign of terror targeting Vietnamese- American journalists. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate a series of unsolved murders and attacks, uncovering a trail from American cities to jungles in Southeast Asia.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: EANA 000101 Series Title: Earth's Natural Wonders Episode Title: Extreme Wonders Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/4/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/4/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Visit extreme locales from the highest mountain to the greatest canyon — — and learn how these places test their inhabitants to the limit. On Mount Everest, a Sherpa has to rope a route across the notorious Khumbu Icefall in time for the hundreds of foreign mountaineers who will arrive for climbing season. In the Grand Canyon, conservationists desperately try to ensure the survival of one of America’s few surviving condor chicks. And, on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, farmers fight pitched battles with elephants in the dead of night.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NOVA 004220 Series Title: NOVA | Making North America Episode Title: Origins Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/4/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/4/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

See the epic 3-billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From palm trees that once flourished in Alaska to huge eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover how forces of almost unimaginable power gave birth to North America.

Miniseries long: -part series, a bold and sweeping biography Watch NOVA’s unprecedented three of our homeland. How was it built? How did life evolve? How did the landscape shape us? Host Kirk Johnson embarks on an epic road trip to uncover the clues just beneath our feet.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: IWOJ 000000 Series Title: Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/10/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/10/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Follow survivors of perhaps the fiercest battle of WWII as they return to Iwo Jima for a Reunion of Honor on the only battlefield where former enemies come together in shared remembrance.

Category: Aging NOLA: INLE 001703 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: Mimi and Dona Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/23/2015 10:30:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/23/2015 10:30:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Meet an unforgettable mother-daughter duo facing tough choices as they age. For 92-year-old Mimi, still caring for disabled 64-year-old daughter Dona, it means that love has run out of time and she must find her daughter a new home.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 002710 Series Title: Pilgrims: American Experience; The Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 11/24/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/24/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

n the Discover the harrowing and brutal truths behind the Pilgrims’ arrival i New World and the myths of Thanksgiving. Director Ric Burns explores the history of our nation’s beginnings in this epic tale of converging forces.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 002801 Series Title: American Comandante: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/17/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/17/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Meet William Morgan, the larger-than-life American who rose to power in Cuba during the revolution. His life had it all adventure and romance, mobsters — and spies, and a cast of characters including J. Edgar Hoover, Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: EMMT 000000 Series Title: Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 11/23/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/23/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Event Coverage Segment Length: 01:30:00

Salute comedian/actor Eddie Murphy, the latest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. From the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, some of the biggest names in comedy salute the 18th recipient of the humor prize.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: NOVA 004223 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Inside Einstein's Mind Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/25/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/25/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00 Retrace Einstein’s thought experiments as NOVA reveals the simple but powerful ideas that reshaped our understanding of gravity, illuminating the theory of general relativity s brilliance as never before. —and Einstein’ —

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: SEDE 001403 Series Title: Secrets of the Dead Episode Title: Jamestown's Dark Winter Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/24/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/24/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Jamestown, Virginia. The site of the first permanent English colony the ric Americas settled in 1607 and the home of the archaeological site “Histo Jamestowne” today. It has long been speculated that the harsh conditions faced by the colonists during the winter of 1609, often referred to as the “starving time,” might have made them desperate enough to participate in the unthinkable.

Category: Arts NOLA: CRIA 000701 Series Title: Craft in America Episode Title: Music Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/20/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/20/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Focus on the makers of finely crafted handmade instruments guitar, ukulele, — trumpet, banjo and timpani and the renowned musicians who play them, — including Joan Baez, Jake Shimabukuro, Rhiannon Giddens, Scotty Barnhart, Tony Ellis and Joseph Pereira.

Category: Family/Marriage NOLA: MLNH 011406 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/25/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/25/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:38

Can you cook delicious meals on just $4 a day? Can someone receiving food stamp benefits eat well on an average budget of $4 per day? That was the simple question that Leanne Brown set out to answer as a student, and now it's the core of her new cookbook, "Good and Cheap." With Thanksgiving approaching, William Brangham follows Brown in the grocery store and the kitchen to learn more about her recipes. Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: FRON 003318 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: ISIS in Afghanistan Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/17/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/17/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Witness the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and how they’re training the next generation of jihadists. With rare access to ISIS, correspondent Najibullah Quraishi sees first- hand their spreading power. Also, Pakistan’s police fight against the Taliban.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: INLE 001702 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: India's Daughter Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 11/16/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/16/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Learn how the harrowing rape and murder of a promising 23-year-old female medical student in Delhi sparked an international movement for change in this news-making film that was banned in India.

Category: Arts NOLA: CRIA 000702 Series Title: Craft in America Episode Title: Celebration Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/11/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/11/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

CELEBRATION explores craft artists, objects and traditions of various holidays, featuring Lion Dancers and float builders of San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade, ceramic artists in Detroit making festive pieces at Pewabic Pottery and Motawi Tileworks, Kwanzaa celebrations in Chicago and Oakland, and woodblock Christmas cards made by Yoshiko Yamamoto in Washington state.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: TISC 000106 Series Title: Time Scanners Episode Title: Machu Picchu Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/9/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/9/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:01:00

Structural engineer Steve Burrows leads his team of laser-scanning experts into the Peruvian jungle to scan the sacred Incan city of Machu Picchu. Using cutting-edge, 3D laser-scanning technology he wants to answer three main questions: How did the Inca build a city atop a mountain ridge? How were the terraces constructed? How did they supply water to the city? To find the answers, they must battle altitude sickness and rampaging insects as they hack their way through the jungle to set up their high-tech scanning equipment.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 011413 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/4/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/4/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:03:09

Evidence mounts behind San Bernardino as terror attack, but no clear links to outside groups: After days of questions about the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, the FBI says it is now investigating the attacks as an act of terrorism. The killers reportedly tried to cover their digital tracks, while at the same time the female suspect posted on Facebook during the attacks, pledging allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group. Judy Woodruff reports.

Category: Agriculture NOLA: INLE 001704 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: East of Salinas Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/28/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/28/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

East of Salinas is a story about immigration, childhood, and circumstance. With little support at home, Salinas, California third grader Jose Ansaldo often turns to his teacher, Oscar Ramos, once a migrant farm kid himself. Oscar helps Jose imagine a future beyond the lettuce fields where his parents work. But Jose was born in Mexico - and he's on the cusp of understanding the implications of that. As we watch this play out, we begin to understand the cruelty of circumstance - for Jose and many millions of migrant kids like him. East of Salinas asks: What is lost when kids like Jose are denied opportunities?

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 011422 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/17/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/17/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:15

Why was a rape victim interrogated as a crime suspect? A woman reports she was raped at knifepoint in her apartment, but days later, after police question her about inconsistencies, she says she made the whole thing up. In "An Unbelievable Story of Rape," a project from the Marshall Project and ProPublica, reporters explore how two different police departments treated the investigation. Ken Armstrong of the Marshall Project joins Hari Sreenivasan.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: COSE 022008 Series Title: Charlie Rose Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/30/2015 11:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/30/2015 11:00:00 PM Service: PBS-PLUS Format: Segment Length: 00:56:26

This program featured excerpts from interviews with those we lost in 2015, including Yogi Berra, Oliver Sacks, Chenjerai Hove, Kurt Masur, Fred Thompson, B.B. King, Frank Gifford, Mario Cuomo, Allie Sherman, Robert Stone, Dean Smith, Bob Simon, David Carr, Don Keough, Leonard Nimoy, Boris Nemtsov, John Fairchild, Michael Graves, Lee Kuan Yew, Gardner Taylor, Barbara Bergmann, Stanley Kulter, Gunter Grass, A. Alfred Taubman, Richard Corliss, Michael Blake, Jim Wright, Peter Gay, Mary Ellen Mark, Tariq Aziz, James Salter, James Horner, Ben J. Wattenberg, Jerry Wintraub, Saud Bin Faisal, E. L. Doctorow, Ingrid Sischy, Arnold Scaasi, Julian Bond, Wes Craven, Andrew Kohut, Stanley Hoffmann, Ken Taylor, Ahmad Chalabi, Allen Toussaint, Helmut Schmidt, Samuel Berger, and Ellsworth Kelly.

Category: Recreation/Leisure/Sports NOLA: TISC 000104 Series Title: Time Scanners Episode Title: Colosseum Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/16/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/16/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

The team of experts travel to Rome on a quest to uncover some of the -edge 3D engineering world’s oldest mysteries of the Colosseum. Using cutting laser-scanning technology, the team want to answer three questions: How did the Romans produce some of the most impressive gladiatorial games ever seen in Europe? How did the Colosseum’s mysterious roof really work? How does the mighty Colosseum perform in state of the art computer testing against the sports stadia of the 21st century? Armed with incredible scanning technology, the data will provide the clues to help Steve Burrows find the answers.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: TISC 000105 Series Title: Time Scanners Episode Title: Jerusalem Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 12/23/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/23/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 00:01:00

In this show the team sets out to explore the epic building legacy of Jerusalem. From the vast walls of the Temple Mount, to the incredible man- made mountain of Herodium, they plan to use cutting edge 21st century technology to analyze constructions made at the time of Christ. Given unique access to scan the iconic Wailing Wall, and travelling deep into the dangerous West Bank, the team treks across Jerusalem and beyond on the trail of King Herod’s remarkable building ambitions, discovering new revelations about just how good his ancient builders were and answering long held mysteries about Herod’s magnificent structures. Category: Youth NOLA: IDOF 000000 Series Title: In Defense of Food Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 12/30/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 12/30/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

Join New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan on a fascinating journey to find out what we should eat to be healthy. Pollan cuts through kes it simple to enjoy today’s barrage of conflicting dietary messages and ma food and stay healthy. Nashville Public Television Programs/Problems Report July‐ September 2015

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: AMDO 002803 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Tough Love Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 7/6/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/6/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

What makes a good parent? How do you prove you are responsible after you've been deemed unfit? Having lost custody of their children to Child Protective Services, two parents‐one in New York City and one in Seattle‐fight to win back the trust of the courts and reunite their families in Stephanie Wang‐ Breal's moving film. Acknowledging their past parenting mistakes due to poverty, poor choices and addiction, both Hannah and Patrick contend with a complex bureaucracy to prove they deserve a second chance.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMEX 002707 Series Title: Blackout: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/14/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/14/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Look back at what happened in New York City the night the lights went out in summer 1977, plunging seven million people into darkness. The event led to both horrifying lawlessness and acts of selflessness and generosity.

Category: Community Politics, Government NOLA: WWIR 005502 Series Title: Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Length: 30 minutes Airdate: 7/10/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/10/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Interview/Discussion/Review Segment Length: 00:25:16

Massive Government Data Breach, Confederate Flag Comes Down in S.C., Trump Unnerves GOP and Iran Nuclear Talks Continue: After the personal data of 21 million federal employees and their families was stolen, the director of the Office of Personnel Management resigned Friday. CNBC's John Harwood reports. After half a century, the Confederate flag is no longer flying on the grounds of the South Carolina state house, but USA Today's Susan Davis explains how Congress is weighing the future of the flag on federal sites. In the 2016 race for the White House, Donald Trump's controversial comments about immigration have Republican Party leaders wondering how to respond. The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty reports on the dilemma for the GOP. In Vienna, talks over Iran's nuclear program were extended through Monday after both sides hit a standstill. Foreign Policy's Yochi Dreazen reports on the latest setback.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: OPWI 000101 Series Title: Operation Wild Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/1/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/1/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Learn whether an ingenious idea could help save giant pandas, and if an operation deep in the jungle can transform the life of a young gorilla. Watch as an elephant with a gunshot wound makes an extraordinary journey.

Series: Join veterinarian teams around the world as they undertake groundbreaking operations to try to save animals’ lives. Learn how pioneering human medicine is transforming ways to look after animals and witness stories of ingenuity, invention and dedication.

Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: AMDO 002804 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Web Junkie Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/13/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/13/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Follow the treatment of three Chinese teenagers, obsessive gamers who prefer the virtual world to the real one. The military‐style rehab program may set a standard as the world comes to grips with the consequences of excessive internet use.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: FRON 003312 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Escaping ISIS Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/14/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/14/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

The gripping, first‐hand accounts of women who escaped the brutal reign of ISIS. This film explores the lives of women who were held as sex slaves, the people who saved them and women who endured ‐‐ and also enforced ‐‐ ISIS' harsh rules.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: NOVA 004213 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Chasing Pluto Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/15/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/15/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Join NOVA for New Horizon’s historic flyby of Pluto, the culmination of the spacecraft’s nine‐year, three‐ billion‐mile journey to reveal the first‐ever detailed images of this strange, icy world at the very edge of our solar system.

Category: Aging NOLA: AMDO 002806 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Tea Time Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/27/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/27/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Observe five Chilean women who gather monthly for a ritual that has sustained them through 60 years of personal and societal change. See how a routine of tea and pastries helped them commemorate life’s joys and cope with infidelity, illness and death.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: FRON 003220 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 7/21/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/21/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

A feature documentary about two filmmakers who set out to interview El Chapo Guzman, leader of one of the biggest drug cartels in history. Before his capture in 2014, he had been on the run from the U.S. and Mexican governments for over a decade.

Category: Arts NOLA: VIRC 000000 Series Title: Virtuosity ‐ The Cliburn Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 7/31/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/31/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Watch the world’s best young pianists try to make a name for themselves at the Cliburn, a high‐stakes piano competition that becomes as much a test of character as a musical proving ground. The winner is virtually guaranteed a performing career.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: HUFS 000000 Series Title: Humanity from Space Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 7/21/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/21/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

From the perspective of space, trace humankind’s journey from hunter‐gatherer to dominant global species. With mind‐boggling data and CGI, the program shows how we’ve transformed our planet and produced a world of extraordinary complexity.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 011314 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/20/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/20/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:45

Is Trump’s rapid rise headed for a reverse? Stuart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today join Gwen Ifill to discuss the campaign disruption of Donald Trump, who offered controversial remarks about Sen. John McCain and religion over the weekend, plus demonstrators.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: TBOM 000000 Series Title: Bomb; The Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 7/28/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/28/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

See how America developed the most destructive invention in human history — the nuclear bomb — how it changed the world and how it continues to loom large in our lives. Hear from historians and those who experienced the dawn of the atomic age.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: URAT 000101 Series Title: Uranium ‐ Twisting the Dragon's Tail Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/28/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/28/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

This series reveals the cultural, scientific and natural history of the most wondrous and terrifying rock on Earth. This is the extraordinary, untold story of uranium.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: AMDO 002805 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Return to Homs Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 7/20/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/20/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Witness the transformation of 19‐year‐old Basset Saroot from star goalkeeper for the Syrian national soccer team to peaceful advocate for reforms to armed insurgent. Get an inside look at the brutal war Assad’s regime has waged, a conflict that many accuse the world of overlooking.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: LIRE 000102 Series Title: Life on the Reef Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 7/29/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 7/29/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Witness the explosion of life on the reef as the wet season approaches: corals spawn, sea birds nest and thousands of turtle hatchlings erupt over the beaches. Soon torrential rain and storms will bring change and upheaval to the delicate ecosystem.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: JKLJ 000000 Series Title: JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/4/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/4/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

President LBJ is chiefly remembered for the Vietnam War. But 50 years ago, he engineered two of the most important laws Congress ever passed, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This special examines how LBJ transformed America.

Category: Arts NOLA: AMDO 002807 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Beats of the Antonov Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/3/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/3/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Learn how music and dance bind a community in the war‐ravaged Sudan region, where the people of the Blue Nile celebrate their survival and fight to maintain their heritage, even as bombs drop all around them.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: LIRE 000103 Series Title: Life on the Reef Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/5/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/5/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

See how the human and animal residents of the reef prepare for a category five cyclone that brings destruction to the North Queensland coast. As cyclone season finally gives way to calm seas of the dry, the reef begins to recover and thrive.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: KATT 000000 Series Title: Katrina Ten Years After: A Second Life A Second Chance Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/27/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/27/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Katrina Ten Years After: A Second Life A Second Chance looks back at those ill‐fated days and how, ten years later, the city of New Orleans has achieved what seemed almost unimaginable a decade ago – the resurrection of one of America’s most beloved cities.

Category: Arts NOLA: NAGA 000000 Series Title: National Gallery Length: 185 minutes Airdate: 8/21/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/21/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Journey to the heart of a London institution, a museum housing masterpieces of Western art from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The Frederick Wiseman film is the portrait of a place, its relations with the world, its staff, public and art.

Category: Culture NOLA: AMDO 002808 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Neuland Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 8/17/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/17/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

Meet the young migrants in a Swiss integration class, who have made long and arduous journeys for a new life. Separated from their families, they struggle to learn a new language, prepare for employment and reveal their innermost hopes and dreams.

Category: Culture NOLA: FGBA 000000 Series Title: Few Great Bakeries; A Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/25/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/25/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Explore warm, toasty, small bakeries from Massachusetts to California. Find out how a business that makes cakes, pies, bread and bagels can become a neighborhood landmark. Celebrate beautiful icing, gooey treats and skillful bakers!

Category: Culture NOLA: FGPI 000000 Series Title: Few Good Pie Places; A Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/25/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/25/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Other Segment Length: 01:00:00

Come along on a tour of fruity and creamy pie shops from Maine to Alaska. Meet crusty and flaky cooks who know how to make dough, add spices to fillings and crisscross a lattice top. It’s a celebration of apple, berry and sweet potato slices!

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: BIBL 000101 Series Title: Big Blue Live Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/31/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/31/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Event Coverage Segment Length: 01:00:00

Join scientists, animal behaviorists and other experts in a live TV broadcast to view the once endangered, now thriving ecosystem of Monterey Bay, California, where nature’s most charismatic marine creatures gather to feed on an abundance of food. Category: Health/Health Care NOLA: AMDO 002809 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Point and Shoot Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 8/24/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/24/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Ride shotgun with Matt VanDyke, who films his self‐transformation from a timid 26‐year‐old to a motorcycle‐driving rebel, fighting in the Libyan revolution. Two‐time Oscar nominee Marshall Curry tells his amazing story.

Category: Poverty/Hunger NOLA: AMDO 002810 Series Title: POV Episode Title: The Storm Makers Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/31/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/31/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

See a chilling expose of Cambodia's human trafficking underworld; hear the stories of a peasant girl sold into slavery at 16 and two traffickers who use deception to funnel a stream of poor and illiterate people across the country's borders.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MYMS 000101 Series Title: Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements; The Episode Title: Out of Thin Air Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 8/19/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 8/19/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

See how the discovery of oxygen by one of science’s great odd couples ‐‐ Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier ‐‐ triggers a worldwide search for new elements. Soon caught up in the hunt is chemist Humphry Davy, whose showmanship dazzles London audiences.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: CIVW 000104 Stacked Series Title: Civil War; The Episode Title: Simply Murder ‐ 1863/The Universe of Battle ‐ 1863 Length: 180 minutes Airdate: 9/9/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 4/5/2011 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:27:46

“Simply Murder — 1863” — A nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg precedes two clashes in the spring of 1863: at Chancellorsville in May, where Robert E. Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson; and at Vicksburg, where Ulysses S. Grant is prevented from taking the city by siege. There is fierce northern opposition to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and increasing desperation on the Confederate home front. Lee decides to invade the North again to draw Grant’s forces away from Vicksburg. Episode four of nine.

“The Universe of Battle — 1863”¬ — The Battle of Gettysburg is the turning point of the war. For three days, 150,000 fight to the death in the Pennsylvania countryside culminating in Pickett’s legendary charge. Vicksburg falls to Union forces, draft riots rage in New York, black troops join the fight for the first time and western battles transpire at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. At the dedication of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg, Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people. Episode five of nine.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: ITOW 000102 Series Title: In Their Own Words Episode Title: Muhammad Ali Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/8/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/8/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Follow Muhammad Ali’s path from a gym in Louisville to boxing successes, conversion to Islam, opposition to the draft, exile from the ring, comeback fights, Parkinson’s disease and his inspirational re‐ emergence at the Atlanta Olympics.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: ITOW 000103 Series Title: In Their Own Words Episode Title: Jim Henson Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/15/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/15/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Follow Jim Henson’s career, from his early television work with the Muppets in the 1950s to his commercial work and network appearances, his breakthrough with SESAME STREET and “The Muppet Show,” his fantasy films and his sudden death in 1990.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: BIBL 000102 Series Title: Big Blue Live Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/1/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/1/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Event Coverage Segment Length: 01:00:00

Join scientists, animal behaviorists and other experts in a live TV broadcast to view the once endangered, now thriving ecosystem of Monterey Bay, California, where nature’s most charismatic marine creatures gather to feed on an abundance of food.

Episode 2: Dive into the hidden world of Monterey’s sea lions and hear about the bay’s rejuvenation through sea otters’ return. Join a scientist who’s trying to help solve the mystery of shark migration and study the anatomy of white sharks and elephant seals.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NOVA 004119 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Bigger Than T.rex Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/2/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 11/5/2014 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Almost a century ago, paleontologists found the first tantalizing hints of a monster even bigger than Tyrannosaurus Rex, perhaps the largest predator ever to walk the Earth: spectacular fossil bones from a dinosaur dubbed Spinosaurus. But the fossils were completely destroyed during a World War II Allied bombing raid, leaving only drawings, lots of questions, and a mystery: What was Spinosaurus? Now, the discovery of new bones in a Moroccan cliff face is reopening the investigation into this epic beast. What did it feed on and how? Why did it grow so big? We follow the paleontologists who are reconstructing this terrifying carnivore piece by piece, revealing a 53‐foot‐long behemoth with a huge dorsal sail, enormous, scimitar‐like claws, and massive superjaws, tapered toward the front like a crocodile, hosting an army of teeth. It is a painstaking puzzle, and it is missing many of its pieces. NOVA follows researchers on the hunt for more fossils, tracing ancient history along with the very modern drama of how the bones of the Spinosaurus were discovered, seized, bombed, stolen and smuggled across international borders. Bringing together experts in paleontology, geology, climatology and paleobotany, this NOVA/National Geographic special brings to life the lost world over which Spinosaurus reigned more than 65 million years ago.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: AMMS 002901 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: Althea Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 9/4/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/4/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Discover the story of Althea Gibson, who emerged as the unlikely queen of the segregated tennis world of the 1950s. She was the first African American to play and win Wimbledon.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: ITOW 000101 Series Title: In Their Own Words Episode Title: Queen Elizabeth II Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/1/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/1/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Follow Queen Elizabeth II’s remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle’s abdication, her father’s coronation as King George VI, her experience during World War II, her sudden ascension to the throne and her eventful reign of more than 60 years.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: AMMS 002902 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/18/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/18/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Discover the life and work of Mexican‐American photographer Pedro E. Guerrero, who collaborated with Frank Lloyd Wright and sculptors Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: EWIL 000000 Series Title: E.O. Wilson ‐ Of Ants and Men Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 9/30/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/30/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

Examine the remarkable life and groundbreaking ideas of biologist E.O. Wilson, founder of the discipline of sociobiology, world authority on insects and Pulitzer Prize‐winning writer on the subject of human nature.

Category: Arts NOLA: AMDO 002811 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Cutie and the Boxer Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 9/18/2015 10:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/18/2015 10:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

View an Oscar®‐nominated reflection on love, sacrifice and the creative spirit. This candid New York tale explores the chaotic 40‐year marriage of famed “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and artist Noriko Shinohara.

Category: Arts NOLA: AMDO 002813 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Art and Craft Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 9/25/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/25/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

The jig is up for art forger Mark Landis, who has donated his expert copies to museums for 30 years. But stopping isn’t simple. This cat‐and‐mouse caper uncovers the universal in one man’s search for connection and respect.

Category: Business/Industry NOLA: MLNH 011357 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/17/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/17/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:08:22

Why Pope Francis wants us to stop worshipping capitalism: Pope Francis has bluntly criticized global capitalism for causing environmental destruction and tragic consequences for world's poorest citizens. Ahead of the pontiff's first visit to the United States, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a closer look at his economic beliefs.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 003301 Series Title: Nature | Nature's Miracle Orphans Episode Title: Second Chances Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/23/2015 7:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/23/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:01:00

Watch rescue center caregivers help wild baby orphans get back on their feet. In Australia, a teddy bear comforts baby koala Danny, and tiny wallaby Neil receives preemie care. In Costa Rica, baby three‐toed sloth Newbie battles pneumonia.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NOVA 004209 Series Title: NOVA Episode Title: Dawn of Humanity Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 9/16/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/16/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

NOVA and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors. Deep in a South African cave, a special team of experts has brought to light an unprecedented wealth of fossils belonging to a crucial gap in the record of our origins that spans the transition between the ape‐like australopithecines (such as the famous Lucy) and the earliest members of the human family. At the center of the discovery is paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, a character brimming with enthusiasm and opinions, whose claims have stirred long controversy in the contentious field of human origins. Join NOVA to solve a two million year‐old “crime scene” and dig into extraordinary new clues about what made us human.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: MLNH 011365 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/29/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/29/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:25

Anna Deavere Smith tackles school‐to‐prison pipeline on stage: For Anna Deavere Smith, actress and path‐breaking performance artist, Baltimore is home. After the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the city became a sadly appropriate setting for Smith to tackle her latest project: a one‐woman show about the "school to prison pipeline," which funnels children who get into trouble at school into the criminal justice system. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: ONTF 000000 Series Title: On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 9/22/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/22/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Examine the Latino experience during a war that placed its heaviest burden on the working class. Framing the documentary are memoirs of two siblings who stood on opposite sides of the Vietnam War, one a POW and the other a protestor at home.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 011357 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/17/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/17/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:04:59

In Syria, Russia may fight an Islamic State commander it’s battled before: Abu Omar al‐Shishani, an Islamic State military commander in Syria, is an ethnic Chechen who fought against Russia as part of the Georgian army in 2008. How did he become one of the top figures in IS? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner speaks with Mitchell Prothero of McClatchy Newspapers, who has just written an exhaustive profile of Shishani.

Category: Religion/Ethics NOLA: ACHA 000000 Series Title: America After Charleston Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/21/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/21/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Event Coverage Segment Length: 01:00:00

Join a town hall meeting to explore the many issues propelled into public discourse after a white gunman shot and killed nine African‐American parishioners in Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June. Gwen Ifill moderates.

Category: Sexuality NOLA: AMDO 002812 Series Title: POV Episode Title: Don't Tell Anyone Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 9/21/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/21/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Meet immigrant activist Angy Rivera, the country’s only advice columnist for undocumented youth. In a community where silence is often seen as necessary for survival, she steps out of the shadows to share her own parallel experiences of being undocumented and sexually abused.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 011366 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 9/30/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 9/30/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:08:18

Prime Minister Abadi: Iraq welcomes Russia in Islamic State fight: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al‐Abadi joins chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner to discuss Russia’s launch of military action in Syria, whether Iraq would allow Russian forces inside its borders to fight the Islamic State and the announcement of a pact to share intelligence with Iran, Syria and Russia.

Nashville Public Television Programs/Problems Report January – March 2015

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: MLNH 011136 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:51

How should U.S. regulate powerful painkillers? Forty-six people die every day in the U.S. after overdosing on prescription painkillers, causing some states to crack down. Are tighter laws creating new problems? Judy Woodruff gets views from Bob Twillman of the American Academy of Pain Management and Dr. Andrew Kolodny of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: KLOG 000000 Series Title: Klondike Gold Rush; The Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) set off a “stampede” of more than 100,000 people on a colossal journey from Alaska to the gold fields of Canada’s Yukon Territory. The boomtown of Dawson City emerges as the heart of this story of determination, luck, fortune and loss. Known as the “Paris of the North,” it’s filled with banks, saloons, stores and hotels; for the stampeders and the outside world, it’s a place where lives can in fact be revolutionized. Award-winning author Charlotte Gray and historians Terrence Cole and Michael Gates bring new insights and perspective to the event. Excerpts from Tappan Adney’s celebrated book The Klondike Stampede (1900) bring the Harper’s Weekly correspondent to life. Present-day characters reveal that the Klondike still resonates with the frontier spirit.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: KUSA 000000 Series Title: Klansville U.S.A.: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/13/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/13/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.

Category: Consumerism NOLA: MLNH 011139 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/9/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/9/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:04:23

Consumer electronics get more connected, but do we need everything to be interactive? The Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest annual technology exhibition, is a launching pad for groundbreaking products, but this year, many of the innovations on display focus on improving the connectivity and interactivity of everyday consumer products, from a 3D printing pen to a GPS dog tracking device. Special correspondent Steve Goldbloom reports.

Category: Culture NOLA: RIBI 000000 Series Title: Ripley: Believe It or Not: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/6/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/6/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Robert Ripley’s obsession with the odd made him one of the richest men in America. Over three decades, his Believe It or Not franchise grew into an entertainment empire, and the eccentric, globetrotting playboy became an unlikely national celebrity.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 002411 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Dogs That Changed the World (Part 1) - The Rise of the Dog Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/14/2015 7:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 4/22/2007 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

From the tiniest Chihuahua to the largest St. Bernard, all dogs claim the wolf as their ancestor. But how did the wolf become the domesticated dog, and how did the hundreds of breeds we know today come to be so different? Using DNA analysis and other research, scientists have now pieced together the puzzle of canine evolution, creating a fascinating picture of how dogs became an indispensable part of our own history.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: KUSA 000000 Series Title: Klansville U.S.A.: American Experience Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/13/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/13/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: FRON 003305 Series Title: Frontline Episode Title: Putin's Way Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/13/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/13/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

FRONTLINE investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin’s reign in Russia. Tracing his career back over two decades, “Putin’s Way” reveals how the accumulation of wealth and power has led to autocratic rule and the specter of a new Cold War.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: MLNH 011136 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:25

News Wrap: Keystone XL fight looms as 114th Congress convenes: In our news wrap Tuesday, Republicans took control of the House and the Senate. Despite warm words for getting much accomplished in the new year, there was confrontation between Republicans and the White House over the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline. Also, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was sentenced to two years in federal prison for taking bribes while in office.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: NAZM 000202 Series Title: Nazi Mega Weapons Episode Title: The Wolf’s Lair Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/14/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/14/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

As European countries fall like dominoes to the all-conquering German armies, Hitler becomes convinced of his own military genius. He plans to invade Russia and orders the construction of a huge, heavily protected command complex of bunkers and buildings named the Wolf’s Lair. But as he isolates himself in his concrete city, the war begins to slip from his grasp and a conspiracy is hatched to make the secret base his tomb.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: EDSN 000000 Series Title: Edison: American Experience Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 1/27/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/27/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

The holder of 1,093 patents, Thomas Alva Edison was nearly synonymous with invention. Driven, intensely competitive and never more at home than he was at work, Edison would be remembered as the genius who created the modern world.

Category: Crime/Legal Issues/Law Enforcement NOLA: MLNH 011144 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/16/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/16/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:13:28

Shields and Brooks on same-sex right to marry, Romney run resistance: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s move to consider same-sex marriage, next steps for Republican congressional leaders, emerging GOP candidates for the next presidential race, plus thoughts on the NewsHour’s decision to not show the post-attack cover of Charlie Hebdo.

Category: Economy NOLA: MLNH 011153 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/29/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/29/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:09:02

Bookies bank on sports fans who bet with their hearts: Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Las Vegas, the global epicenter of sports gambling, to learn how research and analytics separates the sports betting pros from the average joes.

Category: Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters NOLA: NAAT 003205 Series Title: Nature Episode Title: Penguin Post Office Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/28/2015 7:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/28/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Segment Length: 01:00:00

In the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula there’s a post office surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery and 3,000 gentoo penguins. Every summer, as staff put stamps on postcards, the penguins return from their fishing grounds to their breeding grounds, trek nearly two miles across sea ice and snow, rush to find a partner, build a nest, lay eggs and protect them from predators, and finally get down to the task of raising their young. Watch their four-month drama unfold as cruise ships come and go, bringing tourists to buy postcards and photograph penguins – the backdrop to the penguins’ lives.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: MLNH 011147 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/21/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/21/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:05:59

Housing discrimination case could have broad implications: A case between a Texas state housing agency and an advocacy organization asks the Supreme Court to decide whether unintentional discrimination over federal tax credits violates the Fair Housing Act. The results could have repercussions beyond both the state of Texas and the housing industry. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal helps outline the case with Judy Woodruff.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 011148 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/22/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/22/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:40

Is ‘The Test’ failing American schools? As Congress considers revisions to the No Child Left Behind education law, there’s a larger debate about the role and efficacy of using standardized tests as assessment. Anya Kamenetz, author of “The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing, But You Don't Have To Be,” joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the evolving role of testing and the “big, unintended consequences.”

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: MLNH 011148 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/22/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/22/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:14

From fireside chats to YouTube: Interactive media helps Obama connect with the country: In a social media push by the White House, three popular YouTube users were invited to interview President Obama following the State of the Union. Brian Donahue of CRAFT Media/Digital, William Powers of the MIT Media Lab and YouTube entrepreneur Hank Green discuss with Judy Woodruff how social media and platforms like YouTube may affect the reach and effectiveness of the president’s message.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 011150 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 1/26/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 1/26/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:08:02

For Muslims in U.K., not feeling ‘British’ can lead some to extremism: Nearly a third of the 15,000 foreign fighters for Islamic State are Muslims from Western Europe, seeking an alternative to the alienation some feel here at home. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports from London on how cultural isolation and discrimination can help drive young Western recruits to embrace radicalism.

Category: Agriculture NOLA: EANW 000101 Stacked Series Title: Earth A New Wild Episode Title: Home/Plains Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 2/4/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/4/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

Travel deep into the wild to take a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the big animals that live alongside us. From cuddling baby pandas to avoiding man-eating tigers, Dr. M. Sanjayan investigates our changing relationships with the wilderness. The severe peril of extraordinary animals and their habitats is ever-present, but Sanjayan focuses on the powerful stories that prove animals and humans can thrive side by side. It’s a new kind of wild, but one on which we all depend.

Explore the giant herds that roam the wild grasslands of the plains. Home to the greatest gathering of animal life on the planet, they are also increasingly our bread basket — and among the most endangered places on Earth. Dr. Sanjayan follows a unique elephant conservation project in South Africa and tracks the prairies to see how Americans are saving their most- endangered mammal. His journey uncovers a vital new understanding about how both humans and predators can help the animals found on the plains.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: BIBU 000000 Series Title: Big Burn: American Experience; The Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/3/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/3/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 00:00:00

In the summer of 1910, an unimaginable wildfire devoured more than three million acres across the Northern Rockies, confronting the fledgling U.S. Forest Service with a catastrophe that would define the agency and the nation’s fire policy for the rest of the 20th century and beyond. THE BIG BURN provides a cautionary tale of heroism and sacrifice, arrogance and greed, hubris and, ultimately, humility in the face of nature’s frightening power.

Category: Disabilities NOLA: MLNH 011164 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/13/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/13/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:09:24

Can modern prosthetics actually help reclaim the sense of touch? Prosthetic limbs have long been clunky, acting more as appendages than extensions. But modern technology is now helping amputees rediscover their sense of touch. Miles O’Brien, who lost his own arm in an accident last year, takes a look at new advances in the field.

Category: Homosexuality NOLA: MLNH 011160 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/9/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/9/2015 7:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:04:35

How Alabama politics are motivating a legal showdown over gay marriage: In 2006, Alabama voters overwhelmingly passed a ban on gay marriage. Last month a federal court lifted that law, but the state’s supreme court chief justice ordered judges to ignore the ruling. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused an appeal to uphold the ban, allowing same-sex unions and setting up a legal showdown over state rights. Judy Woodruff talks to Joseph Smith of the University of Alabama.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: MLNH 011156 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/3/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/3/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:55

Will S&P’s penalty for too-rosy mortgage securities ratings send a message? While not admitting wrongdoing, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services agreed to pay almost $1.4 billion to settle allegations by the Justice Department that credit ratings for high-risk mortgage securities mislead investors before the 2008 financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses implications of the penalty with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and Lynn Stout of Cornell University.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 011155 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/2/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/2/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:02:13

Freed Al Jazeera journalist expresses relief and concern: Australian journalist Peter Greste has been released from a Cairo prison after being convicted for aiding the Muslim Brotherhood and being jailed for more than a year. Meanwhile, his two Al Jazeera colleagues remain behind bars. Separately, a judge sentenced 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Category: Science/Technology NOLA: EANW 000101 Stacked Series Title: Earth A New Wild Episode Title: Home/Plains Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 2/4/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/4/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

Travel deep into the wild to take a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the big animals that live alongside us. From cuddling baby pandas to avoiding man-eating tigers, Dr. M. Sanjayan investigates our changing relationships with the wilderness. The severe peril of extraordinary animals and their habitats is ever-present, but Sanjayan focuses on the powerful stories that prove animals and humans can thrive side by side. It’s a new kind of wild, but one on which we all depend.

Explore the giant herds that roam the wild grasslands of the plains. Home to the greatest gathering of animal life on the planet, they are also increasingly our bread basket — and among the most endangered places on Earth. Dr. Sanjayan follows a unique elephant conservation project in South Africa and tracks the prairies to see how Americans are saving their most- endangered mammal. His journey uncovers a vital new understanding about how both humans and predators can help the animals found on the plains.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 011156 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/3/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/3/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:07

Jordan finds ‘no compromise is possible’ with Islamic State: For Jordanians wishing for the freedom of a pilot captured by the Islamic State, hope turned to despair and outrage when the militant group released a video of the man being burned alive. Gwen Ifill talks to Rod Nordland of The New York Times and Jordan’s former Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher about Jordan’s reaction and why the Islamic State is employing these tactics.

Category: Aging NOLA: MLNH 011170 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/23/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/23/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:56

When memory misses a beat, music can offer dementia patients new meaning: Special correspondent Judy Muller reports on a band of musicians who also have Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and dementia. They use music to stay active, socially connected and to find new purpose.

Category: Arts NOLA: AMMS 002705 Series Title: American Masters Episode Title: August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 2/20/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/20/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

Explore the life and legacy of the playwright some call America’s Shakespeare, who chronicled the 20th-century black experience. Features James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Laurence Fishburne, Viola Davis, new dramatic readings and rare footage.

Category: Arts NOLA: INLE 001608 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: Through a Lens Darkly Length: 90 minutes Airdate: 2/16/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/16/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:30:00

This is the story of the pioneering African-American photographers — men and women, celebrated and anonymous — who have recorded the lives and aspirations of generations, from slavery to the present. By Thomas Allen Harris.

Category: Culture NOLA: IAME 000103 Stacked Series Title: Italian Americans; The Episode Title: Loyal Americans/The American Dream Length: 120 minutes Airdate: 2/24/2015 8:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/24/2015 8:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 02:00:00

A second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, politics, sports and entertainment. Fiorello LaGuardia becomes mayor of New York City. Joe DiMaggio, the son of a San Francisco fisherman, becomes a baseball powerhouse who becomes an American hero. But with the outbreak of World War II, loyalty to America is questioned and Italians are forced to choose between two nations at war. While many Italian Americans fight on the frontlines with valor and bravery, other Italian Americans are labeled “Enemy Aliens,” including DiMaggio’s parents. The war proves to be a turning point for Italian Americans as they begin to break out of their enclaves.

In post-war America, Italian Americans enter the middle class. Italian- American crooners define American cool, but even as Frank Sinatra skyrockets to fame, he is haunted by accusations of Mafia ties. Can Italian Americans fit into 1950s America or will the specter of organized crime always plague them? Governor Mario Cuomo, son of Italian immigrants, struggles to straddle both worlds, while his sons’ success promises assimilation and acceptance. Antonin Scalia becomes the first Italian American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is the first woman and Italian American elected to Speaker of the House. Have Italian Americans finally shed the old stereotypes and become fully accepted in America?

Category: Culture NOLA: INLE 001609 Series Title: Independent Lens Episode Title: American Denial Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/23/2015 9:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/23/2015 9:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: Documentary Segment Length: 01:00:00

“American Denial” uses the story of Gunnar Myrdal’s 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism as a springboard to explore the power of unconscious biases and how the ideals of liberty, equality and justice still affect notions of race and class today. By Llewellyn Smith.

Category: Homosexuality NOLA: MLNH 011170 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/23/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/23/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:06:02

Alan Turing’s family fights to correct a historical injustice: The 2015 Oscar winner “The Imitation Game” tells the story of British mathematician Alan Turing, whose early computer helped the allies win World War II. But the movie also brings attention to the anti-sodomy laws that drove Turing to suicide. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Peter Tatchell of the Peter Tatchell Foundation about getting justice for others convicted under the same laws.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: MLNH 011172 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/25/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/25/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:44

Art empowers and preserves Houston community: Two decades ago, Houston’s Third Ward was struggling with crime, drugs and abandoned homes. Back then, Rick Lowe was one of many artists who bought and transformed area row houses into spaces for work, exhibition and as art itself, bringing both beauty and stability to the community. Now there are concerns that gentrification threatens to push out longtime residents. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Category: National Politics/Government NOLA: MLNH 011173 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/26/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/26/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:05:50

D.C. makes pot legal, with restrictions: The District of Columbia joined Colorado, Alaska and Washington state in legalizing recreational use and possession of marijuana. Federal law still outlaws the drug, however, putting the nation’s capital at the high-profile crossroads of both state and federal laws. Gwen Ifill talks to Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post to discuss the restrictions on the new law.

Category: Women NOLA: MLNH 011166 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 2/17/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 2/17/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:04:46

Women can suffer menopause hot flashes for more than a decade, study finds: Four out of five middle-aged women cope with hot flashes, night sweats and other uncomfortable consequences of menopause. Now, the largest study of its kind has shown that those symptoms can last much longer than previously thought, and are worse for some women of color. Judy Woodruff learns more from Dr. Nancy Avis of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Category: Alcohol, Drug Abuse/Addiction NOLA: MLNH 011177 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/4/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/4/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:04:42

News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader: In our news wrap Wednesday, Mexican authorities arrested Omar Trevino Morales, the head of the notorious Zetas cartel, during an early morning raid. Known as “Z-42,” Morales was wanted in both the U.S. and Mexico for drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder. Also, the Justice Department announced it won’t file charges against the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Category: American History/Biography NOLA: MLNH 011183 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/12/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/12/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:01:10

Gather ‘round to hear FDR’s first fireside chat: In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, we look back 82 years ago, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of 30 “fireside chats.” His radio addresses helped to comfort and build confidence among Americans during the height of the Great Depression.

Category: Education NOLA: MLNH 011175 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/2/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/2/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:01:15

Pint-size percussionists learn music with Led Zeppelin hits: In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, a Kentucky-based nonprofit that provides free music education to 7 to 14-year-olds children shared a video of the Louisville Leopard Percussionists performing a medley of Led Zeppelin tunes.

Category: Housing, Shelter NOLA: MLNH 011184 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/13/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/13/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:05:21

From towers to teapots, architect Michael Graves left a colorful mark: Architect Michael Graves brought a whimsical, postmodern style to monumental buildings and even health care facilities. But he also designed practical, popular household goods, including a famous whistling teapot. To remember the architect, who died Thursday at the age of 80, Jeffrey Brown talks to Robert Ivy of the American Institute of Architects about how he left his mark.

Category: Immigration/Refugees NOLA: MLNH 011176 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/3/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/3/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:05:21

House decides immigration battle will have to wait with vote to fund Homeland Security: Last week, the House was unable to pass a long-term bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Many Republicans wanted to use the budget to take a stand against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. On Tuesday, a minority of Republicans joined Democrats in approving a bill without strings attached. Political editor Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what changed.

Category: Minorities/Civil Rights NOLA: MLNH 011176 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/3/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/3/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:07:47

How can Ferguson law enforcement break a pattern of bias? A new report by the Department of Justice says that police in Ferguson, Missouri, have shown a pattern of racial bias and civil rights abuses. The findings come after a months-long investigation following the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Justin Hansford of Saint Louis University School of Law and Paul Butler of Georgetown University Law Center.

Category: Nuclear Issues/WMD NOLA: MLNH 011184 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/13/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/13/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:11:38

Shields and Gerson on Clinton’s email problem, Senate sabotage of Iran negotiations: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s response to concerns about her use of email, the letter sent by Republican senators to Iran’s leadership, and the fallout from a video capturing a racist chant at the University of Oklahoma.

Category: War/Veterans/National Security NOLA: MLNH 011177 Series Title: PBS NewsHour Length: 60 minutes Airdate: 3/4/2015 6:00:00 PM O.B. Date: 3/4/2015 6:00:00 PM Service: PBS Format: News (live news only) Segment Length: 00:08:07

U.S. General leading coalition sees momentum in fight against Islamic State: American warplanes are staying out of Iraq’s offensive against Tikrit, instead targeting Islamic State militants elsewhere. Judy Woodruff talks to retired Gen. John Allen, special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, about how the U.S. is supporting the Iraqi-led effort, concern about sectarian retribution, the of role Iran and stemming the flow of foreign fighters.