WYES ProgrAm guidE ~ mAY 2012

WYES Program Guide ~ May 2012
A Special Section of New Orleans Magazine

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You won’t want to miss these
programming highlights!
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1. MASTERPIECE: MYSTERY!
“Sherlock, Series 2”
Sundays, May 6-20 from 9:00-10:30 p.m
The struggle goes on in 21st-century
London as the updated team of Sherlock
Holmes and Dr. Watson battle the worst
that modern criminality has to offer, including
a computer-savvy arch-villain who
wants to rule the world.
2. AMERICAN MASTERS
“Johnny Carson: King of Late Night”
Monday, May 14 from 8:00-10:00 p.m.
AMERICAN MASTERS had the estate’s
first-ever cooperation and permission
— unrestricted entrée into his personal
archives and perhaps Carson’s greatest
legacy, all episodes of “The Tonight Show”
from 1970-1992.
3. GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
“The Enchanted Island”
Friday, May 18 9:00-11:30 p.m.
The lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on
the other-worldly island of The Tempest.
Eminent conductor William Christie leads
an all-star cast featuring David Daniels,
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Joyce DiDonato, Danielle de Niese, Luca
Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa and Anthony
Roth Costanzo, with special guest star
Plácido Domingo.
4. NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
Sunday, May 27 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
with encore
Join Gary Sinise (CSI: New York) and Joe
Mantegna (Criminal Minds) in honoring the
service and sacrifice of our men and women
in uniform, their families and all those who
have given their lives for our country.
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5. BURT BACHARACH & HAL DAVID:
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN
PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG IN PERFOR-
MANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Monday, May 21 from 8:00-9:00 p.m.
A star-studded tribute to the songwriting
team who penned such classic tunes
as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,”
“What The World Needs Now is Love,”
“Walk on By” and “Alfie.”
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1 TUESDAY
BIG
EVENT!
5:00am CLIFFORD THE BIG RED dog
5:30am WILD KRATTS
6:00am ARTHUR
6:30am MARTHA SPEAKS
7:00am CURIOUS GEORGE
7:30am CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
8:00am SUPER WHY
8:30am DINOSAUR TRAIN
9:00am SESAME STREET
10:00am CLIFFORD THE BIG RED dog
10:30am WORD WORLd
11:00am SUPERWHY!
11:30am BARNEY AND FRIENDS
12:00pm CAILLou
12:30pm SID THE SCIENCE Kid
1:00pm DINOSAUR TRIAN
1:30pm CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
2:00pm CLIFFORD THE BIG RED dog
2:30pm BARNEY AND FRIENDS
3:00pm ARTHur
3:30pm SID THE SCIENCE KID
4:00pm SESAME STREET
5:00pm CURIOUS GEORGE
5:30pm MARTHA SPEAKS
6:00pm WILD KRATTS
6:30pm FETCH (MON – THURS)
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Join WYES for the
SID THE SCIENCE
KID BIG EVENT, a
kick-off party celebrating
Sid’s new
exhibit at the Kenner
Science Center on
May 19th from
10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. at
the Kenner
Science
Center, 405
Williams
Blvd. The
event is FREE
for the whole
family! For additional
event
details, visit
wyes.org/sid.
SID THE SCIENCE KID
12:30pm & 3:30pm
SID THE SCIENCE KID uses comedy to
promote exploration, discovery, and
science readiness among preschoolers.
7pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Jesse Owens”
traces the story of Jesse Owens’ remarkable
victories in the face of Nazi racism during the
1936 Olympics where he won four gold medals.
8pm
FRONTLINE “Money, Power and Wall Street
- Part 2” Probe the story of the big banks —
how they developed, how they crashed and
whether they still present dangers.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: Papillon (1973)
2 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “Born Wild: The First Days of Life”
8pm
NOVA “Smartest Machine on Earth” Investigate
the world of artificial intelligence and the
IBM supercomputer named “Watson.”
9pm
AMERICA REVEALED “Made in the USA”
Re-evaluate your perceptions of the American
manufacturing machine as host Yul Kwon introduces
you to the men and women who are
changing the system.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: KEY LARGO
(1948)
3 THURSDAY
7pm
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
8pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Jesse Owens”
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Circo” portrays the
Ponce family circus as it struggles to make a living
from its artistry, sweat and wit against the
backdrop of Mexico’s collapsing rural economy.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: LOVE IN THE
AFTERNOON (1957) Director Billy Wilder salutes
his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy
about a middle-aged playboy fascinated by the
daughter of a private detective who has been
hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.
Stars Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn.
4 FRIDAY
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT Not sure what to do this weekend
Host and producer Peggy Scott Laborde
along with special guests make it easy as they
discuss what’s happening around town. Pictured:
From past show (from left to right), WWNO
Radio’s Diane Mack, host Peggy Scott Laborde,
Poppy Tooker, and Alan Smason.
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES
7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL

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9pm
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY “Balance”
View the works and techniques of artists Rackstraw
Downes, Robert Mangold, and Sarah Sze.
LOCAL!
9pm
AMERICA REVEALED “Made in the USA”
10pm
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Sherlock, Series 2:
A Scandal in Belgravia”
11:30pm
BOURBON STREET: THE NEON STRIP
10pm
WALLACE STEGNER This film profiles the
Pulitzer-winning author of Angle of Repose, the
“dean of Western writers,” and an environmentalist
who celebrated the national parks.
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
5 SATURDAY
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
8pm
CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN: AN ARTIST
WITH A CAMERA Though born into a religious
family in Louisiana, he turned away from the
teachings of the church. It was the gift of a camera
that gave him the medium to express his
vision. His approach was twofold: create works
that question “reality” by exposing what lays beyond
the “ordinary”; and encourage people to
protect what is valuable from the past and use
that as the foundation to build a better future.
Today, his 17,000 master prints are considered
to be one of the most important archives in
American photography.
8 TUESDAY
7pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Clinton” Explore the
history of an American president who rose from a
broken childhood to become one of the most successful
politicians in modern American history. Part
1 of 2. Watch Part 2 on Tuesday, May 15 at 7 p.m.
9pm
FRONTLINE
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: BULLITT (1968)
Steve McQueen stars as Bullitt in an all guts,
no glory film. A San Francisco cop becomes
determined to find the underworld kingpin that
killed the witness in his protection.
9 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “The White Lions”
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES Hyacinth’s pompous,
self-serving attitude makes life miserable
for all around her.
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY
8pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: LOVE IN THE
AFTERNOON (1957)
10:10pm
A WORLD’S FAIR TO REMEMBER
11:10pm
THE NIGHTLIFE THAT WAS
6 SUNDAY
7pm
FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS
GATES, JR.
9pm
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Sherlock, Series 2:
A Scandal in Belgravia” Sherlock and Watson
are plunged into a case of blackmail involving
crafty dominatrix Irene Adler, whose motto is
“know when you are beaten.” It seems she has
incriminating photos of a session with a British
royal. Can she outsmart Sherlock at his own
game And at a battle he is ill prepared to wage
– love Pictured: Lara Pulver as Irene Adler
10:30pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Panama Canal”
7 MONDAY
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Minneapolis” A 3.4
carat fancy intense yellow diamond ring was
brought by its original owner, who chose it more
than thirty years ago. She learned its current
value is estimated to be Tune in to find out!
8pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Fame and Fortune”
8pm
NOVA “Deadliest Tornadoes” In April 2011, the
worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail
of destruction across the U.S., killing more than
360 people. Why was there such an extreme outbreak
How do such outbreaks form With modern
warning systems, why did so many die Is our
weather getting more extreme – and if so, how
bad will it get In this NOVA special, get a look at
the science behind the last year’s outbreak.
9pm
NOVA “Hunt for the Supertwister”
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: ARSENIC AND
OLD LACE (1944) A drama critic learns on his
wedding day that his beloved maiden’s aunts
are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in
his family.
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SATURdays on
CHEF JOHN BESH’S
NEW ORLEANS
Enjoy a rich gumbo of
cooking technique with
Chef Besh at 9:30 am!
oin Chef John Besh as he celebrates
his award-winning cuisine
and his love of New Orleans.
You can now watch the
series on Create TV
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10 THURSDAY
7pm
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
8pm
FRONTLINE
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Summer Pasture”
Get a rare view of nomads living in the high
grasslands of eastern Tibet.
10pm
AMERICAN MASTERS “Harper Lee”
11 FRIDAY
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
10pm
ONE VOICE Delight in a song contest in which
2,000 students sing in the Hawaiian language
using four-part harmony.
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
12 SATURDAY
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY
8pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: BRINGING UP
BABY (1938)
10pm
THE UPTOWN THAT WAS Look back at the
history of one of New Orleans’ most colorful
neighborhoods.
11pm
GULF COAST MEMORIES Great memories
from the ‘50s and ‘60s of the Mississippi Gulf
Coast. Narrated by Phil Johnson.
13 SUNDAY
6:00am CURIOUS GEORGE
6:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS
A LOT ABOUT THAT!
7:00am THE WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP
7:30am P. ALLEN SMITH’S GARDEN
HOME
8:00am THE VICTORY GARDEN
8:30am THIS OLD HOUSE
9:00am HOMETIME
9:30am CHEF JOHN BESH’S
NEW ORLEANS
10:00am A TASTE OF LOUISIANA WITH
CHEF JOHN FOLSE
10:30am CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME’S
ALWAYS COOKING
11:OOam JUSTIN WILSON’S LOOKING
BACK
11:30am AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN
12:00pm JULIA AND JACQUES
12:30pm CIAO! ITALIA
1:OOpm MEXICO-ONE PLATE AT A TIME
WITH RICK BAYLESS
1:30pm EVERYDAY FOOD
2:00pm VARIOUS PROGRAMMING
3:00pm NOVA
4:00pm VARIOUS PROGRAMMING
5:00pm NATURE
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7pm
INFORMED SOURCES brings viewers the
news behind this week’s local headlines. Errol
Laborde is producer and Larry Lorenz is host.
7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL
AND NATIONAL JOURNAL
9pm
CRAFT IN AMERICA “Threads” explores
textiles and quilts by Faith Ringgold, Consuelo
Jimenez Underwood, Terese Agnew and
Randall Darwall.
7pm
FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS
GATES, JR. “John Legend, Wanda Sykes and
Margarett Cooper” Musician John Legend
(pictured) and comedian Wanda Sykes discover
the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors
they never knew about, while Professor
Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett
Cooper delve into the mysteries shrouding
the free people of color in their family trees.
8pm
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10pm
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Sherlock, Series 2:
The Hounds of Baskerville”
11:30pm
WE LIVE TO EAT: NEW ORLEANS’ LOVE AFFAIR
WITH FOOD
9pm
BONES OF TURKANA Follow famed paleoanthropologist
Richard Leakey and his wife,
Meave, daughter Louise and their colleagues
as they work in the arid northern regions of
Kenya’s Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries
of human evolution.
9pm
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Sherlock, Series
2: The Hounds of Baskerville” Sherlock and
Watson pursue the trail of the Baskerville
experiments — top-secret government research
on genetically engineered gigantic animals for
military use. Or so it is rumored. Whatever the
truth, something big is up on the moors.
10:30pm
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE “A
Broadway Celebration” presents selections
from American musicals that reflect the spirit,
energy and ambition of America. This special
is emceed by Nathan Lane and includes Idina
Menzel, Brian d’Arcy James, Audra McDonald,
Chad Kimball, Marvin Hamlisch, Karen Olivo,
Tonya Pinkins, Assata Alston and a youth ensemble
from the Joy of Motion Dance Center.
11:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT “Visits Historic Houses”
14 MONDAY
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Minneapolis (Hour
Two)” A 1956 Elvis Presley standee rescued from
an attic; a portrait sketched by George Gershwin;
and a circa 1885 Franz Roubaud oil painting.
15 TUESDAY
7pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Clinton” The program
features unprecedented access to scores
of Clinton insiders including White House Press
Secretary Dee Dee Myers, White House Counsel
Bernard Nussbaum, White House Chief of Staff
Leon Panetta and Deputy Chief of Staff Harold
Ickes, as well as interviews with foreign leaders,
members of the Republican opposition, childhood
friends, staffers from Clinton’s years as
governor of Arkansas, biographers and journalists.
Part 2 of 2.
9pm
FRONTLINE
10pm
AMERICAN MASTERS “Johnny Carson: King
of Late Night” Explore the career, complexities
and contradictions of the biggest star television
has ever produced.
16 WEDNESDAY
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: BRINGING
UP BABY (1938) While trying to secure a $1
million donation for his museum, a befuddled
paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often
irritating heiress and her pet leopard “Baby.”
17 THURSDAY
7pm
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
8pm
FRONTLINE
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Precious Knowledge”
Watch as student leaders in Tucson High
School’s Mexican American Studies Program
fight to save their classes.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: PAPILLON
(1973)
18 FRIDAY
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT If you miss an episode, you can
now watch it online at WYES ON DEMAND.
8pm
AMERICAN MASTERS “Johnny Carson: King
of Late Night” In this unrestricted look into his
personal archives and perhaps Carson’s greatest
legacy, all episodes of “The Tonight Show” from
1970-1992. Original interviews with: Carl Reiner,
Mel Brooks, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Ellen
DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld, Conan
O’Brien, Steve Martin, Ray Romano, Drew Carey,
Joan Rivers, Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Garry
Shandling, Angie Dickinson, Doc Severinsen,
Arsenio Hall, Dick Cavett and many more.
7pm
NATURE “Cracking the Koala Code” How does
a koala manage to survive and thrive on a diet
poisonous to almost all other herbivorous mammals
Learn this and more in this special.
8pm
NOVA “The Great Inca Rebellion”
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES
7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL
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SUNdays on
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Local!
WYES Presents
Starlight Theatre Movies
every Sunday at 10am
• (6th) Love in the Afternoon (1957)
• (13th) Bringing Up Baby (1938)
• (20th) Key Largo (1948)
• (27th) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
9pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET “The
Enchanted Island” This extraordinary new
work combines the world’s best singers, the
glorious music of the Baroque masters, and
a story drawn from Shakespeare. Eminent
conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast
featuring David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Danielle
de Niese, Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa
and Anthony Roth Costanzo, with special
guest star Plácido Domingo (pictured).
8pm
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS: RE-
BUILDING OUR COAST The State of Louisiana
is finalizing the Comprehensive Master Plan
for a Sustainable Coast which will serve as a
blueprint for protecting and preserving the
Louisiana coast. Learn more about what will
be done to stop the loss of our wetlands and
barrier islands when coastal experts join WYES
Director of Local Initiatives Marcia Kavanaugh
to discuss how the Master Plan will impact
coastal communities and industries.
19 SATURDAY
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY Former lovers are reunited
by chance after a 38-year separation. Stars Judi
Dench and Geoffrey Palmer.
5am SESAME STREET
6am CURIOUS GEORGE
6:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
7am SUPER WHY!
7:30am DINOSAUR TRAIN
8am CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
8:30am MARTHA SPEAKS
9am CURIOUS GEORGE
9:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
10:00am MOVIE
NOON VARIOUS PROGRAMMING
1:00pm JUSTIN WILSON’S LOOKING BACK
1:30pm MISS LUCY’S CLASSIC CAJUN
CULTURE
2:00pm CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW
ORLEANS
2:30pm CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME’S
ALWAYS COOKING
3:00pm NEED TO KNOW
4:00pm RICK STEVES’ EUROPE
4:30pm RICK STEVES’ EUROPE
5:00pm HISTORY DETECTIVES
6:00pm ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
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8pm
AMERICAN MASTERS “Johnny Carson: King
of Late Night”
10pm
ALONG LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
11pm
PLANTATION PORTRAITS captures these
timeless images of an era when sugar cane
was the new “white gold” and cotton was king.
20 SUNDAY
7pm
FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS
GATES, JR. “Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier
and Linda Chavez” What does it mean
to be Hispanic The answer lies in the tangled
histories of European, Native American and African
peoples. Crisscrossing Mexico, Spain, the
Caribbean and the Southwest, Dr. Gates reveals
stories of ancestral Conquistadors, Indian rebels
and “Crypto-Jews.” See how the American experience
has been shaped by people who were in
the New World long before the Mayflower.
9pm
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Sherlock, Series
2: The Reichenbach Fall” Watch as Jim Moriarty
(Andrew Scott) poses the “final problem”
and a tabloid reporter reveals the “shocking
truth” about Sherlock.
10:30pm
AMERICAN MASTERS “Cab Calloway”
11:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT “Goes to the Museums” Get
a glimpse into the mystique of New Orleans
through seven museums around the city.
21 MONDAY
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Minneapolis
(Hour Three)”

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23 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “Salmon: Running the Gauntlet”
8pm
NOVA “Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor”
8pm
BURT BACHARACH & HAL DAVID: THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE
FOR POPULAR SONG IN PERFORMANCE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE A star-studded tribute to
the songwriting team who penned such classic
tunes as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,”
“What The World Needs Now is Love,” “Walk on
By” and “Alfie.” Composer Bacharach (pictured)
and lyricist David’s extraordinary collaboration
has produced numerous hits and enjoyed a
resurgence in popularity, with songs featured in
the “Austin Powers” films and an episode of “Glee.”
9pm
BONES OF TURKANA Follow famed paleoanthropologist
Richard Leakey and his family.
10pm
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Sherlock, Series
2: The Reichenbach Fall” Andrew Scott as the
mousy mastermind of evil, Jim Moriarty.
11:30pm
ST. CHARLES AVENUE: OF MANSIONS &
MONARCHS
22 TUESDAY
7pm
CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST
WITH NIALL FERGUSON Examine the rise of
the West’s economic ascendancy based on Niall
Ferguson’s six principles of prosperity: competition,
science, modern medicine, democracy,
consumerism and work ethic. The programs are
adapted from Ferguson’s book, Civilization: The
West and the Rest.
9pm
FRONTLINE
10pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Clinton” Explore the
history of an American president who rose from
a broken childhood to become one of the most
successful politicians in modern American history.
Part 1 of 2. Watch the final episode tomorrow
night at 10:00 p.m.
9pm
NOVA “Missing in MiG Alley” puts viewers in
the cockpit to experience the lethal split-second
duels in the skies over MiG Alley.
10pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Clinton” Part 2 of 2.
24 THURSDAY
7pm
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS: RE-
BUILDING OUR COAST Coastal experts discuss
the state’s Master Plan to restore the Louisiana
coast and its impact on coastal communities
and industries.
8pm
FRONTLINE
9pm
CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN: AN ARTIST
WITH A CAMERA It was the gift of a camera
that gave this Louisiana native the medium to
express his vision.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: KEY LARGO
(1948) Directed by John Huston. Stars Humphrey
Bogart.
25 FRIDAY
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES
7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL Washington’s top journalists
analyze the week’s top news stories and their
effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.
9pm
GOAT RODEO LIVE: YO-YO MA, STUART DUN-
CAN, EDGAR MEYER, AND CHRIS THILE Four
string virtuosos — renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma,
bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar
Meyer and mandolin wizard Chris Thile, each a
prominent figure in his own musical sphere —
have come together as an ensemble to create
what critics are now hailing “a most remarkable
and organic cross-genre project in which the
fire and drive of the bluegrass world meets the
clarity and class of the classical music world.”
The term “goat rodeo,” often applied to a chaotic
situation, is a reference to the challenges of
melding classical and bluegrass music. Pictured:
The Goat Rodeo musicians (l-r) Chris Thile, Yo-Yo
Ma, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer.
10pm
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS:
REBUILDING OUR COAST Can Louisiana’s
coast be saved The state says it can and has a
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plan to protect and restore the imperiled coast.
Watch as experts discuss the planned projects,
their costs, and their chances for success in this
WYES special.
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
26 SATURDAY
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY
8pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: ARSENIC AND
OLD LACE (1944)
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more at home, and to our troops around the
world on the American Forces Network.
8:30pm
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
10pm
WAR BONDS: THE SONGS AND LETTER OF
WORLD WAR II
11pm
NEW ORLEANS THAT WAS
28 MONDAY
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Jackpot”
8pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Raleigh”
10pm
MASTERPIECE: CLASSIC “The Mystery of
Edwin Drood” Thrill to this psychological tale
of a provincial choirmaster’s obsession with a
17-year-old and the lengths to which he will go
to attain her.
30 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “Black Mamba” See how a team of
herpetologists tries to change public perception
of a misunderstood snake.
8pm
NOVA “Venom: Nature’s Killer” Find out how
nature’s deadliest cocktails could be medicine’s
brightest new hope.
10pm
GROWING UP IN NEW ORLEANS takes a look
at New Orleans childhood experiences during
the ‘50s and ‘60s.
11pm
NORTHSHORE STORIES A loving portrait of the
history and people who live and work “across
the lake.” Narrated by Garland Robinette.
27 SUNDAY
7pm
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT Join
co-hosts Gary Sinise (“CSI: New York”) and
Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) in a night of
remembrance featuring an all-star line-up of
dignitaries, actors and musical artists in performance
with the National Symphony Orchestra.
The 23rd annual broadcast of the NATIONAL
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT airs live from the
West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert
audience of hundreds of thousands, millions
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9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Hell and Back Again”
What does it mean to lead men in war What
does it mean to come home — injured physically
and psychologically — and build a life
anew In this film, two overlapping narratives
are intercut — the life of a Marine at war on the
front and the life of the same Marine in recovery
at home — creating both a dreamlike quality
and a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines
experience this war.
10pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Being Elmo” Discover
the man behind the furry red monster named
Elmo — puppeteer Kevin Clash.
29 TUESDAY
7pm
CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST
WITH NIALL FERGUSON Spanning theories on
the rise and fall of empires past and present,
Ferguson explains how the West taught others
its ideas and institutions. And in so doing, the
West may be endangering its power. Part 2 of 2.
9pm
FRONTLINE
9pm
SHELTER ME Every year, more than 4 million
dogs and cats are euthanized in America’s
shelters. SHELTER ME focuses on the success
stories to bring more people into the shelters to
give these incredible animals a second chance.
This is a show about redemption, hope, helping
others, and making a difference.
10pm
CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST
WITH NIALL FERGUSON Part 1 of 2.
31 THURSDAY
7pm
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR The Bedford Project
continues with Part 9 of 16. Then during ASK
THIS OLD HOUSE, the guys build a porch railing
and selecting stone for building walls.
8pm
FRONTLINE
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Left By the Ship” With
four Amerasian children, delve into the consequences
of the U.S. military presence in the
Philippines.
10pm
CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST
WITH NIALL FERGUSON Part 2 of 2.

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