Upcoming TV Highlights

Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9:00pm
Live From Lincoln Center: Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
Join five-time Tony Award-winner and series host Audra McDonald as she takes a turn as the featured performer, singing songs from her new album and other favorites in a special spring concert at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. more info | more stories like this

Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:00pm
Voces on PBS: Rebel
Explore the mysterious true story of Loreta Velasquez, a Cuban immigrant who was one of the estimated 1,000 women who secretly served as soldiers during the Civil War. Why has her story been erased from the history books? | more stories like this

Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 11:00pm
Austin City Limits: Radiohead
Alt rock icon Radiohead takes the ACL stage. The band performs songs from its Grammy-nominated LP The King of Limbs. more info | more stories like this

Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 8:00pm
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 9:30pm
National Memorial Day Concert
On the eve of Memorial Day, join co-hosts Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) and Gary Sinise (“CSI: New York”) for a night of remembrance featuring an all-star line-up performing with the National Symphony Orchestra. more info | more stories like this

Monday, May 27, 2013 at 8:00pm
Antiques Roadshow: Seattle
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L. Walberg discusses Northwest Coast Indian masks with appraiser Ted Trotta at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Seattle becomes the city that sparkles with the discovery of a late-16th-century diamond and enamel jewel. more info | more stories like this

Monday, May 27, 2013 at 10:00pm
Independent Lens: Detropia
Detroit: the grand American city, built on industry, fair play, hard work and the American Dream. In the past three decades, the city has seen its might crumble as oil prices spiked, the auto industry declined and the middle class began to disappear. But the people of Detroit are not ready to give up on this place, where the spirit of loyalty, community and grit is not so easy to break. more info | more stories like this

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 8:00pm
Nature: The Himalayas
The Himalayan mountain system is the planet’s highest and home to the world’s tallest peaks. NATURE explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of this mountain chain starring the mysterious snow leopard. more info | more stories like this

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 10:00pm
NOVA: Deadliest Earthquake
In 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike was in Haiti, where a quake killed more than 200,000. Barely a month after the Haiti quake, Chile was struck by a quake 100 times more powerful. A team of U.S. geologists hunts for crucial evidence that will help them determine what the risks are of a new killer quake. more info | more stories like this

Friday, May 31, 2013 at 9:00pm
Great Performances at the Met: The Tempest
This production by Robert LePage (The Ring Cycle) of Thomas Ades’ opera, with a libretto by Meredith Oakes, features Audrey Luna (Ariel), Isabel Leonard (Miranda), Iestyn Davies (Trinculo), Alek Shrader (Ferdinand), Alan Oke (Caliban), William Burden (King of Naples), Toby Spence (Antonio) and Simon Keenlyside (Prospero). The opera is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same title. more info | more stories like this

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 8:00pm
Protect Your Memory with Dr. Neal Barnard
Best-selling author and health advocate Dr. Neal Barnard offers groundbreaking research to protect against memory loss and offers new ways to offset the risks for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 11:00pm
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 11:00pm
Rick Steves Delicious Europe
When it comes to good eating, Europe is a food lover's wonderland: elegant cuisine, rustic delights, seasonal treats, beloved bakeries, a passion for wine, and slow food rather than fast food. However you slice it, Europeans take pride in their food: eating well is living well. In this tasty, half-hour pledge event, we dine with Rick Steves as he enjoys Europe's very best. more info | more stories like this

Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 8:00pm
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 9:30pm
Carole King - James Taylor Live at the Troubadour
In 1971, Carole King and James Taylor performed together in concert at the Troubadour. Thirty-six years later, they re-united to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Los Angeles night club. They are responsible for some of the most memorable music including "So Far Away," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," "Fire and Rain," "Sweet Baby James," "I Feel the Earth Move" and "You've Got a Friend." support this program | | more stories like this

Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 9:00pm
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 8:00pm
The British Beat (My Music)
This MY MUSIC special travels to London and around the UK to the places where the British Beat was born. The program features a mix of rare archival full-length performance films mixed with live performances from the Zombies, Wayne Fontana, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers and many more. support this program | | more stories like this

Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 11:00pm
The Doors: Live At The Bowl '68
The Doors Live At The Bowl '68 is widely held as the band's best performance ever captured on film. Now for the first time fans can watch the complete version in digitally re-mastered glory with 5.1 surround sound as the entire concert has been carefully restored from the original camera negatives to include the lost performances of Hello I Love You, Texas Radio and the Big Beat and Spanish Caravan. more info | more stories like this

Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 8:00pm
Friday, June 14, 2013 at 8:30pm
Great Performances: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Why has the Broadway musical proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds? From Broadway’s golden age, names like Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim immediately come to mind. more info | more stories like this