January 2011 THIRTEEN Online Guide

january 2011

american Masters at 25

Season Premiere:Jeff Bridges: The Dude AbidesWed 12th, 8 p.m.

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Since itS preMiere in 1986, THIRTEEN’s

American Masters series has told the stories

of more than 160 groundbreaking artists

and their lasting impact on American cul-

ture. The award-winning series, hailed by

The Baltimore Sun as “one of the greatest

cultural storytelling franchises in Ameri-

can life,” has profiled artists ranging from

Martha Graham and Rod Serling to Judy

Garland and John Lennon.

American Masters begins its 25th season

this month with Jeff Bridges: The Dude

Abides (Wed 12th, 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN;

Sun 23rd, 3:30 p.m. on WLIW21). To honor

this exciting milestone, THIRTEEN spoke

with Susan Lacy, creator and executive

producer of the series.

Read the complete interview

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Being a THIRTEEN member just became more rewarding. To celebrate

American Masters’ 25th anniversary, we’re offering a special gift

to our members. The first 50 people to visit thirteen.org/AM25 by

January 31 and enter code aM25 will win an American Masters DVD.

American Masters

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a: I think the series has lasted because it

remains consistently good. I do everything

I can to keep the standards as high as pos-

sible. There’s a lot of pressure to produce

films faster and cheaper, but if you want

to produce a quality film, it takes time and

money. There are no shortcuts. I also think

we’ve endured because we have a reputa-

tion for producing films that have artistic

integrity. I don’t do a film unless we have

the subject or estate’s permission because

I know we’ll get better material if we have

their cooperation. Having access to letters,

diaries, and key primary interviews is what

allows you to go deep.

What inspired you to create American Masters?a: When I first came to THIRTEEN in 1979,

I worked closely with Great Performances

executive producer Jac Venza, who was also

the head of the Arts and Culture Depart-

ment. While I loved the productions we

worked on—operas, classical musical con-

certs, dance pieces, and stage plays—what

really fascinated me were the artists who

created these shows. So I suggested the

idea for a biography series that would

examine American culture through the

lives and achievements of extraordinary

artists—but nobody thought it was a good

idea except Jac. There wasn’t a place for

cultural documentaries on American tele-

vision at the time, so PBS didn’t know there

could actually be an audience for this kind

of film. I promised PBS that if they sched-

uled the series, I would give them films

that people would watch because they’re

great stories. I’ve always known that artist

stories are great stories.

How would you explain the longevity of the series?

a: Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and Stephen Sondheim—to name

a few icons! I’d also like to do films on Miles Davis, Philip Roth, and Johnny Carson.

We always try to have a mix of high art and popular culture in the line-up because

popular culture is a huge part of American culture. Naturally, if you do a film about a

pop star, you’re going to get higher ratings, but the beauty of public television is that

it isn’t about chasing ratings. On American Masters, we feature the James Baldwins

and Hemingways and Balanchines and Ralph Ellisons alongside the Bob Dylans—that’s

what makes the series strong and unique. The raison d’être of public television is that

we’re an alternative television service, and that means we’re doing something nobody

else is doing. That’s why we’re here.

Who is on your American Masters wish list?

American Masters is made possible by the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and by the Corporation

for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding for American Masters is provided by Rosalind P. Walter, The Blanche &

Irving Laurie Foundation, Jack Rudin, Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation,

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1 Saturday

7:00 Jackie Gleason—Genius at Work The televi-sion comedy king. REPEATS

FRI 14TH, 9:30PM AND SuN 16TH,

10:30PM.

8:00 preMiere Great Performances: “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2011” Franz Welser-Möst leads the Vienna Philharmonic in Strauss Family favorites. Paula Zahn hosts. REPEATS SuN 2ND, 12:30PM.

9:30 Reel 13 Classics: “Dances With Wolves” (1990) Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning epic of the American West. REPEATS

EARLy SuN 2ND, 2:30AM.

1/02 early Sunday aM 12:35 Reel 13 Indies: “Jelly” (2009) REPEATS EARLy

WED 5TH, 12:30AM.

2:20 preMiere Reel 13 Shorts 2:30 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 1ST, 9:30PM. [R]

2 Sunday

6:00 Need to Know [R]

7:00 NOVA: “Secrets Beneath the Ice” Scientists use a state-of-the-art drilling probe to investigate ice shelf melting in Antarctica. 8:00 Nature: “American Eagle” The bald eagle’s life in the wild. REPEATS EARLy

TuE 4TH, 12:30AM AND SAT 8TH,

5PM.

9:00 Masterpiece Classic: “My Boy Jack” Rudyard Kipling’s son joins the Irish Guard at the outset of World War I. With Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City). REPEATS EARLy TuE 4TH,

1:30AM AND EARLy SAT 8TH,

3:30AM.

11:00 J.M.W. Turner The English Romantic painter. 11:30 preMiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “Portraits” With examples from ancient Peru, medieval Japan, and 17th-century Ghana.

1/03 early Monday aM 12:00 American Masters: “Glenn Gould: Genius Within” REPEATS SuN 30TH,

12:30PM.

2:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea” 3:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis: Music to Die For” 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe

3 Monday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere AntiquesRoadshow In Miami, experts appraise a 1940s Alexander Calder mobile. (PART 1 OF 3) REPEATS EARLy

WED 5TH, 2:15AM.

9:00 preMiere Robert E. Lee: American Experience The life of the legendary general. REPEATS EARLy

WED 5TH, 3:15AM; SAT 8TH,

2:30PM; EARLy MON 10TH, 12MID;

AND EARLy MON 17TH, 1:30AM.

10:30 Morristown: Where America Survived How George Washington and his troops endured the winter of 1780 as war hung in the balance. REPEATS

EARLy WED 5TH, 4:45AM AND

SAT 8TH, 1PM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS TuE 4TH, 1:30PM.

1/04 early tueSday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS TuE 4TH, 1PM.

12:30 Nature SEE SuN 2ND,

8PM. REPEATS SAT 8TH, 5PM.

[R]

1:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 2ND, 9PM. REPEATS

EARLy SAT 8TH, 3:30AM. [R]

3:30 Jean-Michel Cousteau:Ocean Adventures

4 tueSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

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8:00 NOVA: “Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor” NOVA dives beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the fate of the USS Arizona. REPEATS EARLy THu

6TH, 12:30AM AND SuN 9TH, 7PM.

9:00 Frontline: “Death by Fire” Was Cameron Todd Willingham wrongly executed for arson fatalities? REPEATS EARLy THu 6TH,

1:30AM.

10:00 preMiere Independent Lens: “Men Who Swim” A group of middle-aged Swedish men find unlikely success as members of a synchronized swim team. REPEATS EARLy THu 6TH,

2:30AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS WED 5TH, 1:30PM.

1/05 early WedneSday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS WED 5TH, 1PM.

12:30 Reel 13 Indies SEE

EARLy SuN 2ND, 12:35AM. [R]

2:15 Antiques Roadshow SEE MON 3RD, 8PM. [R]

3:15 American Experience SEE MON 3RD, 9PM. REPEATS

SAT 8TH, 2:30PM; SuN 9TH,

12MID; AND EARLy MON 17TH,

1:30AM. [R]

4:45 Morristown: Where America Survived SEE

MON 3RD, 10:30PM. REPEATS

SAT 8TH, 1PM. [R]

5 WedneSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Masters of the Arctic Ice Global warming in the Arctic. REPEATS EARLy FRI 7TH,

12:30AM; SAT 8TH, 1:30PM; AND

EARLy THu 13TH, 4:30AM.

9:00 preMiere Great Performances at the Met: “Don Pasquale” Anna Netrebko revives her turn in this sophisti-cated bel canto comedy, co-starring John Del Carlo. REPEATS EARLy

FRI 7TH, 1:30AM AND

SuN 9TH, 12:30PM.

11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS THu 6TH, 1:30PM.

1/06 early thurSday aM 12:30 NOVA SEE TuE 4TH,

8PM. REPEATS EARLy THu 6TH,

4:30AM AND SuN 9TH, 7PM. [R]

1:30 Frontline SEE TuE 4TH,

9PM. [R]

2:30 Independent Lens SEE TuE 4TH, 10PM. [R]

3:30 Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing 4:30 NOVA SEE TuE 4TH, 8PM.

REPEATS SuN 9TH, 7PM. [R]

6 thurSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes: “The Queen of Sheba” Tracing the legendary queen through the Red Sea region. REPEATS EARLy SAT 8TH,

1AM.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Life Born of Fire” A serial killer targets a religious organization. REPEATS EARLy

SAT 8TH, 2AM.

10:30 Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter The beloved humorist. REPEATS

EARLy SAT 8TH, 5:30AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 7TH, 1:30PM.

1/07 early Friday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS FRI 9TH, 1PM.

12:30 Masters of the Arctic Ice SEE WED 5TH, 8PM.

REPEATS SAT 8TH, 1:30PM AND

EARLy THu 13TH, 4:30AM. [R]

1:30 Great Performances at the Met SEE WED 5TH, 9PM.

REPEATS SuN 9TH, 12:30PM.

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4:00 P.O.V.: “Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North” REPEATS EARLy

MON 10TH, 1:30AM.

7 Friday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 8TH, 9AM.

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evening and night8:30 preMiere Need to Know With Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham. REPEATS SuN 9TH, 6PM.

9:30 American Masters: “Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character” The life and career of the star who won America’s heart in the 1960s and 70s. [R]

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS MON 10TH, 1:30PM.

1/08 early Saturday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS MON 10TH, 1PM.

12:30 Theater Talk1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes SEE THu 6TH,

8PM. [R]

2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! SEE THu 6TH, 9PM. [R]

3:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 2ND, 9PM. [R]

8 Saturday

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 As Time Goes By Reunion Special Jean longs for grandchildren.9:00 preMiere Reel 13 Classics: “One, Two, Three” (1961) A company man

(James Cagney) in West Germany panics when the Coca-Cola heiress marries a communist. REPEATS EARLy

SuN 9TH, 12:20AM.

10:55 Reel 13 Indies: “Luke and Brie Are on a First Date” (2008) The pleasure and pain of a first date. REPEATS EARLy SuN 9TH,

2:15AM AND WED 12TH, 12:30AM.

1/09 early Sunday aM 12:10 preMiere Reel 13 Shorts 12:20 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 8TH, 9PM. [R]


SAT 8TH, 10:55PM. REPEATS

EARLy WED 12TH, 12:30AM. [R]

3:35 Reel 13 Shorts SEE EARLy SuN 9TH, 12:10AM.

[R]

3:40 American Masters: “Trumbo” REPEATS EARLy

FRI 14TH, 3:30AM.

9 Sunday

6:00 Need to Know SEE FRI 7TH, 8:30PM. [R]

7:00 NOVA SEE TuE 4TH,

8PM. [R]

8:00 preMiere Nature: “Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story” A look at the current state of lions and the legacy of Born Free, 50 years after its publication. REPEATS EARLy

TuE 11TH, 12:30AM AND SAT 15TH,

5PM.

9:00 preMiere Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” The lives of the noble Crawley family circa 1912, with Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern.

Laura Linney hosts. (PART 1

OF 4) REPEATS EARLy TuE 11TH,


3:30AM.

10:30 preMiere Nou Bouke: Haiti’s Past, Present and Future The earthquake-ravaged nation faces an uncertain future. REPEATS


11:30 preMiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “The Natural World” How people work with and against nature to produce art.

1/10 early Monday aM 12:00 American Experience SEE MON 3RD, 9PM. REPEATS

EARLy MON 17TH, 1:30AM. [R]

1:30 P.O.V. SEE EARLy FRI 7TH,

4AM. [R]

3:00 America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr. 5:00 Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom [R]

10 Monday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour8:00 preMiere Antiques Roadshow Experts appraise diamond jewelry in Miami Beach. (PART 2 OF 3) REPEATS


SAT 15TH, 1PM.

9:00 preMiere U.S. Grant: Warrior: American Experience The military strategist and Civil War hero. REPEATS EARLy WED

12TH, 2:50AM AND SuN 16TH,

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10:30 Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom Jamie Hector (The Wire) stars as the former slave who escaped to freedom and became one of our nation’s most influential abolitionists. REPEATS EARLy FRI 14TH, 5AM.

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12:30 Nature SEE SuN 9TH,


[R]

1:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 9TH, 9PM. REPEATS

EARLy SAT 15TH, 3:30AM. [R]

3:00 Healing Birds of Prey 3:30 Jean-Michel Cousteau:Ocean Adventures

11 tueSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere NOVA: “The Deadliest Earthquake” u.S. geologists enter Haiti following the catastrophe. REPEATS EARLy THu 13TH,

12:30AM; EARLy SAT 15TH, 5AM;

AND SuN 16TH, 7PM.

9:00 preMiere Frontline: “Battle for Haiti” Escaped convicts organize a reign of terror over Haiti’s people. REPEATS EARLy THu 13TH,

1:30AM AND SAT 15TH, 2PM.

10:00 preMiere Independent Lens: “Children of Haiti” Profiles three teenaged orphans in Haiti.

REPEATS EARLy THu 13TH,

2:30AM AND SAT 15TH, 3PM.



12:30 Reel 13 Indies SEE SAT 8TH, 10:55PM. [R]

1:50 Antiques Roadshow SEE MON 10TH, 8PM. REPEATS

SAT 15TH, 1PM. [R]

2:50 American Experience SEE MON 10TH, 9PM. REPEATS

SuN 16TH, 12MID. [R]

4:20 Just as We Are

12 WedneSday


8:00 SeaSon preMiere American Masters: “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides” The life and craft of the Oscar- winning actor and star of Crazy Heart and The Big Lebowski. Directed by Gail Levin. REPEATS

EARLy FRI 14TH, 12:30AM

AND SuN 23RD, 12:30PM.

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evening and night9:30 American Masters: “The Doors: When You’re Strange” The iconic rock band’s story told with original film footage. Johnny Depp narrates. REPEATS EARLy FRI 14TH, 2AM

AND SuN 16TH, 12:30PM.


1/13 early thurSday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS THu 13TH, 1PM.


8PM. REPEATS EARLy SAT 15TH,

5AM AND SuN 16TH, 7PM. [R]



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2:30 Independent Lens SEE TuE 11TH, 10PM. REPEATS

SAT 15TH, 3PM. [R]

3:30 Nou Bouke: Haiti’s Past, Present and Future SEE SuN 9TH, 10:30PM. [R]

4:30 Masters of the Arctic Ice SEE WED 5TH, 8PM. [R].

13 thurSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes The truth about the Round Table, Excalibur and the Holy Grail. (PART 2 OF 4) REPEATS

EARLy SAT 15TH, 1AM.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: The Great and the Good” Murder in the Oxford community. REPEATS EARLy

SAT 15TH, 2AM.

10:30 Saved From the Wrecking Ball The

Farnsworth House, an icon of 20th-century modernist domestic architecture. 11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 14TH, 1:30PM.


12:30 American Masters SEE WED 12TH, 8PM. REPEATS

SuN 23RD, 12:30PM. [R]

2:00 American Masters SEE WED 12TH, 9:30PM. REPEATS

SuN 16TH, 12:30PM. [R]

3:30 American Masters: “Trumbo” [R]

5:00 Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom SEE MON 10TH,

10:30PM. [R]

14 Friday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 15TH, 9AM.

8:30 preMiere Need to Know With Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham. REPEATS

SuN 16TH, 6PM.

9:30 Jackie Gleason—Genius at Work SEE SAT 1ST,

7PM. REPEATS SuN 16TH,

10:30PM.

10:30 No Escaping Houdini The legendary magician and escape artist. REPEATS

EARLy MON 17TH, 5AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS MON 17TH, 1:30PM.

1/15 early Saturday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS MON 17TH, 1PM.

12:30 Theater Talk 1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes SEE THu 13TH,

8PM. [R]


3:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE EARLy TuE 11TH, 1:30AM. [R]

5:00 NOVA SEE TuE 11TH, 8PM.


15 Saturday

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 As Time Goes By Reunion Special Jean introduces Patrick to Penny as Lionel’s son. 9:00 preMiere Reel 13 Classics: “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963) A motley assortment of characters embarks on a race to find buried loot. With Spencer Tracy, Ethel Merman, and others. REPEATS EARLy SuN 16TH,

1:25AM.

11:40 preMiere Reel 13 Indies: “The Grocer’s Son” (2007) A man takes over the family business when his father has a stroke. REPEATS EARLy SuN 16TH,

4:02AM AND WED 19TH, 12:30AM.

1/16 early Sunday aM 1:20 preMiere Reel 13 Shorts 1:25 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 15TH, 9PM. [R]

4:05 Reel 13 Indies SEE SAT 15TH, 11:40PM. REPEATS

EARLy WED 19TH, 12:30AM. [R]

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8PM. [R]

8:00 Nature: “White Falcon, White Wolf” Survival of the fittest on Canada’s remote Ellesmere Island. REPEATS EARLy TuE

18TH, 1AM AND SAT 22ND, 5PM.

9:00 preMiere Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” The lives of the noble Crawley family. (PART

2 OF 4) REPEATS EARLy

TuE 18TH, 2AM AND EARLy

SAT 22ND, 3:30AM.

10:30 Jackie Gleason—Genius at Work SEE SAT 1ST,

7PM. [R]

11:30 preMiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “The Urban Experi-ence” How cities have been shaped by creative visions of architects, sculptors and planners.

1/17 early Monday aM 12:00 American Experience SEE MON 10TH, 9PM. [R]

1:30 American Experience SEE MON 3RD, 9PM. [R]

3:00 America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr.5:00 No Escaping Houdini SEE FRI 14TH, 10:30PM. [R]

17 Monday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 New Jersey Capitol Report With Steve Adu-bato & Rafael Pi Roman 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere Antiques Roadshow Miami finds include a rare Qing Dynasty vase. (PART 3 OF 3) REPEATS


EARLy SuN 23RD, 5AM.

9:00 preMiere Dinosaur Wars: American Experience Examines a rivalry between two paleontologists in the late 1800s. REPEATS EARLy

WED 19TH, 3:03AM AND

SAT 22ND, 2PM.

10:00 Roads to Memphis: American Experience Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his assassin, and the forces that brought them into fateful contact in 1968. REPEATS EARLy WED 19TH, 4AM.




8PM. REPEATS SAT 22ND, 5PM.

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2:00 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 16TH, 9PM. REPEATS

EARLy SAT 22ND, 3:30AM.

3:30 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work

18 tueSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere Pioneers of Television: “Science Fiction” The stars and creators of Star Trek, Lost in Space and The Twilight Zone. REPEATS EARLy

THu 20TH, 12:30AM AND

FRI 21ST, 9:30PM.

9:00 preMiere Frontline: “Are We Safer?” Investigatesthe terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. REPEATS


10:00 Dutch New York Historian Barry Lewis examines the contributions of Henry Hudson, Peter Stuyvesant and others to the city’s history. REPEATS

EARLy THu 20TH, 2:30AM AND

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EARLy SuN 23RD, 5AM. [R]


SAT 22ND, 2PM. [R]

4:00 American Experience SEE MON 17TH, 10PM. [R]

19 WedneSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere NOVA scienceNOW: “Can We Live Forever?” Can we stop the aging process? Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts. REPEATS EARLy FRI 21ST,

12:30AM AND SAT 22ND, 1PM.

9:00 preMiere NOVA: “Making Stuff Stronger” Is the world’s strongest material steel, Kevlar, spider silk, or carbon nanotubes? REPEATS

EARLy FRI 21ST, 1:30AM AND

SuN 23RD, 7PM.

10:00 preMiere Chihuly Fire & Light Dale Chihuly’s glass installation at San Francisco’s de young Museum. REPEATS EARLy FRI

21ST, 2:30AM; SuN 23RD, 2PM;

AND SuN 23RD, 12MID.



12:30 Pioneers of Televi-sion SEE TuE 18TH, 8PM. [R]


9PM. [R]

2:30 Dutch New York SEE TuE 18TH, 10PM. REPEATS

SAT 22ND, 3PM. [R]

3:30 Paving the Way

20 thurSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes: “Shangri-La” A secret paradise in the Himalayas. (PART 3 OF 4)

REPEATS EARLy SAT 22ND, 1AM.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Allegory of Love” Lewis investigates a prominent Oxford don. REPEATS EARLy

SAT 22ND, 2AM.

10:30 Charles Moore: I Fight With My Camera The Montgomery photo-journalist who took searing images of the Civil Rights era. REPEATS EARLy SAT 22ND,

5AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 21ST, 1:30PM.

1/21 early Friday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS FRI 21ST, 1PM.

12:30 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 19TH, 8PM. REPEATS

SAT 22ND, 1PM. [R]

1:30 NOVA SEE WED 19TH, 9PM.

REPEATS SuN 23RD, 7PM. [R]

2:30 Chihuly Fire & Light SEE WED 19TH, 10PM. REPEATS

SuN 23RD, 2PM AND SuN 23RD,

12MID. [R]

3:30 Craft in America REPEATS SuN 23RD, 10:30PM.

4:30 Restoring a Master-piece: The Renovation of the Eastman Theater

21 Friday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 22ND, 9AM.


SuN 23RD, 6PM.

9:30 Pioneers of Television SEE TuE 18TH, 8PM. [R]

10:30 preMiere Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critics Christy Lemire (Associ-ated Press), Elvis Mitchell (National Public Radio) and special guests. REPEATS

EARLy SuN 23RD, 3:30AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

MON 24TH, 1:30PM.

1/22 early Saturday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

MON 24TH, 1PM.

12:30 Theater Talk1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes: “Shangri-La” SEE THu 20TH, 8PM. [R]


3:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 16TH, 9PM. [R]

5:00 Charles Moore: I Fight With My Camera SEE THu 20TH, 10:30PM. [R]

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6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appear-ances Hyacinth plans a riverside picnic. 8:30 As Time Goes By A chance meeting reunites Jean and Lionel in the premiere episode of this British comedy series. 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Rain” (1932) A prostitute in the Hawaiian Islands finds redemption through a severe missionary man. With Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. REPEATS

EARLy SuN 23RD, 12:15AM.

10:40 preMiere Reel 13 Indies: “Children of Invention” (2007) Two young children fend for themselves when their mother disappears. REPEATS

EARLy SuN 23RD, 1:50AM AND

EARLy WED 26TH, 1AM.

1/23 early Sunday aM 12:10 preMiere Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers. 12:15 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 22ND, 9PM. [R]


SAT 22ND, 10:40PM. REPEATS

EARLy WED 26TH, 1AM. [R]

3:20 Reel 13 Shorts [R]

3:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies SEE FRI 21ST,

10:30PM. [R]

4:00 American Masters: “John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature” [R]

5:00 Antiques Roadshow SEE MON 17TH, 8PM. [R]

23 Sunday

6:00 Need to Know SEE

FRI 21ST, 8:30PM. [R] 7:00 NOVA SEE WED 19TH,

9PM. [R]

8:00 preMiere Nature: “Birds of the Gods” Scientists undertake a grueling expedition to film the elusive Birds of Paradise in the New Guinean rainforest. With insights from David Attenborough. REPEATS

SAT 29TH, 5PM.

9:00 preMiere Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” Lives of the noble Crawley family circa 1912. (PART 3 OF

4) REPEATS EARLy TuE 25TH,


4AM.

10:30 Craft in America The birth of the American craft movement. (PART 1 OF 2) [R]

11:30 preMiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “Conflict and Resolution” How art shapes political conflicts and more.

1/24 early Monday aM 12:00 Chihuly Fire & Light SEE WED 19TH, 10PM. [R]

1:00 Who Does She Think She Is? 2:00 Appalachians5:00 American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabaugh

24 Monday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere Antiques Roadshow In San Diego, experts appraise an aris-tocratic portrait by Robert Henri. (PART 1 OF 3) REPEATS


EARLy SuN 30TH, 5AM.

9:00 preMiere Panama Canal: American Experience The opening of the Panama Canal in 1914. REPEATS EARLy

WED 26TH, 3:30AM AND

SAT 29TH, 2:30PM AND EARLy

MON 31ST, 2AM.

10:30 preMiere In the Life The acclaimed LGBT newsmagazine. REPEATS

EARLy SAT 29TH, 5:30AM.



12:30 Nature SEE SuN 23RD,


[R]

1:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 23RD, 9PM. REPEATS

EARLy SAT 29TH, 4AM. [R]

3:00 Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose5:00 Mustang—Journey of Transformation REPEATS

EARLy WED 26TH, 5AM AND

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evening and night8:00 preMiere Pioneers of Television: “Westerns” Bonanza, Maverick, The Big Valley, and Gunsmoke. REPEATS

EARLy THu 27TH, 12:30AM

AND FRI 29TH, 9:30PM.

9:00 Frontline: “The Wounded Platoon” The emotional wounds of American soldiers who served in Iraq. REPEATS


10:00 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo A photographer and an ex-Marine from Queens retrace Polo’s trek from Venice to China. RE-

PEATS EARLy THu 27TH, 2:30AM

AND EARLy MON 31ST, 3:30AM.



1:00 Reel 13 Indies SEE SAT 22ND, 11:40PM. [R]


EARLy SuN 30TH, 5AM. [R]


SAT 29TH, 2:30PM AND EARLy

MON 31ST, 2AM. [R]

5:00 Mustang—Journey of Transformation REPEATS

SAT 29TH, 2PM. [R]

26 WedneSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere NOVA scienceNOW: “How Smart are Animals?” Do our petshave the same feelings we do? REPEATS EARLy FRI 28TH,

12:30AM.

9:00 preMiere NOVA: “Making Stuff Smaller” High-powered nano-circuits and micro-robot technol-ogy. David Pogue hosts. REPEATS EARLy FRI 28TH,

1:30AM AND SuN 30TH, 7PM.

10:00 Bear Island Alaskan grizzlies. REPEATS EARLy

FRI 28TH, 2:30AM.



12:30 Pioneers of TelevisionSEE TuE 25TH, 8PM. REPEATS

FRI 28TH, 9:30PM. [R]


9PM. [R]

2:30 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo SEE TuE 25TH,

10PM. REPEATS EARLy MON 31ST,

3:30AM. [R]

4:00 Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose REPEATS EARLy SuN 30TH, 4AM.

5:00 Rudy Maxa’s World

27 thurSday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes Tracing the

myth of Jason through Greece. REPEATS EARLy

SAT 29TH, 1AM.

9:00 preMiere SundayArts Primetime Special New york arts and culture with Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. REPEATS EARLy

SAT 29TH, 2AM.

9:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Quality of Mercy” An actor is murdered during a student Shakespeare production. REPEATS EARLy

SAT 29TH, 2:30AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 28TH, 1:30PM.


12:30 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 26TH, 8PM. REPEATS

EARLy FRI 28TH, 3:30AM. [R]

1:30 NOVA SEE WED 26TH, 9PM.


2:30 Bear Island SEE WED 26TH, 10PM. [R]

3:30 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 26TH, 8PM. [R]

4:30 Everest: A Climb for Peace

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8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 29TH, 9AM.


SuN 30TH, 6PM.

9:30 Pioneers of Television SEE TuE 25TH, 8PM. [R]

10:30 preMiere Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critics Christy Lemire and Elvis Mitchell, and special guests. REPEATS

EARLy SuN 30TH, 3:30AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

MON 31ST, 1:30PM.

1/29 early Saturday aM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

MON 31ST, 1PM.

12:30 Theater Talk

1:00 In Search of Myths and Heroes [R]

2:00 SundayArts Primetime Special SEE

THu 27TH, 9PM. [R]

2:30 Masterpiece Mystery! SEE THu 27TH, 9:30PM. [R]

4:00 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 23RD, 9PM [R]

5:30 In the Life SEE MON

24TH, 10:30PM. [R]

29 Saturday

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appear-ances Hyacinth pressures Richard to take up skiing.

8:30 As Time Goes By Can Lionel and Jean rekindle their romance? 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Made for Each Other” (1939) A couple (James Stewart and Carole Lombard) struggles to find happiness after a whirlwind romance. REPEATS EARLy SuN 30TH,

12:15AM.

10:30 preMiere Reel 13 Indies: “Republic of Love” (2003) An idealistic young woman falls for a charis-matic radio host. REPEATS

EARLy SuN 30TH, 1:45AM.

1/30 early Sunday aM 12:10 preMiere Reel 13 Shorts

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evening and night12:15 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 29TH, 9PM. [R]


3:25 Reel 13 Shorts. [R]

3:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies SEE FRI 28TH,

10:30PM. REPEATS SuN 30TH,

2:30PM. [R]

4:00 Richard Bangs’ Ad-ventures With Purpose [R]

5:00 Antiques Roadshow SEE MON 24TH, 8PM. [R]

30 Sunday


7:00 NOVA SEE WED 26TH,

9PM. [R]

8:00 Nature: “Born Wild: The First Days of Life” Follows the birth and the dangerous first day of a marmoset, a moose, an elephant, and a gorilla. 9:00 preMiere Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” The heir crisis takes an un-expected turn. (PART 4 OF 4)

10:30 Craft in America Many craftsmen learn their skills later in life. (PART 2

OF 2)

11:30 preMiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “The Body” Ancient Egyptian and Greek sculp-ture; the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

1/31 early Monday aM 12:00 Choctaw Code Talkers 1:00 Walking Into the Unknown 2:00 American Experience SEE SAT 29TH, 2:30PM. [R]

3:30 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo SEE EARLy

THu 27TH, 2:30AM. [R]

5:00 Remembered Earth: New Mexico’s High Desert

31 Monday

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 preMiere Antiques Roadshow Experts appraise a Turkmenistan rug. (PART 2 OF 3) 9:00 preMiere Greely Expedition: American Experience A scientific expedition in 1881 ended

in shipwreck, starvation, mutiny, and cannibalism. 10:00 preMiere Chau-tauqua: An American Nar-rative Western New york’s Chautauqua Institution is a unique place of renewal and inspiration. 11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS TuE 1ST, 1:30PM.

2/01 early tueSday aM 12:00 Tavis SmileyREPEATS TuE 1ST, 1PM.


8PM. [R]

1:30 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 30TH, 9PM. [R]

3:00 Another Day in Paradise 4:30 Eden at the End of the World

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Sit and Be Fit6:30 Travelscope

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7:00 Jackie Gleason—Genious at Work (1ST) Rick Steves’ Europe7:30 Smart Travels—Europe (ExCEPT 1ST)

8:00 Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize (1ST) Consuelo Mack WealthTrack8:30 New Jersey Capitol Report (ExCEPT 1ST)

9:00 Washington Week [R]

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9:30 American Masters: “Carol Burnett” (1ST) JohnMcLaughlin’s One on One10:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato (ExCEPT 1ST)

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New York NOW11:30 To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (ExCEPT 1ST)

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(ExCEPT 1ST)

1:00 Tina Fey: The Mark Twain Prize (1ST) Morris-town: Where America Survived (8TH) Antiques Roadshow [R] (15TH) NOVA ScienceNOW (22ND) DOHA Debates (29TH)

1:30 Masters of the Arctic Ice (8TH)

2:00 Frontline: Battle for Haiti [R] (15TH) Dinosaur Wars [R] (22ND) Mustang—Journey of Transformation

(29TH)

2:30 George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize (1ST)

Robert E. Lee (8TH)

Panama Canal (29TH)

3:00 Independent Lens: Children of Haiti [R] (15TH)

Dutch New York (22ND)

4:00 Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize (1ST)

Globetrekker5:00 Nature: “American Eagle” [R] (8TH); “Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story” [R] (15TH); “White Falcon, White Wolf” [R]

(22ND); “Birds of Gods” [R]

(29TH)

5:30 American Masters: “Carol Burnett” [R] (1ST)

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show (ExCEPT 1ST)

6:30 Lidia’s Italy (ExCEPT 1ST)

SundayS 12:00 Sunday Arts12:30 Great Performances: “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2011” [R]

(1ST) Great Performances at the Met: “Don Pasquale”

[R] (9TH) American Masters: “The Doors” [R] (16TH) “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides”

[R] (23RD) “Glenn Gould: Genius Within” (30TH)

2:00 The Peter Cooper Story (2ND) American Masters: “John James Audubon” (16TH) Chihuly Fire & Light (23RD)

2:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies [R] (30TH)

3:00 Roadtrip Nation3:30 Simply Ming4:00 Mexico—One Plate at a Time4:30 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way5:00 Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen5:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly [R]

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