Arts and Entertainment

For nearly two decades, AARP’s MFG program has championed movies for grownups, by grownups, by advocating for the 50-plus audience, fighting industry ageism and encouraging films that resonate with older viewers.

A student of Sigmund Freud and an Austrian detective team up to solve some of the most mysterious and deadly cases in early 1900s Vienna. The series “Vienna Blood” airs on Arizona PBS Sundays at 9 p.m. starting Jan 19.

There are still parts of our planet yet to be discovered. Explorer and naturalist Steve Backshall pursues incredible journeys and world firsts, setting foot where no human has been before.

Fashion design students from Arizona State University and patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital collaborate to create costumes based on the kids’ imaginations.

A lineup of leading performers, including Bradley Cooper, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, and others will salute Dave Chappelle at the 22nd annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Follow two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world in this fresh take on E.M. Forster’s masterpiece “Howards End.” The miniseries airs Sundays at 7 p.m. starting Jan. 12.

Jane Austen’s final and incomplete novel comes to life in Sanditon.

The Freemasons are a longstanding organization that are an object of fascination to many historians and conspiracy theorists. Premiering on Jan. 12 at 3 p.m., “Secrets of the Masons” tracks back to the origins of its founding and how the movement grew. It also features present-day Masons from around the world, including the installation of a new Grand Master Mason in North America.

“American Experience” presents “McCarthy,” a new two-hour documentary chronicling the remarkable rise and precipitous fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy. It premieres on Arizona PBS Monday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m.

The crossroads for three great religions, the Holy Land has been coveted and fought over for centuries. Host Rick Steves visits the major sights, but delves deeper to better understand and empathize with the people who live there today.