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Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

Tuesdays at 8 p.m., beginning Oct. 4 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that chronicles the vast social networks and […]

NOVA: Saving Venice

In “Saving Venice,” John Keahey describes how Venetians are dealing with recurrent floods, a sinking city and rising sea levels.

Van Der Valk on Masterpiece season 2

Dutch detective Van der Valk is called in to investigate the grisly and theatrical murder of a lawyer.

Rivers of Life “Zambezi”

Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Featuring breathtaking photography, the second season of this landmark series explores Africa’s wildest river, the Zambezi; Europe’s Danube River, which travels through more countries […]

Lucy Worsley Investigates

Lucy Worsley examines the latest science and explores how the vast death toll affected religious beliefs, class structure, work and women.

NOVA: Ending HIV in America

How did scientists tackle one of the most elusive deadly viruses to ever infect humans? Can innovative drugs bring new infections to zero?

Great Performances “Intimate Apparel”

Friday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. Set in Manhattan in 1905, Great Performances: Intimate Apparel tells the story of Esther Mills (Kearstin Piper Brown), a single African American seamstress who […]

The U.S. and the Holocaust

This new three-part documentary explores America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises in history.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies at 96

Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history, died Thursday at age 96, after she was placed under medical supervision for failing health.

Great Performances “Black Lucy and the Bard”

Explore Shakespeare’s mysterious love life through the perspective of the “Dark Lady” in this work from Nashville Ballet based on poetry by Caroline Randall Williams and featuring an original score by GRAMMY winner Rhiannon Giddens.