Thursday, September 30, 2010

Living in the eye of the storm...

Cecile Richards joined Planned Parenthood in 2006, after work that included organizing low-wage workers, founding the Texas Freedom Network and serving as deputy chief of staff for Nancy Pelosi. Richards is also known to many as the daughter of Governor Ann Richards...and has a few stories to tell...TEXAS MONTHLY TALKS...9PM


An on LIVER FROM THE ARTIST'S DEN... indie-pop darling Ingrid Michaelson performs songs from Be OK- the follow-up to her breakthrough debut album, Girls and Boys(2008). Recorded at Cape Cinema, Cape Cod, MA, July 10, 2008.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Baseball's been very good to me!

As Sammy Sosa would say as he chased the home run record in the late 90's, and truer words were never spoken. In the first decade of the 21st century, baseball is booming. In an age of home runs and power, Pedro Martinez and a handful of other superb pitchers still manage to dominate. The astonishingly talented right fielder Ichiro Suzuki becomes MLB's first Japanese position player and a hero back home. As America reels from the horror of the 9/11 attacks, baseball provides solace, and in an incredible World Series, gives the country something to cheer about. As the rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox reaches the boiling point, long-suffering Boston fans rejoice in their first World Series victory in 86 years, while Giants and Cubs fans endure devastating losses. Barry Bonds demolishes Mark McGwire's home-run record and sets his sights on Henry Aaron's revered all time mark. The game is more popular than ever, but revelations about steroids cast a shadow on many of the era's greatest stars and their historic accomplishments.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hey-battuh-battuh-battuh...

Thousands of bats, three home run records and one "curse" have been broken since Ken Burns last explored the history of America's national pastime with his 1994 series BASEBALL. Now, Burns and co-director Lynn Novick update the series with THE TENTH INNING. Beginning with a crippling strike that alienated millions of fans and brought the game to the brink, this film tells the tumultuous story of our national pastime up to the present. It celebrates baseball's new Golden Age -- an era of unprecedented home run totals, popularity and prosperity -- and sheds light on one of the game's darkest chapters -- the steroid era. The film examines the compelling stories of Joe Torre, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Pedro Martinez, Ichiro Suzuki, Cal Ripken Jr. and Barry Bonds and features insightful commentary from an eclectic lineup of writers, broadcasters, fans and all-stars...7pm

Monday, September 27, 2010

We live in a trailer, we work in a tent...

We dance on a wire, our dogs pay the rent...so goes the lives of the little band of performers and roustabouts with the legendary Big Apple Circus. This preview gives insight into how the producers were able to capture the essence of that experience and put it into a six hour series premiering in November...not to be missed! The stories are true, the magic is real...
CIRCUS PREVIEW 9:30

Friday, September 24, 2010

I am so Pretty!

What turned the young boxer Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali? This documentary chronicles Clay's arrival in Miami in the fall of 1960 (fresh from earning a gold medal in the Rome Olympics)...over the course of the next few years -- coinciding with the height of the national civil rights movement -- in Miami Clay evolved both professionally and politically, piling up victories in the ring and adopting the black separatist teachings of the Nation of Islam.
"MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI"...Sunday afternoon at 3:30

Another unusual film deals with "Nobu fever", a term in the world of classical music after 20 year-old Nobuyuki Tsujii from Japan won the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. This film follows Nobu, Blind from birth, through the three weeks of grueling practice, rehearsal and performance during the competition...A SURPRISE IN TEXAS...2PM

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Don't think twice, it's alright.

The Wallflowers lead singer and Bob's favorite son Jakob performs on LIVE FROM THE ARTIST'S DEN tonight at 8pm...

And on TEXAS MONTHLY TALKS: Gwen Ifill fills two major roles at PBS: moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and as senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. That puts her at the center of political journalism in the US, with a close-up view of what's happening in Washington...she sits down with Evan Smith tonight at 9pm

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

...if it ain't got that swing!

Wynton Marsalis premieres his new work "Swing Symphony" tonight on LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER...
Join Maestro Alan Gilbert for the opening night concert of his second season, conducting the U.S. premiere of the Marsalis work, as well as Richard Strauss's "Don Juan" and Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ."
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER...8pm

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Evo-Devo dude...

NOVA reveals answers to the riddles that Darwin couldn't explain. Stunning breakthroughs in a new science - nicknamed "evo devo" - are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's great mysteries: the development of an embryo. And, as NOVA shows in this absorbing detective story, the results are confirming the brilliance of Darwin's insights, while exposing clues to life's breathtaking diversity in ways he could scarcely have imagined...7pm

On CARRIER...As the Nimitz makes its final transit from Hawaii to California, the sailors and Marines on board prepare to return to their homes and families...9pm

Monday, September 20, 2010

THAT LATIN BEAT!!!

Sorry this is late...tonight we bring you ANTIQUES ROADSHOW and part 3 of thier Honululu search for valuable things folks find at the garage sale...featuring a first edition of the classic "Call of the Wild"...7pm

The Grammy winning bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez died in Coral Gables, Florida, in March 2008, at almost 90 years of age. A maestro of legendary status on the world stage and ultimately considered one of the greatest Afro-Cuban musicians of all time, he had made his home in the United States for the past four decades. The basis of this film is a sold-out 2005 concert at Bimbo's 365 Club, a famous San Francisco nightclub. "Cachao: Uno Mas" is produced and narrated by actor Andy Garcia, a friend and ardent fan, who helped reinvigorate Cachao's career in the 1990s...AMERICAN MASTERS...8PM

BIG SQUEEZE is an inside look at a Texas accordion competition...9:30

Friday, September 17, 2010

3 words that became hard to say...

If you have not yet heard the Avett Brothers, or their wrenching ballad "I and Love and You",
this is the weekend that will set you free! Roots Rock harmonies, a cello, and spot-on writing that goes straight to the heart will have you humming songs way beyond your range.
An unbelievable performance on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday 10pm

A very special GREAT PERFORMANCES is on Sunday...St. Petersburg, Russia is a city of palaces, and American soprano Rene Fleming takes in three of the most memorable, all of them on the water. First is the Winter Palace, also known as the Hermitage, built with one entire facade facing the Neva River. Next on the tour is the Yusupov Palace (the scene of Rasputin's murder); and lastly, the Peterhof with its fantastic fountains on the Gulf of Finland. In each location, arias & duets by Veri, Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff...2pm

Thursday, September 16, 2010

When Morley got crossways with LBJ...

Tonight on THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR the construction team continues to work on rebuilding the Roxbury project, including custom arches and a marble fireplace...7pm

The multi-talented performer (Tony! Toni! Tone!) and award-winning producer Raphael Saadiq delivers a masterful homage to a bygone era of "old-school" rhythm and blues. Saadiq and a nine-piece band perform the soulful songs on LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN...8pm

TEXAS MONTHLY TALKS sits down with 60 Minutes' Morley Safer for an in depth conversation about his sixty year career in journalism...9pm

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE goes to Possum Kingdom...9:30pm

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Livin' la Vida Loca...

SECRETS OF THE DEAD focuses on Mexico City and the discovery of more than 400 bodies, many of which show signs of having been mutilated and even eaten. Additionally, more than 40 of the bodies appear to be European, indicating that the Aztecs not only resisted the invaders, they sacrificed them to their gods, pulling their still-beating hearts from chests and stringing their heads (along with the heads of their horses) on wooden skull racks for public display...this program paints a new picture of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the Conquistadors and rewrites much of what we thought we knew about the Aztec civilization...7pm

On the conclusion of LATIN MUSIC USA: Mexican-Americans in CA, TX and across the Southwest create their own distinct musical voices during the second half of the 20th century. Their music would play an important role in the struggle for Chicano civil rights and ultimately propel them from the barrio to the national stage...a look at the Latin Pop explosion and the success of artists like Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Shakira make this a compelling and extremely entertaining documentary...8pm

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Brianna, I'll have a Monte Cristo...

In tonight's "Last Human Standing," NOVA probes a wave of dramatic new evidence, based partly on cutting-edge DNA analysis, that reveals new insights into how we became today's creative and "behaviorally modern" humans and what really happened to the enigmatic Neanderthals who faded into extinction...7pm

Brianna Barnes explores Honduras and El Salvador, two of Central America's most rewarding destinations...she swims with dolphins, spends the day at a banana plantation, visits the Mayan ruins of Copan and learns how to roll cigars in Santa Rosa de Copan...GLOBETREKKER - 8pm

And CARRIER continues with it's behind the scenes look at the workings of a floating city with armament, the aircraft carrier...9pm

Monday, September 13, 2010

Turn $1900 into $150,000!

Tonight on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW...a very rare painting of Hilo Harbor by lawyer, legislator and amateur painter Joseph Nawahi, the first Hawaiian-born artist to paint in a Western style. Purchased for $400 from an antiques gallery in the 1970s - and later restored for $600-$900 - this treasure is deemed "Hawaiian gold in the art market" by the appraiser, with an auction estimate of $100,000 to $150,000...7PM

HISTORY DETECTIVES at 8...

Then at 9, "LAFAYETTE: THE LOST HERO" tells the story of the Marquis de Lafayette and his quest to bring democracy to America and France. The film traces the life and legend of this intriguing, neglected, and controversial figure, who left France at the age of 19 and fought courageously for the independence of the United States. Years later, after being imprisoned for bringing freedom movements to Europe, he returns, triumphantly, for the 50th anniversary of the American revolution -- this country's first great patriotic celebration...9pm

Friday, September 10, 2010

Football? What football...

It's the second week of "fall" and football is in full swing...however, if the trials and tribulations of Brett Favre are of minimal interest to you, here are some good alternatives...

Britcoms on Friday and Saturday at 9...
LAWRENCE WELK on Saturday salutes Swing Bands at 7, and THEN My Morning Jacket's on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS at 10...

Sunday afternoon we feature a series of architecture themed shows: AMERICAN MASTERS: I.M. PEI, SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY, and FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S BUFFALO all beginning at 1...
And a new show for the jet jockey in all of us, THE AVIATORS, a new weekly magazine style tv series featuring interesting people, latest aircraft, coolest technology and the best fly-in destinations...9;30

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Do you remember Stax?

Tonight on LIVE AT THE ARTISTS DEN we feature Booker T. Jones, backed by southern rockers Drive By Truckers and Bettye LaVette...Booker T. and the MG's were R&B masters for Stax Records back in the 60's...should be rowdy! 8pm

GLOBETREKKER visits exciting Madrid, taking in the artwork at the Prado, "El Rastro," the city's famous flea market, Spanish Civil War landmarks and samples the fabulous cuisine. She also takes excursions to nearby El Escorial, the Roman aqueducts of Segovia and the charming hillside town of Toledo...9pm

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Cha Cha Cha...

Tonight on the tube we present THROUGH A DOG'S EYES...a heartwarming story of dog trainer Jennifer Arnold, the service dogs she trains and the families whose lives they have changed...7pm

Then kick off your shoes and crank up the sound...LATIN MUSIC USA returns with Bridges/The Salsa Revolution, traces the rise of Latin Jazz and the explosion of the Mambo and the Cha Cha Cha as they sweep the US from East to West. Latin Music infiltrates R&B and Rock and Roll through the 1960s...8pm

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

It's hard to be human...

Welcome to September...tonight NOVA probes a wave of dramatic new evidence, based partly on cutting-edge DNA analysis, that reveals new insights into how we became today's creative and "behaviorally modern" humans and what really happened to the enigmatic Neanderthals who faded into extinction...7pm

DAYTRIPPER goes to Waco...8pm

And CARRIER resumes...this episode explores the many expressions of faith onboard the USS Nimitz: faith in self, faith in one's shipmates, faith in the mission of the ship and the president's call to arms...9pm

Friday, September 3, 2010

The times they are a-changing...

Heading into the Labor Day Weekend, there are some changes to announce...

But first, don't miss last weeks episode of MASTERPIECE MYSTERY with INSPECTOR LEWIS: COUNTERCULTURE BLUES...we rescheduled this show due to our membership drive on Sunday the 29th...had lots of calls urging me to make it available, and this Sunday afternoon at 3pm was the best place. Now viewers can keep up with the series uninterrupted, which continues with the second installment this Sunday night at 8...

Monday morning starts our new daytime schedule aimed specifically at the kids. PBS's newest show for the little ones, THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS ALOT ABOUT THAT, joins our revamped lineup that provides quality educational television from 6am till 5pm...making KACV the safe place for children of all ages, all over the panhandle, all day long. Our how-to shows are moving to the weekends, so you Katie Brown and Bob Ross fans won't miss out. The schedule change will help KACV maintain a smooth workflow throughout the day, and be more cost effective to the overall operation. Some say change is hard...we think this is good.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

We're still on the air in Amarillo...

Well we did it...we survived yet another Membership Drive to help keep the doors open.
Thanks again for all of your support and patience with the temporary change in show schedules.

Tonight country star Dierks Bentley headlines LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN. He should know how...he's got 7 number one hits in the last few years...8pm

Meanwhile, Zoe Palmer takes her cameras to explore Senegal's capital city in West Africa...from there who knows where she'll end up...could be interesting...9pm

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

To again quote Roy Orbison...MERCY!

September 1st...first day of the new season, last day of August Membership Drive. We want to thank all our supporters during the past 11 days...we simply could not do it without you.

Tonight's line-up is a killer - musically. THE PRETENDERS kick it off at 7pm with a performance from last year's world tour. Chrissie Hynde's definitely still got it...

Someone else who's got it - IN DREAMS is the inspiring life, times, and music - of first generation Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Roy Orbison. This major one-hour documentary film deals with the saga of pop's most enigmatic and often under-appreciated pioneer...8pm

ARETHA FRANKLIN, the Queen of Soul herself, returns to public television in an all new "My Music" festival of original artist Soul Hits of the 1960s plus some special 70s love ballads...9pm