Friday, August 31, 2012

Behind the scenes of "Seinfeld"...

Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld writer/producer Alec Berg and BRIDESMAIDS director and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig pull back the curtain to show how they create comedy that resonates with us all.Followed by the hilarious short film SPIT by writer/director Benjamin Hayes. ON STORY...Sunday afternoon at 5:30

And on Masterpiece Mystery, Kevin Whately returns as Inspector Lewis for the fourth season of the detective series. Lewis and his young partner DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) continue solving cases in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford...INSPECTOR LEWIS SERIES 4...Sunday 8pm

Let's back up to Saturday...Rock superstars the Dave Matthews Band perform hits and songs from their latest album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King...AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday 10pm

And on POV, the story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, boyhood friends from Midland, Texas, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention...
BETTER THIS WORLD...Saturday after ACL, 11pm



Thursday, August 30, 2012

Newt Gingrich gets back to the big stage...

and he joins Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush to round out the 2012 Republican National Convention...and of course Mitt Romney is accepting the mantle of candidate for president, in tonight's 3rd and final night of coverage...for this week. Next week we hear from the Democrats. Coverage begins at 6pm

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Tonight Paul Ryan lays it all out...

Gavel to gavel coverage in Tampa Bay...the Republican National Convention continues with commentary from Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill, and a host of PBS reporters and pundits...6pm

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Everything you could possibly want in political coverage...

PBS' Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill join forces nightly for gavel to gavel coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention from Tampa, FL through the 30th...and the Democratic National Convention from Charlotte, NC (September 4-6)...6 -10pm

Monday, August 27, 2012

You don't mess with Mother Nature...

In lieu of the Republican National Convention cancelling on tonight's activities, we're bringing back some good shows regularly seen on Mondays...
 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW goes to Mobile to discuss a lap desk given to Martha Washington's granddaughter by the Marquis de Lafayette; and a watch once belonging to baseball great Leroy "Satchel" Paige, bought at a pawnshop for $25, then on to Phoenix and a violin and bow  estimated to be worth between $72,000 and $94,000...7 & 9pm 

Friday, August 24, 2012

Real film makers talking about real movies...

Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack (OUT OF AFRICA, TOOTSIE,THE WAY WE WERE) and NYPD Blue and Deadwood creator David Milch discuss the inspiration behind creating classic film and television characters. Sidney Pollack was a director's director...and the movies he acted in, like Tootsie and Michael Clayton, had the added benefit of his talent on the other side of the camera. Followed by the suspenseful short film THE LAB by writer/director Ryan Scheer, about two young boys whose summer afternoon in the woods goes horribly awry...ON STORY...Sunday at 5:30pm


Thursday, August 23, 2012

It's the cowboy way...

The rodeo takes place every June, luring working cowboys and cowgirls off area ranches like the High Card, the LX, Fryin' Pan, and the Bravo to ride bucking broncs, sort and trailer strays, and do some wild cow milking...competing for the traveling trophy, cash and prizes...and Braggin' Rights for the rest of the year. It's the cowboy way...8pm 


Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Ever wonder about that "odd" sound during takeoff?

FRONTLINE investigates the 2009 deadly crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Buffalo, New York, and discovers a dramatically changed airline industry, and many insiders are worried that now, more than 30 years after airline deregulation, the aviation system is being stretched beyond its capacity to deliver service that is both cheap and safe...FRONTLINE...9pm   


The Great Depression, the Federal Reserve and his monetary policy are turning points during the Hoover presidency and into the early years of FDR...HERBERT HOOVER: LANDSLIDE...7pm

HISTORY DETECTIVES helps country singer Clint Black authenticate his vintage wanted posters...HISTORY DETECTIVES...8pm


Monday, August 20, 2012

Now that the pledge drive is over...

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW wraps up its trip to Tucson, Arizona, where crowds brave the 104-degree heat to bring in some cool objects, including a rare collection of 1956 Olympics memorabilia saved by the owner's father, trainer for the gold medal-winning American basketball team that included Bill Russell...and a collection of original Charles Schulz "Peanuts" artwork, valued at $350,000.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW...7 & 9pm

Friday, August 17, 2012

From the kids to the grandparents...music for everyone!

The August Membership Drive winds down this weekend with music from all across the spectrum...
tonight, Il Volo, the Italian teen vocal group performs opera, pop and classic music of Italy...8:00pm

Saturday features The Big Band Years with songs of the '30's and 40"s at 5:30, followed by "Under the Streetlamp", classic hits from the cast of the Tony-Award winning musical Jersey Boys...7:30

And Sunday we re-broadcast Great Performances: Jackie Evancho - Music of the Movies...the little girl with the big voice singing great songs from the silver screen...7pm

Next week we're back to normal programming, anticipating the latest local production about local ranches competing for gold buckles at the Coors Cowboy Club Rodeo...Braggin' Rights...Thursday night at 8pm

Thursday, August 16, 2012

His music's still "Walking the Line"...

No one represents American music more than Johnny Cash. In honor of what would have been his 80th birthday, Grammy winner Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt), put together such artists as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, and others for a musical tribute taped in Austin...Our August Membership Drive continues...7pm

PA'S FIDDLE is an intimate evening of music and songs performed by Randy Travis, Randy Scruggs and others, inspired from the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the beloved LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE books. This was the music that built America and it was the music that Mrs. Wilder heard as a child, played by her Pa on his fiddle, throughout her family's much celebrated adventures on America's vast prairies in the years just after the Civil War. PA'S FIDDLE...8:30

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

From the Milky Way to Istanbul's Grand Bazaar...

With the help of NASA and the British Museum of Science, this special features stunning images from the Hubble Telescope, along with archival space footage, used as a backdrop to classical pieces and songs inspired by the cosmos. The music is performed by Quest, an instrumental orchestra ensemble from Europe and "Fly Me to the Moon," "Rocket Man," "Space Oddity," and the theme from "2001 Space Odyssey," Don't miss this pledge special...8:30.

A visit to Greece, Turkey and Croatia highlights the ruins of Olympia and Istanbul's Grand Bazaar highlights RICK STEVES' MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC...9:30.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Live from NY - The Beatles, Doors, Stones and The Who...

Ed Sullivan kicked it old school, back in the day...specifically 1966 thru '69 when he featured bands that shaped a generation. Mama's & Papas, The Turtles, Beach Boys, Van Morrison and The Lovin' Spoonful round out the program. Our August Membership Drive continues with ED SULLIVAN'S TOP PERFORMERS tonight at 9...right after BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER'S JOURNEY at 7


Monday, August 13, 2012

Jackie Evancho sings Rodgers & Hammerstein...

Our August Membership Drive continues through next Sunday evening, and we have a very compelling schedule for you... 

Twelve-year-old singing sensation Jackie Evancho returns with a new special showcasing the great songs from the silver screen. Recorded in the movie palace splendor of the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, Jackie puts her own unique stamp on such audience favorites as "My Heart Will Go On" (Titanic), "Some Enchanted Evening" (South Pacific), and many others...7pm

And later, KACV-TV spotlights Amarillo's premiere jazz combo, Polk Street Jazz, giving viewers a taste of what the quintet does in their rehearsals as well as a killer performance...8:30

Thursday, August 9, 2012

After Ken Burns' THE WAR, hear how the Panhandle was involved...


KACV honors the memories of local residents who experienced the war, at home and on the front lines. This program features a selection of interviews, from the hundreds of stories gathered, that highlight the significant impact of the war on our area...WORLD WAR II: THE PANHANDLE PROJECT...8pm

Fresh and seasoned indie rock hits the AUSTIN CITY LIMITS stage with the Head and the Heart and Gomez...7pm

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

The death of Roosevelt, Hitler, and Hiroshima in 6 months...

In mid-April, Americans are shocked by news bulletins announcing that President Roosevelt is dead; many do not even know the name of their new president, Harry Truman. Meanwhile, in Europe, as Allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the east and west, American and British troops, discover for themselves the true horrors of the Nazis' industrialized barbarism - at Buchenwald, Ludwigslust, Dachau, Hadamar, Mauthausen and hundreds of other concentration camps. Finally, on May 8, with their country in ruins and their fuehrer dead by his own hand, the Nazis surrender. But as Eugene Sledge remembers, to the Marines and soldiers still fighting in the Pacific, "No one cared much. Nazi Germany might as well have been on the moon. Tonight's episode of THE WAR " A World Without War - (March 1945 - December 1945)...8pm

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Nazi spies and prohibition bootleggers lead into the WAR...

HISTORY DETECTIVES looks at some toy soldiers that have haunted their owner with a question: Was the father of his childhood friend a Nazi spy? Then, a journal full of liquor recipes makes a man wonder if his uncle was a prohibition bootlegger...HISTORY DETECTIVES...7pm

The Ghost Front - (December 1944 - March 1945) in one month, Allied warplanes drop 163,864 tons of bombs on Germany - almost as much as they have dropped in the preceding three years combined. In the Pacific, the air strip on Iwo Jima, an inhospitable volcanic island halfway between Allied air bases on Tinian and the Japanese home islands, needs to be taken...The WAR on PBS...8pm

Monday, August 6, 2012

if you've ever wondered what FUBAR stands for...

The War continues on PBS...from September 1944 - December 1944, the Allies seem to be moving steadily toward victory in Europe. "Militarily," General Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff tells the press, "this war is over." But in the coming months, on both sides of the world, a generation of young men will learn a lesson as old as war itself - that generals make plans, plans go wrong and soldiers die...THE WAR...8pm

Because of special programming, Market Warriors will present a new episode at 7pm in place of Antiques Roadshow.

Friday, August 3, 2012

She would be 80 now...the most photographed person ever!

There are the movie roles, but it is the still images - the iconic face, expressions and poses - that make up our collective memory of Marilyn. Her relationship with the camera produced an enduring body of work that still dazzles and moves us...These photographs are an ageless testament to her grace, guts and sexiness - her humor and vulnerability. She understood their power, and she exploited it...lips puckered to the lens, inviting us to kiss her back...AMERICAN MASTERS presents MARILYN MONROE: STILL LIFE...Sunday at 7pm

And INDEPENDENT LENS features Cheryl Haworth - the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter as she prepares for the Beijing 2008 Olympics...Saturday at 11pm

ON STORY goes behind the scenes with key production people behind Rambo, Lethal Weapon, and Braveheart...Sunday at 5:30

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Marines set out to prove that any island can be taken...

Back home, the public is devastated by color newsreel footage of the furious battle and in the Pacific & grows more determined to do what's necessary to hasten the end of the war. Allied forces are stalled in the mountains south of Rome, unable to break through German lines, and the killing goes on all winter and spring as the enemy manages to fight off repeated Allied attacks. "A Deadly Calling" (November 1943 - June 1944) Ken Burns' epic THE WAR continues...8pm

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

"killing is a craft," as reporter Ernie Pyle explains...

On Canada's remote Ellesmere Island we study the enormous white gyr falcon, the largest and most powerful falcon in the world...NATURE...7pm 

In the second episode of Ken Burns' WWII epic, Americans have been at war for more than a year. The Germans still occupy most of Western Europe; the Allies can't agree on a plan or timetable to dislodge them. A look at the impenetrable force of the German war machine as it occupied most of Western Europe...THE WAR...8pm