Tuesday, March 26, 2013

High school is much, much harder these days...

Tavis Smiley travels to Washington state, Louisiana, Missouri and California, meeting the educators, law enforcement, judges, youth advocates and the at-risk teens themselves who are working together to get kids out of the juvenile justice system, back into high school and through to graduation.
TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS: EDUCATION UNDER ARREST...7pm

 

180 DAYS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL...A uniquely intimate journey through a year in the lives of students, teachers and school leaders in one Washington, DC public high school. The series is framed by volatile national and local politics aimed at reforming this most fundamental of public institutions, but the lives at the center of "180 Days," most especially those of the five students whose stories take the viewer from the day 1 to day 180, seem at once deeply impacted by and yet profoundly separate from the "Race to the Top."

Friday, March 22, 2013

Fogerty's still getting it done...

FROM DUST TO DREAMS: OPENING NIGHT AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS...a typically long PBS title for a music show that seems too short...featuring everyone from Willie Nelson, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, violinist Joshua Bell, gospel great Mavis Staples, and a cookin' John Fogerty still doing Fortunate Son. 8pm






The Civil Wars have been having problems lately, but they were in fine form on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday at 10pm




And Sunday, don't miss an inside look at the modeling industry on a new POV - GIRL MODEL.
This film strips away the facade of the modeling industry and follows a young girl who searches for glamour and an escape from poverty, confronting the harsh realities of a culture that worships youth -- and an industry that makes perpetual childhood a globally traded commodity. Sunday at 9pm 




Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The colonists at Jamestown went looking for gold and silver.

Instead, they found fertile soil, tough conditions and the beginnings of the world's most powerful nation. In the first hour of this special two-hour presentation, Time Team takes viewers on an expedition to Jamestown, where a British company's commercial enterprise planted the seeds of the United States. There have been nearly a million finds from the site's trenches, but this anniversary special is far more than just an excavation. The team retrieves piles of perfectly preserved 17th-century pieces, traces the names and life stories of the early American pioneers and learns why a third of them died within months of arrival...TIME TEAM SPECIAL EDITION...7pm



FRONTLINE continues its investigation of nuclear safety with an unprecedented account of the crisis inside the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011. With exclusive eyewitness testimony from key figures in the drama -- including the Japanese Prime Minister and senior executives at the power company Tepco -- FRONTLINE tells the story of the workers struggling frantically to reconnect power inside the plant's pitch-dark and highly radioactive reactor buildings; the nuclear experts and officials in the Prime Minister's office fighting to get information as the crisis spiraled out of control; and the plant manager who disobeyed his executives' orders when he thought it would save the lives of his workers. The story profiles the Japanese soldiers and firefighters drafted to cool the reactors, who were wounded when the reactor housings exploded; and the families living near the nuclear plant, who unknowingly fled in the same direction as the radioactive plume, exposing themselves to dangerously high radiation levels...9pm

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

True genius on display...

In the aftermath of the death of probably the most inspirational computer designer and innovator of the 21st century, this film takes an in-depth look at the life and work of Apple boss, Steve Jobs to examine how and why he revolutionized our world...
STEVE JOBS: ONE LAST THING...Wednesday night at 9pm



If you like Modern Family and Arrested Development, you'll recognize actor, comedian and writer David Cross immediately. He sits down with Evan Smith and disses on his career as a comedian, aging, marriage, time machines and why acting is like a vacation. Sure to be
entertaining...OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH...THURSDAY at 8pm 

Essentially every American who has listened to the radio or gone to summer camp knows Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land." The nation's signature folk singer/song-writer, Guthrie has had his music recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to the Irish rock band U2. Originally blowing out of the Dust Bowl in 1930s Depression Era America, he blended vernacular, rural music and populism to give voice to millions of downtrodden citizens. AMERICAN MASTERS: WOODY GUTHRIE - AIN'T GOT NO HOME...FRIDAY at 8pm

And in anticipation of the new season, we're running a CALL THE MIDWIFE MARATHON on SUNDAY beginning at 2pm. This moving, intimate, funny and true-to-life series, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London's East End in the 1950s. Jenny Lee, a young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside, has chosen to become a nurse and now, as a newly qualified midwife, has gone to work in the poorest area of the city. Be ready for the new season beginning on the 31st...

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

So that's why we have all those wind turbines...

POWERING THE PLANET presents 8 fast-paced case studies and stories about nations and communities transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable or low-carbon sources of energy. Taped in High Definition in Brazil, China, New Zealand, Scotland, Denmark, Spain, Morocco and across the United States, including the wind farms in West Texas...9pm

Monday, March 11, 2013

What good is farm land without...water?

In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts - and a break in the drought in 1939 - eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations. DUST BOWL: REAPING THE WHIRLWIND...8pm

Friday, March 8, 2013

They're like the 3 tenors, but add one and they're dreamy...

Our March Membership Drive is wrapping up...tonight featuring operatic pop group Il Divo perform their hits and new material at an intimate concert in the beautiful surroundings of the London Coliseum...8pm

After over eighty years in show business Jerry Lewis, one of the most beloved entertainers of our time makes a big splash on PBS. It's Jerry Lewis in performance - telling stories through narrative, musical performances and TV and Film montages including rare and never-before-seen film clips from his personal and private film vaults....Saturday at 7pm



Sunday it's a replay of GREAT PERFORMANCES: ANDREA BOCELLI LOVE IN PORTOFINO...the charm of the outdoor concert in the Italian port alone is worth a look...6pm

Thursday, March 7, 2013

All the Doo Wop one could possibly Doo Want...


Captured at the Brooklyn Bowl in November 2012 in 1080i 16:9 High Definition with 5.1 surround sound audio, AARON NEVILLE: DOO WOP - MY TRUE STORY finds Aaron reliving the classic good old days with friends and artists like Paul Simon and Joan Osborne...and performances by the Drifters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and many more...7pm



Having recorded hundreds of doo wop era performers for public television in the past 20 years, My Music opens the archives to present many never-before broadcast doo wop classics artist and songs from the vocal group era. Featuring The Del Vikings, The Clovers, Jerry Butler, The Drifters, Larry Chance & The Earls, Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, Little Anthony & The Imperials, The Flamingos, The Harptones, Randy & The Rainbows and many more in this last all original "classic" doo wop special of rare performances lost in time. DOO WOP DISCOVERIES...8:30 

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Braggin' Rights and Joe Bonamassa...BAM!

The March Membership Drive heats up tonight with an encore broadcast of competing cowboys at the Coors Ranch Rodeo...which local ranch has the best hands - the gents and the ladies duke it out to settle the score...BRAGGIN' RIGHTS: THE COORS COWBOY CLUB RODEO...7pm

Joe Bonamassa brought a very special and exclusive acoustic presentation to the Vienna Opera,
a sublime cultural iconic venue steeped in history and heritage. Bonamassa had the honor of playing on the same stage as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. How cool is that...JOE BONAMASSA: AN ACOUSTIC EVENING AT THE VIENNA OPERA HOUSE...8:30

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Taylor Swift & Coldplay - new and improved!

Don't believe me? Check out this amazing piece by The Piano Piano Guys on YouTube...

Tonight on KACV we've got The Piano Guys: Live at Red Butte Garden using both live performance and the group's wildly popular music videos. The show will not only entertain viewers with the quality of the band's performance, but also draw them in with a narrative presentation of how and why they make the music they do...Between the stunning beauty of the Red Butte Garden venue, the captivating performance of the band, and the incorporation of music videos, this show is simply a must-see...8:30pm

Monday, March 4, 2013

The Italians call it "Amore"...

Our March Membership Drive continues with a night of fantastic love songs in gorgeous locations...
International superstar Andrea Bocelli returns to GREAT PERFORMANCES once again to delight fans with a new concert special from the breathtaking coastal setting of Portofino, Italy. With David Foster as music director and at the keyboard, Bocelli is joined by trumpeter Chris Botti to perform a select collection of the world's most famous love songs...7pm

Operatic pop group Il Divo perform their hits and new material at an intimate concert in the beautiful surroundings of the London Coliseum.Formed in the UK by music executive and reality TV star Simon Cowell, operatic pop vocal group Il Divo have achieved phenomenal worldwide fame and success, selling more than 25 million albums...9pm

Friday, March 1, 2013

Do you remember Hullabaloo? Do you really...

Starting our March Membership Drive with some killer music shows...tonight's repeat of GREAT PERFORMANCES: PAUL SIMON'S GRACELAND at 8pm. If you liked the music from the album, you'll love seeing how it was brought about...8pm

Saturday night we feature Western Swing with a country supergroup...TIME JUMPERS: JUMPIN' TIME, then on to the delta blues and rock with MUDDY WATERS & THE ROLLING STONES LIVE...starting at 8:30pm

And Sunday we bring back, by popular demand, our locally produced ode to the cowboy spirit with BRAGGIN' RIGHTS: THE COORS COWBOY CLUB RODEO, followed by more great programs like 60's POP FLASHBACK: HULLABALOO...featuring The Rascals, The Four Seasons, The Byrds and many more. It all begins at 6:30pm