Friday, May 31, 2013

The first woman to receive the honor...

This year's Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was given to Carole King -- the first lady of pop music songwriting -- whose career has crossed six decades. The President and Mrs. Obama welcome a collection of stars to celebrate with performances from Billy Joel, James Taylor, Trish Yearwood, Emili Sande, Jesse McCartney and Carole King herself, all from the East Room of the White House. CAROLE KING: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE...Sunday evening at 7pm





KACV's latest local production is a new episode of ARTZONE, featuring local favorite Devlon Jones and friends, singing in concert at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Amarillo...9:30pm

Thursday, May 30, 2013

I'll take Kyrgyzstan for 1,000 Alex...

The annual National Geographic Bee returns for the 25th consecutive year with host and moderator Alex Trebek. The 2013 National Geographic Bee will feature fourth- to eighth-graders vying for the Bee crown and the top prize of a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. The finalists have triumphed over a field of nearly 5 million students to earn a place in the national championships. They represent the 50 states, District of Columbia, Atlantic Territories, Pacific Territories and Department of Defense Dependents Schools.
THE 2013 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE...7pm




Wednesday, May 29, 2013

NOVA investigates Disaster in Boston and Oklahoma...


On May 20th 2013, a ferocious F5 tornado over a mile wide tore through Moore, Oklahoma, inflicting 24 deaths and obliterating entire neighborhoods. It was the third time an exceptionally violent tornado had struck the city in 14 years. Yet predicting when and where these killer storms will hit still poses a huge challenge. Why was 2011--the worst ever recorded tornado season that left 158 dead in Joplin, Missouri--followed by the quietest ever year of activity prior to the Moore disaster? Can improved radar and warning technology explain why so many fewer died in Moore than in Joplin? In this NOVA special, we meet scientists in the front ranks of the battle to understand these extreme weather events. We also meet storm survivors whose lives have been upended, and learn how we can protect ourselves and our communities for the uncertain future. 

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

“These things lead to a chain of murders.”

When a Pakistani teenager accuses four men of gang rape, her true suffering was just beginning.
This unforgettable documentary premiered at Sundance, and chronicled five years of her odyssey through Pakistan's broken justice system-and her alleged rapists' quest to clear their names. The result is a powerful and nuanced profile of courage in a society where rape victims and their families are often considered dishonorable and subjected to humiliation, poverty, and mortal danger. FRONTLINE: OUTLAWED IN PAKISTAN...9pm

Friday, May 24, 2013

Once you go RADIOHEAD, you'll never go back...

KACV presents some interesting viewing options this Memorial Day Weekend..."Rebel" is the story of Loreta Velazquez, Confederate soldier turned Union spy...all in disguise as a man. A Cuban immigrant from New Orleans, she was one of an estimated 1000 secret women soldiers of the American Civil War.  VOCES ON PBS: REBEL...Friday at 9pm


Thom Yorke and Alt rock icon Radiohead take the ACL stage performing songs from their
Grammy-nominated LP The King of Limbs. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday at 10pm 



Sunday we're proud to present The NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, broadcasting live from the West Lawn of the US Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, to millions more at home and on the American Forces Network to troops serving around the world. The broadcast is co-hosted by Emmy Award winner Gary Sinise and Tony Award winner Joe Mantegna, and features an all-star line-up in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra.
SUNDAY at 7pm & 8:30

A new documentary takes a hard look at a city on the brink. Detroit was the birthplace of the middle-class; a great city that came with the guarantee of the American dream. Today, the Motor City is suffering from a bad case of post-industrialism. Hit with the deadly combination of myopic executives, corrupt politicians, severe racial tensions and a lack of innovation, Detroit now stands as a shell of its former self. And according to an increasingly loud chorus in the media, Detroit is "dead." But look a little closer and find that Detroit just may be the ultimate incubator for fresh ideas -- a Petri dish of creativity borne out of frustration and unwillingness to give up. With quintessential American pluck and grit,this city just may rise from the ashes thanks to a dynamic cluster of innovators, entrepreneurs and proud, self-proclaimed "hustlers."
INDEPENDENT LENS: DETROPIA...Monday 9pm

 

Thursday, May 23, 2013

A man who has been in the belly of the beast...repeatedly.

Evan Smith sits down with Sebastian Junger - an award-winning journalist and author of such books as The Perfect Storm, and WAR. Both on the New York Times Best Seller list. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker...his 2011 film Restrepo was nominated for an Oscar, and his newest film Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington recently aired on HBO. The subject of the ravages of war rarely gets more real than on tonight's OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH...8pm

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

“If they can fog a mirror, we’ll give ‘em a loan.”

These are the words of an unidentified mortgage lender specializing in packaging home loans into securities, then selling them to investors around the world....amassing enormous fortunes for the big banks.  Are the CEOs of mega-banks too big to jail? Though fraudulent practices at banks contributed to America's financial meltdown, to date no Wall Street titan has been convicted of a crime connected to the crisis. FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution.  FRONTLINE: THE UNTOUCHABLES...9PM





Monday, May 20, 2013

The most shameful and best-kept secret in the U.S. military?

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at this year's Oscars, THE INVISIBLE WAR investigates the epidemic of rape within our armed forces. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem -- today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. Among all active-duty female soldiers, 20 percent are sexually assaulted...half of which are females 18 to 21...INDEPENDENT LENS: THE INVISIBLE WAR...9pm





Wednesday, May 8, 2013

They wander along our highways, reminders of the wilderness we have paved our way through.

From coast to coast some 30 million white-tailed deer make their home in the United States. But once they retreat from our view, where do they go? What secrets do they carry back into the forest, away from our prying eyes? Deer are among the most highly-studied mammals in the world; but does any typical homeowner with deer in the yard know how long a deer can live?When they sleep? How many babies a doe can have each year? Working with scientists, special camera equipment, and deer experts and devotees of every kind, NATURE reveals the hidden world of white-tailed deer in a whole new light. NATURE: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DEER...7pm



 

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

America's own Robin Hood, robbing from the poor as well as the rich, keeping it all for himself...

Jesse James, so the legend goes, was a Western outlaw, though he never went west; and a gunfighter whose victims,in reality, were almost always unarmed. Less heroic than brutal, James was in fact a product, from first to last, of the American Civil War; a Confederate partisan of expansive ambition, unbending politics and surprising cunning, who gladly helped invent his own valiant legend. In a life steeped in prolific violence and bloodshed, he met what was perhaps the most fitting end; like so many of his own victims, James himself was an unarmed man, shot in the back.  JESSE JAMES: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE...7pm




Monday, May 6, 2013

Love at first sight...via the internet.

Two strangers -- Steven is an aging white man obsessed with marrying an Asian woman, dreaming of a devoted young wife. Sandy is the young, feisty, ambitious Chinese woman he finds online. This engaging documentary follows their tumultuous love story. INDEPENDENT LENS: SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE...9pm

Friday, May 3, 2013

Paul Taylor is the last of the geniuses who created modern dance..

GREAT PERFORMANCES presents two of Taylor's enduring masterworks...Brandenburgs, first performed in '88 to music from Bach's Brandenburg concertos, and his 2008 ballet Beloved Renegade set to music of Francis Poulenc.GREAT PERFORMANCES: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY IN PARIS...FRIDAY AT 8PM



Yankee Doodle Dandy and You're a Grand Old Flag, Saturday on LAWRENCE WELK - 7pm

Norah Jones on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday at 10pm


DUST BOWL wraps up Sunday afternoon at 2pm, and the Brits have full control of our programming Sunday night beginning at 7pm with CALL THE MIDWIFE, MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR SELFRIDGE, and BLETCHLEY CIRCLE...I SAY - TALLY HO!!!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

We have ways of making you talk...

Spied upon by MI19 in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and cunning, 4,000 German POW's revealed their inner thoughts about the Third Reich and let slip military secrets that helped the Allies win WWII. Based on groundbreaking research conducted by a team of leading German historians and scientists, the film will tell the story of how those confessions were stolen, how they changed the outcome of the war and how they can now reveal, in more shocking detail than ever before, the hearts and minds of the German fighter. SECRETS OF THE DEAD: BUGGING HITLER'S SOLDIERS...9PM