Tell me a little more about Queen Elizabeth and her horse...

At the Pennsylvania Convention Center, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW experts orchestrate a symphony of appraisals, featuring a stunning collection of Camera Work magazines, published in the early 20th century by renowned American photographer Alfred Stieglitz to promote the idea of photography as art.
Who would have thought...ANTIQUES ROADSHOW...7pm

"The State Visit" follows the elaborate preparations for a visit from the queen. The White House hosts the first and only white-tie dinner of the administration and plans for every contingency, including canine misbehavior, and celebrity photographer Annie Liebovitz plans a formal photo shoot with the queen, although Liebovitz's request to seat Her Majesty on a horse inside the state apartments proves a bit too much. First Lady Laura Bush personally leads a private tour of the White House and the queen's press secretary reveals the challenges of keeping up with her boss. Behind the scenes and at her side from beginning to end, "The State Visit" shows what it takes to plan and execute an official visit from the queen...PART 1 8pm, PART 2 9pm 

The birth of international avant-garde? Paris, of course...

PARIS: THE LUMINOUS YEARS spotlights key figures in the art world's first international avant-garde, including Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Igor Stravinsky...along with Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Josephine Baker and Langston Hughes...and many more, as they recount their stories of why they came to Paris, whom they met, and how being in Paris transformed them and their work...and the world. Friday at 8pm

The influence of an art critic who didn't criticize...

Tonight our continuing series on local artists premieres the newest episode...artZONE:Volume 5 features classical selections from the West Texas A&M Showcase of Music, a gallery opening in honor of Hunter Ingalls at The Process Art House, and an art club that expands the world of Steam Punk...artZONE...8 pm.

Then TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE shows us camping for beginners...8:30 pm

What animal is born at 150 lbs & 6' tall?

From Africa's Serengeti to California's grasslands, some of nature's most dramatic moments with animals are caught...using the latest technologies, HD camera lenses and computer graphics...this two-part series will take us inside the animal to look at the bioengineering of "how animals work."
NATURE: MOMENT OF IMPACT...HUNTERS AND HERDS...7pm

This is the last installment in the groundbreaking NOVA series that began in 1987 and followed seven students starting out at Harvard Medical School. Over the last two decades, NOVA has documented these individuals' trials and tribulations as they struggled to become doctors and has continued to check in on the progress of their medical careers. From divorces, to death, dealing with patients and balancing time at work and at home, NOVA's cameras were there to follow each major milestone in these doctors' lives. Candid, in-depth interviews have given viewers a real sense of what each person has to deal with day in and day out since they made the decision to practice medicine. Now, we return one last time to get an update on the remaining six (one switched careers) and see what kind of doctors -- and people -- they have become...NOVA...8pm 

Globe Trekker braves the Cadillac Ranch...

The Globe Trekker lands in Austin, where he explores everything from rattlesnake hotdogs to bingo with chickens...then it's the Alamo, the border city of El Paso, and a road trip down Route 66 in a  1960s Mustang, with stops at Palo Duro Canyon and the Big Texan Steak Ranch...can't go through Amarillo without a steak-eating challenge...GLOBE TREKKER: WEST TEXAS...8pm

Shelter Me is a family-friendly film that celebrates the human-animal bond with positive, uplifting stories about shelter pets and their new homes...focusing on success stories like helping our returning War Veterans cope with debilitating injuries; and teaching inmates new life lessons...
SHELTER ME...9pm 

Nothing like the sway & wobble of a wooden coaster...

Remember theme parks before Disneyland? The US had many amusement parks where families gathered for a cool escape on a hot summer day. Parks like Playland in Rye, New York; Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana; and California's Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where vacationers can still reach for the brass ring on the merry-go-round. This special visits them, and also checks out some old wooden roller coasters and other classic rides...GREAT OLD AMUSEMENT PARKS...tonight at 9pm

Considered at once works of art -- and working tools....

loopdiver: The Journey of a Dance explores the creation of an original performance. The half-hour documentary follows company members over a two year period as they struggle with the extreme physical and emotional demands of creating an experimental new work...Friday 9:30

ACL welcomes the cream of underground rock with The National, at they perform songs from their acclaimed record High Violet...Band of Horses highlights its latest LP Infinite Arms...Saturday 10pm 

In HELL AND BACK a soldier jumps back and forth between the fog of war and the realities of home in this stunning documentary, hailed as one of the year's best films...INDEPENDENT LENS, Saturday at 11pm

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEKEND:
VIOLIN MASTERS: TWO GENTLEMEN OF CREMONA...this film examines the amazing confluence of time and talent that occurred in the early years of the 17th century when the two greatest violin makers in history were working within steps of each other in the small Italian town of Cremona. One -- Antonio Stradivari -- is a household name; the other -- Guarneri del Gesu -- is considered a genius equal in every way to Stradivari, yet most outside of the music community have never heard of him. Why is that? Find out...Sunday night, 9:30pm