Let the Pledging Begin!

Remember, on Saturday we start our March Membership Drive...Oak Ridge Boys and Elvis in the afternoon, Welk Stars, Daniel O'Donnell, and David Garrett: Live in Berlin in the evening.

Sunday features Dr. Wayne Dyer, DooWop music, Big Band Years and Andre Rieu Live in Dresden: Wedding at the Opera...the Rieu shows are absolutely amazing, turning town squares into theaters with lighting effects and staging...not to be missed.

And Monday we'll premiere our newest production..."Polk Street Jazz: One Night Only" will air at 7pm in crystal clear HD and after the reception it received at thursday night's "sneak peek", promises to be a hit...be sure to tune in.

Blue-Grass Willie...

Remember, on Saturday we start our March Membership Drive, and we're running a large variety of music...check out the schedule and tune in...I know you'll find something you like!

Speaking of music, tonight Willie's back on Soundstage, featuring songs from his first blue-grass album, which was produced by the prolific T-Bone Burnett...8pm

Test your HD TV...

Did you know that one of Meryl Streep's ancestors is considered a "Founding Father"?
And that "Desperate Housewives" Eva Longoria's early family fled Spain for the opportunities presented in the New World? Just a few of the tidbits offered by Professor Louis Gates in this episode of Faces of America...tonight at 7.

Followed by the gorgeous high definition photography in Ken Burns' "National Parks" series...this show would be standard fare in television showrooms around the country, except with the sound up, the customers would just stand and watch 'till closing time...tonight at 8.

The other side of the "Hurt Locker"...in real time.

Tonight Ellen Green goes Face to Face with David O'Dell, the new director of the Amarillo Opera, taking over for the retiring Mila Gibson after 20+ years as the driving force behind the group. Ellen delves into Mr. O'Dells background, and discusses his future plans for arguably one of the more ambitious arts groups in the area...8pm

Frontline brings us the chilling documentary "Behind Taliban Lines", an up-close look at a group of insurgents in Afghanistan, trained by Al Queda in Pakistan, as they make bombs and plan attacks on American convoys - includes rarely seen footage of actual assembly of pipe bombs...you literally expect them to explode while you're watching. I had the same feelings I had while watching the "Hurt Locker", except this is all too real...9pm

A couple of wild and crazy ladies...

Tonight Antiques Roadshow is in Madison Wisconsin, and features photos by famed photographer Edward Weston...then American Experience relives the adventures and mysterious disappearance of the legendary Amelia Earhart.
American Masters tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston, a writer who became one of the most controversial figures of the Harlem Renaissance. 7, 8, and 9pm.

programming note: next Monday, March 1, KACV premiers it's latest musical performance documentary with "Polk Street Jazz: One Night Only"...an hour of top notch jazz in a very cool setting, and the musicians discussing their instruments and music. Our March Membership Drive will be in full swing by then, and the jazz show is just the beginning...stay tuned!

"Losing My Religion" to Jane Austen in one day...

Saturday's Austin City Limits brings R.E.M. back to redefine "alt-rock", which by the way, they helped to invent the first time...10pm
Independent Lens tells the poignant story of animals left behind during Hurrican Katrina evacuations, and the struggle to reunite hurrican victims with their beloved pets...11pm

On Sunday get caught up on the rebroadcast of Ken Burns' latest National Parks episode, hear producer Dayton Duncan's eloquent description of the series and it's importance to American daily life on Face to Face with Ellen Green, then settle down with hot tea and scones to Masterpiece Classic's "Persuasion", our latest offering from Jane Austen...1pm, 4:30, and 8...

Better change your password...

Tonight we feature a special one hour debate taped last week before a live audience in San Antonio concerning cyber security. A panel of experts explain privacy issues and the security of on-line information in the age of social networking...this is the first of 4 debates on various issues sponsored by the Texas Lyceum, and promises to spark lots of opinions in the months to come.

Globe Trekker goes to Pakistan and explores Karachi and the Kyhber Pass.

Where did Colbert come from?

Tonight's second part of Faces of America introduces us to Stephen Colberts Irish great-great grandfather and his quest to escape the poverty of Limerick and get to America. Then we feature another installment of Ken Burn's brilliant saga of the National Parks system...



Programming note - Thursday night will feature a special one hour debate taped last week before a live audience in San Antonio concerning cyber security. A panel of experts explain privacy issues and the security of on-line information in the age of social networking...that's Thursday evening at 8.

A talk with Ken Burns' best friend...

Tonight on Face to Face with Ellen Green, we revisit Dayton Duncan, the fascinating writer/producer who has worked closely with film maker Ken Burns for over 20 years. He was in town last November researching and shooting interviews for an upcoming documentary on the Dust Bowl, but found time to talk to Ellen about the series on our national parks which PBS premiered last fall. He talks very passionately about the value of the park system and what it means to the soul of our nation.

Programming note - Thursday night will feature a special one hour debate taped last week before a live audience in San Antonio concerning cyber security. A panel of experts explain privacy issues and the security of on-line information in the age of social networking...
that's Thursday evening at 8.

Sinatra wrote letters?

Tonight Antiques Roadshow travels to Madison Wisconsin, uncovering an heirloom 1938 Martin
D-18 guitar, and an angry letter from the Chairman of the Board to Chicago newspaper man Mike Royko...

And American Experience examines the saga of the Kennedy family, a story of ambition, wealth, and loyalty to the Kennedy name and it's ongoing legacy in American politics.

no Super Bowl this weekend...

If you missed last nights Candidates Forum with Bosquez, Hudspeth, Leal and Price, it will be re-broadcast tonight at 1:00 am and Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm...and it's always interesting to see Amarillo's media elite sitting side by side as if in a line-up...

In a special presentation of Independent Lens on Saturday, we've got "Between the Folds", a look at the wide variety of people who have become obsessed with origami, changing careers and forging new lives dedicated to the art of folding paper...11:00 pm

Sunday features a very good "Nature" program giving us an intimate record of the lives of the Druids, the most celebrated wolf pack in North America...7:00 pm
And don't miss another Jane Austen parody of gothic fiction in Northanger Abbey on Masterpiece Classic at 8:00.

Candidates Forum tonight

Tonight we host a "LIVE" political debate between all the candidates running for David Swinford's Texas House 87th District seat...Abel Bosquez (D), James Hudspeth (L), and Republicans Four Price and Victor Leal. Ellen Robertson Green will moderate for journalists representing the Big Three networks, the Amarillo Globe News and Amarillo Independent newspapers, as well as radio station KGNC. We'll have an hour to question the candidates, hear their rebuttals, and hopefully get some clear ideas of where they stand on issues of affecting residents of Sherman, Moore, Potter and Carson counties. Should be interesting.

The episode of This Old House Hour - Roxy project that was pre-empted tonight will resume at it's regular time next Thursday.

"empathy" suit?

You've seen the "fat suit" on TV reality shows, wrapped around 90lb. models seeing what life is like for the rest of us...now we have the "empathy suit" to show the youngsters what it's like to get older...that's tonight on Life Part 2. And on Face to Face, Ellen interviews Dr. Henry Petroski, a rock star in the engineering world.

And a reminder...KACV has a Candidates Forum for David Swinford's seat, this thursday at 7pm...candidates Abel Bosquez, Four Price, James Hudspeth and Victor Leal square off against area journalists for an hour long discussion of issues affecting our district.

Dem Debate tonight

PBS is sponsoring a Democratic Governors debate tonight, in place of Antiques Roadshow (this is re-run on saturday)...

Leading Democratic candidates in the primary race for Texas governor convene for their first live debate on Monday, February 8 at 7:00 p.m. The Texas Debates: Race for Governor will broadcast to millions statewide on public and commercial television and radio and online at texasdebates.org. The debate includes former Houston Mayor Bill White and Texas businessman Farouk Shami.

And a reminder...KACV has a Candidates Forum for David Swinford's seat, this thursday at 7pm...candidates Abel Bosquez, Four Price, James Hudspeth and Victor Leal square off against area journalists for an hour long discussion of issues affecting our district.

Super Bowl Weekend

For those weary of football and eager for it's end on Sunday, there are a couple of shows you might like. First, it's an encore episode of Face to Face with author Nando Parrado, the airline crash survivor from the 70's whose truly harrowing tale of survival will keep you on the edge of your seat. Then there's part 3 of Jane Ausen's "Emma" on Masterpiece Classic, followed by a brilliant edition of Great Performances...featuring "Harlem in Montmarte" a look at the jazz age in Paris after WW I, and the flourishing of African-American artists encamped there.
Don't worry...more than likely, the Saints are going to win the big game.

4:30 - Face to Face
8:00 - Masterpiece Classic: Emma
9:00 - Great Performances: Harlem in Montmarte

From the Fray to Morocco

Soundstage features the cult favorites in an emotional performance, and Ian Wright travels by camel and motorbike on the Route of 1000 Kasbahs, an ancient caravan trail that leads into the desert.

Secrets of Shangri-la bumps the White House

Due to a scheduling snafu, this program about explorers crawling through caves in a remote corner of the Himalayas will replace the "In Performance at the White House" you might see on your program guide. That show will air next Thursday after KACV's Candidates Forum. Meanwhile, the scientists in Tibet discover art, texts and artifacts from the 13th century, hidden away in extensive human carved caves created 2700 years ago to house the dead. A fascinating look at ancient cultures.

Frontline tonight at 9pm: Digital Nation

Over a single generation, the Web and digital media have remade nearly every aspect of modern culture, transforming the way we work, learn and connect in ways that we're only beginning to understand. From love affairs blossoming in virtual worlds, to the thoroughly wired classrooms of the future, to military bases where the Air Force is fighting a new form of digital warfare, technology is transforming us.