War seemed far away...then Pearl Harbor happened...

THE WAR...the monumental, multi-part epic directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of World War II from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. 
 Tonight's premiere episode - "A Necessary War", where inhabitants of four towns whose tranquil lives are shattered by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and America is thrust into the great conflagration. Follow their stories for the next week...THE WAR...8pm 

It's time to play ball in Philly...

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's visit to Philadelphia features a trio of autographed baseballs featuring signatures from the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals, Ted Williams in his 1939 rookie season and an authenticated autograph from Babe Ruth himself in the late 1940s. Together, this triple play wins an auction estimate of $34,000 to $46,000...7pm

Then it's on to Denver where we see an heirloom collection of jewelry that includes a fabulous diamond ring, crafted by "Jeweler to the Stars" Paul Flato, and valued at $215,000 to $270, 000. 
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW...9pm

Dancing and smiling, just thinking about this music...

This music-documentary vibrates with the soul and energy of African-Cuban drummers, guajira guitarists and the pulsing melodies of celebrated Cuban musician Raul Paz. He brings together fellow musical stars Descemer Bueno, Kelvis Ochoa and David Torrens for a concert in Havana. All of them left Cuba years ago, and their decision to return has injected a new spirit into Cuban music. Mirroring Cuba's growing relationship with the world, HAVANA, HAVANA! - PBS ARTS highlights how the country's musical expression is evolving in the 21st century...Friday...8pm

M. Ward graduates from guest spots to his own headline ACL performance, highlighting his latest LP, Hold Time . Austin indie rock favorite Okkervil River follows...AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday at 10pm 

ON STORY features real professionals talking about the real world in film...this week the creative minds behind JARHEAD, THE COMPANY MEN, CAST AWAY and FALLING DOWN. Featuring John Wells, William Broyles, Jr., and Herschel Weingrod...Sunday at 5:30pm

It's hot outside...let's go to Alaska!

Chris Morgan is looking for bears, and he travels to the far north of Alaska, the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik, where polar bears are waiting for the opportunity to hunt on sea ice, then on to the North Slope of the Brooks Range, where countless thousands of caribou cover the ground for miles. The grizzlies are waiting for them, as they have for thousands of years...NATURE...7pm

Bouncing from Clint Black to the B-25 bomber...

HISTORY DETECTIVES mixes it up tonight with a search for the owner of an engraved set of Civil War-era pistols, to sending Tukufu Zuberi to track down K.K.K. Records and their songs titled "The Bright Fiery Cross" and "The Jolly Old Klansman." Then there's Clint Black's turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters, and a chunk of molten metal possibly from the B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945...HISTORY DETECTIVES...7 & 8pm

Beware the very thin line between trash and treasure...

The hot new show on PBS - MARKET WARRIORS - travels to Philadelphia where the pickers comb the Philadelphia Flea Market for costume jewelry, with the goal of bringing big bucks when taken back to LA for auction...8pm

And how do you change a painting found at a church rummage sale into $80,000? ANTIQUES ROADSHOW has found a way...from Madison Wisconsin at 9pm

Honestly...I would do all I could to get here, too...

Tonight on PBS "Homeland" explores the contemporary story of immigration in America. The first of 3 parts, the in-depth doc realizes that while immigration is a national issue this election year, it plays out daily in the lives of people in communities across the country. It's a story of new immigrants who find themselves walking a fine line between access to and expulsion from the American dream. It's also a story of American citizens who wonder if legal and illegal immigrants threaten their way of life. It's a story of intertwined and complex issues that may have a significant effect on the choices people make when they go to the polls in November...HOMELAND: IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA...9pm 

Saturday night at 10pm, Austin City Limits encores Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel as they run through their project Willie and the Wheel...

And on Sunday, suspenseful storytelling is discussed by the creative minds behind THE USUAL SUSPECTS, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE BIG EASY and LETHAL WEAPON. Featuring Shane Black, Ted Tally, Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Christopher McQuarrie. Real film makers discussing real films...ON STORY...5:30pm

Heard of the Pulitzer Prize? He has two...

Robert Caro has earned two Pulitzers for his work as a biographer, and he talks with Evan about the fourth volume in his biography of President Johnson, which includes a look at the Kennedy assassination and Johnson's first days as President. It's already a best seller, and there's at least one more to come...OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH...8pm

And just before that show, country superstar Kenny Chesney leaves his boat long enough to rock the stage with a 14 piece band and a full line-up of hits spanning his 20 year career. These days they don't come much bigger than Kenny, but that's what AUSTIN CITY LIMITS is all about...7pm  

Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...Ti

Time. We waste it, save it, kill it, make it. The world runs on it. Yet, ask physicists what time actually is, and how much do we have left. They have no idea. Even more surprising, the deep sense we have of time passing from present to past may be nothing more than an illusion. Physicist Brian Greene will reveal a new way of thinking about time in which moments past, present and future exist all at once. You'll never look at your wristwatch the same way again...NOVA...8pm

The Strat heard 'round the world...

In the 10th season premiere the crew investigates rock's Holy Grail, the long-lost electric Fender Stratocaster Bob Dylan plugged in at the '65 Newport Folk Festival, changing rock 'n' roll forever. Also featured are some autographs allegedly signed in Miami Beach during the Beatles' legendary 1964 "British Invasion" tour, and a $5 thrift store find shows a little-known artistic side of musical iconoclast Frank Zappa...HISTORY DETECTIVES...7pm 

FRONTLINE investigates West Philadelphia High School, a public high school in a disadvantaged neighborhood defying expectations as they design and build super-hybrid cars for international competition and competing for $10 million dollars...FRONTLINE...9pm

It's like Antiques Roadshow on steroids...

It's the series premiere of MARKET WARRIORS...four pickers, Miller, John,Bob and Kevin, head to Pennsylvania and a large indoor/outdoor flea market - where they'll be challenged to find mid-century modern items amid the Pennsylvania Dutch antiques. Off-screen host Fred Willard injects quick wit and a collector's know-how as the pickers scour the market for key finds, which include an Eames chair, Moss floor lamp and a Tiffany? jelly jar. The winning picker is determined at A.N. Abell Auction Company in Los Angeles, California, where their chosen items go under the hammer...8pm

that's a whole lot of Fabio...

Every four seconds a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British counterpart, Mills & Boon, is sold somewhere in the world. Julie Moggan's "Guilty Pleasures" takes a look at this global phenomenon and the ironies uncovered in the contrasts between books' readers and the fantasy worlds that offer them escape. This film portrays five romance devotees who must, ultimately,find their dreams in the real world. POV...Saturday at 11pm 

John Leguizamo's Tales From A Ghetto Klown is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the industry's most versatile actors. This documentary profiles the actor/playwright's unorthodox rise to success while capturing his struggles to mount his latest one-man show. From his Colombian and "NuyoRican" roots to his high-profile career in Hollywood, Leguizamo bares his soul...Friday 8pm 

If you love movies - you'll love this show. Real film makers telling stories about making real movies...this episode delves into the films OFFICE SPACE, LONESOME DOVE, and EL MARIACHI with directors and writers Mike Judge, Bill Wittliff and Robert Rodriguez...
ON STORY...Sunday 5:30pm

Plus...he's married to Diana Krall

From 1977's "Watching the Detectives" to singing with Elmo on Sesame Street last year, and all the stops between, speak well of songwriting genius Elvis Costello as he returns to ACL to showcase songs from his latest, Americana-influenced record Secret, Profane and Sugarcane. Austin's rootsy songwriting collective the Band of Heathens follows...AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...7pm

And on OVERHEARD...Russell Banks is an award winning and best selling writer of novels, poetry and short stories. His work has been translated into twenty different languages several feature films.  Banks talks about his difficult subjects in a discussion of his newest novel, Lost Memory of Skin, which tells the story of a convicted sex offender...OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH...8pm 

Why you need "special" bear insurance...

Chris Morgan sets up camp alongside the largest concentration of grizzlies in the world. One guy, middle of nowhere Alaska, surrounded by wild bears. Somebody's got to do it...biologist Morgan tracks the bears progress as they feast on the riches of the season and re-establish the complex hierarchal social dynamics of bear society. Along the way, he experiences close encounters with bears, observing brutal battles among males during mating season as well as tender moments between a grizzly mom and her cubs. NATURE:BEARS OF THE LAST FRONTIER...7pm

Someone in the U.S. gets HIV every 10 minutes...still.

Half of those are black. If Black America was a country unto itself, it would have the 16th worst epidemic in the world. "Endgame: AIDS in Black America" traces the history of the epidemic through the experiences of extraordinary individuals who tell their stories...like the 63-year-old grandmother, who married a deacon in her church and later found an HIV diagnosis tucked into his Bible...this special edition of FRONTLINE...8pm

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's first visit to Hotlanta...

How about a collection of documents related to golf legend Bobby Jones, estimated current value of $20,000 to $25, 000, and an 1841 letter by Abraham Lincoln tagged at $80,000...7pm

Then the show moves to Madison, Wisconsin, and looks at an heirloom Art Deco charm bracelet with a possible connection to John D. Rockefeller; and an angry 1976 letter from Frank Sinatra to Chicago Daily News columnist Mike Royko...8pm

The inside scoop on Slumdog Millionaire...

Islamic art is beautifully photographed and discussed in MIRROR OF THE  
INVISIBLE WORLD...Friday at 8pm

Back by popular demand, Elvis Costello, along with Band of Heathens  
returns to AUSTIN CITY LIMITS...Saturday at 10pm

Directors Danny Boyle, Jason Reitman and Ed Burns take a seat in  
Austin for an examination of their films and philosophy as part of ON  
STORY...Sunday at 5:30

The Times does Texas...

Evan Smith sits down with Jill Abramson, Executive Editor of The New  
York Times...OVERHEARD...8pm

Ripped from the morning's headlines...

FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith (College, Inc., The Madoff Affair) reveals a trail of complex deals that have contributed to a European crisis that even today threatens to sink the global economy into another slump. Almost four years after the infamous Wall Street meltdown, FRONTLINE examines how regulators have tried to fix an industry steeped in conflicts of interest, excessive risk taking and incentives to cheat. New rules and regulations are being written, but can they prevent the next crisis? MONEY, POWER AND WALL STREET...a volatile mix...9pm

A menu from the Titanic is worth what? Good Lord!

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW visits Houston to give the menu owners the bad news, and Atlantic City for a 1934 team signed baseball from the New York Yanks...7 & 8pm

"The Queen and Us" tells the story of four party guests as they savor each moment of a once-in-a-lifetime occasion...a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. At the party, only a select few guests will be presented to the queen & attendants calm the jittery nerves of the lucky ones with a crash course in royal protocol...MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK...9pm