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

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

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. 

“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

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

 

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

“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