pbs39 september matters 2011
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SEPTEMBER 2011
SEPT.10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders
19 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jackpot!
It's every collector's dream: turn-ing a modest outlay into a stag-geringly high return on investment.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Roadshow RemembersThis special edition is designed to test the memory of hardcore fans and kindle the curiosity of newcomers.
10:00 In Performance at the White House: Country Music
20 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives
Gwen dissects the mystery behind an ornate Belgian war medal. Elyse traces a pennant to the early battle for the women’s vote. And a cartoon cel leads Tukufu to unsung heroes of animation.
9:00 FRONTLINE: Top Secret America10:00 The Mosque at Ground Zero
21 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: Super Size Crocs
Gigantic crocodiles — some known to exceed 20 feet — are very, very rare. Renowned herpetologist Ro-mulus Whitaker attempts to en-sure the future of the last of these leviathans.
9:00 NOVA: Mind Over MoneyAn entertaining and penetrating exploration of why mainstream economists failed to predict the crash of 2008 and why we so often make irrational financial decisions.
10:00 Not In Our Town III: Light in the DarknessA one-hour documentary about a town coming together to take ac-tion after anti-immigrant violence devastates the community.
22 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jackpot!9:00 The Rape of Europa
A breathtaking chronicle on the epic systematic theft, delib-erate destruction and miracu-lous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War.
23 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up
Penn State football season weekly highlights and analyses.
Weeknights on PBS39 6:00pm PBS Newshour 7:00pm Nightly Business Report 7:30pm/11:00pm Tempo InDepth
1 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Hartford, CT
(hour 2) A custom-made table purchasedfrom George Nakashima; a rare pre-WWI German toy wagon; and a bronze statue of a medieval Russian warrior by Russian artist Eugene Lanceray.
9:00 The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn DanceThe story of a changing America through the lens of one of the na-
tion's most popular country music radio shows during the 1930s and 40s: the National Barn Dance. Narrated by Garrison Keillor.
10:00 Nixon’s the One: The 68 ElectionIn 1962, Richard Nixon's once me-teoric political career lay in ruins. Yet, only six years later, Nixon would be elected President of the United States.
2 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 WWII: Behind Closed Doors: Stalin,
The Nazis and the West: Dividing the World
10:30 Need to Know
3 Saturday8:00 Keeping up Appearances9:00 As Times Go By10:00 Are you Being Served11:00 Waiting for God12:00 Austin City Limits: Roy Orbison
4 Sunday8:00 Nature: Revealing the Leopard
Leopards are the ultimate cat. They are the most feline, the most intelli-gent, the most dangerous and, until recently, one of the least understood. This film will accumulate the evidence and put together a psycho-logical profile of this extraordinar-ily cunning cat.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis, Series IV: Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things A reunion at Oxford’s remaining all-female college ends with the murder of a prominent student.
10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders
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11 Sunday8:00 PBS NEWSHOUR :
America Rembers - 9/11 A one-hour special broadcast com-memorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
9:00 Great Performances: A Concert for New YorkThe New York Philharmonic per-forms Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, in remembrance and renewal.
10:30 For Love Of Their BrotherA heartwarming story about a close-knit Staten Island family whose youngest brother perished on Sep-tember 11, 2001. To honor Stephen Siller's sacrifice, his six older siblingsfounded the "Tunnel-to-Towers Run,"road race which re-traces the fire
fighter's route from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center. Hosted by celebrated actor and Brooklyn native John Turturro.
11:00 Eastenders
18 Sunday9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector
Lewis, Series IV: Wild JusticeLewis and Hathaway investigate the poisoning of a bishop, who they suspect was murdered for her progressive views.
Gods. The Western world has basked in the glorious inspiration of the Greek myths. These strangely magnificent stories are deeply embedded in our culture and even our collective uncon-scious. On this trip Richard
seeks to discover the relevance and meaning the Great gods of Olympus might have for us today.
10:00 Frontline: TBA
28 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: Birds of the Gods9:00 NOVA: Quest for Solomon’s Mines
NOVA and National Geographic embark on two cutting-edge field investigations that illuminate the legend of Solomon and reveal the source of the great wealth that powered the first mighty biblical kingdoms.
10:00 NOVA: Riddles of the SphinxThe team unearths new discover-ies about the people who built the gigantic sculpture and why they created such a haunting and stu-pendous image.
29 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Raleigh, NC (hour 1)9:00 Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler
to Hollywood The program traces the experiences of the Jews who fled Nazi Germany
and took refuge in Hollywood, and examines their impact on both the German and the American cinemas.
30 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up9:00 Great Performances: Hugh Laurie:
Let Them Talk - A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Versatile British actor Hugh Laurie, showcases his musical side in an atmospheric special filmed in New
Orleans. Defying simple catego-rization, Laurie finds his greatest
satisfaction and inspiration from the mixture of blues and jazz that grew out of New Orleans at the beginning of the last century.
10:00 In Performance at the White House: Fiesta LatinaIn celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a White House concert with
Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, Pete Escovedo, Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, George Lopez, Thalía, Tito“El Bambino” and the Chicano rock band Los Lobos, with Sheila E. leading the house band.
9:00 Great Performances: PlacidoDomingo: My Favorite Roles
10:30 In Performance at the White House: Country Music
24 Saturday8:00 See September 3rd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits:
Lyle Lovett/Bob Schnneider
25 Sunday8:00 NATURE: Birds of the Gods
Don’t miss the strange, beautiful antics of a family of birds so re-markable, they truly do seem to be visitors from paradise.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis, Series IV: The Mind Has MountainsLewis and Hathaway investigate the poisoning of a bishop, who they suspect was murdered for her progressive views.
10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
26 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Raleigh,NC
(hour 1)A 1920 Arts & Crafts desk and lamp; a rare circa 1960 Gibson Double 12 Electric Guitar; and a set of four Chinese carved jade
objects that garner the highestvalue appraisal in ROADSHOW history.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City, UT (hour 1)A 1920s to 1930s-era folk art quilt depicting scenes from Mormon history; a Utah landscape painting by 20th-century Swedish-Ameri-can artist Birger Sandzen; and a mid-19th-century archive of ma- terials documenting the career of Philip Margetts.
10:00 Seabiscuit: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
27 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives
Eduardo uses a business card to uncover California underground secrets. Gwen finds ties between aSociety Circus and FDR’s New Deal.
9:00 Richard Bangs: Adventures With A Purpose: Greece: Quest for the GodsRichard embarks on a great odyssey in Greece, land of the
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