APRIL/MAY 2011

From the President’s Desk

A big “thank you” for your support

during our March on-air pledge

drive! Charitable contributions from

viewers like you provide PBS39 with

over 50% of our annual operating

income.

Your calls of support and online do-

nations helped us to achieve our

fundraising goals in March—keeping

PBS39 strong during an otherwise

challenging time.

As we look forward to the spring, the

weather is not the ONLY thing heat-

ing up this season. We are excited

about the Great On-Air-Online Auc-

tion in April that will take place both

ON-AIR and ONLINE this year!

Be sure to pre-register on wlvt.org

and preview over 1,000 auction

items online including exotic vaca-

tions, fine dining and more – start-

ing April 8th!

In addition to all of the wonderful

things happening off-air, be sure to

tune in this month for the national

rebroadcast of The Civil War – the

riveting documentary that made

Ken Burns a household name.

Best wishes for a wonderful spring,

Patricia C. Simon

President & CEO, PBS39

APR.12 TUESDAY8:00 The President’s Photographer:

Fifty Years Inside The Oval Office9:00 A Ride Along The Lincoln Highway10:00 FRONTLINE: Football High

13 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Battle For

The BibleThe gripping stories of faith, flames and martyrdom that led to the Bible's translation into English.

9:00 NOVA: The Bible’s Buried SecretsExciting new ground is made in inves-tigating the origins of the ancientIsraelites.

14 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings, MT

(part 1 of 3)9:00 Teenage Witness: The Fanya Gottes-

feld Heller StoryHeller shares her unique story with inner city teenagers who can relate to the painful choices she was forced to make in the midst of the Holocaust.

10:00 Autistic Like: Graham’s Story

15 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: The Faith of 50 Million

PeopleThis inning covers approximately 1910 to 1920 and the Black Sox Scandal. (part 3 of 9)

10:30 Need To Know

Weeknights on PBS39 6:00pm PBS Newshour 7:00pm Nightly Business Report 7:30pm/11:00pm Tempo InDepth

1 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: Our Game

Baseball's origins. (part 1 of 9)10:00 Rick Steves’ Europe10:30 Need To Know

2 SATURDAY8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As Time Goes By10:00 Old Guys10:30 Are You Being Served?11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: Jimmy Cliff

3 SUNDAY8:00 The Civil War: The Cause-1861

What caused the war? Begins with anexamination of slavery. (part 1 of 9)

10:00 Lincoln Prelude to the Presidency11:00 EASTENDERS12:00 Globe Trekker: Antarctica

4 MONDAY8:00 The Civil War: A Very Bloody

Affair-1862 The episode follows the battle of ironclad ships, camp life and the beginning of the end of slavery. (part 2 of 9)Forever Free-1862 Abraham Lincolnmust wait for a victory to issue his proclamation. (part 3 of 9)

10:30 Robert E. Lee: American ExperienceExamines Lee’s life, reputation, andmilitary successes.

5 TUESDAY8:00 The Civil War: Simply Murder-1863

A nightmarish Union disaster at Fred-ericksburg; fierce northern opposition to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclama-tion. (part 4 of 9)The Universe of Battle-1863The Battle of Gettysburg is the turningpoint of the war. (part 5 of 9)

10:30 Young Lincoln

6 WEDNESDAY8:00 The Civil War: Valley of the

Shadow of Death-1864Grant and Lee are pitted against each other in a series of battles; Lincoln’s chance for re-election begins to dim. (part 6 of 9)Most Hallowed Ground-1864The presidential campaign sets Lincoln

April

against Gen. McClellan; Robert E. Lee’s Arlington mansion is turned into a Union military hospital and the estate becomes Arlington National Cemetery. (part 7 of 9)

10:30 Horses of Gettysburg

7 THURSDAY8:00 The Civil War: War Is All Hell-1865

Sherman’s March to the Sea brings war to the heart of Georgia and the Caroli-nas and spells the end of the Confeder-acy. Lincoln re-elected. (part 8 of 9)The Better Angels of Our Nature-1865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox;Lincoln assassinated; the series ends byconsidering the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country. (Conclusion)

10:30 Gettysburg and Stories of Valor

8 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: Something Like A War

This inning covers approximately 1900 to 1910; the formation of the American League and its inte-gration with the National League; Ty Cobb. (part 2 of 9)

10:30 Need To Know

9 SATURDAY8:00 See April 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Spoon

10 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Cuba: The Accidental Eden9:00 MASTERPIECE Classic: Upstairs

DownstairsIt’s 1936 and a new couple moves into 165 Eaton Place and thus re-sumes the romantic, moving and epic story of Upstairs, Downstairs;an updated version with a new cast of characters. Repeats at 10:00

11:00 EASTENDERS12:00 Globe Trekker: Barcelona City Guide

11 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings, MT

A 19th-century Chinese jade brush washer; a 1752 English silver coursing trophy; and a long-lost 19th-century Arthur Brown watercolor scene of Yel-lowstone National Park (part 1 of 3)

9:00 The Great Famine:American ExperienceWhen a devastating famine de-scended on Soviet Russia in 1921, Americans responded with a massivetwo-year relief campaign, champi-oned by "the Great Humanitarian" Herbert Hoover.

10:00 Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton

April 2

16 SATURDAY8:00 See April 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Avett Brothers /

Heartless Bastards

17 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Survivors of the Firestorm

After bushfires tore through the Australian state of Victoria in Febru-ary 2009, burned and traumatized survivors showed a remarkable abil-ity to bounce back, and the environ-ment an extraordinary capacity for healing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE Classic: UpstairsDownstairs (Repeats at 10:00)

11:00 EASTENDERS12:00 Globe Trekker: Nigeria

18 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings, MT

A 19th-century Japanese suit of armor; an 1874 oil painting by noted Swiss artist Luigi Rossi; and a circa 1825 Parisian gilt bronze plateau. (part 2 of 3)

9:00 American Masters: John Muir in theNew WorldNearly a century after his death, John Muir is remembered and revered as the father of the environ-mental movement and the founder of the Sierra Club.

10:00 Games of the North: Playing ForSurvivalTraditional Inuit sports have been vital for surviving the unforgiving Arctic. Following four modern Inuit athletes reveals their unique rela-tionship to the games as they com-pete across the North.

19 TUESDAY8:00 Black in Latin America: Haiti &

Dominican Republic: An IslandDividedProfessor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed in the Dominican Republic. In Haiti, he tells the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic.

9:00 Faces of America: Our AmericanStories (part 1 of 4)

10:00 FRONTLINE: Educating SergeantPantzke

20 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lost in the

AmazonA modern day quest to find the truthbehind one of exploration's greatest mysteries: What happened to famed adventurer Col. Percy Fawcett who went looking for a city of gold — the Lost City of "Z" — in the Amazon in 1925.

9:00 NOVA: Power SurgeNOVA showcases the latest and greatest innovations, from artificial trees tocleaner coal, nuclear energy and wildly ambitious and risky schemes to re-engineer the entire climate system.

10:00 Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to HateAn intimate look into the spontaneous outpouring of forgiveness throughouthistory.

21 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings, MT

(part 2 of 3)9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lost in the Amazon10:00 Olmsted and America’s Urban Parks

22 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: A National Heirloom

This inning covers approximately 1920 to 1930, and baseballs’ recovery from the Black Sox Scandal.(part 4 of 9)

10:30 Need To Know

23 SATURDAY8:00 See April 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: My Morning Jacket

24 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Cloud: Challenge of the

Stallions9:00 MASTERPIECE Classic: Upstairs

Downstairs (Repeats at 10:00)11:00 EASTENDERS12:00 Young Victoria

25 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings, MT

A beautifully preserved 1843 artillery sword and belt; a circa 1925 sequined flapper dress and gold lamé coat; and a circa 1925 heirloom collection of ruby, diamond and jade rings. (part 3 of 3)

9:00 Stonewall Uprising: AmericanExperienceWhen gay bar Stonewall Inn, New York, was raided in 1969, gay men and womendid something they had not done before; they fought back marking the beginning of the gay rights movement.

10:30 In the Life

26 TUESDAY8:00 Black In Latin America: Cuba the

Next RevolutionIn Cuba, Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported in the 19th century.

9:00 Faces of America: Becoming American(part 2 of 4)

10:00 FRONTLINE: Post MortemWhen deaths occur suddenly or sus-piciously, we assume there will be an investigation. But the reality is very different.

27 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Escape From

AuschwitzThe story of two young Slovak Jews, Rudolph Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, whoescaped Auschwitz and wrote a de-tailed account of the atrocities.

9:00 NOVA: Mt. St. Helens Back Fromthe DeadThere is a new threat that the moun-tain is coming back to life.

10:00 Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate

28 THURSDAY7:00 LIVE AUCTION

29 FRIDAY7:00 LIVE AUCTION

30 SATURDAY7:00 LIVE AUCTION11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: Alejandro Escovedo /

Trombone Shorty

9:00 Soundtrack For A Revolution:American Experience The story of the American civil rights movement as heard through its powerful music — the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.

9:00 American Masters: Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On?

10 TUESDAY7:30 Tempo InDepth: Foreclosure / Hous-

ing Market8:00 Black In Latin America: Mexico &

Peru: A Hidden RaceIn Mexico and Peru, Professor Gates explores the almost unknown historyof the significant numbers of black people brought to these countries asearly as the 16th and 17th centuries.

9:00 Faces of America: Know Thyself(part 4 of 4)

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

11 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Sinking

AtlantisFollow archaeologists who are finding evidence of a massive tsunami that devastated the Minoans – and may have spawned the myth of Atlantis.

9:00 NOVA: Secrets of StonehengeNew archeological finds shed light on the most misunderstood monu-ment of the ancient world.

10:00 Secrets of Shangri-La

12 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

(Part 2 of 3)9:00 Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Busi-

ness of America - The Knockabouts: Slip On A Banana Peel / The Groundbreakers: When I’m Bad, I’m Better

13 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: The National Pastime

This inning covers approximately 1940 to 1950; baseball is finally be-coming a national game (part 6 of 9)

10:30 Need to Know

14 SATURDAY8:00 See May 7 Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: K’naan / Mos Def

15 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Bears of the Last Frontier

(part 2 of 3)9:00 MASTERPIECE Classic:

South Riding (Part 3 of 3)10:00 David Suchet On The Orient Ex-

press: A Masterpiece Special11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker: Central China

1 SUNDAY7:00 LIVE AUCTION11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker: Special: Pirates, Galleons

& Treasure

2 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

(part 1 of 3)9:00 Roads to Memphis: American

Experience11:00 Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami

3 TUESDAY7:30 Tempo InDepth: Allentown Main

Street Initiatives8:00 Black In Latin America: Brazil: A

Racial Paradise?In Brazil, Professor Gates delves be-hind the façade of Carnival to dis-cover how this ‘rainbow nation’ is waking up to its legacy as the world’slargest slave economy.

9:00 Faces of America: Making America(part 3 of 4)

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

4 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: China’s Terra-

cotta ArmyThe extraordinary story of China's 8,000 terracotta warriors created to protect the first Emporer of China in the after-life; will be returned to its former glory for the first time.

9:00 NOVA: Ghosts of Machu PicchuJoin a new generation of archeolo-gists as they probe areas of Machu Picchu that haven't been touched since the time of the Incas.

10:00 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

5 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

(Part 1 of 3)9:00 Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Busi-

ness of America - Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs: Would You Hit A Guy WithGlasses / Breadwinners and Homemakers: Honey I’m Home

6 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: Shadow Ball

This inning covers approximately 1930 to 1940; the negro leagues and the great players that were excluded.(part 5 of 9)

10:30 Need to Know

7 SATURDAY8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As Time Goes By10:00 Old Guys10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: K’naan / Mos Def

8 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Bears of the Last Frontier

Join adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan on a year-long motor-cycle odyssey deep into Alaska’s bear country to explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of these majestic animals. (part 1 of 3)

9:00 MASTERPIECE Classic: South Riding (Part 1 of 3)This 20th-century classic is a rich por-trait of a Yorkshire community in the 1930’s. In the devastating wake of WWI, unmarried Sarah Burton leaves London and returns home to take up aposition as headmistress at a strug-gling Yorkshire girls school. Robert Carne is also struggling as a gentlemen farmer who is destined to clash with Miss Burton.

10:00 MASTERPIECE Classic: South Riding (Part 2 of 3)

11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker: Tunisia & Libya

9 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

(part 2 of 3)

MAY

May 1

9:00 MASTERPIECE Mystery! Poirot X: Murder on the Orient Express

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Classics11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker: Micronesia

23 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Washington, DC

(part 1 of 3)9:00 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer:

American Experience

24 TUESDAY7:30 Tempo InDepth: Business Partner-

ships In Education8:00 American Masters: Carol Burnett - A

Woman of Character9:00 Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter

25 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lost Ships of Rome9:00 NOVA: Secrets of the Parthenon10:00 Lost Cave Temples

26 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Washington, DC

(Part 1 of 3)9:00 Medal of Honor10:00 A Gathering of Heroes

27 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: A Whole New Game

This inning covers approximately 1960 to 1970; Expansion and labor are the major topics. (part 8 of 9)

10:30 Need to Know

28 SATURDAY8:00 See May 7th Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Steve Martin /

Sarah Jarosz

29 SUNDAY8:00 National Memorial Day Concert

The multi award-winning NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, featuring an all-star line-up in performance

with the National Symphony Orches-tra, honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for this country. Repeats at 9:30pm

11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker: Sri Lanka & Maldives

30 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Washington, DC

(part 2 of 3)9:00 War Letters: American Experience10:00 Hallowed Grounds

31 TUESDAY7:30 Tempo InDepth: State Budget Update8:00 Great Performances: Carnegie Hall @

120 - An Anniversary Celebration9:30 National Memorial Day Concert

16 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

(part 3 of 3)9:00 Freedom Riders: American Experience

From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives — and many enduredsavage beatings and imprisonment — for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South.

17 TUESDAY7:30 Tempo InDepth: Easton Main Street

Initiatives8:00 Secrets of the Dead: The World’s

Biggest Bomb9:00 QE2: The Last Voyage10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

18 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharoah9:00 NOVA: Riddles of the Sphinx10:00 NOVA: Building Pharoah’s Ship

19 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

(Part 3 of 3)9:00 Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business

of America - Wiseguys & Smart Alecks: Never Give A Sucker An Even Break / Satire And Parody: Sock It To Me

20 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 BASEBALL: Tha Capital of Baseball

This inning covers approximately 1950 to 1960; emphasis on the three teams based in New York. (part 7 of 9)

10:30 Need to Know

21 SATURDAY8:00 See May 7 Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Sarah McLachlan/

Duffy

22 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Bears of the Last Frontier

(part 3 of 3)