May Schedule

Mon, May 5, 2008
Posted in Schedule Updates

Here are the down-loadable (PDF) schedule grids for daytime and prime time programming in May 2008.

Key programs for May include the KAKM Home and Travel Auction May 6-8 from 7:00 to 10:30pm nightly and the start of the June Pledge Drive on Saturday, May 31. During the Home and Travel Auction, bid on a variety of goods and services for your home and garden as well as on your next travel and adventure with something for everyone. Visit kakm.org/auction for details. New programs will be introduced during the June Pledge Drive, including Iditarod 2008, Heartbeat of Denali, Suze Orman: Women and Money, The Righteous Brothers in Concert, Timeless: A National Parks Odyssey and many more. Other programs of note in May include:

American Experience: George H. W. Bush, Part 1
Mon., May 5 from 8:00 - 10:00pm
The latest in the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series of award-winning and critically acclaimed presidential portraits, this two-part biography examines the life and career of the 41st president, from his service in World War II and his early career in Texas to his days in the Oval Office, first as vice president to Ronald Reagan, then as the leader who presided over the first Gulf War. Drawing upon Bush’s personal diaries and interviews with his closest advisors, the film also explores Bush’s role as the patriarch of a political family whose influence resonates in modern American life.

American Experience: George H. W. Bush, Part 2
Tues., May 5 from 10:30pm - Midnight
This spring, as a pivotal presidential election approaches, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents THE PRESIDENTS: seven 20th-century biographies that offer an intimate and compelling look at the men who have defined and re-defined the modern presidency, and who led the country through some of the most turbulent and consequential moments in our history.

Secrets of the Dead: Doping for Gold
Wed., May 7 from 10:30 - 11:30pm
Program digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did too many of the athletes who were forced to take them.

American Masters: Marvin Gaye
Sat., May 10 from 8:00 - 9:00pm
The story of Marvin Gaye - the Motown star who challenged and changed the face of black music. With performance footage and insight from Mary Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Mos Def and others. Actor Jesse L. Martin narrates.

NOVA: Walk to Beautiful
Tues., May 13 from 7:00 - 8:00pm
The story of three Ethiopian women, rejected and ostracized after injuries suffered in childbirth, and their journey to a special hospital in Addis Ababa, where they find solace and hope.

Frontline: Storm Over Everest
Tues., May 13 from 8:00 - 10:00pm
World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears travels to Mount Everest to tell the story of a 1996 storm that resulted in the worst climbing tragedy in Everest’s history. It is the story of 11 climbers, with eyewitness accounts of their astonishing survival in the world’s most unforgiving environment.

Adirondacks
Wed., May 14 from 8:00 - 10:00pm
Sprawled across six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is by far the largest park in the lower 48 states. Yet it is the only one on the continent in which large human populations live and whose land is divided almost evenly between protected wilderness and privately owned tracts. This patchwork pattern of land ownership has created an utterly unique place that maintains, at its very heart, a delicate and dynamic relationship between progress and preservation. Through the varied perspectives of several passionate characters, this high-definition program explores the remarkable history, seasonal landscape and current state of the Adirondacks.

Depression: Out of the Shadows
Wed., May 21 from 8:00 - 10:00pm
A 90-minute documentary about clinical depression is followed by a half-hour panel discussion hosted by Jane Pauley. The documentary tells the dramatic stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of clinical depression - and explores its causes and treatments. Following the broadcast of the documentary, veteran journalist Jane Pauley hosts a panel discussion with mental health experts to discuss the issues raised in the film.

Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice
Thurs., May 22 from 9:00 - 10:00pm
This program chronicles the story of the Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007 and is scheduled to land on the Martian surface on May 25, 2008. The program features interviews with scientists who discuss the spacecraft’s custom instruments and the intricate preparations that preceded the launch. After touchdown, the lander will collect soil and ice samples to search for trace organics and for evidence of how water has changed the subsurface environment. The scientists hope to determine where the water on Mars went.

National Memorial Day Concert
Sun., May 15 from 7:00 - 8:30pm
PBS will unite our nation in honor of all of America’s men and women in uniform for their service and sacrifice with this annual presentation. The event will be led for the third year by co-hosts Gary Sinise (”CSI: NY”) and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna (”Criminal Minds”), two acclaimed actors who have dedicated themselves to veterans’ causes and supporting our troops in active service.This year, the event will pay special tribute to the veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam and the sacred war memorials built in their honor in Washington, DC.

Great Performances: Maestro
Wed., May 28 from 8:00 - 9:00pm
An exclusive look at conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and principal conductor of the London Symphony.

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2 Responses to “May Schedule”

Susan Draveling on May 6, 2008 at 5:44 pm

I watched the first part of American Experience, George H.W. Bush. I was so looking foward to watching part 2 tonight. I checked the schedule to make sure I would not miss it, fully expecting it would begin at 8:00 as it did last night. I am unpleasently surprised to find it starts at 10:30. I have to get up and go to work in the morning, I will probably be asleep when it comes on. Is this some sort of bait and switch?
Ronnie Dent on May 7, 2008 at 1:52 pm

It is challenging to balance our need for on air fund raising with our program service, especially now that we are offering the PBS West Coast feed. In September 2006, we lost about half the KAKM personnel directly working in Programming/ Production and Operations due to budget cuts so we offer the PBS feed that we are able to make some changes to with personnel that remain. Anytime we do make a change, the problem becomes when, or if, to rescheduled the pre-empted program without perpetuating the problem indefinitely. However, it looks like I missed an opportunity to come up with a better solution in this case by airing the second half of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on the following Sunday in place of AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS and AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, as both are repeats. (Although I’m sure I would have heard about this as well!) I do appreciate and share your frustration, so I hope you are able to record the program tonight or watch it online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bush41.
Sincerely,
Ms. Veronica Dent
Director of Programming, KAKM
Director of Communications, APTI