PBS Previews: Week of June 22

Fri, June 20, 2008
Posted in Schedule Updates

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Here are PBS Previews for June 22 - 28, 2008 with local air dates for KAKM:

ARTS AND LITERATURE
HISTORY and SOCIETY
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
PBS PARENTS
PBS BLOG

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ARTS and LITERATURE
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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY: Inspector Lewis, Series I: “Whom the Gods Would Destroy”
Sunday, June 22, 8 - 9:30 pm
Kevin Whately returns as Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis in the spin-off to the popular “Inspector Morse” series. In this episode, a delicate murder case implicates one of Oxford University’s most prominent figures. Alan Cumming hosts. (CC, Stereo)

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Summer of Love
Monday, June 23, 8 - 9:00 pm; Repeats Saturday, June 28, 7 - 8:00 pm
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams and occasional violence. This presentation explores the notorious event that many consider the peak of the 1960s counter-culture movement.

EMILE NORMAN: BY HIS OWN DESIGN
Monday, June 23, 9 - 10:00 pm; Repeats Saturday, June 28, 8 - 9:00 pm
This is a portrait of the self-taught California artist Emile Norman, who, at age 88, is still working with the same passion for life, art, nature and freedom that inspired him through seven decades of a changing art scene and turbulent times for a gay man in America. (CC, Stereo)

SOUNDSTAGE: Josh Grobin
Thursday, June 26, 9 - 10:00 pm
Josh Groban has been a renowned performer since the release of his self-titled debut album in 2001. This special Soundstage presentation, captured in front of 15,000 screaming fans, includes “You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up),” “Machine” and “Awake.” (CC, Stereo, HD)

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HISTORY and SOCIETY
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P.O.V.: Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North
Tuesday, June 24, 9 - 10:30 pm
First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba. Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of northern complicity in slavery while stumbling through the minefield of contemporary race relations. (CC, Stereo)

FRONTLINE/WORLD: Jesus in China
Tuesday, June 24, 8 - 9:00 pm
As the world spotlight hits China this summer, reporter Evan Osnos goes inside one of the country’s most important, but least understood, movements — China’s underground churches. (CC, Stereo)

WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL
Friday, June 27, 7 - 7:30pm
“Washington Week,” the longest-running news and public affairs program on public television, has forged an editorial partnership with “National Journal,” the nonpartisan publication that for 36 years has been dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of the politics and policy of the federal government. (CC, Stereo)

Be our fifth panelist. Write in for the “Webcast Extra.” Answers to your questions will be available online Friday night.

NOW ON PBS
Friday, June 27, 7:30 - 8:00pm
Through documentary segments and interviews with original thinkers, “NOW” goes beyond the noisy churn of the news cycle and gives you the context to explore your relationship with the larger world. (CC, Stereo)

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL
Friday, June 27, 8 - 9:00 pm
This weekly public affairs series features interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy. (CC, Stereo)

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SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
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GREAT LODGES OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
Wednesday, June 25, 7 - 8:00 pm
Explore the surreal desert landscape of Death Valley and the Furnace Creek Inn, a historic four-diamond hotel that rises from the red rock like a shimmering oasis. In the lush Pacific Northwest, Lake Quinault Lodge nestles in the heart of Olympic National Forest, delighting guests with such old-fashioned
pleasures as a hike in the woods or a game of chess by the fire. (CC, Stereo, HD)

NOVA SCIENCENOW
Wednesday, June 25, 8 - 9:00 pm
In the season premiere of the fast-paced and provocative science magazine NOVA scienceNOW, host and renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores dark matter; experiments with memory loss in mice; talks with “digital detective” Hany Farid; and investigates the “wisdom of the crowd.” (CC, Stereo)

CARRIER: Controlled Chaos
Wednesday, June 25, 9 -10:00 pm; Repeats Saturday, June 28, 9 - 10:00 pm
The men and women of the USS Nimitz live in a perilous environment. Their only bulwark against danger and chaos is to bond with their units on board the ship. The “Shooters” have a “Circle of Trust”; the Ordies pride themselves on being a “mafia”; the F-18 squadrons - the Black Aces, the Hoboes and the Marine Red Devils - are tight fraternities.

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PBS PARENTS
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PBS PARENTS
Traveling With Children: Are You Having Fun Yet?
Do you hear “Are we there yet?” before you back out of the driveway? Help is here: Laurel Smith writes about traveling with children on her website, MomsMinivan.com. She’s leading a discussion about ways to keep children happy and parents sane during the summer travel season.

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PBS BLOGS
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I, CRINGELY
MeMobile, You Kaput: Apple’s plan to take over the world
Forget the new iPhone 3G, the big news in Steve Jobs’ keynote was MobileMe, Apple’s Microsoft Killer.

MEDIASHIFT
AP Badly Mistaken on Drudge Retort
Mark Glaser looks at the interesting brouhaha bewtween the AP and the Drudge Retort.

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(CC) Indicates programs with closed captions
(Stereo) Indicates programs in stereo
(DVI) Indicates programs with descriptive video
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Comments

3 Responses to “PBS Previews: Week of June 22”

Martha Armington on June 26, 2008 at 9:07 am

I was HUGELY dissapointed when I turned on the TV last night at 8:00PM to watch “Great Lodges of the National Parks” only to realize that it had begun at 7:00! Am I missing something on your web site about time? I live in interior and when I last looked, we are in the same time zone as Anchorage, where I assume this web site is generated.

Will you please correctly post the beginning times of the various programs offered on your station? Thank you.
John Proffitt on June 26, 2008 at 10:06 am

Ms. Armington, the schedule on our web site is accurate — it lists a start time of 7:00 p.m. last night. Perhaps your computer has the wrong time zone configured? Many computers come pre-configured with Pacific Time, which might list the show as starting at 8:00 p.m.
Martha Armington on June 30, 2008 at 5:24 pm

Dear Mr. Proffitt-

Thank you for your response. The problem must lie with my computer - although, below, please see the “cut and paste” info that your web site shows on my screen. As least now that I know I have a glitch, I can plan accordingly and not be dissapointed in the future. I look forward to tomorrow’s nights’ sequel, which I will turn on at 7:00. Thanks again for responding. Martha Armington

Wednesday, June 25, 7 - 8:00 pm
Explore the surreal desert landscape of Death Valley and the Furnace Creek Inn, a historic four-diamond hotel that rises from the red rock like a shimmering oasis. In the lush Pacific Northwest, Lake Quinault Lodge nestles in the heart of Olympic National Forest, delighting guests with such old-fashioned
pleasures as a hike in the woods or a game of chess by the fire. (CC, Stereo, HD)