Programming Highlights

Friday, April 6
Texas Week with Rick Casey
8 PM (additional times)
Each week, local journalist Rick Casey discusses the topics, news, and ideas that matter to our community. From water issues, wild fires, school budgets, transportation and city initiatives, Rick explores and investigates to get answers to the questions that we all want to know. His style is professional and his Irish wit keeps the program entertaining. Every episode is an episode that matters. Join us.
http://www.klrn.org/texasweek

Saturday, April 7
RED ROCK RONDO: ZION CANYON SONG CYCLE
8 PM (additional times)
Rondo weaves together the contemporary and historical, creating a rich portrait of this spectacular place and the people whose lives are so intricately connected to and affected by it.

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: RAPHAEL SAADIQ/BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS
10 PM (additional times)
R&B grooves the ACL stage with Raphael Saadiq and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. Saadiq highlights songs from his old-school soul LP Stone Rollin'. Lewis & his Honeybears rock their bluesy soul nuggets from Scandalous.
http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/

Sunday, April 8
FINDING YOUR ROOTS: KEVIN BACON AND KYRA SEDGWICK
7 PM (additional times)
What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American families that have been in this country since its inception. But they share something else, too: both had ancestors who were early opponents of slavery.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/

Monday, April 9
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: EL PASO, TX (HOUR 3)
8 PM (additional times)
Against the backdrop of Indian Cliff Ranch, host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Bruce Shackelford discuss the styles and construction that distinguish Texas spurs and what collectors of vintage spurs are willing to pay for them.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/

INDEPENDENT LENS: BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER'S JOURNEY
9 PM (additional times)
As a teenager growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Kevin Clash had very different aspirations from those of his classmates -- he wanted to be a puppeteer, part of Jim Henson's team, the creative force responsible for delivering the magic of SESAME STREET. Combining archival footage with material from the present day, filmmaker Constance Marks explores Clash's story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

Tuesday, April 10
FRONTLINE: NUCLEAR AFTERSHOCKS
10 PM (additional times)
In March 2011 a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country's once popular energy program in shambles. In response, Germany decided to abandon nuclear energy entirely. Should the U.S. follow suit?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

Wednesday, April 11
NOVA: DEADLIEST TORNADOES
9 PM (additional times)
In April 2011, the worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 340 people. Why was there such an extreme outbreak? How do such outbreaks form?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

AMERICA REVEALED: FOOD MACHINE
10 PM (additional times)
Over the past century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known. Join host Yul Kwon to learn how this machine feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day. Discover engineering marvels created by putting nature to work, and consider the toll our insatiable appetites take on our health and environment.

Thursday, April 12
COLLEGE COSTS: WHEN TO TALK ABOUT PLANNING FOR COLLEGE
8 PM (additional times)
Concerned about how you will pay for college? A panel of San Antonio area students, parents, educators, and community leaders discuss practical financial literacy skills to help plan and pay for college.

SPACE SHUTTLE: A HORIZON GUIDE
9 PM (additional times)
The Shuttle story has been characterized by incredible triumphs, but blighted by devastating tragedies. Will it be remembered as an impressive chapter in human space exploration, or as a fatally flawed white elephant?

Friday, April 13
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: CHANGE
9 PM (additional times)
Artists Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui and Catherine Opie bear witness, through their work, to transformation - cultural, material and aesthetic - and actively engage communities as collaborators and subjects.

Saturday, April 14
BONSAI PEOPLE - THE VISION OF MUHAMMAD YUNUS
8 PM (additional times)
Muhammad Yunus - one of only seven people in the world to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal - pioneered the innovative banking program known as microcredit. BONSAI PEOPLE examines how he, in partnership with some of the world's most visionary businesses, launched ventures designed to tackle social problems.

Sunday, April 15
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
8 PM (additional times)
An adaptation and completion of Charles Dickens' last novel left unfinished at the halfway mark at his death, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is a psychological thriller about a provincial choirmaster's obsession with 17-year-old Rosa Bud, and the lengths he will go to to attain her. The cast includes Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters) and Julia MacKenzie (Miss Marple).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

Monday, April 16
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: ATLANTA (HOUR 1)
8 PM (additional times)
Surrounded by the spectacular marine life of the Georgia Aquarium, host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser David Lackey examine some 19th-century examples of the shockingly realistic aquatic, amphibious and reptilian-themed plates and vases known as Palissy ware.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/

Tuesday, April 17
LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: WEDDINGS: SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW
8 PM (additional times)
In the continuing tradition of celebrating culture through food, the second LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA special focuses on the traditions surrounding weddings. The first sequence features an African-American wedding in New Orleans complete with marching brass band and traditional regional cuisine that includes jambalaya, crawfish and pralines. Next there's an Asian Indian-American wedding that features actor Mario Cantone, who played a wedding planner in TV's "Sex in the City."

HOOVER DAM: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
9 PM (additional times)
Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering works in history.

Wednesday, April 18
NOVA: WHY SHIPS SINK
9 PM (additional times)
Are you safe aboard a modern cruise ship? Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe "floating cities" that offer everything from swimming pools to shopping malls to ice skating rinks. NOVA brings together marine engineering and safety experts to reconstruct the events that led up to famous cruise disasters, including the ill-fated Concordia, the Sea Diamond, and the Oceanos. Are we really safe at sea-or are we on the brink of a 21st century Titanic?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Thursday, April 19
INDEPENDENT LENS: REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR
10 PM (additional times)
This program follows the race among major car-makers to be the first, the best and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It's not just the next generation of green cars that's on the line; it's the future of the automobile itself.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

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