AUGUST 2012

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S MUSIC

The Vienna Philharmonic, Tanglewood, and more on Great Performances

THIS MONTH, THIRTEEN’s Great Perfor-

mances series brings you starry summer

music specials from around the world.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna

Philharmonic Summer Night Concert

2012 (Fri 31st, 9 p.m.; pictured on the

cover), filmed in the magnificent gardens

of Austria ’s Imperia l Schönbrunn

Palace. Closer to home, we’re pleased

to present Tanglewood 75th Anniversary

Celebration (Fri 10th, 9 p.m.) and Music

of the Movies (Sat 11th, 7:30 p.m.), young

singing sensation Jackie Evancho’s new

special. And opera fans won’t want to

miss Manon (Thu 9th, 8:30 p.m.) and

La Traviata (Thu 23rd, 9 p.m.) on Great

Performances at the Met.

THIRTEEN spoke with Executive Producer

David Horn and Series Producer Bill

O’Donnell to get an inside look at the

long-running performing arts series.

Great Performances is currently enjoying its 39th year on public television. What was it like to produce the series in the ‘70s and ‘80s compared to now?

DAVID HORN: I think the biggest differ-

ence is that we’ve expanded the definition

of performing arts programming on

public television. In its early years, it con-

sisted primarily of opera, symphonic music,

classical music, drama, and dance. Today,

we include classic American Songbook,

musical theater, popular music, classic

rock, and crossover artists like Josh

Groban, Andrea Bocelli, and 12-year-old

musical prodigy Jackie Evancho.

BILL O’DONNELL: What hasn’t changed

is that we continue to bring viewers pro-

grams they truly won’t find anywhere

else. The networks and cable have pretty

much abandoned everything but main-

“Ten thousand people may see a performance during the course of a show’s run in a theater, but one million people or more see it when it

airs on Great Performances.”

DAVID HORN, Executive Producer, Great Performances

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StarryBILL O'DONNELL

DAVID HORN

Nights

stream music programming. We’re the

place where performers of all kinds can do

what they do best in a long-form format.

What is it like working with artists you admire? Do you have a favorite personal memory of working on Great Performances?

DH: It’s been wonderful to work with and

meet people like Dame Julie Andrews,

Beverly Sills, Walter Cronkite, Garrison

Keillor, Harry Connick, Jr., and Sir Patrick

Stewart. But one of my favorite memo-

ries involves a show we did with Luciano

Pavarotti in the mid-80s. It was a show

about Neapolitan song, filmed in Naples,

and due to a mishap, Luciano and I ended

up traveling to the shooting locations

on a houseboat called “The Love Boat,”

complete with disco ball. The crew had

no idea we were delayed and while they

were frantic with worry, Luciano and I

were on the roof of the boat in lawn chairs,

singing Sinatra songs.

BO’D: I guess my career high—although it

wasn’t Great Performances—was when I

got to be the FCC guy in Make ‘Em Laugh,

a documentary series we produced on

American comedy, and had to lock up

Billy Crystal in jail with the other ground-

breakers of comedy. He complimented

me on my acting, which pretty much

made my day.

What does it mean to you that Great Performances has inspired so many people to pursue the arts?

BO’D: Robert Battle, artistic director

of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,

recently came to the studio to tape a

promo for THIRTEEN’s upcoming 50th

anniversary, and he spoke quite passion-

ately and poetically about the experience

of seeing the Ailey company on public

television when he was a teen growing

up in an inner city near Miami.

DH: Battle was completely mesmerized

by the program, which was narrated by

former Ailey star and artistic director

Judith Jamison. He said the experience

of watching it and hearing Jamison talk

about Ailey’s choreography and artistic

vision inspired him profoundly. Stories

like that speak volumes as one of our

goals is to provide a platform for great

artists and organizations and bring their

work to people whose geography or

circumstances may prevent them from

having access to the performing arts. Ten

thousand people may see a performance

during the course of a show’s run in a

theater, but one million people or more

see it when it airs on Great Performances.

We’re providing a service, and as Robert

Battle’s story illustrates, it’s a service that

can dramatically change people’s lives.

Read the complete interview at

thirteen.org/GP

Great Performances is produced for PBS by THIRTEEN for WNET, and is funded by the Irene Diamond Fund,

The National Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, The Starr Foundation, public television viewers, and PBS.

Major series funding is also provided by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz

Charitable Trust, The Agnes Varis Trust, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Lillian Goldman Programming

Endowment, the Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Annaliese Soros, Jody and John Arnhold, Victor and Sono

Elmaleh and Vera von Kuffner Eberstadt.

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1 WEDNESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Nature: “White Falcon, White Wolf” Life on Canada’s remote Ellesmere Island with white gyr falcons and rare Arctic wolves. REPEATS EARLY

FRI 3RD, 4:30PM AND SAT 4TH,

5PM.

9:00 The War: “When Things Get Tough” The German war machine rolls over Western Europe. Directed by Ken Burns. (PART 2 OF 7) REPEATS EARLY

FRI 3RD, 2AM.

11:00 New York Goes to War: “The Road to Victory” New Yorkers’ personal sto-ries of World War II, from the battlefield and on the home front.

8/02 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

THU 2ND, 1:30PM.

1:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

THU 2ND, 1PM.

1:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 2:00 The War (PART 1 OF 7)

4:30 History Detectives REPEATS SAT 4TH, 3PM.

2 THURSDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS New York arts and culture with Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. REPEATS SUN 5TH, 12

NOON.

8:30 PREMIERE Will Barnet: Tracing the Soul of the Work The 99-year-old artist talks of life and the creative process. REPEATS

SAT 4TH, 7:30AM. 9:00 The War: “A Deadly Calling” Ken Burns’ series examines public reaction to the war’s human cost. (PART 3

OF 7) REPEATS EARLY SAT 4TH,

2AM.

11:00 New York War Stories Memories of New York during World War II, captured in viewer narratives and videos.

8/03 EARLY FRIDAY AM12:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

FRI 3RD, 1:30PM.

1:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

FRI 3RD, 1PM.

1:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 2:00 The War SEE WED 1ST,

9PM. [R]

4:00 New York War Stories REPEATS TUE 7TH, 11PM AND

EARLY THU 9TH, 1:30AM. 4:30 Nature SEE WED 1ST, 8PM.

REPEATS SAT 4TH, 5PM.

3 FRIDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 4TH, 9AM. 8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Scott Simon. REPEATS SAT 4TH, 9:30AM.

9:00 PREMIERE The Barnes Collection—PBS Arts The quirky, quarrel-some Dr. Albert C. Barnes and his astounding art collection. REPEATS EARLY

MON 6TH, 3:30AM. 10:00 Live From the Artists Den: “Adele” The British singing sensation performs at the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club in California. REPEATS EARLY MON 6TH, 1AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

MON 6TH, 1:30PM.

8/04 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

MON 6TH, 1PM. 12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Theater Talk 1:30 Austin Film Festival: On Story 2:00 The War SEE THU 2ND,

9PM. [R]

4:00 Secrets of the Manor House 5:00 William and Kate: Into the Future

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6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in America 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Fawlty Towers Sybil catches Basil in a compromising situation. 8:35 As Time Goes By Jean teaches Lionel a lesson about trust. 9:05 PREMIERE Reel 13 Classics: “Auntie Mame” (1958) A bohemian socialite (Rosalind Russell) teaches her nephew how to live. REPEATS EARLY SUN 5TH,

1:20AM. 11:35 Reel 13 Indies: “Arranged” (2007) The friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who teach at a Brooklyn school. REPEATS EARLY SUN 5TH,

3:50AM.

8/05 EARLY SUNDAY AM 1:15 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers via online voting. 1:20 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 4TH, 9:05PM. [R] 3:50 Reel 13 Indies SEE SAT 4TH, 11:35PM. [R]

5 SUNDAY

6:00 PREMIERE Moyers & Company Conversations about life and American democracy, with Bill Moyers.

7:00 NOVA scienceNOW: “Can We Make It to Mars?” Can humans physically

survive a trip to Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.

8:00 American Masters: “Marilyn Monroe: Still Life” Reflections on the star’s singular career and carefully cultivated image. REPEATS EARLY MON 6TH,

12MID AND EARLY TUE 7TH,

4:30AM.

9:00 The War: “Pride of Our Nation” Ken Burns’ epic view of the Normandy Invasion: 1.5 million Allied troops land in France. (PART

4 OF 7) REPEATS EARLY TUE 7TH,

2AM.

11:25 New York War Stories Memories of New York dur-ing World War II, captured in viewer narratives and videos.

8/06 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:00 American Masters SEE SUNDAY 5TH, 8PM. REPEATS

EARLY TUE 7TH, 4:30AM. 1:00 Live From the Artists Den SEE FRI 3RD, 10PM. [R]

2:00 Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs 3:30 The Barnes Collection— PBS Arts SEE FRI 3RD, 9PM.

[R] 4:30 Market Warriors

6 MONDAY

5:30 BBC World News America

6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 PREMIERE Market Warriors Looking for art glass in Brimfield, Massachusetts. REPEATS

EARLY WED 8TH, 4:30AM.

9:00 The War: “FUBAR” Savage fighting in East and West marks the desperate final months of 1944. A Ken Burns production. (PART 5 OF

7) REPEATS EARLY WED 8TH, 2AM. 11:10 New York War Stories Memories of New York dur-ing World War II, captured in viewer narratives and videos.

8/07 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Charlie Rose 1:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

TUE 7TH, 1PM. 1:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 2:00 The War SEE SUN 5TH,

9PM. [R]

4:30 American Masters SEE

SUN 5TH, 8PM. [R]

7 TUESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider.

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EVENING AND NIGHT 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 History Detectives Episode TBA 9:00 The War: “The Ghost Front” Allied bombers annihilate German and Japanese cities; Hitler launches the Ardennes Offensive. A Ken Burns film. (PART 6 OF 7) REPEATS EARLY

THU 9TH, 2AM.

11:05 New York War Stories REPEATS EARLY THU 9TH,

1:30AM. [R] 11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS

WED 8TH, 1:30PM.

8/08 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

WED 8TH, 1PM.

1:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:30 Over Here REPEATS

EARLY FRI 10TH, 1:30AM.

2:00 The War SEE MON 6TH, 9PM. [R]

4:10 New York War Stories

4:30 Market Warriors SEE MON 6TH, 8PM. [R]

8 WEDNESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report

7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Nature: “Frogs: The Thin Green Line” Scientists mobilize to stem the global die-off of frogs. REPEATS

EARLY FRI 10TH, 4:30AM. 9:00 The War: “A World Without War” Ken Burns’ series looks at the final convulsions of history’s bloodiest war. (PART 7 OF 7)

REPEATS EARLY FRI 10TH, 2AM.

11:10 New York War Stories Memories of New York during World War II, cap-tured in viewer narratives and videos. REPEATS EARLY

FRI 10TH, 4:09AM. 11:35 Charlie Rose REPEATS

THU 9TH, 1:30PM.

8/09 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

THU 9TH, 1PM.

1:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:30 New York War Stories SEE TUE 7TH, 11:05PM. REPEATS

EARLY THU 9TH, 4AM. [R]

2:00 The War SEE TUE 7TH,

9PM. [R]

4:05 New York War Stories [R] 4:30 History Detectives

9 THURSDAY

5:30 BBC World News America

6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS New York arts and culture with Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. REPEATS

SUN 12TH, 12 NOON.

8:30 PREMIERE Great Performances at the Met: “Manon” Soprano Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala star in Massenet’s opera about a country girl who is drawn into a life of glamorous—but hollow—Parisian sophis-tication. Also starring Paulo Szot. Conducted by Fabio Luisi. [R]

11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS

FRI 10TH, 1:30PM.

8/10 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

FRI 10TH, 1PM.

1:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:30 Over Here [R]

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9PM. [R]

4:10 New York War Stories SEE WED 8TH, 11:10PM. [R] 4:30 Nature SEE WED 8TH,

8PM. [R]

10 FRIDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Ray Suarez.

9:00 PREMIERE Great Performances: “Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration” (PBS Arts) The Boston Symphony with John Williams, the Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart, vocalist James Taylor, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and other artists salute the beloved music festival, located in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts.

11:00 Charlie Rose

8/11 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Theater Talk

1:30 Austin Film Festival: On Story 2:00 Austin City Limits 3:00 Live From the Artists Den 4:00 Front Row Center 5:00 Globe Trekker [R]

11 SATURDAY

6:00 Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas Live from the Dominican Republic in 1982: “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and “New York, New York.”

7:30 PREMIERE Great Performances: “Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies” “The little girl with the big voice” returns with Hollywood hits like “My Heart Will Go On” and “Pure Imagi-nation” in this concert recorded in the movie palace splendor of the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. REPEATS

SUN 12TH, 11PM.

9:00 Doo Wop Love Songs (My Music) Jerry Butler and Cousin Brucie Morrow host this special featuring ballads by the Original Drifters and other doo wop groups. REPEATS EARLY SUN

12TH, 1AM AND SUN 12TH, 10AM.

11:00 Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind (My

Music) The Queen of Soul presents rare performances by legendary R&B artists of the 1960s-70s. REPEATS

EARLY MON 13TH, 3AM. [R]

8/12 EARLY SUNDAY AM 1:00 Doo Wop Love Songs (My Music) SEE SAT 11TH, 9PM.

REPEATS SUN 12TH, 10AM. [R]

3:00 Ed Slott’s Retirement Rescue! REPEATS SUN 12TH,

3PM AND EARLY TUE 14TH,

3:30AM. [R]

5:00 The Happiness Advantage With Shawn Achor REPEATS MON 13TH, 2PM

AND EARLY FRI 17TH, 4AM.

12 SUNDAY

6:30 Big Band Vocalists Relive the Big Band Era with the "crooners" and "canaries" of the 1940s, from Louis Armstrong to Doris Day. REPEATS EARLY

TUE 14TH, 1AM AND WED 15TH,

1PM. [R]

9:00 PREMIERE Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers 1966-1969 (My Music) The Beatles, the Doors, and other superstars of the 60s pop-rock era strut their stuff in vintage performances from The Ed Sullivan Show. REPEATS EARLY WED 15TH,

3:30AM AND FRI 17TH, 9PM.

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EVENING AND NIGHT11:00 Great Performances SEE SAT 11TH, 7:30PM. [R]

8/13 EARLY MONDAY AM 12:30 Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music) [R] 3:00 Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind (My Music) SEE SAT 11TH, 11PM. [R]

5:00 The Inner Game of Golf [R]

13 MONDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Great Performances: “Tony Bennett: Duets II” The crooner’s second duet album features Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Lady Gaga, Michael Buble, Andrea Bocelli, and more. REPEATS EARLY

SAT 18TH, 2:30AM.

10:00 PREMIERE Dr. Fuhrman’s Immunity Solution! Joel Fuhrman, M. D. reveals new ways to build immunity to colds and infections. REPEATS

TUE 14TH, 1PM AND EARLY

WED 15TH, 1AM. [R]

11:30 Charlie Rose

8/14 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley 1:00 Big Band Vocalists SEE

SUN 12TH, 6:30PM. REPEATS

WED 15TH, 1PM. [R]

3:30 Ed Slott’s Retirement Rescue! [R]

14 TUESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Idina Menzel Live—Barefoot at the Symphony The Broadway star tours the Great American Songbook with live orchestra and maestro Marvin Hamlisch, plus a special duet with husband Taye Diggs.

9:30 PREMIERE Arthur Hanlon’s Encanto del Caribe The maestro at his signature blue piano is joined by international stars for an evening of enchant-ing Latino music. REPEATS

EARLY THU 16TH, 1AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose

8/15 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM12:00 Tavis Smiley

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Immunity Solution! SEE MON

13TH, 10PM. [R]

2:30 Qi Gong: The Flow Continues REPEATS FRI 17TH,

1PM.

3:30 Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers 1966-1969 (My Music) SEE SUN 12TH, 9PM.

REPEATS FRI 17TH, 9PM. [R]

15 WEDNESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Nature: “Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air” New discoveries about hum-mingbird biology, their remarkable aerial abilities and amazing survival skills. REPEATS EARLY FRI 17TH,

2:30AM AND SAT 18TH, 6PM. 9:30 PREMIERE Celebrating the Music of Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line! With Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, and Pat Monahan of Train. REPEATS EARLY FRI 17TH, 1AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose

8/16 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Arthur Hanlon’s Encanto del Caribe SEE TUE 14TH, 9:30PM. [R]

2:30 Use Your Brain to Change Your Age With Dr. Daniel Amen [R]

4:30 Qi Gong for Beginners [R]

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5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 PREMIERE Judy Collins Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Celebrating Fifty Years of Timeless Music The folk icon celebrates her 50th anniversary with beloved classics and songs from her new album.

9:30 PREMIERE Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America This vintage program from 1969 shows the duo in the studio and onstage, with news clips from the era. REPEATS EARLY

SAT 18TH, 1AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose

8/17 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Celebrating the Music of Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line! SEE WED 15TH,

9:30PM. [R]

2:30 Nature SEE WED 15TH,

8PM. REPEATS SAT 18TH, 6PM.

[R]

4:00 The Happiness

Advantage With Shawn Achor [R]

17 FRIDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Maria Hinojosa.

9:00 Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers 1966-1969 (My Music) SEE SUN 12TH, 9PM. [R]

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

MON 20TH, 1:30PM.

8/18 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

MON 20TH, 1PM.

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America SEE

THU 16TH, 9:30PM. [R]

2:30 Great Performances SEE MON 13TH, 8PM. [R] 4:30 Kathy Smith’s Ageless Energy [R]

18 SATURDAY

6:00 Nature: “Humming-birds: Magic in the Air”

SEE WED 15TH, 8PM. [R]

7:30 PREMIERE Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals Live from the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra, Seth McFarlane (Family Guy), Sarah Fox (pictured), and others. Highlights

include “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” and more.

9:00 Superstars of Seventies Soul Live (My Music) Patti LaBelle hosts this concert featuring the Commodores (“Brick House”), Earl Young’s Trammps (“Disco Inferno”), Sister Sledge (“We Are Family”), and more. REPEATS SUN 19TH, 9AM.

8/19 EARLY SUNDAY AM 12:00 Robert Plant & The Band of Joy: Live From the Artists Den 1:00 Member Favorites

19 SUNDAY

6:00 PREMIERE Moyers & Company Conversations about life and American democracy, with Bill Moyers. REPEATS MON 20TH, 10:30PM

AND EARLY WED 22ND, 3AM.

7:00 Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 A cast of 300 celebrates the legendary musical’s anniversary at London’s 02 Arena.

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EVENING AND NIGHT11:00 Member Favorites

8/20 EARLY MONDAY AM12:00 Member Favorites

20 MONDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 American Masters: “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night” Explores the life, career, and complexities of the Tonight Show host and television icon.

10:00 Member Favorites 10:30 Moyers & Company SEE SUN 19TH, 6PM. REPEATS

EARLY WED 22ND, 3AM. [R]

11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS

TUE 21ST, 1:30PM.

8/21 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

TUE 21ST, 1PM.

1:00 Nature [R]

2:00 NOVA 3:00 Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton 5:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

21 TUESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Member Favorites 11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

WED 22ND, 1:30PM.

8/22 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

WED 22ND, 1PM.

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Market Warriors 3:00 Moyers & Company SEE SUN 19TH, 6PM. [R] 4:00 POV 5:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

22 WEDNESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Member Favorites 11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

THU 23RD, 1:30PM.

8/23 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

THU 23RD, 1PM.

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Herbert Hoover: Land-slide REPEATS SAT 25TH, 3PM.

2:00 History Detectives 3:00 Frontline 4:00 POV 5:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

23 THURSDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS New York arts and culture with Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn. REPEATS

EARLY SUN 26TH, 5:30AM. 8:30 Treasures of New York: “Hearst Tower” A behind-the-scenes tour of Hearst’s world headquarters. Paula Zahn hosts. REPEATS

EARLY SAT 25TH, 5:30AM AND

SUN 26TH, 3PM.

9:00 PREMIERE Great Performances at the Met: “La Traviata” Natalie Dessay sings her first Violetta at the Met. With Matthew Polenzani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and conductor Fabio Luisi. REPEATS SUN 26TH, 12:30PM.

11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS

FRI 24TH, 1:30PM.

8/24 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

FRI 24TH, 1PM.

1:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:30 Nature REPEATS

SAT 25TH, 5PM; SUN 26TH, 8PM;

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2:30 NOVA 3:30 Inside Nature’s Giants 4:30 NOVA [R]

24 FRIDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 25TH, 9AM.

8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Jeff Greenfield. REPEATS SAT 25TH, 9:30AM.

9:00 Great Performances: “Twilight: Los Angeles” Anna Deavere Smith portrays a Korean grocer, a Hollywood agent, and others in this film adap-tation of her one-woman stage drama about the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

10:30 Live From the Artists Den: “Kid Rock” The Detroit rocker at Graceland, singing his early and late (“Born Free”) hits. 11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS

MON 27TH, 1:30PM.

8/25 EARLY SATURDAY AM 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

MON 27TH, 1PM.

1:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:30 Theater Talk 2:00 Austin Film Festival: On Story 2:30 Austin City Limits 3:30 Front Row Center 4:30 Globe Trekker

25 SATURDAY

6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in America 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Fawlty Towers Basil steps in for the chef. 8:35 As Time Goes By Jean wants Lionel to write the story of their romance. 9:05 PREMIERE Reel 13 Classics: “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (1974) A young drifter (Jeff Bridges) joins a Montana preacher (Clint Eastwood) in a repeat of an earlier robbery. REPEATS

EARLY SUN 26TH, 12:25AM.

11:00 PREMIERE Reel 13 Indies: “Barking Water” (2008) A dying man’s ex-wife helps him return home to make peace with his family. REPEATS EARLY

SUN 26TH, 2:25AM AND EARLY

WED 29TH, 1AM.

8/26 EARLY SUNDAY AM 12:20 PREMIERE Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers via online voting. REPEATS EARLY

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SAT 25TH, 9:05PM. [R]

2:25 Reel 13 Indies SEE

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WED 29TH, 1AM. [R]

3:50 Reel 13 Shorts SEE

EARLY SUN 26TH, 12:20AM. [R]

3:55 Austin Film Festival: On Story [R]

4:25 Globe Trekker [R]

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6:00 PREMIERE Moyers & Company Conversations about life and American democracy, with Bill Moyers.

7:00 PREMIERE Deadline Every Second: “On Assign-ment With 12 Associated Press Photojournalists” Follow 12 top photojour-nalists in eight countries as they cover war, politics, finance, disaster, sports, and human interest. 8:00 Nature: “Kalahari: The Flooded Desert” The Okavango Delta after the rains—as seen by crocodiles and eagles. REPEATS EARLY

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EVENING AND NIGHT9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series IV: The Mind Has Mountains” A student is found dead during a clinical drug trial. 10:30 PREMIERE POV: “POV Short Cuts” A collec-tion of brief documentaries, including “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement.” 11:30 Frontline Episode TBA

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1:30 Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton [R]

3:30 Nature [R]

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TUE 28TH, 1:30PM.

8/28 EARLY TUESDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

TUE 28TH, 1PM.

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato

1:00 Masterpiece Classic 4:00 Globe Trekker 5:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

28 TUESDAY

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Schneider. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PREMIERE PBS Convention Coverage—A NewsHour Special Report: “Republican Convention” Nightly gavel-to-gavel coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention from Tampa, with Jim Lehrer and the NewsHour team. 11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS

WED 29TH, 1:30PM.

8/29 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

WED 29TH, 1PM.

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Reel 13 Indies SEE

SAT 25TH, 11PM. [R]

2:30 Great Performances

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THU 30TH, 1:30PM.

8/30 EARLY THURSDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

THU 30TH, 1PM.

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4:00 Quest for the Lost Maya 5:00 Mustang—Journey of Transformation

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FRI 31ST, 1:30PM.

8/31 EARLY FRIDAY AM 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS

FRI 31ST, 1PM.

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Wallander, Series II: Faceless Killers” 2:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Wallander, Series II: The Man Who Smiled” 4:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Wallander, Series II: The Fifth Woman”

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7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 1ST, 9AM. 8:30 PREMIERE Need to Know With Jeff Greenfield. REPEATS SAT 1ST, 9:30AM.

9:00 PREMIERE Great Performances: “Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012” Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic under the stars in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace. 10:30 Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past The New York architect excels equally at the traditional and the modern. 11:00 Charlie Rose

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Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas (11TH)

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