May 2011 Online Program Guide

be a r s of th e last frontier

T h i s m o n T h o n n aT u r e

With Bear Expert Chris Morgan

may 2011

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adventurer and Bear BioLogist

Chris Morgan (pictured) has spent nearly

half his life studying bears around the

world. he can think like a bear, decode

their body language, and anticipate their

next move. Join him as he embarks on

a 3,000-mile journey deep into Alaska’s

bear country in the new three-part Nature

series, Bears of the Last Frontier, premier-

ing this month on ThIrTeen.

Traveling with a small film crew, Morgan

immerses himself in the world of brown

bears, black bears, and polar bears to give

us an intimate portrait of their person-

alities, social structure, and survival skills.

“What makes this series so fascinating—

and unlike any other film we’ve done on

bears—is Chris’s presence,” said Fred

Kaufman, Series executive Producer.

“he shares Nature’s respect for the

natural world, and his deep personal

connection with bears and profound

understanding of their behavior allow

him to interact with them in a way that

is revealing and awe-inspiring. In the first

episode, a mother bear approaches him

with her cubs—astounding behavior for

an animal known to be so protective of

its young.”

Morgan and producer Joe Pontecorvo

will be available for a live web chat after

the premiere of the first episode of Bears

of the Last Frontier on May 8th and will

respond to text questions posted to the

Nature website at thirteen.org/nature for

the second and third episodes.

For the chance to win

a copy of Chris

Morgan’s companion

book to Nature: Bears

of the Last Frontier,

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9:00 NOVA: “Ghosts of Machu Picchu” exploring “The Lost City of the Incas.” rePeATS eArLy FrI 6Th, 1:30AM;

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10:00 Premiere Thoroughbred The people who breed, sell, race, and love thoroughbred horses. rePeATS eArLy FrI 6Th, 2:30AM

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9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Foyle’s War, Series VI: Killing Time” When sus-picion falls on a GI for the murder of a local girl, Foyle takes on the U.S. Army. rePeATS eArLy SAT 7Th, 1AM.

10:30 Premiere Vine Talk: “Mulling Malbecs From Argentina” host Stanley Tucci, celebrity guests and audience members taste and vote for their favorite wine at The Tisch WneT Studios at Lincoln Center. This week’s guests: actress Jennifer Coolidge, Broadway star Cady huffman, Paul Mills, and chef Geoffrey Zakarian. 11:00 Charlie Rose rePeATS FrI 6Th, 1:30PM.

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10:30 Premiere Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with roger ebert, critic Christy Lemire (Associated Press) and special guests. rePeATS

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10:40 Reel 13 Indies: “Mona” (2008) Two 35-year-old men going backwards in life meet a vibrant 23-year-old woman. rePeATS eArLy

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8:00 Premiere Nature: Bears of the Last Frontier: “City of Bears” Adventurerand bear biologist Chris Morgan embarks on a one-year motorcycle odyssey deep into Alaska’s bear country to explore the resiliency and adaptability of these majestic animals. (PArT 1 oF 3) rePeATS eArLy

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5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere Antiques Roadshow expertsappraise an 1811 silk-on-silk embroidery sample in Biloxi, Mississippi. (PArT 2

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5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Secrets of the Dead: “Sinking Atlantis” The truth about the collapse of the Minoan culture—europe’s first great civilization. rePeATS eArLy FrI 13Th,

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9:00 NOVA: “Secrets of Stonehenge” The history of the Stone Age relic. rePeATS eArLy FrI 13Th, 1:30AM

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10:00 Secrets of Shangri-La Archaeologists explore ancient caves high in the remote himalayas. rePeATS

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5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere Over 90 and Loving It A legendary folk singer, an olympian, and other amazingly active senior citizens. rePeATS

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9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Foyle’s War, Series VI: The Hide” Foyle battles to save a young man accused of high treason from the executioner’s noose. rePeATS eArLy SAT 14Th, 1AM.

10:30 Premiere Vine Talk: “Zeroing In on Zinfandels From California” host Stanley Tucci, celebrity guests and audience members taste and vote for their favorite wine at The Tisch WneT Studios at Lincoln Center. This week’s guests: actor ron darling, violinist Philippe Quint, and chef Tim Love. rePeATS SUn 15Th, 3:30PM.

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9:30 Live From the Artists Den: “Ringo Starr With Ben Harper and Relentless 7” The former Beatle and the modern folk-funk master perform in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s egyptian Wing. rePeATS SUn 15Th, 11PM.

10:30 Premiere Ebert Presents At the Movies

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11:15 Reel 13 Indies: “Welcome” (2009) A touching drama about the friendship between a Kurdish refugee (Firat Ayverdi) and his swimming instructor (vincent Lindon). rePeATS

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9:00 Premiere Master-piece Classic: “South Riding” robert faces ruin after a principled stand against political corruption. (PArT 3 oF 3) rePeATS eArLy

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5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere Antiques Roadshow Biloxi, Mississippitreasures include water-color portraits attributed to “The Guilford Limner,” a mysterious north Carolina-based artist. (PArT 3 oF 3)

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9:00 Frontline episode TBA 10:00 American Masters: “I.M. Pei: Building China Modern” The architect returns to his native country to design a modern museum to house the antiquities of Suzhou. rePeATS eArLy

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8:00 Secrets of the Dead: “The Silver Pharaoh” The splendor of the royal tomb of Pharaoh Psusennes I surpasses even that of Tutankhamen. rePeATS

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9:00 NOVA: “Riddles of the Sphinx” Archeologists and engineers race against time and the forces of nature to save the Sphinx. rePeATS eArLy FrI 20Th,

1:30AM And SUn 22nd, 7PM.

10:00 NOVA: “Building Pharaoh’s Ship” Archeolo-gists reconstruct a mighty vessel from an ancient egyptian carving, launching it into the red Sea. rePeATS eArLy

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12:30 Secrets of the Dead See TUe 17Th, 8PM. [r]

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8:00 Premiere SundayArts Primetime Special new york arts

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8:30 TBA 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series 1— Whom The Gods Would Destroy” Lewis and hathaway are thrown into a murder case involving a prominent oxford man. rePeATS eArLy SAT 21ST, 1AM.

10:30 Premiere Vine Talk: “Sipping Sancerres From the Loire Valley” host Stanley Tucci, celebrity guests and audience members taste and vote for their favorite wine at The Tisch WneT Studios at Lincoln Center. This week’s guests: Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson, author Gay Talese, and chef Joey Campanaro. rePeATS SUn 22nd, 3:30PM.



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9:30 Live From the Artists Den: “Tori Amos” Amos performs classics and new songs in the veterans room of new york City’s Park Avenue Armory. rePeATS SUn 22nd, 11:30PM.



eArLy SUn 22nd, 4:30AM.

11:00 Charlie Rose rePeATS Mon 23rd, 1:30PM.

5/21 earLy saturday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley rePeATS Mon 23rd, 1PM.

12:30 Theater Talk With hosts Susan haskins and Michael riedel. 1:00 Masterpiece Mystery! See ThU 19Th, 9PM. [r]

2:30 Masterpiece Classic See SUn 15Th, 9PM. [r]

3:30 SundayArts Prime-time Special See ThU 19Th,

8PM. [r]

4:00 TBA 4:30 P.O.V.: “Inheritance”

21 saturday

6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 6:30 Lidia’s Italian Table 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances hyacinth mingles with aristocracy. 8:30 As Time Goes By Jean and Lionel vacation in Paris. 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Meet John Doe” (1941) everyman Gary Cooper and cynical reporter Barbara Stanwyck start a political movement in this Frank Capra classic. rePeATS eArLy

SUn 22nd, 12:40AM.

11:05 Reel 13 Indies: “Children of Invention” (2009) Two young children are left to fend for them-selves when their mother disappears. rePeATS eArLy

SUn 22nd, 2:45AM And

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SAT 21ST, 11:05PM. rePeATS

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4:30 Ebert Presents At the Movies See FrI 20Th, 10:30PM.

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22 sunday

6:00 Need to Know See

FrI 20Th, 8:30PM. [r]


9PM. [r]

8:00 Premiere Nature: Bears of the Last Frontier: “Arctic Wanderers” Chris Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, where polar bears hunt on sea ice; and to the north Slope, where grizzlies await the caribou migration. (PArT 3

oF 3) rePeATS eArLy TUe 24Th,

12:30AM And SAT 28Th, 5PM.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Poirot X: Murder on the Orient Express” david Suchet as suave Belgian sleuth hercule Poirot, called upon to solve an on-board murder. rePeATS

eArLy TUe 24Th, 1:30AM

And eArLy SAT 28Th, 1PM.

10:30 Premiere Media 2011: Journalism in Crisis Bill Baker, WneT’s President emeritus, examines how social media and changing technology are impacting journalism inthe 21st century.


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See Mon 16Th, 9PM. [r]

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5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere Antiques Roadshow In Washington, dC, a turn-of-the-century silver tea set is valued at $90,000. (PArT 1 oF 3)

rePeATS eArLy ThU 26Th, 4AM.

9:00 Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer: American Experience Theoretical physicist behind the Manhattan Project. rePeATS

eArLy Wed 25Th, 2:35AM

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12:30 Nature See SUn 22nd,


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1:30 Masterpiece Mystery! See SUn 22nd, 9PM. rePeATS

eArLy SAT 28Th, 1AM. [r]

3:00 Independent Lens: “Wings of Defeat” DE

4:00 D-Day: The Price of Freedom 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe

24 tuesday

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere Craft in America: “Messages” observes glass bead artist Joyce Scott and other artists at work. rePeATS

eArLy ThU 26Th, 12:30AM

And eArLy SAT 28Th, 2:30AM.

9:00 Frontline episode TBA 10:00 Premiere Hold at All Costs The story of a desperate battle waged in 1953 during the closing months of the Korean Conflict. rePeATS eArLy

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2:35 Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer See Mon 23rd,

9PM. rePeATS eArLy Mon 30Th,

3:30AM. [r]

4:35 TBA 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe

25 Wednesday

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Secrets of the Dead: “Lost Ships of Rome” Marine archeologists discover the wrecks of five ancient roman ships near the island of ventotene. rePeATS eArLy FrI 27, 12:30AM

And eArLy SUn 29Th, 4:40AM.

9:00 NOVA: “Secrets of the Parthenon” how did the ancient Athenians build their great temple in a mere eight years—with no building plan or blueprint?

rePeATS eArLy FrI 27Th,

1:30AM And SUn 29Th, 7PM.

10:00 Lost Cave Temples The search for nine legendary cave temples in the himalayas. rePeATS

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12:30 Craft in America See

TUe 24Th, 8PM. rePeATS eArLy

SAT 28Th, 2:30AM. [r]

1:30 Frontline [r]

2:30 Hold at All Costs See TUe 24Th, 10PM. rePeATS

eArLy TUe 31ST, 3:30AM. [r] DE

4:00 Antiques Roadshow See Mon 23rd, 8PM. [r]

5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe

26 thursday


8:00 Premiere Great Performances at the Met: “Iphigénie en Tauride” Susan Graham and Plácido domingo reprise their starring roles in this elegant interpretation of the primal Greek myth. rePeATS SUn 29Th,12:30PM.

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evening and night10:30 Premiere Vine Talk: “Polishing Off Pinots From Oregon” host StanleyTucci, celebrity guests, and audience members taste and vote for their favorite wine at The Tisch WneT Studios at Lincoln Center. This week’s guests: emily Bergl, Boardwalk Empire star Steve Buscemi, and chef Joe Bastianich. rePeATS SUn 29Th, 3:30PM.



12:30 Secrets of the Dead See Wed 25Th, 8PM. rePeATS

eArLy SUn 29Th, 4:40AM. [r]


9PM. rePeATS SUn 29Th, 7PM.

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2:30 The Jews of New York 3:30 Jerusalem: Center of the World

27 Friday

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week rePeATS SAT 28Th, 9AM.


SUn 29Th, 6PM.

9:30 Live From the Artists Den: “David Gray” The singer-songwriter brings his signature acoustic- electronic mix to new york’s Broad Street Ballroom. rePeATS SUn 29Th, 11PM.






12:30 Theater Talk1:00 Masterpiece Mystery! See SUn 22nd, 9PM. [r]

2:30 Craft in America See ThU 26Th, 12:30AM. [r]

28 saturday

6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 6:30 Lidia’s Italian Table 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances hyacinth tries impress the head of the operatic society. 8:30 As Time Goes By Lionel plays a surprising role at his father’s wedding. 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Father’s Little Dividend” (1951) Spencer Tracy portrays a reluctant grandfather in this sequel to Father of the Bride, also starring elizabeth Taylor. rePeATS


10:25 Reel 13 Indies: “Nurse. Fighter. Boy” (2008) An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter and the faith of a child. rePeATS eArLy

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3:10 Ebert Presents At the Movies See FrI 27Th, 10:30PM.

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4:40 Secrets of the Dead See Wed 25Th, 8PM. [r]

29 sunday

6:00 Need to Know See FrI 27Th, 8:30PM. [r]

7:00 NOVA: “Secrets of the Parthenon” See Wed 25Th,

9PM. [r]

8:00 Premiere National Memorial Day Concert Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna host this star-studded salute, broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. rePeATS eArLy

TUe 31ST, 12:30AM.

9:30 Medal of Honor Interviews with 13 living honorees of our nation’s highest award for military service. rePeATS eArLy

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5/30 earLy monday am 12:00 American Road to Victory (PArTS 1-3 oF 3) [r]

3:30 Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer See Mon 23rd,

9PM. [r]

30 monday

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 New Jersey Capitol Report With Steven Adubato & Rafael Pi Roman 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere AntiquesRoadshow experts appraisea Charles Schreyvogel sculpture in Washington, d.C. (PArT 2 oF 3) rePeATS

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9:00 Premiere War Letters:American Experience The human side of war, as revealed in personal correspondence, from the American revolution to the Gulf War. rePeATS

eArLy Wed 1ST, 3:05AM.

10:00 Bob Hope: Holly-wood’s Brightest Star The entertainer’s colorful life and career. rePeATS

eArLy Wed 1ST, 4AM. 11:00 Charlie Rose rePeATS TUe 31ST, 1:30PM.

5/31 earLy tuesday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley rePeATS TUe 31ST, 1PM.

12:30 National Memorial Day Concert See SUn 29Th,

8PM. [r]

2:00 Medal of Honor See SUn 29Th, 9:30PM. [r]

3:30 Hold at All Costs See TUe 24Th, 10PM. [r] DE

5:00 Someone Else’s War [r]

31 tuesday


8:00 Premiere Great Performances: “Carnegie Hall @ 120: An Anniversary Celebration” Alan Gilbert

and the new york Philharmonic commem-orate the historic hall’s 120th anniversary with special guests emanuel Ax, cellist yo-yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, and Broadway star Audra Mcdonald.

9:30 TBA 11:00 Charlie Rose

6/01 earLy Wednesday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 Reel 13 Indies See SAT 28Th, 10:25PM. [r]


3:05 War Letters See

Mon 30Th, 9PM. [r]

4:05 Bob Hope: Hollywood’sBrightest Star See Mon 30Th,

10PM. [r]

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Someone Else’s War (28Th)

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Soundtrack for a Revolution: American Experience [r]

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Most Honorable Son (21ST)

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