Wednesday

Nature
“Salmon: Running the Gauntlet”
Investigate the parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish’s life cycle in NATURE “Salmon: Running the Gauntlet.” Each desperate effort to save salmon has involved replacing their natural cycle of reproduction and death with a radically manipulated life history. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks and farmed in pens. NATURE goes beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species to expose a wildly creative, hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon.
Wednesday, May 23 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 5/30 at Noon ET

NOVA
“Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor”
NOVA joins an exclusive dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the historic sinking of the USS Arizona. In the dramatic 1941 sinking of the storied battleship, 1,177 crew members perished — the greatest loss of life in United States naval history. For decades, it has been thought that the Arizona was brought down by fire from Japanese aircraft. But the discovery of a Japanese “midget sub” far from the scene of the battle raises new questions about the Arizona’s final hours.
Wednesday, May 23 at 9 pm ET
Repeats 5/24 at Noon ET

NOVA
“Missing in MiG Alley”
In 1950, Russian and American fighters clashed over Korea in the fastest dogfights ever seen. This was the world’s first jet war, pitting the two most advanced planes of their day, the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MiG-15, in furious air battles that pushed their pilots’ skills to the limit. The epicenter of the air campaign was MiG Alley, a strip of airspace between the Korean-Chinese border. Flying higher and faster than ever before, American and British pilots had little idea of the hidden dangers that awaited them if they were shot down. Thirty-one Sabre pilots are believed to have survived crash landings, and the evidence suggests that a few of the pilots were captured and secretly imprisoned in Russia. In “MiG Alley,” NOVA follows the poignant and sometimes harrowing efforts of family members to trace what happened to pilots who went missing more than a half-century ago.
Wednesday, May 23 at 10 pm ET

Thursday

Ask the Doctors
“General Health”
Area physicians visit the Public TV 13 studios to answer phoned-in questions from viewers during this live broadcast. This week’s guests are: To be announced. Call in your questions during the broadcast at 800-227-9668.
Thursday, May 24 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 5/25 at Noon ET

This Old House Hour
“Bedford Project, Part 8”
General contractor Tom Silva finishes up the last of the structural work by replacing an undersized and partially rotted old post in the kitchen. Meanwhile, window restoration specialist Alison Hardy reinstalls the restored historic window sashes in the dining room, adding spring-action hardware and weather stripping to make them more efficient. In the second half of the hour, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to Georgia to fix a kitchen sink drain.
Thursday, May 24 at 10 pm ET

May Program Highlights

Watch Media Meet Online:
March 17, 2012 Program:
Upstreaming Marquette General
Host Bill Hart and MGH representatives Gary Muller and Dr. John Bartlett discuss hospital merger plans.
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Watch Media Meet Online:
April 7, 2012 Program:
Congressman Dan Benishek
Host Bill Hart and Rep. Dan Benishek discuss key issues of his freshman term, and future challenges with media guests John Pepin and Walt Lindala.
Local and PBS programs are available in our video player at wnmuvideo.nmu.edu

Watch Media Meet Online:
March 31, 2012 Program:
Senator Carl Levin
Host Bill Hart and U.S. Senator Carl Levin discuss current issues including the economy and banking reform with media guests John Pepin and Walt Lindala.
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