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Friday
NOW on PBS
A grim new statistic: One in every hundred Americans is now locked behind bars. But in this explosion of inmates some private companies are seeing opportunity. NOW on PBS investigates the government’s trend to outsource prisons and prisoners to the private sector. While companies like Corrections Corporation of America say they’re doing their part to solve the problem of inmate overflow, critics accuse private prisons of standing in the way of sentencing reform and sacrificing public safety to maximize profits. NOW travels to Colorado, where the controversy is boiling over, to find out. Should incarceration be incorporated?
At NOW's website at www.pbs.org/now, check prison statistics in your state, and see a web-exclusive video about the rising number of immigrant detainees.
Friday, May 9 at 8:30 pm ET
Repeats 5/11 at 11:30 am ET
Bill Moyers Journal
Moyers profiles the fight the California Nurses Association (CNA) has been waging over universal healthcare. “There shouldn't be a double standard,” says Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of CNA. “We, as the public, pay for Dick Cheney's care…why is the government not providing the same type of care to all Americans?”
Also on the program, independent journalist Melody Petersen talks about the dangers of a market-driven pharmaceutical industry and Moyers interviews British law professor Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team, a new book on the approval of coercive interrogation by high-level American officials.
Friday, May 9 at 9 pm ET
Saturday
Media Meet
“Post Secret”
It’s one of the more popular websites worldwide containing some of the deepest and even darkest secrets of humankind. We’ll hear from Frank Warren, the creator of “Post Secret,” a website with roughly 2,500 anonymous post cards.
Saturday, May 10 at 6:30 pm ET
Repeats 5/11 at 1:30 pm ET
Colorblind
Grade-school classmates reunite and discover the profound impact their beloved African-American teacher, Mr. Bell, had on each of their lives in this “Teacher Appreciation Week encore showing of an audience favorite. Escalating violence in Detroit eventually scattered Mr. Bell’s class, sending many families into the suburbs and separating the third-grade class for 35 years. COLORBLIND captures the emotional reunion of the classmates —now in their mid-40s — as they reflect upon the turbulent Civil Rights era and the humble man whose timeless lessons of love and nonviolence touched their hearts and minds and shaped their young spirits.
Saturday, May 10 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 5/12 at Noon ET
Austin City Limits
“The Decemberists/Explosions in the Sky”
Indie rock stars the Decemberists showcase the distinctive storytelling prog-pop of their latest album, The Crane Wife, with their AUSTIN CITY LIMITS debut. Best known for scoring the film Friday Night Lights, instrumental quartet Explosions in the Sky affirms its power as a live act with tunes from their newest disc, All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone.
Saturday, May 10 at 10 pm ET
Repeats 5/11 at Midnight ET
Sierra Center Stage
“Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers”
The dance floor erupts when Rod Piazza and his band, The Mighty Flyers bring their distinctive West Coast boogie-woogie style to Sierra Center Stage. Featuring the always entertaining Honey Piazza on keyboards, this band’s unique and entertaining blend of swing, jive, and R&B has earned them the reputation as one of the best blues bands in the world today - including the honor of “Band of the Year” at the 2006 Blues Foundation Awards gala.
Saturday, May 10 at Midnight ET
Sunday
Nature
“Prince of the Alps”
High in the Austrian Alps, a female red deer, a leader in her herd, gives birth to a calf. Her status makes him a prince among the other calves. The two are at the center of a wilderness story that features not only the wild alpine herds of majestic red deer, but also a variety of other wildlife that lives in the mountains, including roe deer, ibex, fox, chamois and marmots. From the surrounding towns and villages come cars, hunters, skiers, hikers and pet dogs, all of which threaten the survival of the red deer herds. A harsh and icy winter also takes its toll. Will the prince and his mother endure?
Sunday, May 11 at 8 pm ET
Repeats 5/15 at Noon ET
Masterpiece Classic
“Cranford, Part 2”
The approaching railway and resulting social upheaval spark a crime wave in Cranford, with a mugging and a missing leg of mutton. Local vagrant Job Gregson is blamed, but his son Harry has an incriminating alibi. Meanwhile, Matty has a reunion with Mr. Holbrook, the suitor she spurned decades earlier. Part 2 of 3. Pictured (l-r): Lisa Dillon as Miss Mary Smith, Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns, Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns and Imelda Staunton as Miss Pole.
Sunday, May 11 at 9 pm ET
Placing Out: The Orphan Trains
Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned and runaway children, primarily from industrialized cities in the East, boarded trains bound for Midwestern farming communities in search of a better life. Experts consider this period of mass relocation, often referred to as the Orphan Train Era, as the precursor to the modern foster care system. PLACING OUT: THE ORPHAN TRAINS bring this seldom-heard story to the forefront. The hopeful, sad and frequently poignant reminiscences from surviving riders, their descendants, historians and local officials put a human face on the Orphan Train Era.
Sunday, May 11 at 10 pm ET
NEW! TV13 Staff & Students Win State Awards
Staff and Students earn awards at Michigan Association of Broadcasters Conference. Read more.
Public TV 13 presents a new documentary dedicated to the men and women of the Upper Peninsula who fought and died in World War II. DVDs are now available and are reserved exclusively for our Partners who pledge $100 or more. Pledge Online or call 800-227-9668. Thanks for your support!
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