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WYES Program Guide ~ January 2013
A Special Section of New Orleans Magazine
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Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling
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Serrano’s Salsa Company
DiSalvo Packers
Louisiana Pizza Kitchen
Short Stop Po-Boys
Dorignac’s Food Center
Manning’s
Slice Pizzeria
Dots Diner
Maurice French Pastries
Sun Ray Grill
Fireman Mike Gowland
Mondo Restaurant
Taco Del Mar
Five Happiness
Morning Call in the Oaks, LLC
Tastee Donuts
Cajun Moon Catering
Galatoire’s Restaurant
Mother’s Restaurant
The Four Columns
Canale’s Catering
Harrah’s New Orleans
Nola Belles Bakery
The Royal Cakery
Capdeboscq Catering
Highlights Catering
NOLA Boils
The Velvet Cactus
Cheesecake Bistro by
Copeland’s
Hubig’s Pies
Oceana Grill
Venezia Italian Restaurant
Juan’s Flying Burrito
Pascal’s Manale
Vintage Garden
Kajun Kettle Foods, Inc.
Reginelli’s
Zapp’s Potato Chips
Koz’s Lakeview
Rouses
Angelo Brocato
Antoine’s Restaurant
Blue Dot Donuts
Bud’s Broiler City Park Avenue
Buttermilk Drop
Bakery & Café
Chez Rue Rene Bakery
Combel’s Catering
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Host Peggy Scott Laborde welcomes Arthur Hardy, publisher of Arthur
Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide, and Errol Laborde, editor of New Orleans
Magazine to discuss their overview of the 2013 Mardi Gras season.
Among the topics that will be discussed are troubles within the
Bacchus and Zulu Organizations; the emergence of sub-krewes, such
as the Rolling Elvi and 610-Stompers; an update on the Gay New
Orleans Carnival; a look back at Carnival pioneer J. Curtis Waldo and
the introduction of a new “mega” float in the Endymion Parade.
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
General Admission
3 p.m.-5 p.m. • $35 in advance • $30 groups of 6 or
more and seniors 55 - or older in advance
$40 at the door
Anne Baños
Christian Moises
Taylor Beery
Sharon Perlis
Larry Boudreaux
Andre Perry
Marcus Brown
Paul Peyronnin
Tiffany G. Chase
Anne Redd
Katie Crosby
Lori Savoie
Jeffrey Pipes Guice
Scott Sewell
Betty Hope
Debbie Skrmetta
Larry Katz
Victor Ukpolo
Bill Kearney
Roger F. Villere, Jr.
Rick Kirschman
Michael Q. Walshe, Jr.
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1 TUESDAY
10am
BROADWAY OR BUST “The Casting Call”
tracks the real-life stories of America’s top
high school musical performers, vying in the
ultimate competition to find the nation’s best
young theater stars.
7pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES “From Vienna: The
New Year’s Celebration 2013”
11am
BROADWAY OR BUST “Boot Camp”
Noon
BROADWAY OR BUST “And the Winner Is…”
1pm
ST. CHARLES AVENUE: OF MANSIONS &
MONARCHS Enjoy the history of one of
America’s most elegant boulevards. Narrated
by Angela Hill.
DINOSAUR
TRAIN
Roar with Buddy
and his friends at
8:30am & 1:30pm!
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: AN AFFAIR TO
REMEMBER (1957) A couple falls in love and
agrees to meet in six months at the Empire
State Building - but will it happen?
Buddy and his adoptive family go for
adventures on the Dinosaur Train to
meet all kinds of dinosaurs in different
eras and learn fascinating new facts
about these incredible creatures.
5:00am CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
5:30am WILD KRATTS
6:00am ARTHUR
6:30amMARTHA SPEAKS
7:00am CURIOUS GEORGE
7:30amCAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
8:00am SUPER WHY!
8:30amDINOSAUR TRAIN
9:00am SESAME STREET
10:00am DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
10:30am SID THE SCIENCE KID
11:00am WORDWORLD
11:30am BARNEY AND FRIENDS
12:00pm
CAILLOU
12:30pm CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
1:00pm SUPER WHY!
1:30pmDINOSAUR TRAIN
2:00pmCAT IN THE HAT KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
2:30pmDANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
3:00pm ARTHUR
3:30pm SID THE SCIENCE KID
4:00pm SESAME STREET
5:00pmMARTHA SPEAKS
5:30pm CURIOUS GEORGE
6:00pm WILD KRATTS
6:30pm CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
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GREAT PERFORMANCES “Broadway
Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” Find out why the
Broadway musical has proven to be such fertile
territory for Jewish artists of all kinds. Pictured:
Actress Ethel Merman and composer Jule Styne.
1:30pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES “From Vienna:
The New Year’s Celebration 2013” features
everyone’s favorite Strauss Family waltzes
and the dancers of the Vienna City Ballet.
In addition to the Musikverein setting, the
broadcast features a range of picturesque
Vienna landmarks. Julie Andrews hosts.
Pictured: Conductor Franz Welser-Möst
2 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “Broken Tail” A Tiger’s Last
Journey”
8pm
NOVA “Doomsday Volcanoes” Find out what
can we do to prepare for the inevitable disaster
following a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
3pm
BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL “I
Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (1930-1942)” The series
chronicles the Broadway musical throughout
the 20th century and explores the evolution of
this uniquely American art form. Part 3 of 6.
9pm
LIFE ON FIRE “Icelandic Volcanoes” Learn
which Icelandic volcano may awaken next and
what the consequences of an eruption are
likely to be.
4pm
BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL “Oh,
What a Beautiful Mornin’ (1943-1960)” Part
4 of 6.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: TOP HAT (1935)
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls
for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she
mistakes him for his goofy producer. Stars Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
5pm
BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL
“Tradition (1957-1979)” Part 5 of 6.
6pm
BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL
“Putting It Together (1980-Present)”
Part 6 of 6.
3 THURSDAY
7pm THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
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STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: AN AFFAIR TO
REMEMBER (1957)
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10pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES “Broadway Musicals:
A Jewish Legacy”
11:30pm
WE LIVE TO EAT: NEW ORLEANS’ LOVE AFFAIR
WITH FOOD discusses African, French, Spanish,
and Italian food influences in New Orleans.
6 SUNDAY
8pm
MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON What
happens when the naiveté of a political rookie
clashes with the realities of racial and partisan
politics of the South and the ultra-partisan
struggles in Washington, DC? This film is a
character study of Congressman Joseph Cao,
a Vietnamese-American Republican elected
by surprise in a historically African-American
Democratic district in New Orleans. Will Cao
make it through his term with his integrity and
idealism intact?
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9pm
VIETNAMESE CUISINE IN NEW ORLEANS
In addition to discussing Vietnamese cuisine
and highlighting renowned restaurants, the
documentary delves into the traditions of the
Vietnamese culture in New Orleans. Written &
Produced by Suzanne Pfefferle.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: THE SPIRIT
OF ST. LOUIS (1957) Charles ‘Slim’ Lindbergh
struggles to finance and design an airplane that
will make his New York to Paris flight the first
solo transatlantic crossing.
4 FRIDAY
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES brings viewers the
news behind this week’s local headlines. Errol
Laborde is producer and Larry Lorenz is host.
7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
WE LIVE TO EAT: NEW ORLEANS’ LOVE AFFAIR
WITH FOOD discusses African, French, Spanish,
and Italian food influences in New Orleans.
Produced by Kevin McCaffrey.
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL
9pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES “Paul Simon’s
Graceland Journey” Paul Simon’s Graceland
album, an experiment in cross-cultural
collaboration, was also commercially popular,
selling 14 million albums worldwide and
winning Grammys for “Album of the Year” and
“Song of the Year” for the title track. Today,
it’s considered one of the most significant
recordings of its time. But why was Graceland so
controversial in 1986? Why did Simon face such
vehement criticism?
7pm
VIETNAMESE CUISINE IN NEW ORLEANS
presents the factors that contribute to the
cuisine’s burgeoning popularity.
8pm
SECRETS OF THE MANOR HOUSE Find out
what really went on behind the stately walls of
the British manor house a century ago.
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11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
9pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode One” The Great War is
over and the long-awaited engagement of
Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not
tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social
changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises
grip the majestic English country estate for a
third thrilling season. The all-star cast, including
Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess of
Grantham, returns and welcomes guest star
Academy Award®-winner Shirley MacLaine
(pictured). Part 1 of 7.
5 SATURDAY
11pm
LOST RESTAURANTS OF NEW ORLEANS
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
7 MONDAY
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Corpus Christi (Hour
One)” A Diego Rivera oil painting valued at a
million dollars; a 1967 painting by Alexander
Calder; and a giant Fisk “Tire Boy” sign.
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8pm
MARKET WARRIORS “Antiquing in Walnut, IA”
9pm
POV “Reportero” Follows a veteran reporter
and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based
independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly
ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in
the world.
Join Chef John Besh as he celebrates his
award-winning cuisine and his love of New
Orleans. To see what chef is cooking up each
week, check out wyes.org/johnbesh.
6:00am CURIOUS GEORGE
6:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS
A LOT ABOUT THAT!
7:00am THE WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP
7:30am P. ALLEN SMITH’S GARDEN
HOME
8:00am THE VICTORY GARDEN
8:30am THIS OLD HOUSE
9:00am HOMETIME
 9:30amCHEF JOHN BESH’S
NEW ORLEANS
10:00amA TASTE OF LOUISIANA WITH
CHEF JOHN FOLSE
10:30am CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME’S
ALWAYS COOKING
11:OOam JUSTIN WILSON’S LOOKING
BACK
11:30am AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN
12:00pm JULIA AND JACQUES
12:30pm CIAO! ITALIA
1:OOpm MEXICO-ONE PLATE AT A TIME
WITH RICK BAYLESS
1:30pm EVERYDAY FOOD
2:00pm VARIOUS PROGRAMMING
3:00pm NOVA
4:00pm VARIOUS PROGRAMMING
5:00pm NATURE
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10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: TWO FOR THE
ROAD (1967) A couple in the south of France
non-sequentially spin down the highways of
infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.
10pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode One”
10 THURSDAY
8 TUESDAY
7pm THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
7pm
SECRETS OF THE MANOR HOUSE
8pm
FRONTLINE
CHEF JOHN BESH’S
NEW ORLEANS
Enjoy a rich gumbo of cooking
technique with Chef Besh at 9:30 am!
9pm
LIFE ON FIRE “Volcano Doctors” Learn how
volcanologists try to predict eruptions and
protect those who live beneath the Earth’s fire.
8pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Abolitionists:
Part One: 1820s-1838” The new series airs
in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of
the Emancipation Proclamation. In the first
episode, discover the five principal characters,
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison,
Angelina Grimké, Harriet Beecher Stowe and
John Brown.
9pm
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS:
CRIMINAL JUSTICE is part of the ongoing
WYES initiative exploring the progress of
rebuilding a safer, stronger, smarter city post
Katrina. The program originally aired October 6.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: PLATOON
(1986)
11 FRIDAY
9pm
FRONTLINE “The Education of Michelle
Rhee” Examine the legacy of controversial
former chancellor of Washington, DC, public
schools, Michelle Rhee.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: BEDAZZLED
(1967)
9 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “Cuba: The Accidental Eden”
8pm
NOVA “Decoding Neanderthals” Find
out what happened when the first modern
humans encountered Neanderthals 60,000
years ago.
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT Get a jump on your weekend
entertainment as host and producer Peggy
Scott Laborde chats with guests on what’s
happening around town. Pictured: Past guests
on STEPPIN’ OUT: (l-r) founder of the Opera
Creole music group Givonna Joseph, food
enthusiast Poppy Tooker, host Peggy Scott
Laborde, Ashe Cultural Arts Center’s Luther Grey,
and theatre reviewer Alan Smason
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES
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7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
10pm
VIETNAMESE CUISINE IN NEW ORLEANS
8pm
WE LIVE TO EAT: NEW ORLEANS’ LOVE AFFAIR
WITH FOOD discusses African, French, Spanish,
and Italian food influences in New Orleans.
Produced by Kevin McCaffrey.
11pm
MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON What
happens when the naiveté of a political rookie
clashes with the realities of racial and partisan
politics of the South and the ultra-partisan
struggles in Washington, DC?
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL
9pm
THE BARNES COLLECTION Follow Dr. Albert
Barnes’ rise from a working-class neighborhood
to the top of the modern art world.
13 SUNDAY
7pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode One” Wedding guests
descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters
— large and small — threaten. One is Cora’s
freewheeling American mother, who tries to
loosen up her in-laws.
a local tattoo parlor. Notable stories include a
guest who met the Beatles and walked away
with John Lennon’s signature and another
who encountered Salvador Dali on one of his
frequent visits to Manhattan and left with a
book inscribed by the artist, valued at ??? Tune
in to find out.
8pm
MARKET WARRIORS “Antiquing in Chicago, IL”
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Soul Food Junkies”
Through candid interviews with soul-food
cooks, historians, and scholars, as well as with
doctors, family members, and everyday people,
this film puts this culinary tradition under the
microscope to examine both its positive and
negative consequences.
10pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Two”
15 TUESDAY
10pm
THE MIND OF A CHEF “Smoke” Travel with
Korean-American chef David Chang on a BBQ
tour to North Carolina, Texas and Kansas City.
10:30pm THE MIND OF A CHEF “Buddies” Join the fun as
David Chang cooks and goofs around with friends.
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
9pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Two” The fate of Downton
Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man.
Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful
moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a crisis.
10pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Abolitionists:
Part One: 1820s-1838”
11pm
CHAPPY GOES TO MARDI GRAS
14 MONDAY
12 SATURDAY
8pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Abolitionists:
Part Two: 1838-1854” See how the activities of
the five principals intersect and affect the antislavery movement.
9pm
FRONTLINE “Inside Obama’s Presidency”
Examine President Obama’s key decisions and
the experiences that will inform his second
term.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: SOLDIER IN
THE RAIN (1963) starring Jackie Gleason and
Steve McQueen, is a comedy-drama film about
the friendship between an aging Army Master
Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
16 WEDNESDAY
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
7pm
NATURE “Cracking the Koala Code”
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
8pm
NOVA “Ice Age Death Trap”
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY Former lovers are reunited
by chance after a 38-year separation. Stars Judi
Dench and Geoffrey Palmer.
8pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: TOP HAT (1935)
7pm
HISTORY DETECTIVES See stories concerning
an early American bill of sale, a powder horn,
the “Star Spangled Banner” and a 1775 almanac.
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Corpus Christi
(Hour Two)” investigates vintage flash art at
9pm
LIFE ON FIRE “The Surprise Salmon” Find
out what may have happened when a race of
salmon faced the death of their natal river and
were forced back to the open ocean.
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10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: NO TIME FOR
SERGEANTS (1958) Stars Andy Griffith, Myron
McCormick and Don Knotts.
presents
Star light
Theatr e Movies
every sunday at 10
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17 THURSDAY
production of one of the great comic gems
in opera. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery
sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is
Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser
of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts. Pictured:
Ambrogio Maestri as Dr. Dulcamara and Anna
Netrebko as Adina
7pm
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
8pm
FRONTLINE “Inside Obama’s Presidency”
19 SATURDAY
9pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Corpus Christi
(Hour Two)”
Audrey Hepburn
and Albert Finney
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: NO WAY OUT
(1987) Stars Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman.
18 FRIDAY
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES
6Th
13Th
20Th
27Th
Top Hat (1935)
An Affair To Remember (1957)
The Spirit Of St. Louis (1957)
Two For The Road (1967)
5am SESAME STREET
6am CURIOUS GEORGE
6:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
7am SUPER WHY!
7:30am DINOSAUR TRAIN
8am DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
8:30am SID THE SCIENCE KID
9am Martha Speaks
9:30am THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THAT!
10:00am MOVIE
NOON VARIOUS PROGRAMMING
1:00pm JUSTIN WILSON’S LOOKING BACK
1:30pm MISS LUCY’S CLASSIC CAJUN
CULTURE
2:00pm CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW
ORLEANS
2:30pm CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME’S
ALWAYS COOKING
3:00pm NEED TO KNOW
4:00pm RICK STEVES’ EUROPE
4:30pm RICK STEVES’ EUROPE
5:00pm HISTORY DETECTIVES
6:00pm ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
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7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY
8pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: THE SPIRIT OF
ST. LOUIS (1957)
10:30pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES “Paul Simon’s
Graceland Journey” Why was Graceland so
controversial in 1986? Why did Simon face
such vehement criticism?
20 SUNDAY
7pm
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS:
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
8pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Two”
9pm
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
“L’Elisir d’Amore” Anna Netrebko and
Matthew Polenzani, as the fickle Adina and her
besotted Nemorino, star in Bartlett Sher’s new
9pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Three” Two social
revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: the
Irish civil war and the fight for women’s
suffrage. A mysterious conspiracy keeps Anna
and Bates apart.
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10pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Abolitionists:
Part Two: 1838-1854”
11pm
MARDI GRAS: THE PASSING PARADE
21 MONDAY
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Corpus Christi
(Hour Three)”
8pm
MARKET WARRIORS
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “Beauty Is
Embarrassing” chronicles the vaulted highs
and the crushing lows of Wayne White, the
Tennessean commercial artist, as he struggles
to find peace and balance between his work
and his art.
10pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Three”
23 WEDNESDAY
25 FRIDAY
7pm
NATURE “Life on Camera” revisits key places
and events in Sir David Attenborough’s wildlife
filmmaking career.
6:30pm
STEPPIN’ OUT If you miss an episode, visit
WYES ON DEMAND at wyes.org.
8pm
NOVA “Rise of the Drones” Discover the
technologies that make drones so powerful,
propelling us toward a new chapter in
aviation history.
9pm
LIFE ON FIRE “Phoenix Temple”
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: THE SPIRIT OF
ST. LOUIS (1957)
7pm
INFORMED SOURCES
7:30pm
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
8pm
STEPPIN’ OUT: SPOTLIGHT ON MUSIC
8:30pm
WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND
NATIONAL JOURNAL
24 THURSDAY
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11pm
MARDI GRAS MEMORIES
22 TUESDAY
7pm
PIONEERS OF TELEVISION “Funny Ladies” See
the first standup comediennes to appear on
television and the sitcom stars who followed.
Pictured: Cloris Leachman
8pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Abolitionists:
Part Three: 1854-Emancipation and Victory”
Examine the forces leading to war and to the
ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
9pm
FRONTLINE
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: TOP HAT (1935)
7pm
STEPPIN’ OUT: IT’S CARNIVAL TIME Host
Peggy Scott Laborde welcomes Arthur Hardy,
publisher of Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide, and
Errol Laborde, editor of New Orleans Magazine
to discuss their overview of the 2013 Mardi Gras
season. Among the topics that will be discussed
are troubles within the Bacchus and Zulu
Organizations; the emergence of sub-krewes,
such as the Rolling Elvi and 610-Stompers; an
update on the Gay New Orleans Carnival; a look
back at Carnival pioneer J. Curtis Waldo and
the introduction of a new “mega” float in the
Endymion Parade.
7:30pm
WHILE WE DANCED: THE MUSIC OF
MARDI GRAS
8pm
FRONTLINE
9pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Corpus Christi
(Hour Three)”
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: AN AFFAIR TO
REMEMBER (1957)
9pm
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED “Macbeth With
Ethan Hawke” Join Ethan Hawke in his quest to
play Shakespeare’s murderous Thane of Cawdor.
10pm
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED “The Comedies
With Joely Richardson”
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT
11:30pm
INFORMED SOURCES
26 SATURDAY
6pm
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
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7pm
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES Hyacinth Bucket
(pronounced “bouquet”) continually looks for
opportunities to climb the social ladder.
7:30pm
AS TIME GOES BY
8pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: TWO FOR THE
ROAD (1967)
10pm
ALL ON A MARDI GRAS DAY celebrates black
Carnival in New Orleans in all its riotous, colorful
and spiritual glory.
10pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Abolitionists:
Part Three: 1854-Emancipation and Victory”
11pm
STEPPIN’ OUT: IT’S CARNIVAL TIME Host
Peggy Scott Laborde welcomes Arthur Hardy,
publisher of Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide,
and Errol Laborde, editor of New Orleans
Magazine to discuss their overview of the 2013
Mardi Gras season.
11pm
CARNIVAL MEMORIES
11:30pm
REX, KING OF CARNIVAL “Metairie Cemetery:
Cemetery of Kings” The late and beloved
New Orleanian, Buddy Stall, leads viewers on
a special journey through historic Metairie
Cemetery, paying tribute to some of Carnival’s
extraordinary men and women of royalty. 27 SUNDAY
28 MONDAY
a profile of the farm boy who became the 20th
century’s most influential American innovator.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: NO WAY OUT
(1987)
30 WEDNESDAY
7pm
NATURE “Understanding the Natural World”
Sir David Attenborough shares his memories
of the scientists and the breakthroughs that
helped shape his own career.
8pm
NOVA
7pm
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Boston (Hour One)”
8pm
MARKET WARRIORS “Antiquing in
Burlington, KY” The pickers find a Marilyn
Monroe thermometer, a pair of mid-century
modern chairs and a chrome headboard.
7pm
MARDI GRAS: THE PASSING PARADE
explores memories and traditions of Mardi Gras
including rare footage of the 1929 Rex parade,
French Quarter parades, origins of gay Carnival,
Original Illinois Club traditional dance, King
Cake and more! 8pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Three”
9pm
INDEPENDENT LENS “The Revisionaries”
Trace the arc of nighttime soaps, from “Peyton
Place” to “Knots Landing.”
10pm MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Four”
11pm
MARDI GRAS STORIES
29 TUESDAY
7pm
PIONEERS OF TELEVISION “Primetime Soaps”
9pm
LIFE ON FIRE “Ash Runners” Learn how
animals on the volcanic island New-Britain, off
the coast of Papua New Guinea, have learned to
live with the Earth’s moods.
10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: PLATOON
(1986) A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral
crisis when confronted with the horrors of
war and the duality of man. Directed by Oliver
Stone. Stars Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger.
31 THURSDAY
7pm
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR
8pm
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA: MISSION OF
HOPE Learn how and why Israeli astronaut Ilan
Ramon brought a Torah scroll on board the
shuttle Columbia.
9pm
NOVA “Space Shuttle Disaster” Examine the
causes of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia
tragedy.
9pm
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,
Season 3: Episode Four” The Crawley family
faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces
try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants.
New evidence turns up in a baffling case.
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10pm
STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: NO WAY OUT
(1987) Stars Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman.
8pm
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Henry Ford” Watch
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