TV Highlights

Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. With ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the climate crisis, and the growing power (and existential risk) of AI, there’s much to discuss at this year’s UN General Assembly. Can the UN adapt for the future? And what role will technology have in bridging the global equality gap or driving us further apart? Ian Bremmer's exclusive interview with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Tuesdays, Sept. 24 - Nov. 12, 2024 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. A light-hearted murder mystery series starring a Vespa driving, crime solving Catholic nun. It's the 1960s and police forensics are rudimentary. Luckily the residents of Great Slaughter have a secret weapon. Sister Boniface.

Premieres Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. You are never too famous to escape racism and racial profiling. Awadagin Pratt is a renowned concert pianist, composer, and violinist. The documentary confronts issues of privilege and racism in America and tells a personal account of an all-too-common experience for many people of color in America and worldwide.

Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Judy Woodruff will moderate a panel with Katherine Cramer, a leading political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, longtime political commentator Charlie Sykes, and Theodore Johnson, a Washington Post opinion contributor. The audience will be comprised of Wisconsin residents from around the Milwaukee area and across the political spectrum.

Premieres Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. 2009 Atlantic City finds reevaluated in today’s market including a Walt Whitman inscribed Memoranda, 1906 – 1909 Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill posters, and an 1870 Cornelius Krieghoff oil painting. One is updated to $150K-$250K!

Premieres Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. At 21, he was a leader of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. By 23, he became Hong Kong's youngest elected lawmaker. At 26, he was Most Wanted under the National Security Law. The film offers a close look at the city's most famous dissident to uncover what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked.

Encore Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app and FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel. Investigating the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America.

Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. on KPBS 2. The film tells the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh perspective on succession in the executive branch.

Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Grab a front-row seat as the three-time Grammy Award winner performs songs from his latest album, "Carolyn’s Boys," along with Hootie and the Blowfish classics and his solo country hits, including a special performance of Diamond-certified “Wagon Wheel” with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor.

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Are we in a 21st century space race with China? Will Russia militarize the moon? Senator Mark Kelly joins Ian Bremmer for an out of this world look at a critical domain for global security, cooperation, and scientific discovery: outer space. Guest: Mark Kelly, U.S. Senator, D-Arizona.