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  • Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, July 31 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Ultra-sensitive telescopes have transformed alien planet-hunting from science fiction into enthralling hard fact. Join NOVA on a visit to exotic worlds orbiting distant suns to answer an age-old question with thrilling new science: are we alone?
  • Encore Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at 8:50 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. A huge leak reveals hidden assets and deals of the wealthy and powerful. With the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, secret finance overseas and in the U.S. Also, with Retro Report, the legacy of a 1981 massacre in El Salvador.
  • Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. on KPBS Kids. Peppermint Patty invites everyone to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, even though he's going to see his grandmother. Snoopy decides to cook his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with help from his friends.
  • Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. on KPBS 2. Narrated by veteran Hollywood actor Tom Selleck, "Remember Pearl Harbor" chronicles the personal stories of veterans and citizens who witnessed the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American Pacific Fleet on Dec. 7, 1941, launching the United States into World War II.
  • Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis' fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.
  • Monday, March 27, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Feast your eyes on a rainbow of ROADSHOW's most colorful treasures including a 1967 Alexander Calder "Concentric" painting, a blue opaline snake paperweight made around 1850, and a Robert Ridgway "Color Standards" book. One is now valued at $100,000.
  • Premieres Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Michael Brown Sr.'s son was killed in 2014 by white police officer Darren Wilson, an event that fueled the global Black Lives Matter movement. But his personal story seeking justice and healing has not been told until now.
  • Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Hear more striking accounts behind standout treasures that illuminate Americans' varied experiences including a Navajo collection, a WWI peach can label letter, and James McNeill Whistler artwork in Part 2 of this special episode.
  • Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Milk Street Cook Lynn Clark makes Cauliflower Steaks with Pickled Peppers, Capers and Parmesan. Bianca Borges assembles Mushroom and Cheese Quesadillas. Rayna Jhaveri makes Panzanella with Fresh Mozzarella featuring perfectly seasoned tomatoes and bright, quick-pickled onions.
  • Premieres Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Host Julia Collin Davison makes the ultimate Italian Meatloaf. Ingredient expert Jack Bishop reviews substitutes for fresh garlic, and Morgan Bolling makes asparagus baked in foil. Toni Tipton-Martin tells the immigrant origins of scampi and Ashley Moore makes Chicken Scampi.

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