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Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. On March 26, 2024, a massive container ship plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six highway workers. How did the ship lose control? Why did the bridge fail so catastrophically? And how many other bridges around the world are at risk? -
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped their families—and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants. -
Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Walter White — arguably the most influential Black man in mid-century America and the leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955 — has been all but forgotten. The film traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history. -
Premieres Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Watch remarkable finds from ROADSHOW’s stop in Iowa and guess which appraised for $70,000 to $90,000, among a 1967 NFL Championship "Ice Bowl" ticket stub, a 1989 Ronald Reagan letter, and a Robert Riggs Saturday Evening Post illustration. -
Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. After multiple heart surgeries, a 70-year-old man transforms his life to become an avid cyclist. When he and his son embark on a long-distance ride from St. Louis to Chicago, they push each other in their quests to reimagine Black health. -
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Honor the best films and performances of 2024 that resonate with older viewers in a star-studded celebration hosted by Alan Cumming. Eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close Curtis receives the Career Achievement Award. -
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Milk Street transforms into a steakhouse to explore mouth-watering steak recipes. -
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Willie Nelson returns to the AUSTIN CITY LIMITS stage alongside family and friends, for a Texas-sized concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his pilot taping. -
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Learn about jazz virtuoso and screen superstar Hazel Scott, the first Black American to have their own television show. An early civil rights pioneer, Scott faced down the Red Scare at the risk of losing her career and was a champion for equality. -
Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2 pm. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. New archaeological finds in Pompeii are revealing that the city, hailed as a sophisticated jewel of the Roman Empire, hid a very dark side. As the evidence unfolds, a much more complex picture of the fated city comes into view.
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