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  • Premieres Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app + Encore Monday, Sept. 30 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. The highest honor for Hispanics and Latinos returns to the Kennedy Center for a star-studded celebration of Hispanic and Latino excellence in arts, music, business, philanthropy, and more.
  • 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.
  • Encore Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Join UC Davis School of Law's Aaron Tang as he guides a panel of experts through ethical dilemmas. The special, featuring thoughtful debate on a hypothetical election storyline, promotes civil dialogue and critical thinking about polarizing issues.
  • 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.

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