World tv schedule
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Thu, May 17, 2012
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12:00 AM After the Harvest: Fighting Hunger in the Coffeelands +
A documentary that examines "los meses flacos," or the thin months, a seasonal period of hunger many small-scale Central American coffee farmers and their families face.
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12:30 AM Independent Lens: Summer Pasture +
"Summer Pasture," about nomadic husband-and-wife yak herders in eastern Tibet whose traditional way of life is changing due to the rapid modernization taking place around them. They deal with illness, infidelity and a shrinking community.
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2:00 AM Frontline: The Meth Epidemic +
"The Meth Epidemic" is a revealing look at methamphetamine abuse that focuses on Portland, Ore., where use has hit crisis proportions. Included: ways in which drug makers obtain pseudoephedrine (a necessary ingredient); how meth works on the brain.
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3:00 AM PBS NewsHour +
Covering national and international issues, originating from Washington, D.C.
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4:00 AM Nightly Business Report +
A long-running weeknight business-news magazine that includes market reports, company information, CEO interviews and economic commentary. 'NBR' began as a local broadcast in Miami in 1979.
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4:30 AM Tavis Smiley +
Carole King.
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5:00 AM Global Voices: Hell of a Nation +
"Hell of a Nation" follows delegate candidates during the run-up to the December 2003 "loya jirga" (convention) that approved Afghanistan's constitution.
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6:00 AM Global Voices: Motherland Afghanistan +
An Afghan doctor provides emergency care to three women. One received poor treatment from a midwife; another is in the midst of an obstructed labor; a third is carrying twins.
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7:00 AM Scully: The World Show: Philippe Gaudreau & Jonathan Birks +
Solabs CEO Philippe Gaudreau and chairman Jonathan Birks discuss their company, which develops software for the pharmaceutical and medical-technology industries.
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7:30 AM Second Opinion: Bipolar Disorder +
Bipolar disorder is discussed.
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8:00 AM Nova: The Great Inca Rebellion +
An examination of how human remains found at an ancient cemetery near Lima, Peru, coupled with forensic science and historical documents, may upend the accepted story that a small band of Spanish conquistadors brought down the Inca Empire.
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9:00 AM Bones of Turkana
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10:00 AM Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharaoh +
The Season 10 premiere explores the treasures found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who reunited a fragmented Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period. The tomb was discovered in northern Egypt in 1939 by archaeologist Pierre Montet.
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11:00 AM Global Voices: Hell of a Nation +
"Hell of a Nation" follows delegate candidates during the run-up to the December 2003 "loya jirga" (convention) that approved Afghanistan's constitution.
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12:00 PM Tavis Smiley +
Michael Emerson.
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12:30 PM Tavis Smiley +
Carole King.
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1:00 PM Scully: The World Show: Philippe Gaudreau & Jonathan Birks +
Solabs CEO Philippe Gaudreau and chairman Jonathan Birks discuss their company, which develops software for the pharmaceutical and medical-technology industries.
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1:30 PM Second Opinion: Bipolar Disorder +
Bipolar disorder is discussed.
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2:00 PM Nova: The Great Inca Rebellion +
An examination of how human remains found at an ancient cemetery near Lima, Peru, coupled with forensic science and historical documents, may upend the accepted story that a small band of Spanish conquistadors brought down the Inca Empire.
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3:00 PM Bones of Turkana
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4:00 PM Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharaoh +
The Season 10 premiere explores the treasures found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who reunited a fragmented Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period. The tomb was discovered in northern Egypt in 1939 by archaeologist Pierre Montet.
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5:00 PM Newsline +
A newscast from Japanese public broadcaster NHK that features global news and weather forecasts.
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5:30 PM Journal +
A daily newscast broadcast from Berlin.
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6:00 PM Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharaoh +
The Season 10 premiere explores the treasures found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who reunited a fragmented Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period. The tomb was discovered in northern Egypt in 1939 by archaeologist Pierre Montet.
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7:00 PM Nova: The Great Inca Rebellion +
An examination of how human remains found at an ancient cemetery near Lima, Peru, coupled with forensic science and historical documents, may upend the accepted story that a small band of Spanish conquistadors brought down the Inca Empire.
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8:00 PM Bones of Turkana
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9:00 PM Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharaoh +
The Season 10 premiere explores the treasures found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who reunited a fragmented Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period. The tomb was discovered in northern Egypt in 1939 by archaeologist Pierre Montet.
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11:00 PM Nightly Business Report +
A long-running weeknight business-news magazine that includes market reports, company information, CEO interviews and economic commentary. 'NBR' began as a local broadcast in Miami in 1979.
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11:30 PM Journal +
A daily newscast broadcast from Berlin.
