Television

Thursday, November 1 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay.Sen. John McCain, a towering figure in American politics, has died at age 81 following a battle with brain cancer. Look back at McCain's life and legacy, from his years as a POW in Vietnam to his dramatic 2017 vote against the GOP's health care bill.

Thursday, August 29 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Tells the vivid, inside story of how the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak began, and why it wasn’t stopped before it was too late. Filmmaker Dan Edge spent months on the ground in West Africa, tracing the outbreak’s path through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia and uncovering the hidden story of what happened before the world started paying attention. With exclusive access to key global decision-makers and health responders, and gripping firsthand accounts of victims from the jungles of Guinea to the slums of Monrovia, Outbreak exposes tragic missteps in the response to the epidemic.

Thursday, July 16 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Step inside the Newark Police Department – one of many troubled forces ordered to reform. Writer and historian Jelani Cobb examines allegations of police abuses and the challenge of fixing a broken relationship with the community.

Thursday, January 28 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Frontline tells the story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America’s next president. Those who know him best describe the searing moments that shaped President-elect Biden and what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.

Thursday, October 1 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Ahead of the 2020 election, Frontline’s critically acclaimed series “The Choice” returns with interwoven investigative biographies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. This 2-hour special examines the defining moments that shaped Trump and Biden’s lives, their approaches to power, and their visions for America’s future at this pivotal juncture.

Thursday, June 25 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. As COVID-19 spread from Asia to the Middle East to Europe, why was the US caught so unprepared? Despite repeated warnings of a potent contagion headed our way, America's leaders failed to prepare and protect us. Why and who is accountable?

Thursday, August 13 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of US politics into the White House. The alliance of conspiracy entrepreneur Alex Jones, Trump advisor Roger Stone, and the president, and their role in the battle over truth and lies.

Thursday, October 29 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement in the lead-up to the 2020 election are investigated. With Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb examines how the pandemic is being used to sway turnout.

Thursday, October 31 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon that fueled division and violence. Inside the effort by three insurgents to tap into populist anger, transform the GOP, and crack down on immigration.

Sunday, October 28 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay.Reveals inspiring details about Gandhi's life that were known before only to scholars. Historians and witnesses who grew up in the Mahatma's presence tell his story, including Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, a historian and Gandhi's grandson, who shares his vivid memories of his grandfather's final days. Part 2 airs at 10 pm.

Sunday, June 30 at 5 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. While exploring affordable housing, we’ve been struck by the fears of residents that improvements in their neighborhoods could result in prices rising out of reach. We’ll explore the issue from Santa Rosa to San Jose, with guests in studio and at remote locations. Add your questions via social media or at norcalpublicmedia.org/connectthebay.

Sunday, June 30 at 5 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. While exploring affordable housing, we’ve been struck by the fears of residents that improvements in their neighborhoods could result in prices rising out of reach. We’ll explore the issue from Santa Rosa to San Jose, with guests in studio and at remote locations. Add your questions via social media or at norcalpublicmedia.org/connectthebay.

Sunday, June 2 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Acclaimed international singer George Perris returns to his birthplace for his second sold-out televised concert, a 2017 show at the magical 2000-year-old Herod Atticus Theatre at the base of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. Under the stars of the open-air theatre and accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra, Perris sings standards from his repertoire, covers of songs in English, Greek and French, and new original songs from his forthcoming album. Perris is later joined on stage by his special guest Australian superstar Tina Arena.

Wednesday, January 1 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay.The USAF Air Force Band pays tribute to the legendary Glenn Miller on the 75th anniversary of his disappearance over the English Channel. Featuring vocalists and Broadway dancers, the Band plays dozens of Miller’s hits, including “I’ll be Seeing You,” “At Last,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” and “Chatanooga Choo Choo.” Recorded in May 2019 at the Strathmore Theater in Bethesda, MD.

Wednesday, November 11 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, Grandpa's War Story Goes Viral shares the remarkable account of James Schmidt's World War II service and military career and his grandson Henry De Hoop's efforts to generate interest in his grandfather's war journey with the help of social media. Like 16 million others of his generation, Schmidt responded to the national call to duty following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. The twist: Schmidt enlisted at the age of 14 and left home without ever telling his parents. As a member of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, he was sent to North Africa in late April of 1943. Schmidt's age was eventually revealed, and he was sent home after his wounding in the invasion of Sicily. Not to be deterred, Schmidt would serve stints in both the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marines before finally reaching 18 and officially rejoining the Army. Grandpa's War Story Goes Viral charts a story of service that began in a movie theater in 1942 where the film Parachute Battalion grabbed a boy's attention and ends in the jungles of Vietnam more than two decades later.

Wednesday, July 31 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. When a professor dies at a cutting-edge computer laboratory, Geordie turns to Leonard for assistance. As they discover the messy love lives of the computer laboratory team, Cathy is tricked, Will returns, and Mrs. C makes a shocking discovery.

Sunday, January 10 at 8 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. Mezzo-soprano Clementine Margaine reprises her portrayal of opera's ultimate seductress with Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don Jose. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Langree share conducting duties for Sir Richard Eyre's production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere.

Wednesday, November 14 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Relive the magic of George Gershwin's 1928 composition An American in Paris, which he described as an extended symphonic tone poem. This new Broadway production was recorded in 2017 in London with original stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope.

Sunday, June 23 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Watch Sir Richard Eyre’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece starring Clémentine Margaine reprising her role as opera’s ultimate seductress alongside Roberto Alagna as her impassioned lover Don José. Louis Langrée conducts.

Sunday, November 8 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Mezzo-soprano Clementine Margaine reprises her portrayal of opera's ultimate seductress. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Langree share conducting duties for Sir Richard Eyre's production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere.

Sunday, March 24 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Watch Puccini’s blazing love story set in the Wild West, based on David Belasco’s play The Girl of the Golden West starring Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jonas Kaufmann.

Sunday, July 28 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Watch composer Nico Muhly's reimagining of Winston Graham's novel about a beautiful, mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities. Starring Isabel Leonard in the title role alongside Christopher Maltman as Mark Rutland.

Sunday, March 29 at 8 pm on KRCB, PBS member station. Enjoy Puccini's famed final opera with this epic fairytale production set in China from Franco Zeffirelli starring soprano Christine Goerke in the title role. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts.

Wednesday, January 2 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Celebrate the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of conductor Christian Thielemann at the Musikverein. Hosted by Hugh Bonneville and featuring favorite Strauss Family waltzes accompanied by the dancing of the Vienna City Ballet.

Sunday, January 5 at 8 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. Celebrate 2020 with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein. Under the baton of guest conductor Andris Nelsons and featuring the Vienna City Ballet, the orchestra will play the waltzes of Strauss. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville returns as host.

Sunday, January 3 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Ring in 2021 with host Hugh Bonneville joined by guest conductor Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic performing a festive selection of Strauss Family waltzes.

Sunday, July 12 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Experience a unique interpretation of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's life told by an all-female cast starring Emmy Award-winner Christine Lahti and directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.

Wednesday, October 17 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Enjoy an all-star concert honoring Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Queen, film composer John Williams, New Orleans funk band "The Meters" and other recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement, Trustee and Music Educator awards.

Sunday, September 8 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Directed by Lonny Price, this retrospective celebrates the extraordinary career of producer and director Harold Prince, whose six decades in the theater form a bridge from the Golden Age of Broadway's mid-century to the contemporary theater of today. Winner of 21 Tony Awards (the most of any individual), Prince's peerless resume includes such legendary shows as The Pajama Game,  Damn Yankees, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spider Woman and many more. Featuring archival clips from his many groundbreaking productions, this performance-documentary features interviews with many of Prince's legendary collaborators, including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mandy Patinkin, John Kander, Susan Stroman, and Angela Lansbury, all sharing their firsthand insights into his pioneering achievements in the theater.

Sunday, April 7 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. See Shakespeare as never before in an all-women production of Julius Caesar set in a prison. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Harriet Walter as Brutus, Jackie Clune as Julius Caesar, and Jade Anouka as Mark Antony.

Sunday, September 13 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Experience Shakespeare as never before in an all-female production from the Donamr Warehouse set in prison.

Sunday, May 17 at 8 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. Celebrate the centennial of this landmark orchestra with La Valse by Ravel, Stravinsky's Firebird, and more led by three renowned LA Phil conductors: Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and current music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel.

Wednesday, January 9 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Celebrate Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday with this tribute concert at Tanglewood. Featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the concert is hosted by Audra McDonald and includes guest artists Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, Thomas Hampson, and more.

Sunday, April 11 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Honor the best films and performances of 2020 that resonate with older viewers including Career Achievement Award winner George Clooney. Celebrating movies that matter, the Awards champion movies for grownups, by grownups.

Sunday, December 22 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Recorded live at The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park, this modern interpretation of Shakespeare's romantic classic with an all-black cast features Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman. Directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.

Sunday, November 15 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Revel in this 1960s-era comedy featuring a Tony-winning performance by James Corden. Adapted from a 1743 farce, Corden plays a musician-turned-bodyguard trying to keep his two mobster clients apart, a tricky predicament resulting in comic mayhem.

Thursday, November 28 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe star in a Tony Award-winning revival of the beloved musical about a British schoolteacher instructing the royal children of the King of Siam, featuring classic songs including "Hello, Young Lovers" and "Shall We Dance."

Wednesday, November 21 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Enjoy a new UK production of the long-running hit that garnered the Best Musical Tony for 1959. The Sound of Music is the inspiring true story of the von Trapp Family Singers' escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism.

Sunday, January 31 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Experience legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz’s 1986 Russian homecoming for a sold-out concert of personal favorites, featuring commentary from former manager Peter Gelb and virtuoso pianists Martha Argerich and Daniil Trifonov.

Wednesday, September 5 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic's annual open-air concert from Austria's Imperial Schonbrunn Palace, featuring conductor Valery Gergiev and internationally acclaimed soprano Anna Netrebko as a guest soloist.

Wednesday, February 24 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Witness – along with top divers, biologists, and shark scientists – a pivotal moment in our understanding of the Great White.

Tuesday, December 2 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Growing Bolder’s Launchpad To What’s Next helps viewers imagine active, purposeful lives, offering actionable takeaways to empower healthy aging. The program is hosted by award-winning journalist Marc Middleton and features guest speakers such as long-distance swimming icon Diana Nyad, Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines, and The Byrds front man Roger McGuinn.

Front Porch Farm in Healdsburg, CA is located right next to the Russian River, and during this drought period, their water was shut off to maintain water levels and the health of the river. So how do you farm without access to water? Front Porch had to adapt quickly to these new conditions, change their planting plans, and harvest what they could before ending production for the season.

 

Produced by Isabel Fischer and Chelsea Wood

Assistant Producer: Averie Schmuhl

 

Special Thanks to:

Dr. Mallika Nocco

Tommy Otey

Peter Buckley

Sarah Dublin

Front Porch Farm

 

Additional videography:

Paul Swensen

Tim Bellen

Tre Moreland

Ken Kimari

Friday, May 1 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. This documentary recounts the life story of the 15th century teacher and revolutionary activist from Punjab, India who founded the Sikh faith – the world's fifth largest religion. The documentary also explores how Guru Nanak's legacy inspires Sikh Americans today – including Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Snatam Kaur and Hoboken, New Jersey mayor Ravi Bhalla – to exercise compassion, take risks, challenge established norms, and help others.

Monday, January 4 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Take a trip around the world to discover how you go through life on auto-pilot, and get an auto-pilot owner's manual.

Sunday, December 22 at 7:30 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Handel's Messiah is a 90-minute docudrama – narrated by Jane Seymour – that tells the story of George Frideric Handel, how he was discovered in Halle, Germany at age nine, and his meteoric rise to celebrity composer at age 18.

Sunday, May 10 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Hayao Miyazaki dreams up characters and plot lines for what would become his 2008 blockbuster Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Miyazaki explores the limits of his physical ability and imagination to conjure memorable protagonists.

Saturday, December 1 at 6 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before.

Wednesday, February 5 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. The local food debate going on at the Farmers Market in Lawrence, Kansas is representative of the food issues facing the entire United States. This film explores questions about what makes food sustainable, how farmers' markets build community, and why local food matters. It also examines the challenges facing local food systems and how farmers markets represent the heart of the American food system. By highlighting stories from several Kansas farmers, this documentary explores the challenges of growing food in ethical and sustainable ways.