WORLD (PT)

9:30 am 

Dialogue  "Firoozeh Dumas: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with the Iranian-born humorist. Dumas, who is working on a one-woman show, is the author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in AmericaG

10:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

10:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   None of the Above: Political Implications - We continue our three-part miniseries examining the rapid rise in the number of Americans-now 20 percent-who describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated. The majority of these "nones," as they are often called, are Democratic and politically liberal. Managing Editor Kim Lawton looks at how their growing numbers could affect elections and the role of religion in politics. D

11:00 am 

American Masters  "Harper Lee: American Masters"  This film biography of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird chronicles how the novel came to be written, provides the context and history of the Deep South of the time, and documents the ways the book has changed minds and shaped history. Historians, fellow authors, civil rights leaders and others address the novel's power, influence and popularity. The reclusive author's sister, Alice Finch Lee (then age 99) shares recollections, anecdotes and biographical details.G

12:30 pm 

Storied Life of Millie Benson   Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG

1:00 pm 

American Masters  "Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel"  An Atlanta debutante, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gone With the Wind challenges social restrictions placed on women; becomes one of Georgia's first female newspaper reporters; and uses money from her book to fund many causes, including scholarships for black medical students. Mitchell (1900-1949) suffers from depression and illness, yet personally answers every letter received about her book and works tirelessly for the American Red Cross during World War II.G

2:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

3:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

3:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

4:00 pm 

American Masters  "Harper Lee: American Masters"  This film biography of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird chronicles how the novel came to be written, provides the context and history of the Deep South of the time, and documents the ways the book has changed minds and shaped history. Historians, fellow authors, civil rights leaders and others address the novel's power, influence and popularity. The reclusive author's sister, Alice Finch Lee (then age 99) shares recollections, anecdotes and biographical details.G

5:30 pm 

Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico   NULL

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Tonight, with the Dow at an all-time high and the S&P 500 closing in on its own, many individual investors are retooling their 401k's as the markets hit a peak. Nightly Business Report will take the "pulse of the investor." And, we go inside an apparel factory in China, where rising labor costs there could mean trouble for the prices you pay here. D

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Riding The Rails"  In Idaho as in the rest of the West, the Iron Horse helped carve a civilization out of a wilderness. Today, many of the smaller roads have been vacated by the railroads but inventive Idahoans find new ways to enjoy them from modern rail bikes to model trains.G

10:30 pm 

Storied Life of Millie Benson   Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG

11:00 pm 

American Masters  "Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel"  An Atlanta debutante, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gone With the Wind challenges social restrictions placed on women; becomes one of Georgia's first female newspaper reporters; and uses money from her book to fund many causes, including scholarships for black medical students. Mitchell (1900-1949) suffers from depression and illness, yet personally answers every letter received about her book and works tirelessly for the American Red Cross during World War II.G