WORLD (PT)

1:00 am 

Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad   This documentary tells the story of the Eastern Line of the system to rescue slaves from the South. Actors Ed Asner and Blair Underwood portray a Quaker abolitionist and a free black activist respectively in dramatic reenactments filmed on location. Interviews with top scholars explore the efforts of these men.G

2:00 am 

The Abolitionists: American Experience  "The Abolitionists, Part One"  Shared beliefs bring together five people in the abolitionist movement, which is in disarray. Part 1 of 3G

3:00 am 

Asia Biz Forecast   NULL

3:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Sally Field (actress) Pt. 2. D

4:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

4:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   Prisons for Profit - Louisiana has the highest rate of incarceration of any state in the nation with one in every 86 adults behind bars. As Lucky Severson reports, to contain the costs of imprisoning so many individuals, the state has outsourced the operating of many prisons to local sheriffs and others who are given a per diem payment for each prisoner. Critics say one effect of this is to give sheriffs an incentive to expand their prison populations and keep their costs as low as possible. D

5:00 am 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - The Bottom Line"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

6:00 am 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Free at Last"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

7:00 am 

Global Health Frontiers: Foul Water, Fiery Serpent   GLOBAL HEALTH FRONTIERS: FOUL WATER, FIERY SERPENT, the first in a series of public television specials chronicling the devastating illnesses affecting the world's poor, follows a cast of engaging, passionate characters as they confront the disabling parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease. The film, narrated by Academy Award-winner Sigourney Weaver, documents the efforts of American health workers and community partners over the course of three years as they track the last-known reports of guinea worm in Ghana and Sudan. Through a relentless cycle of success and failure, facing ignorance and tribal superstitions in a harsh, vast landscape ravaged by war, these dedicated young men and women struggle to drive an ancient enemy into extinction. D

8:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

9:00 am 

Outdoor Idaho  "Trip to the Moon"  One early traveler called it the strangest 75 square miles in North America. Characterized by one of the only continental hot spots in the world, Craters of the Moon encompasses three quarters of a million acres of lava flows, sagebrush, rolling hills... and a few surprises. Part of it is managed by the National Park Service, as a national monument. And it may be as close as any of us will ever come to a trip to the moon.G

9:30 am 

Dialogue  "Annette Gordon-Reed: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"  The historian speaks with host Marcia Franklin during the Sun Valley Writers' Conference. Gordon-Reed won the 2008 National Book Award and the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her book on Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings slave family, which he owned.G

10:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

10:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   Prisons for Profit - Louisiana has the highest rate of incarceration of any state in the nation with one in every 86 adults behind bars. As Lucky Severson reports, to contain the costs of imprisoning so many individuals, the state has outsourced the operating of many prisons to local sheriffs and others who are given a per diem payment for each prisoner. Critics say one effect of this is to give sheriffs an incentive to expand their prison populations and keep their costs as low as possible. D

11:00 am 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - The Bottom Line"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

12:00 pm 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Free at Last"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

1:00 pm 

Global Health Frontiers: Foul Water, Fiery Serpent   GLOBAL HEALTH FRONTIERS: FOUL WATER, FIERY SERPENT, the first in a series of public television specials chronicling the devastating illnesses affecting the world's poor, follows a cast of engaging, passionate characters as they confront the disabling parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease. The film, narrated by Academy Award-winner Sigourney Weaver, documents the efforts of American health workers and community partners over the course of three years as they track the last-known reports of guinea worm in Ghana and Sudan. Through a relentless cycle of success and failure, facing ignorance and tribal superstitions in a harsh, vast landscape ravaged by war, these dedicated young men and women struggle to drive an ancient enemy into extinction. D

2:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

3:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

3:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

4:00 pm 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - The Bottom Line"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

5:00 pm 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Free at Last"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

6:00 pm 

Global Health Frontiers: Foul Water, Fiery Serpent   GLOBAL HEALTH FRONTIERS: FOUL WATER, FIERY SERPENT, the first in a series of public television specials chronicling the devastating illnesses affecting the world's poor, follows a cast of engaging, passionate characters as they confront the disabling parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease. The film, narrated by Academy Award-winner Sigourney Weaver, documents the efforts of American health workers and community partners over the course of three years as they track the last-known reports of guinea worm in Ghana and Sudan. Through a relentless cycle of success and failure, facing ignorance and tribal superstitions in a harsh, vast landscape ravaged by war, these dedicated young men and women struggle to drive an ancient enemy into extinction. D

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   President Obama tells Congress we're not a deadbeat nation and that they need to raise the debt ceiling now. NBR's Washington Bureau Chief has the latest on what is shaping up to be the latest battle between The White House and Congressional Republicans. A sour day for Apple investors as the stock tumbles to 11-month lows over new worries about waning demand for the iPhone 5. D

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

Independent Lens  "Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Free at Last"  A close look at the citizen activists who fought for three decades to end apartheid in South Africa.G

11:00 pm 

Global Health Frontiers: Foul Water, Fiery Serpent   GLOBAL HEALTH FRONTIERS: FOUL WATER, FIERY SERPENT, the first in a series of public television specials chronicling the devastating illnesses affecting the world's poor, follows a cast of engaging, passionate characters as they confront the disabling parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease. The film, narrated by Academy Award-winner Sigourney Weaver, documents the efforts of American health workers and community partners over the course of three years as they track the last-known reports of guinea worm in Ghana and Sudan. Through a relentless cycle of success and failure, facing ignorance and tribal superstitions in a harsh, vast landscape ravaged by war, these dedicated young men and women struggle to drive an ancient enemy into extinction. D