PLUS (MT)

12:00 am 

Girls on the Wall   A group of incarcerated teenage girls are given a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical. GIRLS ON THE WALL follows three inmates as they write, rap and rehearse the harrowing events leading up to their crimes. In the process, they're challenged to find their own voices, reclaim their humanity and take a first step toward breaking free of the prison system. D

1:00 am 

War  "A Necessary War"  (December 1941-December 1942) Inhabitants of four towns recall their communities on the eve of the conflict and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Their young men enter the armed services. Americans are caught up in the Japanese onslaught in the Philippines. At home, 110,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast are forcibly relocated to internment camps. In June 1942, the Navy scores its first victory at Midway. American land forces face the Japanese army for six months, until they finally stop the Japanese advance. Part 1 of 7G

3:30 am 

MotorWeek  "Lotus Evora IPS"  Road Test: 2013 Lotus Evora IPS. Road Test: 2013 Audi allroad. Goss' Garage: Cheap Gas Issues. D

4:00 am 

Sesame Street  "Me Am What Me Am"  A very hungry Cookie Monster is waiting for Chris to finish baking cookies, but it's hard for him to wait! Chris offers Cookie Monster carrots to eat in the meantime, and he gobbles them all up. All of a sudden Mario Lopez, a reporter for EXTRA Sesame Street, appears and announces on his show that Cookie Monster is now the Veggie Monster! Cookie Monster, panicked, explains that even though he does love to eat healthy carrots, he is not the Veggie Monster. But everyone insists on calling him the Veggie Monster anyway. D

5:00 am 

WordWorld  "Shark's First Day of School/Shark's First Loose Tooth"  Shark's First Day of School - It's the first day of school for the youngest WordFriends, but Shark is afraid to go. With the help of his good buddy Duck, and some gentle encouragement from their teacher Cat, Shark's fear turns to confidence, and by day's end he's at the head of the class. Shark's First Loose Tooth - When Shark loses his first baby tooth at a sleepover party with Duck, he's got to get to sleep fast so the tooth fairy can come and leave him a present. D

5:30 am 

Super Why!  "Alice In Wonderland"  Oh dear! Princess Pea is so busy playing, she's late to Sleeping Beauty's birthday party and misses all the fun! The reading heroes tumble down the rabbit hole in a madcap adventure to catch up with a famous white rabbit who is also tardy! Super Why and his friends must get through the topsy-turvy house and past the Queen of Hearts herself to find out if the white rabbit makes it to the tea party on time! Educational Objectives: To learn a helpful tool for being on time. Fun interactive games help preschoolers match letters of the alphabet, practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story!. D

6:00 am 

Austin City Limits  "Robert Earl Keen/Hayes Carll"  Two Texas singer/songwriters take the stage. Veteran Keen, a frequent visitor to AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, demonstrates his flinty songwriting, distinctive voice and dry wit. He is followed by up-and-comer Carll.G

7:00 am 

Pacific Heartbeat  "Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)"  "The idea of Aloha is Hawai'i's greatest gift to the world. But a lot of people don't know what it is, or how to find it, or how to discover it in our own hearts." These words, spoken by legendary Hawaiian composer and musician Keola Beamer, provide insight to the multi-cultural musical collaboration featured in Keola Beamer: MÄ쳌 lama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love). D

8:00 am 

Dialogue  "Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference: Firoozeh Dumas"  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

8:30 am 

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

9:00 am 

Oregon Field Guide  "Fish Kill/Portland Wsewers/Bend Badlands"  Ranchers and conservationists work together to protect the Bend Badlands. An algae phenomena has killed many types of marine life off the Oregon coast.G

9:30 am 

Roadtrip Nation  "In-Studio Interviews: Mike Song and Paul Dateh"  Alumni Roadtrippers Ray, Hannah and Mariana interview Mike Song, Assistant Choreographer for the film Step Up Revolution, and Paul Dateh, a Hip-Hop Violinist and Youtube Sensation. Audience members learn about the struggle Paul faced in pursuing his life dream, and how he overcame 'The Noise' of doubt directed at him from others. Paul gives the audience a performance of his work before handing the stage off to Mike Song. D

10:00 am 

Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers  "Make Up Your Mind"  SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS discovers the "you" inside your head - the part of your mind, sitting right behind your forehead, that decides what you do every waking second of the day. The program reconstructs a 150-year-old accident that caused a railroad worker named Phineas Gage to lose his sense of self; sees children's reasoning powers gradually come online; and scans Alan Alda's brain as he struggles to make decisions while feeling cheated. D

11:00 am 

Seneca Falls   Directed by Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Louise Vance, "Seneca Falls" is a fresh and inspiring journey of discovery with nine diverse teenage girls bound for the birthplace of women's rights in America. A stunning history lesson wrapped inside a teenage road trip, the documentary is, above all, an awakening of young hearts and minds. "Seneca Falls" breathes life and relevance into a revolutionary act barely mentioned in history books: America's first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. D

12:00 pm 

Wild!  "Lost Whales"  For 150 years, southern right whales were hunted to the brink of extinction, but the discovery of a pod in the Southern Ocean has sparked fresh hope that their numbers are increasing. Intimate underwater footage unveils the behavior of these gentle giants and gives scientists a chance to predict and protect their future recovery. D

1:00 pm 

Globe Trekker  "London City Guide 2"  Trekker Brianna Barnes embarks on her tour of London at Buckingham Palace, heads over to the National Gallery, tours the street art scene, and bikes from Regent's Park to the Olympic Stadium. She also speeds off along the Thames River to Greenwich for a look at the Royal Naval College and the National Maritime Museum, then pops over to the Tate Modern, visits stately Cliveden House and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, home to the biggest botanical collection in the world.G

2:00 pm 

Need to Know   MARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. This week, Need to Know looks at two provocative approaches to tackling climate change. First, anchor Maria Hinojosa interviews environmental activist Bill McKibben about his nationwide movement that pressures universities to divest funds from energy corporations. D

2:30 pm 

McLaughlin Group   TOPICS: North Korea - Basketballs or Bombs?; Rand Paul's 13-Hour Filibuster; Obama's Overture. PANELISTS: Mort Zuckerman, US News & World Report; Eleanor Clift, Newsweek; Ryan Grim, The Huffington Post; Susan Ferrechio, The Washington Examiner. D

3:00 pm 

Biz Kid$  "The Biz Kids Challenge"  The Biz Kids learn the world of marketing through the "Project Lemonade Challenge." Two teams, two identical lemonade stands. It's up to the kids to decide the price and promotion strategy to sell the most product. D

3:30 pm 

Oregon Field Guide  "Coyotes/Crater Lake Dying Forest/Green Building"  Coyotes move into urban areas. Scientists seek to determine what is killing the white-bark pine forests of Crater Lake.G

4:00 pm 

Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen  "Great American Cookout"  Test cook Julia Collin Davison reveals how to make the best Baltimore Pit Beef right at home. Then, host Christopher Kimball answers questions from viewers. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of ketchup. D

4:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Norway's West: Fjords, Mountains and Bergen"  Rick sails under towering fjord cliffs, hikes on glaciers and finds surviving traditions in remote farm hamlets. He delves into Hanseatic heritage and takes in the salty hospitality of Norway's historic capitol, Bergen.G

5:00 pm 

NOVA  "Separating Twins"  Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, twin girls, Trishna and Krishna, are joined at the head and have little chance of survival. Aid workers take them to Australia where they spend two years battling for life before doctors can attempt a marathon separation surgery to allow them to live separate lives.G

6:00 pm 

Barbara Morgan: No Limits   Producer Marcia Franklin traces Barbara Morgan's 23-year odyssey from McCall elementary teacher to space-veteran astronaut. Vintage footage, photos and interviews with friends, colleagues, students and family weave a tale of perseverance and resolve.G

7:00 pm 

Great Performances  "Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends"  Maestro to the stars David Foster presents a program of high-profile friends that he accompanies for a magnificent night of music at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas in October 2010. Solos by veteran performers and newcomers provide a succession of show-stoppers, including Jackie Evancho, the 10-year-old singing phenomenon. Evancho sings Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu" and Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro." Other friends of Foster appearing on the show include All-4-One, Martina McBride, Charice, Natalie Cole, Lara Fabian, Ne-Yo, Michael Bolton, Robert Randolph, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Seal, Ruben Studdard, Donna Summer, and Earth, Wind & Fire. They perform songs written, produced or connected to Foster over the course of his career. Several duets provide added dimension to the program.G

9:00 pm 

Leonard Cohen Live In London   For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. Sex, spirituality, religion, power - he has relentlessly examined the largest issues in human lives, always with a full appreciation of how elusive answers can be to the vexing questions he raises. D

10:30 pm 

Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert   Travel a storied landscape of the American West, a land of hallowed mountains, red rock canyons and vast plateaus. Indian author N. Scott Momaday gives words to the landscape filmmaker John Grabowska captures on film. Together they present a thoughtful interpretation of land ethics. Indian actor Irene Bedard (Pocahontas) narrates.G

11:00 pm 

Barbara Morgan: No Limits   Producer Marcia Franklin traces Barbara Morgan's 23-year odyssey from McCall elementary teacher to space-veteran astronaut. Vintage footage, photos and interviews with friends, colleagues, students and family weave a tale of perseverance and resolve.G