WORLD (PT)

4:00 pm 

NOVA  "Crash of Flight 447"  A team of seasoned pilots, engineers and safety experts examine the evidence that emerges in the weeks following the disappearance of the Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that flew straight into a towering thunderstorm. Expert testimony, messages from the plane's computer system, CGI weather reconstructions and an airbus simulator provides a forensic view of events.G

5:00 pm 

NOVA scienceNOW  "Series 4, Episode 3"  Two drugs that may aid kids with muscular dystrophy; demise of the dinosaurs; profile of Franklin Chang-Diaz; northern lights. D

6:00 pm 

NOVA scienceNOW  "Series 4, Episode 2"  Astronomers on the brink of finding "another Earth" in our galaxy, using a new planet-hunting machine: the Kepler telescope; Rudy Tanzi, a pioneer in discovering genes for Alzheimer's disease, and others who are on the hunt for the genetic key to autism; the use of computers to authenticate paintings; and a profile of spider scientist Maydianne Andrade. D

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony didn't sent a clear signal to the markets. But Washington Bureau Chief Darren Gersh what the financial leader did say about monetary policy. Get an overview of how the markets reacted to Bernanke's testimony and get perspective from a top economist. D

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

NOVA scienceNOW  "Series 4, Episode 3"  Two drugs that may aid kids with muscular dystrophy; demise of the dinosaurs; profile of Franklin Chang-Diaz; northern lights. D

11:00 pm 

NOVA scienceNOW  "Series 4, Episode 2"  Astronomers on the brink of finding "another Earth" in our galaxy, using a new planet-hunting machine: the Kepler telescope; Rudy Tanzi, a pioneer in discovering genes for Alzheimer's disease, and others who are on the hunt for the genetic key to autism; the use of computers to authenticate paintings; and a profile of spider scientist Maydianne Andrade. D