WORLD (PT)

2:00 am 

American Masters  "Neil Young: Don't Be Denied"  This portrait weaves interviews with Young in New York and California with performance footage from Young's own collection. The film also features collaborators Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Nils Lofgren and James Taylor. Young's rise in the 1960s, his solo artist period in the 1970s, and his 1980s embrace of New Wave and a Devo collaboration culminate in his eclectic musical approach today.G

3:00 am 

NHK Newsline   NULL

3:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Bruce Feiler (author). D

4:00 am 

Scully/The World Show   NULL

4:30 am 

Second Opinion  "The Future of Cancer Treatment"  Advances in the fight against cancer are due to the work of health care professionals, clinical researchers, and thousands of cancer patients and advocates. Since cancer isn't a single disease, understanding the differences and similarities in how various cancers behave is essential to better treatment in the future. Hear from Judy Orem, who relates her experience as a patient in a clinical trial. D

5:00 am 

NOVA  "Smartest Machine On Earth"  This film profiles Watson, an IBM supercomputer, that is competing on February 14 against two "Jeopardy!" champions to prove its ability to mimic the human thought process. The film goes behind the scenes at IBM to provide a firsthand look at the technological feats and hurdles to develop Watson and the challenges artificial intelligence (AI) researchers face in mimicking the human thought process.G

6:00 am 

Human Spark  "Brain Matters"  Viewers can peer into Alan Alda's head with a variety of high-tech imaging techniques, looking for his human spark. The unique circuitry that provides us language ability is closely tied to the ability to make and use complex tools. Alda finds the site of his ability to figure out what others are thinking and discovers that the ability to imagine lies in a brain region nearby. Part 3 of 3G

7:00 am 

America Revealed  "Made in the U.S.A."  America remains the number one manufacturing nation in the world, and Yul Kwon meets the men and women who create the world's best and most iconic products. He also explores the notion of nuts and bolts evolving into the ideas and information underlying a new economy. Part 4 of 4G

8:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

9:00 am 

Tavis Smiley   Bruce Feiler (author). D

9:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Miguel (singer)/Charlie Haden (jazz artist). D

10:00 am 

Scully/The World Show   NULL

10:30 am 

Second Opinion  "The Future of Cancer Treatment"  Advances in the fight against cancer are due to the work of health care professionals, clinical researchers, and thousands of cancer patients and advocates. Since cancer isn't a single disease, understanding the differences and similarities in how various cancers behave is essential to better treatment in the future. Hear from Judy Orem, who relates her experience as a patient in a clinical trial. D

11:00 am 

NOVA  "Smartest Machine On Earth"  This film profiles Watson, an IBM supercomputer, that is competing on February 14 against two "Jeopardy!" champions to prove its ability to mimic the human thought process. The film goes behind the scenes at IBM to provide a firsthand look at the technological feats and hurdles to develop Watson and the challenges artificial intelligence (AI) researchers face in mimicking the human thought process.G

12:00 pm 

Human Spark  "Brain Matters"  Viewers can peer into Alan Alda's head with a variety of high-tech imaging techniques, looking for his human spark. The unique circuitry that provides us language ability is closely tied to the ability to make and use complex tools. Alda finds the site of his ability to figure out what others are thinking and discovers that the ability to imagine lies in a brain region nearby. Part 3 of 3G

1:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "St. Joe River Country"  Part of the nation's Wild and Scenic river system, North Idaho's shadowy St. Joe has witnessed steamboats, log drives, ghost towns and rafters.G

1:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Colum McCann: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"  Marcia Franklin talks with Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. The book, which has been called the "first great 9/11 novel," won the 2009 National Book Award for fiction, and was Amazon.com's 2009 Book of the Year. The interview is part of Dialogue's ongoing "Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" and was taped at the 2011 conference.G

2:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

3:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

3:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

4:00 pm 

NOVA  "Smartest Machine On Earth"  This film profiles Watson, an IBM supercomputer, that is competing on February 14 against two "Jeopardy!" champions to prove its ability to mimic the human thought process. The film goes behind the scenes at IBM to provide a firsthand look at the technological feats and hurdles to develop Watson and the challenges artificial intelligence (AI) researchers face in mimicking the human thought process.G

5:00 pm 

Human Spark  "Brain Matters"  Viewers can peer into Alan Alda's head with a variety of high-tech imaging techniques, looking for his human spark. The unique circuitry that provides us language ability is closely tied to the ability to make and use complex tools. Alda finds the site of his ability to figure out what others are thinking and discovers that the ability to imagine lies in a brain region nearby. Part 3 of 3G

6:00 pm 

America Revealed  "Made in the U.S.A."  America remains the number one manufacturing nation in the world, and Yul Kwon meets the men and women who create the world's best and most iconic products. He also explores the notion of nuts and bolts evolving into the ideas and information underlying a new economy. Part 4 of 4G

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Tonight on Nightly Business Report - the growing issue companies are facing by asking employees to reveal more and more personal information or pay higher premiums. How far is too far? What are the pros and cons? And, we continue our Spring Buying Season series in housing with the age old question: should you rent or buy?. D

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

Human Spark  "Brain Matters"  Viewers can peer into Alan Alda's head with a variety of high-tech imaging techniques, looking for his human spark. The unique circuitry that provides us language ability is closely tied to the ability to make and use complex tools. Alda finds the site of his ability to figure out what others are thinking and discovers that the ability to imagine lies in a brain region nearby. Part 3 of 3G

11:00 pm 

America Revealed  "Made in the U.S.A."  America remains the number one manufacturing nation in the world, and Yul Kwon meets the men and women who create the world's best and most iconic products. He also explores the notion of nuts and bolts evolving into the ideas and information underlying a new economy. Part 4 of 4G