WORLD (PT)

2:00 am 

Brooks - The City of 100 Hellos   "Brooks - The City of 100 Hellos" is a documentary about how immigration changes and challenges a cowboy town. The film explores how immigrants, refugees and temporary foreign workers from the local meat packing plant are changing and challenging the western cowboy city of Brooks, Alberta, Canada. It also explores the city's 100 year history as it celebrates its centennial anniversary. D

2:30 am 

Out of Order   Now more than ever, American citizens are discontented and disillusioned with national politics, with approval ratings for Congress consistently ranking low regardless of the party in power. Senior politicians also note the disappearance of the collegiality they once shared with peers of differing political ideologies. As a result, the ability to discuss issues from varying points of view and negotiate solutions, appears to be fading from the American political process. D

3:00 am 

Newsline   NULL

3:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Tony Goldwyn (actor). D

4:00 am 

Scully/The World Show   NULL

4:30 am 

Second Opinion  "Conversion Disorder"  NULL

5:00 am 

NOVA  "Building Pharaoh's Chariot"  Around 3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depicted pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, and was the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom. But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a role did it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? In this film, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. D

6:00 am 

Life On Fire  "Pioneers of the Deep"  In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or swallow islands. In the Tongan archipelago, two little-known animals have learned to cope with these ephemeral lands risen from the ocean depths: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that manages to find its way around the abyss. When an underwater volcano becomes an island, the fates of these two extraordinary paradoxes are linked. D

7:00 am 

Secrets of the Dead  "Churchill's Deadly Decision"  Original documents and interviews with surviving British and French sailors reveal the dark side of Britain's fight against the Nazis. In July 1940 France signs an armistice with Germany, agreeing to return French ships to port to sit out the war. Churchill fears Germany will seize the ships. France refuses to give them to England. Churchill must decide whether to destroy the ships before they reach France.G

8:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

9:00 am 

Tavis Smiley   Tony Goldwyn (actor). D

9:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Amy Wilentz (author). D

10:00 am 

Scully/The World Show   NULL

10:30 am 

Second Opinion  "Conversion Disorder"  NULL

11:00 am 

NOVA  "Building Pharaoh's Chariot"  Around 3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depicted pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, and was the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom. But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a role did it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? In this film, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. D

12:00 pm 

Life On Fire  "Pioneers of the Deep"  In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or swallow islands. In the Tongan archipelago, two little-known animals have learned to cope with these ephemeral lands risen from the ocean depths: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that manages to find its way around the abyss. When an underwater volcano becomes an island, the fates of these two extraordinary paradoxes are linked. D

1:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Rec Tech"  Whether producing custom jet boats, some of the world's best-known knives, high-end fly fishing reels or calorie-packed and great-tasting energy bars, the people leading Idaho's recreation technology companies share one characteristic: They love Idaho's great outdoors. This episode features the adventurous men and women behind these innovations.G

1:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Dr. Abraham Verghese"  The author of My Own Country, an account of his work with AIDS patients in rural Tennessee, talks with Host Marcia Franklin. Verghese is also the author of Cutting for Stone a recent bestselling novel; he teaches at Stanford Medical School and speaks about health-care reform and doctor-patient issues.G

2:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

3:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

3:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

4:00 pm 

NOVA  "Building Pharaoh's Chariot"  Around 3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depicted pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, and was the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom. But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a role did it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? In this film, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. D

5:00 pm 

Life On Fire  "Pioneers of the Deep"  In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or swallow islands. In the Tongan archipelago, two little-known animals have learned to cope with these ephemeral lands risen from the ocean depths: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that manages to find its way around the abyss. When an underwater volcano becomes an island, the fates of these two extraordinary paradoxes are linked. D

6:00 pm 

Secrets of the Dead  "Churchill's Deadly Decision"  Original documents and interviews with surviving British and French sailors reveal the dark side of Britain's fight against the Nazis. In July 1940 France signs an armistice with Germany, agreeing to return French ships to port to sit out the war. Churchill fears Germany will seize the ships. France refuses to give them to England. Churchill must decide whether to destroy the ships before they reach France.G

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Macy's, Gap and Target check in with strong January sales. But with smaller paychecks and higher gas prices, NBR's Erika Miller takes a look at whether Americans can keep shopping. Apple says it will weigh calls for it to return more cash to shareholders. D

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

Life On Fire  "Pioneers of the Deep"  In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or swallow islands. In the Tongan archipelago, two little-known animals have learned to cope with these ephemeral lands risen from the ocean depths: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that manages to find its way around the abyss. When an underwater volcano becomes an island, the fates of these two extraordinary paradoxes are linked. D

11:00 pm 

Secrets of the Dead  "Churchill's Deadly Decision"  Original documents and interviews with surviving British and French sailors reveal the dark side of Britain's fight against the Nazis. In July 1940 France signs an armistice with Germany, agreeing to return French ships to port to sit out the war. Churchill fears Germany will seize the ships. France refuses to give them to England. Churchill must decide whether to destroy the ships before they reach France.G