Saturday 5/19
Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Two-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker Peter Jones explores his life, career, complexities, and contradictions in the two-hour documentary American Masters Johnny Carson: King of Late Night. 9a, 3p, 10p.
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Sunday 5/20
UGA Performs presents cellist David Starkweather who performs selections from Rachmaninoff, Bach, Dvorak and Nin. Starkweather is accompanied by pianist Damon Denton. 4:30p. UGA Performs features performances by faculty and students at the university.
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Monday 5/21
Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. journeys deep into the ancestry of a group of remarkable individuals and provides new understanding of personal identity and American history. This episode features musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes. 8a, 2p, 7p.
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Tuesday 5/22
Watch an inspiring story as a mother’s suffering is transformed into new-found purpose and a medical mission that now brings hope and healing to thousands of Vietnamese children. 10a, 4p, 6p, 9p.
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Wednesday 5/23
The smartphone revolution comes with a hidden cost. A joint investigation by FRONTLINE and ProPublica explores the hazardous work of independent contractors who are building and servicing America’s expanding cellular infrastructure. 10a, 4p, 6p, 9p.
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Thursday 5/24
Dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace provocative new clues to one of the most tragic events of World War II—the sinking of the USS Arizona in Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor. Then, viewers are in the cockpit to experience the lethal split-second duels that erupted during the Korean War in Missing in MiG Alley. Starts at 8a, 2p, 7p.
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Friday May 25th
The two-part series examines Niall Ferguson's six principles of prosperity: Competition, Science, Modern Medicine, Property, Consumerism, and Work Ethic. For the past five centuries, Western power has prevailed around the world. What led the West to be so influential? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? 8a, 2p, 7p, 12m.
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Weekdays
Watch the nation's only hour long evening newscast. PBS NewsHour brings an award winning team of reporters, anchors and producers to television five days a week at 10pm on WUGA-TV. For 35 years, millions of Americans and citizens of the world have turned to PBS NewsHour.
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Local & State News
ATLANTA - A Georgia Tech fraternity has been suspended for two years. The Gamma Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity will lose its house on campus and more as a result of a hazing incident last month.
ATLANTA - A leader of the Atlanta Tea Party has filed a new ethics complaint
against state Sen. Don Balfour over reimbursements he claimed for
government work.
ATHENS - Occupy Athens might be taking legal action against Athens-Clarke County. The anti-corporate group is upset about a proposal that bans people form camping on public land.
ATHENS - A former UGA business manager pleads guilty to a single count of racketeering. Rebecca Hill embezzled nearly $220-million between 2005 and 2009 while at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
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