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Sunday, August 3, 9-11 pm ET
This two-hour special is aimed at helping Americans better
understand and cope with Alzheimer's. The centerpiece is a
90-minute documentary; in the half-hour follow-up, David Hyde
Pierce moderates a panel of medical experts and scientists who
discuss the latest developments in the fight against Alzheimer's
disease.
Encore: August 3, 2008, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
ET. David Hyde Pierce moderates new
30-minute panel discussion.
The Primetime Emmy Award-winning documentary THE FORGETTING: A
PORTRAIT OF ALZHEIMER'S, originally broadcast in 2004, returns to
PBS in an encore presentation. Actor David Hyde Pierce hosts
"The Future of Alzheimer's," a new half-hour panel discussion that
follows THE FORGETTING. Pierce, who has experienced Alzheimer's
first-hand through the illness of his grandfather and his father,
moderates a panel of medical experts and scientists who discuss the
latest developments in the fight against Alzheimer's disease and
what it means for you and your loved ones.
