EVERYDAY FOOD

Soups and Salads

Seared beef and noodle soup; beet, pear and goat cheese salad; chickpea and pasta soup; grilled chicken Cobb salad; steak salad with spinach with blue cheese.

GREAT PERFORMANCES

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2011

Continuing its longstanding holiday tradition, GREAT PERFORMANCES returns to the stately splendor of Vienna’s Musikverein for its 27^th annual New Year’s Day celebration.

MASTERPIECE

CLASSIC "My Boy Jack"

In this story of Rudyard Kipling's son, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) stars as Jack with Kim Cattrall ("Sex and the City") as his mother.

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET

Don Pasquale

Anna Netrebko stars in and James Levine conducts Otto Schenk’s acclaimed production of Donizetti’s sparkling comic opera.

Winner of a 2011 Emmy Award.

EVERYDAY FOOD

Beyond Lasagna

Baked pasta dishes: sausage and shells; chicken and orzo; rigatoni and potatoes.

U.S. Grant: Warrior: American Experience

This film paints a revealing portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to the darkest days of the Civil War.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

U.S. Grant: Warrior

This film paints a revealing portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to the darkest days of the Civil War.

FRONTLINE

Battle for Haiti

In the year since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the country’s gang leaders have been re-asserting control in the capital. FRONTLINE examines the uphill fight to rebuild Haiti in the face of deep-rooted corruption and intimidation.

INDEPENDENT LENS

"Children of Haiti"

“Children of Haiti” follows three teenage boys who reflect on their country and their lives, while sharing a common dream of education, government assistance, and social acceptance.

AMERICAN MASTERS

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

Called “the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived,” actor Jeff Bridges is profiled by AMERICAN MASTERS.

AMERICAN MASTERS

The Doors: When You’re Strange

The first feature documentary to tell the Doors' story uses only original footage — much of it previously unseen — shot between the group’s formation in 1965 and Morrison’s death in 1971. Johnny Depp narrates.

EVERYDAY FOOD

One Pot, Zero Fuss

Easy one-pot meals: pork chops with bacon and cabbage; three-cheese lasagna; tomatillo chicken.

PIONEERS OF TELEVISION

Science Fiction

Pioneers of science-fiction TV incluing Gene Roddenberry, Rod Serling, Irwin Allen ("Lost in Space"), William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols and other science-fiction stars.

FRONTLINE

Are We Safer?

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11.

NOVA scienceNOW

Can We Make It to Mars?

Find out if humans could survive a round-trip to Mars.

EVERYDAY FOOD

Homerun Recipes

Favorite classics: cheeseburgers with baked onion rings; chicken pot pies; creamy pasta with peas.

PANAMA CANAL: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Using an extraordinary archive of photographs and footage, interviews with canal workers and firsthand accounts of life in the Canal zone, this film unravels the story of one of the world’s most significant technological achievements.

WASHING AWAY: AFTER THE STORMS

Follows six survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Patricia Clarkson, a native of New Orleans, narrates.

PIONEERS OF TELEVISION

Westerns

TV Western pioneers, including Fess Parker (Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett), James Garner, Linda Evans, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Conrad and James Arness.

INDEPENDENT LENS

"Herb and Dorothy"

You don’t have to be a Rockefeller to collect art.

Encore presentation: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET

NOVA scienceNOW

Can We Live Forever?

Why do our bodies fall apart over time? Is there any way to stop the process? How well can we build body parts and organs to replace ones that get damaged? Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.

BEAR ISLAND

This program explores the secret world of western Canada's and Alaska's coastal rainforest grizzlies.

EVERYDAY FOOD

Eat Out In

French bistro classics: beef braised with red wine; caramelized onion-olive tart; banana and chocolate crepes.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

The Greely Expedition

Using scientific accounts, diaries, photographs and letters, this film reveals how poor planning, personality clashes, questionable decisions and pure bad luck conspired to turn a noble scientific mission into a human tragedy.

THE GREELY EXPEDITION: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Using scientific accounts, diaries, photographs and letters, this film reveals how poor planning, personality clashes, questionable decisions and pure bad luck conspired to turn a noble scientific mission into a human tragedy.

AMANPOUR ON PBS

INDEPENDENT LENS

Dolores

Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.