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Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna highlight PBS May 30-June 5 schedule

By April MacIntyre May 23, 2010, 19:39 GMT

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WEEK OF MAY 30-JUNE 5, 2010

On-Air Picks of the Week:

Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise return to co-host the NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT on Sunday. The annual Memorial Day concert honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women in uniform, their families and all those who have given their lives for this country. Lionel Richie, Brad Paisley and others perform at the annual celebration.

New Program This Week on the PBS Video Portal:

Less noise, more news. NEED TO KNOW, the new cross-media news and public affairs magazine airing Fridays, 8:30-9:30 p.m. ET, is now available on the PBS Video Portal after broadcast.

NOTE: PBS SPECIAL PROGRAMMING PERIOD RUNS 6/1/10-6/12/09

PBS June special programming runs 6/1-6/12/10. Please note that all PBS programs are CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS during this period as stations may choose to run special programming during this week.

PBS program schedules vary from market to market, and this is especially true during this period. Program lengths also are subject to change, depending on the break intervals determined on the local level at each station. Regularly scheduled programs and series are subject to preemption. If you have questions about a program’s airdate and length, please contact your local station.

SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010

5/30, 8:00-9:30 PM; 9:30-11:00 PM:

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Repeats immediately, 5/30/10, 9:30-11:00 p.m. ET

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT (#2010) (TV-G) (HD)

On Memorial Day weekend, PBS will unite the nation with an evening that has become an American tradition.

The multi-award-winning NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, featuring Lionel Richie, Brad Paisley, Katherine Jenkins, Kelli O’Hara and Yolanda Adams with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly, honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for this country.

Offering viewers a time to remember, to heal and bring the country together, the event has become the nation’s memorial service. The top-rated show will be broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, to millions more at home and, on the American Forces Network, to troops serving around the world.

Once again, Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise co-host the broadcast.

Producer: Capital Concerts and WETA Washington, DC 

MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010

5/31, 8:00-9:00 PM:

Rpts. 6/3/10, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Orlando” (Hour Three) (#1204) (R) (OB: 1/28/08) (TV-G) (HD)

A photo signed by the entire cast of the hit TV series “Bonanza”; a sterling silver Tiffany vase; and a collection of etchings and dry points by James McNeill Whistler. Mark L. Walberg hosts. 

Series Producer: WGBH Boston

5/31, 9:00-10:00 PM:

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (#2201) (R) (OB: 11/2/09) (TV-G) (HD)

Program interweaves rich archival imagery with the personal accounts of CCC veterans to tell the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments.

Producer: WGBH Boston

5/31, 10:00-11:00 PM:

HALLOWED GROUNDS (R) (OB: 5/25/09) (TV-PG) (HD-Upconverted)

A rare visit to America’s extraordinary overseas military cemeteries in England, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Tunisia and the Philippines.

Producer: New Voyage Communication 

TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010

6/1, 8:00-9:00 PM:

NOVA “Musical Minds” (#3610) (R) (OB: 6/30/09) (TV-PG) (HD)

Through case studies from neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks’ latest book, NOVA investigates the extraordinary impact music can have on the human brain.

Producer: WGBH Science Unit

6/1, 9:00-9:30 PM:

RIBBON OF SAND (R) (OB: 2/25/08) (TV-G) (HD)

At once an exaltation and elegy, RIBBON OF SAND profiles the wild beaches of Cape Lookout — one of the few remaining natural barrier islands in the world — and the transitory Outer Banks of North Carolina that are doomed to disappear. Meryl Streep reads excerpts from Rachel Carson’s writings.

Presenter: Idaho Public Television

6/1, 9:30-11:00 PM:

INDEPENDENT LENS “Goodbye Solo” (#1127) (TV-PG, L) (HD-Upconverted)

An old man gets into a cab and asks for a one-way ride to his death. The driver agrees — unless he can talk him out of it. American director Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop, Man Push Cart) mixes up a fable with flavors of Africa, Mexico and the new American South in this award-winning drama that looks at the depth of the human spirit and the power of free will.

Presenter: Independent Television Service (ITVS)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010

6/2, 8:00-9:00 PM:

MOST HONORABLE SON (R) (OB: 9/17/07) (TV-PG) (HD)

MOST HONORABLE SON recounts the first Japanese-American war hero’s remarkable journey through World War II, providing context to two seemingly disparate histories — the U.S. air war and the Japanese-American experience.

Producer: NET Foundation for Television

6/2, 9:00-11:00 PM:

CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN (R) (OB: 8/22/07) (TV-PG, V) (HD)

An epic journey back into one of the most captivating and important periods of world history — a centuries-long period when Muslims, Christians and Jews inhabited the same far corner of Western Europe and thrived.

Producer: ITV Studios for THIRTEEN in association with ITV Global Entertainment, National Geographic Channels International and WNET.ORG

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010

6/3, 8:00-9:00 PM:

THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR (OB: 12/3/09) (TV-G) (HD)

THIS OLD HOUSE: Newton Centre Project, Part 9 of 16 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Organic lawn care; re-routing bathroom fan

6/3, 9:00-10:00 PM:

Rpt. of 5/31/10, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Orlando” (Hour Three) (TV-G) (HD)

A photo signed by the entire cast of the hit TV series “Bonanza”; a sterling silver Tiffany vase; and a collection of etchings and dry points by James McNeill Whistler. Mark L. Walberg hosts.

Series Producer: WGBH Boston

6/3, 10:00-11:00 PM:

CHICANO ROCK! THE SOUNDS OF EAST LOS ANGELES (OB: 12/14/08) (TV-PG) (HD-Upconverted)

This documentary tells the story of generations of young Mexican Americans who proudly expressed their identity through music. Narrated by Edward James Olmos.

Producer: Wilkman Productions, Inc.

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010

6/4, 8:00-8:30 PM:

Rpts. 6/4/10, 10:30-11:00 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL

WASHINGTON WEEK, PBS’ longest-running public affairs series, features Washington’s top journalists analyzing the week’s top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.

Producer: WETA Washington, DC

6/4, 8:30-9:30 PM:

NEED TO KNOW

NEED TO KNOW is a cross-media news and public affairs magazine that culls stories from the best of the week’s online reporting, culminating in a one-hour on-air broadcast every Friday night on PBS. The program will feature documentary-style reports, short features, studio-based interviews and more. NEED TO KNOW will cover five primary news beats: the economy; the environment and energy; health; national security; and culture. Alison Stewart and Jon Meacham co-host.

Producer: THIRTEEN New York

6/4, 9:30-10:30 PM:

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING: THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE (TV-PG) (HD)

Grace and beauty meet fierce ambition in a spectacular display of churning water and synchronous limbs at the U.S. Open Synchronized Swimming Championships.

Producer: Mark Lewis Radio Pictures

6/4, 10:30-11:00 PM:

Rpt. of 6/4/10, 8:00-8:30 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL

WASHINGTON WEEK, PBS’ longest-running public affairs series, features Washington’s top journalists analyzing the week’s top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.

Producer: WETA Washington, DC

SATURDAY,JUNE 5, 2010

6/5, 9:00-10:00 PM:

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS “Femi Kuti” (#3303) (R) (OB: 10/20/07) (TV-PG, L) (HD)

Nigerian bandleader/political activist Femi Kuti rocks the ACL stage.