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Capitol Fourth
Saturday, July 4th at 8pm on WOSU TV
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Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jimmy Smits returns to host the biggest and brightest birthday party in the country, featuring, for the first time ever, Barry Manilow, who will both open and close the broadcast with a stirring medley of hits and patriotic classics along with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of Washington. Joining him are the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin; international pop sensation Natasha Bedingfield; the Tony and Grammy Award-winning cast of Jersey Boys ; multi-Grammy Award nominee Michael Feinstein; and acclaimed classical pianist Andrew von Oeyen.
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Nature: The Vanishing Lions
Sunday, July 5th at 8pm on WOSU TV
Monday,July 6th at 8pm on WOSU PLUS
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As Africa's largest predator, the lion should have nothing to fear. In fact, the king of the savannah faces an uncertain future, with numbers down to less than 30,000. Lion experts, farmers and Masai herdsmen try to figure out why.
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Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
Monday, July 6th at 10pm on WOSU TV
Tuesday,July 7th at 10pm on WOSU PLUS Visit the Program's Web Site
This six-hour comedy epic showcases the most hilarious men, women and moments in American entertainment and why they made us laugh. Hosted by funnyman Billy Crystal, the documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life.
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Dinosaur Train
Coming September on WOSU TV
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PBS KIDS will debut an all-new CGI-animated series, DINOSAUR TRAIN, in fall 2009. The new series embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while encouraging basic scientific thinking and skills as the audience learns about natural science, natural history and paleontology. It is seen through the eyes of Buddy, a preschool-aged Tyrannosaurus Rex. Buddy and his adoptive family of Pteranodons go for adventures on the Dinosaur Train to meet all kinds of dinosaurs in different eras and learn fascinating new facts about these incredible creatures.
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Primal Grill With Steven Raiclen
Saturdays at 1:30pm on WOSU TV
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Based on Raichlen’s best-selling The Barbecue Bible 10th Anniversary Edition, an updated version of his 1998 global grilling odyssey, Primal Grill’s menu of episodes pairs internationally inspired entrees with colorful side dishes that sizzle. Each week, viewers’ taste buds will travel to different parts of the world to explore the primal fascination of cooking over crackling flames and burning embers
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