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Thursday 1

6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: A Tale of Two Foxes (R 2/2. 6:30a.m)

2 GED on TV

6:30 13 World of Survival: Island of Danger

2 GED on TV

6:55 13 Cousteau’s Mississippi Charting the past,present and future of America’s most important river system.

7:00 2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Innovation

8:00 2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

8:30 13 Digging Dinosaurs An examination of ar-cheological sites in western Montanathat yielded dinosaur eggs and a skeleton of a newbreed of horned dinosaurs.

9:00 13 Mystery!: Poirot: The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly inspector Japp doesn’t considera ransom note a serious threat, but Poirot preferssafety to sorrow. David Suchet stars as AgathaChristie’s famous Belgian sleuth.

2 Black Issues Forum: Accessing Health Care

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 EastEnders



Friday 2



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Deadly American Snakes (R 2/5.6 30 am.)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 13 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hostsKERA’s weekly news-analysis program (R 2/4. 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.)

2 Computer Chronicles

7:00 13 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts (cc)(R2/3, 6 a.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 pm.)

7:30 13 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts (cc)(R 2/4, 10:30am.)

2 Bodywatch: The Eyes Have It An explora Hon of our most treasured sense (cc)

8:00 13 Return of the Wolves Actor Peter Coyotenarrates this documentary about the plight of American Wolves.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour(R 10:30 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 American Playhouse: Women and WallaceWritten by 1989’s Young Playwright Festival winner, Jonathan Marc Sherman, this com-edy follows a young man haunted by his mother’s suicide, (ce)

2 Markel to Market

9:30 2 Adam Smith’s Money World

10:00 2 The Nightly Business Report

10:39 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour



Saturday 3



6PM 13 New Southern Cooking Nathalie Dupree hosts.

2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high school students compete for academic honors m this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall.

6:30 13 This Old House Steve Thomas hosts. (cc)

2 DeGrassi High (cc)

7:00 13 The New Yankee Workshop Norm Abram hosts. (cc)

2 The Lawrence Welk Show

7:30 13 Wild America (cc)

8:00 13 Movie 13: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine star in this memorable drama about the Great Depression.

2 All Creatures Great and Small: Out of Practice The practice grows stronger-unlike James’ love life.

9:00 2 America: Gone West Hosted by Alistair Cooke, this program begins with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, chronicling this country’s westward expansion.

10:00 2 Latenight America With Dennis Wholey

10:15 13 Dr. Who: Planet of the Daleks



Sunday 4



6PM 13 Austin City Limits: Gary Morris performs, (s)

2 The Rotten Truth: A 3-2-1 Contact Extra A lively, provocative investigation of the mounting problem of trash.

6:30 2 Special Presentation

7:00 13 Nature: Kins Solomons Mountains A Journey to the cold, windswept Bale Mountains in Ethiopia. (Ft 2/8, 1 p.m.)

2 Joseph Campbell: Transformations of Myth Through Time The famous mythologist presents his special insights into how myths reconcile humans to the mysteries of life.

8:00 13 Masterpiece Theatre: Alter the War:

Partners Michael escapes from journalism to work on a Wes! End musical and a film about urban redevelopment

2 A Singing Stream The 20th-century historyof black Americans told through the traditions of one Southern family

9:00 2 Flyers in Search of a Dream Early black aviators are recalled in this documentary that looks at the accomplishments and struggles of these pioneers.

10:00 13 You Mus Be the Husband Tim Brooke-Taylor (The Good Neighbors) andDiane Keen portray a couple whose lives aredisrupted by a sizzling, best-selling book PREMIERE

2 Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger A look at the personal and professional style ofthis jazz drummer, with reminiscences by DizzyGillespie and others.

10:30 13 Are You Being Served?

11:00 13 Yes Minister



Monday 5



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Sea of Cortez (R 2/6, 6:30 a m)

2 Autograph With Marilyn MacKay

6:30 13 World of Survival: Mountains of Mystery

2 MolorWeek ’90 John Davis hosts.

7:00 13 The Miracle Planet: Patterns in the Air Thedevelopment of the ozone layer and the subsequent transformation of barren land masses into forests and fertile prairies. (s) (cc) (R 2/9. midnight)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10p.m.)

7:30 2 Bill Moyers” World of Ideas The acclaimedjournalist talks to writers, teachers, philosophers, scientists, historians and artists about the values that shape today’s world.

8:00 13 National Géographie Special: In the Shadow of Vesuvius An exploration ofcurrent scientific knowledge about this famousvolcano’s explosion in 79 A.D (s) (cc)

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Eyes on the Prize II: The Promised Land, 1967-1968 As Martin Luther King Jr.stakes out new ground for the fragmented civil rightsmovement, he detours to Memphis, where he isassassinated, (cc)(R 2/9, 1 p.m.)

2 Great Performances: Steve Reich: A new Musical A revealing and entertainingfilm portrait of the New York-born composer.

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 Nova: Orangutans of the Rain Forest A visit with scientists who live with these humanlike creatures in Borneo.



Tuesday 6



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Cheetah

(R 2/7. 6:30 a.m.)

2 American Interests

6:30 13 World of Survival: The Secret Armada

2 European Journal

7:00 13 Nova: Disguises of War A history of the art of deception in war, from khaki to the Stealth aircraft (cc) (R 2/9, 2 p.m; 2/12, 11 p.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Financial Advisors

8:00 13 Horizon: The Chopper Why fixed-wing pilots shun helicopters and why the vehicle’s accident rate is so high.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

(R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Frontline: Miss U.S.S.R. Behind the scenes at the Soviet Union’s first beauty pageant, showing the status and struggles of this country’s women (cc)

2 Great Performances: Tales From the Hollywood Hills Michelle Pfeiffer and Brian Kerwin star in this series based on a John O’Hara story about a young actress who falls in love with a married man (cc)

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report



Wednesday 7



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Lions (R 2/8, 6:30 am)

2 Survival Spanish (R 2/10, 9 a.m.)

6:30 13 World of Survival: The Endless Migration

2 Survival Spanish (R 2/10. 9:30 a.m.)

7:00 13 National Geographic Special: Bali, Masterpiece of the Gods A look at the beauty, the traditional arts and the unusual use of tourism on this Indonesian island (ce) (s) (R 2/10, 9 a.m.; 2/12. 8 p.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high school students compete for academic honors in this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall. (R 2/10, 6 p.m.)

6:00 13 The Texas Debates Candidates in the gubernatorial primaries debate before a Houston audience.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

(R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 2 Ethics in America: Do Unto Others Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, columnist Ellen Goodman and Dr. C. Everett Koop are among those who discuss responsibility for other people’s welfare.

9:30 13 Special Presentation

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report



Thursday 8



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Penguins (R 2/9. 6:30 a.m.)

2 GED on TV

6:30 13 World of Survival: Twelve Hours at a Waterhole

2 GED on TV

6:55 13 Best of Wild America: The Babies Footage from some of this series’ most fascinating programs, exploring the offspring of wildlife, (ce) (R 2/14, 1 p.m ; 2/17 9 a.m.)

7:00 2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m)

7:30 2 Innovation

8:00 13 The Texas Debates Candidates in the gubernatorial primaries debate before a Houston audience.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

(Ft 10 30 p.m. on 13)

9:00 2 Drugs and the Frustrated American

A Media and Society seminar looks at the complex dilemmas facing this nation.

9:30 13 Mystery!: Poirot: Four and Twenty Blackbirds At a dinner. Poirot discovers a sensitive bicuspid and a mysterious fellow diner David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian sleuth, (cc)

10:00 2 The Nightly Business Report

10:30 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 13 EastEnders Ninety minutes of back-to-back EastEnders.

Friday 9

6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: The Bee (R 2/12. 6:30 a.m.)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 13 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hosts KER As weekly news-analysis program (R 2/11 6 am. and 12:30p.m.)

2 Computer Chronicles

7:00 13 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts, (ce) (R 2/10. 6 a.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 13 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts(cc) (R 2/11, 10:30 a.m.)

2 Bodywatch: Ten Most Asked QuestionsAbout Fat Surprising answers to questions about weight, eating and health (cc)

8:00 13 American Playhouse: The Wizard ofLoneliness Based on a novel by JohnNichols (The Milagro Beanfield War), this is thestory of a young boy’s attempts to make peacewith his changing world (cc)

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 2 Markel to Market

9:30 2 Adam Smith’s Money World

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 Blakes 7



Saturday 10



6PM 13 New Southern Cooking Nathalie Dupreehosts.

2 Academic Varsity BowlTexas high schoolstudents compete for academic honors in this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall.

6:30 13 This Old House Sieve Thomas hosts. (cc)

2 DeGrassi High (cc)

7:00 13 The New Yankee Workshop Norm Abram hosts (cc)

2 The Lawrence Welk Shew

7:30 13 Wild America (cc)

8:00 13 Movie 13: Twelve O’Clock High (1949) Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill. HughMarlowe and Dean Jagger star in this exciting dimabout World War II.

2 All Creatures Great and Small: Nothing Like Experience James makes a date.and loses a customer.

9:00 2 America: A Firebell in the Night Hostea byAlistair Cooke, this program presents thegreat schisms and bloody conflicts of the Civil War.

10:00 2 Latenight America With Dennis Wholey

10:15 13 Dr. Who: The Green Death

12:45 13 DeGrassi High (cc)



Sunday 11



6PM 13 Austin City Limits: Kathy Mattea performs, (cc)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 2 Special Presentation

7:00 13 Nature: Hunters of the Sky Scottish filmmaker Hugh Miles looks at great birdsof prey that make their home in Europe (R 2/15, 1p.m.)

2 Learn Something New Produced by KDTN, this is a preview of upcomingeducational programs on area television stations.

8:00 13 Wilderness Alive: Great Barrier Reef An exploration of this 1,200-mile reef andits wealth of sealife (R 2/14, 2 p.m.)

8:30 2 Special Presentation

9:00 13 Masterpiece Theatre: After the War: Love and Kisses Michael makes a highly con troversial documentary, then returns from his self-induced exile in Greece to turn a play info a movie, (cc)

2 No Fattier. No Mother. No Uncle Sam An examination of what happened to the babies born to black U.S. servicemen and British women during World War II.

10:00 13 You Must Be the Husband

2 American Masters: Satchmo An exploration of Louis Armstrongs life and works.

10:30 13 Are You Being Served?

11:00 13 Yes Minister



Monday 12



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Monkeys of India(R 2/13, 6:30 a.m.)

2 Autograph With Marilyn MacKay

6:30 13 World of Survival: Amphibious Warfare

2 MotorWeek ’90 John Davis hosts.

7:00 13 The Miracle Planet: Riddles of Sand and Ice An examination of the dramatic changes in climatic patterns the Earth has undergone throughout its history, (s) (ce) (R 2/16, midnight)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Learn Something New Bob Ray Sanders hosts this KDTN-produced preview of upcoming educational programs on Channel 2.

8:00 13 National Geographic Special: Bali, Masterpiece of the Gods A look at the beauty. the traditional ads and the unusual use of tourism on this Indonesian island, (s) (cc)

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Eyes on the Prize II: New Definitions, 1964-1972 A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America, (cc) (R 2/16, 1 p.m.)

2 Special Presentation

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 Nova: Disguises of War (cc)



Tuesday 13



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Snakes of India (R 2/14, 6:30 a.m.)

2 American Interests

6:30 13 World of survival: Nature’s Walking Hairbrush

2 European Journal

7:00 13 Neva: The Bomb’s Lethal Legacy A look at 30 million cubic feet of radioactive waste at a nuclear reservation (cc) (R 2/16, 2 p.m. ; 2/19, 11 p.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Learn Something New Bob Ray Sanders hosts this KDTN-produced preview of upcoming educational programs on Channel 2.

8:00 13 Horizon: Traces of Murder How serial crimes are solved and the uses of new technology in fighting these crimes.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

(R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Frontline: Throwaway People Correspon dent Roger Wilkins explores the development of the black underclass – and its causes and possible solutions. (cc)

2 Great Performances: Tales From the Hollywood Hills Michelle Pfeiffer and Brian Kerwin star m this series based on a John O’Hara story about a young actress who falls in love with a married man. (cc)

10:00 13 The MacNeiI/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

Wednesday 14

6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Elephant Kingdom(R 2/15. 6.30 am.)

2 Survival Spanish (R 2/17 9a.m.)

6:30 13 World of Survival: The Ugliest Duckling

2 Survival Spanish (R 2/17, 9:30 a.m.)

7:00 13 In Performance al the White House Hosted by the President and Mrs. Bush, this special celebrates Presidents Day with the theme ’The House I Live In.” (s)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high schoolstudents compete for academic honors in this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall (R 2/17, 6 p.m.)

8:00 13 Norman Rockwell: An American PortraitViews of the artist and his works, with commentary by Erma Bombeck. Ellen Goodman, Dr. Robert Coles and others. (R 2/20, 2 p.m.)

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour(R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Crimes of Passion: Mystery in Kenya Anexamination of a still-unsolved murder among decadent English colonists. (R 2/19. midnight)

2 Ethics in America: To Defend a KillerShould lawyers defend someone they know to be guilty? Does society have the right to punish? A federal judge and other panelists discuss these issues.

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

10:30 2 Special Presentation



Thursday 15

6PM 13 Wild World of Animals; Return of the Falcon (R 2/16, 6:30 a.m.)

2 GED on TV

6:30 13 World of Survival: Tropical Wilderness

2 GED on TV

7:00 13 Cousteau’s Odyssey: Calypso’s Search forAtlantis, Part 1 An in-depth look for the lost civilization begins in the waters of the Bahamas.2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Learn Something New Bob Ray Sanders hosts this KDTN preview of upcoming educational programs on Channel 2.

8:00 13 Cousteau’s Odyssey: Calypso’s Search for Atlantis, Part 2 The search continues to the volcanic islands of the Aegean Sea.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour(R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Mystery!: Poirot: The Third Floor FlatBoisterous neighbors and Strange noises lead Poirot to discover a murder in his own block. David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian sleuth, (cc)

2 Drugs and (he Frustrated American AMedia and Society seminar looks at the complex dilemmas facing this nation.

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 EastEnders Ninety minutes of back-to-back EastEnders.



Friday 16



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Living Arctic (R 2/17. 6:30 a.m.)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 13 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hoslsKERA’s weekly news analysis program. (R 2/18. 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.)

2 Computer Chronicles

7:00 13 Washington Week In Review Paul Duke hosts, (cc) (R 2/17, 6 a.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m)

7:30 13 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts.(cc) (R 2/18. 10:30 a.m.)

2 Learn Something New Bob Ray Sandershosts this KDTN preview of upcoming educational programs on Channel 2.

8:00 13 Black Stars in Orbit A profile of black astronauts, as well as blacks workingbehind the scenes, who greatly contributed toAmerica’s space program.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10.30 p.m on 13)

9:00 13 American Playhouse: Zora Is My Name! Ruby Dee stars as the black writer, oral historian and folktale teller Zora Neale Hurston, with guest appearances by Flip Wilson and Louis Gossett Jr. (cc)

2 Market to Market

9:30 2 Adam Smith’s Money World

10:00 2 The Nightly Business Report

10:30 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:30 13 Blake’s 7

12:30 13 The Miracle Planet



Saturday 17



6PM 13 New Southern Cooking Nathalie Dupreehosts.

2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high schoolstudents compete for academic honors in this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall.

6:30 13 This Old House Steve Thomas hosts, (cc)

2 DeGrassI High (cc)

7:00 13 The New Yankee Workshop Norm Abram hosts, (cc)

2 The Lawrence Welk Show

7:30 13 Wild America (cc)

8:00 13 Movie 13: Life Boal (1944) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this film tells the storyof shipwreck survivors and stars TallulahBankhead. William Bendix and Hume Cronyn.

2 All Creatures Great and Small: Golden Lads and Girls James luck improves inhis romance with Helen.

9:00 2 America: Domesticating a WildernessHosted by Alistair Cooke, this program profiles the end of both America’s frontier and a way of life for American Indians.

9:30 13 When Havoc Struck: SOS: Disasters at SeaA look at some of the worst disasters at sea in the 201h century.

10:00 13 Dr. Who: The Time Warrior

2 Lalenight America With Dennis Wholey

11:30 13 DeGrassi High (cc)



Sunday 18



6PM 13 Austin City Limits: Waylon Jennings performs (s)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 2 Special Presentation

7:00 13 Nature: A Wolf in the Fold The history of the relationship between dogs and the sheep they now guard. (R 2/22, 1 p.m.)

2 Joseph Campbell: Transformations of Myth Through Time The famous mycologist presents his special insights into how myths reconcile humans to the mysteries of life.

8:00 13 Wilderness Alive: Australia’s Deep NorthThe mysteries of the least-known of all wilderness areas, with its blend of exotic rain forest creatures and unique marsupial wildlife. (R 2/21. 2 p.m.)2 American Masters: The Negro EnsembleCompany Performance footage from past and present productions by this famous group, (cc)

9:00 13 Masterpiece Theatre: After the War: Winds of Change Rachel and her husbandDavid find themselves caught in a growingrebellion in the newly independent West AfricanRepublic, (cc)

2 American Masters: A Duke Named Ellington The first retrospective of the lifeand work of this American genius, who composedsuch songs as “Creole Rhapsody” and “Take the A’Train.’’ (cc)

10:00 13 You Must Be the Husband

10:30 13 Are You Being Served?

11:00 13 Yes Minister



Monday 19



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Sharks!(R2/25. 6:30 a.m.)

2 Autograph With Marilyn MacKay

6:30 13 World of Survival: Rhinol

2 MotorWeek ’90 John Davis hosts.

7:00 13 The Miracle Planet: The Home Planet Thisfinal program looks at the impact humans have had on Earth through history, and the prospects for lite on this planet, (cc) (R 2/23. midnight)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)7:30 2 Bill Moyers’ World of Ideas Theacclaimed journalist talks to writers, teachers, philosophers, scientists, historians and artists about the values that shape today’s world.

8:00 13 Ancient Journeys: Pyramids in the Jungle An excavation of Tikal, the city that wasthe center of the thriving Mayan culture until the10th century.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Eyes on Ute Prize II: Nation of Law?,196B-1971 Increasingly, black activism is met with a violent and sometimes unethical response from local and federal law enforcement agencies, (cc) (R 2/23, 1 p.m.)

2 Special Presentation

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 Nova: The Bomb’s Lethal Legacy A look at a reservation of nuclear waste (cc)



Tuesday 20



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: The Jackal

2 American Interests

6:30 13 World of Survival: Jungle Gymnasts

2 European Journal

7:00 13 Nova: The Hidden Power of Plants Scientists search to find new medicines in nature. (cc)(R 2/23, 2 p.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report(R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Financial Advisors

8:00 13 Horizon: To Engineer Is Numan An examination of the collapse of the KansasCity sky walks that killed more than 100 people.

2 The MacNeiI/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Frontline: My Husband Is Going to Kill MeAn investigation of why the law did not save a Colorado woman stalked by her husband (cc)

2 Great Performances: Tales From theHollywood Hills Michelle Pfeiffer and Brian Kerwin star in this series based on a John O’Hara story about a young actress who falls in love with a married man (cc)

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lettrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report



Wednesday 21



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Badger Country(R 2/22. 6:30 a.m.)

2 Survival Spanish (R 2/24, 9 a.m.)

6:30 13 World of Survival: Africa’s Wetlands

2 Survival Spanish (R 2/24. 9 30 a.m.)7:00 13 National Geographic Special: The GrizzliesTravel from the Alaskan Tundra to Wyoming’s Yellowstone Park to observe the fascinating lives of these animals, (s) (cc) (R 2/24. 9 am)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high school students compete for academic honors m this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall. (R 2/24. 6 p.m.)

8:00 13 Smithsonian World: A Moveable Feast Thestory of American ingenuity m adapting food to the country’s lifestyles (cc)

2 The Macneil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10:30 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Championship Ballroom Dancing 1990More than two dozen professional dancers from the U.S. and Canada compete in Latin and modern divisions of the National Championship.

2 Ethics In America: Public Trust, PrivateLives Jeane Kirkpatrick, Peter Jennings and others discuss trust within the government and between the people and government.

10:00 2 The Nightly Business Report

10:30 13 The Mac Mei I/Lehrer NewsHour

2 Special Presentation



Thursday 22



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Sea Otters(R 2/23. 6:30 a.m.)

2 GEO on TV

6:30 13 World of Survival: The Great Migration

2 GED on TV

7:00 13 Cousteau’s Odyssey: The Nile, Part 1 Anexhilarating excursion along the world’s longest river starts near Africa’s unspoiled Lake Victoria.

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 2 Innovation

6:00 13 Cousteau’s Odyssey: The Nile, Part 2 Theadventure along the river continues to the awesome Aswan High Dam.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

(R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 13 Mystery!: Poirot: Triangle at RhodesPoirot’s holiday in Greece is interrupted by a murder. David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian sleuth, (cc)

2 Drugs and the Frustrated American AMedia and Society seminar looks at the complex dilemmas facing this nation.

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11:00 13 EastEnders



Friday 23



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Armies of Ants (R 2/26, 6:30 a.m.)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 13 Hews Addition Bob Ray Sanders hosts KERA’s weekly news-analysis program. (R 2/25. 6 am. and 12:30 p.m.)

2 Computer Chronicles

7:00 13 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts, (ce) (R 2/24, 6 a.m.)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7:30 13 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts (ce) (R 2/25, 10:30 a.m.)

2 Bodywatch

8:00 13 American Playhouse: In a Shallow Grave Arecluse seeks to win the woman he loves, but fears she has (alien in love with another. Michael Biehn and Patrick Dempsey star, (cc)

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p.m. on 13)

9:00 2 Market to Market

9:30 2 Adam Smith’s Money World

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report



Saturday 24



6PM 13 New Southern Cooking Nathalie Dupree hosts.

2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high school students compete for academic honors in this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall.

6:30 13 This Old House Steve Thomas hosts, (cc) 2 DeGrassi High (cc)

7:00 13 The New Yankee Workshop Norm Abram hosts, (cc)

2 The Lawrence Welk Show

7:30 13 Wild America (cc)

8:00 13 Movie 13: Desk Set (1957) Spencer Tracyand Katharine Hepburn match wits at the office.

2 All Creatures Great and Small: Advice and Consent Siegfried gives some sound advice, which James acts on.

9:00 2 America: Money on the Land Hosted byAlistair Cooke, this eighth program traces the growing dominance of urban over rural America.

10:00 13 Dr. Who: Invasion of the Daleks

2 Latenight America With Dennis Wholey

12:00 13 DeGrassi High (cc)



Sunday 25



6PM 13 Austin City Limits: Stevie Ray Vaughan performs, (s)

2 Special Presentation

6:30 2 Special Presentation

7:00 13 Nature: Karina: The Lake That Made aDent A look at the wildlife that flourish around this man-made lake in southern Africa.

2 Joseph Campbell: Transformations of MythThrough Time The famous mythologist presents his special insights into how myths reconcile humans to the mysteries of life.

8:00 13 Masterpiece Theatre: After the War: In the Sixties Rebecca rejects Joseph’s Africa, while Michael turns back to his refuge in Greece. (cc)

2 American Masters: James Baldwin: ThePrice of a Ticket Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, William Styron and others comment on the work of this important writer, (cc)

9:30 2 Trey Ellis A profile of the writing of this contemporary black author and his use of regional roots.

10:00 13 You Must Be the Husband

2 The Musical Legacy of Roland Hayes A profile of this noted tenor, who was the first black artist to establish an international career in classical music, (s)

10:30 13 Are You Being Served?

11:00 13 Yes Minister

2 All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians Anecdotes and reminiscences from musicians who performed on Memphis’ Beale Street during the 1920s through 1950s.



Monday 26



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Alaskan Summer (P 2/27. 6 30 am) 2 Autograph With Marilyn MacKay

6:30 13 Decision “90 Discussions with local candidates for the U.S. Congress andTexas Senate and House of Representatives.

2 MotorWeek ’90 John Davis hosts.

7:00 13 Evening of Championship Skating 1989 Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner host anexhibition of top U S. amateur and professionalfigure skaters.

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)

7: 30 2 Bill Moyers’ World of Ideas Theacclaimed journalist talks to writers, teachers, philosophers, scientists, historians and artists about the values that shape today’s world.

8: 00 13 Eyes on the Prize II: The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974-1980 Antidiscriminationlegal rights gained in the past decades are put tothe test m both the North and South and in aSupreme Court case, (cc)

2 The MacNeiI/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10 p. m. on 13

9: 00 13 Eyes on the Prize II: Return to the Movement, 1979-mid- 1980s Urban noting erupts in Miami, while a grassroots movement triumphs in Chicago. The series concludes with a look at the people who made the civil rights movement a force for change in America, (cc)

2 The AIDS Quarterly ABC newsanchor Peter Jennings hosts this story on the financing of research and treatment for this disease. (In Spanish. ) (cc)

10: 00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

11: 00 13 Nova: Hidden Power of Plants

Tuesday 27



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: “All American” Raccoon (R 2/28. 6: 30 a. m. )

2 American Interests

6: 30 13 Decision “90 Discussions with local candidates for the U. S Congress and Texas Senate and House of Representatives.

2 European Journal

7: 00 13 Nova: The Big Spill An investigation of last year’s tragic oil spill in Alaska (cc)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p. m. )

7: 30 2 Financial Advisors

8: 00 13 Horizon: The Secret of the Snake A lookat these slithery creatures and their dubious reputation.

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

9:00 13 Frontline: The Noriega Connection A profile of the Panamanian dictator and the years of contusion in U.S. policy toward this country and its former leader (cc)

2 Great Performances: Tales From theHollywood Hills Michelle Pfeiffer and Brian Kerwin star in this series based on a John O’Hara story about a young actress who falls in love with a married man (cc)

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHou2 The Nightly Business Report

10:30 2 Special Presentation

11:00 13 World at War

Wednesday 28



6PM 13 Wild World of Animals: Bobcat(R 3/1, 6:30 a.m.) 2 Survival Spanish (R 3/3, 9 a.m.6:30 13 Decision “90 Discussions with local candidates for the U.S. Congress and Texas Senate and House of Representatives.

2 Survival Spanish (R 3/3. 9:30 a.m.)

7:00 13 The Infinite Voyage: The Future of the PastWork by conservation scientists trying to rescue the world’s cultural treasures threatened by age and pollution (s) (cc)

2 The Nightly Business Report (R 10 p.m.)7:30 2 Academic Varsity Bowl Texas high school students compete for academic honorsin this new KDTN production hosted by Chip Beall-(Ft 3/3. 6 p.m.)

8:00 13 Live From Lincoln Center: Pavarutti PlusThe world-famous tenor is joined byCarol Vaness. Leona Mitchell and others in a galaconcert at Avery Fisher Hall, (s)

2 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R 10pm. on 13)

9:00 2 Ethics in America: Does Doctor KnowBest? C Everett Koop, Joseph Califano and others discuss patients’ rights within the medical profession.

10:00 13 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

2 The Nightly Business Report

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