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Saturday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Host and Yankee senior food editor Amy Traverso heads to the Alna Store in Maine to meet the people who transformed this former gas station into a destination restaurant. Later, Amy checks into a Maine houseboat rental and cooks a cozy soup. Host Richard Wiese joins vegan chef Chrissy Tracey in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ to forage for produce and cook with their finds at the Madison Beach Hotel.

Sundays at 8 p.m. on CPTV
It's September 1970 and the local dustbin strike leads to a refuse site established outside Nonnatus House in this moving, intimate, funny and true-to-life series, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. The series features Jenny Lee, a young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside, has chosen to become a nurse and now, as a newly qualified midwife, has gone to work in the poorest area of the city. Attached to an order of nursing nuns at Nonnatus House, Jenny is part of a team of women who minister to expectant mothers, many of whom give birth at home in appalling conditions. The drama follows Jenny as she meets her patients and learns to love the people who live in the East End.

Sundays at 9 p.m.
Notoriously known for burning Jane's letters, did Cassandra Austen truly protect her famous sister's reputation? Become Immersed in this literary mystery, reimagined as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking tale of sisterly love.

Sundays at 10 p.m.
Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief after the death of her daughter Sophie and faces extortion over stolen love letters to Fersen. Political turmoil, a struggling economy and Provence's personal attacks push Louis toward a nervous breakdown.

Sundays at 11 p.m.
Intuitive profiler Chloe Saint-Laurent solves the most puzzling cases with the Paris homicide division in this suspenseful and fast-paced series based on actual criminal cases. Her exceptional sensitivity enables her to read the minds of killers and victims alike. After a woman files a rape charge, dozens of similar charges are found in her name. But Chloe sets out to understand what is behind her alleged lies. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.

Monday, May 5 at 10 p.m.
Experience an intimate portrayal of three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheimer's and how this progressive neurodegenerative disease transforms roles and relationships. Whether it's a partner becoming a caregiver or an adult child shifting into being their parent's caretaker, these stories show how families evolve when a loved one is diagnosed.

Tuesday, May 6 at 9 p.m.
Join chef Pati Jinich on a journey inspired by the Pan-American Highway to celebrate the many cultures of the Americas and how they enrich each other. Follow her as she explores the sister cities of Alaska's capital, Juneau, and the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory, Whitehorse. She finds a pioneering culture of artistry and entrepreneurship thriving alongside the unforgiving wilderness.

Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
Join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 28 cultural trailblazers with fascinating histories. The series ends with an exploration of how science and history can inspire the next generation.

Tuesday, May 6 at 10 p.m.
The U.S. broadcast debut of this award-winning film exposes the cost of opposing Vladimir Putin. The stories include an investigative journalist and a political activist putting their lives on the line standing up to the Kremlin, and the consequences.

Wednesday, May 7 at 8 p.m.
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Terry Masear finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility and healing. Meet Cactus, Jimmy, Wasabi, Alexa and Mikhail, Masear's diminutive patients, in a celebration of their small victories while lamenting their tiny tragedies. The compassion and empathy that Masear shows her Lilliputian charges serves as a lesson to us all -- the delicate beauty in profound acts of kindness.

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Wednesday, May 7 and 14 at 9 p.m.
Surprisingly little is known about the behavior of cars and drivers in uncontrolled, real-world accidents, despite rigorous testing in laboratory-controlled crashes. Now, a first-of-its-kind experiment aims to discover what really happens in a multi-vehicle pileup and how cars and driving could be made safer.

Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on CPTV
Explore the fascinating world of bugs, their beauty and ecological importance. From pollinators and insect predators to the clean-up crews purifying our planet, scientists examine the decline of these essential yet least appreciated creatures.

Thursdays at 10 p.m.
This quirky New Zealand mystery follows DI Mike Shepherd, who arrives to the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with a classic car, a country music collection, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. His assistant, DC Kristin Sims, is a by-the-book investigator 15 years younger than her boss's car. Shepherd soon discovers that Brokenwood is full of secrets and suspicions.

Monday, May 12 at 10 p.m.
Examine the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly aging population. Fifty years ago, there were 23 million Americans over the age of 65. Today there are 55 million. Using Dr. Robert Butler's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Why Survive? as a guide, the film explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity and Alzheimer's disease. Featuring renown experts, personal stories and narrated by Martin Sheen, this documentary celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges.

Tuesday, May 13 at 9 p.m.
In Canada's heartland, Alberta, Pati Jinich dives into cowboy culture and learns how thriving immigrant communities in Edmonton and Calgary are reshaping the Canadian identity.

Monday, May 19 at 9 p.m.
Long before the iPhone, another inventive device allowed everyone to instantly chronicle their lives -- the Polaroid camera. The product, and the company's unique culture, would launch not only instant photography mania but also become the model for today's Silicon Valley tech culture. It all began with the Polaroid Model 95, first offered for sale in the fall of 1948. Its revolutionary power to allow the photographer to see the picture then and there would change the country, then the world. Mr. Polaroid tells the little-known story of the man behind the camera, a Harvard dropout named Edwin Land. Over a half century ago, before the smartphone, Land was dreaming up "a camera that you would use as often as your pencil or your eyeglasses." He would also come to believe his company was "on its way to lead the world - perhaps even to save it." Hubris, technology, brilliance and a billion photographs a year are all part of the rollicking Polaroid story.

Tuesday, May 20 at 10 p.m.

Thought leaders debate ethical dilemmas in real-life scenarios.

Friday, May 23 at 10 p.m.
Find out the part U.S. railroad stations played in American history, from local civic centers to temples of transportation. A diverse cast of historians examine the role of the railroad station in America. True human-interest stories are woven into a historical narrative. They describe how people interacted with stations in their towns through the generations.

Sunday, May 25 at 8 p.m. (Repeats at 9:30 p.m.)
Tune in to the 36th annual broadcast of America's national night of remembrance, live from the U.S. Capitol, featuring stories and tributes woven with musical performances by world-renowned artists and the National Symphony Orchestra.

Monday, May 26 at 9 p.m.
"The World's Toughest Row" is an extreme race featuring unassisted rowing boats that cross the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua. For a team of four Air Force veterans, this challenge was the ultimate test of body and mind, as well as an opportunity to raise funds and awareness for other vets experiencing mental illness. The journey was incredible. The team trained hard and felt prepared for the grueling physical and mental beating the race would offer. But nothing could have prepared them for the sudden, unrelenting and raging storm that sent a 30-foot swell with a 50-knot wind gust that violently capsized their boat.

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Saturday, May 31 at 10 p.m.
Celebrate the music of Aretha Franklin with this fun concert featuring vocal powerhouse Shelea. The Grammy nominee performs the Queen of Soul's greatest hits and Emmy-winning Music Director Rickey Minor conducts the Pacific Symphony.

Friday, May 2 at 2 p.m. on CPTV
Christopher Kimball visits Japanese cooking instructor Sonoko Sakai to learn some of her favorite dishes to make at home. First, it's Japanese-Style Chicken and Vegetable Curry, taking inspiration from Sonoko's homemade curry powder blend. Then, it’s baked Japanese Milk Bread, a fluffy, slightly sweet and fine-textured loaf. Finally, it’s the prep of a quick, refreshing side of Daikon-Carrot Salad with Sesame and Lemon.

Monday, May 5 at 8 p.m. on CPTV
Travel with ROADSHOW as it turns the spotlight on incredible items with Asian and Pacific Islands origins, including a Hawaiian kou bowl, a Ghandi presentation spinning wheel and an 1888 Joseph Nawahi painting. Which is valued at $250,000-$300,000?

Monday, May 5 at 10 p.m. on Spirit
Take an in-depth look at the end of Sominsai, a unique cultural festival in Japan. The festival revolves around a traditional ritual in which loinclothed men push themselves to their physical limits through a series of competitive challenges that act as a purification ritual and form of prayer to the Buddha for a bountiful harvest and plentiful health. Watch as hundreds of men plunge into freezing water, get enveloped in smoke and jostle through the night to battle for a sacred sewing sack that is said to bring good luck and prosperity for the coming year.

Tuesday, May 6 at 11 p.m. on CPTV
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. In March of 1942 the U.S. government decided the Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants living on the West Coast could be spies or saboteurs. Martial Law was declared and 120,000 people were forcibly removed from their homes, forced to liquidate their businesses and told to report to so-called relocation camps. The U.S. government called this "evacuation." After the Japanese Americans and immigrants had been incarcerated at the "internment" camps for a year, the U.S. government decided to seek out volunteers who would now fight for America. Under the insignia of the Selective Service, military personnel visited the ten internment camps and had every man and woman over 18 years of age fill out what has come to be known as the "Loyalty Questionnaire." This questionnaire was to determine if you were loyal to America and would fight against any enemy of the United States. If you answered "no" to any of the loaded questions, you were not considered a loyal American; thus, you were sent to the camp for the disloyal -- Tule Lake Segregation Camp. This film is about those Americans deemed disloyal, who fought for their civil rights in a country that had abandoned them.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 10 p.m. on CPTV
Over 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic set off a nationwide wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco's Chinatown unleashed a similar crisis. The death of a Chinese immigrant in 1900 would have likely gone unnoticed if a medical officer hadn't discovered a swollen black lymph node on his groin -- evidence of bubonic plague. Fearing the city would become the American epicenter of the disease, health officials drew on racist pseudoscience to cover up the threat and protect San Francisco's burgeoning economy. As the outbreak continued to spread, public health officer Rupert Blue became determined to save his city. He established ties to Chinatown and ultimately proved that throngs of flea-infested rats -- rather than the "foreign" habits of the Chinese -- were the real reason the disease persisted. Based on David K. Randall's "Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague" and directed by Li-Shin Yu.

Wednesday, May 14 at 9 p.m. on Spirit
Discover the art, life and enduring impact of Tyrus Wong, the renowned Chinese-American painter behind Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause, via new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art. Wong once exhibited with Picasso and Matisse.

Wednesday, May 14 at 10:30 p.m. on Spirit
The environmentally and culturally-sensitive design philosophies of George Nakashima, Junzo Yoshimura and Antonin and Noemi Raymond continue to influence architecture and design today. Tune in for stunning visual explorations of three architecturally significant sites in the Philadelphia region that highlight the influence of traditional Japanese architecture on these four masters of modernist architecture and design.

Friday, May 16 at 9 p.m. on Spirit
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang's comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests "yellowface" casting in the musical "Miss Saigon" only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.

Sunday, May 18 at 6 p.m. on Spirit
At the start of World War II, as the U.S. Government prepared to forcibly remove and incarcerate all Japanese Americans living on the West Coast, a small number of Japanese Americans took their fate in their own hands and fled the coast, becoming refugees in their own country, on a forced migration into the unknown. Before They Take Us Away is the first documentary to chronicle the untold stories of the "self-evacuees" who spent the war years outside the camps, as they struggled to rebuild their lives and overcome poverty, isolation, hostility and racial violence.

Monday, May 19 at 10 p.m. on Spirit
Discover much of the rich history of artist Tanaka Isson's creative journey and the legacy he left behind. Isson, known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at 50 years old after years of struggle on the mainland. He then spent highly productive years there, painting its striking flora and fauna until his death at 69. To follow in Isson's footsteps, host Peter Barakan travels to the island of Amami Oshima. While there, he uncovers many unusual biological treasures and learns how the distinctive cultural traditions of the island were shaped by a history of hardship.

Tuesday, May 27 at 8 p.m. on CPTV
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove - traveling across China and the American South to uncover long lost stories of the ancestors who inspired their work.

Friday, May 30 at 8 p.m. on Spirit
When Mao's Cultural Revolution ended, China's door cracked open. Four young, classical musicians seized the opportunity to flee to the West as Western Classical music was banned. The Quartet began a lifetime adventure - studying with great masters, attending Juilliard and performing at major music festivals and best classical music venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center.