Tuesday, April 8:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nova – “Cracking the Maya Code”. A few brave souls spent years figuring out the Mayan system of hieroglyphs. It was not an easy task. It was not a simple task. It is not a task that ever needs to be duplicated. That's because it's been done. These guys did it and these guys did it right (I hope).

9:00 – 10:00PM

Frontline – "The Medicated Child". Did you know that more than four million children are now on behavior medication medicine? Wow. That's incredible. Are we over-diagnosing? Are we just being silly? Have we given up on parenting completely? Quite possibly.

10:00 – 11:00PM

Independent Lens – "Water Flowing Together". Jock Soto is a ballet dancer. He actually retired at age 40 after a 24-year career. I wish I could retire at age 40. That would be awesome. So, if anyone out there wants to give me a couple of million bucks over the course of the next decade, I can make that happen.

 
Wednesday, April 9:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures – "Return to the Amazon (Part Two)". Did you know that the Amazon has one-fifth of the world's river water? It does. Twenty-five years ago, Jean-Michel took a little visit there with his father. Well, now he's going back. He's going to explore it. He's going to see how it's changed. He's going to rock its world.

9:00 – 10:30PM

American Masters – "Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun". For those unaware, Hurston was a part of the Harlem Renaissance. She wasn't always liked either. That doesn't make her good. It doesn't make her bad, either. It may just make her worth learning about, though.

 
Thursday, April 10:

8:00 - 9:00PM

The This Old House Hour - Episode TBA. It’s This Old House and Ask This Old House. It’s like maintenance… for your home. Wait, no, that’s exactly what it is. That doesn’t mean it’s not awesome though. Seriously, The This Old House Hour is one of the finest home improvement hours on PBS. No joke.

9:00 - 10:00PM

Antiques Roadshow – "Spokane (Hour Two)". Wow. I am amazed. This week the Roadshow is in Spokane. Spokane! Washington! Spokane, Washington! Say it with me one time: Spokane, Washington! Spokane, the town that can! Spokane, the town with a plan! Spokane, where a man can be a man! Spokane, where they have lots of old stuff for the Roadshow.

10:00 – 11:00PM

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? – "Bad Sugar/Place Matters". This week the episodes look at a Native American reservation in southern Arizona and Richmond California. In the former location, clearly, Native Americans, and in the latter Southeast Asians and Latinos who have moved into already neglected African-American neighborhoods.