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  THIRTEEN, AMERICA’S MOST-WATCHED PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION, CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY
  New York’s THIRTEEN, the flagship station of PBS, celebrates 50 years of setting the gold standard for television and providing exceptional community and educational services to the New York metropolitan area.
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  Nature (Season 31) – Great Zebra Exodus
  When thunderclouds begin to gather over Botswana’s Kalahari each year, 20 000 zebras get itchy feet. As the first fat raindrops hit the dust, southern Africa’s biggest animal migration gets underway. In a never-ending quest for grass and water, the striped herds undertake an annual epic trek across the vast lunar landscape of the Kalahari’s Makgadikgadi Pans. The story of this spectacular annual migration is told through the eyes of a single zebra family: a stallion, his three mares and their offspring. Documenting their journey across this otherworldly landscape, the film reveals their trials and triumphs as well as the fascinating social bonds that hold zebra families together.
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  Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case
  A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of Northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? And, could the fate of this group help explain Neanderthal extinction? Scientists examine the bones—buried over 65 feet below ground—and discover signs that tell a shocking story of how this group of six adults, three teenagers, two children and a baby may have met their death. Some bones have deep cuts, long bones are cracked and skulls crushed—distinct signs of cannibalism. Was it a result of ritual or hunger? Neanderthal experts are adamant that they were not bloodthirsty brutes. Will this investigation challenge their views? What happened here 49000 years ago will take us on a much bigger journey—from El Sidron to the other end of the Iberian Peninsula where scientists are excavating beneath the seas off Gibraltar in search of Neanderthal sites. Scientists working here had theories—but no proof—for why Neanderthals went extinct. El Sidron may change this.
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  Great Performances at the Met – “Rigoletto”
  Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi’s popular opera. The new staging moves the opera's tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960. Polish tenor Piotr Beczala sings the Duke, an amoral lounge singer whose entourage includes the world-weary comedian Rigoletto, sung by Serbian baritone Željko Lučić. German soprano Diana Damrau sings the role of the innocent Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter and the victim of the predatory Duke. Slovakian bass Štefan Kocán sings the assassin-for-hire Sparafucile and Belarusian mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova makes her Met debut as his seductive sister, Maddalena. Italian conductor Michele Mariotti conducts his first company performances of the Verdi masterwork, which features one of the most famous arias in all of opera, "La donna è mobile." Renée Fleming hosts.
• American Masters (2013 Season) – Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
  Laugh as the comedy giant shares never-before-heard stories about his personal life and career, including his childhood, start with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows, The 2000 Year Old Man, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, Spaceballs, and marriages. After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer. Ironically, the larger-than-life legend is very private and has never authorized a biography, making his participation in this film a genuine first. Features new interviews with Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers, and Tracey Ullman.

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