PLUS (MT)

3:00 pm 

Wyland's Art Studio  "Playful Dolphin"  Wyland connects science and art together using composition and perspective.G

3:30 pm 

Piano Guy   Host Scott Houston and guests show viewers how to play Tony Bennett's signature tune, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" and the memorable intro to Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are." Featured artists include Dave Powers, David Tolley and five-time Grammy nominee, David Benoit. D

4:00 pm 

The Desert Speaks  "Baja People: Oases/Mountains"  Adorning the walls in a dry cave are the musing and memories of the ancient people who eked out a living in this inhospitable land. These pictographs are world famous for their depiction of the lives and legends of the ancient, vanished Cochimi Indians. Halfway across the peninsula, our group visits the top of the Sierra del San Francisco Mountains. D

4:30 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Wilderness in the 21st Century"  This exploration of wilderness issues captures scenic vistas of Idaho from north to south. The show examines what wilderness means to Idahoans, pressures from wheeled vehicle advocates, collaborative efforts that include multiple sides, and how work is accomplished inside a wilderness.G

5:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

6:00 pm 

Nova  "Japan's Killer Quake"  In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. The facts and figures are astonishing. The March 11 earthquake was the world's fourth-largest since record keeping began in 1900 and the worst ever to shake Japan.G

7:00 pm 

Surviving The Tsunami: A Nova Special Presentation   The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11 was recorded at magnitude 9.0. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating coastal villages and towns in a matter of minutes. Amazingly, amateur and professional photographers captured it all on video, including remarkable tales of human survival, as ordinary citizens became heroes in a drama they never could have imagined.G

8:00 pm 

Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers  "Deep Crisis"  Alan meets with biologists who are attempting to learn how endangered salmon and heavily fished giant bluefin tuna use their vast habitat. They also debate if these long-distance ocean travelers can be saved.G

9:00 pm 

Human Spark  "So Human, So Chimp"  Alan Alda joins researchers studying chimpanzees, the human's closest living relative. The researchers seek to learn what the species share and what new skills humans have evolved. He observes results that show the human skill to reason about things that cannot be seen or heard unaided, especially the content of others' minds, and to employ this skill in the collaborative enterprise humans call civilization. Part 2 of 3G

10:00 pm 

Nova  "Japan's Killer Quake"  In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. The facts and figures are astonishing. The March 11 earthquake was the world's fourth-largest since record keeping began in 1900 and the worst ever to shake Japan.G

11:00 pm 

Surviving The Tsunami: A Nova Special Presentation   The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11 was recorded at magnitude 9.0. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating coastal villages and towns in a matter of minutes. Amazingly, amateur and professional photographers captured it all on video, including remarkable tales of human survival, as ordinary citizens became heroes in a drama they never could have imagined.G