PBS’ convention coverage, anchored
by Jim Lehrer of THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER, will include extended uninterrupted coverage of podium activities and speeches; reporting from the floor of the convention; newsmaker interviews; political analysis and historical perspective. NEWSHOUR senior correspondents Gwen Ifill, Ray Suarez, Judy Woodruff and Margaret Warner will join Lehrer. Political analysis will be provided by New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith will add historical perspective; Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, will update viewers with the latest polling information.link .

PBS’ convention coverage, anchored by Jim Lehrer of THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER, will include extended uninterrupted coverage of podium activities and speeches; reporting from the floor of the convention; newsmaker interviews; political analysis and historical perspective. NEWSHOUR senior correspondents Gwen Ifill, Ray Suarez, Judy Woodruff and Margaret Warner will join Lehrer. Political analysis will be provided by New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith will add historical perspective; Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, will update viewers with the latest polling information.

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Hicksville, New York native’s breakthrough album The Stranger, WLIW New York presents the U.S. broadcast premiere of Billy Joel’s 1978 British concert debut - a live television performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test . During the appearance, the legendary singer/songwriter played a set of now-classic hits, including “Only the Good Die Young,” “Movin’ Out,” “She’s Always a Woman” and “Just the Way You Are,” which earned 1978 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Joel and his band also performed “New York State of Mind” and “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)” off 1976’s Turnstiles as well as Piano Man stomper “Ain’t No Crime.”

When Luciano Pavarotti died in September 2007, the world lost one of the greatest voices in all of music. In celebration of Pavarotti’s peerless vocal talent and extraordinary international impact, this performance documentary looks back over his legendary career, utilizing the arias with which he was most closely associated as a narrative framework. From his humble origins in Modena, Italy, “A Life in Seven Arias” follows “The King of the High C”’s meteoric rise, spanning his London debut in La Bohème , his triumph in La Fille du Régiment and his iconic rendition of “Nessun dorma.” In addition to a treasure trove of classic Pavarotti performances, also featured are new and archival interviews with many of the tenor’s friends and colleagues, including Dame Joan Sutherland, Plàcido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Juan Diego Floréz.

The MY MUSIC series presents an extra-special three-hour live event focusing on the hit-making artists from the second half of the 1960s. This treasure-trove of essential folk-rock, rhythm and blues and pop classics is co-hosted by Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas and the Smothers Brothers,
Tommy and Dick.

After a childhood of playing cantinas and honky tonks from Texas to Tennessee, Los Lonely Boys have rocked their way to the top of the American music industry, determined to fulfill their father’s long-held dream. This documentary feature film tells the story of three Mexican-American brothers from San Angelo, Texas, who create a unique sound that melds the core of the early San Angelo music scene of the 1950s and 60s into a signature style they call “Texican.”

Their only bankable movie star was the four-legged hero Rin Tin Tin. But in April 1923, four visionary brothers from Youngstown, Ohio, officially incorporated their new motion picture studio. By the end of the decade, Warner Bros. hit it big with the sound of The Jazz Singer , the gangster personas of Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, the kaleidoscopic escapism of Busby Berkeley and the lurid melodramas of taboo and defiance. Their films became a microcosm of America’s cultural values, mirroring — and challenging — the attitudes of the era in which they were produced. Directed by award-winning filmmaker and critic Richard Schickel and narrated by Clint Eastwood, “You Must Remember This” celebrates 85 years of the legacy and evolution of Warner Bros. Clips from literally hundreds of films; archival interviews; and on-camera discussions with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood and Sidney Lumet, among many others, illuminate this rich story — giving viewers the history of 20th-century America on the big screen.

What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? “Critical Condition” by Roger Weisberg (“Waging a Living,” P.O.V. 2006) puts a human face on the nation’s growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, even their lives. Filmed in vérité style, “Critical Condition” offers a moving and invaluable exposé at a time when the nation is debating how to extend health insurance to all Americans. A 30-minute follow-up program, Rx FOR CHANGE, completes the broadcast.