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Binge on this landmark three-part series that follows the biggest archaeological dig at Pompeii for a generation.
Pompeii: The New Dig airs Saturday, November 9 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
The series follows the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79. It also imagines the horrors faced by resident as Vesuvius erupted.
Featuring an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including Michael Ball, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Friedman, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden and more.
Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary airs Wednesday, December 31 at 8 p.m. WXXI-TV
Beginning with their first collaboration on “Oklahoma!” in 1943, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II revolutionized Broadway by integrating music and dance with well-crafted storylines to create a cohesive new form of musical theater. With a string of blockbusters including “Carousel,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I,” “Flower Drum Song” and “The Sound of Music,” the duo garnered 34 Tony Awards along with 15 Academy Awards for their film adaptations. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary features an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including Michael Ball, Joanna Ampil, Lucy St. Louis, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Friedman, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Aaron Tveit, Marisha Wallace and Patrick Wilson, with additional surprise appearances by Rita Moreno and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Join country music superstar Mickey Guyton for a heartfelt Veterans Day celebration.
A Salute to Service 2024: A Veterans Day Celebration airs Friday, November 8 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
Join country music star Mickey Guyton for a heartfelt Veterans Day celebration honoring our nation’s heroes with inspiring military stories and performances by Craig Morgan, Christian McBride, Aubrey Logan, and the U.S. Army Field Band.
WXXI brings you live special coverage of the 2024 presidential and congressional elections with local updates from the local races.
Election Coverage airs Tuesday, November 5 starting at 7 p.m. on WXXI-TV and WXXI News.
PBS News VOTE 2024: Election Coverage, co-anchored by Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett, includes reporting from PBS News Hour Capitol Hill and Trump campaign correspondent Lisa Desjardins; White House and Harris campaign correspondent Laura Barrón-López from the Harris campaign headquarters; national correspondent William Brangham from the Trump campaign headquarters; national correspondent and PBS News Weekend anchor John Yang in Pennsylvania; correspondent and PBS News Hour West anchor Stephanie Sy in Arizona; correspondent Miles O’Brien in Georgia; senior correspondent Judy Woodruff; and several PBS station reporters in multiple states across the country. Analysis will be provided by editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report Amy Walter, Republican strategist Kevin Madden, Democratic strategist Faiz Shakir, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks. WXXI News will provide live breaks on WXXI-TV, giving updates on local races throughout the evening.
WXXI News will carry NPR’s Election coverage on WXXI-FM 105.9 and streaming on WXXINews.org. The WXXI news team will have updates on local and regional results and analysis throughout the evening, starting at 8pm, hosted by Evan Dawson who is joined by the rest of the WXXI election crew. WXXI reporters will also be out at the major political party headquarters on election night, and any significant speeches (both local and national) live air/stream live.
ASL Live Coverage: PBS NewsHour & DPAN will offer great coverage & great access! DPAN is partnering with PBS NewsHour to provide ASL interpretation of Election Night Coverage. Watch the live coverage on http://DPAN.tv, DPAN’s facebook page, or PBS NewsHour YouTube
Travel guru Rick Steves shares with you Iceland’s majestic landscapes and hardy culture.
Rick Steves’ Iceland airs Saturday, October 26 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
In Reykjavik, a world capital with a small-town feel, Rick tours the endearing sights, browses for sweaters, tastes fermented shark, learns Icelandic insights with a local, and then finally takes a dip in a thermal swimming pool.
Explore the making of San Francisco Opera’s “Girls of the Golden West,” which tells the turbulent story of the California Gold Rush.
Great Performances “Land of Gold” airs Friday, November 1 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
With the opera’s title referencing Puccini’s 1910 romantic opera “The Girl of the Golden West,” Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams and famed director Peter Sellars’ opera tells a harsher and more complex story through the letters of writer Louise Clappe who lived in a miners’ settlement in 1850. Spotlighting the behind-the-scenes action during the opera’s rehearsal process, the documentary highlights the creative process as actors and creative team grapple with the historical significance of the material and bringing it to the stage. Two stories are told: One on stage in the present day, and one in the past through the opera. Soprano Julia Bullock stars in the opera as Louise Clappe with mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges as Josefa Segovia, two women among the many men caught up in the quest for wealth in the lawless mountains.
An international cast joins the New York Philharmonic for the American premiere of “Émigré,” a semi-staged oratorio that tells an unusual story of Jewish refugees during World War II.
Great Performances “Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Philharmonic” airs Friday, October 25 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
Following the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938, to escape the looming Nazi threat, two brothers are sent halfway around the world to Shanghai. Otto cherishes his heritage, while Josef seeks a new path, and falls in love with Lina, a Chinese woman recovering from the loss of her mother in the Nanjing Massacre.
A sweeping tale of love and loss, “Émigré” is set to music by film and concert composer Aaron Zigman with lyrics by Grammy-winning librettist Mark Campbell and additional lyrics by Brock Walsh. Long Yu conducts this New York Philharmonic co-commission with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Cast members • Credit: Chris Lee
A heart-wrenching story of parental love and unspeakable sacrifice.
Letters From Brno airs Monday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI app.
The powerful story of parental love and unspeakable sacrifice during the Holocaust. In an expansive 45-year search for clues to her mother’s hidden past, a daughter uncovers the tragic fate of her grandparents through their letters written during the brutal Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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