While known for cinema classics such as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Days of Wine and Roses” and the “Pink Panther” series, the iconic director, screenwriter, and producer Blake Edwards was also a sculptor and painter, loving husband, and devoted father.

American Masters “Blake Edwards A Love Story in 24 Frames” airs Tuesday, August 27 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV

Featuring never-before-seen archival video and stills, this documentary offers an exploration into the filmmaker’s complex life and genre-spanning career, as shared by filmmakers and family. Edwards’ story is further illuminated through interviews with devoted family members, fans and those who have worked with him, including wife Julie Andrews, children Jennifer and Geoffrey Edwards, Lesley Ann Warren (“Victor/Victoria”), Bo Derek , Rob Marshall, Rian Johnson and more.

Born in 1922, an artistically minded young Blake Edwards began his Hollywood career as an actor, but quickly pivoted to writing and directing. While Edwards redefined slapstick comedy through a lens that still resonates with today’s directors and actors, he was influential across many genres, including dramas, detective films, musicals and even Broadway theater productions. See how his life changed when he met Andrews and how their creative partnership informed films such as “10,” “S.O.B.” and “That’s Life!” Edwards is remembered fondly by those who knew him. Or as Andrews herself puts it, “I don’t think I ever met a man as charismatic, as wicked, as funny, as vulnerable, as angry at times, as adorable and sweet as Blake.”

Dive into the 1976 presidential race between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. 

 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election airs Saturday, August 24 at 4 p.m. on WXXI-TV

The documentary explores Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon, the anti-establishment sentiment surging through the country, Carter’s primary strategy in a crowded field, and the challenge to Ford by Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination. 

Using a combination of archival clips and interviews, the film examines this close race and discusses how the 1976 Presidential election was the last time in which the country wasn’t polarized in the manner it is today. The documentary features: historian and author Douglas Brinkley; political analyst Larry J. Sabato; journalist and political commentator Fred Barnes; Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski; and President Ford’s son, Jack Ford; among many others.

Follow the live, special coverage of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, co-anchored by News Hour’s Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett.

PBS News Democratic National Convention airs Monday, August 19 through Thursday, August 22 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on WXXI-TV. Special NPR coverage airs Monday through Thursday starting at 9 p.m. on WXXI News.

Follow the Democratic Convention to get coverage of the rally around Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, as the new Democratic nominees for President and Vice President of the United States.

At the convention, Democrats will come together to lay out the current values and goals of the Democratic Party with speeches from key members of the party including Harris and Waltz.