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Mark Russell’s America

A newly produced retrospective, MARK RUSSELL’S AMERICA, pays tribute to his talent and legacy of laughter.

For three decades, humorist Mark Russell shared his insights on politics and society with public television audiences nationwide. A master of pointed one-liners and sharp-witted piano parodies, Russell remained an equal-opportunity quipster, lampooning events and newsmakers from all political persuasions. A newly produced retrospective, MARK RUSSELL’S AMERICA, pays tribute to his talent and legacy of laughter. The documentary features clips from some of Russell’s more than 100 public television specials (1975-2004). Presidential campaigns, congressional antics and defining moments from the Iran-Contra affair, the first Gulf War and the Monica Lewinski scandal provide ample comedic fodder for his poetic satire. Russell, in a present-day interview, provides context for his most memorable moments and offers humorous reminisces.

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Wednesday, December 12, 02:00 pm on 19.2
Wednesday, December 12, 08:00 pm on 19.2
Thursday, December 13, 02:00 am on 19.2
Thursday, December 13, 08:00 pm on 19.1 HD
Sunday, December 16, 05:00 pm on 19.2

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Electoral Dysfunction

Travel with political humorist Mo Rocca to see how voting works in America. Watch Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 8:30pm.

After discovering that the Constitution does not guarantee the right to vote, political humorist Mo Rocca sets out on an irreverent road trip to see how voting works in America. Rocca — a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning” and a panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” — heads to Indiana, home to some of the strictest election laws in the country, and meets one Republican and one Democrat who take him inside their efforts to get out every vote. As he progresses on his journey, he searches for the Electoral College; critiques ballot design with Todd Oldham; investigates the debate over voter ID and voter fraud; and explores the case of a former felon who was sentenced to 10 years in prison — for the crime of voting. Eye-opening, engaging and nonpartisan, ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION is for voters who want their votes to count.

Watch Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 8:30pm.

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Call the Midwife – New Series

Tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London’s East End in the 1950s. Watch Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 7pm.

This moving, intimate, funny and true-to-life series, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London’s East End in the 1950s. Jenny Lee, a young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside, has chosen to become a nurse and now, as a newly qualified midwife, has gone to work in the poorest area of the city. Attached to an order of nursing nuns at Nonnatus House, Jenny is part of a team of women who minister to expectant mothers, many of whom give birth at home in appalling conditions. Call the Midwife follows Jenny as she meets her patients and learns to love the people who live in the East End.

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In the spring of 1957, newly minted midwife Jenny Lee arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. After overcoming the initial shock that her new home, Nonnatus House, is a convent and not a private hospital, she quickly becomes immersed in her new life. Living with nuns and working in a community of colorful characters are different from anything Jenny has previously encountered. Through her, experience the sorrows and joys that come with being a midwife.

Watch Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 7pm.

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As Time Goes By Reunion Special

Revisit some of your favorite scenes from a classic British Comedy. Hosted by Moira Brooker (Judy) and Jenny Funnell (Sandy).

The new specials pick up some time after the original series left off and reveal Jean Pargetter’s (Dame Judi Dench) great anticipation for grandchildren, much to husband Lionel’s (Geoffrey Palmer) dismay. With son-in-law Alistair and daughter Judy having problems, things don’t look too promising. But will Jean’s dream of becoming a grandmother come true when Sandy and her husband Harry return from Canada?

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