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This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Micheline Maynard
Next air time: Saturday, February 13th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.

On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry Paulson
Next air time: Saturday, February 13th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

After Words: Garry Wills, "Bomb Power" interviewed by Tom Blanton
Next air time: Saturday, February 13th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda
Michael Steele
Next air time: Sunday, February 14th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Yalta: The Price of Peace
S.M. Plokhy
Next air time: Sunday, February 14th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.

The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons from Nixon to Obama
Len Colodny; Tom Shachtman
Next air time: Monday, February 15th, at 1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 25 min.

Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
Next air time: Saturday, February 13th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.

Panel on the American Presidency with Gary May, "John Tyler," William Leuchtenburg, "Herbert Hoover," and Timothy Naftali, "George H.W. Bush"
William Leuchtenburg; Gary May; Timothy Naftali
Next air time: Monday, February 15th, at 4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.

What Obama Means for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future
Jabari Asim
Next air time: Monday, February 15th, at 12:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 33 min.

The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger
Next air time: Tuesday, February 16th, at 7am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, February 13th

8am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
Danielle Ofri

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 58 min.
In Depth: Paul Johnson

12pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Miami Book Fair: Gwen Ifill, "The Break-Through"
Gwen Ifill

1pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
The Great Depression: A Diary
James Ledbetter; Daniel Roth

3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution 1980-1989
Steven Hayward

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Darwin's Universe: Evolution from A to Z
Richard Milner

6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Encore Booknotes: "PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine"
Sally Satel

7pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Micheline Maynard

8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry Paulson

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Garry Wills, "Bomb Power" interviewed by Tom Blanton

11pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
Danielle Ofri

Sunday, February 14th

1am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
Barry Lynn

2am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Micheline Maynard

2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Reappraising the Right: The Past & Future of American Conservatism
George Nash

4am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Miami Book Fair: Gwen Ifill, "The Break-Through"
Gwen Ifill

5am (ET)
Approx. 40 min.
Redcoats' Revenge: An Alternate History of the War of 1812
David Fitz-Enz

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Darwin's Universe: Evolution from A to Z
Richard Milner

7:15am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin

8am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose - Doing Business By Respecting the Earth
Ray Anderson

9am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
Barry Lynn

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry Paulson

11am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
Ethan Watters

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Joseph Stiglitz, "Freefall" interviewed by Lori Wallach

1pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda
Michael Steele

2pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Micheline Maynard

2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
Ending the War in Afghanistan: A Primer
Phyllis Bennis

4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin

5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry Paulson

6pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
2009 Miami Book Fair: Norman Podhoretz, "Why Are Jews Liberals?"
Norman Podhoretz

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.
Yalta: The Price of Peace
S.M. Plokhy

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Garry Wills, "Bomb Power" interviewed by Tom Blanton

11pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda
Michael Steele

Monday, February 15th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Garry Wills, "Bomb Power" interviewed by Tom Blanton

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 25 min.
The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons from Nixon to Obama
Len Colodny; Tom Shachtman

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Garry Wills, "Bomb Power" interviewed by Tom Blanton

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.
Yalta: The Price of Peace
S.M. Plokhy

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
Ending the War in Afghanistan: A Primer
Phyllis Bennis

7am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda
Michael Steele

8:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
H.W. Brands

9:45am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemmings Sex Scandal
William Hyland Jr.

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar

11:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Panel of Speakers

12:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 33 min.
What Obama Means for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future
Jabari Asim

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
1960 LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
David Pietrusza

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 18 min.
Tell Me of Lincoln: Memories of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and Life in Old New York
William Styple

4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
Panel on the American Presidency with Gary May, "John Tyler," William Leuchtenburg, "Herbert Hoover," and Timothy Naftali, "George H.W. Bush"
William Leuchtenburg; Gary May; Timothy Naftali

6pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemmings Sex Scandal
William Hyland Jr.

6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
Robert Dallek, author of "Harry S. Truman" and James Mann, author of "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan"
Robert Dallek; James Mann

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 33 min.
What Obama Means for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future
Jabari Asim

10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Craig Shirley

11pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
Matthew Algeo

Tuesday, February 16th

12am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Mark Halperin; John Heilemann

1am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
1960 LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
David Pietrusza

2am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 25 min.
The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons from Nixon to Obama
Len Colodny; Tom Shachtman

4:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
Robert Dallek, author of "Harry S. Truman" and James Mann, author of "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan"
Robert Dallek; James Mann

5:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
John Adams by David McCullough
David McCullough

7am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger

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