Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:00pm
Seabiscuit: American Experience
He was boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn’t completely straighten, a short straggly tail and an ungainly gait, but though he didn’t look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned Seabiscuit into a national hero. more info | more stories like this

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:30pm
Unconquered Seminoles
This award-winning program traces the history and identity of Florida's resilient Seminole tribe, one deeply rooted in a pattern of obstacle and challenge, survival and success. Three wars in the 1800s sought to remove the Seminoles from Florida, but they adapted to life in the Everglades and eventually thrived while still preserving their cultural traditions. more stories like this

Friday, November 27, 2009 at 10:00pm
Way of the Warrior
Why in the 20th Century did Native Americans join the U.S. military in percentages greater than any other group? This documentary uses personal stories to examine the warrior ethic in Indian Country and to try to answer that question with a tapestry of positive and negative themes - the warrior ethic, prejudice and stereotypes, forced assimilation, poverty, cultural pride, redemptive acts and healing.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:00pm
Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Celebrating North America's Steam Railways
This program visits 17 of North America’s most historic and scenic tourist steam railroads. It is a journey steeped in the history of a great land where steam trains provided raw power to blaze new trails and build the United States and Canada. The special also chronicles the efforts to preserve and restore the relics of the era of steam. Grammy award-winning musician and storyteller David Holt hosts. support this program | more stories like this

Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:00pm
Secrets of the Dead: The Killer Flu
This encore program follows scientists, led by Jeffrey Taubenberger, who have been seeking to learn where the 1918 flu virus came from and what made it so deadly. Using fragments of undamaged 1918 virus found in lung tissue of a flu victim, Taubenberger and his team set out to map the genes of the killer flu. The updated episode includes new material and interviews with Taubenberger on new findings. more info | more stories like this

Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 10:30pm
OnQ Christmas Stories: A Collection of Viewer Favorites
One festive episode featuring a local woman's handmade Christmas trees that are showing up in homes all over the region, a Dave Crawley visit to Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville for a holiday tour, a showcase of glittery ornate creche structures that are a Polish Christmas tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, and a retired pediatric surgeon who bakes rum and apricot brandy cakes for a good cause. more info | more stories like this

Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:00pm
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
With the words of Paul and other ancient writers, interviews with contemporary scholars and dramatic re-enactments, this two-part documentary explores how two men led one of history's most astonishing religious movements. more stories like this

Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 8:00pm
Friday, December 25, 2009 at 10:00pm
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
It's a holiday season from Rick Sebak and his jolly crew. When winter arrives, people of Pittsburgh have ways of coping with the gloom. It's a time of parties, shopping, celebrating, going to worship services, renewing friendships and jumping in the frozen river. We look at some of the things that make the end of the year and the start of the new one special times in Western Pennsylvania. more info | more stories like this

Monday, December 28, 2009 at 9:00pm
American Masters: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
The author of Little Women is an almost universally recognized name. Her reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster, reflecting the conventional propriety of late 19th-century Concord, is firmly established. However, raised among reformers, Transcendentalists and skeptics, Alcott was actually a free thinker with democratic ideals and progressive values about women - a worldly careerist. more info | more stories like this