FRONTLINE Announces Fall Season on PBS

[Robbien]

Source: PRNewswire



"Cheney's Law," season premiere Oct. 16

Preview video (with embed code) can be seen now at

http://www.pbs.org/frontline/cheney

FRONTLINE looks at Vice President Dick Cheney's 30-year quest to expand the power of the presidency during wartime. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, as the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys, veteran FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk meticulously traces the behind-closed- doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.

"Showdown With Iran," airs Oct. 23

Preview video can be seen now at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/showdown As Iraq descends into chaos and civil war, FRONTLINE producer Greg Barker examines the rise of its neighbor-Iran-as one of America's greatest threats and most puzzling foreign policy challenges.

"The Undertaking," airs Oct. 30

Preview video can be seen now at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/undertaking FRONTLINE producers Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor enter the world of Thomas Lynch, a poet and undertaker whose family has cared for the dead — and the living — in a small Michigan town for three generations.

FRONTLINE/World "Extraordinary Rendition," season premieres Nov. 6 FRONTLINE's international news magazine series leads its premiere with an investigation into the CIA's controversial practice of kidnapping terror suspects for interrogation in a report by FRONTLINE/World correspondent Stephen Grey, author of "Ghost Plane."

"On Our Watch," airs Nov. 30

FRONTLINE asks why the genocide in Darfur was allowed to unfold. As governments fail to act and private citizens and celebrities work to raise awareness of the carnage, FRONTLINE producer Neil Docherty profiles some the activists, including actress Mia Farrow, as she travels through the refugee camps to chronicle the human cost of the world's failure in the face of evil.

more info at

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld

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[TwilightGardener]

1. Good stuff there. God Bless PBS.

[truebrit71]

2. Agreed!!

Looks like there's going to be some interesting stuff to watch...

[bdamomma]

3. this Cheney Frontline should be good

maybe after we can get him impeached. all calls to your reps should be in order.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Yay! New Frontline! Without doubt, Frontline does the very best

investigative reporting. I am really looking forward to the new season.

[Felix Mala]

5. I'm looking forward to their report on whether Bush's Splurge is working...

[aquart]

7. "Splurge"! I like it! Yours?

[physioex]

6. Forntline watcher...

It's has always been one of my most favorite shows. I can hardly wait.