Our featured programs this week include issues of serious illnesses, criminal investigation, and a dying river brought back to life. On the heels of Bad Blood, which aired recently, KMOS brings you an intriguing look at American history, from 1619 through post-Civil War Reconstruction in Slavery and the Making of America. Don't miss KMOS Live, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., during which your questions about the Digital Conversion will be answered.

This Week's Highlight

Slavery and the Making of America

Fridays at 9 p.m.
This groundbreaking series chronicles the institution of American slavery from its origins in 1619 - when English settlers in Virginia purchased 20 Africans from Dutch traders - through the arrival of the first 11 slaves in the northern colonies (in Dutch New Amsterdam), the American Revolution, the Civil War, the adoption of the 13th Amendment and Reconstruction.

More Great Features

P.O.V. - Critical Condition

Tuesday, September 30 at 8 p.m.
This program captures the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, even their lives

Secrets of the Dead: Executed in Error

Wednesday, October 1 at 7 p.m.

In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged for poisoning and dismembering his wife after he attempted to flee the country with his young lover. Investigators have now found that the human remains discovered in Crippen's cellar were not those of his wife. Their further DNA work poses uncomfortable questions about the police and prosecutors who claimed to have solved the crime of the century.

P.O.V.- In the Family

Wednesday, October 1 at 9 p.m.
When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. In the Family documents Rudnick's efforts to reach out to other women while facing her deepest fears.

The Return of the Cuyahoga

Thursday, October 2 at 9 p.m.
On June 22, 1969, the polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire. The river didn't burn just in Cleveland-- it burned in the nation's imagination. The fire started a chain of events that hasn't stopped yet, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Earth Day, and the creation of environmental protection agencies at the federal and state levels.


HD Offerings on Channel 6.1
Lidia's Italy

Saturdays at 4:30 p.m.
In her new series, Lidia journeys throughout Italy to sample and prepare local specialties from Rome, Naples, Padua, Sicily, Trieste and Istria. Back in her kitchen in the United States, the warm and engaging host demonstrates two or three recipes she encountered during her travels.

Masterpiece Contemporary: The Last Enemy

Sundays at 8 p.m. and Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Written by Peter Berry (Prime Suspect 6), this fast-paced, five-part thriller starring Robert Carlyle, Benedict Cumberbatch and Anamaria Marinca, looks at the transformative powers of technology. An expatriate mathematician returns to England to find the nation transformed into a hyper-paranoid surveillance society, plagued by terrorists, fugitives and spies.

Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska

Saturdays at 5 p.m
Wanda Urbanska has looked at life from both sides: the hectic big- city rat race and the simpler small-town life. In each episode of Simple Living, Wanda offers solutions to help viewers make thoughtful choices about a cluster of related issues from managing money and time, reducing personal waste, building community, buying locally, and taking celebrations back from the grip of consumerism.

Spain. . . On the Road Again
Saturdays at 6 p.m.
This personality-driven, "real-life reality show" is a fun and spontaneous showcase of the pleasures of Spain, along with the hazards of male-female relationships, amusing road-trip incidents, and the country's art, history, culture and music.