Frontline: Wiki Secrets
In spring 2010, more than half a million classified U.S. documents were leaked through Julian Assange’s website WikiLeaks, allegedly passed to him by Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning. Correspondent Martin Smith speaks with Assange, Manning’s father, and others, generating insights into the case as well as into the government’s larger battle to preserve national-security information. Tuesday, May 24, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Independent Lens: Welcome to Shelbyville
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Shelbyville, Tenn., is a small town not far from the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan. This documentary focuses on the challenges that the community faced in 2008, as longtime white and African-American residents struggled to integrate a growing Latino population and a rapid influx of Somali refugees. Tuesday, May 24, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings
The Oprah Winfrey Show
After almost 25 years on the air, a daytime institution broadcasts its final show—besides reruns. The episodes that will air on May 23 and 24, before Wednesday’s finale, are scheduled to be filmed at Chicago’s United Center and loaded with surprise celebrity guests. The last show itself is expected to be a look back at the series’s most memorable moments. Wednesday, May 25; check local listings for time and channel
How to Die in Oregon
Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, this affecting documentary explores Oregon’s controversial Death With Dignity Act, which permits physician-assisted suicide. Among the powerful stories it follows: a woman with liver cancer who chooses the date of her own death; an activist campaigning for a similar law in Washington state; and a man who is outraged when the state initially denies him health care for his cancer and offers doctor-assisted suicide instead. Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m., HBO
4th and Forever
Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California has produced more NFL players than any other school in the country, but the school’s football team is struggling to rebound from its worst season in 15 years when this new docuseries begins. The series highlights how the team symbolizes hope in a community riddled with poverty and crime, and how it provides players an opportunity for a better life. Thursday, May 26, at 9 p.m., Current TV
Other highlights
Craft in America
A new installment of the Peabody Award–winning series spotlights a Wisconsin glass artist and a New Mexico sculptor who creates traditional religious figures. Tuesday, May 24, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
Program segments include a profile of longtime Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker and a report on the use of smokeless tobacco in the major leagues. Friday, May 27, at 7 p.m., HBO
National Memorial Day Concert
Actors Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna host a musical salute to America’s military featuring the National Symphony Orchestra. Sunday, May 29, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings
