FRONTLINE Announces Fall Season on PBS

FRONTLINE Announces Fall Season on PBS

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BOSTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- FRONTLINE, PBS's prime-time public affairs series, launches its fall season Oct. 16 with programs that take a hard look at executive power of the presidency, the rise of Iran, how Americans deal with grief and death, the heroes of Darfur, and as part of FRONTLINE's international news magazine series, FRONTLINE/World, the horrors of rendition. The Fall Preview Video can be seen now at http://www.pbs.org/frontline. After broadcast, every FRONTLINE program is available to view online for free.

   "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.

About FRONTLINE/World

Developed by the producers of FRONTLINE, FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures rarely seen on American television. Each episode of FRONTLINE/World features two or three "short stories" told by a diverse group of reporters and video journalists. Online at http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld.

Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of public television viewers. Major funding for FRONTLINE and FRONTLINE/World is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the Park Foundation. Major funding for FRONTLINE/World is provided by Shell, the Skoll Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. The executive producer for FRONTLINE and FRONTLINE/World is David Fanning.

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