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Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. actress Melissa McCarthy while taping Finding Your Roots. (Courtesy of McGee Media)

The politics of "Finding Your Roots"

Melanie McFarland
(PBS/BBC America)

Fat bears, smart mollusks, and "Nature"

Melanie McFarland
Laura Carmichael stars as Lady Hexham, Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham and Michelle Dockery stars as Lady Mary Talbot in DOWNTON ABBEY, a Focus Features release. (Liam Daniel / © 2019 Focus Features, LLC)

"Downton Abbey": A fan service folly

Melanie McFarland
Dwight Yoakam signs Martin D-28 guitar. Yoakam is among the 76 of the 101 country music artists interviewed for the series who signed two Martin D-28 guitars. (Jared Ames)

Think you don't like country music?

Melanie McFarland
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The two-year FRONTLINE investigation "Flint's Deadly Water" uncovers the extent of a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis — and how officials failed to stop it. (PBS/ Frontline)

"Flint's Deadly Water": Our "Chernobyl"

Melanie McFarland
Pat Buchanan, 2008 (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Nobody needs "The McLaughlin Group" now

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/Alex Wong)

El Paso mayor: Trump called me a "RINO"

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Billy Gardell as Bob and Folake Olowofoyeku as Abishola in "Bob Hearts Abishola" (Sonja Flemming/CBS)

Smart Watch: 12 new looks for fall

Melanie McFarland
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In Charleston, South Carolina, "This Old House" follows the renovation of a "Single House" already under way. (Courtesy of ©Kevin O'Connor)

Why "This Old House" is built to last

Ashlie D. Stevens
Idris Elba as DCI John Luther in "Luther" (Des Willie/BBCAmerica)

6 shows worth watching in June

Melanie McFarland
The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. Josh O'Connor as Marius and Ellie Bamber as Cosette in "Les Misérables on Masterpiece." (Getty/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Courtesy of BBC/Robert Viglasky)

Watching "Les Mis" as Notre Dame burned

Melanie McFarland
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Early African American homesteading family, standing outside home in Nicodemus Historic District, Kansas. (Courtesy of McGee Media/Courtesy of Library of Congress/Salon)

"Terror became part of the mythology"

Melanie McFarland
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Veep" (Colleen Hayes/HBO)

"Veep": Satire feels all too real now

Melanie McFarland
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Getty/Frederick M. Brown)

America's story: In Search of Our Roots

Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Steve Zahn in "Valley of the Boom" (National Geographic/Bettina Strauss)

Smart Watch: "Valley of the Boom"

Melanie McFarland
Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski in "The Handmaid's Tale" (George Kraychyk)

2018's biggest TV disappointments

Melanie McFarland
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Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" (Diyah Pera/Netflix)

Smart Watch: Sabrina's adventures thrill

Erin Keane
Wil Wheaton (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Let's go to the library with Wil Wheaton

Melanie McFarland
Christiane Amanpour

Face to face with Christiane Amanpour

Melanie McFarland
Marcus Samuelsson (AP/Mark Von Holden)

In search of real American cuisine

D. Watkins
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Roxane Gay (PBS)

"Breaking Big" corrects self-made myths

Melanie McFarland
Fred Rogers with Francois Scarborough Clemmons from his show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the film, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (John Beale)

Why Mister Rogers was actually a badass

Mary Elizabeth Williams
United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta organizing marchers on the 2nd day of March Coachella in Coachella, CA 1969. (George Ballis/Take Stock/The Image Works)

Dolores: Portrait of marching for change

Melanie McFarland
Oscar Zeta Acosta, 1970. (Courtesy of Raul Ruiz)

Hear the real Dr. Gonzo roar

Timothy Denevi
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