TV Schedule for PBS SoCal2 (KOCE-TV2) Huntington Beach, CA

Great Performances Audra McDonald at the London Palladium

Audra McDonald performs a repertoire of classic Broadway songs including "I Am What I Am," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Will He Like Me?" and "Summertime."

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Sterling K. Brown, Natasha Rothwell, Kathryn Hahn, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton.

Great Performances The Magic of Grace Bumbry

How Black Missouri native Grace Bumbry became the toast of the 1960s international opera scene, a rise that began in an era of 1950s racism.

Great Performances The Magic of Spirituals

The behind-the-scenes story of Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's concert of spirituals at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990.

Great Performances Purlie Victorious

Leslie Odom Jr. portrays a Black preacher who schemes to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner.

Great Performances Audra McDonald at the London Palladium

Audra McDonald performs a repertoire of classic Broadway songs including "I Am What I Am," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Will He Like Me?" and "Summertime."

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Sterling K. Brown, Natasha Rothwell, Kathryn Hahn, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton.

Great Performances The Magic of Grace Bumbry

How Black Missouri native Grace Bumbry became the toast of the 1960s international opera scene, a rise that began in an era of 1950s racism.

Great Performances The Magic of Spirituals

The behind-the-scenes story of Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's concert of spirituals at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990.

Great Performances Purlie Victorious

Leslie Odom Jr. portrays a Black preacher who schemes to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner.

NOVA Mammal Origins

Exploring the origins of mammals, long before the age of dinosaurs, and how early ancestors survived global catastrophes and defied extinction to evolve into the vast array of mammals we know today.

Secrets of the Dead The Herculaneum Scrolls

Computer scientist Brent Seales attempts to read inside hundreds of carbonized ancient scrolls found at the archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy.

Secrets of the Dead Egypt's Darkest Hour

Archaeologists examine a rare mass grave from the collapse of ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom, a time when political infighting and a changing climate brought down a dynasty.

Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra's Last Temple

A French explorer makes an unprecedented discovery in Alexandria's harbor that could reveal new information about Cleopatra's reign and her connection with the goddess Isis.

Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo

Three-D scanning is used to explore the Great Pyramid of Giza and the first pyramid ever built, a hidden Russian fortress and a well deep in the rock below the Arabic citadel of Saladin.

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Family Harmonies

Exploring the family trees of musicians Lizzo and Flea.

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine Episode 3

To survive economic disaster, Blacks rely on informal economies, grassroots organizations and cultural innovations to dismantle the realities of Jim Crow.

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine Episode 4

How Black political and cultural movements, including Black Power and Black Twitter, provide a safe space to debate, organize and celebrate.

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History The Grand Alliance

Tracing the 1960s "Grand Alliance" of Black and Jewish communities in the fight for civil rights, highlighting activism, collaboration and the tensions that tested their solidarity.

My Grandparents' War Kit Harington

Kit Harington digs into his grandparents' experiences during World War II.

My Grandparents' War Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley embarks on a journey of discovery to explore her grandparents' wartime stories.

My Grandparents' War Emeli Sandé

Award-winning musician Emeli Sandé explores her grandparents' war stories which span World War II, the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya and the fight for independence in Zambia.