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

Great Performances at the Met Romeo et Juliette

Soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim portray the star-crossed lovers in Gounod's Shakespeare adaptation, which also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt.

Great Performances Hamlet

A present-day take on Shakespeare's "Hamlet" features Ato Blankson-Wood in the title role and Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia.

Great Performances at the Met Romeo et Juliette

Soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim portray the star-crossed lovers in Gounod's Shakespeare adaptation, which also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt.

This Old House Essex County Colonial: Vintage Charms

Restoring an old clawfoot tub; installing kitchen cabinets; saving and cleaning 100-year-old original door hardware.

Ask This Old House BBQ Smoker; Picking Out a Tree

Restoring a rusty BBQ smoker with high-heat paint; how to choose a tree from a nursery and plant it.

The Invisible Shield The Old Playbook

The public health system has doubled life expectancy, but now the public health sector must revisit the past to create solutions.

The Invisible Shield Follow the Data

Increasing understanding and mitigating the spread of disease, data collection has been an essential public health tool for centuries.

Nature The Pigeon Hustle

How pigeons overcome the challenges of city life and thrive alongside people in London and New York.

NOVA Evolution: The Mating Game

How the rise of sexual reproduction fuels diversity, pushing life to specialize and shaping everything from tiny single-celled organisms to towering ostriches.

Secrets of the Dead Saving Tangier Island

Rising sea levels threaten tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia.

Coyote Crossing

Residents and coyotes learn to coexist in the urban landscape.

Changing Planet River Restoration

The largest river restoration project in U.S. history aims to bring life back to a sacred river in northern California.

Changing Planet Coral Special

A visit to the Maldives focuses on coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change.

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

Exploring the ancestry of chefs José Andrés and Sean Sherman.

American Experience Victory in the Pacific

The Pacific campaign of the Battle of Okinawa involves an amphibious invasion of great scale.

WWII Megaweapons Battleship Yamato

Japan builds the Yamato -- the biggest battleship in the world.

I Lied About My Age: A Marine in World War II

Frank Wright serves as a U.S. Marine in World War II and sees combat on Guam and Iwo Jima; narrator Rob Morrow.

The Seabees on Iwo Jima

The U.S. Naval Construction Battalions of World War II -- the "Seabees" -- were best known for building runways out of jungles on the coral islands in the Pacific.

1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines

The 1st Marine Division defeats Japanese forces on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942.