CELEBRATING 53 YEARS OF FASCINATING SCIENCE PROGRAMMING

This week NOVA premieres its 53rd season with the fascinating question: what if we've been looking at asteroids all wrong? PLUS: return to the charming English village of Midsomer - if you dare!

ELEPHANTS, UFOs & CLASSIC FRENCH CINEMA

This week on LPB, enjoy an all-new episode of NATURE that explores "Super Tuskers," majestic male elephants that live in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. Plus a return of LPB Presents: Cinéma Français.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS YOUR DRAMA DESTINATION

Check out this week's newsletter to learn more about all new season premieres for Miss Scarlet and All Creatures Great and Small from MASTERPIECE, plus the all-new British mystery series Bookish from creator Mark Gatiss. PLUS - Binge all three with LPB PASSPORT. 

CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH A CLASSIC

In GREAT PERFORMANCES: FROM VIENNA - THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION 2026, the famed Vienna Philharmonic rings in the New Year with its annual concert from Vienna's Musikverein conducted for the first time by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with performances by the Vienna State Ballet and location segments hosted by Hugh Bonneville.

EXPLORE CHRISTMAS AT HOME AND ABROAD

The LPB tradition continues with AN EVENING AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION FEATURING MARC BROUSSARD. Hosted by Governor Jeff Landry and First Lady Sharon Landry, this memorable program is a musical gift to Louisiana. 

THE EVOLUTION FROM STREET ARTIST TO ICON

Join us for the LPB premiere of this intimate and visually stunning documentary on the remarkable self-taught artist James Michalopoulos — a visionary whose bold expressionistic work has come to embody the heartbeat and spirit of New Orleans. 

BAYOU STATE SPARKLE! THE HOLIDAYS SHINE BRIGHT IN LOUISIANA!

From Candy Cane Lane in Calhoun to the twinkling lights of New Orleans and the Christmas Eve Bonfires along the Great River Road, Louisiana shines with holiday traditions found nowhere else.  LPB explores the sights, sounds, and stories that make the holidays in our state so uniquely joyful.

MUSIC, ART & HISTORY: SHARING LOUISIANA STORIES

From music, to documentaries that paint portraits, to a celebration of independent film in our state, there is a lot of Louisiana to love this week on LPB. Start with GEORGE BELL & FRIENDS: HOLIDAY JAZZ, a concert fill with soulful interpretations of beloved carols to lively jazz arrangements filled with Louisiana flair. 

CHEERS TO ANOTHER SEASON OF THIS MASTERPIECE FAVORITE

Check out this week's LPB Newsletter for lots of news about fan-favorite ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. From an all-new special, to the season premiere, and beyond, we've got good news for fans of this wholesome series from MASTERPIECE. 

THE REVOLUTION REVELATION: DO LOUISIANA & GALVEZ SHOW UP?

This epic six-part series continues through Friday at 7:00pm on LPB. But do Louisiana and Spanish Governor Bernardo de Gálvez get a mention? We dive in to the local history in this week's newsletter.

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS

This expansive, six-part, twelve-hour long docuseries from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns begins on Sunday. Read more about the series and learn about a special FREE premiere event that you are invited to at Louisiana's Old State Capitol. 

SEASON FINALES ON MASTERPIECE - PLUS: WHAT'S NEXT!

Tune in for the season finales of Maigret and The Gold on MASTERPIECE this Sunday on LPB. Stream both series and so much more anytime with LPB PASSPORT - an extended streaming benefit of membership to Friends of LPB. 

Want to learn more about the finales, LPB PASSPORT, or what's coming next for MASTERPIECE? Click the link below!

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: KOOKY & SPOOKY

Celebrate Halloween with thrilling and chilling finds, like a rag doll nicknamed “Chucky,” a nightmarish Leonora Carrington painting, a folk art painting of a girl and her cat, and an eye-catching "Bride of Frankenstein" pressbook. Which macabre and magnificent treasure is $250,000- $350,000? Watch Monday at 7pm to find out!

NATURE - WALRUS: LIFE ON THIN ICE

From the concrete jungle of New York City to the tropical jungles in Costa Rica, witness never-before-seen animal behavior in a new season of television’s premiere natural history series Nature. In the Season 44 premiere, you'll head to the Arctic seas between Alaska and Russia, home to about 250,000 walruses. 

AMERICAN MASTERS - MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE

This documentary takes a closer look at Marlee Matlin’s life as a groundbreaking performer, whose meteoric and tumultuous rise to fame started in 1987 when she became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her role in Children of a Lesser God. At the age of twenty-one, Matlin was thrust into the national spotlight, becoming for many Americans the first Deaf person they saw on TV and overnight becoming the de-facto representative of the Deaf community.

From the LPB Vault: Uncle Earl - Louisiana's Colorful Governor

As part of LPB’s yearlong 50th Anniversary celebration, we’re opening our archives to feature Uncle Earl, an LPB original documentary on Earl K. Long, one of Louisiana’s most colorful and controversial governors—and the only sitting governor ever committed to a mental institution, not once, but twice. With rare archival footage and interviews from family, colleagues, and historians, this LPB production captures a colorful and complex chapter of Louisiana’s political history. Don’t miss this special vault broadcast, celebrating five decades of LPB storytelling.

An Evening of Louisiana History

LPB invites you to an evening celebrating two of Louisiana's most iconic stories as part of our year-long 50th Anniversary celebration.