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- Science documentaries about various topics.
- A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
- In the 1920s a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure.
- A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
- A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.
- The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
- As a boy, filmmaker James Cameron dreamed of a journey to the deepest part of the ocean. This film is the dramatic fulfillment of that dream.
- PBS NewsHour is an news show which shows news updates.
- ShortReckless Scientist, Louis Slotin, sacrifices his own life to save his colleagues during a criticality incident in 1946 Los Alamos involving a plutonium core known as The Demon Core.
- The life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks.
- Modern families time-travel to 1883 Montana for homesteading, learning hard work, community, and sacrifices. Back in 21st century, they reflect on past and present values.
- Uncover the complicated truth behind our sense of taste.
- Despite the minimal news coverage, sexual harassment and gender inequality against women are no less prevalent in science than they are in pop culture and corporate America.
- A foreign mouse comes to America and is amazed by its economic system. He goes to a mouse professor who explains how it works while they are being chased by Sylvester.
- Sylvester inherits a fortune while Elmer fights off the cat's greedy friends and teaches about the need to invest the money.
- 16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the Moon.
- The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
- The King of the Elves comes to help a failing shoemaker industrialize through the doctrine of industrial capitalism.
- The evolution of the modern naval warship, from the days of wooden vessels under sail to today's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines, and missile cruisers.
- A story of obsession, power, and discovery centering around a maverick neuroscientist, her doting pupil, and an alluring machine that could revolutionize brain science.
- How close are we to building a real HAL-9000 computer?
- Made with the intention of being an on-air "adult education" course, each epsiode of this program was an in-depth look at some aspect of American and world culture. Some of the featured subjects included documentaries, dramas of classic literature pieces, stage preformances and panel discussions. Later in the series, the focus was shifted toward showing the work of various professions that supposedly made the world a better place.
- The story behind the creation of the transistor, one of the 20th century's most important inventions.
- In 1980 SoHo, a printmaker grapples with a pressing deadline and the unexpected arrival of his five-year-old son.