UPCOMING EPISODES

Luke Perry: In His Own Words explores the career of the ultimate teen idol through his own reflections on a life of influence, legacy, tabloid romances and personal tragedy. Plus, inspirational reflections from his closest friends and co-stars go beyond the legend of “Dylan McKay” to reveal a generous soul with charisma to burn.

Among the most enduring TV sitcoms of all time, “Bewitched” remains beloved nearly sixty years after its debut. The series lead, Elizabeth Montgomery, was a complex, strong-willed woman whose life and career became an ongoing quest for love and recognition she never received from her movie star father. Bewitched became one of television’s biggest hits during the turbulent 1960s, a time that was symbolic of the series’ behind-the-scenes turmoil. Bewitched’s magic became an escape from the era’s political assassinations, race riots, and counterculture. In the midst of it all, Elizabeth received death threats for protesting the Vietnam War, having “two Darrins” became controversial and threw the show into turmoil, and rumored on-set affairs threatened to derail ABC’s cash cow. Following Bewitched, Elizabeth unexpectedly received another wave of fame, becoming the small screen’s first “Queen of the TV-Movies” with groundbreaking films like A Case of Rape and The Legend of Lizzie Borden. She eventually marries a fourth and final time, to actor Robert Foxworth, and dies too soon at only 62, from colon cancer. But like Lucille Ball before her, Elizabeth becomes an influential Hollywood female powerhouse, a trailblazer who continues to bewitch millions of TV viewers around the world.

The Disney name exploded into American pop culture courtesy of a scrappy cartoon mouse and wound-up captivating the entire planet for decades. Walt Disney created the happiest place on earth, but his life was far from a fairytale. Employee strikes, financial hardships and devastating personal tragedies threatened Walt’s empire, but his passion to conquer the seemingly impossible and provide audiences, visitors and dreamers with countless escapes from everyday life was unshakeable. Former Imagineer Bob Gurr, Disney Historian Michael Bowling, Former Mouseketeer Cubby O’Brien and more provide fresh insight into the man who made dreams come true.

Lucille Ball didn’t just make millions of people laugh uproariously. She blazed a whole new path for women in the entertainment industry that still resonates today. Her bravery and willingness to try absolutely anything to elicit a chuckle changed the rules of television. Comediennes Carol Burnett, Lily Tomlin, Debra Messing and Suzanne Somers reveal to us how they were uniquely inspired by Lucy’s comic genius. But simply being funny was never enough for her. The shrewd, enterprising redhead—whose drama-filled personal life was constantly at odds with her public persona—struggled against a system created by men, all the while cementing her legacy by building an entertainment empire that would transform Hollywood as we know it.

During seven years of cheesecake, slut-shaming and massive laughs, The Golden Girls was TV’s unlikeliest smash hit. Pairing three beyond-seasoned TV pros and one small-screen newbie with impeccable writing resulted in a sitcom that was as progressive as it was hilarious. Still, the very real drama behind the camera was worthy of its very own studio audience, and only now—with the show enjoying a major pop-culture revival—are we learning just how daunting the ride really was.

101 heart-stopping close shaves, averted disasters and brushes with danger feature in this one hour special narrated by Shane Richie. Counting up from 1 to 101 we’ll see Near Misses everywhere, from on the road, in the sea, up in the air, and witness everyday people who came close to coming a cropper by just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. We’ll hurtle through near misses in the workplace, including some window cleaners who were left dangling in mid-air hundreds of feet up as their cradle wire snaps.

At the height of their fame, groundbreaking magicians Siegfried & Roy were the highest-paid entertainers in Las Vegas history, globally renowned for blending magic with their astonishing killer-cat interactions. Millions of tickets were sold, billions of dollars were made, and tiger mania swept the nation. But life in the ultra-exotic world of Siegfried & Roy may not have always been what it seemed, as the magicians lived by the art of illusion off stage as well—painstakingly crafting myths about their relationships with their tigers and even with each other. Then after building that empire based on smoke, mirrors and giant cats, Siegfried & Roy’s longstanding world of illusions was destroyed by one fateful onstage encounter with an angry tiger in front of a sold-out audience. That horrifying act of violence shocked the world, unleashed a torrent of wild conspiracy theories, and forever redefined the magicians’ legacy.