Rock Legends

Saturday, November 9

Phil Collins

Season 2 • Episode 9

Music videos and insights from music critics and journalists tell the story of Phil Collins.

Saturday, November 9

The Carpenters

Season 6 • Episode 12

Music critics discuss the career of the brother-sister duo, The Carpenters.

Saturday, November 9

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Season 2 • Episode 16

Music critics discuss the band's career; featuring classic music videos.

Saturday, November 9

Women Who Rock

Season 11 • Episode 9

A look at female artists in the 60s, from Grace Slick to Janis Joplin, who performed rock'n'roll.

Sunday, November 10

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Season 6 • Episode 15

Music critics discuss Creedence Clearwater Revival's career.

Sunday, November 10

The Doors

Season 6 • Episode 14

Music critics discuss the career of The Doors.

Sunday, November 10

The Who

Season 6 • Episode 17

Music critics discuss the career of The Who.

Sunday, November 10

U2

Season 2 • Episode 15

Music critics discuss the band's career; featuring classic music videos.

Sunday, November 10

Honky Tonk

Sunday, November 10

27 Club

Monday, November 11

Grateful Dead

Season 7 • Episode 2

Music critics discuss Grateful Dead's career.

Monday, November 11

The Police

Season 7 • Episode 5

Leading music critics discuss the Police's career.

Monday, November 11

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Season 6 • Episode 15

Music critics discuss Creedence Clearwater Revival's career.

Monday, November 11

Songwriters Behind the Big Names

Monday, November 11

Songs for the People

Season 12 • Episode 8

Protest songs are written using traditional folk, hillbilly and bluegrass traditions.

Tuesday, November 12

Songwriters Behind the Big Names

Tuesday, November 12

Earth, Wind & Fire

Season 7 • Episode 7

Leading music critics discuss Earth, Wind & Fire's career.

Tuesday, November 12

Otis Redding

Season 7 • Episode 10

The life and career of Otis Redding.

Tuesday, November 12

Santana

Season 7 • Episode 9

Music critics discuss Santana's career.

Tuesday, November 12

Yacht Rock

Learning about one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

Tuesday, November 12

Neil Young

Season 6 • Episode 10

Music critics discuss Neil Young's career.

Wednesday, November 13

Yacht Rock

Learning about one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

Wednesday, November 13

Allman Brothers

Season 8 • Episode 1

The Allman Brothers Band combines deeply Southern strains of music with boisterous rock 'n' roll.

Wednesday, November 13

Aretha Franklin

Season 8 • Episode 12

"Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin is known for hits such as "Respect" and "Freeway of Love."

Wednesday, November 13

Cream

Season 8 • Episode 3

Fronted by Eric Clapton, power trio Cream plays a mix of blues, rock and psychedelia.

Wednesday, November 13

Guitar Legends

Wednesday, November 13

Eric Clapton

Season 1 • Episode 3

Eric Clapton's musical history; includes archived material and music videos.

Thursday, November 14

Guitar Legends

Thursday, November 14

James Taylor

Season 8 • Episode 4

Singer-songwriter James Taylor creates music that combines folk, rock and pop sensibilities.

Thursday, November 14

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Season 8 • Episode 5

Lynyrd Skynyrd rises to prominence in 1973; a plane crash claims the lives of three band members.

Thursday, November 14

Ramones

Season 8 • Episode 8

The Ramones, a group of "brothers" from Forest Hills, Queens, help invent punk rock.

Friday, November 15

Ramones

Season 8 • Episode 8

The Ramones, a group of "brothers" from Forest Hills, Queens, help invent punk rock.

Friday, November 15

Ray Charles

Season 8 • Episode 9

Soul music pioneer Ray Charles integrates rhythm and blues, gospel, pop and country into his hits.

Friday, November 15

The Band

Season 8 • Episode 10

The Band -- four Canadians and a Southerner -- makes music that is both earthy and mystical.

Friday, November 15

The Byrds

Season 8 • Episode 11

The Byrds pioneer folk rock, combining traditional acoustic music with early Sixties pop.

Saturday, November 16

The Byrds

Season 8 • Episode 11

The Byrds pioneer folk rock, combining traditional acoustic music with early Sixties pop.

Saturday, November 16

Jethro Tull

Season 6 • Episode 6

Music critics discuss the band's career.

Saturday, November 16

American Rock

Season 11 • Episode 1

During a period of unrest the driving force behind many artists was formed.

Sunday, November 17

Birth of Metal

Season 11 • Episode 2

During the '60s, de-industrialization was beginning; a look at artists such as Deep Purple.

Sunday, November 17

Songwriters Behind the Big Names

Sunday, November 17

Yacht Rock

Learning about one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

Monday, November 18

British Metal

Season 11 • Episode 3

A look at how British punk was born; featuring Judas Priest, Saxon and Iron Maiden.

Monday, November 18

Progressive Rock

Season 11 • Episode 4

Musicians evolve a track over a whole side of vinyl; creating music in more complex time signatures.

Monday, November 18

Jazz Rock

Season 11 • Episode 5

Jazz rock grows out of the artistically ambitious rock subgenres of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Monday, November 18

Canadian Rockers

Monday, November 18

The Band

Season 8 • Episode 10

The Band -- four Canadians and a Southerner -- makes music that is both earthy and mystical.

Tuesday, November 19

Canadian Rockers

Tuesday, November 19

US Heavy Metal

Season 11 • Episode 6

The US heavy metal sound has melodic choruses and monster ballads.

Tuesday, November 19

Singer Writes the Song

Season 11 • Episode 7

Songwriters have their roots in the folk-acoustic traditions of Celtic European troubadours.

Tuesday, November 19

British Rhythm & Blues

Season 11 • Episode 8

The origins of the British Rhythm & Blues were in the jazz, skiffle and folk movements of the 1950s.

Tuesday, November 19

Drummer Legends

Tuesday, November 19

Phil Collins

Season 2 • Episode 9

Music videos and insights from music critics and journalists tell the story of Phil Collins.

Wednesday, November 20

Drummer Legends

Wednesday, November 20

Women Who Rock

Season 11 • Episode 9

A look at female artists in the 60s, from Grace Slick to Janis Joplin, who performed rock'n'roll.

Wednesday, November 20

Soft Rock

Season 11 • Episode 10

During the 1960s rock n roll splintered into a rainbow of genres - musicians were experimenting.

Wednesday, November 20

Psychedelic Rock

Season 11 • Episode 11

An exploration of the sound of psychedelic rock, and the use of instruments to structures.

Wednesday, November 20

Doo Wop

Season 12 • Episode 19

A genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in the 1940s by African American youth.

Wednesday, November 20

Aretha Franklin

Season 8 • Episode 12

"Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin is known for hits such as "Respect" and "Freeway of Love."

Thursday, November 21

Doo Wop

Season 12 • Episode 19

A genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in the 1940s by African American youth.

Thursday, November 21

Songs for the People

Season 12 • Episode 8

Protest songs are written using traditional folk, hillbilly and bluegrass traditions.

Thursday, November 21

Pop Rock

Season 12 • Episode 9

The pop rock sound of the 1970s and 1980s was a blend of punk, rock synthesizer and pop melodies.

Thursday, November 21

Chicago Blues

Season 12 • Episode 18

Bo Diddley, Howlin Wolf, and Muddy Waters; Chicago blues reaches beyond the six-note blues scale.

Friday, November 22

Chicago Blues

Season 12 • Episode 18

Bo Diddley, Howlin Wolf, and Muddy Waters; Chicago blues reaches beyond the six-note blues scale.

Friday, November 22

Soul Crooners

Season 12 • Episode 10

With Lionel Ritchie; Michael Bolton; Billy Ocean; Soul began as uplifting black gospel music.

Friday, November 22

Outlaw Country

Friday, November 22

Honky Tonk

Friday, November 22

Elton John

Season 1 • Episode 2

The journey of a piano player who became a rock star and continues to top the charts 45 years later.

Saturday, November 23

Honky Tonk

Saturday, November 23

The Mamas and Papas

Season 6 • Episode 8

Music critics discuss the Mamas and Papas' career.

Saturday, November 23

27 Club

Saturday, November 23

Tom Petty

Season 1 • Episode 10

Music critics discuss Tom Petty's career.

Sunday, November 24

Foo Fighters

Season 3 • Episode 4

Music videos and archived footage of the Foo Fighters.

Sunday, November 24

Guns N' Roses

Season 3 • Episode 5

Archive footage documents the formation and success of '80s rock band Guns N' Roses.

Sunday, November 24

Songwriters Behind the Big Names

Sunday, November 24

Drummer Legends

Sunday, November 24

Canadian Rockers

Monday, November 25

Yacht Rock

Learning about one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

Monday, November 25

Guitar Legends

Monday, November 25

Canadian Rockers