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Hello, again, everyone! Here's how things look for this weekend. Saturday, we have a Lockup Marathon, and we launch a new season of Lockup, with an extended look at Limon Correctional Facility, a level 4 prison located on the barren plains of Eastern Colorado. Please join us on twitter and facebook ! Sunday, on the anniversary of JFK's death, we are reairing The Kennedy Brothers: A Hardball Documentary. During the afternoon, we have a Caught on Camera mini-marathon, including two all-new episodes of the popular series. And we cap off Green Week with our new 2-hour Future Earth film, 100 Heartbeats, with Jeff Corwin. You can see excerpts of this weekend's programming, as well as related videos at our website.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
10PM: The Longest Night: Secrets of the Austrian Cellar: This is the dark and unbelievable tale of Elisabeth Fritzl, an 18-year-old girl imprisoned for more than two decades in a cellar in Austria. There her tormenter raped her, there, she gave birth to seven children. Her tormentor, her own father, Josef Fritzl. This horrifying story of incest and torture only came to light after 24 years, when one of the so-called "cellar children" needed to go to the hospital.
11PM: The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre: This film tells the haunting story of the gruesome double murder of two young Mormon missionaries in 1974. The prime suspect was Robert Kleasen, a charlatan with a string of criminal convictions, who escaped death row and managed to emigrate to a small rural town in Britain. There, he married an unsuspecting widow and integrated himself in to the local hunting and shooting community. Over time, his obsession with guns and his psychotic behavior began to reveal itself. But, it was not until a private investigator was hired by friends of Kleasen's worried wife that this serious criminal was finally exposed and arrested.
12AM: Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder : Across the United States, violent crime in prison is an everyday reality, with inmates routinely exposed to assault, riot, rape and murder. Produced by HBO Films, "Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder" examines the culture of institutional violence through the events that led to one brutal prison murder. Utah State Prison surveillance cameras capture this disturbing real-life account of the vicious stabbing of black inmate Lonnie Blackmon by convicted murderer, white supremacist Troy Kell and his accomplice Eric Daniels.
1AM: Lockup Raw: America's Toughest Jails : As one prison official puts it: "You're in a jail. There's no greater punishment in the world." Even some inmates voice concern about being placed in close proximity to "crack heads, dope fiends, rapists and murderers." Lockup producers have spent time at three of America's busiest and largest jails: L.A. County, Miami-Dade and New York's Rikers Island. They've found that these institutions represent a real cross section of life across the country, and each one has its own unique set of challenges.
2AM: Lockup: Special Investigation - Lake County Juvenile Justice: Kevin, Kymyada : Juvenile Court Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura observes that an indicator of what will happen in a child's life can be found by looking at the family and how supportive it has been. And the kids seem to know this, too. Sixteen-year-old Kevin Wells notes that, "Sometimes we need guidance in our life, and we need the parents to be there for us when we need them the most. And when you ain't got 'em, it just hurts." He's been at Lake County Juvenile for 3 months. It's been a long detainment, and not his first. Most offenders leave after their first hearing but Kevin has appeared before his judge three times because his mother failed to attend two court dates. While Kevin waits in limbo, just down the hall, an intake officer prepares to process Kymyada, a recurrent runaway, who says this arrest is just a big misunderstanding. Decades of research shows that peer pressure and family turmoil are the two biggest stressors leading to juvenile delinquency. For Kymyada, her relationship with her mom never seems to live up to what either of them expects.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
7PM: Lockup Holman: Extended Stay - The Shakedown : Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility is a Maximum Security prison and an environment that sometimes breeds violence. Inmates are constantly making weapons for protection and arming themselves to the teeth, and the officers must do whatever they can to curb future attacks. The challenge? Correctional officers are outnumbered 10 to 1 and are constantly searching more than 1000 inmates to find their home-made weapons, which are very sharp and very easy to conceal. But not enough staff and too many weapons can only lead to one thing. Only hours after our crew wrapped shooting, an inmate was stabbed in the honor dorm.
8PM: Lockup Holman: Extended Stay - Locked Up Love : Prison is a lonely place for any inmate. Relationships that existed on the outside become strained..And the ones that blossom within the prison walls are often dangerous. Or they can be simply a one-sided obsession, leading to nothing but trouble.
9PM: Lockup Raw: The Daily Grind : Every time the Lockup producers step into another prison, they're amazed by the world they've entered. It's violent, loud and very intimidating. And yet through it all, it's a fascinating place. But the daily grind of prison life has been known to push some inmates to the brink. While some use the time wisely, other inmates self-destruct.
10PM: Lockup Colorado: Extended Stay - "There Goes the Neighborhood" (PREMIERE): Welcome to Limon Correctional Facility , a level 4 prison located on the barren plains of Eastern Colorado. As a Level 4 facility, Limon houses many of Colorado's most dangerous inmates. Administrative Segregation, or Ad Seg, is a 23-hour a day lockup unit for disruptive inmates. And angry inmates often express their rage by flooding the Segregation Unit. The targets of their discontent include the prison's sex offenders. But the staff has the upper hand and the cell extraction team is called in to help.
11PM: Lockup Holman: Extended Stay - 'Til Death Do Us Part : Holman houses more than 170 men who have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution, as well as roughly 360 who are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. All are living with the inevitableâÃÂæthat their only chance of getting out of prison will be inside a coffin. For inmates serving these lengthy sentences, one day blends into the next, weeks into months, months into years. And a lifetime slips away. The challenge for these men is to find meaning in their lives and not surrender to hopelessness and despair.
12AM: Lockup Raw: Killers Among Us : One of the most intense things our Lockup field crews encounter when they go inside a maximum security prison is conducting interviews with murderers, often sitting five or six feet away from a very violent offender. But more often than not, they leave those conversations feeling like they just talked to somebody who's a normal, everyday guy.
1AM: Lockup Raw: Inmates Gone Wild : Lockup producers have come to realize that it's inaccurate to say there's never a dull moment in prison. In fact, there are plenty of dull moments. And all that monotony is broken up only by moments of sheer terror, fueled by explosive, negative energy. Our Lockup crews have found out many times that you never know when things will detonate.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
12PM: The Kennedy Brothers: A Hardball Documentary: Before John F. Kennedy entered the political scene, no politician had ever seemed so comfortable....so himself....in front of television cameras. While politicians of the past were forever frozen in black and white photos, the Kennedy brothers were a crisp color image. They brought to Washington a level of glamour previously seen only in Hollywood movies. But even the finest Hollywood director could never have cast such dashing leading men, nor could the finest screenwriter have conceived their tragic storyline. The MSNBC original documentary, "The Kennedy Brothers" deconstructs the myth and legend surrounding this quintessential American family. The documentary is reported by Chris Matthews, whose opportunity to work with and report on the Kennedys since the 1970s gives him a unique insight into their story. Matthews is also the author of the book, Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America. Matthews sits down with key Kennedy insiders, including Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Frank Mankiewicz, biographer Peter Canellos, and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, to gain priviliged access to their opinions on this enigmatic family. "The Kennedy Brothers" delves deeply into the family's saga and seeks to discover why we as a nation not only embrace the family legend, but seem to have a desire to make their story our story. It takes viewers behind the Kennedy legacy, exposing the family's scandals, personal recklessness, and dashed hopes. The program's insider access helps us come to terms with what this family has meant for American history...and what its absence will mean for America's future.
3PM: Caught on Camera: Close Encounters with Death : A cruise ship is sinking, almost 600 lives hang in the balance, and the captain is nowhere to be found. It's left to a group of untrained, unqualified entertainers to pull off an extremely dangerous and dramatic rescue...Five kids plunge into frigid waters 12 feet deep and NYC rescue workers battle the elements to save them...A 17-month old boy is wedged 16 feet below ground, after falling into a well, but above ground, there's a a race against time. All the while, cameras are recording these amazing tales of survival!
4PM: Caught on Camera: Desperate and Dangerous : Life and death fights, vicious attacks, reckless and outrageous behavior...In this hour, you'll see criminals caught in the act, and caught by surprise; hostage-takers with nothing to lose; and Special Forces with everything on the line.
5PM: Caught on Camera: Video Vigilantes : One man wants the prostitutes in his neighborhood gone. Another wants government officials to play by the same rules as everybody else. And a woman summons the strength to protect her father. What all three of these people capture on camera is shocking, and it's in plain sight, or in their homes. They use their video cameras to fight for justice, for safer streets. And for their loved ones.
6PM: Caught on Camera: Trapped!(PREMIERE): A young rock climber can't go up...And a group of hotel guests can't get down. In this hour, with cameras rolling, we have several stories of people---trapped---in extremely tight spaces...and the most unusual places...These are tales of heroism, tragedy and triumph......When escape seems unlikely, and the hope for rescue is remote.
7PM: Caught on Camera: The Danger Zone(PREMIERE): Defying the rules, defying the odds, even defying gravity...It's all in a day's work for the extreme athlete. In sports like these, you can't reach such extremes without risking your very life, and these folks would have it no other way. As one of them says, "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."
8PM: Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats (2 hour) (PREMIERE) : This 2-hour program will tell the compelling stories of Earth's animal species, many of which are dangerously close to extinction. Today's rate of wildlife extinction is surpassed only by the mass extinction of dinosaurs, which occurred some 70 million years ago when an errant meteor found earth. Now, no meteors are necessary, as each year some 20,000 species go extinct. If you do the math, you can calculate that within the next 20 minutes, one unique species of animal life will simply disappear from our planet. Forever. But this special will focus not so much on extinction as survival -- we will tell poignant stories of recovery , profiling, for instance, the California condor, as it gloriously takes flight to the skies once again after nearly disappearing forever. We will also tell of the Herculean efforts by scientists to protect the last remaining black rhinos of Eastern Africa. The title One Hundred Heartbeats refers an exclusive club whose main membership requirement is diminishing numbers -- as these species are often quite literally just a heartbeat away from extinction. In an effort to provide the audience with a rich and complete experience, the series will travel from the genetics laboratory to the field, from protective captivity to repatriation to the wild, and do so on a global basis. The overall connective tissue for the series will be our powerful stories, spanning across the animal kingdom. Our program will incorporate the successes and failures along with the triumphs and tragedies that stem from the valiant efforts to save endangered species. Some of the featured species include: Bengal Tiger; Giant Panda; Mountain Gorilla; Black Rhino; California Condor; Florida Panther; Bald Eagle; Polar Bear; Sea Turtle. One Hundred Heartbeats also examines the important lifeworks of the charismatic individuals who have often put their lives in jeopardy to prevent the extinction of a species of life they are driven to save.
10PM: Caught on Camera: Survival of the Fittest : In this hour, we'll take a fascinating look at a world where bear bites woman, raging bulls run wild and a gorilla finds a toddler in her enclosure at the zoo... What happens next will take your breath away...And, we have the inside story of one of the most spectacular wild animal videos you'll ever see--the Battle at Kruger.
11PM: Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats (2 hour)
1AM: Caught on Camera: Survival of the Fittest
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