Quiz Central “Grand Championship Semi Final Game: Midland High vs Flint Powers”
Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Top students face off in WCMU’s educational and entertaining academic quiz show.

Nova “Decoding Neanderthals”
Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m.

What happened when the first modern humans encountered Neanderthals 60,000 years ago? In 2010, a team led by geneticist Svante Paabo announced that they had reconstructed much of the Neanderthal genome and the analysis showed that modern humans and Neanderthals had interbred, leaving a small signature of Neanderthal genes in everyone outside Africa today. NOVA explores the implications of this exciting discovery. Were Neanderthals really mentally inferior, as inexpressive and clumsy as the cartoon caveman they inspired?

Eisenhower’s Secret War "Building Weapons, Talking Peace"
Part 2 of 2 Thursday, May 16 at 10 p.m.
Repeats: Saturday, May 18 at 8 p.m.

This hour recounts President Eisenhower's battles against the Soviet Union in the escalating arms race. Hosted by Evan Thomas, journalist and author of the critically acclaimed book “Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World,” the series features accounts of more than 20 witnesses, both American and Soviet, to the major events of the era. Part 2 of 2.

Great Performances at the Met “Rigoletto”
Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m.

Enjoy Piotr Beczala, Željko Lučić and Diana Damrau in Verdi’s masterwork.

Inspector George Gently
Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m.

Is the death of a German businessman connected to anti-German sentiments or connected to Army Special Forces?