Highlights for May:
Independent Lens: "Space: The Longest Goodbye" (Mars-bound astronauts prepare for isolation), May 6; "Tuba Thieves" (what is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen?), May 20
Nature: "Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons" (most famous bear in Yellowstone), May 8; "Saving the Animals of Ukraine", May 15; "Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone" (Ireland's Burren landscape), May 22
"Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story" (about a photographer's quest to document Asian American culture), May 13
Frontline: "A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro's Venezuela", May 14; "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" (about foreign adoption scandal), May 28
Nova: "Secrets in Your Data" (what happens to all the data we're shedding?), May 15; "Decoding the Universe: Cosmos" (traces the ground-breaking discoveries that have transformed our picture of the universe), May 22
"Pompeii: The New Dig" doc series (biggest excavation of Pompeii in a generation; 3 episodes), premieres May 5
American Experience: "The Riot Report" (about 1967 Kerner Commission report on riots in the inner cities that gave a shockingly unvarnished assessment on US race relations and was largely ignored), May 21
Great Performances: "Purlie Victorious" (starring Leslie Odom Jr), May 24; "Rogers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary" (concert of their music), May 31
"National Memorial Day Concert", May 26
Scripted series:
Masterpiece: "MaryLand" (3 episodes), premieres May 5
As usual, check your local listings