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THE WEEKEND PRIMETIME NEWSLETTER AMERICA'S NEWSCHANNEL MSNBC Thursday July 4th- Sunday July 7th, 2002 Happy Independence Day everyone! We hope you have a safe and happy holiday weekend. We're sweating here on the east coast so we've planned a full holiday weekend of some of our best programs. That's right, for those of you wanting a little cool entertainment you can watch your favorite episodes of Headliners & Legends and MSNBC Investigates at all hours of the day and night. And when you're all partied out, join us Sunday night for the premieres of two NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER programs. At 6pm ET it's "Snake Encounters." And at 8pm ET it's "Raising the Hunley." Details below. Enjoy! THURSDAY, JULY 4 5PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: BEN AFFLECK 6PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: WILL SMITH 7PM MSNBC REPORTS: SCREAM MACHINES: WHY ROLLER COASTERS THRILL US A look at the thrilling world of roller coasters, including the science and skill needed to construct them. 8PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: FAST BURN We take a look at the big business of fireworks, the techniques, the great displays and the most powerful families behind the craft. 9PM MSNBC REPORTS: DANGER ON THE HIGHWAY Drunk drivers, sleepy drivers, distracted drivers. We see the toll they take on the roadways. 10PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: HOT PURSUIT Each day in America someone is killed in a high-speed police chase. Sometimes it's the suspect. Sometimes it's an officer. Too often it' s just somebody in the wrong place at the wrong time. We'll get behind the wheel to see how quickly these situations can escalate and what the cops are doing to keep us safe. 11PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: TERROR IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD February 28, 1997. A Bank robbery quickly turns into an all-out gun battle between two suspects and an army of police officers. But it's the cops who are outgunned. In this chilling documentary we take you back to that day, in North Hollywood, where the cops tell us of the sheer terror of being in the middle of a battle the suspects intended to fight to the death. For those who lived to tell their stories, will life ever be the same? And why, after this 42 minute assault, were the cops left to defend themselves, accused of committing murder! The action in this program may seem like a scene out of a movie-- but it's horrifyingly real. 12AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: ON THE BEAT Since 1994 we've been tracking officers on patrol in one of LA's most dangerous communities. We had rare access to these cops, on the job. They share with us their candid and often controversial views about what it means to keep the peace. 1AM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: BEN AFFLECK 2AM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: WILL SMITH FRIDAY, JULY 5 3AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: FAST BURN 4AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DRIVER BEWARE You're on the road. The kids are in the back seat. Are you about to make a fatal mistake? You'll get a frightening look at why you could be a hazard on the road and not even know it. 5AM MSNBC REPORTS: SCREAM MACHINES: WHY ROLLER COASTERS THRILL US 6AM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: MCCAULAY CULKIN 7AM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: BROOKE SHIELDS 8AM-12PM MSNBC LIVE 12PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: DENZEL WASHINGTON 1PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: JULIA ROBERTS 2PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: GEORGE CLOONEY 3PM-6PM MSNBC LIVE 6PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: COPS CAUGHT ON TAPE >From unbelievable acts of violence, to incredible acts of heroism. From everyday >verbal abuse, to an officer's abuse of power-- we catch it all on camera. This >disturbing documentary looks at the real lives of cops. The relatively new use of >video cameras in patrol cars not only helps protect the police from false >accusations, but it catches the unbelievably brazen acts of officers who know they >are being taped! We warn you in advance, some of the video in this hour is >disturbing. 7PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: CRIMES CAUGHT ON TAPE >From neighborhood hoaxes to convenience store hold-ups, we've got it all captured on >camera. We even have the story of a woman who recognizes her own son in a news >broadcast of a surveillance tape. 8PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THIEVES CAUGHT ON TAPE Let's face it-- these days Big Brother is everywhere, watching our every move. There are cameras in public places not only to make sure we are safe, but to catch the bad guys when they strike. So why exactly would someone try to pull off a crime knowing cameras have to be watching??? 9PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: EYEWITNESS TO MURDER This is one of the most horrifying crimes we've investigated, and the entire act plays out on tape. In this one-hour documentary we detail the case of a night club owner, who is relaxing at home with some friends in the early morning, after a night out. With no warning, two masked gunmen burst into the home and beat and torture the three people they find inside. All of them are executed at point blank range. The entire crime is caught by the security camera that has recently been installed in the home. It eventually helps to identify the killers and put them behind bars. It is likely the closest many viewers will get to seeing a real murder take place and it is horrifying. However, it illustrates what prosecutors say is an increasing trend. Again, we warn you in advance, the contents of this program are disturbing. 10PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: A MURDEROUS OBSESSION He seemed like the perfect catch, but this boyfriend's fit of rage set off Maryland's largest manhunt, and one of the longest standoffs in American history. Before he was stopped he murdered four people. And his rampage had exposed a history of abusing women. 11PM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: RAMPAGE KILLERS Just hours before he commits murder a killer sets up a video camera to record why he's about to take out his anger on people he doesn't even know. He then goes to a nearby McDonald's where a woman is buying a Happy Meal for her kid and opens fire, killing three people, including himself. Many more are injured. We always ask the same question when we hear someone has gone on a rampage killing: "why?" Well, this man, in a chilling recording, tells all. 12AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: COPS CAUGHT ON TAPE 1AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: CRIMES CAUGHT ON TAPE 2AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THIEVES CAUGHT ON TAPE SATURDAY, JULY 6 3AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: EYEWITNESS TO MURDER 4AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: A MURDEROUS OBSESSION 5AM WEEKEND MAGAZINE: AIRBAG DEATH 6AM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: DAVID CASSIDY 7AM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: VALERIE BERTINELLI 8AM-12PM MSNBC LIVE 12PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: THE JUDDS 1PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: JENNIFER LOPEZ 2PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: MADONNA 3PM MSNBC LIVE 4PM ECONOMY WATCH 5PM MSNBC LIVE 6PM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: STALKING LEOPARDS This program is an intimate chronicle of a four-year old leopard's journey into adulthood: claiming territory, fighting old rivals, mating and killing. For Tjololo -- amidst Africa's wild cast of lions, water buffalo, hyenas, elephants, and impalas -- the only way to walk is proudly and alone. 8PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: PARTYING 101 Andrea sits with books and notebooks in front of her, crashing for her final in a few hours. She's stressed out and isn't sure she's going to pass. Why shouldn't she be??? She's sitting in a crowded bar with the music blaring and beer dripping all over the place!! This is how our program opens as we look at how alcohol plays such an enormous role in the lives of college students. 9PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: A DRUG CALLED ECSTASY 18 billion dollars...that's how much the US government spends each year fighting the so-called "war on drugs." But while the government brags about how teen use of marijuana is down, the use of the designer drug "ecstasy" has doubled in the past five years, according to the Partnership for a Drug Free America. We go inside rave clubs that have sprung up all over the country to find out why this drug is so popular, what it can do, and how kids who use it can be helped. 10PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: RED LIGHT SURVIVORS We take to the streets with women (and men) who say they've "chosen" prostitution as a career opportunity. Why do they put themselves at risk for disease, or attack... or worse? Maybe the fact that it's a $15 billion dollar a year industry has something to do with it? 11PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: HOLLYWOOD VICE It's a bit of a theme block as we head to Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Now's your chance to ride along with the vice cops who are losing the fight to clean up the streets. And now they've got a new player complicating things... the internet. 12AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: PARTYING 101 1AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: A DRUG CALLED ECSTASY 2AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: RED LIGHT SURVIVORS SUNDAY, JULY 7 3AM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: HOLLYWOOD VICE 4AM WEEKEND MAGAZINE: CHILD SLAVES 5AM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: BEAR MAN 7AM ECONOMY WATCH 8AM-12PM MSNBC LIVE 12PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: WILL SMITH 1PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: HALLE BERRY 2PM HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: OPRAH WINFREY 3PM-6PM MSNBC LIVE 6PM ***NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: SNAKE ENCOUNTERS ***PREMIERE 8PM ***NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: RAISING THE HUNLEY ***PREMIERE The seabed off the South Carolina coast keeps tight hold of a Civil War mystery, a secret technology that was the hope of the Southern forces. On a chilly February night in 1864, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sank in the ocean waters. Nearly a century and a half later, the Hunley has been located, and EXPLORER joins archaeologist Bob Neyland as he works to raise a piece of American history. 10PM MSNBC INVESTIGATES: UNDERWATER KILLERS A shark attack, an alligator, a hippopotamus. We catch some of the most dangerous, and most bizarre underwater attacks on camera. ========================================= For more info, go to http://www.msnbc.com/news/MSNBCCABLE_Front.asp This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received this MSNBC Primetime Announcements newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=22
