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Weekend Programming on MSNBC
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MSNBC's WEEKEND PROGRAMMING NEWSLETTER
Saturday, June 7, 2003- Sunday, June 8, 2003
This weekend...
Saturday at 8p eastern, tune in for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE
EXPLORER:BASKETBALL DIPLOMACY-FROM MAO TO YAO. In this episode, Ling scores a rare
interview with NBA superstar Yao Ming and journeys to Shanghai to explore the
remarkable story of China's most famous export, unraveling a multifaceted cultural
tale that's not just about basketball. For more info, go to
http://www.msnbc.com/news/910541.asp . Following at 9p eastern, tune in for the
search for the mysterious "Afghan Girl," whose haunting, green-eyed gaze captivated
the world in a National Geographic magazine cover photograph. Then beginning at 10p
eastern...Three stories surrounding death row-from the video journal of a man's last
three days, to witnesses watching life pass before their eyes...tune in for Vanished,
Death Row Diary, and Witness to Execution on Saturday, June 7, beginning 10 p.m. ET
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/MSNBCINVESTIGATES_Front.asp>.
Sunday at 8p eastern, tune in for the premiere of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
EXPLORER: POACHER PATROL as National Geographic Ultimate Explorer correspondent Nick
Baker reveals the new militancy emerging in one of Southeast Asia's conservation
movements while accompanying a group of "eco warriors" on an armed hunt for poachers
in Cambodia's Bokor National Forest. At 9p eastern, see how grand-scale catastrophes
caused by tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes prove the futility of man's
efforts to control nature in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: OKLAHOMA
TWISTER/DISASTER. Following at 10p, is an all-new Scarborough Country.
Please check below for the complete weekend schedule.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
5AM ET
HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: MICHAEL JORDAN (http://headliners.msnbc.com)
In honor of the NBA FINALS, we're dedicating this hour to one of basketball's greatest
players.
With gravity-defying moves and multi-million dollar deals, Michael Jordan's legend is
unshakeable. But his life has not always been as smooth as a slam-dunk, and his career
nearly ended before it began.
6AM ET-3PM ET
MSNBC LIVE
3PM ET
ECONOMY WATCH
4PM ET
MSNBC LIVE
5PM ET
SAVAGE NATION (LIVE) (www.savagenation.msnbc.com)
Michael Savage questions why Hillary Clinton's stock is trading way up while Martha
Stewart's has hit an all-time low.
6PM-8PM ET
MSNBC LIVE
8PM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER:BASKETBALL DIPLOMACY-FROM MAO TO YAO
(http://natgeoexplorer.msnbc.com)
National Geographic Ultimate Explorer host Lisa Ling scores a rare interview with NBA
superstar Yao Ming and journeys to Shanghai to explore the remarkable story of China's
most famous export, unraveling a multifaceted cultural tale that's not just about
basketball - it's about China, being an immigrant and globalization.
9PM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: THE SEARCH FOR THE AFGHAN GIRL
The search for the mysterious "Afghan Girl," whose haunting, green-eyed gaze
captivated the world in a National Geographic magazine cover photograph, takes
EXPLORER on a world-wide journey in an attempt to solve the case of a missing person.
10PM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: VANISHED (http://investigates.msnbc.com)
One woman packed her bags for a glamorous new career. Then she disappeared. Another
was a pretty teenager with a tiny baby daughter. Then she disappeared. Yet another,
a college student. Then a librarian and then a lonely single mom. All of them...
missing. All of then linked to one man who seemed so kind. We take a look into a
secret world of sadomasochism and sexual slavery and a mystery that took years to
solve. The story of accused serial killer John Robinson (Barrel Murders).
11PM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DEATH ROW DIARY
A child murderer on death row accounts for his actions and provides a video diary as
his ultimate act of seeking forgiveness and possibly offering closure to the victim's
family.
12AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: WITNESS TO THE EXECUTION
The inside story of one execution, its witnesses and why they chose to be in
attendance and to see life pass before their eyes.
1AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: VANISHED
2AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DEATH ROW DIARY
3AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: WITNESS TO THE EXECUTION
4AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: VANISHED
SUNDAY, JUNE 8
5AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DEATH ROW DIARY
6AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: WITNESS TO THE EXECUTION
7AM ET
ECONOMY WATCH
8AM-6PM ET
MSNBC LIVE
6PM-7PM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: YELLOWSTONE-REALM OF THE COYOTE
Yellowstone's coyotes become our guides to the park as National Geographic Explorer
Wild follows their survival through the seasons.
7PM-8PM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: THE ULTIMATE CROCODILE
EXPLORER travels to the wilds of Africa to track the Nile crocodile, one of Earth's
deadliest and most feared killers. Once nearly decimated by hunters, these mighty
giant crocodiles are making an amazing comeback. Now, in a land where lions rule the
savannah, Nile crocodiles are reclaiming the rivers.
8PM-9PM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: POACHER PATROL(PREMIERE)
What motivates someone to brave landmines and AK-47-toting poachers to save endangered
species? To find out, correspondent Nick Baker ventures into Cambodia's Bokor National
Forest, once one of the last refuges of the Khmer Rouge, on his first in-country
expedition for National Geographic Ultimate Explorer.
9PM-10PMET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: OKLAHOMA TWISTER/DISASTER
Grand-scale catastrophes caused by tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes
prove the futility of man's efforts to control nature, but we may learn to predict
such events and prepare ourselves for their inevitable onslaught.
10PM ET
SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY (LIVE)
Is she telling her story to springboard into higher office?
Joe takes aim at Hillary Clinton's new book and its publicity blitz.
11PM-12AM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: POACHER PATROL
12AM-1AM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: OKLAHOMA TWISTER/DISASTER
1AM ET
SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY
2AM-3AM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: POACHER PATROL
3AM-4AM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ULTIMATE EXPLORER: OKLAHOMA TWISTER/DISASTER
4AM ET
SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY
*Schedule subject to change.
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