David Fanning
Director
Frontline (1983)
Season 23
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
Released Jan. 17, 1983
Episode 75 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.investigative-journalism, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.political-superpower, imdb.u-s-military, imdb.armed-forces, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.american-politics + 5 more, imdb.public-affairs, imdb.investigative-journalism, imdb.military, imdb.power-politics, imdb.reenactment
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Frontline
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S23E1 - Sacred Ground
None
Sept. 17, 2004, midnight
S23E2 - The Choice 2004
None
Oct. 12, 2004, midnight
10.0
S23E3 - Rumsfeld's War
None
Oct. 26, 2004, midnight
S23E4 - The Persuaders
FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar “persuasion industries” of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives. Through sophisticated market research methods to better understand consumers and by turning to the little-understood techniques of public relations to make sure their messages come from sources we trust, marketers are crafting messages that resonate with an increasingly cynical public.
Nov. 9, 2004, midnight
S23E5 - Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
FRONTLINE offers two starkly contrasting images: one of empty storefronts in Circleville, Ohio, where the local TV manufacturing plant has closed down; the other--a sea of high rises in the South China boomtown of Shenzhen. The connection between American job losses and soaring Chinese exports? Wal-Mart. For Wal-Mart, China has become the cheapest, most reliable production platform in the world, the source of up to $25 billion in annual imports that help the company deliver everyday low prices to 100 million customers a week. But while some economists credit Wal-Mart's single-minded focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is the main force driving the massive overseas shift to China in the production of American consumer goods, resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs and a lower standard of living here at home.
https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-wal-mart-good-america/
Nov. 16, 2004, midnight
S23E6 - Secret History of the Credit Card
The surprising history and clever tactics of an industry few Americans fully understand.
Nov. 23, 2004, midnight
10.0
S23E7 - Al Qaeda's New Front
Al-Qaeda's New Front is PBS documentary on Islamic terrorist network in Europe and its relationship to Islam and Al-Qaeda.
Jan. 25, 2005, midnight
7.0
S23E8 - House of Saud
None
Feb. 8, 2005, midnight
S23E9 - A Company of Soldiers
None
Feb. 22, 2005, midnight
S23E10 - The Soldier's Heart
The military teaches soldiers how to fight, how to kill, how to survive. But who teaches them how to live with themselves? Examining an underreported story of the Iraq war: the psychological cost of those who fight it.
March 1, 2005, midnight
S23E11 - Israel's Next War?
A shocking documentary about the growing number of Jewish extremists in Israel.
April 5, 2005, midnight
S23E12 - Karl Rove -- the Architect
None
April 12, 2005, midnight
S23E13 - Death of a Princess (Updated)
None
April 19, 2005, midnight
S23E14 - The New Asylums
A report on the new reality for the mentally ill in America: Nearly 500,000 are serving time in U.S. jails and prisons. How did we get here, and are we doing anything to help them?
May 10, 2005, midnight
S23E15 - A Jew Among the Germans
None
May 31, 2005, midnight
S23E16 - Private Warriors
None
June 21, 2005, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 75 min.
Season Runtime: 63525 min.
Released: Jan. 17, 1983
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 14+
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