Frontline
Bigger Than ENRON (#2022)
The meteoric rise and stunning collapse of Enron caused many to question why the watchdog system that was supposed to protect investors failed to sound any alarms about the company's dubious financial underpinnings. But Enron and Arthur Andersen are the tip of the iceberg. In the late 1990s, Enron was just one of the more than 400 corporations forced to dramatically restate their value because of accounting lapses, failures or fraud. What went wrong? In this program, FRONTLINE examines an oversight system gone soft. Through interviews with SEC officials, corporate executives, members of Congress and investor advocates, the documentary explores how market deregulation and conflicts of interest between analysts and the companies they were reporting on eroded the system of controls designed to protect stockholders from investment fraud. [56 minutes]
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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FRONTLINE | "Never Forget to Lie" |... (#3109)
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontli... The Holocaust's last living witnesses tell their stories of survival: Watch "Never... 00:32
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FRONTLINE | Preview "Top Secret America... (#2918)
to.pbs.org/da9Xse Coming April 30, 2013. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to... 00:32
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FRONTLINE | The Bombing of al-Bara | PBS (#3107)
Full Program: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontli... [Warning: Graphic violence] On Oct. 28, 2012, while FRONTLINE's Olly Lambert was... 36:25
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FRONTLINE | Syria Behind the Lines Promotion | PBS (#3107)
Witness the devastating effect of the religious feud that’s shaping Syria’s future. 00:31
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FRONTLINE | Preview "The Retirement... (#3108)
Coming April 23, 2013. The Retirement Gamble raises troubling questions about how America's financial institutions... 00:32
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Information For Teachers
- Grade Levels
- 9-12
- Curricular Areas
- Social Studies
- Series Length
- 319 episodes
- Average Episode Length
- 68 minutes
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Series Description: As PBS' premier public affairs series, FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human, social and political experience.
All Upcoming Episodes
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The Untouchables (#3104)
A look at why Wall Street's leaders and have escaped prosecution since America's financial meltdown. [56 minutes]
- Wed, May 22, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
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Outlawed In Pakistan (#3110)
A teenager makes her way through Pakistan's broken justice system after accusing four men of rape. [56 minutes]
- Tue, May 28, 9:00 PM on IPTV
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The Real CSI (#3010)
A Frontline investigation finds serious flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science. [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 5, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
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TBA (#9999)
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The Undertaking (#2603)
Thomas Lynch, a poet and undertaker, offers unique and profound insight into the "dismal trade." [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 26, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
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Past Episodes
These episodes of Frontline aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- The Untouchables (#3104)
- Never Forget to Lie (#3109)
- Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings (#2918)
- The Retirement Gamble (#3108)
- Poor Kids (#3024)
- Syria Behind the Lines (#3107)
- The Education of Michelle Rhee (#3102)
- Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown (#3008)
- The Hugo Chavez Show (#2704)
- Raising Adam Lanza (#3106)
- Cliffhanger (#3105)
- A Perfect Terrorist (#3004)
- Inside Obama's Presidency (#3103)
- Climate of Doubt (#3021)