Rock Legends

Saturday, March 21

Elton John

Season 1 • Episode 2

The journey of a piano player who became a rock star and continues to top the charts 45 years later.

Saturday, March 21

Green Day

Season 1 • Episode 4

The story of Green Day from their start as the band "Sweet Children" to the present.

Saturday, March 21

Paul Simon

Season 1 • Episode 7

Music critics discuss the singer-songwriter's career.

Saturday, March 21

Tom Petty

Season 1 • Episode 10

Music critics discuss Tom Petty's career.

Saturday, March 21

Beastie Boys

Season 2 • Episode 13

Music critics discuss the Beastie Boys' career with archive material and music videos.

Saturday, March 21

Billy Joel

Season 2 • Episode 14

Music critics discuss Billy Joel; featuring classic videos.

Sunday, March 22

Paul Simon

Season 1 • Episode 7

Music critics discuss the singer-songwriter's career.

Sunday, March 22

Tom Petty

Season 1 • Episode 10

Music critics discuss Tom Petty's career.

Sunday, March 22

Bon Jovi

Season 2 • Episode 18

Music critics discuss Bon Jovi; featuring classic music videos and news archives.

Sunday, March 22

Genesis

Season 2 • Episode 7

Music critics discuss the band's career.

Sunday, March 22

George Michael

Season 2 • Episode 8

The life and career of George Michael; music videos "I Want Your Sex," "Too Funky."

Sunday, March 22

Pearl Jam

Season 2 • Episode 17

Music critics provide insight into Pearl Jam's career; classic music videos.

Sunday, March 22

Pearl Jam

Season 2 • Episode 17

Music critics provide insight into Pearl Jam's career; classic music videos.

Monday, March 23

Bon Jovi

Season 2 • Episode 18

Music critics discuss Bon Jovi; featuring classic music videos and news archives.

Monday, March 23

Genesis

Season 2 • Episode 7

Music critics discuss the band's career.

Monday, March 23

Pearl Jam

Season 2 • Episode 17

Music critics provide insight into Pearl Jam's career; classic music videos.

Monday, March 23

Phil Collins

Season 2 • Episode 9

Music videos and insights from music critics and journalists tell the story of Phil Collins.

Monday, March 23

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Season 2 • Episode 16

Music critics discuss the band's career; featuring classic music videos.

Monday, March 23

U2

Season 2 • Episode 15

Music critics discuss the band's career; featuring classic music videos.

Monday, March 23

Grateful Dead

Season 7 • Episode 2

Music critics discuss Grateful Dead's career.

Tuesday, March 24

Phil Collins

Season 2 • Episode 9

Music videos and insights from music critics and journalists tell the story of Phil Collins.

Tuesday, March 24

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Season 2 • Episode 16

Music critics discuss the band's career; featuring classic music videos.

Tuesday, March 24

The Pretenders

Season 7 • Episode 3

Leading music critics cast light on The Pretenders' career.

Tuesday, March 24

Jefferson Airplane

Season 7 • Episode 4

Music critics discuss Jefferson Airplane's career.

Tuesday, March 24

The Police

Season 7 • Episode 5

Leading music critics discuss the Police's career.

Tuesday, March 24

Joni Mitchell

Season 7 • Episode 6

Leading music critics cast fresh light on the career of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.

Wednesday, March 25

The Pretenders

Season 7 • Episode 3

Leading music critics cast light on The Pretenders' career.

Wednesday, March 25

Jefferson Airplane

Season 7 • Episode 4

Music critics discuss Jefferson Airplane's career.

Wednesday, March 25

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Season 6 • Episode 15

Music critics discuss Creedence Clearwater Revival's career.

Wednesday, March 25

Earth, Wind & Fire

Season 7 • Episode 7

Leading music critics discuss Earth, Wind & Fire's career.

Wednesday, March 25

Otis Redding

Season 7 • Episode 10

The life and career of Otis Redding.

Wednesday, March 25

Santana

Season 7 • Episode 9

Music critics discuss Santana's career.

Thursday, March 26

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Season 6 • Episode 15

Music critics discuss Creedence Clearwater Revival's career.

Thursday, March 26

Earth, Wind & Fire

Season 7 • Episode 7

Leading music critics discuss Earth, Wind & Fire's career.

Thursday, March 26

Talking Heads

Season 7 • Episode 11

Leading music critics discuss the Talking Head's career.

Thursday, March 26

Allman Brothers

Season 8 • Episode 1

The Allman Brothers Band combines deeply Southern strains of music with boisterous rock 'n' roll.

Thursday, March 26

Aretha Franklin

Season 8 • Episode 12

"Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin is known for hits such as "Respect" and "Freeway of Love."

Thursday, March 26

Buddy Holly

Season 8 • Episode 13

Buddy Holly was a rock 'n' roll pioneer and one of the genre's first great singer-songwriters.

Friday, March 27

Talking Heads

Season 7 • Episode 11

Leading music critics discuss the Talking Head's career.

Friday, March 27

Allman Brothers

Season 8 • Episode 1

The Allman Brothers Band combines deeply Southern strains of music with boisterous rock 'n' roll.

Friday, March 27

Chuck Berry

Season 8 • Episode 2

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry's songs include "Maybellene" and "Johnny B. Goode."

Friday, March 27

Cream

Season 8 • Episode 3

Fronted by Eric Clapton, power trio Cream plays a mix of blues, rock and psychedelia.

Friday, March 27

James Taylor

Season 8 • Episode 4

Singer-songwriter James Taylor creates music that combines folk, rock and pop sensibilities.

Friday, March 27

Jerry Lee Lewis

Season 9 • Episode 9

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis becomes famous for his stage presence and controversial life.

Saturday, March 28

Chuck Berry

Season 8 • Episode 2

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry's songs include "Maybellene" and "Johnny B. Goode."

Saturday, March 28

Cream

Season 8 • Episode 3

Fronted by Eric Clapton, power trio Cream plays a mix of blues, rock and psychedelia.

Saturday, March 28

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Season 8 • Episode 5

Lynyrd Skynyrd rises to prominence in 1973; a plane crash claims the lives of three band members.

Saturday, March 28

Ramones

Season 8 • Episode 8

The Ramones, a group of "brothers" from Forest Hills, Queens, help invent punk rock.

Saturday, March 28

Ray Charles

Season 8 • Episode 9

Soul music pioneer Ray Charles integrates rhythm and blues, gospel, pop and country into his hits.

Saturday, March 28

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Season 8 • Episode 16

Grammy-winning contemporary jazz and rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Sunday, March 29

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Season 8 • Episode 5

Lynyrd Skynyrd rises to prominence in 1973; a plane crash claims the lives of three band members.

Sunday, March 29

Ramones

Season 8 • Episode 8

The Ramones, a group of "brothers" from Forest Hills, Queens, help invent punk rock.

Sunday, March 29

The Band

Season 8 • Episode 10

The Band -- four Canadians and a Southerner -- makes music that is both earthy and mystical.

Sunday, March 29

The Byrds

Season 8 • Episode 11

The Byrds pioneer folk rock, combining traditional acoustic music with early Sixties pop.

Sunday, March 29

The Kinks

Season 8 • Episode 6

Rock band The Kinks were a key part of the 1960s British Invasion.

Sunday, March 29

Run DMC

Season 8 • Episode 15

Hip-hop trio Run-DMC help usher in the genre's increasing popularity in the 1980s.

Sunday, March 29

The Band

Season 8 • Episode 10

The Band -- four Canadians and a Southerner -- makes music that is both earthy and mystical.

Sunday, March 29

The Byrds

Season 8 • Episode 11

The Byrds pioneer folk rock, combining traditional acoustic music with early Sixties pop.

Monday, March 30

The Band

Season 8 • Episode 10

The Band -- four Canadians and a Southerner -- makes music that is both earthy and mystical.

Monday, March 30

The Byrds

Season 8 • Episode 11

The Byrds pioneer folk rock, combining traditional acoustic music with early Sixties pop.

Monday, March 30

The Band

Season 8 • Episode 10

The Band -- four Canadians and a Southerner -- makes music that is both earthy and mystical.

Monday, March 30

The Byrds

Season 8 • Episode 11

The Byrds pioneer folk rock, combining traditional acoustic music with early Sixties pop.

Monday, March 30

Yardbirds

Season 8 • Episode 7

The pioneering blues-based combo, The Yardbirds, introduced three famous and influential guitarists.

Monday, March 30

Al Green

Season 10 • Episode 7

Al Green leaves his musical career at its height in the 1970s to become a reverend.

Monday, March 30

Chicago

Season 10 • Episode 1

Chicago, the "rock 'n' roll band with horns," is one of the most successful groups of all time.

Monday, March 30

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Season 10 • Episode 6

Four Detroit schoolgirls form one of the most successful female vocal groups of all time.

Tuesday, March 31

Yardbirds

Season 8 • Episode 7

The pioneering blues-based combo, The Yardbirds, introduced three famous and influential guitarists.

Tuesday, March 31

Al Green

Season 10 • Episode 7

Al Green leaves his musical career at its height in the 1970s to become a reverend.

Tuesday, March 31

Foreigner

Season 10 • Episode 10

English-American rock band Foreigner forms in New York City in 1976.

Tuesday, March 31

Glen Campbell

Season 10 • Episode 3

Country music legend Glen Campbell's hits include "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Wichita Lineman."

Tuesday, March 31

Journey

Season 10 • Episode 5

Former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch form the band Journey in 1973.

Tuesday, March 31

Little Richard

Season 10 • Episode 12

Little Richard's songs from the mid-1950s were defining moments in the development of rock 'n' roll.

Wednesday, April 1

Foreigner

Season 10 • Episode 10

English-American rock band Foreigner forms in New York City in 1976.

Wednesday, April 1

Glen Campbell

Season 10 • Episode 3

Country music legend Glen Campbell's hits include "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Wichita Lineman."

Wednesday, April 1

Marvin Gaye

Season 10 • Episode 8

Singer Marvin Gaye is killed in 1984 during a domestic dispute with his father.

Wednesday, April 1

Patti Smith

Season 8 • Episode 12

An exploration of American singer-songwriter Patti Smith; her impact on the punk rock movement.

Wednesday, April 1

Pat Benatar

Season 10 • Episode 11

Singer Pat Benatar works the club scene and finds her guitarist and future husband Neil Giraldo.

Wednesday, April 1

Primal Scream

Season 8 • Episode 14

The history of the Scottish rock band formed in 1982 in Glasgow.

Thursday, April 2

Marvin Gaye

Season 10 • Episode 8

Singer Marvin Gaye is killed in 1984 during a domestic dispute with his father.

Thursday, April 2

Patti Smith

Season 8 • Episode 12

An exploration of American singer-songwriter Patti Smith; her impact on the punk rock movement.

Thursday, April 2

Simple Minds

Season 8 • Episode 15

A look back at Scottish rock band Simple Minds; they rose to international stardom in the 1980s.

Thursday, April 2

Smokey Robinson

Season 10 • Episode 9

Born in Detroit in 1940, Smokey Robinson is second to only Berry Gordy in the founding of Motown.

Thursday, April 2

ZZ Top

Season 10 • Episode 2

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Groves, Texas.

Thursday, April 2

Outlaw Country

Friday, April 3

Simple Minds

Season 8 • Episode 15

A look back at Scottish rock band Simple Minds; they rose to international stardom in the 1980s.

Friday, April 3

Smokey Robinson

Season 10 • Episode 9

Born in Detroit in 1940, Smokey Robinson is second to only Berry Gordy in the founding of Motown.

Friday, April 3

Honky Tonk

A descriptor used for the bars that provide country music, honky-tonk is multifaceted.

Friday, April 3

27 Club

Friday, April 3

Songwriters Behind the Big Names

Meet some of the secret songwriters responsible for some of music's greatest hits.

Friday, April 3

Yacht Rock

Learning about one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

Saturday, April 4

Honky Tonk

A descriptor used for the bars that provide country music, honky-tonk is multifaceted.

Saturday, April 4

27 Club

Saturday, April 4

Guitar Legends

Saturday, April 4

Canadian Rockers

Saturday, April 4

Drummer Legends

Saturday, April 4

Doo Wop

Season 12 • Episode 19

A genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in the 1940s by African American youth.

Saturday, April 4

Guitar Legends

Sunday, April 5

Guitar Legends

Sunday, April 5

Canadian Rockers

Sunday, April 5

Guitar Legends

Sunday, April 5

Heartland Rock

First forged in the '70s and '80s, Heartland Rock displays poetic, socially-conscious lyrics.

Sunday, April 5

Mod

Sunday, April 5

Punk Rock

See how punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music.

Sunday, April 5

90s Riot Grrrl

An underground feminist punk movement; combines feminism, punk music and politics.

Monday, April 6

Heartland Rock

First forged in the '70s and '80s, Heartland Rock displays poetic, socially-conscious lyrics.

Monday, April 6

Mod

Monday, April 6

Roots Rock

A look back at rock's origins as a response to the perceived excesses.

Monday, April 6

Punk Rock

See how punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music.

Monday, April 6

Eric Clapton

Season 1 • Episode 3

Eric Clapton's musical history; includes archived material and music videos.

Monday, April 6

Pink Floyd

Season 1 • Episode 8

Pink Floyd's story.

Tuesday, April 7

Roots Rock

A look back at rock's origins as a response to the perceived excesses.

Tuesday, April 7

Punk Rock

See how punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music.

Tuesday, April 7

Queen

Season 1 • Episode 11

Queen's early influences.

Tuesday, April 7

Rod Stewart

Season 1 • Episode 9

Rod Stewart's solo career.

Tuesday, April 7

Dire Straits

Season 2 • Episode 3

The formation, following and dissolution of Dire Straits.

Tuesday, April 7

Fleetwood Mac

Season 2 • Episode 4

The story of Fleetwood Mac; featuring videos for "Dreams" and "Landslide."