Frontline - Season 34 / Year 2016

Frontline - Season 34 / Year 2016

Season 34 / Year 2016

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DatesJan 5, 2016 - Dec 27, 2016
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Episodes

Netanyahu at War
Year 2016Episode 1120 min

Netanyahu at War

An inside look at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political rise and his relationship with the U.S. He and President Barack Obama clash over Iran's nuclear program.

Jan 5, 2016
Supplements and Safety
Year 2016Episode 260 min

Supplements and Safety

FRONTLINE, The New York Times and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation examine the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight. Explore the risks of taking mega-doses of vitamins and examine how they are marketed and regulated.

Jan 19, 2016
The Fantasy Sports Gamble
Year 2016Episode 360 min

The Fantasy Sports Gamble

See an investigation with the New York Times into fantasy sports and online sports betting. With law enforcement cracking down, the film traces the growth of these booming businesses and goes inside their operations at home and abroad.

Feb 9, 2016
Chasing Heroin
Year 2016Episode 4120 min

Chasing Heroin

A searing, two-hour investigation places America's heroin crisis in a fresh and provocative light — telling the stories of four individual addicts in Seattle, but also illuminating the epidemic's years-in-the-making social context, deeply examining shifts in U.S. drug policy, and exploring what happens when addiction is treated like a public health issue, not a crime.

Feb 23, 2016
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Year 2016Episode 560 min

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

With undercover footage and on-the-ground reporting, FRONTLINE reveals a side of Saudi Arabia that's rarely seen and traces the efforts of men and women who are working to bring about change in the Saudi kingdom.

Mar 29, 2016
Children of Syria
Year 2016Episode 660 min

Children of Syria

Filmed over three years, four children survive war-torn Aleppo, Syria, and escape to a new life in Germany.

Apr 19, 2016
Benghazi in Crisis / Yemen Under Siege
Year 2016Episode 760 min

Benghazi in Crisis / Yemen Under Siege

Journalist Feras Kilani investigates war-torn Benghazi, the birthplace of Libya's uprising, now besieged by ISIS and warring militias. Journalist Safa Al Ahmad makes a dangerous trip to report on the fighting in Yemen and the stunning human cost of the war. (Both films make up the 1-hour broadcast.)

May 3, 2016
The Secret History of ISIS
Year 2016Episode 860 min

The Secret History of ISIS

The Islamic State group's earliest plans, Islamic radicals who serve as its leaders and how the U.S. missed the many warning signs and failed to stop its rise to power.

May 17, 2016
Business of Disaster
Year 2016Episode 960 min

Business of Disaster

Who profits when disaster strikes? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate.

May 24, 2016
Policing the Police
Year 2016Episode 1060 min

Policing the Police

Step inside the Newark Police Department in New Jersey - one of many troubled forces ordered to reform. How do you change a troubled police department?

Jun 28, 2016
A Subprime Education / The Education of Omarina
Year 2016Episode 1160 min

A Subprime Education / The Education of Omarina

FRONTLINE investigates allegations of fraud and predatory behavior in the troubled for-profit college industry and explores the implosion of Corinthian Colleges. Also in this two-part hour: "The Education of Omarina" continues a story FRONTLINE has been following since 2012 — showing how an innovative program to stem the high school dropout crisis has affected one girl's journey, from a public middle school in the Bronx to an elite New England private school, and now on to college.

Sep 13, 2016
The Choice 2016
Year 2016Episode 12120 min

The Choice 2016

FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped two polarizing presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — where they came from, how they lead and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable.

Sep 27, 2016
Confronting Isis
Year 2016Episode 13120 min

Confronting Isis

FRONTLINE investigates the successes, failures and challenges in the U.S.-led effort to degrade and destroy ISIS.

Oct 11, 2016
Terror in Europe
Year 2016Episode 1460 min

Terror in Europe

FRONTLINE and ProPublica go inside Europe's fight against terrorism — the missed warnings and the lingering vulnerabilities. Counter-terror officials describe the challenges of containing the threat of Islamic terrorism in Europe.

Oct 18, 2016
Exodus
Year 2016Episode 15120 min

Exodus

The first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war, persecution and hardship — drawing on footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys in search of safety and refuge in Europe.

Dec 27, 2016

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