Created with executive producer Bradley Cooper, this film highlights the challenges and triumphs of caregiving in America.

Caregiving premieres Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.

Narrated by Award-winning actress Uzo Aduba, who share her own experience as a caregiver for her mother, this documentary interweaves the broader context of the cultural and economic conditions in the U.S., centered on the personal experiences of caregivers providing for loved ones, and the challenges and triumphs they face each day. Caregiving examines the historical and contemporary efforts to address this often unrecognized and rapidly increasing need, leading to a care system tipping into crisis.

The documentary will also repeat on Thursday, June 26 at 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 28 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

Photo: Caregiver Malcoma Brown-Ekeogu and her husband, Kenneth, dance on their wedding anniversary. Both are featured in Caregiving.
Credit: Ark Media

Take a wild ride through history as nostalgia and great cars combine in this uniquely American story of grit, innovation, and hard work.

The Last Independent Automaker airs Sunday, June 22 at 1 p.m. on WXXI-TV  and streaming live on the WXXI app.

The Last Independent Automaker is a documentary series featuring six half-hour episodes that detail the unlikely rise and tragic fall of American Motors Corporation (AMC). Through more than 40 exclusive interviews with CEOs, engineers, designers, salespeople, journalists, factory workers, and labor union members, the seres is a deep, unvarnished look at the inner workings of a car company. It traces AMC’s history through more than four decades and tells its story through hours of lost film archives combined with thousands of historic photographs and new 4K footage of gorgeous classic cars. Each episode focuses on a different period, weaving together the drama of a cutthroat industry packed with big personalities and iconic cars.

Photo: 1970 Pacer Clay Sculpters
Credit: APT

Twenty-five years after it first stomped across our TV screens, the iconic Walking with Dinosaurs returns in a major new BBC Studios production for BBC and PBS, co-produced with ZDF and France Télévisions.

Walking with Dinosaurs airs Wednesdays, June 25-July 30 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI app.

This six-part series will take you on a unique journey back through time, revealing the incredible life stories of these long-lost giants. 

In an exciting reimagining of one of the BBC’s best loved factual shows, each episode of Walking with Dinosaurs will tell the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by the world’s leading dinosaur hunters. Thanks to cutting-edge science, experts can reveal how these prehistoric creatures lived, hunted, fought and died more accurately than ever before. As the dinosaur’s bones emerge from the ground, the series will bring these prehistoric stories to life with state-of-the-art visual effects – making each episode a gripping dinosaur drama based on the very latest evidence. Across the six episodes, audiences will meet a range of spectacular dinosaur species in an array of prehistoric landscapes. These include a Spinosaurus – the largest carnivorous dinosaur to ever walk the earth – roaming the rivers of ancient Morocco; a youthful Triceratops battling a ravenous T. rex in North America; and a lonely giant Lusotitan risking it all for a love in Portugal. There’s never been a better time to travel back to the prehistoric times. 

Around 50 new species are being identified every year, and science is revealing extraordinary new details about dinosaur biology and behavior. Across the globe, hundreds of dinosaur experts are currently scouring the wilds for new dig sites, and this series has exclusive access to some of the very best.

Episode titles + air dates:
6/25 The Orphan An orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly T. Rex. Can she survive?
7/2 The River Dragon A Spinosaurus struggles to keep his family alive in the deadliest place in Earth’s history.
7/9 Band of Brothers Follow a gang of armored dinosaurs battle to reach adulthood, pursued by ferocious raptors
7/16 The Pack A young Albertosaurus, a relative of T. Rex, earns her place in a fierce hunting pack.
7/23 The Journey North Travel back in time to the dangerous journey of the Pachyrhinosaurus, where survival is at stake.
7/30 Island of Giants Discover the story of Lusotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever.

Photo: A PACHYRHINOSAURUS mom and baby
Credit: BBC Studios

An adaptation of the popular French series Astrid, this series brings a unique and authentic perspective to the crime drama genre.

Patience premieres on Sundays in June at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV  and streaming live on the WXXI app,

Patience follows Patience Evans, played by Ella Maisy Purvis (A Kind of Spark), a neurodivergent woman who works in the Criminal Records Office in the city of York. Patience is autistic and views the world in a unique way. When Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf, played by Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), recognizes her talents, she takes Patience under her wing to assist with complex criminal investigations. Together, they tackle a series of challenging cases, with Patience offering extraordinary insight that transforms the way crimes are solved. 

The ensemble cast includes Nathan Welsh (The Ledge), Mark Benton (Anna and the Apocalypse), Ali Ariaie (“The Great”), Adrian Rawlins (The Harry Potter Franchise) and others.
The series is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, a partnership between WXXI and The Golisano Foundation that is an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Photo: Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience
Credit: Eagle Eye Drama/Robert Viglasky

On Father’s Day, binge all five episodes of this series that explores the generational changes of fatherhood and asks what it means to be a good dad today

Grown Up Dad airs Sunday, June 15 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI app.

Historically, being a dad meant providing financially – putting food on the table and a roof overhead. Yet, this norm feels incomplete. With important societal discussions about toxic masculinity and evolving gender roles, defining good fatherhood has never been more complex. Host Joseph Gidjunis grew up seeing fathers as drive-by parents who often missed out on real family time. Wanting to be more present for his son, Joseph embarks on a journey across the United States and Australia to discover what that means for him and his family. Along the way, Joseph meets up with experts and other fathers to discuss fatherhood, parenting, work and life balance, and being a role model.

Photo: Host Joseph Gidjunis with son Gabe. Credit: Provided by APT