PBS News Weekend: Season 9
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of PBS News Weekend Season 8.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
January 2, 2021
Jan 2, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, January 2, COVID-19 vaccinations are proceeding slower than hoped as record hospitalization numbers continue, a look back at an unprecedented year thr
January 3, 2021
Jan 3, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, January 3, Senate and House members are sworn in as the 117th Congress formally begins with a slimmer Democratic majority in the House and a toss-up in
January 9, 2021
Jan 9, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, January 9, lawmakers weigh next steps and gauge national security threats in the wake of Wednesday’s riots at the U.S. Capitol, how social media is ex
January 10, 2021
Jan 10, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, January 10, lawmakers weigh impeachment in the aftermath of the Capitol riot, Americans continue to get vaccinated as the virus rages across the nation,
January 16, 2021
Jan 16, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, January 16, state capitals brace for more potential protests in the lead-up to Biden’s inauguration, the Capitol Hill siege, its participants, and the
January 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, January 17, state capitals on high alert for potential protests and violence ahead of the inauguration, and Jeff Greenfield and Yamiche Alcondor weigh i
January 23, 2021
Jan 23, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, January 23, remembering legendary talk show host Larry King, the Biden administration focuses on its agenda after a packed first week in power, and th
January 24, 2021
Jan 24, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, January 24, President Biden is expected to sign a flurry of executive actions in his second week in office, how climate change will feature in his agend
January 30, 2021
Jan 30, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, January 30, the CDC’s new guidelines make masks mandatory on all public transport, two Proud Boys members charged in the January 6 Capitol attack inve
January 31, 2021
Jan 31, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, January 31, a potential negotiation with Senate Republicans on Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill, what to expect from Trump’s second impeachment trial and th
February 6, 2021
Feb 6, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, February 6, vaccination efforts ramp up as the U.S. reaches its one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 death, President Biden says former Presiden
February 7, 2021
Feb 7, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, February 7, with Trump’s impeachment trial looming, Biden focuses on the pandemic and his first 100-days agenda, a look at America’s longest war, 20 yea
February 13, 2021
Feb 13, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, February 13, the Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump, with seven Republicans crossing party lines to convict him on charges of inciti
February 14, 2021
Feb 14, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, February 14, experts unpack Trump’s second impeachment trial and second acquittal: what does this mean for the Republican party, and the nation, moving
February 20, 2021
Feb 20, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Saturday, February 20, President Biden declares a disaster in Texas as the state struggles to recover from a deadly winter storm, which has left millions withou
February 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021 · 25 min
On this edition for Sunday, February 21, weather-worn Texans look for relief from brutal conditions, as COVID-19 vaccinations expand, will children be in the next eligible group? A