‘Potentially Dangerous’ Hits PBS Airwaves to Uncover WWII-era Injustice


Hundreds of thousands of Italians in America were swept up in a mass surveillance and suppression program enacted by the federal government during WWII.

Potentially Dangerous, a feature documentary film from executive producer John Turturro, explores a time during World War II when more than 600,000 Italians in America were persecuted as “Enemy Aliens.”

ISDA and AGBO are the PBS sponsors of Potentially Dangerous, which was a recipient of a Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum grant, and was selected as the winning film in 2021.

The film is airing on PBS throughout March and April.

Watch the trailer, and check the local listings below.

Potentially Dangerous airdates by state, channel name, and market (listed in local time zones)

(**top 10 market, *top 20 market)

CALIFORNIA

**KVCR HDTV – Los Angeles – March 23 at 8p

**KVCRDT3 DESERT CITIES – Los Angeles – March 25 at 10:30p

**KQED HDTV – San Francisco – March 20 at 9p

**KQED HDTV – San Francisco – March 21 at 3a

**KQEH HDTV – San Francisco – March 20 at 9p

**KQEH HDTV – San Francisco – March 21 at 3a

KQET HDTV – Monterey-Salinas – March 20 at 9p

KQET HDTV – Monterey-Salinas – March 21 at 3a

KEET – Eureka – April 30 at 3p

FLORIDA

*WEFS HDTV – Orlando – March 21 at 9p

*WEFS HDTV – Orlando – March 22 at 1a

IDAHO

KAID HDTV – Boise – March 14 at 8p

KAID PLUS – Boise – March 19 at 6p

KAID PLUS – Boise – March 19 at 10p

KISU HDTV – Idaho Falls – March 14 at 8p

KISU PLUS – Idaho Falls – March 19 at 6p

KISU PLUS – Idaho Falls – March 19 at 10p

KIPT HDTV – Twin Falls – March 14 at 8p

KIPT PLUS – Twin Falls – March 19 at 6p

KIPT PLUS – Twin Falls – March 19 at 10p

ILLINOIS

**WYINDT – Chicago – March 22 at 11p

WSIU/WSEC – Carbondale/Springfield – April 2 at 4p

WSIU/WSEC – Carbondale/Springfield – April 8 at 1a

WSIU/WSEC – Carbondale/Springfield – April 10 at 3a

MARYLAND

MPT HDTV – Baltimore – March 14 at 4a

CREATE HDTV – Baltimore – March 12 at 10p

MPT2 CREATE – Salisbury – March 12 at 10p

MONTANA

KUFM HDTV – Missoula – March 16 at 2a

KUKL MontanaPBS – Missoula – March 16 at 2a

KBGS HDTV – Billings – March 16 at 2a

KUSM HDTV – Butte-Bozemon – March 16 at 2a

KUGF HDTV – Great Falls – March 16 at 2a

KUHM HDTV – Helena – March 16 at 2a

NEW MEXICO

KENW HDTV – Albuquerque – March 29 at 7p

KENW HDTV – Albuquerque – March 31 at 1a

KENWDT2 – Albuquerque – March 28 at 10p

KENWDT2 – Albuquerque – March 30 at 7p

OHIO

WPTO THINK TV – Cincinnati – March 5 at 5a

WPTO THINK TV 14 HDTV – Cincinnati – March 5 at 5a

WOUB CLASSIC – Columbus – March 6 at 4a

WOUB CLASSIC Columbus – March 6 at 4a

PENNSYLVANIA

MPT HDTV – Pittsburgh – March 14 at 4a

WASHINGTON

KCDT HDTV – Spokane – March 14 at 8p

KUID HDTV – Spokane – March 14 at 8p

KCDT PLUS – Spokane – March 19 at 6p

KCDT PLUS – Spokane – March 19 at 10p

KUID PLUS – Spokane – March 19 at 6p

KUID PLUS – Spokane – March 19 at 10p

WASHINGTON, DC

**MPT2 CREATE – Washington DC – March 12 at 10p

**MPT HDTV – Washington DC – March 14 at 4a

**WHUT – Washington DC – April 12 at 9p

**WHUT- Washington DC – April 13 at 1a

WEST VIRGINIA

WSWP HDTV – Bluefield-Beckley – March 5 at 12p

WSWP HDTV – Bluefield-Beckley – March 12 at 1p

WVPBS HDTV – Bluefield-Beckley – March 5 at 12p

WVPBS HDTV – Bluefield-Beckley – March 12 at 1p

WVPB HDTV – Charleston – March 5 at 12p

WVPB HDTV – Charleston – March 12 at 1p

WNPB HDTV – Clarksburg-Weston – March 5 at 12p

WNPB HDTV – Clarksburg-Weston – March 12 at 1p

WYOMING

KCWC HDTV – Statewide – April 9 at 11p

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