WATCH: "A League of Their Own" quickly became a cult classic after its initial release in 1992. Now, 30 years after the film based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League premiered in theaters, the Rockford Peaches are coming back to screens. Abbi Jacobson, co-creator and star of the new Prime Video series "A League of Their Own," joins Geoff Bennett to discuss. | PBS NewsHour

On a recent night at the Boston Opera House, audiences braved New England's chill for a beloved Christmas tradition: "The Nutcracker." The Boston Ballet has performed the holiday classic every year for nearly six decades, even virtually in 2020, when performances across the country were forced online by COVID. But this season marks a first. The wooden toy that later transforms into a dashing prince is traditionally white. But Daniel Durrett, one of several dancers cast as the titular nutcracker,

#OnThisDay in 1975, “The Robert MacNeil Report” premiered, marking the beginning of what we now know as the PBS NewsHour. MacNeil and Jim Lehrer first joined forces to provide unprecedented, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings on public television in 1973. That collaboration sparked a longtime partnership dedicated to in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Within months after its debut, “The Robert MacNeil Report” became “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report.” In 1983, the show expanded to