Continuing protests across the country sparked by the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody has spawned the creation of several cable network specials and a reassessment of some shows currently on cable and streaming service lineups.

Tonight (June 10), Discovery Network channels will air the second of a two-part special Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation Led By Oprah, featuring Oprah Winfrey as she speaks directly with a large range of African-American thought leaders, activists and artists including writer/director Ava DuVernay, actor David Oyelowo and politician/activist Stacey Abrams about systematic racism and the current state of America, according to Discovery.

“I don’t recall a moment quite like this one, because we find our nation on a precipice and true tipping point,” Winfrey said during the opening of yesterday’s episode, which was simulcast across 18 Discovery Inc.-owned networks. “Is this the moment that will finally change the country, where people recognize systemic racism for the problem and evil that it is?”

The two-day special follows on the heels of A&E’s June 8 special, The Time is Now: Race and Resolution, which aired commercial free across A+E Networks-owned A&E, History, VICE TV, Lifetime, FYI and LMN, and generated a spirited discussion surrounding systemic racism, implicit bias, economic inequality, and cases of police brutality.

Law&Crime Network last Thursday launched two daily shows -- Justice & Peace and Keeping the Peace that cover issues from the perspective of protesters and law enforcement officers respectively, according to the network.

Meanwhile, BET is planning a June 19 Presidential Forum in which both President Donald Trump and Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden have been invited to face Black America for the first time on national television to address their concerns. BET said both parties have been contacted but would not reveal if either has accepted.

Along with the content additions, some networks have also pulled shows in response to protests over Floyd’s death. Paramount Network has reportedly cancelled the reality series Cops after a more than three-decade run amid growing calls for law enforcement reform across the country.

In addition, A&E Wednesday cancelled its popular and most watched series Live P.D. -- which follows the actions of law enforcement officials in as many as eight cities. The network said in a statement: “This is a critical time in our nation’s history and we have made the decision to cease production on Live PD. Going forward, we will determine if there is a clear pathway to tell the stories of both the community and the police officers whose role it is to serve them. And with that, we will be meeting with community and civil rights leaders as well as police departments.”

Upstart streaming service HBO Max Tuesday reportedly removed the classic 1939 film Gone With The Wind after an Los Angeles Times op-ed piece by 12 Years a Slave writer John Ridley criticized the Academy Award-winning film -- which takes place on an Atlanta plantation -- as one that “glorifies the antebellum south.”

Undoubtedly additional programming will be created -- and some existing content will be examined and scrutinized --as the industry and the country come to grips with continuing reaction to George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, while attempting to outline a path forward toward finding a resolution to the issues and injustices raised in its aftermath. 

It was 20 years ago today, that Ted Turner threw the switch in Time Square on vintage film’ aficionados’ dream.

Turner Classic Movies, bowed in 5 million homes on April 14, 1994, five months after announcing its first affiliate pact with Adelphia Cable. Today, the service counts some 83 million subcribers and features a sophisticated TV Everywhere companion in the form of Watch TCM, where authenticated subscribers can not only live stream the service, but tap VOD functionality and engage with complementary curated content around its library of memorable movies.

TCM has steeled its position as a leading authority in classic film with a number acclaimed original documentaries and specials via film series and franchises like The Essentials, hosted by Robert Osborne and Drew Barrymore, and Friday Night Spotlight, and annual programming events like 31 Days of Oscar® in February, Summer Under the Stars in August and TCM Essentials Jr. TCM also connects with movie fans through its annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, the TCM Classic Cruise and TCM Classic Film Tour in New York City.

To celebrates its 20th anniversary, TCM will air 11 of the top films ever produced, including the first film it ever screened, appropriately enough Gone With The Wind,and premiere the retrospective special, TCM: Twenty Classic Moments at 7 p.m.

In addition, TCM will present an encore of its enormously popular and widely requested special, Private Screenings: Robert Osborne, an in-depth interview with the TCM host, who has been with the network since its inception.

"For nearly two decades, TCM has evolved far beyond a network that presents classic films," said Jeff Gregor, general manager of Turner Classic Movies and chief marketing officer of TCM, TNT and TBS. "We've become a lifestyle brand for movie lovers everywhere, who come to TCM not only for the great movies, but also for the curated, contextual environment in which they get to enjoy those films. Like our community of fans, we at TCM share a true passion for the movies, and that passion is on full display in our April 14 schedule and especially in our new special, TCM: Twenty Classic Moments."

Ben Mankiewicz will host the network’s revisit with its own past. In addition to the media mogul turning the network on at the Crossroads of the World, here are some of the TCM toppers over the years:

• Mickey Rooney transfixes Osborne while telling the story about a fight he once had on the set of a movie. (1997)
• An incredibly nervous Betty Hutton joins Osborne for her first on-camera interview in decades. (2000)
• TCM teams up with the Library of Congress and the Brigham Young University Motion Picture Archive to preserve and present six RKO classics that had been lost for years. This marked one of many film preservation initiatives in which TCM has participated. (2006)
• Osborne just can't stop laughing during an interview with Kermit the Frog, one of TCM's many memorable celebrity Guest Programmers. (2007)
• Osborne receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2008)
• TCM wins the George Foster Peabody Award, one of the highest honors in television. (2008)
• Fans from around the country help introduce some of their favorite movies on TCM as Fan Guest Programmers. (2009)
• Osborne interviews two-time Oscar winner Luise Rainer, who had just turned 100, at the first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. Even a volcano in Iceland and a broken hearing aid couldn't keep Rainer from what was one of the most remarkable interviews in TCM history. (2010)
• Ben Mankiewicz sits down with his own father, Frank Mankiewicz, to introduce four of Frank's films during a special Father's Day marathon. Frank subsequently becomes a fan favorite and is later featured as a special guest on the TCM Classic Cruise. (2013)

The following is the complete schedule for TCM's 20th Anniversary (all times Eastern):

• Monday April 14
• 5 a.m. – Mildred Pierce (1945)
• 7 a.m. – The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• 9 a.m. – The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• 11 a.m. – Gaslight (1944)
• 1 p.m. – Citizen Kane (1941)
• 3 p.m. – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
• 5 p.m. – Casablanca (1942)
• 7 p.m. – TCM: Twenty Classic Moments – Premiere
• 8 p.m. – Gone With the Wind (1939) – First film ever presented by TCM
• Midnight – Private Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014) – Interview special hosted by Alec Baldwin
• 1:30 a.m. – Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – Second film ever presented by TCM
• 3:30 a.m. – It Happened One Night (1934) – One of the films that aired in primetime on TCM's first night
• 5:30 a.m. – The Petrified Forest (1936) – One of the films that aired in primetime on TCM's first night