Tonight's MetroFocus on THIRTEEN Asks 'Is Free Press Under Fire?'

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast. The description for the edition of MetroFocus for Wednesday, January 18, 2017 follows below. Please note episode descriptions are subject to change. Please visit metrofocus.org for the latest information.

Wednesday, January 18 at 5:00 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN "THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA" PART 2 As the inaugural preparations continue for the ASCENSION of Donald Trump to the White House, a preview of part two of PBS FRONTLINE?s Divided States of America from filmmaker Michael Kirk.

PLAYING BY THE RULES Big money, big business and a toxic society. The Enron crisis nearly destroyed America, and its fallout lingers in the halls of Congress to this day. Sherron Watkins, the whistleblower who had the courage to break her silence, takes us inside the SCANDAL in tonight?s episode of Playing By The Rules: Ethics at Work, which airs at 8pm on WLIW.

FREE PRESS UNDER FIRE President-elect Trump has had a notoriously combative relationship with the press. The Daily Beast?s editor in chief John Avlon ponders what President George Washington would have thought of the president-elect, and explores how our founding father dealt with the press.

NEW YORK'S NEW BEACON A new beacon of light shines in Manhattan Harbor! We?ll take you there.