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7 7:30 8 8:30 9 9:30 10 10:30 11 11:30 Mid Washington Food The Kennedy Center at 50 POV Shorts Austin City Limits Amanpour and Front and 1F Week Flirts Earthrise Sharon Van Etten/Lucy Dacus Company Center Austin City Limits Indian Doctor Father Brown Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Skeletons of Tale of Two Sisters Journey 2Sa Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram Quarantine The House of St Gardner The King of Clubs the Mary Rose Queen Elizabeth II Call The Midwife Grantchester On Margaret: The Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Call The Midwife Grantchester On 3Su Episode 1 Masterpiece Rebel Princess The King of Clubs Episode 1 Masterpiece Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow POV Roads Most Amanpour and Antiques 4M Extraordinary Finds 2 Extraordinary Finds Fruits of Labor Traveled Company Roadshow Finding Your Roots American Masters Votes for Women: The History of Amanpour and Finding 5T To The Manor Born Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go for It Women’s Suffrage Through Song Company Your Roots Nature Nova Impossible Builds Austin City Limits Amanpour and Nova 6W The Whale Detective Particles Unknown Skinny Skyscraper Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram Company Overheard with Tell Me More w/ Daytripper Public Television Feature Film Package Secrets of the Amanpour and Mystic 7Th Evan Smith Kelly Corrigan Lajitas Mystic Pizza Royal Kitchen Company Pizza Washington Los Hermanos/The Brothers The Hispanic Austin City Limits Amanpour and Front and 8F Week Heritage Awards Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram Company Center Austin City Limits Indian Doctor Father Brown Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Grantchester On Margaret: The 9Sa Jade Bird/Dayglow The Source The Tower of Lost Souls The Dream Masterpiece Rebel Princess Call The Midwife Grantchester On Margaret: The Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Call The Midwife Grantchester On 10Su Episode 2 Masterpiece Rebel Princess The Dream Episode 2 Masterpiece Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Independent Lens Lives Well Lived Amanpour and Antiques 11M Modern Icons Mansion Masterpieces Cured Company Roadshow Finding Your Roots Frontline Raising The Future: Walk Together Amanpour and Finding 12T The Shirts On Their Backs Taliban Takeover The Child Care Crisis Children Company Your Roots Nature Nova Impossible Builds Austin City Limits Amanpour and Nova 13W Arctic Wolf Pack Arctic Drift Ice World Jade Bird/Dayglow Company Good Night, Overheard with Tell Me More w/ Daytripper Public Television Feature Film Package Voice of America Amanpour and 14Th Evan Smith Kelly Corrigan West Austin, TX Good Night, and Good Luck Company and Good Luck Washington Special! La Frontera w/ Pati Jinich Voces On PBS Austin City Limits Amanpour and Front and 15F Week Miles from Nowhere Letters to Eloisa Jade Bird/Dayglow Company Center Austin City Limits Indian Doctor London: 2000 Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Grantchester On Margaret: The 16Sa Jon Batiste The Prodigal’s Return Years of History The Adventure of the Clapham Cook Masterpiece Rebel Princess Call The Midwife Grantchester On Baptiste On Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Call The Midwife Grantchester On 17Su Episode 3 Masterpiece Masterpiece Clapham Cook Episode 3 Masterpiece Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow POV Marie Suize Amanpour and Antiques 18M Best Bargains Simply The Best La Casa De Mama Icha Pantalon Company Roadshow Finding Your Roots American Masters Life After Angela Merkel: Navigating Amanpour and Finding 19T Anchored to the Past Becoming Helen Keller Sight A World In Crisis Company Your Roots Nature Nova Secrets of the Dead Austin City Limits Amanpour and Nova 20W My Garden of a Thousand Bees Edible Insects Magellan’s Crossing Jon Batiste Company Overheard with Tell Me More w/ Daytripper Public Television Feature Film Package Rising from Amanpour and 21Th Evan Smith Kelly Corrigan Lake Jackson, TX Ghosts of Mississippi the Rails Company Washington Morfar’s View La Frontera w/ Pati Jinich Hidden Turkey Austin City Limits Amanpour and Front and 22F Week of the Winds From Dos Laredos to Mars Jon Batiste Company Center Austin City Limits Indian Doctor London: 2000 Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Grantchester On Baptiste On 23Sa Sarah Jarosz/Billy Strings The Gold Rush Years of History Murder in the Mews Masterpiece Masterpiece Call The Midwife Grantchester On Baptiste On Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Call The Midwife Grantchester On 24Su Episode 4 Masterpiece Masterpiece Murder in the Mews Episode 4 Masterpiece Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow POV Azadi Amanpour and Antiques 25M Tearjerkers Kooky & Spooky Things We Dare Not Do Company Roadshow Finding Your Roots American Veteran Frontline Lake of Betrayal Amanpour and Finding 26T No Irish Need Apply The Calling Shots Fired Company Your Roots Nature Nova Secrets of the Dead Austin City Limits Amanpour and Nova 27W Season of the Osprey Age of Stars Lady Sapiens Sarah Jarosz/Billy Strings Company Overheard with Tell Me More w/ Daytripper Public Television Feature Film Package Public Television Feature Film Package 28Th Evan Smith Kelly Corrigan Haunted The Manchurian Candidate Invasion of the Body Snatchers Washington Edgar Allan Poe: Special! Austin City Limits Amanpour and Front and 29F Week American Masters Sarah Jarosz/Billy Strings Company Center Austin City Limits Indian Doctor London: 2000 London: 2000 Grantchester On Baptiste On 30Sa Brandy Clark/Charley Crockett Desperate Measures Years of History Years of History Masterpiece Masterpiece Call The Midwife Grantchester On Baptiste On Agatha Christie’s: Poirot Call The Midwife Grantchester On 31Su Episode 5 Masterpiece Masterpiece Johnny Waverly Episode 5 Masterpiece october Highlights
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Premiere of Season 47! Relish an hour of Texan singer/songwriters Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall in an intimate acoustic setting on Austin City Limits. The trio showcase their collaborative LP The 2 Marfa Tapes, including the songs “Tin Man” and “Am I Right or Amarillo.” Saturday, October 2 at 7 p.m.
Premiere of Season 10! Call the Midwife’s characters now find themselves in 1966, and it’s a testing time for the midwives. But there’s excitement, too, as the women’s rights movement intensifies. The season opens with sister Julienne and Dr. Turner clashing over whether to provide a private 3 care service. And a distressing birth raises fears of another Thalidomide case. Sunday, October 3 at 7 p.m.
Premiere of Season 6! Masterpiece brings back exciting crime adventures in the not-so-sleepy village of Grantchester. We return to find Will taking a much-needed summer break at a resort, but his vacation takes 3 an unexpected turn when the camp owner is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Sunday, October 3 at 8 p.m.
Savor the sights, sounds and flavors of the U.S.-Mexico border alongside acclaimed chef and James Beard Award-winning host in La Frontera with Pati Jinich. This two-part special follows 15 & along as Pati experiences the region’s rich culture and cuisine. Together we’ll travel to El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville, sharing meals with people from all walks of life and taking a look at what makes this part of the world so unique. Along the journey Pati conducts in-depth interviews with locals in the region. 22 Friday, October 15 and 22 at 8 p.m.
Premiere of Season 2! The family of British Ambassador Emma Chambers, played by Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter), is missing. Julien Baptiste travels to Hungary to help. When a body is found, the pressure is on 17 to save Emma’s two sons. Baptiste will sift through the layers of Budapest to track them down. Sunday, October 17 at 9 p.m.
In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. In POV: Things We Dare Not Do, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman, a fraught 25 decision in a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia. Monday, October 25 at 9 p.m.