JANUARY 2020 Vegas PBS A Message from the Management Team General Manager General Manager Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS Educational Media Services Director Niki Bates Production Services Director Kareem Hatcher Business Manager Brandon Merrill Communications and Brand Management Director Allison Monette Content Director THE VEGAS PBS SPOTLIGHT SERIES Cyndy Robbins Workforce Training & Economic Development Director major component of Vegas PBS’ educational mission is to help build a Debra Solt sense of community by engaging viewers around our programming. To Engineering, IT and Emergency Response Director support this effort we are launching the Vegas PBS Spotlight Series — John Turner a series of quarterly events that will highlight the programming you fund, SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS and will also connect viewers and supporters during thematic events Executive Director throughoutA the year.We begin the Spotlight Series with our winter theme of “Exploring Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS Our Culture through Food + Family.” PBS programs and local events will explore the President increasingly diverse Las Vegas community through the lens of food and family traditions. Tom Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation The Spotlight Series kicks off with a hometown favorite chef this month. The new Vice President series Hubert Keller: Secrets of A Chef: #LovinLasVegas will take viewers on a culinary Clark Dumont, Dumont Communications, LLC journey of some of his favorite restaurants both on and off the Las Vegas Strip. Chef Secretary Keller shares insider secrets and features a wide range of cuisines from all parts of the Nora Luna, UNR Cooperative Extension world. The series premieres Saturday, January 11 at 12:30 p.m. We are delighted the Treasurer and SNPT Planned Giving Council Chair series will also highlight many of the excellent Kim Walker, Kim Walker, Inc. restaurant experiences of our community when ...bringing people BOARD MEMBERS viewed across the nation on other PBS stations! “together to create Vince Alberta, UNLV – University of Nevada, Las Vegas The next event will feature chef Marcus Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer Samuelsson, host of No Passport Required. a sense of local Tracy Bower, Desert Research Institute Immediately following Chinese New Year celebra- Cheryl (Cheri) Rosenow, US Bank community...” tions, the program will showcase Las Vegas’ Michael Cunningham, Bank of Nevada Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP Chinatown and explore the unique culinary delights of this community. Chef Samuelsson Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator will revisit Las Vegas on February 12 and Vegas PBS members will have an opportunity Jason Gastwirth, Caesars Entertainment to meet the chef at a Chinatown event. Details will be announced in the February maga- Stephen Greathouse, Las Vegas Hotel & Gaming Industry, Retired zine, our Engage e-newsletter and Vegas PBS’ social media accounts. Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates In the spring, we will shift from the culinary world to a focus on “Health and Wellness” Steve Seroka, Community Volunteer that will include another Daniel Tiger Be My Neighbor Day in Summerlin, and the health Dr. Linda E.Young, Clark County School District Trustee and wellness funding benefits of an accurate Census count. Over the summer, the theme FCC LICENSEES will celebrate national women’s suffrage through the 100th anniversary of the ratifica- Lola Brooks tion of the 19th amendment in “Finding Our Voice and Trailblazers.”Then our Spotlight Linda P. Cavazos Series will naturally shift to the 2020 presidential election. FRONTLINE will present a Chris Garvey series of films and interactive content exploring the campaigns from multiple perspec- Irene A. Cepeda tives. PBS NewsHour will cover the party conventions, and together with Washington Danielle Ford Week and Nevada Week, you will find unique, nonpartisan coverage of the run up to the Deanna L. Wright election. We are actively planning expanded campaign coverage and candidate events. Dr. Linda E.Young The size of our television audience is only one measure we apply to evaluating the Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: impact of PBS programming in our community. We track event attendance, social media Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television conversations, interactive web visits, program streams used in schools, online course 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 enrollments, and other factors that help us understand how individuals and organizations 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 use 21st century media. In one of America’s fastest growing communities, bringing peo- VegasPBS.org • email: [email protected] Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 1, 2020 ple together to create a sense of local community is a unique capacity of public televi- sion. With your continuing support, we begin the new decade with new programs, Anton Tielemans, Vegas PBS Source Art Director increased outreach, a renewed energy and fierce excitement. We look forward to seeing our members face to face at these events. This magazine Tom Axtell is printed on recycled paper JANUARY 2020 5 January 2020 INSIDE Cover Story 8 Sanditon on Masterpiece Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, and he enlists the backing of local bigwig, Lady Denham. Departments 5 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Member Events 20 A Message from the Vegas PBS Production Services Director Features 10 Science & Nature Think Wednesday 11 How-To Hubert Keller: Secrets of A Chef: 8 #LovinLasVegas 15 History Lessons from our History 16 Spotlight Exploring Our Culture through Food + Family 17 Spotlight Antiques Roadshow Recut and Dave Chappelle:The Mark Twain Prize 18 The Arts Ring in the New Year with the Arts! 32 Simply Ming (Series Premiere) 33 Legacy List with Matt Paxton (Series Premiere) 34 Secrets of the Six Wives 10 17 35 Great Estates Scotland 37 Vegas PBS Rewind/Worldview/Jackpot! Program Menu 21 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 24 Primetime Programming 32 Weekend Daytime Programming 36 Vegas PBS Create Programming 36 Vegas PBS Channels 18 32 38 Vegas PBS Sponsors JANUARY 2020 7 COVER tion run amok. Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham’s ward, Clara. The arrival of wealthy, mixed-race heiress Miss Lambe, under the protection of Tom’s upright brother, Sidney, adds an interesting complication. Eligible men naturally find Miss Lambe fasci- nating, while Charlotte is intrigued by Sidney. With many promising loose ends and romantic possibilities, how will the young peo- ple pair off? Who will Lady Denham desig- nate as her heir? Will Tom’s tourist spa final- ly catch on with the public? Andrew Davies imaginatively enters this world of Georgian- era suitors, hustlers and health cranks, and boldly tells us what happens next. Remarkably, even as Jane Austen was suc- cumbing to the ravages of her fatal illness, she chose to lampoon the contemporary fad for tonics, sea water cures and other medical remedies. Undiagnosed at the time, her mala- dy was probably Addison’s disease, which today is easily treatable. She might have had many years of writing ahead of her, but Jane Austen died at age 41 on July 18, 1817. Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors Rose Williams and Theo James Sunday, January 5 at 10 p.m. For fans of Jane Austen, leading into this new series is a special hosted by Lucy SANDITON ON Worsley. Worsley traces the novelist’s life and career as she explores the homes and holiday apartments in which Austen lived and stayed. MASTERPIECE The "Pride and Prejudice" author used houses and property as central themes in her work Sundays at 9 p.m. beginning January 12 and was very much influenced by where she lived. Repeats Sunday, January 12 at 4:30 p.m. Jane Austen was chronically ill with a mysterious disease in early 1817, when she turned her thoughts to a happier subject. She started work on a witty and delightful novel set in a sea- side town. She never finished it. Now, noted screenwriter Andrew Davies (“Les Misérables”) picks up Austen’s plot and takes it in a glorious and satisfying direction. This bold and lavish adaptation of Austen’s The storyline, as Austen left it in eleven final work stars Rose Williams (“Curfew”) as beautifully crafted chapters, is as follows: Austen’s lively but levelheaded heroine, Charlotte Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the Heywood; Theo James (“Divergent”) as the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fash- humorous and slightly wild Sidney Parker; Anne ionable health resort, and he enlists the back- Rose Reid (“Years and Years”) as the forthright ing of local bigwig, Lady Denham. Through a Williams grande dame Lady Denham; Kris Marshall mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the (“Love Actually”) as Sanditon’s compulsively Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, enterprising promoter, Tom Parker; and Crystal Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Clarke (“Ordeal by Innocence”) as the mysteri- There, the sensible Charlotte observes ous West Indian heiress, Miss Lambe. hypochondria, avarice and attempted seduc- Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside “village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort...” 8 VEGAS PBS SOURCE For your Sunday enjoyment, we also have two fantastic new series, along with the return of classic favorites. Downton Abbey Mini-Marathon Sundays at 1 p.m. The marathon of this beloved series contin- ues this month as we finish Season 5 and move into the final Season 6. Northanger Abbey January 5 at 4 p.m. In Jane Austen’s gentle parody of gothic fiction, Felicity Jones plays romance addict Catherine Morland. At a medieval country house that fuels her lurid fantasies, she forms a friendship with Henry Tilney, but their bud- ding romance is cut short. Miss Marple Sundays at 7 p.m.