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SUNDAY NEWS 1:32 Rick Steves Special 8:00 Michigan Out of Doors New Times! 3:30 Celtic Woman: Home for 8:30 Under the Radar Michigan Christmas 9:00 This Old House Hour 12:00 America's Heartland 5:00 Carpenters: Close to You 10:00 Jewel in the Crown 12:30 Charlie Rose - The Week & Christmas Memories 11:00 Charlie Rose 1:00 To The Contrary with 7:00 Lawrence Welk's TV 09 | Friday Bonnie Erbe Treasures 1:30 Religion & Ethics 8:00 Washington Week with 9:00 Magic Moments - The Newsweekly Gwen Ifill 2:00 Off the Record Best of 50's Pop 8:30 Off the Record 2:30 Spotlight On The News 11:00 Yakov Smirnoff: Happily 9:00 First You Dream: The 3:00 Consuelo Mack Ever Laughter Music of Kander & Ebb Wealthtrack 04 | Sunday 10:00 Hitmakers 3:30 Washington Week with 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 6 Gwen Ifill 11:00 BackStage Pass 11:00 Tribute to Downton Abbey 4:00 Democracy Now! 10 | Saturday 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 05 | Monday 11:00 Arthur 5:30 Start Up 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:30 Fall in Love with Music 10:00 GREEKS 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe 11:00 Charlie Rose 12:30 Victory Garden's 01 | Thursday 06 | Tuesday Ediblefeast 8:00 Under the Radar 8:00 Pearl Harbor – USS 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan Michigan Live! Oklahoma - The Final Story 1:30 This Old House 9:00 John Denver: Country Boy 9:00 Pearl Harbor - Into the 2:00 Ask This Old House Arizona 10:30 Highwaymen Live at 2:30 Motorweek Nassau Coliseum 10:00 FRONTLINE 3:00 Woodwright's Shop 02 | Friday 11:00 Charlie Rose 3:30 Rough Cut - 8:00 Hamilton's America 07 | Wednesday Woodworking with 10:00 Brit Floyd Space & Time 8:00 Nature Tommy Mac Live in Amsterdam 9:00 NOVA 4:00 Growing a Greener World 11:30 Carpenters: Close to You 10:00 Pearl Harbor - Into the 4:30 Michigan Out of Doors & Christmas Memories Arizona 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 03 | Saturday 11:00 Charlie Rose 5:30 European Christmas 11:11 Anne Of Green Gables 08 | Thursday Markets PBS Arts Fall Festival Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Fri., Dec. 23, 9pm Hosts David Tennant and Catherine Tate are joined by Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren and many more. On the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death, this unique event takes place in the presence of the Great Performances Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and The Hollow Crown celebrates Shakespeare's extraordinary legacy. Sun, Dec. 11, 9pm England is in crisis. War rages and divisions within the English court threaten the crown. Young Henry VI causes outrage by marrying Margaret of Anjou; the scene is set for civil war. Tom Sturridge, Sophie Okonedo and Hugh Bonneville star in this episode.
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6:00 QuizBusters 8:30 Off the Record 10:00 Secrets of the Dead 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 9:00 Joshua Bell's Seasons of 11:00 Charlie Rose 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Cuba 22 | Thursday 9:00 Great British Baking Show 10:00 Lidia Celebrates America 8:00 Michigan Out of Doors 10:00 Mind of a Chef 11:00 BackStage Pass 8:30 Under the Radar Michigan 10:30 Chef's Life 17 | Saturday 9:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Austin City Limits 11:00 Arthur 10:00 Jewel in the Crown 11 | Sunday 11:30 Fall in Love with Music 11:00 Charlie Rose 6:00 Cyber-Seniors 12:00 Great British Baking Show 23 | Friday 7:00 Great British Baking Show 6:00 QuizBusters 8:00 Washington Week with 8:00 Manners of Downton 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Gwen Ifill Abbey: A Masterpiece 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:30 Off the Record Special 9:00 Great British Baking Show 9:00 Shakespeare Live! 9:00 Great Performances 10:00 Mind of a Chef 11:00 Merrily Caroling: 11:00 Theater Talk 10:30 Chef's Life A BackStage Pass 11:30 Off the Record 11:00 Austin City Limits Christmas 12 | Monday 18 | Sunday 24 | Saturday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 Getting to the Nutcracker 11:00 Curious George: A Very 10:00 GREEKS 7:00 Great British Baking Show Monkey Christmas 11:00 Charlie Rose 8:00 More Manners of 12:00 Rick Steves Special 13 | Tuesday Downton Abbey 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan 8:00 Central Park Five 9:00 Great Performances 1:30 Heirloom Meals 10:00 FRONTLINE 11:30 Off the Record Christmas 14 | Wednesday 19 | Monday 2:30 Silver Bells in the City 2016 4:30 Michigan Out of Doors 8:00 Nature 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:00 European Christmas 9:00 NOVA 9:00 Christmas with the Markets 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Mormon Tabernacle Choir 5:30 Travelscope: Christmas 10:00 Dead Reckoning: War & 11:00 Charlie Rose in Switzerland Justice 15 | Thursday 6:00 Holiday Pops Featuring 11:00 Charlie Rose 8:00 Michigan Out of Doors The Flint Symphony 8:30 Under the Radar Michigan 20 | Tuesday Orchestra 9:00 This Old House Hour 8:00 White House: Inside Story 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 10:00 Jewel in the Crown 10:00 FRONTLINE 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Charlie Rose 9:00 Great British Baking 16 | Friday 21 | Wednesday show 8:00 Washington Week with 8:00 Nature 10:00 Chef's Life Holiday Gwen Ifill 9:00 NOVA Special Call the Midwife Holiday Special Sun., Dec. 25, 7:30pm Nonnatus House receives an SOS from a tiny mission hospital in South Africa. Can our much- loved medics and midwives make a difference to the people whose lives depend upon its work? Far from home and everything familiar, the team are both shaken and exhilarated by the challenges Merrily Caroling: they face. A BackStage Pass Christmas Fri., Dec. 23, 11pm Holiday classics new and old. Saginaw's Rusty Wright Band opens with the bluesy, "Santa's in Jail," and The Lash closes with "Run, Run Rudolph." In between: classics like "Away in a Manger," from The Mickeys, and "Silent Night" from Thom Jayne. Alt-rockers Bowery add "Kisses for Christmas" to the songbook, and a highlight is the title song, "Merrily Caroling," from The Verve Pipe.
11:00 Jordan Smith 'Tis the 8:30 Off the Record Season 9:00 Sherlock 25 | Sunday 11:00 BackStage Pass 3:00 American St. Nick 31 | Saturday 4:00 Joshua Bell Presents 11:00 Arthur Check out these new episodes Musical Gifts 11:30 Fall in Love with Music and specials for the holidays! 5:00 Christmas with The 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe Mon., Dec. 1 Duttons 12:30 Garden Smart 10:00am & 2:00pm 6:00 Mr. Stink 1:00 Under the Radar Michigan Splash and Bubbles 5 new episodes this month! 7:00 Vicious 1:30 This Old House 7:30 Call the Midwife Holiday 2:00 Ask This Old House Sat., Dec. 3 Special 2:30 Motorweek 6:30am 9:00 Great Performances Bob the Builder: 3:00 Woodwright's Shop Trouble at Christmas 11:30 Shakespeare Live! 3:30 Rough Cut - 26 | Monday Mon., Dec. 5 Woodworking with 7:00am 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tommy Mac Wild Kratts: A Creature 9:00 Independent Lens 4:00 Growing A Greener World Christmas 10:30 Vicious 4:30 Michigan Out of Doors 10:30am & 1pm 11:00 Charlie Rose Sesame Street 5:00 PBS NewsHour New episodes on Mondays! 27 | Tuesday Weekend 8:00 Eero Saarinen: American 5:30 Forte Mon., Dec. 12 Masters 12:30pm 6:00 QuizBusters Thomas & Friends 9:00 FRONTLINE 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show New holiday episodes all week! 11:00 Charlie Rose 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center Tue., Dec. 13 28 | Wednesday 11:00 ACL Hall of Fame New 11:30am 8:00 Nature Year's Eve Peg + Cat + Holidays 9:00 NOVA Fri., Dec. 16 10:00 Egypt's Treasure 8:30am Guardians Curious George: A Very 11:00 Charlie Rose Monkey Christmas 29 | Thursday Sat., Dec. 17 8:00 Michigan Out of Doors 7:00am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot 8:30 Under the Radar Michigan HAVE QUESTIONS? About Christmas! 9:00 This Old House Hour contact Carolopedia 10:00 Jewel in the Crown Mon., Dec. 26 11:00 Charlie Rose (517) 884-6990 8:00am [email protected] The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot 30 | Friday About Space! 8:00 Washington Week with 7:30am & 3:30pm Gwen Ifill Ready Jet Go! New adventures all week! Turn to WKAR World throughout the month for programming on themes of Religion and Spirituality, plus specials for the 75th WORLD Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day on Dec. 7.
01 | THU 12 | MON 22 | THU 8:00 Ice Bridge: Mackinac 8:00 Ancient Roads from 8:00 Secrets of the Dead Island's Hidden Season Christ to Constantine 9:00 Holiday Pops Flint 9:30 Brainfit: 50 Ways to 9:00 Local USA 10:00 PBS NewsHour Grow Your Brain with 9:30 On Story 11:00 GREEKS Daniel 10:00 PBS NewsHour 23 | FRI 11:00 Moneytrack: Money 11:00 Hoax Or History: The 8:00 Great British Baking Show for Life Michigan Relics 9:00 Antiques Roadshow 02 | FRI 13 | TUE 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 On the Psychiatrist's 8:00 America Reframed 11:00 Charlie Rose Couch with Daniel 24 | SAT Amen, MD 9:00 Brushback 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 More Manners of 10:00 Eat Fat Get Thin with Downton Abbey Dr. Mark Hwman 11:00 Charlie Rose 9:00 Great Performances 03 | SAT 14 | WED 11:30 Theater Talk 9:00 Poldark Season 2 8:00 Making Waves: Battle 25 | SUN 10:00 Inside Poldark for the Great Lakes 8:00 Nature 11:30 World Without 9:00 Afropop: The Ultimate Cancer: The Real Cultural Exchange 9:00 American St. Nick Promise Of Prevention 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Doc World 04 | SUN 11:00 MN Original 11:00 Mr. Stink 9:00 Great Moments from 11:30 Healthy Minds with Dr. 26 | MON Soundbreaking Jeffrey Borenstein 8:00 Chaplains 10:30 Hamilton's America 15 | THU 9:00 Local USA 05 | MON 8:00 Secrets of the Dead 9:30 On Story 8:00 Ancient Roads from 9:00 Joshua Bell Presents 10:00 PBS NewsHour Christ to Constantine Musical Gifts 11:00 Getting to the 9:00 Local USA 10:00 PBS NewsHour Nutcracker 9:30 On Story 11:00 GREEKS 27 | TUE 10:00 PBS NewsHour 16 | FRI 8:00 America Reframed 11:00 TV Family 8:00 Great British Baking Show 9:30 Crisis of Faith 06 | TUE 9:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 America Reframed 10:00 PBS NewsHour 11:00 Craftsman's Legacy 9:04 Hoax Or History: The 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:30 Under the Radar Michigan Relics 17 | SAT Michigan 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Manners of Downton 28 | WED 11:00 Craftsman's Legacy Abbey: A Masterpiece 8:00 Eero Saarinen: Special 11:30 Under the Radar American Masters Michigan 9:00 Great Performances 9:00 Afropop: The Ultimate 11:00 Film School Shorts 07 | WED Cultural Exchange 11:30 Theater Talk 8:00 Expedition Pearl Harbor 10:00 PBS NewsHour 18 | SUN 9:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 MN Original 8:00 Nature 10:00 PBS NewsHour 11:30 Healthy Minds with Dr. 9:00 Mysteries of the Jesus 11:00 MN Original Jeffrey Borenstein Prayer 11:30 Healthy Minds with Dr. 29 | THU Jeffrey Borenstein 10:00 Doc World 8:00 Egypt's Treasure 08 | THU 11:30 Restaging Shelter Guardians 8:00 First Freedom: The 19 | MON 9:00 Arts in Exile: Tibetan Fight for Religious 8:00 Ancient Roads from Treasures in Small Town Liberty Christ to Constantine America 9:30 American Mosque 9:00 Local USA 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 PBS NewsHour 9:30 On Story 11:00 Independent Lens 11:00 GREEKS 10:00 PBS NewsHour 30 | FRI 8:00 Monks of Vina 09 | FRI 11:00 Happy Holidays with The Boston Pops 8:00 Great British Baking Show 9:00 Antiques Roadshow 20 | TUE 9:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 America Reframed 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 Charlie Rose 9:30 Our American Family 31 | SAT 9:00 Great Performances 10 | SAT 10:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Pollyanna 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:30 Theater Talk 10:00 20th Century Limited 21 | WED 11:00 Film School Shorts 8:00 Making Waves: Battle 11:30 Theater Talk for the Great Lakes 9:00 Storm of the Century: 11 | SUN The Blizzard of '49 8:00 Nature 10:00 PBS NewsHour The full WKAR 9:00 Xmas Without China 11:00 MN Original WORLD schedule is 10:00 Doc World 11:30 Healthy Minds with Dr. 11:30 American Mosque Jeffrey Borenstein available online at wkar.org
CREATE MARATHONS SATURDAYS 6AM-NOON & 6PM-MID • SUNDAYS NOON-6PM DECEMBER 3 • GIFT OF GIVING 6AM-NOON ONLY The holiday season is quickly approaching and your gift list is long. Our lifestyle hosts, Joseph Rosendo and Katie Brown, will take you to the finest holiday markets and you’ll learn how to add that extra special detail to a homemade gift. Martha Stewart is in the kitchen baking bread that anyone would be happy to receive. Show someone how much you care, with the gifts of love that you give. DECEMBER 10 & 11 • JULIA AND MARTHA BAKE Julia Child, The Grand Dame of the Kitchen, and the Domestic Diva, Martha Stewart, are the perfect pair for this bake off. They are rolling out the dough to make cookies, bread and beignets. Martha even joins Julia in her kitchen to make a wedding cake. You don’t want to miss these ladies or the treats they make. DECEMBER 17 & 18 • ONE POT COOKING Who doesn’t love a one-pot meal? All of the ingredients simmering and the aroma of their yummy goodness fills the air. Sara Moulton, Joanne Weir and Ming Tsai give us their best tips and tricks for a yummy meal that tastes like you’ve been in the kitchen all day. DECEMBER 24 & 25 • JOY TO THE WORLD 'Tis the season to be jolly, as family and friends gather to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa. Globe trekker Joseph Rosendo takes us to San Antonio where everything is sparkling and festive. Learn about the seven principles of Kwanzaa and have a healthy Kwanzaa feast with Chef Wilbert Jones. Lifestyle experts Katie Brown, Hubert Keller, Jerry Yarnell and Vivian Howard are poised and ready to help you celebrate the holidays with warmth, good cheer and style! DECEMBER 31 & JANUARY 1 • NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION Whether you are planning for an amazing gathering on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, the Create hosts will make sure it will be an unforgettable cocktail party! Indulge in the tasty appetizers prepared by chefs Steven Raichlen and Rick Bayless. Sip your bubbly in the champagne region of France. Interior decorator, Katie Brown will be on hand to add some glistening touches to make your party shine. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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