December 2019 Program Guide

A CELEBRATION, TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING Friday, December 6th 9:00pm Il Volo: Ten Years Celebrate 10 years of friendship, memories and music with international superstars Il Volo in concert from Matera, Italy.

The beloved trio performs stunning new arrangements of their greatest hits and songs from their new album.

Plus, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble will be in the ValleyPBS Studios live to inform viewers how to get tickets to their May 2020 concert in Fresno.

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN MUSIC Monday, December 2nd 7:00pm Celtic Woman: Ancient Land Delight in the shimmering voices and enchanting music of this new concert filmed at the beautiful Johnstown Castle in Wexford, Ireland. Features stunning new music from their latest album, Ancient Land, along with a selection of timeless classics. Plus, learn how to get tickets to see Celtic Woman in either Bakersfield or Fresno this Spring.

Make an additional gift to ValleyPBS this season and receive a wonderful pair of tickets to one of the many concerts and performances coming in 2020: Michael Buble, Shen Yun, Celtic Woman, Il Volo, Straight No Chaser and Joe Bonamassa. Call today to secure your tickets: 1-800-801-6500. ______Donate your old vehicle to ValleyPBS and support the programming you love. Call 1-866-487-8227 to get started. News & Sing Along with Public Affairs Straight No Chaser Monday - Friday 5:00pm Nightly Business Report Friday, December 6 5:30 BBC World News America 9:00pm Straight No Chaser: Songs 6:00 PBS NewsHour of the Decades Enjoy a journey 12:00am Amanpour and Company* through the decades of the pop 1:00 Nightly Business Report* songbook, including everything from 1:30 NHK Newsline* Doo Wop to contemporary pop done with the unforgettable Straight No Chaser twist. Plus, get a tickets to Saturday & Sunday their March 2020 concert in Fresno. 6:00pm PBS Newshour Weekend Sunday, December 1 12:00am The Brain Fitness 5:00am Aging Backwards 3 with Program Miranda Esmonde-White Spotlight on Ag 6:00 Food: What the Heck Should I Wednesday, December 4 Sunday Eat? with Mark Hyman, MD 7:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag 10:30am Market to Market 8:00 5 Day Rapid Reset with Dr. 8:00 Nature Equus: Story of the 11:00 America’s Heartland Kellyann Horse 11:30 California Bountiful 10:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel 9:30 The Brain Fitness Program 12:00pm American Grown: My Job Amen, MD 11:30 3 Steps to Pain Free Living Depends on Ag 12:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag 12:30 The Longevity Paradox with Thursday, December 5 Steven Gundry, MD 7:00pm Aretha Franklin Cooking, Travel 2:00 The Brain Fitness Program Remembered 4:00 A Classic Christmas 8:30 Rhythm, Love & Soul & How-To 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 10:30 5 Day Rapid Reset with Dr. 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens Kellyann Saturdays 12:30am Memory Rescue with 11:00am Sara’s Weeknight Meals 7:00 Great Performances Michael Daniel Amen, MD 11:30 America’s Test Kitchen Buble: Tour Stop 148 12:00pm Cook’s Country 8:30 Downton Abbey Returns Friday, December 6 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project 10:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel 7:00pm Washington Week Fire Amen, MD 7:30 Il Volo: Ten Years Tune in to 1:00 Outside Beyond the Lens 12:30am Live Better Now with Mimi see Il Volo live in the ValleyPBS Studios 1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Guarneri, MD and get tickets to their concert 2:00 Burt Wolf’s Travels & 9:00 Straight No Chaser: Songs Traditions Monday, December 2 of the Decades Learn about their 2:30 Joseph Rosendo’s 7:00pm Celtic Woman: Ancient concert Travelscope Land Learn about their concert 10:30 Great Performances An 3:00 George Hirsch Lifestyle 9:00 A Classic Christmas Intimate Evening with David Foster 3:30 Martha Bakes 11:00 5 Day Rapid Reset with Dr. 12:30am Shen Yun 4:00 Mexico: One Plate at a Kellyann Time with Rick Bayless Saturday, December 7 4:30 Christopher Kimball’s Tuesday, December 3 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Milk Street TV 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens Drive Do Your Part; Support the 5:00 This Old House 8:00 Ken Burns: Country Music Shows You Love 5:30 Ask This Old House 10:00 Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? with Mark Hyman, MD 4:00pm Celtic Woman: Ancient Land

Page 2 *programs/start times subject to change 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend his concert 12:00am Amanpour and Company 6:30 American Grown: My Job 9:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Depends on Ag Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Tuesday, December 17 7:30 Country Music: Live at the Love 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens Ryman 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick 9:30 John Sebastian Presents Folk Saturday, December 14 McMillan Rewind 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership 8:00 The Ornament of the World 11:30 John Fogerty: My 50 Year Drive Do Your Part; Support the 10:00 Frontline Weinstein Trip Shows You Love 11:00 Independent Lens Attla 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 12:00am Amanpour and Company Sunday, December 8 6:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Wednesday, December 18 Drive Do Your Part; Support the Love 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Shows You Love 7:30 American Grown: My Job 1:00pm Il Volo: Ten Years Sunday, December 15 Depends on Ag 2:30 Straight No Chaser: Songs of 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership 8:00 Nature Snowbound: Animals the Decades Drive Do Your Part; Support the of Winter 4:00 Great Performances An Shows You Love 9:00 Supernature – Wild Flyers Intimate Evening with David Foster 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Defying Gravity Pt. 1/3 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive 10:00 Supernature – Wild Flyers 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Masters of the Sky Pt. 2/3 7:30 Downton Abbey Live Love 11:00 Supernature – Wild Flyers 9:00 Great Performances Jesus Crowded Skies Pt. 3/3 Christ Superstar Live in Concert Monday, December 16 12:00am Amanpour and Company 11:30 Celtic Woman: Ancient Land 7:00pm Real Rail Adventures Swiss Winter Magic Thursday, December 19 Monday, December 9 8:00 Antiques Roadshow New 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell 7:00pm Sesame Streets: 50 Years Orleans Howser and Still Sunny! 9:00 Christmas with the 8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E1 8:30 Mr. Rogers It’s You I Like Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin 9:00 New Tricks S4: E5 Power 10:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Chenoweth House Do Your Part; Support the Shows You 10:00 Margaret: The Rebel Princess 10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S3: Love Pt. 1/2 E1 Ride 11:00 Margaret: The Rebel Princess 11:30 Christmas on the Danube Tuesday, December 10 Pt. 2/2 12:00am Amanpour and Company 7:00pm ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the BINGE-WATCH ALERT Shows You Love Wednesday, December 18

Wednesday, December 11 Starting at 9:00pm 7:00pm ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Supernature - Wild Flyers Shows You Love The sky is one of the world’s most challenging places to thrive, but Thursday, December 12 across the planet an extraordinary 7:00pm ValleyPBS Membership and unexpected range of animals Drive Do Your Part; Support the does something we can only dream Shows You Love of – takes to the air. Through the use of cutting-edge camera technologies Friday, December 13 and fi lming techniques, the series 7:00pm Washington Week reveals how these animals have 7:30 Joe Bonamassa – British mastered the sky. Blues Explosion Live Learn about

Page 3 ENJOY A SEASON FILLED WITH MUSIC This month, enjoy Holiday musical performances including the following: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth Christmas at Belmont Jordan Smith Tis the Season Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace And many more Holiday Specials from your favorite programs!

Friday, December 20 12:00pm American Grown: My Job Tuesday, December 24 7:00pm Washington Week Depends on Ag 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens 7:30 Firing Line 12:30 California’s Golden Parks 7:30 Magic of Christmas in 8:00 California’s Gold Cornish 1:00 NOVA Inside Animal Minds – Alsace Christmas Who’s the Smartest? 8:00 Jordan Smith Tis the Season 8:30 California’s Gold Holiday Star 2:00 Call the Midwife Holiday 9:00 Christmas with the 9:00 No Passport Required Seattle Special 2016 Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin 10:00 Lidia Celebrates America 3:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Chenoweth Return of the Artisans Special 2017 10:00 Wheaton College Christmas 11:00 Voces on PBS The Pushouts 5:00 Secrets of the Manor House Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace 12:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 11:00 A Classic Christmas with the 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens Bach Festival Society Saturday, December 21 7:00 Father Brown S5: E9 The 12:00am Crane Candlelight 6:30pm American Grown: My Job Lepidopterist’s Companion Christmas Go Tell it on the Mountain Depends on Ag 8:00 Pride and Prejudice Pt. 1/6 7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: 9:00 Pride and Prejudice Pt. 2/6 Wednesday, December 25 Private Investigators S1: E1 O Brave 10:00 Victoria and Albert: The 7:00pm Valley’s Gold New World Wedding Pt. 1/2 7:30 American Grown: My Job 8:00 Midsomer Murders Echoes of 11:00 Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Depends on Ag the Dead Pt. 1 & 2 Special Pt. 1/2 8:00 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of 9:30 Miss Marple S1: E6 A Murder 12:00am Last Tango in Halifax Tudor Christmas is Announced Holiday Special Pt. 2/2 9:00 Call The Midwife Holiday 10:30 Masterpiece Mrs. Wilson Special 2019 Pt. 1/3 Monday, December 23 10:30 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of 11:30 Masterpiece The Miniaturist 7:00pm Rick Steves European Tudor Christmas Pt. 1/3 Christmas 11:30 The Magic of Christmas in 12:30am Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Mansion Alsace Masterpieces 12:00am Amanpour and Company Sunday, December 22 9:00 Christmas at Belmont 2019 10:00am Inside California 10:00 A St. Thomas Christmas: Thursday, December 26 Education Comfort & Joy 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell 10:30 Market to Market 11:00 Christmas at St. Olaf: Ris’n Howser 11:00 America’s Heartland with Healing in his Wings 8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E2 11:30 California’s Bountiful 12:00am Handel’s Messiah 9:00 New Tricks S4: E6 Buried Treasure

Page 4 *programs/start times subject to change 10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S3: 8:00 Pride & Prejudice Pt. 3/6 E2 Arcadia 9:00 Pride & Prejudice Pt. 4/6 Where to Watch 11:30 You Are Cordially Invited 10:00 Victoria & Albert: The 12:00am Amanpour and Company Wedding Pt. 2/2 ValleyPBS HD 11:00 Secrets of Chatsworth Friday, December 27 12:00am Secrets of the Tower of Offers signature PBS programs 7:00pm Washington Week London and local productions. 7:30 Firing Line Channel 18.1 | Comcast 8 8:00 California’s Gold Vincent Monday, December 30 DirecTV 18 | Dish 18 Prince Art Museum 7:00pm Canadian Rockies by Rail Spectrum 18 8:30 California’s Gold Lompoc 8:00 Antiques Roadshow St. Louis Mural Pt. 1 ValleyPBS Kids 9:00 Craft in America Quilts 9:00 Antiques Roadshow St. Louis 10:00 Craft in America Identity Pt. 2 24/7 Children’s Programming 11:00 Good Work: Masters of the 10:00 Real Rail Adventures Swiss you love and trust. Building Arts Grand Tour Channel 18.2 | Comcast 395 12:00am Amanpour and Company 11:00 Real Rail Adventures Swiss Stream online: pbskids.org Winter Magic Saturday December 28 12:00am Amanpour and Company ValleyPBS Create 6:30 American Grown: My Job Savor cooking, travel, home Depends on Ag Tuesday, December 31 7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: 7:00 Outside Beyond the Lens improvement, gardening and Private Investigators S1: E2 The 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick crafting programs with Chimes at Midnight McMillan weekend marathons. 8:00 Midsomer Murders The 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center New Channel 18.3 | Comcast 396 Oblong Murders Pt. 1 & 2 York Philharmonic New Years Eve More online: createtv.com 9:30 Miss Marple S1: E7 A Murder 2019: Sondheim Celebration is Announced 9:30 Yoshiki: Live at Carnegie ValleyPBS World 10:30 Masterpiece Mrs. Wilson Hall Pt. 2/3 10:30 Burton & Taylor Enjoy even more of 11:30 Masterpiece The Miniaturist 12:00am Amanpour and Company PBS’ Signature nonfi ction Pt. 2/3 documentary, science and 12:30am Rick Steves’ Europe news programming RING IN THE NEW YEAR complemented by original content Sunday, December 29 Tuesday, December 31 from emerging producers. 10:00am Inside California Channel 18.4 | Comcast 394 Education 8:00pm Live from Lincoln Center More online: worldchannel.org 10:30 Market to Market New York Philharmonic New Years 11:00 America’s Heartland Eve 2019: Sondheim Celebration 11:30 California’s Bountiful The New York Philharmonic and 12:00pm American Grown: My Job guest vocalist Katrina Lenk celebrate Depends on Ag the orchestral music of Stephen 12:30 California’s Golden Parks Sondheim. 1:00 NOVA Inside Animal Minds – Bird Genius Is ValleyPBS missing on your TV? 2:00 Call the Midwife S6: E1 We have moved our signal to a new 3:00 Call the Midwife S6: E2 transmitter in order to serve our Valley 4:00 Call the Midwife S6: E3 Community better and more reliably. 5:00 Call the Midwife S6: E4 If you watch using an over-the-air 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend antenna, you need to rescan. 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens Need help? Visit: valleypbs.org/ 7:00 Father Brown S5: E10 The rescan or call 559-266-1800 ext. Alchemist’s Secret 300.

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