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Trusted. Valued. Essential. JANUARY 2018 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece Helping Our People Helping People It’s a guiding principle at Silver State Schools Credit Community Union. Since 1951, we have been fully-vested in the Southern Nevada community we serve. Whether it’s setting up your child’s first savings account, finding a Through Life’s great rate on a loan, buying your first home or finding the best investment, our employees are available to Financial Journey put your best interests first. Become a member today and experience the SSSCU difference. 800.357.9654 silverstatecu.com 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 Communications and Brand Management Director Shauna Lemieux Business Manager Brandon Merrill Engineering, IT & Emergency Response Director Partners in Storytelling George Molnar Content Director Cyndy Robbins s a public service television company, part of the Vegas PBS mission is Workforce Training & Economic Development Director to use television to extend and amplify the effectiveness of organizations Debra Solt seeking to advance our region. This month, we are partnering with sev- Corporate Partnerships Director eral community organizations to help tell the story of Southern Nevada Bruce Spotleson A and create a dialogue around the important issues facing our community. Southern Nevada Public Television Board of Directors Executive Director Understanding the Opioid Epidemic traces the history of the opioid crisis and Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS explores possible solutions. With grant funding from Anthem BlueCross BlueShield and President in partnership with the College of Southern Nevada and the Clark County Medical Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP Society, Vegas PBS will host a preview screening of the film and a panel discussion led Vice President Nancy Brune, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities by Dr. Jerry Reeves of HealthInsight. Visit VegasPBS.org to RSVP for the January 11 Treasurer screening and tune in to Vegas PBS Channel 10 on Wednesday, January 17 at 10 p.m. Cheryl (Cheri) Colbus, US Bank to watch the complete documentary, followed by FRONTLINE: Chasing Heroin. Secretary Stephen Greathouse, Las Vegas Hotel & Gaming Industry, Retired The 17th Annual Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival is taking place January 13-28, pro- Chair, Community Council viding insights into Jewish identity, history and culture. Vegas PBS is sponsoring the Charlotte Hill, Community Volunteer opening night screening of Sammy Davis Jr: I’ve Gotta Be Me.This American Masters Chair, Desert Meadows Area Health Education Council documentary examines Davis’ vast talent and his journey for identity through the shift- Jerry Reeves, HealthInsight Chair, Planned Giving Council ing tides of civil rights and racial progress. Visit lvjff.org for details. Geraldine Tomich Last year, Vegas PBS partnered with UNLV Libraries to bring viewers African CCSD Liaison to SNPT Board Americans: The Las Vegas Experience, a documentary on the African American expe- Carolyn Edwards, Clark County School District Trustee rience in Las Vegas during the Civil Rights era. On Wednesday, January 17, we will Board Members Vince Alberta, University Nevada Las Vegas release a robust educational multi-media product based on the program. In coopera- Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer tion with the Equity and Diversity Education Department, Clark County School District Tracy Bower, National Security Technologies, LLC teachers developed curriculum for state mandated Nevada History courses using video Rachelle Crupi, Bank of Nevada Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator from the program. These resources are available online and on-demand for immediate Clark Dumont, M.S., APR, Dumont Communications, LLC classroom, home school, community and/or personal education. Funding for this proj- Thomas Gallagher, TreVista Group, LLC ect was provided in part by grants through the Institute of Museum and Library Dema Guinn, Community Volunteer Services and The Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial. Stephen Greathouse, Las Vegas Hotel & Gaming Industry, retired Sandi Herrera, “Got Core Values!” On Friday, January 19, Vegas PBS will host its fourth Veterans Coffee and Albert Z. Kovacs, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Conversations event for veterans and their families.Vegas PBS began this monthly con- Lori Lea, AECIndustryPro.com versation series by inviting feedback on Ken Burns’The Vietnam War and continues to Nora Luna, Nathan Adelson Hospice Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates provide an open forum for discussion about timely topics of concern to veterans. John Restrepo, RCG Economics, LLC Vegas PBS’ community health outreach service, the Desert Meadows Area Health Thomas Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation Education Center (AHEC), will host a Clark County Medical Society Continuing Medical Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: Education (CME) workshop on suicide prevention on Tuesday, January 23. Desert Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 Meadows AHEC’s community engagement initiatives include providing quality contin- 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 uing education for healthcare professionals and fostering educational interactions VegasPBS.org • email: [email protected] between medical professionals and community members. Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 1, 2018 Your generous membership support helps fund these important documentaries, and Vegas PBS Source Art Director Anton Tielemans our strong community partnerships allow us to leverage your support into expanded educational opportunities that go beyond the broadcast. As we begin this new year, we thank you for your support and hope you’ll join us for these and other community education events throughout the year. This magazine Tom Axtell is printed on recycled paper JANUARY 2018 5 January 2018 Contents Cover Story 8 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) returns for a new season as the young queen who wants it all—romance, power, an heir and personal freedom. Departments 5 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Member Events 18 A Message from the Content Director Features 10 Arts Ringing in a Spectacular New Year! 12 Spotlight Exciting Weekday Programs 19 How-To America's Test Kitchen from Cook's 8 Illustrated Season 18 20 Science Think Wednesday 32 Keeping Up Appearances Marathon 33 Downton Abbey Marathon 34 Lidia’s Kitchen 35 This Old House and Ask This Old House 37 Vegas PBS Rewind/Worldview/Jackpot! Program Menu 10 19 23 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 24 Primetime Programming 32 Weekend Daytime Programming 36 Vegas PBS Create Programming Vegas PBS Channels 38 Vegas PBS Sponsors 20 33 JANUARY 2018 7 COVER STORY Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece Throughout the Month Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes Fothergill Cooke’s miraculous electrical tele- graph, not to mention Marc Isambard ...16.2 million viewers Brunel’s daring – and dangerous – Thames “tuned in for the premiere Tunnel. season, making it the What an extraordinary time to be Queen! Sunday, January 14 highest-rated drama on New mother Victoria is impatient to return PBS in 20 years...” to the business of ruling a nation, while Albert attempts to protect her from the increasingly desperate news regarding British (Dancing on the Edge) stars as the queen’s soldiers in Afghanistan. Victoria is thrown smoldering consort, Prince Albert. Also into turmoil by the realization that she is returning from last season are Rufus Sewell pregnant again, and her equilibrium is further (Man in the High Castle) as Lord Melbourne, threatened by Albert’s burgeoning friendship Victoria's first Prime Minister and intimate with the lady mathematician, Ada Lovelace. friend, Nell Hudson (Outlander) as Nancy Sunday, January 21 Skerrett, newly promoted to the queen’s chief Discontent is growing in the country, and dresser, whose secrets are yet to be revealed, Victoria throws a costume ball in a misguid- Jordan Waller and Ferdinand Kingsley (Borgia) as Charles ed attempt to help the silk weavers of Francatelli, the royal chef whose love for Spitalfields – but the spectacular event only Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) returns for Nancy was spurned at the end of Season 1. exposes her naivety, and an unexpected grief a new season as the young queen who wants Season 2 finds Victoria adapting to moth- finally forces her to put childish things away it all – romance, power, an heir and personal erhood after the birth of her first child, a for good. Despite giving birth to a healthy freedom. More than 16.2 million viewers daughter (to the disappointment of many). Prince of Wales, Victoria finds herself para- tuned in for the premiere season, making it Meanwhile, the disaster of the Anglo-Afghan lyzed by an inexplicable sorrow. Meanwhile, a the highest-rated drama on PBS in 20 years War unfolds abroad, and the catastrophic tragedy in Coburg plunges Albert into his – second only to Downton Abbey. Irish potato famine begins to wreak havoc. In own private torment. Joining the cast in the new season is leg- other foreign affairs, a royal state visit to Sunday, January 28 endary actress Dame Diana Rigg (Game of France is in the offing. Most intriguing to Victoria decides to try her hand at foreign Thrones, The Avengers), who plays the Prince Albert is the budding Industrial relations and takes the royal court on an Duchess of Buccleuch, the court’s new Revolution, which is now sweeping England. adventure to France, stepping toe-to-toe with Mistress of the Robes – a fount of old-fash- There is Charles Babbage’s mechanical cal- the cunning King of the French, Louis ioned good sense for the queen, who is now in culator, a collaborative project with the Philippe. Each episode will encore the fol- the throes of motherhood. Tom Hughes bewitching Ada Lovelace, daughter of the lowing Sunday, leading into that week’s new scandalous Lord Byron.Then there is William episode. 8 VEGAS PBS SOURCE Victoria on Masterpiece (Season 1) Sundays, December 31 –January 14 at 8 p.m.