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wttw wttw Prime wttw Create wttw World wttw PBS Kids wttw.com THE GUIDE 98.7wfmt The Member Magazine wfmt.com for WTTW and WFMT SUN SEPT 19 7PM September 2021 ALSO THIS MONTH In tribute to Muhammad Ali, WFMT will air a November 1975 Studs Terkel interview with Ali from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and publish an interview on September 21 with Jahlil Beats, composer of the score for MUHAMMAD ALI, on wfmt.com. From the President & CEO The Guide Dear Member, The Member Magazine This month, I am excited to announce the premiere of MUHAMMAD ALI, a new film by for WTTW and WFMT Ken Burns that follows the life of one of the most consequential men of the 20th century, a Renée Crown Public Media Center three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated billions of fans with his combination 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue of speed, agility, and power in the ring. At the height of his fame, Ali challenged Americans’ Chicago, Illinois 60625 racial prejudices, religious biases, and notions about what roles celebrities and athletes play in our society. Main Switchboard (773) 583-5000 You may know that Ali was a Chicago South Side resident from Member and Viewer Services roughly the mid-1960s through the late 1970s, a defining period (773) 509-1111 x 6 in his life. WTTW will explore the watershed moments with a companion website (wttw.com/ali) featuring an image gallery Websites in partnership with the Chicago History Museum; a Q&A with wttw.com the filmmakers; a photo essay by Chicago architecture expert wfmt.com Lee Bey tracing Ali’s footsteps in Chicago; an interview with Ali’s biographer Jonathan Eig, a native Chicagoan who outlines Publisher ways that the city shaped Ali before and during his time here; Anne Gleason and the storied history of boxing in Chicago. Art Director Tom Peth Also, join us for two related virtual events: in partnership with the Chicago History Museum, WTTW Contributors we’ll host a preview and discussion focusing on Ali’s time in Chicago, his life and legacy, and Julia Maish the intersection of sports, race, and politics; and an event and performance in partnership Lisa Tipton WFMT Contributor with PBS Books featuring New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander, co-writer of Andrea Lamoreaux the biographical novel Becoming Muhammad Ali. Visit wttw.com/events for more information and to register. Advertising and Underwriting In tribute to Muhammad Ali, WFMT will air a November 1975 Studs Terkel interview with WTTW Ali from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and publish an interview on September 21 with Nathan Armstrong Jahlil Beats, composer of the score for MUHAMMAD ALI, on wfmt.com. And join us for a (773) 509-5415 virtual Classical Conversation on September 9 featuring composer D.J. Sparr and librettist/ WFMT lead Solomon Howard for the opera Approaching Ali, a one-act chamber opera with music Alexander Stonor Saunders by Sparr and libretto by Mark Campbell and Davis Miller. The discussion will focus on the (773) 509-5357 creation of the work and the challenges in portraying one of the most popular people in the world. Register at wfmt.com/events. The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT I hope you will explore Muhammad Ali’s life and legacy with us this month, and don’t forget (ISSN 2329-1338) to tune in to watch the miniseries beginning on Sunday, September 19 at 7:00 pm. As always, September 2021 thank you for your support. Volume 35, Number 279 Sincerely, The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Sandra Cordova Micek Window To The World Communications, Inc., President & CEO 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. 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POSTMASTER: Send address 3 WTTW Listings 16 Do it Yourself Saturdays changes to The Guide: The Member 4 Q&A with Jonathan Eig 19 At-a-Glance Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., 6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights 20 WFMT Listings Chicago, IL 60625-4698. 8 WTTW Kid Grid 31 Sponsors Copyright 2020, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL. 14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid ON THE COVER: Muhammad Ali 2 SEPTEMBER 2021 Programming Subject to Change Without Notice Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11 America ReFramed: The Area Sandra Day O’Connor: The First – NOVA: The Cannabis Question Follow the odyssey of Chicago’s Englewood American Experience NOVA joins scientists and experts around the neighborhood, where more than 400 Black Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor country to ask: What are the risks cannabis families are being displaced by a multi-billion- as the Supreme Court’s first female justice in poses to the developing adolescent brain? dollar freight company. As their community is 1981. During her 25 years on the Court, she was Does heavy cannabis use impair intelligence, being torn apart, residents maintain friendships the critical swing vote on some of the increase psychosis, or put future generations and traditions while fighting for respect. 20th century’s most controversial cases. at risk for addiction? Sunday, September 12, 5:00 pm Monday, September 13, 9:00 pm Wednesday, September 29, 9:00 pm See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings. 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 7:00 Chicago Tonight Wednesday 1 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 In the Spotlight EARLY MORNING MORNING-AFTERNOON on Masterpiece (Part 4 12:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids of 7) The Crawley family Myths & Secrets: Henry 5:30 BBC World News America faces its severest test yet. VIII’s Reformation [R] Meanwhile, new faces try to 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: EVENING fit into the tight-knit circle Churchill Downs Racetrack 6:00 PBS NewsHour of servants. New evidence (Part 1 of 3) [R] 7:00 Chicago Tonight turns up in a baffling case. 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: 8:00 Nature: Natural Born 9:15 Downton Abbey Season 3 Churchill Downs Racetrack Rebels – Survival Some ani- on Masterpiece (Part 5 (Part 2 of 3) [R] mals will do whatever it takes of 7) Things go badly amiss 3:30 POV: The Song of the to survive. Cockatoos turn to at Downton Abbey. Robert Butterflies [R] vandalism, boxer crabs hold and Cora are not speaking. Productions Making History of Courtesy Photo: anemones hostage, sloths The servants are shunning become filthy, puff adders Isobel. And Matthew and In the Spotlight have an “invisibility cloak” to Robert have fallen out. hide themselves, and chimps Bates takes a gamble. use violence to stay in power. 10:35 Secrets of the Royal 9:00 NOVA: Nature’s Fear Factor Kitchens If you’ve ever When top predators disap- wondered what is in the Royal peared from Mozambique’s refrigerator, this documentary Gorongosa National Park, dishes out the truth. Take a Yannick Nézet-Séguin other animals fell into unusual deliciously entertaining romp Photo: Courtesy of Pond5 patterns. Now scientists are through the kitchens of the reintroducing wild dogs to world’s most famous family. Great Performances: restore the park’s “landscape 11:30 BBC World News Yannick – An Artist’s of fear” and with it, the natural balance of the ecosystem. Journey 10:00 The Future of Work: The New Friday 3 This film tells the story of Canadian- Industrial Revolution (Part EARLY MORNING born conductor Yannick Nézet- 1 of 3) Explore disruptions 12:00 Amanpour and Company Séguin as he rises from a child to the world of work – AI, 1:00 Nature: Natural Born prodigy to one of the most robotics, globalization, labor Rebels – Survival See Wed. acclaimed and sought-after practices. The pandemic Sept. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] music directors of his generation. is a new driver of change, 2:00 NOVA: Nature’s Fear He is currently music director with unemployment flipping Factor See Wed. Sept. 1 of the Orchestre Métropolitain, from lowest in 50 years at 9:00 pm. [R] the Metropolitan Opera, and A robot pulls a cart to highest in a century. 3:00 The Future of Work: The the Philadelphia Orchestra. 11:00 BBC World News New Industrial Revolution 11:30 Amanpour and Company (Part of 3) See Wed. Friday, September 3 The Future of Work Sept. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 9:35 pm This three-part series probes the Thursday 2 4:00 Samantha Brown’s Places seismic upheavals transforming how to Love: Samantha’s Tips EARLY MORNING Americans make their livelihoods for Making Travel Count [R] competition comes to the today, exploring the roots of these 12:30 Generation 9/11 [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] Midsomer village of Burwood changes and addressing how 2:30 Native America: Nature Mantle. When the race leader MORNING-AFTERNOON colleges or vocational training to Nations [R] is murdered, DCI Barnaby and are preparing the next generation 3:30 Great Performances at the 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids DS Nelson find themselves of U.S. workers. How will businesses, Met: Diana Damrau and 5:30 BBC World News America drawn into a ruthlessly com- communities, and governments Joseph Calleja in Concert [R] petitive world of blackmail, EVENING respond to this latest revolution? 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] bribery, and bloodshed where And will the American Dream – 6:00 PBS NewsHour winning comes at any cost. MORNING-AFTERNOON the good life attained through 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The 8:48 Midsomer Murders: Breaking hard work and upward mobility – 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids Week in Review the Chain (Part 2 of 2) survive these upheavals? 5:30 BBC World News America 7:30 Washington Week 9:35 Great Performances: 7:59 Midsomer Murders: Breaking Yannick – An Artist’s Journey Wednesdays, EVENING the Chain (Part 1 of 2) This film tells the story September 1-15, 10:00 pm 6:00 PBS NewsHour An international cycling of Canadian-born conductor 2021 SEPTEMBER 3 Photo: Courtesy of Michael Gaffney Michael of Courtesy Photo: After a shocking loss of the Heavyweight title to Leon Spinks, with swollen eyes Muhammad Ali faces the press conference after the fight.