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Schedule Key MON 7 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 • CPTV Original, CPTV National Production or Presentation, or CPTV Co-production indicated in red font. Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Learn how to plan for and Trans-Siberian • Program or episode premiere indicated by a P. Live broadcasts indicated by an L. thrive in retirement. Orchestra • Asterisk indicates that show begins prior to 8 p.m.; two asterisks indicate that show ends after 12 a.m. • Although accurate as of press time, for the most up-to-date program schedule, and exact start/end times, visit CPTV.org/schedule. Nature - Santa’s Wild Home Take an intimate look Great British Baking Show - Christmas Masterclass Euro at life in Lapland. Join Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood for tips on great holiday treats. Christmas Mkt TUE 1 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 TUE 8 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Bonamassa New England Holiday Gardening Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance Master Your Future With Learn how to plan for and thrive in retirement. With Charlie Nardozzi celebrates the renowned historian, author and filmmaker. Rajiv Nagaich**

NOVA - Mysteries of Sleep Scientists delve into the Independent Lens - Unrest Follow Jennifer Brea’s Amanpour & Company P NOVA - The Truth About Fat 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Learn how to eliminate Amanpour & Company P brain and discover the power of sleep. struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome. Explore fat’s impact on the body. the root cause of many painful conditions. WED 2 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 WED 9 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Discover how to eliminate Change Your Nature - Santa’s Wild Home Take an intimate look Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Dolly Parton: Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that the root cause of many painful conditions. Brain... at life in Lapland. Celebrate the band’s bestselling album: Rumours. I Will Always comes to life with music. Love You** P Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America Discover how the advent of the automobile Amanpour & Company P Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance Amanpour & Company P brought new freedoms but also perils to African Americans. Featuring radio host Joe Madison. hosts a celebration of the renowned historian and filmmaker. THU 3 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 THU 10 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 What to Eat When With Dr. Michael Roizen P Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Josh Groban: Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Peter Bence: Around the World P Ken Burns: The National Parks** Dr. Roizen demystifies the intermittent fasting trend. Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that An Evening of Harmony** Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that Explore the beauty and grandeur of comes to life with music. comes to life with music. America’s national parks. Ken Burns: Here and There Get an intimate look at Antiques Roadshow Find out Antiques Amanpour & Company P New England Holiday Gardening Craft in America - Holiday Antiques Roadshow - Junk in the Amanpour & Company P the life and work of filmmaker Ken Burns. which items are valued at $75,000. Roadshow With Charlie Nardozzi Artisans salute cherished traditions. Trunk 5 Unseen appraisals. FRI 4 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 FRI 11 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 New England Holiday Gardening Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance Joe Bonamassa: Royal Tea Live American Masters - Keith Haring: Street Art Boy P Explore the definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring. With Charlie Nardozzi P hosts this celebration of the renowned historian, author and filmmaker. The blues rock guitarist performs at Nashville’s Ryman theater. Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember Enjoy a nev- Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece Tune in for the conclusion of Austin City American Masters - Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Follow the story of this art sensation. er-before-seen 1973 concert found in the Sony vaults. this unconventional thriller about the perils of late-life romance. Limits** P SAT 5 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 SAT 12 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember Suze Orman’s Ultimate Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Celebrate the magic in this Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Christmas Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned Retirement Guide ** Learn how to powerful reinvention of the groundbreaking show. Celebrate the band’s bestselling album: Rumours. theater that comes to life with music. plan for and thrive in retirement. Durrells In Corfu Louisa Durrell and her four headstrong children arrive penniless on the island in 1935. Lucy Worsley’s Durrells in Corfu A string of mishaps, bad luck and bad moods threaten to end the Durrells’ idyllic life in Corfu. Very British Romance The They soon fall in love with the locals and a menagerie of animals. Royal Photo Album seductive history of British romance. SUN 6 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Pasquale Esposito: Il Tempo Change Your Brain, ... Monday Tuesday Lucy discovers that much of what we enjoy has Dec. 28 Dec. 15 Tudor origins. 11 p.m. 11 p.m. CPTV CPTV Nature - Equus: The Story of the Horse Explore the relationship between man and his noble steed. NOVA - Mysteries of Sleep**

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SUN 13 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 SAT 19 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Ken Burns: Here and There Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years Alan Cumming Dolly Parton: Call the Midwife Holiday Special* I Never Sang for My Father P Midsomer Murders - The Dark Rider celebrates the iconic series that introduced genera- I Will Always Love You** (Start: 7:30 p.m.) The midwives A successful professor has a rocky Barnaby investigates the death of a man tions of viewers to the delights of British drama. battle snow, ice and frozen pipes. relationship with his father. who saw a headless rider. Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the grandeur Nature - Santa’s Wild Home Get an intimate look Richard Bangs’ Durrells in Corfu The adventures continue as the bohemian Durrells fit right Very British Romance and beauty of America’s national parks. at life in Lapland, home to reindeer and wolverines. Ad... in with their Greek neighbors, except when they don’t! Explore love in the Victorian era. MON 14 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 SUN 20 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Antiques Roadshow An Andy Antiques Roadshow A diamond Fake or Fortune? P A family Craft in America Explore the Sanditon* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) Charlotte’s coach accident brings her to Sanditon, Professor T. - Diamond P Warhol portrait and a 1795 Chinese bracelet is among the hidden portrait attributed to Maria Cosway creation of Hanukkah menorahs where she meets the Parker brothers. A jeweler’s family is taken hostage. wine vessel are appraised. treasures up for appraisal. is investigated. and lavish gingerbread houses. Great British Baking Show Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood Viewer’s Favorites Amanpour & Company P Nature Explore Austria’s Nature A wildlife cameraman Nature Follow a family of NOVA - Bird Brain offer tips for enhancing your holiday baking. Kalkalpen National Park. shadows a cheetah family. goshawks in the wild. Explore the genius of birds. TUE 15 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 MON 21 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Ella Wishes You a Finding Your Roots - Freedom Frontline Craft in America - Democracy P Antiques Roadshow - Orlando Antiques Roadshow - Orlando Fake or Fortune? P A landscape Seasoned Join Marysol Castro Swingin’ Christmas Tales Featuring S. Epatha See how craft is intertwined with Tune in to see which item is Fantastic finds abound in this attributed to Gainsborough, known and Chef Plum for a fun holiday With Vanessa Williams P Merkerson and Michael Strahan. our nation’s defining principles. appraised at $200,000. episode. for portraits, is investigated. food show. NOVA The genius of birds... NOVA Discover how birds Nature Helen Macdonald follows Amanpour & Company P Seasoned* How to Cook at Christmas With Rory O’Connell Rory is back with delicious Amanpour & Company P understand the world around them. a family of goshawks in the wild. and imaginative dishes to get you through the holidays. WED 16 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 TUE 22 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Nature - Animal Odd Couples NOVA - Einstein’s Quantum NOVA - Apollo’s Daring Mission Antiques Roadshow - Finding Your Roots - Good Nazi Major Karl Plagge Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Finding Your Roots - Unlikely relationships are explored. Riddle Physicists capture light Astronauts and engineers discuss New Orleans Grandparents and Other protected more than 1,000 Jews Steve Ross P Learn about the Grandparents and Other from across the universe. the first mission to the moon. Strangers A. Samberg, G. Martin. in a Lithuanian labor camp. Holocaust survivor’s life and work. Strangers A. Samberg, G. Martin. Mark Twain’s Journey to Ornament of the World Explore a time when Muslims, Jews and Amanpour & Company P NOVA Explore the mystery of the Secrets of the Dead Who cap- NOVA An ancient tablet upends Amanpour & Company P Jerusalem Retrace his trip. Christians shared a cultural identity that transcended their religious beliefs. Franklin expedition. tained the ship that left the Titanic? the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. THU 17 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 WED 23 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Seasoned P Join Marysol Castro Shakespeare & Hathaway - Call the Midwife Holiday Special The Nonnatus This Old House Nature - Snowbound: Animals of NOVA - Pluto and Beyond The NOVA - Flying Supersonic Antiques Roadshow - Orlando and Chef Plum for a fun holiday The Chameleon’s Dish House visits South Africa to help a mission hospital. Winter Travel across the globe to New Horizons spacecraft attempts Discover the history of the A $200,000 find is uncovered. food show. meet the survivors of winter. to fly by Ultima Thule. Concorde. Craft in America Celebrate Antiques Roadshow - Junk in Rick Steves’ Amanpour & Company P Lucy Worsley’s Secrets of the Dead Learn about Seasoned Marysol Castro and Amanpour & Company P holiday crafters and traditions. the Trunk 6 Unseen appraisals. European Christmas 12 Days of Tudor Christmas the construction of Notre Dame. Chef Plum - holiday food show. FRI 18 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 THU 24 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Midsomer Murders Barnaby investigates Death in Paradise When a storm Ella Wishes You Sun Studio Little Women on Masterpiece Join the March sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy Christmas with the Tabernacle after a man falls to his death. hits, the police station becomes a a Swingin’ Christmas... Sessions as they navigate life with the help of their mother, Marmee. Choir - Christmas Day Morning crime scene. Shakespeare Live! Twelfth Night P A shipwreck separates Viola from her brother, Austin City Limits - Urban Nutcracker: Christmas with the Christmas with the Tabernacle Christmas with the Tabernacle From the RSC* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) setting the stage for mistaken identity. Kane Brown/Colter Wall P Anatomy of a Ballet Tabernacle Choir With Kell... Choir Featuring... With Sutton Fos...

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FRI 25 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special* Call the Midwife Holiday Special P It’s 1965 and Great Performances - Harold Prince: (Start: 7:30 p.m.) Mother Mildred the residents of Nonnatus House are looking forward The Director’s Life Celebrate Prince’s and her sisters go to the Outer to a traditional Christmas, but things go awry. extraordinary career. Hebrides for a nursing shortage. What it means to be a Great Performances - Fiddler: I Never Sang for My Father Follow the rocky rela- Sun Studio Austin City Limits - Miracle of Mira... (Start: 7:30 p.m.) tionship between a college professor and his father. Sessions Khalid/Mac DeMarco Connecticut Public Leadership Giver SAT 26 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Fake or Fortune? - A Landscape: Thomas Gainsborough** public

Durrells in Corfu Aunt Hermione descends upon the family, making for an interesting visit. Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Leadership Circle members are our most generous annual IN appreciation SUN 27 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 contributors. They are passionate about Connecticut Public and our vision to be an essential source for truth and ideas Nick Donofrio Sanditon on Masterpiece* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) Entrepreneurs, love interests, legacy hunters, Professor T. P Jitske contends hypochondriacs and medical mountebanks abound at the struggling resort. she knows who murdered her that connects the citizens of Connecticut to their communities believes in the mother but won’t say. and to the world. power of education Nature - Natural Born Hustlers Stand back as animals outwit predators, find or catch food NOVA Explore the disappearance and hands-on and raise the next generation. Would they lie, cheat or steal to survive? Of course they would! of the Franklin expedition. Our Leadership Circle is a recognition society for donors who learning. With a through their annual donations of $1,000 or more ensure that generous gift to MON 28 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Connecticut Public remains the state’s trusted public media source Connecticut Public, Antiques Roadshow An Einstein Antiques Roadshow Tune in Fake or Fortune? P The classic Craft in America - Storytellers for fact-based journalism, information, educational resources, and Nick established the Donofrio Media signed photo and an Agassiz pen- to see which items are valued veduta, attributed to Guardi and Artists who use narrative to quality programming on TV, radio and digital platforms. Internship. Donofrio Interns work dant watch are appraised. between $200,000 and $300,000. Marieschi, is investigated. communicate are profiled. alongside Connecticut Public media Martha Bakes Test Kitchen Rick Steves’ Samantha Expeditions With Steve Amanpour & Company As special members, Leadership Givers have access to PBS professionals gaining first-hand Europe P Brown Backshall - Greenland:... Passport, advanced notice of special ticketed shows, concerts experience in areas ranging from TUE 29 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 and other events, invitations to donor gatherings, and program journalism and broadcast production screenings. They enjoy an “insider’s” perspective through our to digital content development and American Masters - Laura Ingalls Wilder: American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: Fake or Fortune? - A Venetian Prairie to Page P Explore the life and legacy The Woman Behind Little Women Meet the author Scene: Guardi and Marieschi INPublic newsletter and access to INConversation events featuring marketing. Nick is also a champion of the ‘Little House’ series. who was free thinker with a literary double life. CT Public personalities, media creators, and station leaders in of community college as former Chairman of Connecticut Board of NOVA Scientists attempt a To Catch a Comet A spacecraft NOVA Explore tech gleaned Amanpour & Company P topical conversations. It’s easy to join through a one-time gift or space grab of an asteroid chunk. orbiter tries to land on a comet. from the first moon mission. in monthly installments as a Connecticut Public Sustainer. Regents for Higher Education. In an effort to marry these two areas WED 30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 of interest, the Donofrio Interns Nature Buffalo and wolves engage NOVA - The Impossible Flight Two intrepid pilots attempt to build Antiques Roadshow - Orlando are selected from the Connecticut in epic life-and-death dramas. and fly the first solar-powered airplane around the world. An Einstein signed photo is State Colleges & Universities system appraised. Our leadership giving team is available to help you consider and plan the donation level that works in a partnership that also provides Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Come along for an incredible journey of royal history and intrigue. Amanpour & Company P for you. For more information, contact Deidre Tavera Donofrio Public Media scholarships at [email protected] or call 860.275.7275. to students. – Nick portrait, MITRE Photo THU 31 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) The whiskey-drinking, jazz-loving Vicar Sidney Chambers and his friend Inspector Geordie Keating solve crimes in the small parish of Grantchester.

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