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SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 6 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: THE DURRELLS IN CORFU ON MASTERPIECE. Leslie gets thrown out of the house and ends up in court. Theo and Spiros are his attorneys. Margo settles into her new job-and a new dress. Louisa has more man trouble. (60 Min)

8:00 PT / 9:00 MT: POLDARK SEASON 2 ON MASTERPIECE. A fugitive points the way to riches. Ross and the free traders sail into a trap. Caroline and Dwight hatch a plan. Demelza faces house arrest. (60 Min)

9:00 PT / 10:00 MT: INDIAN SUMMERS SEASON 2 ON MASTERPIECE. Alice and Aafrin hatch an ambitious plan with Cynthia's help. Sooni chooses a husband. Ralph is double-crossed. Ian gets a clue in a cold case. (60 Min)

10:00 PT / 11:00 MT: JEWEL IN THE CROWN “Incidents at a Wedding.” The arrangements for Susan and Teddie's wedding are threatened, but Merrick provides a solution. The Layton family gathers at Mirat, but what should be a happy occasion is overshadowed by unexplained incidents. (60 Min)

MONDAY – NOVEMBER 7 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: GREAT HOUSES WITH JULIAN FELLOWES “Burghley House.” Join Fellowes as he visits Burghley, for 500 years the home of heirs of William Cecil, the political brain and iron fist behind the throne of Elizabeth I. He hears tales of royals and commoners, including a farmer's daughter who married the tenth earl. (60 Min)

8:00 PT / 9:00 MT: ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage.” Travel with ROADSHOW as it turns the spotlight on incredible items with Asian and Pacific Islands origins, including a Hawaiian kou bowl, a Ghandi presentation spinning wheel and an 1888 Joseph Nawahi painting. Which is valued at $250,000-$300,000? (60 Min)

9:00 PT / 10:00 MT: USO – FOR THE TROOPS. Examine the ways the USO has lifted the spirits of American service personnel for more than 75 years. See how the organization keeps military men and women connected to country, home, family and hope, abroad and on the home front. (60 Min)

10:00 PT / 11:00 MT: FRONTLINE “The Choice 2016.” Go behind the headlines generated by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, two of the most polarizing candidates in modern history, to investigate what has shaped them, where they came from, how they lead and why they want to be president. (2 Hrs)

TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 8 5:00 PT / 6:00 MT: PBS NEWSHOUR ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE 2016. Watch live coverage of election results with co-anchors Gwen Ifill and and Mark Shields, David Brooks, Amy Walter and Andra Gillespie. John Yang and Lisa Desjardins report from the Clinton and Trump campaign headquarters, respectively. (4 Hrs)

9:00 PT / 10:00 MT: 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: AMERICAN UMPIRE. American Umpire, a thought-provoking documentary about U.S. foreign policy, chronicles how the United States became the world's policeman and questions how long the U.S. must continue to play this role. (60 Min)

10:00 PT / 11:00 MT: 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: SEIZED: INSIDE THE MYSTERY OF EPILEPSY. Follow the personal struggles of four individuals and their families as they face the challenges of living with epilepsy and courageously search for new treatments. The documentary also features leaders in epilepsy research. (60 Min)

WEDNESDAY – NOVEMBER 9 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: NATURE “The Story of Cats: Into the Americas.” Track the story of cats into the Americas, from battles with the rival Canids, to the rise of domestic cats. Meet the mighty jaguar, the urban mountain lion, the curious ocelot, the Canada lynx, the nimble margay, the Siamese cat and the Sphynx. (60 Min) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature

8:00 PT / 9:00 MT: NOVA “Treasures of the Earth: Metals.” Gold, bronze, iron, steel . . . metals are pillars of our civilization, but what makes them so special? Discover their unique properties and explore how our mastery of metals has led us from the Stone Age to today's hi-tech world. (60 Min) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

9:00 PT / 10:00 MT: MILITARY MEDICINE: BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD. Learn about military medical advances and technology, from the battlefield to the return home. Hear the personal stories of physicians, scientists, active duty military personnel, wounded warriors and their families. Bob Woodruff reports. (60 Min)

10:00 PT / 11:00 MT: PENGUINS: SPY IN THE MIDDLE, A NATURE SPECIAL PRESENTATION “Growing Up.” As their chicks become increasingly independent, emperor and rockhopper parents place them in a creche and go fishing. Humboldt chicks are left in their burrows as the adults head for the beach. As the young grow bigger and preen out baby fluff they sport punk hairdos. Emperor chicks go skating while rockhopper chicks practice jumping skills. Eventually all the chicks leave for the sea, tackling the same hazards as their parents before them, from sea lions to predatory birds, high cliffs to glaciers. (60 Min)

THURSDAY – NOVEMBER 10 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: LAST DAY OF WORLD WAR I. Michael Palin visits the battlefields where The Great War came to an end. (60 Min)

8:00 PT/ 9:00 MT: FATHER BROWN “The Brewer’s Daughter.” Based on the short stories by G K Chesterton, Father Brown follows the kindly cleric as he solves crimes in his community. Because of his calling, Father Brown is more interested in saving souls than in bringing the guilty to justice. (60 Min)

9:00 PT/ 10:00 MT: THE GUILTY. Follow DCI Brand's deepening investigation. Frustrated by the case and concerned for her son and by tension at home, she unwittingly places herself in danger. She's stunned when an unnerving confrontation leads to an unexpected confession. (60 Min)

10:00 PT / 11:00 MT: MILITARY MEDICINE: BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD. Learn about military medical advances and technology, from the battlefield to the return home. Hear the personal stories of physicians, scientists, active duty military personnel, wounded warriors and their families. Bob Woodruff reports. (60 Min)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL. Join Gwen and the roundtable as they discuss the top stories of the week. For more than 45 years, Washington Week has been the most intelligent and up to date conversation about the most important news stories of the week with the best reporters in Washington. (30 Min) http://www.pbs.org/washingtonweek

7:30 PT / 8:30 MT: – THE WEEK. This program provides a retrospective of the best stories and interviews from the nightly PBS program CHARLIE ROSE. The show captures the defining moments in politics, science, business, culture, media and sports. (30 Min) http://www.pbs.org/charlierosetheweek/home/

8:00 PT / 9:00 MT: THE DURRELLS IN CORFU ON MASTERPIECE. Leslie gets thrown out of the house and ends up in court. Theo and Spiros are his attorneys. Margo settles into her new job-and a new dress. Louisa has more man trouble. (60 Min)

9:00 PT / 10:00 MT: GYPSY. GREAT PERFORMANCES presents Imelda Staunton as the indomitable Momma Rose in London's hit revival of Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical, Gypsy, about stripper Gypsy Rose Lee's rise to fame. (2.5 Hrs)

SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 12 6:00 PT / 7:00 MT: THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW “Salute to Famous Musical Families.” While hosting this "Salute to Famous Musical Families," Anacani also shares some of her own family's favorite foods. The Everly Brothers are saluted in the opening number, "Bye-Bye Love," Tanya remembers the Carpenters with "We've Only Just Begun" and Gail and Dale pay tribute to the Sinatras with "Something Stupid." Anacani's mother joins her from the audience for "You Belong To My Heart." (60 Min)

7:00 PT / 8:00 MT: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES. Although the musical for which she had auditioned is already fully cast, Hyacinth is convinced that Emmet is only too shy to offer her a part. Hyacinth evolves a plan to pluck up his courage by inviting him to Violet's home for a "bon vivant buffet." (30 Min)

7:30 PT / 8:30 MT: AS TIME GOES BY. In order to ease Lionel's financial situation Alistair suggests that he sell the country house. Lionel and Jean travel to the country to break the news to Mrs. Bale, Lol and Rocky. (30 Min)

8:00 PT / 9:00 MT: SATURDAY NIGHT CINEMA “Picnic.” A handsome drifter (William Holden) provokes explosive emotions in citizens (Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell) of a small Kansas town at a Labor Day festival. (2 Hrs)

(William Holden had to shave his chest for this role, so that he appeared much younger than his true 37 years. Also, the climactic picnic scenes had to be shot on a soundstage due to rainstorms. Finally, William Holden was so nervous about having to dance in the Moonglow scene that Director Joshua Logan took him to Kansas roadhouses to practice his dance steps, along with choreographer Miriam Nelson. When the scene came to be shot, Holden, an alcoholic, was drunk to calm his nerves. (trivia found on www.imdb.com)

10:00 PT / 11:00 MT: ISLANDS WITHOUT CARS WITH KIRA HESSER. Explore the Island of Sark with Kira as she offers a unique look at the last feudal state in the western world - a tiny, ruggedly beautiful island in the English Channel with only 600 contentedly car-phobic residents. (30 Min)

10:30 PT / 11:30 MT: BLUEGREASS UNDERGROUND “The Suffers.” Welcome these relative newcomers, a 10- piece band fresh out of Houston and fronted by the massive-voiced singer Kam Franklin and influenced by classic rock 'n' roll, country, Latin and southern hip-hop as much as Stax/Volt or Muscle Shoals era. (30 Min)