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MAY 2020 VOL. 50 NO. 5 PROGRAM GUIDE (See Page 2) AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: IN THIS TOGETHER: A PBS ASIAN AMERICANS GEORGE W. BUSH AMERICAN PORTRAIT STORY Premieres Monday, Premieres Monday, Friday, May 8, May 11, at 8:00 p.m. May 4, at 9:00 p.m. at 9:00 p.m. WPSU ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING Learn more about our new Learning at Home programming on page 7 and at learning.wpsu.org. MONDAY – FRIDAY 6:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Curious George 7:30 Nature Cat Speaking Grief 8:00 Wild Kratts Tuesday, May 5, at 8:00 p.m. 8:30 Molly of Denali Speaking Grief explores the transformative experience 9:00 Xavier Riddle of losing a family member in a grief-avoidant society. and the Secret Museum It validates grief as a normal, healthy part of the human 9:30 Let's Go Luna! experience rather than a problem that needs to be 10:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood “fixed.” It also addresses the role that support from 10:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood friends and family plays in a person’s grief experience, 11:00 Sesame Street offering guidance on how to show up for people in 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific their darkest moments. 12:00 Learning at Home Lineup: Check listings online at learning.wpsu.org 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Weather World Conversations Live!: Grief (Re-airs at 5:45 p.m.) 6:00 BBC World News America Thursday, May 21, at 8:00 p.m. 6:30 DW The Day Is there any "right" way to grieve? We'll answer this 7:00 PBS NewsHour question and more with Lindsey Fenton, WPSU producer of Speaking Grief, along with experts. Call with questions at 1-800-543-8242 or send questions to [email protected]. weeknights at 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Now streaming online at wpsu.org/weatherworld This guide indicates scheduled programs at time of publication. Watch WPSU-TV's evening lineups or check the website (wpsu.org/tv/schedules). MAYFEATURES2 MAY LISTINGS FRIDAY, MAY 1 8:00 Father Brown 8:00 Call the Midwife The Folly of Jephthah Episode Six 8:00 Washington Week Flambeau seeks Father Brown’s Disappointed by the Poplar 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover help to get rid of an unwanted rival. Horticultural Show’s cancellation, 9:00 Somewhere South 9:00 A Place to Call Home Fred attempts to reinstate it. How Do You ‘Cue? Autumn Affairs 9:00 World on Fire on Masterpiece Vivian travels to Florida for smoked As Prudence, Delia, and Carolyn Episode Five mullet and Texas for barbecue with prepare for what turns out to be a Harry and his unit reach Dunkirk, Japanese and Mexican twists. scandalous party in Sydney, Jack with the odds stacked against them. 10:00 American Masters: Julia Child has decided to confront his nemesis 10:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece The chef’s life and legacy are fondly head on. Episode Four remembered and celebrated, with 10:00 Call the Midwife Julien finds the money, but Edward never before seen photos. Episode Five makes a reckless move that puts 11:00 Amanpour and Company Sister Frances is at a loss when the case in jeopardy. a recovering cancer patient’s wife 11:00 Modus refuses to accept further help. The Swedish police and the FBI SATURDAY, MAY 2 11:00 Austin City Limits now know where Helen Tyler is, but 9:00 This Old House Gary Clark, Jr. will they get there in time? Cape Ann/Tiling is a Family Affair The singer-songwriter and guitarist 9:30 American Woodshop performs songs from his highly Segmented Salad Bowls and acclaimed album, This Land. MONDAY, MAY 4 Laminated Tablewares 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Woodsmith Shop SUNDAY, MAY 3 McNay Art Museum, Hour 3 Scalloped Lid Box Julius Cohen yellow diamond 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines 9:00 Classic Gospel earrings, a 1928 Gibson Granada Urban Fishing Jimmy Fortune: God & Country banjo, and more items are appraised. 11:00 The New Fly Fisher 10:00 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé 9:00 American Experience: Polar Outfitting 10:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter George W. Bush 11:30 Garden Smart Through the Fire Part One 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen 11:00 Journeys in Japan The life of George W. Bush is with Master Chefs Yokohama: A Port Town with It All explored and his tumultuous two- Jimmy Sneed 11:30 Trails to Oishii Tokyo term presidency is chronicled. 12:30 Christina Cooks: Buri Back to the Cutting Board 12:00 Simply Ming 11:00 Amanpour and Company Want to Be a Happier Camper? Ming Tsai with Guest Susur Lee 1:00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg 12:30 Christopher Kimball’s Onion Tart, Pumpkin Rice, Milk Street Television TUESDAY, MAY 5 & Butter Bean Stew On the Road: Portland, Maine WPSU ORIGINAL 1:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 1:00 Field Trip with Curtis Stone How Do You Say Tucson? The Kimberley 8:00 Speaking Grief 2:00 Kevin Belton’s 1:30 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places The film explores why the pain of New Orleans Celebrations You Say Potato losing a loved one can be so difficult Oktoberfest 2:00 Lidia’s Kitchen to understand and discuss. 2:30 Dishing with Julia Child Home Cooked Restaurant Classics 9:00 American Experience: Your Own French Onion Soup 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen George W. Bush 3:00 Tastemakers from Cook’s Illustrated Part Two 3:30 Flavor of Poland Summer Picnic Party The life of George W. Bush is Zakopane 3:00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages explored and his tumultuous two- 4:00 Outside: Beyond the Lens South-West England term presidency is chronicled. Storm Chasers 4:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Amanpour and Company 4:30 Curious Traveler Cape Ann/Tiling is a Family Affair; Curious Southern Wales Cedar Shingles 5:00 Weekends with Yankee 5:00 MotorWeek WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Walk on the Wild Side 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 8:00 Spy in the Wild, 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries 6:00 Antiques Roadshow A Nature Miniseries The North Little Rock, Hour Two The Tropics Travel to the Northern Hemisphere, 7:00 Keeping Up Appearances 7:00 Escape to the Chateau where the spy creatures learn how Skis Christmas at the Chateau 7:30 Hold the Sunset animals move, feed, and fight. The Sale MAYLISTINGS3 9:00 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us FRIDAY, MAY 8 12:30 Christina Cooks: Crisis Back to the Cutting Board Earth’s changing water cycle and 8:00 Washington Week Let’s Stop Sugarcoating the Truth human profiting are forcing changes 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg in our reliance on water. 9:00 In This Together: Tomato Risotto, Spinach Pancakes, 10:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall A PBS American Portrait Story Summer Veg Blanket Pie Mexico - Maya Underworld Hear firsthand accounts of how the 1:30 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes, and Subterranean Mexican caves that coronavirus pandemic has affected Destinations ancient Maya believed were a portal everyday Americans. Nashville, Tennessee to an underworld are explored. 9:30 Great Performances 2:00 Kevin Belton’s 11:00 Amanpour and Company La Phil 100 New Orleans Celebrations The centennial of LA Phil is Beignet Fest celebrated with “La Valse” by Ravel, 2:30 Dishing with Julia Child THURSDAY, MAY 7 Stravinsky’s “Firebird”, and more. Boeuf Bourguignon 11:00 Amanpour and Company 3:00 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways 8:00 Midsomer Murders Romania A Sacred Trust 4:00 Outside: Beyond the Lens Barnaby and Jones investigate the SATURDAY, MAY 9 East Side Colors cloistered world of Midsomer Priory 4:30 Curious Traveler when a nun is murdered. 9:00 This Old House Curious Bruges 9:30 Last Tango in Halifax Cape Ann/ 5:00 Weekends with Yankee Caroline throws herself into her new Window on Restoration Treasures from the Earth relationship, upsetting her mother 9:30 American Woodshop 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend and her estranged husband. Wright-Inspired Art Glass 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Freestanding Cabinet 10:30 Hold the Sunset McNay Art Museum, Hour 3 10:00 Woodsmith Shop The Sale 7:00 Keeping Up Appearances Horizontal Routing Phil gives in to the idea that he should Country Estate 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines hold an Open Day to sell his house. 7:30 Hold the Sunset Walleye World 11:00 Amanpour and Company The Disappearance 11:00 The New Fly Fisher 8:00 Father Brown Eagle River Trout Lodge The Numbers of the Beast 11:30 Garden Smart Mrs. McCarthy strikes it lucky at 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen the church bingo with the help of a with Master Chefs Romani fortune teller. Rick Bayless Premieres Monday, May 4, at 9:00 p.m. The latest in American Experience's award-winning series of presidential biographies, this film is a two- part, four-hour look at the life and presidency of George W. Bush, from his unorthodox road to the presidency through the contested election of 2000. Returns Wednesday, May 6, at 10:00 p.m. MAYLISTINGS4 9:00 A Place to Call Home 12:30 Christopher Kimball’s 10:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece Life Longs for Itself Milk Street Television Episode Five Four months after Prudence’s Milk Street Sweets Julien plots an audacious move party, Carolyn and Jack are living 1:00 Field Trip with Curtis Stone to frame Constantin, which ends separately, and one of Anna’s novels Rioja in bloodshed.