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3 Primetime and Weekend Schedule for WOSU TV
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Christianity spreads and conversion takes place in the Roman Empire in the second and third centuries. 7:30 am In Good Shape - The Health Show 7:00 pm The Great British Baking Show 8:00 am Dr. Fuhrman's Food As Medicine Masterclass 3 Friday, September 4, 2020 10:00 am Suze Orman's Ultimate 8:00 pm Ken Burns: America's Storyteller 7:30 pm Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Retirement Guide Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and others celebrate the acclaimed filmmaker. 8:00 pm Washington Week 12:00 pm Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Anniversary Special 10:00 pm Abba Forever – A Celebration 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record 2:00 pm Longevity Paradox with Steven Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, 9:00 pm ABBA Forever – A Celebration Gundry, MD Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band members themselves. Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, 3:30 pm Suze Orman's Ultimate Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band Retirement Guide members themselves. Wednesday, September 2, 2020 5:30 pm Ken Burns: America's Storyteller 10:30 pm Fleetwood Mac: The Dance 7:30 pm Untamed The band performs "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way," 7:00 pm John Sebastian Presents: Songbirds • Discover what makes a songbird a "The Chain" and more in an intimate 1997 concert. Folk Rewind songbird. Hint: it's not what you think! 9:00 pm ABBA Forever – A Celebration 8:00 pm John Sebastian Presents: Saturday, September 5, 2020 Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, Folk Rewind Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band A live reunion of folk singers includes Barry McGuire, 6:00 am Motorweek members themselves. Roger McGuinn and The Chad Mitchell Trio. 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting 10:30 pm The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks 10:00 pm The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks 7:00 am It's Sew Easy The band performs an energetic mix of bluegrass, The band performs an energetic mix of bluegrass, country, pop melodies, folk and indie rock. country, pop melodies, folk and indie rock. 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 8:00 am Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Thursday, September 3, 2020 Merzenich Monday, September 7, 2020 7:30 pm Ask This Old House 9:30 am Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength 7:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods and Balance with Peggy Cappy Where are They Now? • A massive south High 8:00 pm FRONTLINE Street building gets a second life. Also, around the From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians - Pax 10:30 am Let's Talk Menopause world with the Walk O’ Wonders, and a Marble Cliff Mansion is rescued. Romana/A Light to the World • Traces the life of 11:30 am Dr. Fuhrman's Food As Medicine Jesus of Nazareth, exploring the message that helped his ministry grow and the events that led 1:00 pm Suze Orman's Ultimate 8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow to his crucifixion around 30 C.E. Retirement Guide Cleveland, Hour Two • A 1964 Manoucher Yektai oil painting and an 1863 Civil War grave marker 9:15 pm FRONTLINE 3:00 pm Longevity Paradox with Steven group are appraised. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians - A light Gundry, MD to the Nations • The second hour turns from the 4:30 pm Ken Burns: America's Storyteller 9:00 pm Antiques Roadshow life of Jesus to the period that followed his death, Cleveland, Hour 3 • Great finds include a "Big examining the rise of Christianity and concluding 6:30 pm Rick Steves Fascism In Europe with the First Revolt. Bronco" coin-operated horse and a Tiffany & Co. 8:00 pm Rhythm, Love & Soul pendant watch necklace. 10:30 pm FRONTLINE Join legends of R&B, Motown and soul, including 10:00 pm Revolution of the Heart: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians • Aretha Franklin, Gloria Gaynor and The Manhattans. The Dorothy Day Story The impact of the Gospels after the First Revolt; 10:00 pm John Sebastian Presents: Archival footage and interviews trace the life of Folk Rewind social activist and Catholic convert Dorothy Day. A live reunion of folk singers includes Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and The Chad Mitchell Trio. Tuesday, September 8, 2020 7:00 pm The Great British Baking Show Sunday, September 6, 2020 Masterclass 4 6:00 am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 pm Finding Your Roots 6:30 am Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Children of the Revolution • Lupita Nyong'o, Carmelo Anthony and Ana Navarro investigate 7:00 am Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack the political choices of their fathers.
4 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 (cont.) 10:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances - 9:00 pm FRONTLINE Cocaine Blues • After years abroad, Miss The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket Phryne Fisher returns to Melbourne and is soon Daisy's Toyboy • Hyacinth's social standing at Growing Up Poor in America • The experience embroiled in mystery. a church function is jeopardized when Onslow of child poverty against the backdrop of the becomes more ardent. pandemic and increasing racial tensions. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families Friday, September 11, 2020 8:30 pm Hold The Sunset navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19. 7:30 pm Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Bubbly • Edith's retirement dreams are shattered when her 50-year old son Roger arrives home. 10:00 pm Harbor from the Holocaust 8:00 pm Washington Week 9:00 pm Father Brown In a Holocaust story of hope, 20,000 Jews find 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record refuge in Shanghai in China during World War II. The Honourable Thief • Lady Felicia's home comes 9:00 pm Great Performances: Romeo under threat and Father Brown must seek help and Juliet from an unlikely ally. Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Shakespeare's classic is performed by dancers from The Royal Ballet with a score by Sergei Prokofiev. 10:00 pm Shakespeare & Hathaway - 7:30 pm Cycle Around Japan Highlights Private Investigators Ehime Saturday, September 12, 2020 8:00 pm NOVA Human Nature • An extraordinary technology 6:00 am Motorweek called CRISPR allows us to edit human DNA. How far should we go? 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting
10:00 pm Hacking Your Mind 7:00 am Fit 2 Stitch Living On Auto-Pilot • Discover how you go 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting through life on auto-pilot and learn how to get an auto-pilot owner's manual. 8:00 am Growing A Greener World 8:30 am Family Plot: Gardening in the Thursday, September 10, 2020 Mid-South 7:30 pm Ask This Old House 9:00 am Woodsmith Shop 8:00 pm Broad & High 9:30 am American Woodshop How The Rogue Roar'd • When Frank and Lu are hired to help close down an old The Journey Mural • The Short North Arts District 10:00 am This Old House Bingo Hall, Frank is surprised to find an is now home to one of the tallest public murals in old nemesis at work. Columbus. We explore the story behind the mural 10:30 am Ask This Old House now towering over the Short North, and Paisha Thomas brings her soulful sounds to Broad & High. 11:00 am Kitchen Queens: New Orleans 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 11:30 am Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke Sunday, September 13, 2020 Architects • Getting around The Christopher 12:00 pm Lidia's Kitchen 6:00 am Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack Inn. Also, how Ohio History Connection documents the link between architect Frank 12:30 pm Ciao Italia 6:30 am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Packard and President Warren G. Harding. 1:00 pm America's Test Kitchen 7:00 am McLaughlin Group 9:00 pm Doc Martin 1:30 pm New Orleans Cooking with 7:30 am State of Ohio Kevin Belton 8:00 am Antiques Roadshow 2:00 pm Cook's Country 9:00 am Reconnecting Roots 2:30 pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking 9:30 am Broad & High 3:00 pm Rick Steves' Europe 10:00 am Sara's Weeknight Meals 3:30 pm Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 10:30 am 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations 4:00 pm Samantha Brown's Places to Love 11:00 am Neven’s Spanish Food Trails 4:30 pm Animal Babies: First Year On Earth 11:30 am Tastemakers 5:30 pm PBS NewHour Weekend 12:00 pm NOVA 6:00 pm The Great British Baking Show 1:00 pm History Detectives 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 2:00 pm Vietnam War Mysterious Ways • Louisa and Martin are The Veneer of Civilization living together, but Louisa finds herself juggling too many responsibilities.
All programs are subject to change. 5 Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 (cont.) Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Friday, September 18, 2020 4:00 pm Dictator's Playbook 7:30 pm Cycle Around Japan Highlights 7:30 pm Gzero World with Ian Bremmer Saddam Hussein Aomori - A Spirit of Fortitude 8:00 pm Washington Week 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record 8:00 pm Islands of Wonder 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record 5:30 pm PBS NewHour Weekend 9:00 pm Great Performances 5:57 pm Northanger Abbey Now Hear This, Series 2: Haydn: King of Strings • 7:30 pm Lucy Worsley's Royal Host Scott Yoo and guest artists explore the work Palace Secrets of famed composer Joseph Haydn's career. 9:00 pm Van Der Valk On Masterpiece 10:00 pm Art in the Twenty-First Century Love In Amsterdam • Art, politics and passion mix in London • Discover how British history and a case that breaks in Piet's new assistant, Cloovers. modern upheaval collide in the works of today's London artists. Monday, September 14, 2020 Saturday, September 19, 2020 7:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 6:00 am Motorweek Architects • Getting around The Christopher Inn. Also, how Ohio History Connection 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting documents the link between architect Frank Packard and President Warren G. Harding. 7:00 am Fit 2 Stitch Madagascar • The oldest island on Earth, 8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Madagascar has been isolated longer than 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting any other place in the world. Life here Fort Worth, Hour 1 • Treasures include a rock n' has had time to evolve in unusual ways, 8:00 am Growing A Greener World roll poster collection from 1968 and a Delaware resulting in more unique wildlife than Tribe beaded baldric. possibly any other island on the planet. 8:30 am Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South 9:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Fort Worth, Hour 2 • A Felipe Orlando abstract 9:00 am Woodsmith Shop oil from 1980 and a German baroque lockbox 9:00 pm NOVA 9:30 am American Woodshop from 1625 are showcased. Secret Mind of Slime • Scientists investigate the "intelligence" of slime molds, which appear 10:00 am This Old House 10:00 pm The Revolutionist: to learn without a brain. Eugene v. Debs 10:30 am Ask This Old House The story of Eugene Debs, one of the most prominent 10:00 pm Hacking Your Mind 11:00 am Kitchen Queens: New Orleans socialists in American history, is chronicled. Weapons of Influence • Politicians, social media and marketers use big data to hack your auto- 11:30 am Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke pilot decision making system. Tuesday, September 15, 2020 12:00 pm Lidia's Kitchen 7:00 pm The Great British Baking Show Thursday, September 17, 2020 12:30 pm Ciao Italia Christmas Masterclass 7:30 pm Ask This Old House 1:00 pm America's Test Kitchen 8:00 pm Finding Your Roots Immigrant Nation • Actors Scarlett Johansson, 8:00 pm Broad & High 1:30 pm New Orleans Cooking with Paul Rudd and John Turturro gain greater Kevin Belton Fluxflow Dance Project • The (fictional) circus comes understanding of their ancestors. to town in the latest performance from Clintonville’s 2:00 pm Cook's Country FluxFlow Dance Project; Meet a Columbus man who is 9:00 pm DIALOGUE also a thrifty knitter and Drift Mouth visits the studio 2:30 pm Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Racial Inequity in the Age of COVID-19 • The with their sounds of Appalachia. Television COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on systemic racial inequalities in the American health 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 3:00 pm Rick Steves' Europe care system. The coronavirus has affected people In The Air! • Columbus’ aviation history – from hot of color at a disproportionate rate. While we’re 3:30 pm Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope air balloons to fighter jets; the story behind the John coping with a new virus, it’s not a new problem. Glenn Columbus International Airport; Ohio State’s African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans Don Scott Airport; and Lockbourne Air Force Base. have long suffered worse health effects than White Americans. We’ll look at the reasons behind this systemic inequity and explore ways to close the gap. 9:00 pm Doc Martin Sons and Lovers • Martin and Louisa need to 10:00 pm FRONTLINE find a daycare for James and Ruth considers selling her farm. Policing the Police 2020 • Race, policing, and the struggle to hold departments accountable. In the wake of George Floyd's killing, New Yorker writer 10:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Jelani Cobb examines prospects for reform, and Murder on the Ballarat Train • While traveling by returns to the case of one troubled department train, Phryne Fisher must solve the disappearance he first visited in 2016. of a passenger's mother.
6 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 (cont.) 6:00 pm Last Tango In Halifax Holiday 9:00 pm FRONTLINE Special 4:00 pm Samantha Brown's Places to Love 7:00 pm Last Tango In Halifax Holiday 4:30 pm Animal Babies: First Year Special On Earth 8:00 pm Last Tango In Halifax 5:30 pm PBS NewHour Weekend 6:00 pm The Great British Baking Show 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket Driving Mrs. Fortescue • Hyacinth is very thrilled when the wealthy Mrs. Fortescue asks them to The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden • give her a lift into town. Investigate the life stories of the two 8:30 pm Hold The Sunset presidential candidates: the roots of their drive to be president, the moments that Birthday • Phil and Roger are determined to shaped them, and the life method that has outshine each other with their gifts for Edith's brought them to this point. 70th birthday. 9:00 pm Father Brown The Celestial Choir • A mysterious saboteur tries Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Alan and Celia are not seeing eye to eye to stop Kembleford winning the Three Counties and tempers rise at Caroline and Gillian's choir competition. 7:30 pm Cycle Around Japan Highlights birthday party. Akita 10:00 pm Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators 8:00 pm Islands of Wonder 9:00 pm Van Der Valk On Masterpiece See Thyself, Devil! • When a washed up rock star Borneo • Borneo, the third largest island on thinks the devil is trying to kill him, Frank and Lu Only In Amsterdam • Detective Van der Valk Earth, may seem like a paradise but its harsh find themselves in a race to uncover the truth investigates the mysterious death of a Muslim landscape proves a struggle to survive. These before the killer strikes again. worker at an addiction clinic. challenges allow the island to host a greater diversity of life than almost any other island. Sunday, September 20, 2020 Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00 pm NOVA A to Z: The First Alphabet • Follow the evolution 6:00 am Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 7:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods of the written word, from carvings in an Egyptian In The Air! • Columbus’ aviation history – from hot mine to modern-day alphabets. 6:30 am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover air balloons to fighter jets; the story behind the John 7:00 am McLaughlin Group Glenn Columbus International Airport; Ohio State’s 10:00 pm Hacking Your Mind Don Scott Airport; and Lockbourne Air Force Base. Us vs. Them • Discover how the auto-pilot biases 7:30 am State of Ohio we all experience fuel our nation's divisions. 8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 8:00 am Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage • Amazing items 9:00 am Reconnecting Roots with connections to Latin American history and Thursday, September 24, 2020 culture are appraised. 9:30 am Broad & High 7:30 pm Ask This Old House 9:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00 am Sara's Weeknight Meals 8:00 pm Broad & High The Best of 20 • Favorite appraisals include Pet Photography • See how a local photographer a Navajo Ute First Phase Blanket and a Tang 10:30 am 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and captures the perfect pet portraits; satisfy Dynasty marble lion. Destinations your sweet tooth with a visit to a Short North 11:00 am Neven's Spanish Food Trails 10:00 pm The Cold War Story confectionery and check out some old timey Valentines on display in Lancaster. 11:30 am Tastemakers The Cold War Story sheds new light onto the history of the Cold War, focusing on the multi-faceted 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 12:00 pm NOVA stories behind the images we all know so well. We Made That! • Visit the American Whistle 1:00 pm History Detectives Factory in Worthington. Join the hunt for the Tuesday, September 22, 2020 legendary Bucyrus Bratwurst. And hit the bull’s-eye 2:00 pm Vietnam War with the Clintonville Yarn Bomber. The History of the World 7:00 pm The Great British Baking Show 4:00 pm Dictator's Playbook Masterclass 1 Full program listings for Benito Mussolini 8:00 pm Finding Your Roots WOSU Plus, WOSU Ohio and 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record Funny Business • Comedic performers Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari and Maya Rudolph learn WOSU Kids are available at: their family histories. 5:30 pm PBS NewHour Weekend wosu.org
All programs are subject to change. 7 Thursday, September 24, 2020 (cont.) Friday, September 25, 2020 3:00 pm Rick Steves' Europe 9:00 pm Doc Martin 7:30 pm Gzero World with Ian Bremmer 3:30 pm Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope Farewell, My Lovely • Louisa's stress is compounded when she must take a group of 8:00 pm Washington Week 4:00 pm Samantha Brown's Places to Love students on a sailing trip. 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record 4:30 pm Animal Babies: First Year 10:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 9:00 pm Great Performances on Earth The Green Mill Murder • Phryne finds there are Now Hear This, Series 2: The Schubert Generation • 5:30 pm PBS NewHour Weekend hidden perils lurking in the smoky shadows of Host Scott Yoo and young musicians celebrate the jazz-mad 1920s Melbourne. work of composer Franz Schubert. 6:00 pm The Great British Baking Show
10:00 pm Art in the Twenty-First Century 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket The Candlelight Supper • Hyacinth plans to impress Emmet, head of the local amateur operatic society, with her vocal talents.
8:30 pm Hold The Sunset The Marriage Counsellor • Mrs. Gale gives herself the task of being a marriage guidance counsellor to Roger and Wendy.
9:00 pm Father Brown The Queen Bee • Father Brown investigates the mysterious death of a beekeeper. Beijing • Witness the maturing of this unique contemporary-art hub and meet 10:00 pm Shakespeare & Hathaway - artists who call Beijing home. Private Investigators The Sticking Place • Long-buried secrets are unearthed when Frank and Lu come to the aid of a community of allotment holders who are being Saturday, September 26, 2020 threatened with eviction. 6:00 am Motorweek Sunday, September 27, 2020 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting 6:00 am Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 7:00 am Fit 2 Stitch 6:30 am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 7:00 am McLaughlin Group 8:00 am Growing A Greener World 7:30 am State of Ohio 8:30 am Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South 8:00 am Antiques Roadshow 9:00 am Woodsmith Shop 9:00 am Reconnecting Roots 9:30 am American Woodshop 9:30 am Broad & High 10:00 am This Old House 10:00 pm Sara's Weeknight Meals 10:30 am Ask This Old House 10:30 am 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations 11:00 am Kitchen Queens: New Orleans 11:00 am Neven's Spanish Food Trails 11:30 am Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke 11:30 am Tastemakers 12:00 pm Lidia's Kitchen WOSU 12:00 pm NOVA 12:30 pm Ciao Italia Enjoy extended on-demand 1:00 pm America's Test Kitchen 1:00 pm History Detectives access to quality PBS shows 1:30 pm New Orleans Cooking with 2:00 pm Vietnam War Activate Today: Kevin Belton A Disrespectful Loyalty wosu.org/passport 2:00 pm Cook's Country 4:00 pm Dictator's Playbook Francisco Franco 2:30 pm Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record
8 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Sunday, September 27, 2020 (cont.) 9:00 pm PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report 5:30 pm PBS NewHour Weekend 6:00 pm Durrells In Corfu on Masterpiece 7:00 pm Poldark on Masterpiece Part 1 8:00 pm Last Tango In Halifax Alan's brother Ted arrives with two young New Zealanders and a giraffe turns up at Far Slack farm.
9:00 pm Van Der Valk on Masterpiece Death In Amsterdam • The case of an eco-fashion vlogger who turns up dead during his video feed is investigated.
2020 Presidential Debate • Live coverage Monday, September 28, 2020 of the first Presidential debate between 7:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods Republican nominee President Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Joe Biden We Made That! • Visit the American Whistle from Case Western Reserve University in Factory in Worthington. Join the hunt for the Cleveland, Ohio. legendary Bucyrus Bratwurst. And hit the bull’s-eye with the Clintonville Yarn Bomber.
8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Fort Worth, Hour 3 • A 1936 Joe Fortenberry Olympic gold medal and James Madison's personal 7:30 pm Cycle Around Japan Highlights seal are appraised. Aizu - A Tapestry of Tradition • Riding the steep roads of Aizu in the Fukushima mountains; a style 9:00 pm Antiques Roadshow of hand weaving called karamushi; 300-year-old Indianapolis, Hour 1 • A Norman Rockwell charcoal storehouses where sake is brewed. self-portrait and a 1958 signed Indy 500 racing flag are appraised. 8:00 pm Islands of Wonder
10:00 pm The Cold War Story The world we live in today is, in many ways, characterized by the decades-long conflict between East and West that emerged after the end of the second world war. The Cold War Story sheds new light onto the history of the Cold War, focusing on the multi-faceted stories behind the images we all know so well.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:00 pm The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 2 8:00 pm Finding Your Roots Puritans and Pioneers • Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy learn about their Hawaii • Hawaii, the most remote nonconformist ancestors. island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it’s home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife.
9:00 pm NOVA A to Z: How Writing Changed the World • A look Full program listings for at how technologies, from pen to paper to printing press, impacted the spread of information. WOSU Plus, WOSU Ohio and WOSU Kids are available at: 10:00 pm Hacking Your Mind The Wings of Angels • Find out why hacking wosu.org for good may be the most important scientific discovery of this century.
All programs are subject to change. 9 Primetime Schedule, 8pm - 11pm on WOSU TV
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1 Tuesday Ken Burns: America's Storyteller ABBA Forever – A Celebration (1.5hr)
2 Wednesday John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks (1.5hr) (Starts at 9:15pm) FRONTLINE FRONTLINE FRONTLINE 3 From Jesus to Thursday From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians Christ (1hr) Washington Columbus on Fleetwood Mac: 4 Friday ABBA Forever – A Celebration Week the Record The Dance (2hrs) John Sebastian Presents: 5 Saturday Rhythm, Love & Soul Folk Rewind (2hrs) The Avett John Sebastian Presents: 6 Sunday ABBA Forever – A Celebration Brothers at Red Folk Rewind (Starts at 7pm) Finding Your Roots Rocks (1.5hr) 7 Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Revolution of the Heart: Tuesdays at 8pm beginning Sept. 8 Monday Cleveland, Hour 2 Cleveland, Hour 3 The Dorothy Day Story Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE Join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, 8 Harbor from the Holocaust Tuesday Children of the Revolution Growing up Poor Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of cultural trailblazers with 9 NOVA Hacking Your Mind Wednesday Human Nature Living On Auto-Pilot fascinating histories. Columbus Doc Martin Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 10 Broad & High Thursday Neighborhoods Mysterious Ways Cocaine Blues Washington Columbus on 11 Great Performances: Romeo and Juliet Friday Week the Record Shakespeare & Hathaway - Keeping Up Hold The Sunset Father Brown 12 Private Investigators Saturday Appearances Bubbly The Honourable Thief How the Rogue Roar'd Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Van Der Valk on Masterpiece 13 Sunday Secrets (Starts at 7:30pm) Love In Amsterdam Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow 14 The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs Monday Fort Worth, Hour 1 Fort Worth, Hour 2 FRONTLINE Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE 15 Dialogue: Racial Inequity in the Age Tuesday Immigrant Nation Policing the Police 2020 of COVID-19 NOVA Hacking Your Mind 16 Islands of Wonder: Madagascar Wednesday Secret Mind of Slime Weapons of Influence
Columbus Doc Martin Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 17 Broad & High Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Thursday Neighborhoods Sons and Lovers Murder on the Ballarat Train Season 1 Washington Columbus on Great Performances: Now Hear This, Art in the Twenty-First Century 18 Friday Thursdays at 10pm beginning Sept. 10 Week the Record Series 2: Haydn: King of Strings London Shakespeare & Hathaway - Keeping Up Hold The Sunset Father Brown After years abroad, Miss Phryne Fisher 19 Private Investigators Saturday Appearances Birthday The Celestial Choir returns to Melbourne and is soon See Thyself, Devil! Van Der Valk on Masterpiece embroiled in mystery. 20 Last Tango In Halifax Sunday Only In Amsterdam
21 Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow The Cold War Story Monday Celebrating Latino Heritage The Best of 20 Part 1
22 Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE Tuesday Funny Business The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden NOVA Hacking Your Mind 23 Islands of Wonder: Borneo How Writing Changed The World: Wednesday Us vs. Them Hour 1 Columbus Doc Martin Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 24 Broad & High Thursday Neighborhoods Farewell, My Lovely The Green Mill Murder
25 Washington Columbus on Great Performances: Now Hear This, Art in the Twenty-First Century Friday Week the Record Series 2: The Schubert Generation Beijing Hold the Sunset Shakespeare & Hathaway - Keeping Up Father Brown 26 The Marriage Private Investigators Saturday Appearances The Queen Bee Counsellor The Sticking Place Van Der Valk on Masterpiece Van Der Valk on Masterpiece 27 Last Tango In Halifax Sunday Death In Amsterdam Sundays at 9pm beginning Sept. 13 Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow The Cold War Story 28 Monday Brilliant but cynical commissaris Piet Fort Worth, Hour 3 Indianapolis, Hour 1 Part 2 Finding Your Roots van der Valk solves baffling crimes in 29 Tuesday PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report 2020 Presidential Debate 21st-century Amsterdam, which is Puritans and Pioneers NOVA Hacking Your Mind more prosperous, cosmopolitan and 30 Islands of Wonder: Hawaii How Writing Changed The World: Wednesday The Wings of Angels crime-prone than ever. Hour 2
10 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Primetime Schedule, 8pm - 11pm on WOSU Plus
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1 Tuesday Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich
2 Wednesday Let's Talk Menopause Ken Burns: America's Storyteller
Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength 3 Dr. Fuhrman's Food As Medicine Thursday and Balance with Peggy Cappy
4 Friday Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich Rick Steves Fascism In Europe
Riverdance 25th Anniversary 5 Saturday Suze Orman's Ultimate Retirement Guide Show (2hrs)
6 Sunday Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Anniversary Special Rhythm, Love & Soul Great Performances at the Met: (2hrs) Maria Stuarda 7 Monday The Miniaturist on Masterpiece The Miniaturist on Masterpiece The Miniaturist on Masterpiece 8pm • Sunday, September 13
Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Revolution of the Heart: A searingly dramatic setting of 8 Tuesday Cleveland, Hour 2 Cleveland, Hour 3 The Dorothy Day Story Friedrich Schiller’s play about Mary, Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE 9 Wednesday Harbor from the Holocaust Queen of Scots, and her political Children of the Revolution Growing Up Poor and personal rivalry with Queen 10 NOVA Hacking Your Mind Elizabeth I of England. Thursday Human Nature Living On Auto-Pilot
11 Unforgotten on Masterpiece Resistance Milk Street Friday Season 2, Episode 1 Episode 5 Television
12 Lost River Songs at the Austin City Limits The Legacy List Saturday Sessions Center Brandi Carlile Anne Manley, Richmond, VA
13 Journeys In Sunday Great Performances: Maria Stuarda Japan Van Der Valk On Masterpiece 14 Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets Monday Love In Amsterdam Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow 15 The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs Tuesday Fort Worth, Hour 1 Fort Worth, Hour 2 Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE 16 Building The American Dream Wednesday Immigrant Nation Policing the Police 2020 NOVA Hacking Your Mind 17 Thursday Islands of Wonder: Madagascar Secret Mind of Slime Weapons of Influence The Cold War Story Pati's Mexican 18 Unforgotten on Masterpiece Resistance Tuesdays at 10pm beginning Sept. 22 Friday Season 2, Episode 2 Episode 6 Table Lost River Songs at the Austin City Limits The Legacy List The Cold War Story sheds new light onto 19 Saturday Sessions Center The Raconteurs/Black Pumas Lambert Family, Mechanicsville, VA the history of the Cold War, focusing Great Performances: Now Hear Art in the Twenty-First Century The Legacy List on the multi-faceted stories behind the 20 Sunday This, Series 2: Haydn: King of Strings London Day Family, Llewellyn Park, NJ images we all know so well. Van Der Valk On Masterpiece 21 Last Tango in Halifax Monday Only In Amsterdam
22 Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow The Cold War Story Tuesday Celebrating Latino Heritage The Best of 20 Part 1
23 Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE Wednesday Funny Business The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden NOVA Hacking Your Mind 24 Islands of Wonder: Borneo How Writing Changed The World: Thursday Us vs. Them Hour 1
25 Unforgotten on Masterpiece Professor T This Old House Friday Season 2, Episode 3 Cuberto Create Showcase
26 Lost River Songs at the Austin City Limits The Legacy List Saturday Sessions Center Buddy Guy/August Greene Seidel Family, Norristown, PA
Great Performances: Now Hear Art in the Twenty-First Century The Legacy List 27 Sunday This, Series 2: Haydn: The Schubert Generation Beijing Shirley Macon, Aberdeen, NJ Van Der Valk on Masterpiece Professor T, Season 2 28 Monday Last Tango in Halifax Rick Steves' Europe Death In Amsterdam Fridays at 9:30pm beginning Sept. 25
29 Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow The Cold War Story Tuesday Fort Worth, Hour 3 Indianapolis, Hour 1 Part 2 Professor T is released from the hospital, but the outside world is not quite as Finding Your Roots 30 PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report 2020 Presidential Debate Wednesday Puritans and Pioneers he left it; a new professor has been appointed in his place, which means war.
All programs are subject to change. 11 Daytime and Early Evening on WOSU TV
5:00 am BBC World News
Kids Specials on WOSU TV Mon.: Sit and Be Fit a Tues: Food Over 50
5:30 am Wed: Classical Stretch
Thurs: Yoga in Practice
Fri: Sit and Be Fit
6:00 am Ready, Jet Go!
6:30 am Peg + Cat
7:00 am Molly of Denali
7:30 am Wild Kratts
8:00 am Hero Elementary Xavier Riddle and The Secret 8:30 am Museum 9:00 am Curious George Elinor Wonders Why 9:30 am Sesame Street Weekdays at 10:30am beginning September 7 on WOSU TV (34.1) and weekdays at 3:30pm on WOSU Kids (34.4) 10:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Meet Elinor and her friends Ari, a funny and imaginative bat, and Olive, a perceptive 10:30 am Elinor Wonders Why and warm elephant. As they explore Animal Town, they will meet all kinds of interesting, funny and quirky characters. 11:00 am Dinosaur Train 11:30 am Pinkalicious & Peterrific
12:00 pm Let's Go Luna! WOSU Kids 12:30 pm Arthur 1:00 pm Cat In The Hat
1:30 pm Elinor Wonders Why
2:00 pm Clifford the Big Red Dog Xavier Riddle and The Secret 2:30 pm Museum 3:00 pm Molly of Denali
3:30 pm Wild Kratts
4:00 pm Odd Squad
4:30 pm Cyberchase
5:00 pm Wordgirl Peep and The Big Wide World Odd Squad BBC World News America Weekdays at 7:30am on WOSU Kids (34.4) Weekdays at 4pm on WOSU TV (34.1) 5:30 pm Fri: State of Ohio Diva Duck follows a newly hatched A kid-run agency whose mission is to save chicken named Peep and his friends the day whenever something unusual 6:00 pm PBS NewHour Chirp and Quack (a robin and a duck) happens. A math concept is embedded Mon: Fly Brother with Ernest White II on their daily adventures. in each of their cases, as the agents work together to solve the problem. Tues: Great British Baking Show Masterclass
7:00 pm Wed: Born to Explore with Richard Wiese
WOSU TV and WOSU Kids’ daytime schedules change on September 7. Thurs: This Old House Visit wosu.org/television/schedule to access the schedule prior to the change. Fri: In Good Shape - The Health Show
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Van de Valk on Masterpiece Binge the 3-episode series beginning Sept. 20 Amsterdam – city of bikes, boats, and bodies. At least, that’s the way steely-eyed cop Piet Van der Valk sees his murder- infested beat. View the all-new, three-part series based on Nicolas Freeling’s legendary crime thrillers.
The Ken Burns Collection Available now on Passport. Including: Baseball, Civil War, Lewis & Clark and Prohibition. For more than thirty years, Ken Burns and his collaborators have produced and directed some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made. Through this impressive collection, discover things you never knew about the people and events that molded our history.
Prehistoric Road Trip The 3-episode series is now available. The three-part natural history series combines science, culture and history and brings viewers along for an unforgettable expedition through hundreds of millions of years of history.
Where to watch? Detailed channel guide: wosu.org/television/where-to-watch
Digital channels: WOSU TV Spectrum 1007 The primary channel for award-winning, locally produced shows like Broad & High, Columbus Neighborhoods, In the WOW! 205 Know and Columbus on the Record; arts, science, travel and news shows of PBS featuring Masterpiece, NOVA and Over-the-air 34.1 Antiques Roadshow; and the educational entertainment of PBS KIDS. PBS On-Demand is now available on Spectrum. AT&T UVerse 1034 Direct TV 34 Live Online Streaming Digital channels: WOSU Ohio Spectrum 991 Programming from the Ohio Channel, which includes coverage of state affairs from Ohio Government Television and WOW! 150 local productions by Ohio public broadcasting stations. Over-the-air 34.2 Live Online Streaming
WOSU Plus Digital channels: Spectrum 994 Offers CREATE how-to and lifestyle shows from 12am – 8pm daily, and a one-day delay of WOSU TV primetime WOW! 153 programming from 8pm – 11pm Monday through Thursday nights. Over-the-air 34.3
WOSU Kids Digital channels: Spectrum 993 WOSU Kids features 24/7 programming from PBS KIDS featuring favorites like Super Why, Sesame Street, Clifford Over-the-air 34.4 and Splash and Bubbles. Movies and specials are also offered during the all-day lineup. Live streaming of the channel Live Online Streaming can be found at wosu.org.
YouTube TV Internet Streaming YouTube TV subscribers can watch WOSU TV and WOSU Kids, as well as on-demand programming, via the PBS station livestream.
All programs are subject to change. 13 2020 – The Return of the Quick Front Porch Campaign
In the good ole days, presidential campaigns really did not begin until Labor Day. Summer conventions nominated candidates and they sprinted to win as many votes as possible before November. Some candidates did not even travel. Ohio’s William McKinley and Warren Harding hardly left their front porches and won the White House. (They also lacked Zoom and Twitter.) Old is new again in 2020. Because of COVID-19, President Trump and Joe Biden are largely campaigning from their homes – Trump from the White House, or his country clubs, Joe Biden from his marked in pencil for the three planned presidential debates and famous basement in Delaware. Whatever the style of campaign, one vice presidential debate. The first presidential debate is set for WOSU and NPR are ready to cover it with fact-based reporting September 29 in Cleveland, followed six days later by the only vice- and thoughtful analysis. Ohio looks to have regained its swing presidential debate. The final two debates are October 15 and 22. state status, so as you digest (or ignore) the barrage of TV ads, our reporters will fact-check them, provide context and ensure Election Night could become Election Week. Because of late we hear from as many voters as possible. arriving mail-in ballots we may not know the results on the evening of Tuesday, November 3. WOSU and NPR are prepared COVID will change how we vote. WOSU and NPR will closely monitor to bring you days of extended coverage of the returns until we the vote-by-mail process, looking for any issues that could keep people know who will take the oath of office in January. Stay with 89.7 from casting a ballot or cast doubt on the accuracy of the count. and NPR. Campaign 2020 will be a wild sprint to the finish, even 2020 has taught us to expect the unexpected, so our calendars are if the candidates run in place on the front porch.
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9am BBC NewsHour Weekend Edition Weekend Edition 10am All Sides with Ann Fisher 11am Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! New Yorker Radio Hour 12pm Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Ask Me Another Me! On Point 1pm This American Life It's Been a Minute 2pm Planet Money/How I The Moth Radio Hour Built This Here & Now 3pm Snap Judgment Freakonomics Radio 4pm Milk Street Radio Reveal All Things Considered 5pm All Things Considered All Things Considered 6pm Marketplace It's Been A Minute with Travel with Rick Steves The Daily Sam Sanders 7pm Fresh Air The Moth Radio Hour 8pm Travel w/ Rick Steves Bluegrass Ramble Snap Judgment All Sides with Ann Fisher 9pm All Sides Weekend This American Life 10pm + BBC World Service BBC World Service 89.7 FM NPR News can also be heard on our regional network stations on HD Radio as well as streaming online at wosu.org and on WOSU’s mobile App.
14 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Programming Highlights A Commitment to Safety the relatively small space of our broadcast studio. Radio hosts are considered “super Music in Mid-Ohio continues this month You may have noticed that the host schedules spreaders,” people who generate lots of with performances recorded in Central on Classical 101 have been shifting a bit in aerosols when they talk. Ohio venues back when live performances recent months. A few words about how we’re were still happening. It’s a great reminder making those scheduling decisions: With that in mind, our current schedule allows for an hour between live hosts to of the cultural richness we look forward As we’ve been slowly bringing our local air out the studio. The intermediate hours to enjoying again. hosts back into the Classical 101 studios, our will still be live, but provided by a syndicated This month on Music in Mid-Ohio, hear the two main considerations have been listener service and staff safety. We’ve been following classical service from Minnesota. We hope Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, pianist Gavin closely the developments in what is being this added level of protection for our hosts George with the Springfield Symphony, Carpe learned about COVID-19 and how it’s spread, will allow us to continue to provide local Diem String Quartet, violinist Siwoo Kim and the recommendations for keeping all our content from the voices you know and trust, and pianist Anna Polonsky, and the Capital WOSU news and music staff safe. Bearing in without facing a possible shutdown of our University Choir, just to mention a few! Join mind that having even one of our staff test local studio, should one of our hosts test host Christopher Purdy Sundays at 1pm. positive for COVID-19 would trigger a larger positive while asymptomatic. September on The American Sound features quarantine of the staff who are working All of us are adjusting to new normals these Eric Whitacre’s haunting choral work Water in the building, we have been scrupulous days, and the folks at Classical 101 are no Night, George Antheil’s sparkling Serenade about social distancing, masking, workspace exception. But we are all so thrilled to be back for Strings and Quartet San Francisco with hygiene and, particularly for our on-air hosts, sharing music with you every day that we’ll Vince Mendoza’s tribute to jazz greats airflow and aerosols. take every reasonable precaution to make Mike and Randy Brecker. Join host Jennifer Now that Christopher, Jennifer and Kent sure we can continue. Thank you for patience Hambrick Saturday evenings at 6pm and are all back on air every weekday, we felt it and understanding, and for all the kind words Tuesdays at 7pm on Classical 101. was important to consider the air quality in you’ve shared with us along this journey.
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3pm Classical Music 4pm
5pm Essential Classics 6pm Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin The American Sound Symphony Showcase 7pm Essential The American Classical Guitar Symphony Classical Guitar Alive! Classical Music Classics Sound Alive! Showcase Front Row 8pm Center Musica Sacra with ClassicalWorks Concierto 9pm Kylie Harwell ClassicalWorks 10pm + Classical Music
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