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PROGRAM GUIDE SEPTEMBER 2020 VOL. 50 NO. 9

Carol's Favorites Premieres Saturday, September 19, at 8:00 p.m.

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VAN DER VALK ISLANDS OF WONDER LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX on MASTERPIECE Premieres Wednesday, SEASON 4 Series premieres Sunday, September 16, at 8:00 p.m. Premieres Sunday, September 13, at 9:00 p.m. September 20, at 8:00 p.m.

FRONTLINE: THE CHOICE CONVERSATIONS LIVE!: BATTLING OPIOIDS, 2020: TRUMP VS. BIDEN COVID-19 PART SIX Tuesday, September 22, Thursday, September 24, Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 p.m. at 8:00 p.m. at 9:00 p.m. TUESDAY, SEP 1 TUESDAY, SEP 8 SUNDAY, SEP 13 8:00 FRONTLINE 8:00 American Experience: The Vote 9:00 Classic Gospel From Jesus to Christ: Hour One 10:00 Looking for Fred Astaire The First Christians 9:00 FRONTLINE with Darcey Bussell 10:30 Beyond the Canvas Growing Up Poor 11:00 Journeys in Japan 11:00 Amanpour and Company 10:00 Harbor from the Holocaust 11:30 Trails to Oishii Tokyo 11:00 Amanpour and Company 12:00 Simply Ming 12:30 Christopher Kimball’s WEDNESDAY, SEP 2 Milk Street Television 8:00 NOVA WEDNESDAY, SEP 9 1:00 Somewhere South Cat Tales 8:00 NOVA 2:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 9:30 NOVA Human Nature 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen Dog Tales 10:00 Hacking Your Mind from Cook’s Illustrated 11:00 Amanpour and Company Living on Auto-Pilot 3:00 Power Trip: The Story of Energy 11:00 Amanpour and Company 4:00 Ask This Old House 4:30 Ask This Old House THURSDAY, SEP 3 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 8:00 Our Town: Hollidaysburg 2020 THURSDAY, SEP 10 5:30 National Parks: 10:00 Sam Smith: Live at the BBC’s 8:00 Midsomer Murders America’s Best Idea Biggest Weekend A Sacred Trust Going Home (1920-1933) 11:30 Amanpour and Company 9:30 HumIn Focus 7:30 Lucy Worsley’s Who Counts? The Complexities Royal Palace Secrets of Democracy in America 9:00 Van Der Valk on Masterpiece FRIDAY, SEP 4 10:30 Fawlty Towers Love in Amsterdam Waldorf Salad 11:00 Professor T 8:00 Washington Week The Conference 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 Amanpour and Company 9:00 The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks 10:30 Deepak Chopra: MONDAY, SEP 14 Becoming Metahuman FRIDAY, SEP 11 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Washington Week Fort Worth, Hour One 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 More or Less Perfect Union: SATURDAY, SEP 5 9:00 Great Performances A Personal Exploration by Judge Romeo and Juliet 9:00 ABBA Forever—A Celebration Douglas Ginsburg 11:00 Amanpour and Company 10:30 Fleetwood Mac: The Dance A Constitution in Writing 12:30 Let’s Talk Menopause 10:00 POV 1:30 John Denver: Country Boy SATURDAY, SEP 12 Love Child 3:00 Independent Lens 11:30 Amanpour and Company Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 9:00 This Old House 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 9:30 American Woodshop 6:00 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 10:00 Woodsmith Shop TUESDAY, SEP 15 50 Years and Circlin’ Back 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines 8:00 American Experience: The Vote 7:30 Les Misérables 25th Anniversary 11:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Hour Two Concert at the O2 11:30 Garden Smart 9:00 FRONTLINE 11:30 Let’s Talk Menopause 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen Policing the Police 2020 with Master Chefs 10:00 Building the American Dream 12:30 Neven’s Spanish Food Trails 11:00 Amanpour and Company SUNDAY, SEP 6 1:00 My Greek Table 9:00 Classic Gospel with Diane Kochilas 10:30 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show 1:30 Pati’s Mexican Table WEDNESDAY, SEP 16 2:00 Kevin Belton’s 12:30 Deepak Chopra: 8:00 Islands of Wonder New Orleans Kitchen Becoming Metahuman Madagascar 2:30 Cook’s Country 2:30 Doo Wop to Pop Rock: 9:00 NOVA 3:00 Barakan Discovers Tokyo My Music Celebrates 20 Years Secret Mind of Slime 4:00 Passion Italy 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 10:00 Hacking Your Mind 4:30 Into the Outdoors 5:30 Ken Burns: Country Music Weapons of Influence 5:00 Weekends with Yankee 7:30 The Bee Gees One for All Tour - 11:00 Amanpour and Company Live in Australia 1989 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 9:30 ABBA Forever—A Celebration 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Professor T 7:00 Fawlty Towers THURSDAY, SEP 17 Attachment Issues The Kipper and the Corpse 7:30 Still Open All Hours 8:00 Midsomer Murders Series 6, Episode 3 A Rare Bird MONDAY, SEP 7 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway- 9:30 Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Private Investigators Special 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:27 Fawlty Towers Cleveland, Hour Two Teach Me, Dear Creature 9:00 Victoria on Masterpiece The Kipper and the Corpse 9:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 Amanpour and Company From Jesus to Christ: Doll 123 The First Christians 11:00 Austin City Limits 11:30 Amanpour and Company The Raconteurs/Black Pumas FRIDAY, SEP 18 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover SEPTEMBER LISTINGS 9:00 Great Performances 9:00 More or Less Perfect Union: 7:00 Fawlty Towers Now Hear This, Series 2: A Personal Exploration by Basil the Rat Haydn: King of Strings Judge Douglas Ginsburg 7:30 Still Open All Hours 10:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century A Constitution for All Series 6, Episode 5 London 10:00 POV 8:00 The Carol Burnett Show: 11:00 Amanpour and Company In My Blood It Runs Carol’s Favorites 11:00 Amanpour and Company 9:00 Victoria on Masterpiece The Clockwork Prince SATURDAY, SEP 19 10:00 The Kate 9:00 This Old House TUESDAY, SEP 22 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe 9:30 American Woodshop 8:00 American Experience: The Vote 11:00 Austin City Limits 10:00 Woodsmith Shop Hour Three Billie Eilish 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines 9:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden SUNDAY, SEP 27 11:30 Garden Smart 11:00 Amanpour and Company 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen 9:00 Classic Gospel with Master Chefs 10:00 Unforgettable Augustus Post 12:30 Neven’s Spanish Food Trails WEDNESDAY, SEP 23 10:30 Digging Deeper 1:00 The Hook 8:00 Islands of Wonder 2020 Election 1:30 Pati’s Mexican Table Borneo 11:00 Journeys in Japan 2:00 Kevin Belton’s 9:00 NOVA 11:30 Trails to Oishii Tokyo New Orleans Kitchen How Writing Changed the World, 12:00 Simply Ming 2:30 Cook’s Country Hour One 12:30 Christopher Kimball’s 3:00 Samurai Wall 10:00 Hacking Your Mind Milk Street Television 4:00 Passion Italy Us vs. Them 1:00 Somewhere South 4:30 Into the Outdoors 11:00 Amanpour and Company 2:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 5:00 Weekends with Yankee 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend from Cook’s Illustrated 6:00 Antiques Roadshow THURSDAY, SEP 24 3:00 Virginia Peanut Story 7:00 Fawlty Towers 4:00 Ask This Old House 8:00 Conversations Live! Anniversary 4:30 Ask This Old House COVID-19 7:30 Still Open All Hours 5:00 MotorWeek 9:00 Battling Opioids: A Project of Series 6, Episode 4 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Public Media 8:00 The Carol Burnett Show: 6:00 National Parks: Part Six Carol’s Favorites America’s Best Idea 10:00 Campaign of Miner Bo 9:00 Victoria on Masterpiece 11:00 Amanpour and Company The Morning of Creation (1946-1980) Brocket Hall 8:00 Last Tango in Halifax 10:00 The Kate 9:00 Van Der Valk on Masterpiece Kandace Springs FRIDAY, SEP 25 Death in Amsterdam 11:00 Austin City Limits 11:00 Professor T Buddy Guy/August Greene 8:00 Washington Week Dead Girls Don’t Sing 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 Great Performances SUNDAY, SEP 20 Now Hear This, Series 2: MONDAY, SEP 28 9:00 Classic Gospel The Schubert Generation 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees 10:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century Fort Worth, Hour Three 11:00 Journeys in Japan Beijing 9:00 More or Less Perfect Union: 11:30 Trails to Oishii Tokyo 11:00 Amanpour and Company A Personal Exploration by 12:00 Simply Ming Judge Douglas Ginsburg 12:30 Christopher Kimball’s SATURDAY, SEP 26 Our Constitution at Risk Milk Street Television 10:00 POV 1:00 Somewhere South 9:00 This Old House Our Time Machine 2:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 9:30 American Woodshop 11:30 Amanpour and Company 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 10:00 Woodsmith Shop from Cook’s Illustrated 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines 3:00 Campaign of Miner Bo 11:00 Growing a Greener World TUESDAY, SEP 29 4:00 Ask This Old House 11:30 Garden Smart 8:00 American Experience: The Vote 4:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen Hour Four 5:00 MotorWeek with Master Chefs 9:00 PBS Newshour Debates: 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 12:30 Neven’s Spanish Food Trails A Special Report 6:00 National Parks: 1:00 Ciao Italia 2020 Presidential Debate America’s Best Idea 1:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 11:00 Amanpour and Company Great Nature (1933-1945) 2:00 Kevin Belton’s 8:00 Last Tango in Halifax New Orleans Kitchen 9:00 Van Der Valk on Masterpiece 2:30 Cook’s Country WEDNESDAY, SEP 30 Only in Amsterdam 3:00 Sea of Light: A Blind Yachtsman’s 8:00 Islands of Wonder 11:00 Professor T Voyage Across the Pacific Hawaii The DNA of a Murderer 4:00 Passion Italy 9:00 NOVA 4:30 Into the Outdoors How Writing Changed the World: MONDAY, SEP 21 5:00 Weekends with Yankee Hour Two 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 10:00 Hacking Your Mind 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 Antiques Roadshow The Wings of Angels Celebrating Latino Heritage 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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