VISIIONSS F O R F R I E N D S O F L P B • D E C . 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 3 7 , I S S U E 1 2 CONTENTS 4 Daily LPB Daytime Schedule

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6-25 Primetime Schedules VISIONS is a production of the LPB Programming Department and is 25 Next Month’s Preview published monthly by Friends of LPB. 26-28 LPB News EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY 29 In Good Company

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 30 LPB Box Office Chris Goudeau, Chairperson Gwen Carter, Vice-Chairperson Paul Sawyer, Treasurer 31 ShopLPB Specials Kathy Kliebert, Secretary Glen Kinsey, Immediate Past 32 MemberCard Benefits Chairperson 33 Major Donors STAFF Beth Courtney, President/CEO 35 Underwriters Bill Belsom, Chief Administrative Officer Clay Fourrier, Executive Producer ABOUT THE COVER Jason Viso, Director of Programming Randy Ward, Director of Engineering The second episode of LPB’s six-part series John Tooraen, IT Manager Joanne Gaudet, Dir. of Business Services Alive! In America’s Delta will premiere Ellen Wydra, Ph.D., Educational TV/ Tech. Monday, December 9 at 7PM with a look at Director the successful efforts to restore the Black Bear Bob Neese, Promotions Manager population in the state. Margaret T. Schlaudecker, Editor Lee Barbier, Graphics Design Manager Also in December, LPB will give you a behind- FRIENDS OF LPB the-scenes look at the Antiques Roadshow’s visit to Baton Rouge on July 27. Antiques EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Roadshow Baton Rouge: Behind-the-Scenes Phillip Juban, Chairman Robyn Merrick, Vice-Chairman premieres Monday, December 2 at 7PM. Dan Hare, Treasurer Carole Martin Baxter, Secretary Patti Harper, Immediate Past Chairman

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2 3 LPB TO HOLD HOLIDAY TEA INSPIRED BY DOWNTON ABBEY FEATURING A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF SEASON 4!

Join Friends of LPB on Sunday, December 29 at 2PM at the Manship Theatre in downtown Baton Rouge for a leisurely afternoon of tea and delectable pastries followed by a special preview of the new season of Downton Abbey. Tickets for the Holiday Tea are $75 each. For more information or to purchase your ticket, visit www.lpb.org or call 225-767-4214. Season Four premieres on LPB Sunday, January 5 at 8PM and airs every Sunday through February.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF THE BATON ROUGE EPISODES OF ANTIQUES ROADSHOW

If you were one of the almost 5,000 people who attended the Baton Rouge Antiques Roadshow stop on July 27, LPB is offering you a chance to get a sneak peak at the Baton Rouge Roadshow episodes and hear from Roadshow Executive Producer Marsha Bemko. The three episodes will premiere February 17 and 24 and Monday, March 24. The preview event will be held on Tuesday, February 11 at the LPB Telecommunications Center at 7733 Perkins Road in Baton Rouge. Tickets will be $25. For more information or to reserve your tickets, call (225) 767-4214.

2 3 LPB1 DAYTIME SCHEDULE Programming is subject to change.

MONDAY – FRIDAY 5:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog 9:30 It’s Sew Easy 5:30 Martha Speaks 10:00 Antiques Roadshow UK 6:00 Arthur 11:00 Antiques Roadshow 6:30 Wild Kratts 12:00 Martha Bakes 7:00 Curious George 12:30 Kevin Dundon’s Modern Irish Food 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About 1:00 Various That! 2:00 Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen 8:00 Peg + Cat 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 8:30 Dinosaur Train 3:00 A Chef’s Life 9:00 Sesame Street 3:30 Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Mac 10:30 Super WHY! 4:00 The This Old House Hour 11:00 Sid the Science Kid 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 11:30 Thomas & Friends 5:30 British Antiques Roadshow 12:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 12:30 Caillou 1:00 Super WHY! SUNDAY 1:30 Dinosaur Train 4:00 Washington Week 2:00 Peg + Cat 4:30 Charlie Rose: The Week 2:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About 5:00 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps That! 5:30 Bob the Builder 3:00 Curious George 6:00 Curious George 3:30 Arthur 6:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 4:00 WordGirl 7:00 Peg + Cat 4:30 Wild Kratts 7:30 Wild Kratts 5:00 BBC World News America 8:30 Dinosaur Train 5:30 Nightly Business Report 9:00 Sesame Street 6:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Various 11:00 NOVA 12:00 Moyers & Company SATURDAY 1:00 McLaughlin Group 4:00 The This Old House Hour 1:30 To the Contrary 5:00 Cyberchase 2:00 Washington Week 6:00 GED Connection 2:30 Charlie Rose: The Week 7:00 Peg + Cat 3:00 Doc Martin 7:30 Dinosaur Train 4:30 Louisiana: The State We’re In 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 8:30 Super WHY! 9:00 Sewing with Nancy

LPB broadcasts on the following television stations. We do our best to make these listings Baton Rouge • WLPB-DT 27.1, as accurate and complete as possible. 27.2, 27.3 Monroe • KLTM-DT 13.1, 13.2, Because we have a publication 13.3 Lake Charles • KLTL-DT 18.1, deadline, occasional changes are 18.2, 18.3 Lafayette • KLPB-DT 24.1, 24.2, bound to occur. We apologize for any 24.3 Shreveport • KLTS-DT 24.1, inconvenience this may cause. 24.2, 24.3 Alexandria • KLPA-DT 25.1, For more information on LPB 25.2, 25.3 programs and events or to purchase New Orleans • WLAE-DT 32.1, LPB programs, 32.2, 32.3 visit the LPB website: Local cable channels may vary. www.lpb.org

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Weekdays: 2:00 PM Peep & the Big Wide World 7:00 AM Democracy Now 2:30 PM Peg + Cat 8:00 AM Charlie Rose 3:00 PM Electric Company 9:00 AM Documentaries/How-To 3:30 PM SciGirls 10:00 AM Sewing/Quilting/Needlework 4:00 PM Design Squad Nation 10:30 AM Painting 4:30 PM Biz Kid$ 11:00 AM Travel/Gardening 5:00 PM PBS NewsHour Weekend 11:30 AM European Lifestyle/Travel 5:30 PM Various (until 7PM) 12:00 PM Documentaries 3:00 PM Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh/ Sundays Martha Bakes 7:00 AM Inside Washington 3:30 PM Cooking 7:30 AM Washington Week 4:00 PM Various 8:00 AM Louisiana: The State We’re In 4:30 PM Mind of a Chef 8:30 AM Charlie Rose: The Week 5:00 PM Sesame Street 9:00 AM History Detectives 6:00 PM Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 AM Super WHY! 6:30 PM Curious George 10:30 AM Sid the Science Kid 11:00 AM Dinosaur Train Saturdays 11:30 AM Clifford the Big Red Dog 7:00 AM Leading Gen 12:00 PM The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 7:30 AM Moyers & Company 12:30 PM Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 AM Press Club 1:00 PM Curious George 9:00 AM Sesame Street 1:30 PM Martha Speaks 10:00 AM Thomas & Friends 2:00 PM WordGirl 10:30 AM Bob the Builder 2:30 PM Wild Kratts 11:00 AM Clifford’s Puppy Days/Clifford the Big Red 3:00 PM Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman Dog 3:30 PM Cyberchase 11:30 AM Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 4:00 PM Family Travel 12:00 PM Barney & Friends 4:30 PM Roadtrip Nation 12:30 PM Bali 5:00 PM PBS NewsHour Weekend 1:00 PM Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps 5:30 PM Various (until 7PM) 1:30 PM Super WHY! LPB3 DAYTIME Mondays – Fridays 7:00 AM Cooking 12:00 PM Cooking 8:00 AM Travel 2:00 PM Travel 9:00 AM Home Improvement/Woodworking 3:00 PM Rick Steves’ Europe 9:30 AM Woodworking 3:30 PM Woodworking 10:00 AM Gardening 4:00 PM Gardening 10:30 AM Lifestyle 4:30 PM Lifestyle 11:00 AM Sewing/Quilting 5:00 PM Various (until 7PM) 11:30 AM Painting

Saturdays Sundays 12/7: 7:00 AM New Scandinavian Cooking 7:00 AM Craft in America Marathon 7:30 AM Healthful Indian Flavors 11:00 AM Cooking 8:00 AM Journeys in India 12:00 PM Various 8:30 AM Journeys in Africa 5:00 PM Craft in America Marathon (until 7PM) 9:00 AM Ask This Old House 9:30 AM Woodwright’s Shop 12/14: 10:00 AM Growing a Greener World 7:00 AM Painting/Travel/Cooking 10:30 AM Katie Brown Workshop 12:00 PM Various 11:00 AM Various (until 7PM) 5:00 PM Travel (until 7PM) 12/21: 7:00 AM Cooking/Travel/Home Improvement (until 7PM) 12/28: 7:00 AM Cooking/Travel/Home Improvement (until 7PM)

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GREAT PERFORMANCES Barbra Streisand Back to Brooklyn Sunday, December 1 at 5PM Wednesday, December 11 at 8:30PM

The legendary Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center arena, marking the superstar’s first Brooklyn since her childhood years. Joined by special guests Il Volo and Chris Botti, Streisand performs an extensive selection of songs from throughout her five-decade career, including a touching duet with her son, Jason Gould.

RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY Sunday, December 1 at 8PM Sunday, December 8 at 6PM Savor fond memories from the past three seasons of Downton Abbey and get a tantalizing taste of the upcoming fourth season. Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon — a devoted fan of the series — hosts the program, which includes a mix of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with creators and cast members, and video clips of favorite moments. Structured around three themes, this special explores “The Changing World of Downton Abbey,” “The Women of Downton Abbey” and “Love and Other Relationships at Downton Abbey.”

ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT Sunday, December 1 at 9:30PM Saturday, December 14 at 10PM

Legendary artist Elton John returns to the stage in this special concert. With a hit list spanning five decades, John performs his greatest hits, including “Your Song,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Rocket Man” and more, as well as songs from his new release, The Diving Board.

6 EVENING AND LATE NIGHT SCHEDULE 1 SUNDAY celebrates the greatest girl groups and 12:30 AM LPB1 • FRONT & CENTER solo singers of the 1960s. 1:30 AM LPB1 • GO COAST LOUISIANA LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST 2:00 AM LPB1 • FRONTLINE FOOD 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS) 7:30 PM LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 6:30 AM LPB1 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS 8:00 PM LPB1 • RETURN TO DOWNTON A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! The Cat ABBEY See highlight on page 6. in the Hat, Nick and Sally help a lost LPB3 • MARTHA STEWART’S reindeer find his way home in time for COOKING SCHOOL Christmas. 8:30 PM LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY 9:00 AM LPB1 • DASH DIET WITH MARLA TABLE HELLER MS, RD “Dietary Approaches 9:00 PM LPB2 • BURT BACHARACH’S BEST This to Stop Hypertension,” grounded special includes all the original artists in healthy eating patterns, are performing Bacharach’s hits with rare highlighted. archival footage and clips from the 10:30 AM LPB1 • BLENKO GLASS: BEHIND 1960s-1970s. THE SCENES The Blenko glass- LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE making process is explored at Blenko 9:30 PM LPB1 • ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT See Glassworks in Milton, West Virginia. highlight on page 6. 12:00 PM LPB1 • ED SLOTT’S RETIREMENT LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE RESCUE FOR 2013! Ed Slott defines 11:00 PM LPB1 • RETURN TO DOWNTON the fiscal problems facing Americans ABBEY and shows how to create a plan of action. 2 MONDAY 2:00 PM LPB1 • HEAL YOURSELF: MIND OVER 12:30 AM LPB1 • PRIDE & JOY MEDICINE WITH LISSA RANKIN, MD 1:30 AM LPB1 • MORRISTOWN: WHERE Dr. Rankin explains how thoughts, AMERICA SURVIVED feelings and beliefs have been proven 2:00 AM LPB1 • THE MARCH to alter the body’s health. 3:00 AM LPB1 • FRONTLINE 3:30 PM LPB1 • ROAD TO PERFECT HEALTH 4:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA WITH BRENDA WATSON Brenda 7:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Watson explains that all health BATON ROUGE See highlight below. ailments are linked to an imbalance in LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN the digestive system. LPB3 • 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE 5:00 PM LPB1 • GREAT PERFORMANCES HEALTH WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn Joel Fuhrman offers a healthy, effective See highlight on page 6. and scientifically proven plan for 7:00 PM LPB2 • 60S GIRL GROOVES Join host shedding weight quickly. Mary Wilson of the Supremes as she 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT ANTIQUES ROADSHOW BATON ROUGE: BEHIND-THE-SCENES Monday, December 2 at 7PM & 9:30PM Sunday, December 15 at 4PM If you were one of almost 5,000 people who attended the Antiques Roadshow stop in Baton Rouge or one of the unlucky ones who couldn’t get a ticket, this is a chance to see what was happening behind the scenes during the July 27 event. The special produced by LPB’s Gary Allen and hosted by Louisiana: The State We’re In’s Charlie Whinham, will include interviews with Roadshow host Mark L. Walberg and Executive Producer Marsha Bemko. The special also follows former LSU Professor Barbara Sims and her Sun Records collection, and former legislator Chuck McMains and his two British muskets, one of which may have been used in the Battle of New Orleans. 6 7 8:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Big 3 TUESDAY & Little In this special episode, look 12:30 AM LPB1 • GO COAST LOUISIANA high and low through ROADSHOW’s 1:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW archive of appraisals for unusually teeny 2:00 AM LPB1 • SECRETS OF THE MANOR HOUSE treasures and outsize objects. 3:00 AM LPB1 • POV LPB2 • PEG + CAT 3:30 AM LPB1 • MORRISTOWN: WHERE AMERICA 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS SURVIVED LPB3 • THE HEART OF PERFECT HEALTH 4:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE WITH BRENDA WATSON Brenda shares 7:00 PM LPB1 • CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR compelling evidence of the connection CHRISTMAS See highlight below. between digestive health and heart LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN health, and includes easy, simple ways LPB3 • ED SLOTT’S RETIREMENT RESCUE to protect and strengthen the heart by FOR 2013! balancing the gut and achieving healthy 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT digestion. 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT 9:00 PM LPB2 • GREAT PERFORMANCES Barbra 8:30 PM LPB1 • IL VOLO BUON NATALE Join the Streisand: Back to Brooklyn Italian vocal trio Il Volo to usher in the 9:30 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW holiday season with performances of BATON ROUGE favorite Christmas classics. 10:30 PM LPB1 • 70S & 80S SOUL REWIND LPB2 • WILD KRATTS This new special presents classic soul, LPB3 • 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH R&B and dance from the 1970s and WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. early 1980s. The program captures 9:00 PM LPB2 • RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY the smooth, sexy and sophisticated 10:00 PM LPB1 • BURT BACHARACH’S BEST sounds of the greatest groups and solo 11:30 PM LPB1 • CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR performers. CHRISTMAS

CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Tuesday, December 3 at 7PM Saturday, December 14 at 8:30PM

Vocalists Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden, under the distinctive musical direction Méav Ni Mhaolchatha and Celtic of Emmy®-nominated music producer violinist Máiréad Nesbitt perform David Downes. The concert was filmed timeless holiday favorites (“Silent Night,” at Dublin’s Helix Theatre and features “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “It Came some of Ireland’s finest musicians Upon a Midnight Clear,” “Joy to the composing a 36-piece orchestra and the World”) with their signature Celtic twist, 40-member Philharmonic Choir. 8 IL VOLO BUON NATALE Tuesday, December 3 at 8:30PM Join the Italian vocal trio Il Volo to usher in the holiday season with performances of favorite Christmas classics. Filmed at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater, this new special features “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “O Holy Night,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and many more.

4 WEDNESDAY 3:00 AM LPB1 • LAFAYETTE: THE LOST HERO 1:00 AM LPB1 • LAFAYETTE: THE LOST HERO 4:00 AM LPB1 • LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG 2:00 AM LPB1 • LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG 7:00 PM LPB1 • INSIDE FOYLE’S WAR Go 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS behind the scenes of the must-see 4:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW WWII series and learn secrets about 7:00 PM LPB1 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S See the sleuth in the fedora. highlight below. LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN LPB3 • DR. WAYNE DYER – WISHES LPB3 • RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY FULFILLED Dr. Dyer presents his Five 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT Wishes Fulfilled Foundations: five steps 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT to living from your “highest self” and 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS thereby attracting your deepest desires. LPB3 • CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT CHRISTMAS 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT 9:00 PM LPB1 • ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT 8:30 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN: REVEALED LPB2 • HAPPY HOLIDAYS: THE BEST Behind-the-scenes footage from Doc OF THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS Martin Season 6 shot on location in SHOWS Interviews with the beloved Port Isaac, Cornwall, England. Get television personality are featured with inside access to the actors and crew as clips of classic performances. they film sequences on the balcony at 10:30 PM LPB1 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S Large’s Restaurant and in the nearby pub that doubles for the Crab & Lobster. 5 THURSDAY LPB2 • WILD KRATTS 12:30 AM LPB1 • ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT 9:00 PM LPB2 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S 2:00 AM LPB1 • THROUGH A DOG’S EYES

THE BEST OF THE 60’S Wednesday, December 4 at 7PM Friday, December 6 at 9PM

Travel back to the 1960s as this special mixes live performances with archive footage. Performers include the Monkees (left), the New Rascals, the Fifth Dimension, Steppenwolf, Roger McGuinn from the Byrds, The Zombies, Blood, Sweat & Tears and many more. 8 9 10:00 PM LPB1 • ROCK, POP & DOO WOP Rock GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR and pop legends Jon (Sha Na Na) SONG IN PERFORMANCE AT THE “Bowzer” Bauman and Ronnie Spector WHITE HOUSE bring back the best songs from the late 2:00 AM LPB1 • CAROLE KING: THE LIBRARY 1950s and early 1960’s rock, pop and OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE IN doo wop era in this concert event. PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 3:00 AM LPB1 • LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG 6 FRIDAY 9:00 AM LPB1 • UNLEASH THE POWER 12:00 AM LPB1 • THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR OF THE FEMALE BRAIN WITH DR. 1:00 AM LPB1 • SECRETS OF THE MANOR DANIEL AMEN Dr. Amen shows how HOUSE to strengthen, optimize, and heal the 2:00 AM LPB1 • LAFAYETTE: THE LOST HERO female brain. 3:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE 11:00 AM LPB1 • BRAINCHANGE WITH DAVID 4:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA PERLMUTTER, MD The truth about 7:00 PM LPB1 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN the effects of wheat, sugar, and LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN carbohydrates on the human brain is LPB3 • BLENKO GLASS: BEHIND THE revealed. SCENES 12:30 PM LPB1 • HEAL YOURSELF: MIND OVER 7:30 PM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK MEDICINE WITH LISSA RANKIN, MD LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT Dr. Rankin explains how thoughts, 8:00 PM LPB1 • MCLAUGHLIN GROUP feelings and beliefs have been proven to LPB2 • PEG + CAT alter the body’s health. 8:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 2:00 PM LPB1 • 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE LPB2 • WILD KRATTS HEALTH WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. LPB3 • BURT BACHARACH’S BEST 3:30 PM LPB 1 • SMARTER BRAINS Dr. Michael 9:00 PM LPB1 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S Merzenich uncovers the latest research LPB2 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN on intelligence and how it can be 9:30 PM LPB2 • INSIDE FOYLE’S WAR increased. 11:00 PM LPB1 • 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE 5:00 PM LPB1 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S HEALTH WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. 7:00 PM LPB1 • CLASSICAL REWIND Martin Goldsmith guides us on this fresh and engaging exploration of the world of 7 SATURDAY , with personal reflections 12:30 AM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK from Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell and 1:00 AM LPB1 • BURT BACHARACH & HAL Stewart Copeland of The Police, among DAVID: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS others. GREAT PERFORMANCES Pavarotti –A Voice for the Ages Sunday, December 8 at 7:30PM Saturday, December 14 at 5:30PM

Like Enrico Caruso before him, Luciano Pavarotti extended his presence far beyond the limits of Italian . Quickly establishing his trademark rich sound as the great male operatic voice of the 20th century, he expanded his reach to stadium and pop collaborations which brought him fame beyond measure. The 50th anniversary of the launch of Pavarotti’s meteoric international career is celebrated in this new special featuring some of his most memorable performances including “Nessun Dorma” and other beloved arias from La Boheme, Rigoletto and Aida, audience favorites “O Sole Mio” and “Torna a surriento,” and popular duets with Bono, Sting, and Eric Clapton.

10 LPB2 • ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE LPB3 • CRAFT IN AMERICA 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE Community The focus is on the spiritual 10:00 PM LPB1 • INSIDE FOYLE’S WAR connection between craft artisans and 11:30 PM LPB1 • SMARTER BRAINS their communities. 8:00 PM LPB3 • CRAFT IN AMERICA Process 9 MONDAY A look at how people acquire the 1:00 AM LPB1 • GOSPEL’S JUBILEE SHOWCASE knowledge and necessary skills to 2:00 AM LPB1 • BURT BACHARACH & HAL achieve a career in craft. DAVID: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 8:30 PM LPB1 • ELVIS, ALOHA FROM HAWAII GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR On January 14, 1973 this Elvis Presley SONG IN PERFORMANCE AT THE concert was broadcast live via satellite WHITE HOUSE from Honolulu. 3:00 AM LPB1 • CAROLE KING: THE LIBRARY LPB2 • CLASSICAL REWIND OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE IN 9:00 PM LPB3 • CRAFT IN AMERICA Messages PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE New Mexico-based archaeologist and 4:00 AM LPB1 • LAFAYETTE: THE LOST HERO artist Charles Carillo evokes traditional 7:00 AM LPB1 • CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY Spanish colonial style. MONKEY CHRISTMAS Curious George 10:00 PM LPB1 • 70S & 80S SOUL REWIND and The Man with the Yellow Hat are having a wonderful time getting 8 SUNDAY ready for Christmas. There’s only one 12:00 AM LPB1 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S dilemma - neither of them can figure 2:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS out what to give the other for a present! 3:00 AM LPB1 • LAFAYETTE: THE LOST HERO 3:00 PM LPB1 • CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY 9:00 AM LPB1 • 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE MONKEY CHRISTMAS HEALTH WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. 7:00 PM LPB1 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA 11:00 AM LPB1 • DEEPAK CHOPRA: WHAT ARE Black Bear Comeback See highlight on YOU HUNGRY FOR? Deepak Chopra page 12. lectures on the behavioral and medical LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN basis of hunger and healthy ways to LPB3 • GREAT PERFORMANCES fulfill it. Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages 12:30 PM LPB1 • ACTIVE WITH ARTHRITIS WITH 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT VIJAY VAD, M.D. Relevant, state-of- 8:00 PM LPB1 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA the-art information on treatments and The Whooping Crane’s Majestic Return regimens for osteoarthritis. Trace the landmark effort to reintroduce 2:00 PM LPB1 THE OMNI HEALTH the Whooping Crane into Louisiana’s REVOLUTION WITH TANA AMEN, wetlands. R.N. & DR. DANIEL AMEN, M.D. LPB2 • PEG + CAT Daniel Amen and Tana Amen discuss 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS nutragenomics and how foods you eat LPB3 • THE HEART OF PERFECT talk directly to your genes. HEALTH WITH BRENDA WATSON 4:00 PM LPB1 ROCK, POP & DOO WOP 9:00 PM LPB1 • 60S GIRL GROOVES 6:00 PM LPB1 RETURN TO DOWNTON LPB2 • GREAT PERFORMANCES ABBEY Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages 7:00 PM LPB2 • CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR 11:00 PM LPB1 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA CHRISTMAS Black Bear Comeback LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST FOOD 10 TUESDAY 7:30 PM LPB1 • GREAT PERFORMANCES 12:00 AM LPB1 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages See The Whooping Cranes’ Majestic Return highlight on page 10. 1:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 2:00 AM LPB1 • DR. WAYNE DYER – WISHES 8:00 PM LPB3 • MARTHA STEWART’S FULFILLED COOKING SCHOOL 6:00 AM LPB1 • ARTHUR’S PERFECT 8:30 PM LPB2 • SMARTER BRAINS CHRISTMAS Things start to fall apart LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY when Arthur and his family make TABLE preparations for gifts and traditions. 9:00 PM LPB1 • GOSPEL’S JUBILEE 3:30 PM LPB1 • ARTHUR’S PERFECT SHOWCASE Join host Clifton Davis as CHRISTMAS he introduces rare early performances 5:00 PM LPB3 • DR. WAYNE DYER – WISHES from some of gospel music’s legendary FULFILLED pioneers, including The Staple Singers, 7:00 PM LPB1 • CLASSICAL REWIND The Soul Stirrers, Albertina Walker, LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN The Caravans and many more. 11 Black Bear Comeback Monday, December 9 at 7PM Sunday, December 15 at 5PM The Whooping Crane’s Majestic Return Monday, December 9 at 8PM. Sunday, December 15 at 6PM

By the early 1990s, there were estimated to protected status. Learn more about the be fewer than 400 Louisiana Black Bears broad-based effort to bring the animal left in the world. This small subspecies of back from the brink of extinction through the American Black Bear was immortalized improved land management, high-tech as the inspiration for the “Teddy Bear” monitoring and public education. Find out during an infamous bear hunt by President why this small bear has captured America’s “Teddy” Roosevelt in the Mississippi River imagination and adoration for more than Delta in the early 1900’s. Today, thanks a century, and the lengths some will go to an aggressive effort to reestablish this to save them. It’s followed by an encore endangered animal to its original habitat showing of the first program in the Alive! and to restore that habitat, the Louisiana series on restoring the Whooping Crane Black Bear is close to being removed from population.

7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT 11 WEDNESDAY 8:00 PM LPB3 • BRITISH BEAT See a mix of 12:00 AM LPB1 • DEEPAK CHOPRA: WHAT ARE rare archival full-length performance YOU HUNGRY FOR? films mixed with new live performances 1:30 AM LPB1 • GO COAST LOUISIANA recorded throughout the UK. This 2:00 AM LPB1 • FRONTLINE special will feature introductions and 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS performances from various legendary 4:30 AM LPB1 • GREAT AMERICAN SEAFOOD clubs and hot performance spots that COOK-OFF 2013 inspired the Mersey Beat. 9:00 AM LPB1 • ELMO’S CHRISTMAS 8:30 PM LPB1 • T-GALOP: A LOUISIANA COUNTDOWN When the boxes HORSE STORY Creole cowboys, Cajun in the magical Christmas Counter jockeys, Cotton Knights and Mardi Downer become lost, the arrival of Gras revelers reveal the long history Christmas is in doubt. Can Elmo and and blend between Creoles and Abby Cadabby find the missing boxes Cajuns and the horses they love. This and restore the big countdown to equine love affair began more than everyone’s favorite holiday? 250 years ago on the first ranches of 7:00 PM LPB1 • THE TEXAS TENORS – YOU South Louisiana. SHOULD DREAM See highlight below. LPB2 • PEG + CAT LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN 9:00 PM LPB2 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA LPB3 • ELVIS, ALOHA FROM HAWAII Black Bear Comeback 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT 10:00 PM LPB1 • BRITISH BEAT 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT 12 8:30 PM LPB1 • GREAT PERFORMANCES turned upside-down when Louisa Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn returns to Portwenn with big news. LPB2 • WILD KRATTS LPB2 • DR. WAYNE DYER – WISHES LPB3 • CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR FULFILLED CHRISTMAS 10:00 PM LPB1 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S 9:00 PM LPB2 • THE TEXAS TENORS – YOU SHOULD DREAM 13 FRIDAY 11:30 PM LPB1 • CLASSICAL REWIND 12:00 AM LPB1 • T-GALOP: A LOUISIANA HORSE STORY 12 THURSDAY 1:30 AM LPB1 • GO COAST LOUISIANA 1:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA 2:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS WITH THE 2:00 AM LPB1 • EXTREME BY DESIGN MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 3:00 AM LPB1 • ISRAEL: FACING THE FUTURE FEATURING ALFIE BOE & TOM 4:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS WITH THE BROKAW MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 3:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE FEATURING ALFIE BOE & TOM 4:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA BROKAW 7:00 AM LPB1 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS 7:00 PM LPB1 • MORRIS LESSMORE & THE A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! AMAZING WORLD OF MOONBOT 2:30 PM LPB1 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS – WITH WILLIAM JOYCE LPB goes A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! behind-the-scenes with William Joyce 7:00 PM LPB1 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN and Brandon Oldenberg of Moonbot LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN Studios. This Academy Award-winning LPB3 • T-GALOP: A LOUISIANA animated short film is a story of people HORSE STORY who devote their lives to books and the 7:30 PM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK books who return the favor. LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN 8:00 PM LPB1 • MCLAUGHLIN GROUP LPB3 • GREAT PERFORMANCES LPB2 • PEG + CAT Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn 8:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT LPB2 • WILD KRATTS 8:00 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN Happily Ever LPB3 • THE TEXAS TENORS – YOU After Martin has the dilemma of SHOULD DREAM finding a replacement vicar three hours 9:00 PM LPB1 • INFINITY HALL LIVE Tommy before his wedding to Louisa. Emmanuel The Australian artist LPB2 • PEG + CAT mesmerizes the audience with his 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS guitar playing. This performance 9:00 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN Better the Devil features eight song selections and a Martin’s dreams of the future are medley of Beatles favorites.

THE TEXAS TENORS - YOU SHOULD DREAM Wednesday, December 11 at 7PM

Marcus Collins, John Carl Fisher, and John Hagen perform a wide range of songs in their first public television special. The childhood friends came back together as adults to perform on “America’s Got Talent” where they wowed the judges and the crowd. They combine country and classical music along with rock and pop to create a unique sound that appeals to both young and old. Highlights include their version of “God Bless The USA.”

13 LPB2 • THE BEST OF THE 60’S 16 MONDAY 10:30 PM LPB1 • BURT BACHARACH’S BEST 12:00 AM LPB1 • THE BEST OF LPB 2:00 AM LPB1 • SILENT NIGHT 14 SATURDAY 4:00 AM LPB1 • EXTREME BY DESIGN 12:00 AM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Junk in 12:30 AM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK the Trunk This special edition highlights 1:00 AM LPB1 • SILENT NIGHT never-before-seen appraisals from 3:00 AM LPB1 • ISRAEL: FACING THE FUTURE ROADSHOW’s 2011 season. 9:00 AM LPB1 • THE BEST OF LPB LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN 5:30 PM LPB1 • GREAT PERFORMANCES LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT 7:00 PM LPB1 • LIBERA: ANGELS SING LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND Warm your 8:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Trash heart and soul with the angelic voices to Treasure Hear tales of treasures of one of the world’s most acclaimed rescued from rubbish heaps, roadsides, boy choirs as they perform traditional dumpsters and demolition sites. Christmas carols infused with the LPB2 • PEG + CAT musical sounds of Ireland. LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK STELLINO LPB2 • GREAT PERFORMANCES Barbra 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS Streisand: Back to Brooklyn LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY LPB3 • SCHEEWE ART WORKSHOP TABLE 7:30 PM LPB3 • SMART TRAVELS – EUROPE 9:00 PM LPB1 • AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT 8:00 PM LPB3 • NEW SCANDINAVIAN The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb COOKING Poirot steps in to investigate when an 8:30 PM LPB1 • CELTIC WOMAN: HOME FOR archeologist dies after opening King CHRISTMAS Men-her-Ra’s tomb. LPB3 • BURT WOLF: TRAVELS & LPB2 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Junk in TRADITIONS the Trunk 9:00 PM LPB3 • BEST OF THE JOY OF PAINTING LPB3 • THIS OLD HOUSE 9:30 PM LPB3 • NEW SCANDINAVIAN 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE COOKING 10:00 PM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS Playwright: 10:00 PM LPB1 • ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT From Page to Stage Watch two young 11:30 PM LPB1 • MUDDY WATERS & THE playwrights, African- and Indian- ROLLING STONES LIVE Mick Jagger, American, create a new language for the Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood join stage. the blues legend on stage in Chicago in 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE 1981. 17 TUESDAY 15 SUNDAY 12:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 1:00 AM LPB1 • FRONTLINE 1:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS 2:00 AM LPB1 • ANGLE OF ATTACK 3:30 AM LPB1 • RIBBON OF SAND 4:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS 9:00 AM LPB1 • THE BEST OF LPB 7:00 PM LPB1 • RED METAL: THE COPPER 4:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW COUNTRY STRIKE OF 1913 Trace BATON ROUGE Michigan’s Copper Country strike from 5:00 PM LPB1 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA its hopeful start to its heartrending Black Bear Comeback conclusion. 6:00 PM LPB1 • ALIVE! IN AMERICA’S DELTA LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN The Whooping Crane’s Majestic Return LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST 7:00 PM LPB1 • THE BEST OF LPB FOOD LPB2 • RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FOOD 8:00 PM LPB1 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED THE 7:30 PM LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN WORLD See highlight on page 15. 8:00 PM LPB3 • MARTHA STEWART’S LPB2 • PEG + CAT COOKING SCHOOL LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES 8:30 PM LPB2 • BURT BACHARACH’S BEST 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY TABLE TABLE 9:00 PM LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE 9:00 PM LPB2 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE LPB3 • WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP 9:30 PM LPB2 • PRESS CLUB LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 14 HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED THE WORLD Tuesday, December 17 at 8PM Sunday, December 22 at 11PM

The fictional Sherlock Holmes was a scientist who used chemistry, bloodstains and minute traces of evidence to catch criminals. In an era when eyewitness reports and “smoking gun” evidence were needed to convict criminals, Sherlock Holmes’ crime-scene methods were revolutionary. Forensic scientists, crime historians and Sherlockian experts reveal for the first time the astonishing impact Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation had on the development of real-life criminal investigation and forensic techniques. With a mix of interviews, dramatic reconstruction and archives, the program tells the story of the impact and legacy of the most famous crime fighter in history.

Wednesday, December 18 at 7PM & Sunday, December 22 at 11AM Occupations in the fields of Science, careers? Louisiana Public Square travels Technology, Engineering and Math to the Math, Arts and Science Academy in (STEM) are projected to grow by nearly Iberville Parish to look for answers. Panelists 10% over the next five years. Experts include: Ken Bradford, Office of Content, estimate Louisiana alone will have 69,000 LA Department of Education; Cathi Cox- STEM job vacancies by 2018. But who Boniol, ACHIEVE Coordinator, Lincoln will fill these positions? Currently in Parish Schools ; Curt Eysink, Executive Louisiana, there are nearly three STEM Director, LA Workforce Commission; job openings for every unemployed Stacey Chiasson, Dow Chemical Company worker. How can Louisiana better equip and Dr. Isiah M. Warner, Boyd Professor its citizens for future STEM positions? Are of Chemistry, LSU. The program was Louisiana’s educators adequately prepared made possible in part by a grant from Dow to teach STEM courses? And how can Chemical. students be encouraged to pursue STEM 15 10:00 PM LPB1 • WORDS OF CAPTAIN SCOTT A LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT moving account of Captain Scott’s ill- LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN fated expedition to the South Pole more 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT than 100 years ago. LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE 8:15 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN Perish Together as Fools Louisa has a medical scare 18 WEDNESDAY and Martin diagnoses officer Penhale’s 12:00 AM LPB1 • RED METAL: THE COPPER brother Sam with an illness. COUNTRY STRIKE OF 1913 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS 1:00 AM LPB1 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY THE WORLD TABLE 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS 9:00 PM LPB1 • MIDSOMER MURDERS Bad 4:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Tidings (Part 1 of 2) Sergeant Dan 7:00 PM LPB1 • LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE Scott arrives to work with Barnaby STEM Status: Science, Technology, and is thrown straight into a murder Engineering & Math in Louisiana See investigation. A squeaking noise heard highlight on page 15. near the scene of a murder leads LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN police to suspect an odd job man. LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA LPB2 • THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT LPB3 • WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 8:00 PM LPB1 • NATURE Cold Warriors: Wolves 10:00 PM LPB1 • INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY & Buffalo Witness the life-and-death George Gently Before retiring, the connection of wolves and buffalo in Chief Inspector takes on one last case Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park. involving the death of a young biker. LPB2 • PEG + CAT 11:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK STELLINO 20 FRIDAY 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS 12:30 AM LPB1 • A LOUISIANA CHRISTMAS LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY JOURNEY TABLE 1:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS AT LUTHER: 9:00 PM LPB1 • NOVA Extreme Ice Investigate TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY the mystery of the melting ice sheets that 2:00 AM LPB1 • RED METAL: THE COPPER will affect the fate of coastlines around COUNTRY STRIKE OF 1913 the world. 3:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE LPB2 • LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE 4:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE 7:00 PM LPB1 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN 10:00 PM LPB1 • FROZEN NORTH: SIR HUBERT’S LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA FORGOTTEN SUBMARINE EXPEDITION 7:30 PM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK An oceanographer searches for the LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT wreck of Sir Hubert Wilkins’s submarine LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY that sank in 1931. 8:00 PM LPB1 • MCLAUGHLIN GROUP 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE LPB2 • PEG + CAT LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK 19 THURSDAY STELLINO 12:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE 8:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 1:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA LPB2 • WILD KRATTS 2:00 AM LPB1 • LIFE ON FIRE LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY 3:00 AM LPB1 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED TABLE THE WORLD 9:00 PM LPB1 • SILENT NIGHT Experience an 7:00 PM LPB1 BRITISH ANTIQUES operatic retelling of the World War I ROADSHOW Chatsworth 2 A painting Christmas Eve truce. thought to be by Constable and lost LPB2 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN designs for jewelry made by Cartier are LPB3 • THIS OLD HOUSE featured. 9:30 PM LPB2 • NEWSMAKERS LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE FOOD 7:30 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN Uneasy Lies the 21 SATURDAY Head Martin struggles to deal with the 12:00 AM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK news of Louisa’s pregnancy and meets 12:30 AM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK her strange Headmaster. 1:00 AM LPB1 • CRAFT IN AMERICA 16 2:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT guests descend on Downton Abbey, 3:00 AM LPB1 • LIFE ON FIRE where disasters — large and small — 5:30 PM LPB1 • A LOUISIANA CHRISTMAS threaten. One is Cora’s freewheeling JOURNEY See the bonfires lit to guide American mother, who tries to loosen Papa Noel along the Mississippi River up her in-laws. in Lutcher, Gramercy and Paulina. Visit 2:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, the Festival of Lights in Natchitoches, Season 3 (Part 2) The fate of Downton Acadian Village in Lafayette, and Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead Christmas in Roseland. See how man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their Christmas was celebrated in the early own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes 1800’s at the Rural Life Museum in confronts a crisis. Baton Rouge. 3:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton 6:00 PM LPB1 • LAWRENCE WELK SHOW Abbey, Season 3 (Part 3) Two social Christmas revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: 7:00 PM LPB1 • KEEPING UP APPEARANCES the Irish civil war and the fight for Christmas Special women’s suffrage. A mysterious LPB2 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED conspiracy keeps Anna and Bates THE WORLD apart. LPB3 • BURT WOLF: TASTE OF 4:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, FREEDOM Season 3 (Part 4) The Crawley family 7:30 PM LPB1 • THE CAFÉ Time & Tide faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, LPB3 • BURT WOLF: WHAT WE EAT new faces try to fit into the tight-knit 8:00 PM LPB1 • WAITING FOR GOD The Séance circle of servants. New evidence turns LPB3 • BURT WOLF: TASTE OF up in a baffling case. FREEDOM 5:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, 8:30 PM LPB1 • BLACKADDER Dish & Dishonesty Season 3 (Part 5) Things go badly The new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, amiss at Downton Abbey. Robert and plans to bankrupt the Prince. As usual, Cora are not speaking. The servants Blackadder takes his master’s side (and are shunning Matthew’s mother, Isobel. in this case his wallet as well). And Matthew and Robert have fallen LPB3 • KATIE BROWN WORKSHOP out. Bates takes a gamble. 9:00 PM LPB1 • FATHER BROWN The Mayor & 6:00 PM LPB1 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN the Magician At the annual village fete 6:30 PM LPB1 • PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND the obnoxious mayor is electrocuted 7:00 PM LPB1 • MR. STINK Delight in this at the microphone. Father Brown family comedy with a nose-clenching is shocked by what is said in the twist. confessional but it provides a clue to the LPB2 • SILENT NIGHT killer. LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST LPB2 • INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY FOOD LPB3 • FARM HOLIDAY SPECIAL 7:30 PM LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 9:30 PM LPB3 • TRAVELSCOPE: CHRISTMAS IN 8:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, SWITZERLAND Season 3 (Part 6) Change arrives in 10:00 PM LPB1 • DOCTOR WHO Nightmare in a big way for several key characters Silver Hedgewick’s World of Wonders at Downton Abbey. A yearly cricket was once the greatest theme park in the match with the village sees old scores galaxy, but it’s now dilapidated. When settled and new plots hatched. the Doctor, Clara, Artie and Angie LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES arrive, the last thing they expect is the 8:30 PM LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY re-emergence of one of the Doctor’s TABLE oldest foes. 9:00 PM LPB2 • ANDERSON UNIVERSITY’S 11:00 PM LPB1 • AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Tom Waits CANDLES & CAROLS The university’s Tom Waits performs in this classic orchestra and choirs perform “Dance episode from 1979. of the Prince & Sugar-Plum Fairy” and more. 22 SUNDAY LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE 12:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 1:00 AM LPB1 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED 10:00 PM LPB1 • FATHER BROWN THE WORLD 11:00 PM LPB1 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS THE WORLD 9:00 AM LPB1 • ELMO’S CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN 23 MONDAY 12:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton 12:00 AM LPB1 • HOW SHERLOCK CHANGED Abbey, Season 3 (Part 1) Wedding THE WORLD 17 CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH LPB

CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY WITH THE ST. OLAF CHOIR Monday, December 23 at 8PM CHRISTMAS AT LUTHER: The Minnesota university’s acapella choir TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY travels to Norway for a concert in Trondheim’s Monday, December 23 at 9PM Nidaros Cathedral. Celebrate Christmas traditions with the choirs and orchestra of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR WITH ALFIE BOE & TOM BROKAW Tuesday, December 24 at 8PM

As seen and heard by more than 80,000 people in the Latter Day Saints Conference Center in Salt Lake City, this program features renowned TV personality Tom Brokaw and Tony Award-winning Les Misérables tenor Alfie Boe in a concert of holiday favorites.

NATURE Christmas in Yellowstone Wednesday, December 25 at 7PM

Revel in a Christmas like no other — from the unique crystals of individual snowflakes to the grand sweep of Yellowstone’s Hayden Valley.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE CONCERT Wednesday, December 25 at 9PM

This is the first time Dickens’ classic tale has been adapted for a live orchestral concert with choir and soloists, and performed for audiences in a concert setting. The stirring score recalls Broadway classics, and is filled with memorable, haunting and rousing songs. 18 HOLIDAY VIEWING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! Sunday, December 1 at 6:30AM Friday, December 13 at 7AM & 2:30PM Tuesday, December 24 at 7AM & 2:30PM

This adventure finds the Cat in the Hat, Nick and Sally on a journey around the world to help a lost reindeer find his way home to Freezeyourknees Snowland in time for Christmas. On the way, the Thingamajigger breaks down and they depend on a variety of animals -- from African bush elephants to bottlenose dolphins to red crabs -- and their remarkable abilities to help them make an amazing journey home.

CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY MONKEY CHRISTMAS Monday, December 9 at 7AM & 3PM Wednesday, December 25 at 7AM & 3PM

Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat are having a wonderful time getting ready for Christmas. There’s only one dilemma - neither of them can figure out what to give the other for a present! In the end, both gift-giving predicaments are simply and beautifully resolved, revealing the true spirit of the holiday season.

ARTHUR’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS Tuesday, December 10 at 6AM & 3:30PM Wednesday, December 25 at 6AM

Plans are underway in Elwood City for the best holidays ever as Arthur, D.W., their family and friends make preparations for perfect gifts, perfect parties and perfect family traditions for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and even “Baxter Day” (Buster and his mom’s special celebration). The only problem is, just like in real life, perfection is hard to attain, and things start to fall apart.

19 1:00 AM LPB1 • MR. STINK 2:30 PM LPB1 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS 2:00 AM LPB1 • CRAFT IN AMERICA A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! 3:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT 7:00 PM LPB1 • NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE 4:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS AT LUTHER: LIGHTING 2013 Nationally known TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY entertainers and a United States 7:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Finders military band add to the celebratory Keepers View items whose discovery evening in which President Obama was a happy accident. lights the National Christmas Tree and LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN brings a message of peace to the nation LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA and world. 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! 8:00 PM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY WITH LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST THE ST. OLAF CHOIR See highlight on FOOD page 18. 7:30 PM LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN LPB2 • PEG + CAT 8:00 PM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS WITH THE LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR STELLINO FEATURING ALFIE BOE & TOM 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS BROKAW See highlight on page 18. LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY LPB2 • PEG + CAT TABLE LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES 9:00 PM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS AT LUTHER: 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY See LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY highlight on page 18. TABLE LPB2 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, 9:00 PM LPB1 • FRONTLINE From Jesus to Season 3 (Part 1) Christ: The First Christians (Part 1 of 2) LPB3 • THIS OLD HOUSE See highlight below. 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE LPB2 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN 10:00 PM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS Jiro LPB3 • WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP Dreams of Sushi Hear the story of 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered the 9:30 PM LPB2 • LOUISIANA CHRISTMAS world’s greatest sushi chef. JOURNEY 11:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE

24 TUESDAY 25 WEDNESDAY 12:30 AM LPB1 • A LOUISIANA CHRISTMAS 12:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT JOURNEY 1:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS WITH THE 1:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 2:00 AM LPB1 • MR. STINK FEATURING ALFIE BOE & TOM 3:00 AM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE BROKAW 7:30 AM LPB1 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A 2:00 AM LPB1 • FRONTLINE LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS

From Jesus to Christ – The First Christians Part I Tuesday, December 24 at 9PM Part II Tuesday, December 31 at 9PM Part I charts the epic story of the rise of Christianity, from the life of Jesus to the period that followed his death. Part II documents how Christianity grew from a small Jewish sect to be the official religion of the Roman Empire.

20 4:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY 10:30 PM LPB1 • A LOUISIANA CHRISTMAS WITH THE ST. OLAF CHOIR JOURNEY 6:00 AM LPB1 • ARTHUR’S PERFECT 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE CHRISTMAS 7:00 AM LPB1 • CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY 26 THURSDAY MONKEY CHRISTMAS 12:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE 9:00 AM LPB1 • ELMO’S CHRISTMAS 1:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA COUNTDOWN 2:00 AM LPB1 • COMET ENCOUNTER 3:00 PM LPB1 • CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY 3:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS MONKEY CHRISTMAS 4:30 AM LPB1 • LOUISIANA LEGENDS 7:00 PM LPB1 • NATURE Christmas in 7:00 PM LPB1 • BRITISH ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Yellowstone See highlight on page 18. Blair Castle 1 Treasures include a chair LPB2 • CURIOUS GEORGE: A VERY once used by Einstein and a rare and MONKEY CHRISTMAS valuable watch with no hands. LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN 7:30 PM LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST 8:00 PM LPB1 • NOVA Building the Great FOOD Cathedrals Learn how medieval 7:30 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN Driving Mr. builders raised Gothic cathedrals to McLynn Martin applies for a job in such spectacular heights. London and learns Louisa has applied to LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS be her school’s head teacher. A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN STELLINO 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT 8:30 PM LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES TABLE 8:15 PM LPB1 • DOC MARTIN The Departed On 9:00 PM LPB1 • A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE the ride back from a job interview in CONCERT See highlight on page 18. London, one of Martin’s patients dies in LPB2 • CHRISTMAS WITH THE the seat next to him. MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS FEATURING ALFIE BOE & TOM LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY BROKAW TABLE LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE 9:00 PM LPB1 • MIDSOMER MURDERS Bad 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE Tidings (Part 2 of 2) Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love Friday, December 27 at 9PM

The special celebrates the life and career of Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winning composer Marvin Hamlisch. With new interviews with family, Barbra Streisand, Steven Soderbergh, Quincy Jones, Christopher Walken, Sir Tim Rice, Joe Torre, Woody Allen, John Lithgow, Lucie Arnaz, Ann-Margret, and others, this special reveals the events that led to both his staggering success and, ultimately, his even greater humanity: his creative process, struggles, inner turmoil and breakthroughs. 21 LPB2 • THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR An international thief forewarns Father LPB3 • WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP Brown of his intention to steal the 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE priceless relic The Blue Cross from St 10:00 PM LPB1 • INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY Mary’s. The Burning Man The discovery of a LPB2 • INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY burning body near an RAF base and LPB3 • CHRISTINA COOKS connections to the IRA are investigated. 9:30 PM LPB3 • HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A 11:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE CHEF 10:00 PM LPB1 • DOCTOR WHO The Name of the Doctor The Doctor’s friends are being 27 FRIDAY kidnapped, which leads him to the fields 12:30 AM LPB1 • LOUISIANA LEGENDS of Trenzalore, where his greatest secret 1:00 AM LPB1 • LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA will be revealed and Clara’s mystery will 2:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY WITH be solved. THE ST. OLAF CHOIR 11:00 PM LPB1 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Rodrigo y 3:00 AM LPB1 • NATURE Gabriela Famed Mexican guitar duo 4:00 AM LPB1 • CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY WITH Rodrigo y Gabriela performs a unique THE ST. OLAF CHOIR fusion of flamenco, jazz and rock. 7:00 PM LPB1 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA 29 SUNDAY 7:30 PM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK 12:00 AM LPB1 • NOVA LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT 1:00 AM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY 2:30 AM LPB1 • RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY 8:00 PM LPB1 • MCLAUGHLIN GROUP 3:00 AM LPB1 • COMET ENCOUNTER LPB2 • PEG + CAT 5:30 PM LPB1 • SECRETS OF CHATSWORTH LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK STELLINO Chatsworth Estate has been home to the 8:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK distinguished Cavendish family for over LPB2 • WILD KRATTS five centuries. LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY 6:30 PM LPB1 • CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY TABLE SPECIAL See highlight on page 23. 9:00 PM LPB1 • AMERICAN MASTERS Marvin 7:00 PM LPB2 • AMERICAN MASTERS Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love See Hamlisch: What He Did for Love highlight on page 21. LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST LPB2 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN FOOD LPB3 • THIS OLD HOUSE 7:30 PM LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 9:30 PM LPB2 • GO COAST LOUISIANA 8:00 PM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE Series 3 (Part 7) The Crawleys head 10:30 PM LPB1 • RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey. New romances flare up, and a crisis unfolds. 28 SATURDAY LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES 12:00 AM LPB1 • WASHINGTON WEEK 8:30 PM LPB2 • LOUISIANA LEGENDS Ellis 12:30 AM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK Marsalis 1:00 AM LPB1 • AMERICAN MASTERS LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY 2:30 AM LPB1 • RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY TABLE 3:00 AM LPB1 • LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA 9:00 PM LPB2 • FRONT & CENTER Jack Johnson 4:00 AM LPB1 • THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR LPB3 • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE 6:00 PM LPB1 • LAWRENCE WELK SHOW New 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE Year’s 10:00 PM LPB1 • FATHER BROWN 7:00 PM LPB1 • KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 11:00 PM LPB1 • CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY Singing for Emmet SPECIAL LPB2 • MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, Season 3 (Part 6) LPB3 • HUBERT KELLER – SECRETS OF A 30 MONDAY CHEF 12:30 AM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE 7:30 PM LPB1 • THE CAFÉ Stags or Hens 2:00 AM LPB1 • AMERICAN MASTERS LPB3 • KATIE BROWN WORKSHOP 3:30 AM LPB1 • LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA 8:00 PM LPB1 • WAITING FOR GOD The 4:30 AM LPB1 • LOUISIANA LEGENDS Promotional Video 7:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW In LPB3 • SMART TRAVELS – EUROPE Phoenix, highlights include a circa 1905 8:30 PM LPB1 • BLACKADDER Ink & Incapability advertising display for waterproof baby LPB3 • KATIE BROWN WORKSHOP pants; a 1797 Chippendale marriage 9:00 PM LPB1 • FATHER BROWN The Blue Cross chest; and a collection of original 222 Charles Schulz “Peanuts” artwork. CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL Sunday, December 29 at 6:30PM & 11PM

Chummy, PC Noakes and baby Freddy are become homeless. Dr. Turner is in a race back in the East End. Sister Bernadette, against time to immunize children against now known as Shelagh since leaving the polio, but when the illness strikes closer convent, is preparing for her wedding to to home, he finds there’s nothing he can Dr. Turner. Jenny is facing huge challenges do but hope. Chummy persuades a royal personally and professionally. At Christmas, visitor to the East End to open the new when an unexploded World War II bomb is Community Centre. It’s a race against time found under a warehouse close to Nonnatus as Chummy tries to get everything in place House, the nuns and dozens of local families for the big day.

LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN LPB3 • COOKING WITH NICK LPB3 • LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA STELLINO 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT 8:30 PM LPB2 • WILD KRATTS LPB3 • COOK’S COUNTRY LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY 8:00 PM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW In TABLE Phoenix, highlights include a 1982 9:00 PM LPB1 • AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT bronze maquette by renowned sculptor The Underdog Miss Lemon’s new Henry Moore; an heirloom amethyst hypnotism skill helps solves a baffling jewelry collection; and an early mystery of a murdered business man. abstract painting by noted modern LPB2 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW UK artist Chuck Close. LPB3 • THIS OLD HOUSE LPB2 • PEG + CAT 9:30 PM LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER New York Philharmonic Gala with Yo Yo Ma Wednesday, December 31 at 7PM

Ring in the New Year with a special concert with America’s most famous orchestra featuring special guest star 15- time Grammy-winning cellist Yo Yo Ma. Tony winner Audra McDonald hosts.

23 10:00 PM LPB1 • INDEPENDENT LENS How to 7:30 PM LPB2 • THE CAT IN THE HAT Survive a Plague Follow two groups LPB3 • AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN whose activism turned AIDS from a 8:00 PM LPB2 • PEG + CAT death sentence into a manageable LPB3 • MARTHA BAKES condition. 8:30 PM LPB1 • RETURN TO DOWNTON 11:30 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE ABBEY LPB2 • WILD KRATTS 31 TUESDAY LPB3 • CHEF JOHN BESH’S FAMILY 12:30 AM LPB1 • LOUISIANA LEGENDS TABLE 1:00 AM LPB1 • CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY 9:00 PM LPB1 • FRONTLINE From Jesus to SPECIAL Christ: The First Christian, (Part 2 of 2) 2:30 AM LPB1 • MASTERPIECE See highlight on page 20. 4:00 AM LPB1 • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW LPB2 • LA: THE STATE WE’RE IN 7:00 PM LPB1 • LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER LPB3 • WOODWRIGHT’S SHOP New York Philharmonic Gala with Yo- 9:30 PM LPB2 • GO COAST LOUISIANA Going Yo Ma See highlight on page 23. Coastal LPB2 • DINOSAUR TRAIN LPB3 • RICK STEVES’ EUROPE LPB3 • JACQUES PEPIN: MORE FAST 11:00 PM LPB1 • CHARLIE ROSE FOOD

COMING IN JANUARY 1 WEDNESDAY 8:30PM BLACKADDER 7:00PM GREAT PERFORMANCES From Vienna: 9:00PM FATHER BROWN The New Year’s Celebration 2014 Julie Andrews hosts this annual celebration. 5 SUNDAY 9:30PM NOVA Doomsday Volcanoes 7:00PM SECRETS OF HIGHCLAIRE CASTLE 8:00PM MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey Season 2 THURSDAY 4 Paul Giamatti joins the cast as the 7:00PM BRITISH ANTIQUES ROADSHOW house tries to recover from last year’s 7:30PM DOC MARTIN shocking finale. 8:15PM DOC MARTIN 9:00PM MIDSOMER MURDERS 6 MONDAY 7:00PM ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Boise, Idaho 3 FRIDAY The 18th season kicks off with the first 7:00PM LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE’RE IN of three episodes from the Idaho capi- 7:30PM WASHINGTON WEEK tal. 8:00PM MCLAUGHLIN GROUP 8:00 PM ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Tulsa, Okla- 8:30PM CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK homa 9:00PM CAROL BURNETT: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE 7 TUESDAY 7:00PM POISONER’S HANDBOOK: AMERICAN 4 SATURDAY EXPERIENCE How a New York City 7:00PM KEEPING UP APPEARANCES medical examiner helped turn forensic 7:30PM THE CAFÉ science into a formidable science. 8:00PM WAITING FOR GOD 9:00PM FRONTLINE

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 1964 Tuesday, January 14

NOVA Zeppelins Wednesday, January 15 at 8PM

NATURE Funkiest Monkeys Wednesday, January 29 at 7PM

24 NEWS ART & TRAVEL AUCTION A HIT We want to thank everyone who took than 200 artists who contributed their part in this year’s very successful LPB Art & work to the event and the businesses and Travel Auction which concluded October individuals who donated money, food, art, 24. We especially want to thank the more trips and other items to the auction: Lynne & Jeff Pisto Audubon Nature Institute Lafayette CVB RoyOMartin MacFarlane’s Celtic Pub Visit Baton Rouge Mr. & Mrs. Lee Baxter Gallery of Fine Wines and Spirits Parc England Hotel Turner Industries Global Wildlife Foundation Bistro on the Bayou Country Roads Cypress Bend Resort Kenthouse Plantation Baton Rouge Coca- Cola Wildwood Resort Paul & Lulu Hilliard Heirloom Cuisine Senator & Mrs. Rose Long University Art Museum Events by Sarah Ashley The Myrtles Plantation Jambalaya Shop on Michael Foster Project Delta Downs Casino and Hotel Government Taylor Clark Gallery Isle of Capri Kerry Griechen Daryl & Sons Custom Framing L’Auberge Casino Resort

Pictured left to right: Front Row: Auction hosts James Fox-Smith, Beth Courtney and Kim Zabbia Back Row: Co-host Martin McConnell, auction co-chairs Lynne Pisto and Shannon Allen, and co-host John Dennison.

Artist Mark Carroll (left) got a chance to meet the people who bought his art at the Art Rocks Café on Friday, October 18. Of course, it wasn’t that hard to arrange the meeting since Mark is a graphics artist in the LPB Production Department and just had to walk to the front of the building. Marilyn Ehr (Center) bought Mark’s work for her daughter Susan Smith (Left). 25 NEWS LPB WINS NETA AWARD FOR SUNSHINE BY THE STARS LPB was honored by the National “You Are My Sunshine,” made famous by Educational Telecommunications , who went on to serve two Association for its program Sunshine by terms as the state’s Governor. the Stars: Celebrating Louisiana Music The program was produced by LPB in on October 21 at the group’s annual association with the Lt. Governor’s Office convention in Atlanta. and Harry Connick, Jr. who narrated Sunshine was named as the Best the show and performed with his band. Performance. It features an all-star lineup LPB producers were Ben Williams, Tika of Louisiana performers singing their own Laudun, Christina Melton and Donald Ray unique version of Louisiana’s state song Washington.

Christina Melton & Donald Ray Washington picked up the award at the NETA Convention for Sunshine by the Stars: Celebrating Louisiana Music on October 22. Also pictured is NETA Executive Director Skip Hinton.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Friends Board Chairman Philip Juban (right) welcomes new board members Suzanne Gautier, Laura Lindsay, Catherine Harrell to the board at the November meeting.

26 NEWS NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE 2014 LOUISIANA YOUNG HEROES AWARDS

A lot of attention is given to the young should be sent to support the nomination. people who get into trouble or underachieve Remember – the panel of judges get to know in school, but often the students who do the student solely through the material exceptionally well in the classroom or make submitted with the application. a huge difference in their community do Students who have been nominated in past not receive the recognition they deserve. years may be re-nominated for this year’s That’s why LPB and the Rotary Club of awards. Previous winners are not eligible. Baton Rouge created the Louisiana Young The deadline for entries is February 7, 2014. Heroes Awards. Now in its 19th year, the Winners will be announced on the air and awards honor students in grades 7-12 who on the LPB website on Friday, February 28, have excelled in the classroom, served their 2014. community or shown great courage in Louisiana Young Heroes Day will be overcoming adversity in their own lives. Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The Young Nominations are now being taken for Heroes will be treated to a day full of the 2014 Louisiana Young Heroes Awards. activities including lunch on the grounds Students must be enrolled in a Louisiana of the Governor’s Mansion. The day will school or homeschooled and cannot be older culminate in a banquet that night in Baton than 19 years of age. Rouge. Former Young Heroes have overcome The awards are co-presented by the Baton physical handicaps, raised money for charity, Rouge Rotary Club and LPB. Underwriters cared for family members, assisted hurricane for the Louisiana Young Heroes Awards are victims, and even saved lives. Acadian Companies, CenturyLink, and Nomination forms can be downloaded Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation. from LPB’s website (www.lpb.org/heroes) or For more information, call Margaret submitted through the online form. Letters Schlaudecker at (800) 272-8161, ext. 4276 of recognition, newspaper articles, copies or (225) 767-4276, or email [email protected]. of awards, and other supporting materials

27 PROGRAM NEWS

January is a great month for Masterpiece Other upcoming shows include fans. Not only is the much awaited Season biographies of author J.D. Salinger (January 4 of Downton Abbey premiering January 5 21) and scientist Stephen Hawking (January at 8PM but the fifth season of Downtown 29). Christopher Plummer portrays master Abbey has been approved to debut in 2015. thespian John Barrymore in a new Great Three new episodes of the acclaimed Performances on January 31. Look for Sherlock series will premiere starting January new seasons of Call the Midwife and the 19 at 9PM. Benedict Cumberbatch and Masterpiece series Mr. Selfridge (both Martin Freeman are back as Holmes and starting March 30). John Watson for episodes based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but set in modern times. Here are the titles and times for the episodes:

“The Empty Hearse” – Sunday, January 19 at 9PM “The Sign of Three” – Sunday, January 26 at 9PM AMERICAN MASTERS “His Last Vow” – Sunday, February 2 at Salinger 9PM Tuesday, January 21 at 8PM

MOYERS & COMPANY’S TO CONTINUE ON PBS

It was announced in November that Bill Moyers’ latest endeavor for public television would be shutting down in January after two years on the air. After the announcement was made, new underwriters stepped forward that will allow a half hour version of Moyers & Company to continue airing on public television stations for the coming year.

28 PROGRAM NEWS IN GOOD COMPANY New Era Begins as Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center opens Heart & Vascular Institute We’re building on our recognized centers of excellence by providing comprehensive care for the southern U.S. region,” said K. Scott Wester, president and chief executive officer of Our Lady of the Lake. The design of the 330,000 square foot Heart & Vascular Institute is based on national best practices and encourages innovation with evidenced based models to provide the highest levels of quality in patient care and safety in a healing and comforting environment. The Heart & Vascular Institute opened with 141 licensed beds with all- private patient rooms that offer sleeping accommodations for family members, including the intensive care rooms. Designed in partnership with physicians, nurses and other clinical team members, the new facility also features a universal patient floor, which is an evidenced- based care model that maintains the care continuum in one location so that patients stay in the same room throughout their healing process. Six operating suites and four catheterization labs offer the most A new destination for heart care recently sophisticated cardiac diagnostic imaging opened in Baton Rouge as Our Lady of the equipment and the latest technology for Lake Regional Medical Center announced surgical and minimally invasive procedures. the official opening of a nine-story Heart & The addition brings the total to 41 Vascular Institute dedicated to changing the operating suites within the medical center. future of cardiovascular disease treatment in With a healing garden, soaring windows, Louisiana. calming color palettes and a hand-picked “This is a transformative milestone in collection of art work, the new building the history of Our Lady of the Lake as we is designed to provide a welcoming and mark the culmination of our long-time caring environment to advance the healing vision of improving cardiovascular disease. process. MEETINGS FRIENDS OF LPB Tuesday, December 3 at 5PM LOUISIANA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY Thursday, December 12 at Noon FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LPB Thursday, December 12 at 10:30AM 28 29 Sesame Street Live: Make a New Friend

Century Link Center – Bossier City Tuesday, February 25 6:30PM $63 – One Gold Circle Seat with VIP Meet & Greet Pass $33 – One Gold Circle Seat

Baton Rouge River Center Arena Friday, March 21 6:30PM $68 – One Gold Circle Seat with VIP Meet & Greet Pass $36 – One Gold Circle Seat

To purchase tickets, call (225) 767-4214 or go online to www.lpb.org/boxoffice.

For more information about LPB programs and events or to purchase LPB programs visit the LPB website www.lpb.org

30 LPB HAS SOME GREAT GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS

All five Lost Louisiana: What’s In A Name? DVDs for $75 Lost Louisiana: Endangered Sites & Places of Worship DVDs for $30

The Cajun Culture DVD Collection Against the Tide, Good for What Ails You, Mon Cher Camarade All three for $50

Commemorate Louisiana’s Bicentennial with these two DVDs for only $30 Louisiana: 200 Years of Statehood, Louisiana: Then & Now 1812-2012

Explore the Treasures of the Gulf Coast Any episode of Go Coast Louisiana $20 each

Lindy Boggs: Steel & Velvet $20

C ookbooks John Folse’s After The Hunt cookbook and t-shirt (while supplies last) $60 Any Ms. Lucy Cookbook (Classic Cajun, Deux & Skinny Cajun) for $16.95

Just go to ShopLPB at www.lpb.org or call 1-800-973-7246. Use the code “LPBMEM5” for a 15% discount. Visit lpb.org/shop or call 1-800-973-7246

Thanks for your support of Louisiana Public Broadcasting. We can’t do this without you!

30 31 Now Available! A New Educational Guide for Studying Louisiana’s Coastal Crisis An extension of LPB’s award winning coastal documentary, the new Turning the Tide: A Companion Teaching Guide is available for free online at lpb.org/turningthetide.

The guide features lessons in Economics, Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Art and Geography and is aligned to state and national standards. It was produced in collaboration with the state’s top environmental educators with funding from The McKnight Foundation.

Finish the GED test now or you will have to start over! The current GED test is coming to an end. will be available through December 31, 2013. Beginning January 2, 2014, there will be a new Go to lpb.org/education to finish your test GED test and all previous test scores will expire. preparation, find the adult education center in Students will have to start over to prepare for the your area, and check the dates the test will be new test. given. The GED Connection series is being broadcasted now and online videos and activities Your future is calling – do it now! Prince B E N E F I T S O F T H E M O N T H OLD GOVERNOR’S MANSION – Baton Rouge 2-for-1 admission in December. Touring hours are 10AM to 4PM Tuesday through Friday. The mansion is located at 502 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Call (225) 387-2464 or go to oldgovernorsmansion.org.

JUNGLE GARDENS –Avery Island 2-for-1 admission in December. The gardens are located on Highway 329 (Avery Island Road). Call (337) 369-6243 or go to junglegardens.org for more information.

32 THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR DONORS The Louisiana Legends Society Named in honor of our Louisiana Legends honorees past and present, the Louisiana Legends Society hosts a very special and a very generous group of donors, who in their own right, have become Answer Quick the Legends of public television in Louisiana. We invite you to become Mrs. Marion S. Attaway part of the Louisiana Legends Society today. Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Coates George Daniels Family This prestigious group of Friends supports Louisiana Public The Hendrick Family Foundation Broadcasting (LPB) at the $10,000 level and above. This substantial Leith Lindow Family support helps to make educational, inspirational and entertaining Louisiana Healthcare Connections television programming available to citizens of all ages in our state. For In Memory of Kevin Reilly Sr. more information on becoming part of this society and its benefits, RoyOMartin contact Terri Crockett at 225.767.4464 or at [email protected]. Stephanie Smith Special Children’s Foundation

The Visionary Society is a very generous group of Friends who support LPB by contributing funds amounting between $1,000 and $9,999. This generous support helps to make educational, inspirational and entertaining television programming available to citizens of all ages in our state. For more information on becoming part of this society and its benefits, contact Terri Crockett at 225.767.4464 or at [email protected].

Patron ($5,000-$9,999) Ms. Mary N. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Randy Ewing Jim Montgomery Acadian Companies Josef Sternberg Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fitzgerald Mrs. Marjorie Morrison Mrs. Shirley Adamson Mr. Cecil W. Talley Michelle Mr. & Mrs. William T. Murphy III Badger Oil Ada B. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. A. Glenn Flournoy Mr. & Mrs. D. Denis Murrell Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Barro Ms. Joanna Wurtele Ms. Esther Martin Floyd Rob Neely Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Ms. Carol Yarbrough Eatel Mary & Tom Nesbitt Louisiana Dr. & Mrs. William H. Gallmann Barbara Norton Dr. & Mrs. James E. Carter PRODUCER ($1,000 - $2,499) Stacey Goff Bill Oliver CenturyLink Ms. Diane Alexander Mrs. Lowry Griffon Roger H. Ogden Chesapeake Energy Corp. Erica Allain Laura Guillot John O’Neal Community Trust Bank Ms. Jo Ann Alley Margo Haase Scott Wester James Davison Family Tom & Donna Gay Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Allen Haddad Barbara Pailet Katherine Drake Mr. & Mrs. D. Charles Antrobus Ms. Mary Hairston Joan Penniman Betty & Bill King Rob Ardoin Deryl Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Perry, Jr. Louisiana Independent Mr. & Mrs. William J. Atkins Bryant Hammett & Associates The Powers Foundation Inc. Pharmacies Assc Dr. David Louis Autin Mr. & Mrs. John Hardy, Jr. Robert Rainer Louisiana Lottery Corporation Mr. Randy Roberts Mrs. Milton L. Harris Dr. & Mrs. John M. Rainey McDonald’s of Baton Rouge Mr. Anderson W. Barham Susan D Hayley Arthur Reynolds Paragon Casino Resort Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Barro Randy Haynie Dr. & Mrs. Joe C. Rice Lynne & Jeff Pisto Toni Bauer Mrs. Catherine Hecker Mr. & Mrs. James A. Richardson The Scott Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lee Baxter Deborah Hedricks Billy Ross Mary Smith Joe & Nelda Beaud, Jr. Mrs. Sam B. Hicks III Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Rotenberg Squire Creek Mr. Terry W. Bennett Dr. R. M. Hill Frank & Janice Sadler Joyce M Thibodeaux Richard Besson Eleanor Hollemand Mr. Wesley Salmon Willis-Knighton Health System Best Western Richmond Inn & Hunt, Guillot & Associates Susan F. Sample Suites Ms. Louise Jackson Mr. William Sandford ADVOCATE ($2,500 - $4,999) Ms. Marie Bickham Anne James Ms. Linda L. Saurage Albemarle Foundation T.D. Bickham Co. Chris & Payton John Colonel & Mrs. Francis C. Steven Alferi Mrs. Ruth Anne Bindursky Mr. H. Alston Johnson III Schaffer Mr. William G. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William D. Blake Mary Jones Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Selber Jr. Robert Baker Bari Blanks Mr. Thomas Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jack Dale Shaffer Ms. Eula Mae Bernard Frank & Suzzanne Bright Mary & Cheney Joseph Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Simoneaux Capital One Bank Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Juban Mr. & Mrs. David P. Smith Ms. Michelle Carriere Dr. & Mrs. William S. Bundrick Juban Insurance Group Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Smith Mr. Philip Coane Dr and Mrs Robert Burris Ms. Kay Legendre Doré Fund Southern University System Mr. Ryan Kilpatrick Daryl and Laura Byrd Mr. & Mrs. Kris Kirkpatrick Foundation Mrs. Susan Dawson Mr. Bill Blackwood Jeff & Debbie Kleinpeter Linda Sterling Mr. & Mrs. Terry O. Ewing Kurt & Lea Carleton Dr. & Mrs. James D. Knoepp Teche Federal Bank Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Falgout, Sr. Mr. C.R. Carstens Zbigniw Kula Rev. & Mrs. James E. Theus Deborah Glaviana JPMorgan Chase Richard & Joan Launey Dr. Jack E. Thielen Dr. Robert T. Grissom Christopher & Linda Clark Sen. F.E. Lauricella John G. Turner & Jerry Fischer Padmeni Gupta Dr. Sally Clausen Mrs. William Ledet Turner Industries Mary Ellen & Phillip Juban Mrs. Beth Courtney David & Patricia Lewis John Utesch Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Kinsey Ms. Rebecca M. Crowell Viki Lindley Ms. Liz Walker Mr. & Mrs. Claude Leach Mr. & Mrs. Evan D. Curtis Long Law Firm Ralph Webb LUBA Workers’ Comp Mr. & Mrs. Ben Daniels Jr. Mr. Edward Lopez Dr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Webre Berthe Mangin Estate Mr. & Mrs. William H. Davis Jr. Richard Hight Dr. & Mrs. William Weldon Charles L. & Sally S. Moffet Ms. Claudia L. Davis Mr. John Maxwell The Wheless Foundation Natchitoches Area Convention & Ms. Dianne Davison Mr. & Mrs. Frank McArthur Mr. & Mrs. John W. Whitson Visitors Bureau Mr. John Denison Mr. William Robert McKenzie Mr. & Mrs. Patrick R. Widhalm Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rainer Doris Donnell Mr. & Mrs. F. Charles McMains Jr William C. Woolf Foundation William Ruffin Marque Dunham Mr. Andrew T. McMains Michael & Patricia Woods Willilam Sandford Mrs. Cynthia Dupree Mr. Louis J. Michot Kathryn Wroten Dr. & Mrs. Robert N. Ms. Suzanne Ellwood Mike Michot Mr. & Mrs. James E. Yeldell Schwendimann Larry & Gertrude Embree Family Mr. Randall L. Mills Henrietta Colley Yoder Fund Lewis Simpson Charitable Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. Saul A. Mintz Joseph F. Yoder Jr. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Smith Encana Oil & Gas Inc Robert and Roseanne Mitchell 32 33 Sustaining Circle Society members graciously make donations in the $500 to $999 range. This generous support helps to make educational, inspirational and entertaining television programming available to citizens of all ages in our state. For more information on becoming part of this society and its benefits, contactTerri Crockett at (225) 767-4464 or email [email protected].

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These gifts will play a significant role in the continued development of LPB’s mission to educate, engage and enlighten the citizens of the state. For more information on how you can become a member of the Legacy Society, please contact Terri Crockett at 225.767.4464 or at [email protected]. Anonymous (8) • Bindursky Family Charitable Trust • George Daniels • The Estate of Leland Major Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gray • Jane Honeycutt • Mary Terrell Joseph • Leith Lindow • Frank McArthur, II Lisa Stansbury • Lynn Ucella 34 THANKS TO OUR UNDERWRITERS LPB thanks these businesses for providing valuable underwriting support for our programs. Please let these underwriters know that you appreciate their support of public broadcasting. For more information about how your business can benefit from becoming a Corporate Member of LPB, please call Jeanne Smith at 1-800-272-8161, extension 4466.

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LPB TO HOLD A HOLIDAY TEA INSPIRED BY DOWNTON ABBEY FEATURING A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF SEASON 4!

On Sunday, December 29 at 2PM, join Friends of LPB for a leisurely afternoon of tea and delectable pastries at The Manship Theater in Baton Rouge, followed by a special preview of the first hour of Season 4.

Holiday Tea tickets are only $75. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.lpb.org, or call (225) 767-4214 or (800) 272-8161, ext. 4214. Season Four premieres Sunday, January 5 at 8PM and airs every Sunday through February.