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KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 1 Sunday, December 1 Monday, December 2 6:00PM KPBS 2019 KPBS News Matters A 8:00PM KPBS Antiques Roadshow Harrisburg, year-end Review of KPBS’ best most Hour 2: Interesting finds including a impactful news coverage of 2019. Charles “Heinie” Wagner Red Sox KPBS 2 Quincy Jones Presents archive and a Carl Schweninger oil. Shelea Quincy Jones, David Foster and KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San the multi-talented Shelea present an Diego Thanksgiving Special: We intimate concert in Los Angeles. remember the “Turkey Queen” of 6:30 KPBS Memory Rescue with Daniel Ramona; play “Guess The Year” and look Amen, M.D. Dr. Daniel Amen at some Holiday light traditions in our demonstrates ways to supercharge your county. memory and remember what matters 8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Balboa most to you. Park: The Garden Fair: Nan Sterman 7:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s explores the role of horticulture and Great Hill Towns: Explore San agriculture in the historic 1915 Exposition Gimignano’s medieval towers, Cortona’s that took place in Balboa Park. charming lanes and Orvieto’s papal 9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Harrisburg, intrigue. Hour 3: The 1963-1968 NASA archive of 8:00 KPBS Christmas Carols with Lucy Pearl Tucker and a painted Bucher box Worsley Popular historian Lucy Worsley made around 1800 are appraised. uncovers the hidden stories behing KPBS 2 Bread Salt and the Graphite beloved Christmas carols. Kid An All-American Soapbox Racing KPBS 2 Nature Hotel Armadillo: Documentary: Small-business owners in Lizards, coati, peccaries and more Barrio Logan, San Diego help inner-city animals spend time in a burrow made by kids realize their racing dreams of a Giant Armadillo. participating in the world-famous All- 9:00 KPBS Great Performances Kinky American Soap Box Derby. Follow the Boots: Enjoy the Tony-winning musical story as old-school discipline meets about friendship and extraordinary Generation Z, with one goal in mind - shoes with songs by Cyndi Lauper. making it to the World Championships in 10:00 KPBS 2 The Plastics Problem: PBS Akron, Ohio, an American tradition since Newshour Presents Explore what’s 1934. being done about our extensive appetite 10:00 KPBS Hitler’s England The story of the for damaging single-use plastic. British Channel Islands under German 11:00 KPBS 2 First Civilizations Religion: occupation from 1940 to 1945 is revealed. The secret to the stability and cohesion KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Stripes of Ancient Egypt, religion, is explored. and Lines / Earl Thomas: Stripes and 11:30 KPBS 2019 KPBS News Matters A Lines is creating some of the most vital year-end Review of KPBS’ best most and progressive music in the indie rock impactful news coverage of 2019. genre; drawing from influences like David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam. Then next up: experience a powerful jumpin’ rhythm and blues show when Earl Thomas reunites with his original bandmates, the Rhumboogies.
2 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 11:00 KPBS Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White Miranda Esmonde-White uses new and groundbreaking science to help put an end to this defeatist attitude towards aging. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Tuesday, December 3 Productions 8:00PM KPBS Finding Your Roots Relatives We Never Knew We Had: Actresses Tea Leoni and Gaby Hoffmann are introduced to the life stories of their ancestors. KPBS 2 Call The Midwife The Nonnatus family unites to provide the very best care for Sister Mary Cynthia. Nature: Snow Bears 9:00 KPBS Feud: American Experience The Downer John © / Galitz Roie of Credit: Photo bloody backwoods battle between Appalachian clans, the Hatfields and McCoys, is explored. Wednesday, December 4 KPBS 2 Call The Midwife Holiday 8:00P KPBS Nature Snow Bears: Travel to the Special 2016 The Nonnatus House Arctic to follow the life-changing journey family visit South Africa after they of two newborn polar bear cubs. receive an SOS call from a mission KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow hospital. Harrisburg, Hour 3: The 1963-1968 10:00 KPBS Doolittle’s Raiders: A Final NASA archive of Pearl Tucker and a Toast Discover how The Doolittle Tokyo painted Bucher box made around 1800 Raiders accomplished a daring raid on are appraised. Japan during World War II in 1942. 9:00 KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Relatives 10:30 KPBS 2 Dream of Italy Tuscany: True We Never Knew We Had: Actresses Tea Chianti wine is made at Castello di Ama Leoni and Gaby Hoffmann are and the olive harvest at Pornanino is introduced to the life stories of their visited. ancestors. 11:00 KPBS Wings Over Grand Canyon This 9:30 KPBS Life from Above Moving Planet: aerial journey captures an endless Cameras in space capture footage of the variety of stunning imagery of greatest and most powerful movements landscapes, lakes and canyons. on our planet. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 10:00 KPBS 2 Feud: American Experience The bloody backwoods battle between Appalachian clans, the Hatfields and McCoys, is explored. 11:00 KPBS San Diego: Above and Beyond Tour the spectacular San Diego region from the air and learn about the history of the region. Then dive below the waves for a view of the underwater world near San Diego’s famous beaches. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 3 Thursday, December 5 Friday, December 6 8:00PM KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego 8:00PM KPBS Washington Week The story of a freeway mystery on KPBS 2 KPBS Arts Discover how Interstate 5. We learn what happened to “Cirque Du Soleil Amaluna” director Diane Regis Philbin at The Whaley House and Paulus intertwined the show’s plot with more! her own experiences; meet a KPBS 2 Native America Cities of the professional photographer who is a Sky: Scientists explore pyramids and 3D- master at capturing life’s golden scan a lost city of monumental mounds moments; explore a variety of musical on the Mississippi River. customs with Florida musician Alvon 8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Big Trees: Griffin and see how one fashion designer Giants Among Us: Search out some of is making her dream come true. the champion trees listed on the 8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable California Big Tree Registry. KPBS 2 Articulate with Jim Cotter 9:00 KPBS Historic Places with Elsa Pioneering Spirits?: Daniel Libeskind Sevilla: California’s History The First believes that architecture is an act of People of the Kumeyaay Nation: Find optimism and of selflessness, composer out why some call Presidio Hill near Old Missy Mazzoli is a trailblazer- undeterred Town, “San Diego’s Lost City” or the by obstacles and photographer Elliott “Machu Picchu of San Diego.” Erwitt has been lauded for his humor KPBS 2 Retro Report On PBS Episode and visual wit. 8: Discover how sex ed programs are 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Preserve The informed by past failures. A myth about Romance: Dr. Martin Ellingham struggles crime is debunked. to come to terms with fatherhood as his 9:30 KPBS Crossing South Mexicali: Rappel life changes dramatically. & Baseball: Host Jorge Meraz gives KPBS 2 Shakespeare Live! from the rappelling a try, samples the amazing Royal Shakespeare Company Benedict Chinese food of Mexicali, hangs out with Cumberbatch, Judi Dench and Ian the baseball team “Las Aguilas,” and McKellen mark the life and work of samples taco stand goodies. William Shakespeare. 10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Silent 10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway- Land: An unpopular village librarian Private Investigators The Fairest Show turns up dead during a spooky ghost Means The Most Deceit: New Episode. A tours in Midsomer Magna. workplace compensation claim is not as KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Right to Fail: straightforward as it first seems, and After decades in institutions, a man with Frank is skeptical when a long-lost schizophrenia faces violence and death relative tracks him down. to live on his own. 11:00 KPBS Wings over Grand Canyon This 11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition aerial journey captures an endless 11:30 KPBS The Future of America’s Past variety of stunning imagery of Lines in the Sand: A look at how Texas, a landscapes, lakes and canyons. place of contentious borders and cross- KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition cultural exchange, became Texas.
4 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 Saturday, December 7 Sunday, December 8 6:00PM KPBS Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual 6:00PM KPBS Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Laws of Success Explore how Celebrate Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, understanding our true nature can lead the children’s series that premiered to a sense of well-being and good health. nationally 50 years ago. 6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable KPBS 2 Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like 7:00 KPBS 2 James Watson: American 7:30 KPBS 2019 KPBS News Matters A Masters Meet the Nobel Prize-winning year-end Review of KPBS’ best most scientist behind the double helix as he impactful News coverage of 2019. confronts his complex legacy. KPBS 2 2019 KPBS News Matters 7:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe The 8:00 KPBS Crimson Field Episode 1: Follow Netherlands Beyond Amsterdam: Kitty, Flora and Rosalie, volunteer nurses Charming Dutch sights are visited from who work in a tented field hospital near Haarlem to Rotterdam and from Delft to World War I front lines. the Zuiderzee. KPBS 2 Nature Dogs in the Land of 8:00 KPBS Father Brown The Pride of the Lions: When lions kill her mate, a wild Prydes: Father Brown investigates an African dog mother raises two attack on a guide during the grand generations of pups all on her own. opening of Pryde Castle. 9:00 KPBS Crimson Field Episode 2: 8:30 KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Volunteer nurses who work in a tented Diego The story of a freeway mystery on field hospital face the reality of working Interstate 5. We learn what happened to near the front line. Regis Philbin at The Whaley House and KPBS 2 NOVA Ultimate Cruise Ship: more! Pioneering shipbuilders endeavor to 9:00 KPBS Woodstock: Three Days That build the ultimate cruise ship, the Seven Defined A Generation: American Seas Explorer. Experience This film brings the three- 10:00 KPBS Crimson Field Episode 3: With day concert to life through the voices of resources stretched, Sister Joan sees a those who were at Woodstock. chance for the volunteers’ skills to be put KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie For to good use. Keeps (1988) An unplanned pregnancy KPBS 2 Supernature - Wild Flyers complicates the lives of the “perfect” Defying Gravity: Explore the basic high school couple. Starring Molly principles of flight to see how animals Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff, become airborne in the first place. 10:30 KPBS 2 Independent Lens Made In 11:00 KPBS Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Boise: Four surrogates in Boise, Idaho Celebrate Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and the intended parents whose children the children’s series that premiered they carry are featured. nationally 50 years ago. 11:30 KPBS Retire Safe & Secure with Ed KPBS 2 The Plastics Problem: PBS Slott 2019 Greedy Wall Street bankers Newshour Presents Explore what’s and Congress have just upended 30+ being done about our extensive appetite years of the tax code. Ed Slott provides for damaging single-use plastic. solutions to protect your hard-earned savings.
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 5 Monday, December 9 Tuesday, December 10 8:00PM KPBS Antiques Roadshow New 8:00PM KPBS Finding Your Roots Hard Times: Orleans, Hour 1: Journey to The Big Easy The family stories of filmmaker Michael for hidden treasures like a diamond Moore and actors Laura Linney and bracelet and a Van Cleef & Arpels ring. Chloe Sevigny are explored. KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San KPBS 2 Call The Midwife Dr. Turner Diego The story of a freeway mystery on helps the Mullucks cope with the stresses Interstate 5. We learn what happened to of caring for a disabled child. Regis Philbin at The Whaley House and 9:00 KPBS A Line in the Sand The Story of more! America’s First Surfing Park: This local 8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Big Trees: film documents the inspiring and Giants Among Us: Search out some of fascinating events that led to its creation the champion trees listed on the and features interviews from surf California Big Tree Registry. legends, Floyd Smith of the famed 9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow New Gordon and Smith Surfboards, the Orleans, Hour 2: A “Blade Runner” set legendary Skip Frye, and more. Narrated decoration, Agnes Martin paintings and a by radio personality Chris Cantore, this feather golf ball, ca. 1840. film tells the complex story of the KPBS 2 Historic Places with Elsa dedication to community through the Sevilla: California’s History The First noblest of motives, the public good. People of the Kumeyaay Nation: Find KPBS 2 Call The Midwife Holiday out why some call Presidio Hill near Old Special Valerie helps a young couple Town, “San Diego’s Lost City” or the with a traumatic birth and Sister “Machu Picchu of San Diego. Julienne tries to reunite a family. 9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Mexicali: 10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Episode to Be Rappel & Baseball: Host Jorge Meraz Announced. gives rappelling a try, samples the 10:30 KPBS 2 Dream of Italy Tuscany: True amazing Chinese food of Mexicali, hangs Chianti wine is made at Castello di Ama out with the baseball team “Las Aguilas,” and the olive harvest at Pornanino is and samples taco stand goodies. visited. 10:00 KPBS The Great Escape The audacious 11:00 KPBS San Diego: Above and Beyond escape of Allied airmen from a Nazi Tour the spectacular San Diego region P.O.W. camp during World War II is from the air and learn about the history explored. of the region. Then dive below the waves KPBS 2 James Hubbell - Between for a view of the underwater world near Heaven and Earth Journey with us San Diego’s famous beaches. around California and beyond - to see an 11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition amazing body of work created by San Diego based artist James Hubbell. Wednesday, December 11 11:00 KPBS Yellowstone Symphony Travel on 8:00PM KPBS Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to a spectacular visual journey through the Success: Join some of the world’s top wonders of America’s first national park. squirrel scientists who are making KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition groundbreaking discoveries. KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour 2: Incredible stories and items from the Crescent City include a “Blade Runner” set decoration. 9:00 KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Hard Times: The family stories of filmmaker
6 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney 10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Master Class: and Chloe Sevigny are explored. A young pianist with emotional issues 9:30 KPBS Ken Burns: The National Parks competes to win a scholarship to a Explore the beauty and grandeur of our prestigious music academy. nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Episode to Be to Yosemite. Announced. 10:00 KPBS 2 A Line in the Sand The Story 11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition of America’s First Surfing Park: This 11:30 KPBS The Future of America’s Past A local film documents the inspiring and Grave Injustice: A Japanese internment fascinating events that led to its creation camp established during World War II is and features interviews from surf now a National Park Service site. legends, Floyd Smith of the famed Gordon and Smith Surfboards, the Friday, December 13 legendary Skip Frye, and more. Narrated 8:00PM KPBS Washington Week by radio personality Chris Cantore, this KPBS 2 KPBS Arts Visit a New York film tells the complex story of the museum that’s home to a famous piece dedication to community through the by Dada artist George Grosz; then meet noblest of motives, the public good. an artist from Ohio whose art is inspired 11:00 KPBS Wings Over Grand Canyon This by his childhood; next see how musicians aerial journey captures an endless in San Antonio are combining forces to variety of stunning imagery of create the city’s music scene; an finally landscapes, lakes and canyons see how the motto “Simple is Good” KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition guides one artist in her love for fashion. 8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable Thursday, December 12 KPBS 2 Chefs Marcus and Vivian: A 8:00PM KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego Taste of What’s Next Chefs Vivian We Remember San Diego TV host Howard and Marcus Samuelsson visit Johnny Downs. Who was Lymon Judson Grand Central Market and explore L.A.’s Gage, and why was he so important to food scene. our history? Famous graves in our 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Dry Your Tears: county; “Guess the Year” and more! Determined to get to grips with KPBS 2 Native America New World fatherhood, Martin asks Louisa to move Rising: Horse-mounted Comanche into his house. warriors and secret messages encoded KPBS 2 No Passport Required Seattle: in Aztec manuscript are explored. Marcus Samuelsson travels to Seattle to 8:30 KPBS Above The Tin Follow the story of learn about the city’s Filipino American twelve students from some of San community. Diego’s poorest neighborhoods and their 10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway- coach as they strive to balance their Private Investigators The Chameleon’s pursuit of greatness in the unlikely sport Dish: New Episode. Frank and Lu struggle of squash with the ups and downs of to protect a troubled teen who suffers teenage life. from nightmarish premonitions of 9:00 KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead murder. Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings: A team of KPBS 2 Chef’s Life Holiday Special: scientists explore royal tombs beneath Vivian Howard hosts her own vision of the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and much more.
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 7 11:00 KPBS San Diego: Above and Beyond 11:30 KPBS 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Tour the spectacular San Diego region Mary The impact of the preeminent trio from the air and learn about the history that brought folk music to America’s of the region. Then dive below the waves mass audiences is celebrated. for a view of the underwater world near San Diego’s famous beaches. Sunday, December 15 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 6:00PM KPBS Downton Abbey Returns! Downton Abbey Returns! features Saturday, December 14 emotional interviews with the entire cast 6:00PM KPBS 50 Years with Peter, Paul and of Downton Abbey, writer/creator Julian Mary The impact of the preeminent trio Fellowes and executive producer Gareth that brought folk music to America’s Neame. mass audiences is celebrated. KPBS 2 Downton Abbey Returns! 6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable 8:00 KPBS Crimson Field Episode 4: The 7:00 KPBS 2 Eva Hesse: American Masters arrival of soldiers from her home town Discover the story of an artist whose lifts Joan’s spirits, but she finds herself in groundbreaking work changed the trouble. course of art history. KPBS 2 Nature Raising The Dinosaur 8:00 KPBS Father Brown The Shadow of the Giant: Paleontologists in South America Scaffold: When convinced killer Violet is discover the largest dinosaur bone that given a temporary reprieve from the has ever been unearthed. gallows, she begs Father Brown to prove 9:00 KPBS Crimson Field Episode 5: A her innocence. With only three days in series of events draws Joan into danger, hand, can he find the real culprit before risking her profession and possibly her it’s too late? life. KPBS 2 NOVA Bigger Than T.rex: A team of paleontologists reconstruct the
.DTL sproC elppA © fo ysetruoC :tiderC :tiderC ysetruoC fo © elppA sproC .DTL terrifying dinosaur dubbed Spinosaurus, piece by piece. 10:00 KPBS Crimson Field Episode 6: Joan faces a lifetime in prison. Kitty is wracked with guilt and desperate for someone to trust. KPBS 2 Supernature - Wild Flyers Masters of the Sky: The extremes of true flight power, acceleration, speed, otohP The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years maneuverability and endurance are explored. 9:00 KPBS The Beatles: Eight Days A Week 11:00 KPBS Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual - The Touring Years Explore the history Laws of Success Explore how of the Fab Four from their early days in understanding our true nature can lead Liverpool to their last concert in 1966. to a sense of well-being and good health. KPBS 2 Saturday Movie Last Action KPBS 2 Doc World Armed with Faith: Hero (1993) A young movie fan gets Follow three men of Pakistan’s KPK thrown into the movie world of his Bomb Disposal as they defend their favorite action film star. homeland single handedly from falling 11:11 KPBS 2 Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji 2018 Asia’s into the hands of terrorists from biggest trail-running race on Japan’s Afghanistan and surrounding tribal lands. tallest mountain, the iconic Mt. Fuji, is documented.
8 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 Monday, December 16 8:00PM KPBS Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour 3: Fabulous finds include an “Andy Warhol” portrait by Jamie Wyeth and Chinese wine vessel from 1795. KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego We Remember San Diego TV host Johnny Downs. Who was Lymon Judson Gage, and why was he so important to our history? Famous graves in our county; “Guess the Year” and more! Ornament of the World
8:30 KPBS 2 Above The Tin Follow the story Media Kikim of Courtesy Credit: Photo of twelve students from some of San Diego’s poorest neighborhoods and their coach as they strive to balance their Tuesday, December 17 pursuit of greatness in the unlikely sport 8:00PM KPBS Ornament of the World Filmed in of squash with the ups and downs of Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, teenage life. this is the story of a remarkable 800- 9:00 KPBS Christmas with the Tabernacle year period when Muslims, Christians, Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth The and Jews in medieval Spain forged a Tabernacle Choir and Kristin Chenoweth common cultural idevntity that often showcase favorite holiday music, dancing transcended their religious differences. and storytelling. KPBS 2 Call The Midwife An 10:00 KPBS No Passport Required Seattle: unexpected turn of events leads to a Marcus Samuelsson travels to Seattle to hastily arranged wedding. Shelagh finally learn about the city’s Filipino American goes into labor. community. 9:00 KPBS 2 Call The Midwife Holiday KPBS 2 A Line in the Sand The Story Special A new nun and four Chinese of America’s First Surfing Park: This orphans arrive unexpectedly at local film documents the inspiring and Nonnatus House causing both joy and fascinating events that led to its creation chaos. and features interviews from surf 10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Episode to Be legends, Floyd Smith of the famed Announced. Gordon and Smith Surfboards, the 10:30 KPBS 2 Dream of Italy Rome: legendary Skip Frye, and more. Narrated Alessandro Volpetti takes Kathy on a by radio personality Chris Cantore, this tour of the new Testaccio market and his film tells the complex story of the family deli Volpetti. dedication to community through the 11:00 KPBS Let There Be Light Rowan noblest of motives, the public good. LeCompte and Dieter Goldkuhle create 11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Attla: An stained glass windows for Washington Alaska Native dogsled racer became a National Cathedral. sports hero, with one good leg and a KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition determined mindset. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 9 Wednesday, December 18 this vibrant and culturally-dynamic community with over 50 interviews from 8:00PM KPBS Nature Snowbound: Animals of descendants of early Jewish pioneers, Winter: Travel across the snow globe to scientists, entrepreneurs, academics as meet penguins, bison and more animal well as avant-garde artists, rabbis, and survivors of winter. surfers. KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow New 9:30 KPBS Crossing South Mexicali & San Orleans, Hour 3: Jamie Wyeth “Andy Felipe: Host Jorge Meraz takes a boat Warhol” portrait, Chinese wine vessel, ca. ride on Maxicali Valley’s Hardy River and 1795, and Smith & Son pocket watch. learns about its wildlife reserves. Then 9:00 KPBS NOVA Inside Animal Minds: onto San Felipe to meet its fishermen, Who’s The Smartest?: Scientists try to tour the sleepy harbor, and dip into its unlock the secrets of animal hot springs. communication by tracking dolphins in 10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Noble the Caribbean. Art, Part 1: A famous 1860 bare-knuckle KPBS 2 The Gilded Age: American boxing bout is restaged and dead bodies Experience Meet the titans and barons begin to pile up for Barnaby. of the glittering late 19th century. KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Episode to Be 10:00 KPBS Supernature - Wild Flyers Announced. Crowded Skies: In order to survive in the 11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition crowded sky, mammals, birds and insects must out-flying the competition. Friday, December 20 11:00 KPBS First Civilizations Cities: The Middle East, the birthplace of civilization 8:00PM KPBS Washington Week ad site of the world’s first cities, is KPBS 2 KPBS Arts Meet Morris Taft explored. Thomas, a sculptor whose captured the KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition imaginations of celebrities and politicians; then explore a museum that’s Thursday, December 19 divided the concept of beauty into Seven different modes; and next see the art of 8:00PM KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego a craftsperson incorporating Winter Holiday Show: We locate San iconography into their work and finally Diego’s little-known official Christmas see how a funeral home has become a Tree, check out how the Holidays were healing space for people grieving. celebrated in San Diego and discover the 8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable rocky beginnings of what came to be KPBS 2 Articulate with Jim Cotter called “December Nights” in Balboa Park. The Standouts: At a young age, Ani Liu KPBS 2 Ornament of the World Filmed had to disguise her art as science. Now in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, she combines them. Howard Jacobson is this is the story of a remarkable 800- now a pillar of English literature and year period when Muslims, Christians, society. But this was never anything he and Jews in medieval Spain forged a would have predicted. Acclaimed common cultural identity that often performer, collaborator, and composer transcended their religious differences. Edgar Meyer is out to change the world 8:30 KPBS To The Ends of the Earth: A of double bass. Portrait of Jewish San Diego San Diego’s Jewish community traces back to 1850 when San Diego was just a small pueblo in the United States. Director Isaac Artenstein’s (TIJUANA JEWS) documentary creates a living portrait of
10 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Born with a Shotgun: that excites expert John Foster, and a Tempers are frayed as Martin and Louisa signed picture of Chairman Mao by Andy try to find ways to comfort their Warhol. constantly wailing baby. 8:00 KPBS Father Brown The Mysteries of KPBS 2 Lidia Celebrates America the Rosary: The mysterious Return of the Artisans: Join chef Lidia disappearance of an old friend sends Bastianich as she travels America to Father Brown and Sid on a quest to find meet makers mastering artisan crafts the mythical Lannington Rosary exploring what inspires and fuels them. 9:00 KPBS Il Volo: Ten Years Il Volo perform 10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway- “Grande Amore,” “Il Mondo” and more Private Investigators The Rascal Cook: hits in the ancient city of Matera, Italy. New Episode. Frank and Lu feel the heat KPBS 2 Saturday Movie Roxanne in the kitchen when they investigate a (1987) Inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac, campaign of culinary sabotage. the comic story of a man with the heart KPBS 2 Voces On PBS The Pushouts: of a great lover, the soul of a poet and Former gang member Victor Rios is a the nose for trouble. Starring Daryl professor, author and expert on the Hannah and Steve Martin. school to prison pipeline. 10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Athens and 11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Anderson Side Trips: Visit the Parthenon, Agora, East: Offering up a heaping helping of the Isle of Hydra and take the fast-paced alternative rock with a healthy dose of pulse of the modern city. timeless Americana influence, Anderson 11:00 KPBS Thou Shalt Not Kill Episode 1: East is a dynamic artist who fuses Series Premiere. Stubborn and modern sound with the rich undertones determined detective Valeria Ferro of his southern roots. endeavors to solve the challenging KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition puzzles behind crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas, and repressed anger Saturday, December 21 to seek the truth and justice. She 6:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Christmas: struggles with her own demons from her Lawrence joins the gang for “Jingle Bells.” past that come back to life when her “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” is performed by mother is released from jail after Guy and Ralna. seventeen years. In this episode, she 6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable investigates the body of a teen girl is 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow found in a flooded basement. Italian Highlights: Ever wondered what program with English subtitles. happened after the experts drop the KPBS 2 Saving Brinton: America bombshell valuation on stunned owners? Reframed History teacher Mike Zahs In a special edition, Fiona Bruce looks at uncovers a trove of 19th century the most talked about finds of the year showreels of one of America’s first and reveals some surprising updates. motion picture impresarios, William KPBS 2 Sammy Davis, Jr.: American Franklin Brinton. Zahs sets out to restore Masters The vastly talented entertainer these showreels and present them to strove to achieve the American Dream in today’s audiences. In this portrait of an a time of racial prejudice. unlikely Midwestern folk hero, the 7:30 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow documentary offers a meditation on the Tewkesbury Abbey 2: Amongst the legacy of illusionist Frank Brinton, and objects featured are an extremely heavy the magic of living history. Tudor table from a local pub, an extensive collection of Maundy Money
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 11 Sunday, December 22 11:00 KPBS Louisa May Alcott: American Masters The Woman Behind Little 6:00PM Handel’s Messiah KPBS A 90-minute Women: A look at the author of “Little docudrama - narrated by Jane Seymour Women” reveals she was a free thinker - that tells the story of George Frideric with a literary double life. Handel, how he was discovered in Halle, KPBS 2 Doc World The Departure: A Germany at age nine, and his meteoric motorcycle crash survivor, Ittetsu rise to celebrity composer at age 18. Nemoto, turns to Zen Buddhism for Il Volo: Ten Years KPBS 2 Il Volo recovery and enlightenment. His new perform “Grande Amore,” “Il Mondo” path leads to his life’s work – helping and more hits in the ancient city of others from committing suicide via Matera, Italy. retreats, collaborative art and other 7:30 Ken Kramer’s About San Dieg KPBS o unconventional approaches. However, Winter Holiday Show: We locate San Nemoto’s work begins to take a toll on Diego’s little-known official Christmas his family and health, and he must learn Tree; check out how the Holidays were to draw the line between his patients and celebrated in San Diego in years gone by his own life. and discover the rocky beginnings of what came to be called “December Monday, December 23 Nights” in Balboa Park. KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Salzburg 8:00PM KPBS Antiques Roadshow Mansion and Surroundings: The birthplace of Masterpieces: A 1907 Robert Henri oil Mozart is a Baroque jewel of a town and painting, an English giltwood cabinet-on- the springboard for lots of alpine fun. stand and more are appraised. 8:00 KPBS Little Women on MASTERPIECE KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Part 1. With their father away at war, Diego Winter Holiday Show: We locate sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March San Diego’s little-known official come to terms with their new life. Christmas Tree, check out how the KPBS 2 Nature Snowbound: Animals of Holidays were celebrated in San Diego Winter: Travel across the snow globe to and discover the rocky beginnings of meet penguins, bison and more animal what came to be called “December survivors of winter. Nights” in Balboa Park. 9:00 KPBS Little Women on Masterpiece 8:30 KPBS 2 To The Ends of the Earth: A Part 2 and 3. Circumstances change for Portrait of Jewish San Diego San Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The family must Diego’s Jewish community traces back to face their most difficult challenge. 1850 when San Diego was just a small KPBS 2 NOVA Poisoned Water: The pueblo in the United States. Director chemistry and engineering that led to Isaac Artenstein’s (TIJUANA JEWS) the water crisis in Flint, Michigan are documentary creates a living portrait of examined. this vibrant and culturally-dynamic 10:00 KPBS Little Women on community with over 50 interviews from MASTERPIECE Conclusion: As descendants of early Jewish pioneers, circumstances change for Meg, Jo, Beth scientists, entrepreneurs, academics as and Amy, the family must come together well as avant-garde artists, rabbis, and to face a challenge. surfers. KPBS 2 Supernature - Wild Flyers 9:00 KPBS Christmas at Belmont Crowded Skies: In order to survive in the Traditional carols, classical masterworks, crowded sky, mammals, birds and insects world music and great seasonal favorites must out-flying the competition. are performed.
12 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Mexicali & San 9:15 KPBS Christmas Carols with Lucy Felipe: Host Jorge Meraz takes a boat Worsley Popular historian Lucy Worsley ride on Maxicali Valley’s Hardy River and uncovers hidden stories behind our learns about its wildlife reserves. Then beloved Christmas carols. onto San Felipe to meet its fishermen, 10:10 KPBS Dreaming of a Jewish tour the sleepy harbor, and dip into its Christmas This documentary tells the hot springs. story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants 10:00 KPBS Making A New American who wrote popular Christmas music. Nutcracker Narrator Neve Campbell KPBS 2 Christmas Carols with Lucy interviews the creative team behind the Worsley Discover the fascinating and reimagining of the holiday tale. often-surprising history of our most KPBS Live at the Belly Up Anderson beloved carols, as popular historian Lucy East: Offering up a heaping helping of Worsley uncovers their hidden stories. alternative rock with a healthy dose of 11:00 KPBS Classic Christmas with the timeless Americana influence, Anderson Bach Festival Society The Bach Festival East is a dynamic artist who fuses Society of Winter Park, Florida performs modern sound with the rich undertones traditional holiday selections and carols. of his southern roots. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:00 KPBS Voces On PBS The Pushouts: Former gang member Victor Rios is a Wednesday, December 25 professor, author and expert on the 8:00PM KPBS Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor school to prison pipeline. Christmas Lucy Worsley discovers that KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas has Tudor origins. Tuesday, December 24 KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Mansion 8:00PM KPBS All Is Calm - The Christmas Masterpieces: A 1907 Robert Henri oil Truce of 1914 - The San Diego Opera painting, an English giltwood cabinet-on- and KPBS presents a pre-recorded live stand and more are appraised. broadcast from the San Diego Opera. Based on real-life events during World War I along the Western Front when soldiers from France, England, and Germany ventured into no-man’s land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A beautifully-profound A Capella chamber opera, All is Calm is a testament to humanity and unity, and features text from letters from soldiers who lived through war alongside familiar holiday and military music from the countries Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2019 engaged in battle in World War I. MASTERPIECE of Courtesy Credit: KPBS 2 Call The Midwife Lucille, two 9:00 KPBS Call The Midwife Holiday Special days late due to the snow and ill, is called 2019: Christmas comes early for Call the to assist with a breech birth. Midwife with this holiday special. 9:00 KPBS 2 Little Women on KPBS 2 Christmas Carols with Lucy MASTERPIECE Part 1. With their father Worsley Discover the fascinating and away at war, sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and often-surprising history of our most Amy March come to terms with their beloved carols, as popular historian Lucy new life. Worsley uncovers their hidden stories.
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 13 10:00 KPBS 2 Dreaming of a Jewish Friday, December 27 Christmas This documentary tells the 8:00PM Washington Week story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants KPBS KPBS Arts Get to know Edgar who wrote popular Christmas music. KPBS 2 Allen Poe by touring his last home, 10:30 KPBS Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor located in the heart of the Bronx, NYC; Christmas Encore Presentation. see a Filipino American dance troupe 11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition connecting with their cultural roots 11:30 KPBS POV Shorts Joe’s Violin: A violin through dance; next meet a conservation forges a friendship between a Holocaust organization protecting Nevada’s open survivor and a 12-year-old Bronx school girl. spaces, and listen to the post-industrial Thursday, December 26 punk rock beats of a newcomer on the Detroit-Michigan music scene. 8:00PM KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego 8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable New Year’s Special: Reminiscing on prior KPBS 2 Articulate with Jim Cotter New Years celebrations in San Diego, Pioneering Spirits?: Daniel Libeskind exploring one of the most familiar believes that architecture is an act of landmarks in San Diego and more. optimism and of selflessness, composer KPBS 2 Islamic Art: Mirror of the Missy Mazzoli is a trailblazer- undeterred Invisible World A celebration of the by obstacles and photographer Elliott artistic legacy of the Muslim world Erwitt has been lauded for his humor provides a window into Islamic culture. and visual wit. 8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Flowers and 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Mother Knows Best: Floats - The Rose Parade: Discover how Louisa’s mother arrives in Portwenn Pasadena California’s annual Rose unexpectedly and Louisa is far from Parade comes to fruition from concept happy about her arrival. and construction to decoration and KPBS 2 Craft in America Quilts: Learn operation. about contemporary quilters as we 9:00 KPBS Historic Places with Elsa celebrate the role quilts have played in Sevilla: California’s History Host Elsa our country’s story. Sevilla travels to a Kumeyaay Nation 10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway- village in San Diego’s far-east county. Private Investigators Met By Find out how the First People, during Moonlight: New Episode. Lady Tania Pre-contact, are astronomers, instructs Frank and Lu to find a missing horticulturists, healers, scientists and necklace before the Autumn Equinox Ball. storytellers. KPBS 2 Craft in America Identity: 9:30 KPBS Crossing South Tijuana: Cecut & Potter Diego Romero, photographer Cara Caesar: Learn more about the history of Romero and furniture maker Wendy Baja at the Tijuana Cultural Center Maruyama are featured. (Cecut) just south of the border and 11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Trigger discover the Tijuana roots of the famous Hippy: Jam along to Trigger Hippy, a Caesar salad. Nashville rock band with gritty blues, KPBS 2 Same God A Christian college heart-searing soul, sinewy grooves, professor wore a hijab in solidarity with sublime vocal harmonies and a rich, Muslim women, creating a firestorm. earthy sensibility steeped in Americana 10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Not In My roots. Back Yard: As the development of a KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition pristine part of the village is debated, a mysterious killer strikes. 11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
14 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 Saturday, December 28 Sunday, December 29 6:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show New Years: 6:00PM KPBS Doctor Blake Mysteries My The Welk Band plays the “Champagne Brother’s Keeper: The death of a local Waltz” and the Lennon Sisters reminisce farmer leads Blake to a murky world of with “May You Always.” backstreet gambling. 6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable KPBS 2 John Sebastian Presents: 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Folk Rewind (My Music) A live reunion Holocaust Memorial Special: Fiona of folk singers includes Barry McGuire, Bruce and a small team of experts meet Roger McGuinn and The Chad Mitchell a remarkable group of British survivors Trio. whose lives were shattered by the events 7:00 KPBS Doctor Blake Mysteries This of World War Two. Time and This Place: A young woman is KPBS 2 Elizabeth Murray: American shot dead at a bonfire night celebration, Masters Elizabeth Murray’s journey from and police immediately arrest an an impoverished childhood to artistic Aboriginal boy she knew. But is racism to maverick is chronicled. blame for his arrest? 7:30 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow 8:00 KPBS Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Burton Constable 1: Objects brought in Doyle Author Arthur Conan Doyle and by visitors include a ships anchor found Sherlock Holmes’ ascension to becoming in a garden pond, a medal given for a literary icon are explored. heroism to a local sailor who helped KPBS 2 Magical Land of Oz Land: break Captain Scott’s ship out of Discover how animals have learned to Antarctic ice in 1901 and more. thrive across Australia’s harsh and 8:00 KPBS Father Brown The Daughters of beautiful extremes. Jerusalem: Father Brown investigates 9:00 KPBS Agatha Christie – Poirot The when a member of Kembleford’s WI dies Clocks: Poirot arrives in Dover to help in mysterious circumstances Lieutenant Colin Race determine if Sheila KPBS 2 Carole King: American Webb is responsible for the murder of a Masters Delve into the hit singer- middle-aged man found stabbed at 10 songwriter’s life and career from 1960s Wilbraham Crescent. Could there be a and 1970s to the present. connection with the recent discovery of a 9:00 KPBS John Sebastian Presents: Folk German mole within the Navy? Rewind (My Music) A live reunion of folk KPBS 2 Magical Land of Oz Ocean: singers includes Barry McGuire, Roger Australia’s three surrounding oceans McGuinn and The Chad Mitchell Trio. create a unique environment for ocean KPBS 2 Saturday Movie Seems Like voyagers of all types. Old Times (1980) She loves him, he loves 10:00 KPBS 2 Magical Land of Oz Human: her ... and the only thing that stands in The human impact on wildlife has been their way is her new husband. Starring dramatic in Australia as the continent Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. undergoes rapid change. 10:30 KPBS 2 Film School Shorts Hard 10:30 KPBS Agatha Christie - Poirot Three Times: A woman struggles to maintain Act Tragedy: Poirot’s friend Sir Charles daily life while dearing deportation in Cartwright hosts a cocktail party at his “Dios Nunca Muere.” home in Cornwall where an amiable local 11:00 KPBS Thou Shalt Not Kill Episode 2: Reverend chokes to death on his cocktail. The investigation into 15 year-old Sara Murder seems impossible, but weeks Damiani’s death continues. Was it an later another guest dies in similar accident or murder? circumstances. Poirot is aided by Charles in investigating the case.
KPBS-TV Programming Schedule –DECEMBER 2019 15 11:00 KPBS America ReFramed There Are 10:00 KPBS Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Jews Here: Follow the untold stories of Doyle Author Arthur Conan Doyle and four once thriving American Jewish Sherlock Holmes’ ascension to becoming communities that are now barely holding a literary icon are explored. on. There Are Jews Here celebrates KPBS Live at the Belly Up Trigger religious diversity in small-town America. Hippy: Jam along to Trigger Hippy, a KPBS 2 Doc World Elephant Path: Nashville rock band with gritty blues, Follow three individuals dedicated to heart-searing soul, sinewy grooves, protecting the last wild herd of forest sublime vocal harmonies and a rich, elephants in the Central African Republic earthy sensibility steeped in Americana from poaching. roots. 11:00 KPBS POV Midnight Traveler: Hassan Monday, December 30 Fazili is forced to flee Afghanistan and 8:00PM KPBS Antiques Roadshow St. Louis, seek asylum with his wife and two young Hour 1: A 1602 Adam Islip-published book daughters. of Chaucer’s complete works and more KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition great finds are showcased. KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Tuesday, December 31 Diego New Year’s Special: Reminiscing 8:00PM KPBS Live From Lincoln Center New on prior New Years celebrations in San York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Diego, exploring one of the most familiar 2019: Sondheim Celebration: The New landmarks in San Diego and more. York Philharmonic and Katrina Lenk KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Flowers celebrate the orchestral music of and Floats - The Rose Parade: Discover Stephen Sondheim. how Pasadena California’s annual Rose KPBS 2 Call The Midwife Lucille faces Parade comes to fruition from concept racism and prejudice when a new mother and construction to decoration and becomes ill. operation. 9:00 KPBS 2 Little Women on 9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow St. Louis, MASTERPIECE Circumstances change Hour 2: Rookwood Shirayamadani vase, for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The family Elijah Pierce preaching stick and an must face their most difficult challenge. Ozark Airlines poster. 9:30 KPBS Live From Lincoln Center New KPBS 2 Historic Places with Elsa York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Sevilla: California’s History Host Elsa 2019: Sondheim Celebration: Encore Sevilla travels to a Kumeyaay Nation presentation. village in San Diego’s far-east county. 11:00 KPBS Austin City Limits 6th Annual Find out how the First People, during Hall of Fame Honors 2019 Celebrate the Pre-contact, are astronomers, 2019 Hall of Fame as Shawn Colvin, horticulturists, healers, scientists and Buddy Guy and Lyle Lovett are honored. storytellers. scientists and storytellers. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Tijuana: Cecut & Caesar: Learn more about the history of Baja at the Tijuana Cultural Center (Cecut) just south of the border and discover the Tijuana roots of the famous Caesar salad.
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