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MAY 2020 Midsomer Murders Season 16 Vegas PBS A Message from the Management Team General Manager General Manager Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS Educational Media Services Director Niki Bates Production Services Director Kareem Hatcher Business Manager Brandon Merrill Communications and Brand Management Director Allison Monette VEGAS PBS EXPANDS ESSENTIAL Content Director Cyndy Robbins RESOURCES Workforce Training & Economic Development Director Debra Solt s we navigate through these isolating times in Nevada and around the Engineering, IT and Emergency Response Director world, Vegas PBS remains committed to bringing together the most val- John Turner ued television programming and online health and educational resources to Development Director support families, educators and our loyal members across the state and in Salvador Carrera Southern Nevada. In addition to the insightful news and analysis that you can trust on the PBS SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS A Executive Director NewsHour and BBC World News, our local public affairs team on Nevada Week contin- Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS ues to cover what Nevadans need to know about this global pandemic. Shows have focused President on managing personal fear and panic, navigating the financial implications of the virus, Tom Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation filing for small business loans or unemployment insurance, and accessing at home educa- Vice President tional resources. Our production team is also producing TV and online updates with the Clark Dumont, Dumont Communications, LLC factual information and how to access local and national resources and the heroes Secretary who are assisting the most needy in our community. You can watch these at Nora Luna, UNR Cooperative Extension vegaspbs.org/nevada-week. 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New seasons of Midsomer Murders Dr. Linda E.Young, Clark County School District Trustee and Death in Paradise premiere this month.The much anticipated Asian Americans five- hour film series also premieres on Monday, May 11 at 8 p.m.The National Memorial Day FCC LICENSEES Concert will continue this year, airing on Sunday, May 24 at 8 p.m. In addition to these Lola Brooks great titles, one of the best features about being a member of Vegas PBS is your access Linda P. Cavazos to Vegas PBS Passport, which allows you to stream your favorite shows from an on- Chris Garvey demand library of quality local and national public television programming. If you haven’t Irene A. Cepeda Danielle Ford activated your account yet, visit vegaspbs.org/passport to learn how. As a valued member Deanna L. Wright of Vegas PBS, you are also familiar with our many signature events, trips and concerts. 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We wish you and your Anton Tielemans, Vegas PBS Source Art Director loved ones a safe and healthy spring season. This magazine Tom Axtell is printed on recycled paper MAY 2020 5 May 2020 INSIDE Cover/Spotlight Series 8 Murder and Mystery, Love and Loss Whether you enjoy stories of crime or touching moments that pull at your heart strings, we have series that you will love throughout the month. Departments 5 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Vegas PBS Events 22 A Message from the Educational Media Services Director Features 10 History Stories in Times of War 8 15 How-To Seeing the USA 16 Arts & Culture For the Love of Art 17 Spotlight Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month 18 Science & Nature Think Wednesday 21 Spotlight Series Taking Care of You / Health + Wellness 32 Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck 33 Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Marathon 34 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (by Ken Burns) 10 16 35 Focus on the Home 18 32 37 Vegas PBS Rewind/WORLD/Jackpot! Program Menu 23 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 24 Primetime Programming 32 Weekend Daytime Programming 36 Vegas PBS Create Programming 36 Vegas PBS Channels 38 Vegas PBS Sponsors MAY 2020 7 COVER Midsomer Murders Season 16 a brilliant puzzle-solving detective from the north of England. The only problem is that Murder and Mystery, Neville’s allergic to everything, which makes the Caribbean a nightmare for him. And try- ing to make sense of Neville is a nightmare Love and Loss for his team. Throughout the Month Silent Witness at 10 p.m. (New episodes from season 19 and 20) Enjoy the finest in drama that television has to offer. Whether you enjoy stories of This crime series focuses on a team of crime or touching moments that pull at your heart strings, we have series that you London-based forensic pathologists and sci- will love throughout the month. entists and their investigations into various crimes. Dr. Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) is a Midsomer Murders Nelson barely have time to introduce them- skilled pathologist whose expertise in archae- Season 16 selves before they are thrown into a surreal Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. mystery. A man is fatally stabbed with an Work never slows down for DCI John antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at Barnaby, as he investigates the grizzly mur- a “haunted” manor house. Can Barnaby and ders that plague a picturesque English county Nelson find a more earthly motive behind the in the U.K.’s much-adored crime series. This murder and trap the killer? As the season pro- season, Barnaby partners up with a new face, gresses, the cases don’t get any less bizarre, DS Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee, “Bohemian as the two detectives contend with killers Death in Paradise Rhapsody”). They will be busy, as the inhabi- employing medieval torture, stunt planes and tants of Midsomer county are not nearly as wild boars. charming as the villages in which they reside. ADDITIONAL SATURDAY TITLES In the premier episode on May 2, Barnaby and Death in Paradise Season 9 ...They will be busy, at 9 p.m. (New season concludes on May 23) “as the inhabitants of DI Jack Mooney has settled into life on the Midsomer county are not glorious Caribbean island of Saint Marie, but nearly as charming...” the murders keep coming. And they’re more baffling than ever. Inspector Neville Parker is 8 VEGAS PBS SOURCE The team works “together with police as they seek justice for the victims of violent crimes.” Call the Midwife Season 9 at 8 p.m. (Concludes May 17) This moving, intimate, funny and true-to-life series, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London's East End in the 1950s. World on Fire on Masterpiece at 9 p.m. (Concludes May 17) Follow the intertwining fates of ordinary people as they grapple with the effects of World War II on their everyday lives. Set in Before We Die Britain, Poland, France and Germany, the events of the series take place during the first ology and forensic anthropology make her an Christian to infiltrate a criminal organization. year of the war. invaluable asset.The team works together with In Swedish with English subtitles. Baptiste on Masterpiece police as they seek justice for the victims of SUNDAYS at 10 p.m. (Concludes May 17) violent crimes. Downton Abbey on Tcheky Karyo revives his role as French Modus Season 2 at 11 p.m. detective Julien Baptiste in this spin-off of (Concludes May 9) Masterpiece Marathon "The Missing." While visiting his daughter in beginning at 11 a.m.