December 2019
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NHK NEWSLINE M-F 5 a.m. BBC WORLD NEWS M-F 5:30 a.m. CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA M-F 4:30 p.m. CHOIR M-F 5 p.m. & 11 p.m. CRONKITE NEWS Monday, Dec. 16 and Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 8 p.m., ARIZONA HORIZON M-F 5:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. PBS NEWSHOUR M-F 6 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 26, at 9 p.m. NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT M-F 10:30 p.m.
7:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 9:00 P.M. 9:30 P.M. 1 SUN Great Performances* An Intimate Evening with David Foster John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind 2 MON Celtic Woman: Ancient Land Brain Fitness Program 3 TUE Il Volo: Ten Years* Ken Burns: Country Music* 4 WED Pavlo: Live in Guadalajara John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip* 5 THU Rick Steves' Fascism in Europe Country Music: Live at the Ryman* 6 FRI Washington Week* Great Performances* Jesus Christ Superstar 7 SAT All Day: Members' Choice 8 SUN Noon: Members' Choice 9 MON Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour One Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour Two Independent Lens* The Witness 10 TUE Tales from the Royal Bedchamber Tales from the Royal Wardrobe Frontline The Pension Gamble 11 WED Nature Rising the Dinosaur Giant Nova Bigger Than T-Rex Supernature: Wild Flyers Masters of the Sky Check, Please! America's Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Shakespeare & Hathaway The Chimes at 12 THU Art in the 48 Arizona Special* Midnight Chef Marcus and Viv- 13 FRI Washington Week* ian: A Taste of What's No Passport Required* Seattle Chef's Life Holiday Special Next* 14 SAT Father Brown The Jackdaw's Revenge Death in Paradise Season 8, Episode 3 Grantchester Season 2, Season 5 15 SUN Victoria Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown Victoria London Bridge is Falling Down 16 MON Antiques Roadshow New Orleans Hour Three Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir* Independent Lens* Attla 17 TUE Ornament of the World* Frontline Weinstein 18 WED Nature Snowbound: Animals of Winter Nova Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest Supernature: Wild Flyers Crowded Skies Check, Please! Christmas in the Christ Chapel at Gus- 19 THU Art in the 48 Shakespeare and Hathaway This Promised End Arizona tavus* David Rubenstein Lidia Celebrates American: Return of the 20 FRI Washington Week* Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Show* Masayoshi Son Artisans* 21 SAT Father Brown The Kembleford Dragon Death in Paradise Season 8, Episode 4 Grantchester Season 2, Episode 6 22 SUN Victoria Et in Arcadia Victoria Foreign Bodies Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode 1 23 MON Antiques Roadshow Mansion Masterpieces Christmas at Belmont* Independent Lens Supergirl 24 TUE Christmas at Belmont Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Frontline Poor Kids 25 WED Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Christmas* Call the Midwife Holiday Special* Vicious Special Check, Please! 26 THU Art in the 48* Inside Harrod's Shakespeare & Hathaway The Rough Magic Arizona David Rubenstein 27 FRI Washington Week* Craft in America* Craft in America* Show* Satya Nadella 28 SAT Father Brown The Angel of Mercy Death in Paradise Season 8, Episode 5 And Then There Were None 29 SUN Victoria A Show of Unity Victoria A Coburg Quartet Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode 2 30 MON Antiques Roadshow St. Louis Hour One Antiques Roadshow St. Louis Hour Two POV* Midnight Traveler Live from the Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's 31 TUE Julia Louis Dreyfus: The Mark Twin Prize Eve* * New program 1 DAYTIME December 2019
Channel 8.1 with antenna 1008 on Cox & CenturyLink Prism, 8 on Suddenlink
SUN† MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT
ADD and Loving It?! (12/1) 5 a.m. NHK Newsline Garden Smart* Horizonte
ADD and Loving it?! (12/1) 5:30 BBC World News Growing a Greener World Americas Now
6:00 Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood Ready Jet Go! / Peg + Cat + Holidays (12/11) America's Heartland
Arthur / Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (12/5) / 6:30 Dinosaur Train Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting* Peg+ Cat + Holidays (12/11)
7:00 Sesame Street Curious George It's Sew Easy*
7:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhoos Nature Cat Sewing with Nancy
8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Wild Kratts Woodsmith Shop
8:30 Molly of Denali Molly of Denali MotorWeek*
9:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum The "This Old House" Hour 9:30 Let's Go Luna! Let's Go Luna!
10:00 Nature Cat Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Antiques Roadshow 10:30 Wild Kratts Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
11:00 Odd Squad Sesame Street Jacques Pepin: Heart and Soul
11:30 Arthur Pinkalicious & Peterrific Joanne Weir's Plates and Places
noon Articulate with Jim Cotter Dinosaur Train Christopher Kimball's Milk Street
12:30 Catalyst: Shaping the Future The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke
1 p.m Sesame Street Pati's Mexican Table Nova 1:30 Splash and Bubbles Cook's Country*
2:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific America’s Test Kitchen Amazing Human Body 2:30 Let's Go Luna! Lidia’s Kitchen
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe (12/1) 3:00 Members' Choice (12/8) Nature Cat Keeping Up Appearances Tale of Two Sisters: The Diary of Anne Frank (12/15) Streit's Matzo and the American Dream 3:30 (12/22) Wild Kratts As Time Goes By Looking ofr Fred Astaire (12/29)
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Molly of Denali The Lawrence Welk Show 4:30 Field Trip with Curtis Stone* BBC World News America
5:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kell Cronkite News Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Arizona Horizon PBS NewsHour Weekend
My Mother and Other Strangers on Mas- 6:00 terpiece PBS NewsHour Nature
* New episodes 2 † See listings beginning on p. 4 for full schedule on Sept. 1 OVERNIGHT December 2019
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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Beatles: Eight Days a Week (12/1) 180 min. 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living (12/2) 120 min. Members' Choice (12/8) Aretha Frankling Brian Secrets with Keto Diet with Dr. 120 min. Members' Choice (12/9) Remembered (12/3) Dr. Micael Merzenich 3 Steps to Pain-Free Josh Axe (12/6) 90 Members' Choice 120 min. 120 min. (12/4) 120 min. Living (12/5) 120 min. min. (12/6) 90 min. midnight Rick Steves' Dynamic Amanpour and Amanpour and Europe (12/15) 120 min. Lowertown Line (12/16, Amanpour and Amanpour and Company Amanpour and Company 12/23) 30 min. Company Company Company Desert Dreams (12/22) 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 90 min. Songs at the Center Arizona Memories from (12/30) 30 min. the '60s (12/29) 90 min. Brain Fitness Program Classical Rewind 90 12:30 (12/1) 120 min. Plate & Pour 30 min. min. Tales from the Royal ADD and Loving it?! Bedchamber (12/11) Desert Dreams (12/2) (12/3) 90 min. 60 min. Nature 60 min. 90 min. 1 a.m. Antiques Roadshow Ornament of the World Lucy Worsley's 12 Days Plate & Pour Washington Week Victoria Season 3 on 60 min. (12/18) 90 min. of Tudor Christmas 30 min. 30 min. Masterpiece 60 min. (12/26) 60 min. Christmas at Belmont (12/25) 60 min.
Members' Choice (12/8) Members' Choice 90 min. (12/7) 90 min. Retire Safe & Secure with Art in the 48 Chefs Marcus and 1:30 Ed Slott (12/22) 120 min. 30 min. Vivian (12/14) 30 min. David Rubenstein Classic Christmas (12/29) Show (12/21, 12/28) 120 min. 30 min. Lawrence Welk (12/4) Big Band Years (12/6) 180 min. 120 min. Antiques Roadshow Ken Burns: Country No Passport Required (12/10, 12/31) 60 min. Tales fron the Royal Music (12/5) 120 min. America's Test Kichen (12/14) 60 min. Members' Choice (12/9) Wardroe (12/11) 60 20th Anniversary 90 min. Christmas with the min. Nova (12/12, 12/19) (12/13) 60 min. Lidia Celebrates 2:00 Tabernacle Choir (12/17) 60 min. America (12/21) 60 Victoria Season 3 on 60 min. Ornament of the World Christmas in Christ min. Masterpiece 60 min. (12/18) 120 min. Call the Midwife Chapel at Gustavus Christmas at Belmont Holiday Special (12/26) (12/20) 60 mins. Craft in America (12/24) 60 min. Christmas with the 90 min. (12/28) 60 min. Tabernacle Choir Inside Harrods (12/25) 60 min. (12/27) 60 mins. Ken Burns: The National Brain Fitness Program 2:30 Parks (12/1) 120 min. (12/3) 120 min. Members' Choice (12/7) 120 min. Beatles: Eight Days a Week (12/2) 180 min. Chef's Life Holiday Members' Choice (12/8) Shakespeare & Special (12/14) 60 120 min. Royal Wives at War Independent Lens 60 Supernature: Wild min. 3:00 (12/16) 60 min. min. Frontline 90 min. Flyers (12/12, 12/19) Hathaway – Private Brain Fitness Program 60 min. Investigators Christmas with the (12/15) 120 min. Victoria & Albert: The POV (12/31) 90 min. 60 min. Tabernacle Choir Wedding (12/23, 12/30) (12/21) 60 min. 60 min. Craft in America (12/28) 60 min. Under Arizona (12/22) John Foggerty: My 50 90 min. Year Trip (12/5) 90 min. 3:30 Members' Choice (12/9) Rick Steves European 90 min. Vicious Special (12/26) Festivals (12/29) 90 min. 60 min.
Yellowstone Symphony (12/3) 60 min. Rick Steves Fascism in Europe (12/6) 90 min. Paint This 4:00 Yoga In Practice Independent Lens Yoga In Practice Yoga In Practice with Jerry Yarnell 30 min. (12/10, 12/24) 60 mins 30 min. 30 min. Yoga In Practice 30 min. Yoga in Practice (12/17) 30 min. 30 min.
ADD and Loving It?! (12/1) 90 min. Best of 4:30 Classical Stretch Classical Stretch Classical Stretch Classical Stretch Classical Stretch "The Joy of Painting" Aging Backwards 3 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. (12/15) 60 min. Horizonte NHK Newsline NHK Newsline NHK Newsline NHK Newsline NHK Newsline Garden Smart 5:00 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min. 30 min.
Programs are subject to schedule change. For the latest program information, visit azpbs.org/schedule or call (602) 496-8888. 3 PROGRAM LISTINGS December 2019
Sunday 1 Tuesday 3 12:30 Brain Fitness Program 7:00 Il Volo: Ten Years 2:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks Ten years of friendship, memories and music. The trio performs in Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's the ancient city of Matera, Italy, surrounded by the beautifully unique most spectacular locales - from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to landscape the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the 8:30 Ken Burns: Country Music Arctic in Alaska. Join host Kathy Mattea to learn about the making of the 4:30 ADD and Loving It?! documentary series devoted to the history of this American art form. 6:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Features interviews with Rosanne Cash, along with Ken Burns and 6:30 Dinosaur Train other members of the filmmaking team. (Also Thu. 12/5 at 1:30 a.m.) 7:00 Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 10:30 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich 8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:30 Molly of Denali Wednesday 4 9:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 7:00 Pavlo: Live in Guadalajara 9:30 Let's Go Luna (Also 10 p.m.) 10:00 Nature Cat 8:30 John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip 10:30 Wild Kratts Travel on a musical journey through Fogerty's hit parade with 11:00 Odd Squad Creedence Clearwater Revival and selections from his iconic 11:30 The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years songbook. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the Experience the exhilaration of The Beatles' phenomenal rise to concert recreates the spirit of 1969. (Also Thu. 12/5 at 3:30 a.m.) fame, as well as the toll it eventually took on the band members. 10:00 Pavlo: Live in Guadalajara (Also Mon. 12/2 at 2:30 a.m.) 11:30 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living 2:00 Rick Steves Fascism In Europe
Travel back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Thursday 5 Europe. Trace fascism's history from its roots in the turbulent 7:00 Rick Steves Fascism in Europe aftermath of World War I to the rise of charismatic leaders who (See Sun. 12/1 at 2 p.m.) manipulated that anger. 8:30 Country Music: Live at the Ryman 3:30 Classic Christmas (My Music) Join celebrated musicians for a concert celebrating the film by Ken Join hosts Gavin MacLeod (The Love Boat) and Marion Ross Burns. Hosted by Burns and featuring performances and (Happy Days) for this festive, all-star special of favorite carols and appearances by Dierks Bently, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, popular standards (Also Sun. 12/29 at 1:30 a.m.) Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Marthy Stuart and more. 5:30 Perry Como Classics - Till the End of Time (My Music) 10:30 Rick Steves Fascism in Europe Enjoy a collection of Como's biggest hits from long-lost and newly- (See Sun. 12/1 at 2 p.m.) (Also Fri. 12/6 at 3:30 a.m ) restored episodes of his TV programs, including rare color programs 12:00 Keto Diet with Dr. Josh Axe and more recently discovered lost footage. Friday 6 7:00 Great Performances 7:00 Washington Week "An Intimate Evening with David Foster" - Enjoy a star-studded 7:30 Great Performances concert with celebrated 16-time GRAMMY Award winner David "Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert" – Experience composer Foster as he explores the music of his career with guest artists. Andrew Lloyed Webber’s rock opera starring pop stars John Legend 9:00 John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) as Jesus and Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene with rock legend Join John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful in a special featuring the Alice Cooper as King Herod. Filmed live in concert, the musical greatest singers and songwriters of the classic 50s & 60s folk era, recounts the last week of Jesus’ life. with historic footage and new performances. 10:00 Members' Choice 11:00 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Arizona PBS presents an encore of the most popular programming Monday 2 based on viewers' response to this membership drive. Visit our 7:00 Celtic Woman: Ancient Land website, azpbs.org/schedule or call 602-496-2308 for the latest Delight in the shimmering voices and enchanting music of this new program information concert filmed at the beautiful Johnstown Castle in Wexford, Ireland. Saturday 7 Features stunning new music from the latest album, 'Ancient Land,' All Day: Members’ Choice along with a selection of timeless classics. Arizona PBS presents an encore of the most popular programming 9:00 Brain Fitness Program based on viewers' response to this membership drive. Visit our 11:00 Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music) website, azpbs.org/schedule or call 602-496-2308 for the latest Celebrate the legendary Queen of Soul and the first woman inducted program information into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with her greatest hits from television appearances spanning the 1960s-2000s, many of which have never been seen in the U.S.
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Sunday 8 8:00 Nova Noon: Members’ Choice "Bigger Than T-Rex" - See fossil discoveries in Morocco bring a 53- Arizona PBS presents an encore of the most popular programming foot-long behemoth called Spinosaurus back to life. (Also Thu. 12/12 based on viewers' response to this membership drive. Visit our at 2 a.m.; Sun. 12/15 at 1 p.m.) website, azpbs.org/schedule or call 602-496-2308 for the latest 9:00 Supernature - Wild Flyers program information "Masters of the Sky" - Many animals take to the skies for a split second, but to stay there, the planet's strongest flyers push the laws Monday 9 of physics to the limit. (Also Thu. 12/12 at 3 a.m.) 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Arizona Horizon A diamond bracelet and a Van Cleef & Arpels ring, Mardi Gras 10:30 Nightly Business Report Comus Krewe parade float watercolors from 1892, and Keith Haring 11:00 Cronkite News subway graffiti art from around 1980. (Also Tue. 12/10 at 1 a.m.; Sat. 11:30 Reconnecting Roots 12/14 at 10 a.m.) This country was built on the shoulders of European bred draft 8:00 Antiques Roadshow horses. America's working horses may have been out-paced by the "Blade Runner" set decoration, Agnes Martin mixed-media greater horsepowers of today, but there are still a few careers with abstractions and a feather golf ball from around 1840. (Also Tue. the job requirement of a strong back and 4 hooves. 12/10 at 2A.M.) 12:00 Amanpour and Company 9:00 Independent Lens
"The Witness" - In 1964, Kitty Genovese was repeatedly stabbed on Thursday 12 a street in Queens, New York. The media asserted that 38 neighbors 7:00 Check, Please! Arizona did nothing to help. Follow the efforts of Kitty's brother as he re- Guest reviewers dine, then dish on Noble Eatery, Barrio Queen and examines his sister's life and death. (Also Tue. 12/10 at 3 a.m.) Cuisine & Wine Bistro. An Arizona PBS original production made possible by CDC Pools, Biltmore Loan & Jewelry and Friends of 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Cronkite News Arizona PBS. 11:30 Battleground Everglades 7:30 Art in the 48 "Algae Explosion" - Charles J. Kropke speaks with scientists, Host Alberto Rios tries his hand at glass sculpting. Then, see how environmentalists, and legislators on all sides of the issue of the art helps veterans heal from the invisible wounds of war, explore the 2016 toxic algae outbreak in the Everglades, an unprecedented origins and impact of the Black Theatre Troupe, and take a field trip local disaster with international implications. to First Fridays in downtown Phoenix. (Also Fri. 12/13 at 1:30 a.m.; 12:00 Amanpour and Company Fri. 12/20 at 11:30 p.m.) 8:00 America's Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Special Tuesday 10 Cast members count down the series' 20 most popular recipes and 7:00 Tales from the Royal Bedchamber look back on moments from the show's two decades on air. (Also Historian Lucy Worsley reveals that our obsession with royal Fri. 12/13 at 2 a.m.) bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the "The Chimes at Midnight" - Penelope and husband Owain think monarchy itself. (Also Wed. 12/11 at 1 a.m.) someone's trying to sabotage their care home but they don't know 8:00 Tales from the Royal Wardrobe who, or why. The investigation is flipped on its head when Penelope See how most kings and queens over the last 400 have carefully fatally plunges from the secluded flat roof. (Also Fri. 12/13 at 3 a.m.) choreographed every aspect of their apparel and why. (Also Wed. 10:00 Arizona Horizon 12/11 at 2 a.m.) 10:30 Nightly Business Report 9:00 Frontline 11:00 Cronkite News "The Pension Gamble" – How state governments and Wall Street 11:30 Horizonte led America’s public pensions into a $4-trillion hole. Correspondent 12:00 Amanpour and Company Martin Smith investigates the consequences for teachers, police,
firefighters, and other public servants and who will be accountable? Friday 13 10:00 Arizona Horizon 7:00 Washington Week 10:30 Nightly Business Report 7:30 Chefs Marcus and Vivian: A Taste of What's Next 11:00 Cronkite News Vivian Howard & Marcus Samuelsson have been traveling around 11:30 Bad Deal - My Vietnam War Story the country to better understand immigrant foodways. While in Los In 1966, Iowa native Jim Hamlyn was drafted into the U.S. Army Angeles,the two chefs visit Grand Central Market to meet new where he served a year-long tour of duty during the heart of the friends who contribute to the richness of L.A.'s food scene. (Also Vietnam War. Using an 8mm camera, Hamlyn-who would receive Sat. 12/14 at 1:30 a.m.) the Bronze Star for valor in combat. 8:00 No Passport Required 12:00 Amanpour and Company "Seattle" - Marcus Samuelsson goes to Seattle to learn about the the Filipino American community, who are part of the city's Wednesday 11 longstanding Asian Pacific American heritage. (Also Sat. 12/14 at 2 7:00 Nature a.m.) "Raising The Dinosaur Giant" - Witness the work of paleontologists bringing the largest dinosaur ever discovered to virtual life. (Also Thu. 12/12 at 1 a.m.; Sat. 12/14 at 6 p.m.)
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9:00 Chef's Life Holiday Special Monday 16 Chef Vivian Howard hosts her own vision of the season's 7:00 Antiques Roadshow celebrations - Kinston, NC style. Join in this charming and delicious An "Andy Warhol" portrait by Jamie Wyeth from around 1975, a celebration and get ready to "deck the halls, y'all!" (Also Sat. 12/14 Chinese gold-splashed bronze wine vessel dating to about 1795, at 3 a.m.) and a 1904 English Smith & Son tourbillon pocket watch. (Also Tue. 10:00 Arizona Horizon 12/17 at 1 a.m.; Sat. 12/21 at 10 a.m.) 10:30 Nightly Business Report 8:00 Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin 11:00 Cronkite News Chenoweth 11:30 Art in the 48 The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square are joined Host Alberto Rios visits "Paintmouth" to see how his art inspires by Kristin Chenowethfor this beloved Christmas tradition featuring others. An ASU professor shines the light on the lost art of neon, favorite holiday music, dancing and storytelling. and we'll tag along on a field trip with a photography program that 9:00 Independent Lens helps kids survive trauma. "Attla" - Attla tells virtually unknown story of Alaska Native dogsled 12:00 Amanpour and Company racer George Attla, who, with one good leg and a determined mindset, rose to international fame to become a legendary sports Saturday 14 hero amongst both Western and native communities across the 7:00 Father Brown country. (Also Tue. 12/17 at 3 a.m.) "The Jackdaws Revenge" - On the day of her execution, Katherine 10:00 Arizona Horizon Corven is unexpectedly exonerated and released, but Father Brown 10:30 Nightly Business Report is skeptical of this new information. 11:00 Cronkite News 8:00 Death in Paradise 11:30 Battleground Everglades "Series 8, Episode 3" - Jack and the team are puzzled when the "War on Invasive Species" - Go behind the scenes of the fight presenter of a holiday television program is found drowned, and the against devastation caused by non-native plants and animals, spotlight falls on the crew. including the relentless Old World Climbing Fern and efforts by 9:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece retrained military veterans who capture Burmese Pythons. "Episode Five" - Will Gary go to the gallows? Will Geordie go to 12:00 Amanpour and Company prison? Are Sidney and Geordie's crime-fighting days over? The case of a suspicious death takes a surprising turn. Tuesday 17 10:00 Professor T 7:00 Ornament of the World "Double Life" - A missing first-year law student puzzles the team, The story of a remarkable time in history when the Muslims, who slowly uncover a number of hidden secrets that explain his Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity that disappearance. frequently transcended their religious differences. (Also Wed. 12/18 11:00 Austin City Limits at 1 a.m.) "Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs" - Akron's Dan Auerbach puts the Black 9:00 Frontline Keys on hold to showcase his second solo album Waiting on a Song. "Weinstein" – How the Hollywood mogul allegedly sexually harassed Austin's Shinyribs whips up Texas country soul from its new LP I Got and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations Your Medicine. going back to Weinstein’s early years, the film investigates the 12:00 Rick Steves' Dynamic Europe: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin elaborate ways he and those around him tried to silence his accusers. Sunday 15 10:00 Arizona Horizon 7:00 Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece 10:30 Nightly Business Report "Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown" - Watch as 11:00 Cronkite News revolution sweeps across Europe and pressure builds on Victoria 11:30 Call to Remember with new arrivals at the Palace. (Also Mon. 12/16 at 1 a.m.) David Schaecter takes viewers on a journey through his life story - 8:30 Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece from a bucolic childhood in Czechoslovakia to his and his brother "London Bridge Is Falling Down" - Victoria must decide whether to Jakob's struggle for survival in Auschwitz, and finally, to David’s fight the Chartists with force or allow them to present their petition. escape from the Nazis. Through David's story, viewers witness the (Also Mon. 12/16 at 2 a.m.) cruelty of intolerance, but also the power and will of the human spirit. 10:00 Secrets of Althorp - The Spencers 12:00 Amanpour and Company See Princess Diana's childhood home on a tour of the magnificent manor where one of Britain's most eminent families have lived for Wednesday 18 over 500 years. 7:00 Nature 11:00 The Forsyte Saga "Snowbound: Animals of Winter" - Travel across the snow globe with "Episode 9" - The Forsyte family, including Soames' daughter, Fleur, wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan to meet animal survivors of gathers in London when June arrives with her half-brother Jon. winter, from the penguins of Antarctica to the Arctic fox and the bison Eleven years later, Fleur and Jon meet again, unaware of their of Yellowstone. Snow looks magical, but it's a harsh reality to these family connection. animals. (Also Thu. 12/19 at 1 a.m.; Sat. 12/21 at 6 p.m.)
12:00 The Lowertown Line. 8:00 Nova "The Lowertown Line: The Roe Family Singers" "Inside Animal Minds: Who's The Smartest?" - We have all gazed into a creature's eyes and wondered: what is it thinking about? What does it really know? The science of animal cognition reveals how
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animals understand the world around them, uncovering their 9:00 Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin remarkable problem-solving abilities and exploring the complexity of Chenoweth their powers of communication and emotions. (Also Thu. 12/19 at 2 (Also Sat. 12/21 at 3 a.m.; Tue. 12/24 at 8 p.m.; Wed. 12/25 at 2 a.m.; Sun. 12/22 at 1 p.m.) a.m.) 9:00 Supernature - Wild Flyers 10:00 Arizona Horizon "Crowded Skies" - The sky is a crowded world where mammals, 10:30 Nightly Business Report birds and insects hunt, escape, mate, defend territory, sleep and 11:00 Cronkite News even die on the wing. Survival up there depends not just on beating 11:30 Art in the 48 gravity or mastering flight, but also out-flying the competition. (Also (See Thu. 12/12 at 7:30 p.m.) Thu. 12/19 at 3 a.m.) 12:00 Amanpour and Company 10:00 Arizona Horizon 10:30 Nightly Business Report Saturday 21 11:00 Cronkite News 7:00 Father Brown 11:30 Reconnecting Roots "The Kembleford Dragon" - A notice announcing the closer of the If there's a memory that most every American has in common, it's local railway station prompts a fundraising event to save it - at which learning to ride a bike. In the last century, the bicycle has pedaled the station master is found murdered. out of our memories and into the skies. See how the bicycle led to 8:00 Death In Paradise the automobile and to the airplane, while remaining a staple in the "Series 8, Episode 4" - In order to find the truth beneath the lies, American garage. Jack and the team must navigate the tempestuous waters of a family 12:00 Amanpour and Company divided after a wealthy coffee magnate is shot. 9:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Thursday 19 "Episode Six" - Sidney seeks oblivion. His friend Sam seeks 7:00 Check, Please! Arizona forgiveness. A dead girl's parents seek revenge. Amanda seeks Guest reviewers dine, then dish on Allesia's Ristorante Italiano, Sidney. Leonard finally takes a stand. Shabu Fondue and Rehab Burger Therapy. An Arizona PBS 10:00 Professor T original production made possible by CDC Pools, Biltmore Loan & "The Hotel Murder" - When Professor T is forbidden by Jewelry and Friends of Arizona PBS. Commissioner Flamant from looking into the murder of a plastic 7:30 Art in the 48 surgeon, the controversial crime-solver decides to launch his own Join us for a conversation with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, investigation. Arizona's only Tony Awards voter. Visit a guitar-making school in 11:00 Austin City Limits Phoenix that's considered one of the best in the world. See how "Tom Waits" - Tom Waits performs in this classic episode from 1979. skateboards and art are helping kids on the San Carlos-Apache 12:00 Desert Dreams: Celebrating Five Seasons in the Sonoran reservation, and visit a jazz improv class for high school students. Desert (Also Fri. 12/20 at 1:30A.M.; Fri. 12/27 at 11:30 p.m.) 8:00 Christmas in Christ Chapel At Gustavus: Visions of Divine Sunday 22 Mystery 2018 7:00 Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Christmas in Christ Chapel is Gustavus Adolphus College's annual "Et in Arcadia" - At Osborne House, Albert relishes the opportunity community celebration of the nativity. VISIONS OF DIVINE to spend time with the family away from London, but Victoria is MYSTERY 2018 weaves a compelling tapestry of music, dance, desperate to get back to the Palace and the business of politics. spoken word and the visual arts to proclaim the great wonder and (Also Mon. 12/23 at 1 a.m.) timeless relevance of the incarnation as revealed to us through 8:00 Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece angels and prophets. "Foreign Bodies" - Victoria faces the traumatic impact of a cholera 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators epidemic on the streets of London. (Also Mon. 12/23 at 2 a.m.) "This Promised End" - Undertaker Peter Quintus is visited one 9:00 Victoria & Albert: The Wedding morning by two mysterious hitmen who inform him he has just 24 "Episode: 1" - Join the experts preparing to reconstruct the wedding hours to live because of an undisclosed misdemeanou. Peter flees that changed history. As they get ready for the ceremony and straight to the detective agency and offers Frank and Lu an eye- investigate the stories behind the dress, food and music, they wateringly large fee to save his life. (Also Fri. 12/20 at 3 a.m.) uncover astonishing details. (Also Mon. 12/23 at 3 a.m.) 10:00 Arizona Horizon 10:00 Secrets of Chatsworth 10:30 Nightly Business Report In its 500-year history, Chatsworth has been home to some noble 11:00 Cronkite News inhabitants, including the 5th Duke of Devonshire and his notorious 11:30 Horizonte wife, Lady Georgiana Spencer. There are also American 12:00 Amanpour and Company connections: the 10th Duke married Kathleen Kennedy, sister of John F. Kennedy. Friday 20 11:00 The Forsyte Saga 7:00 Washington Week "Episode 10" - Fleur goes to Robin Hill while Jon is away and meets 7:30 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations his parents without divulging her identity. "Masayoshi Son"(Also Sat. 12/21 at 1:30 a.m.) 12:00 The Lowertown Line. 8:00 Lidia Celebrates America "Return of the Artisans"(Also Sat. 12/21 at 2 a.m.)
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Monday 23 9:30 Vicious Special 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Freddie and Stuart enjoy their inheritance and a birthday. Violet "Mansion Masterpieces" - A 1907 Robert Henri oil painting, a late moves on from her divorce and Ash arrives with news. (Also Thu. 16th-century diamond marriage jewel and an English giltwood 12/26 at 3:30 a.m.) cabinet-on-stand. (Also Tue. 12/24 at 1 a.m.; Sat. 12/28 at 10 a.m.) 10:30 Nightly Business Report 8:00 Christmas at Belmont 11:00 Cronkite News Hosted by CeCe Winans and Michael W. Smith, this program 11:30 Reconnecting Roots celebrates the holiday season and the musical diversity of Belmont From one room school houses with pencil & paper to campuses with University's School of Music. Nearly 700 student musicians join the smart-boards & tablets, education in this country has experienced a Belmont School of Music faculty and the Nashville Children's Choir, massive overhaul. Putting the education system to the test, we visit to present this production of traditional carols, classical homeschool coops, modern one room schoolhouses, and a high masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites. school who might just understand the big picture. (Also Tue. 12/24 at 2 a.m.; Tue. 12/24 at 7 p.m.; Wed. 12/25 at 1 12:00 Amanpour and Company a.m.) Thursday 26 9:00 Independent Lens 7:00 Check, Please! Arizona "Supergirl" - Meet Naomi, a seemingly ordinary Orthodox Jewish Guest reviewers dine, then dish on Indian Delhi Palace, Rustler's preteen from New Jersey whose extraordinary talent - breaking Rooste and Gadzooks. An Arizona PBS original production made world powerlifting records - turns her into an international possible by CDC Pools, Biltmore Loan & Jewelry and Friends of phenomenon in this unique coming-of-age story. (Also Tue. 12/24 at Arizona PBS. 3 a.m.) 7:30 Art in the 48 10:30 Nightly Business Report Visit independent bookstore Changing Hands as they celebrate 45 11:00 Cronkite News years in business. Then, experience a day in the life of two ballet 11:30 Battleground Everglades dancers and explore the day jobs of the Grammy Award-winning "The Battle Over Big Water" - Enormous challenges face the liquid Phoenix Chorale members. (Also Fri. 12/27 at 1:30 a.m.) heart of the Everglades's, Lake Okeechobee. New restoration 8:00 Inside Harrods efforts to reverse the damage done from harnessing nature in the INSIDE HARRODS chronicles the world's most famous department name of progress may save the wetlands yet. store from its humble beginnings to a giant in British retail and 12:00 Amanpour and Company symbol of aristocracy. A site of many historical events, Harrods was Tuesday 24 where Winnie the Pooh and all his friends were purchased and 7:00 Christmas at Belmont brought to life in children's books, but has also been host to plenty (See Mon. 12/23 at 8 p.m.) (Also Wed. 12/25 at 1 a.m.) of unfortunate incidents. (Also Fri. 12/27 at 2 a.m.) 8:00 Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators Chenoweth "This Rough Magic" - Lawrence Pross is in the midst of his grand (Also Wed. 12/25 at 2 a.m.) finale when tragedy strikes and his unlucky volunteer is fatally 9:00 Frontline trapped in his medieval iron maiden. His daughter Maggie doesn't "Poor Kids" – View an intimate portrait of the ongoing economic believe the trick was faulty and convinces Lawrence to enlist Frank crisis told through kids growing up in the Midwest. The film revisits and Lu. As Frank and Lu delve into a world of illusion and sleight of three families hit hard by the recession, exploring what poverty hand they meet surly stagehands and thorny travel agents. (Also Fri. means to children and to the country. 12/27 at 3 a.m.) 10:00 Arizona Horizon 10:00 Arizona Horizon 10:30 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Cronkite News 11:00 Cronkite News
11:30 Christmastime in New Orleans 11:30 Horizonte CHRISTMASTIME IN NEW ORLEANS is a festive holiday special 12:00 Amanpour and Company showcasing the music, sights and internationally acclaimed cuisine Friday 27 of New Orleans. Taped in part at the historic Saenger Theatre in 7:00 Washington Week downtown New Orleans, the special spotlights a concert celebrating (Also Sat. 12/28 at 1 a.m.) the city's vast and unique musical influences. 7:30 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations 12:00 Amanpour and Company "Satya Nadella" (Also Sat. 12/28 at 1:30 a.m.) Wednesday 25 8:00 Craft In America 7:00 Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Learn about contemporary quilters as we celebrate the role quilts Join Lucy Worsley on a 12-day extravaganza as she discovers that have played in our country's story. (Also Sat. 12/28 at 2 a.m.) much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas - from carols to 9:00 Craft In America turkey, gift-giving to mistletoe and mulled wine - has surprising Artists explore issues of gender, race, culture and place, offering Tudor origins, rooted in devotion and charity. (Also Thu. 12/26 at 1 true expressions of their experience in this world. (Also Sat. 12/28 a.m.) at 3 a.m.) 8:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 10:00 Arizona Horizon (Also Thu. 12/26 at 2 a.m.) 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Cronkite News
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11:30 Art in the 48 Monday 30 (See Thu. 12/19 at 7:30 p.m.) 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 12:00 Amanpour and Company "St. Louis, Hour One" - A 1901 "Longest Bearded Man" banner, a 1602 Adam Islip-published book of Chaucer's complete works and Saturday 28 a 15th-century Chinese Bodhisattva gilt bronze. (Also Tue. 12/31 at 7:00 Father Brown 1 a.m.) "The Angel of Mercy" - Mrs. McCarthy's friend Freda dies in her 8:00 Antiques Roadshow sleep, but a single white dove feather suggests to Father Brown that "St. Louis, Hour Two" - A 1927 Rookwood Shirayamadani black opal her death was not natural, especially when Freda's sole heir is also vase, an Elijah Pierce preaching stick from around 1950 and an found dead. Ozark Airlines poster dating to around 1960. (Also Tue. 12/31 at 2 8:00 Death in Paradise a.m.) "Series 8, Episode 5" - A shadow is cast over a small fishing 9:00 POV community when their festival queen is murdered in baffling "Midnight Traveler" - When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan circumstances. director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and 9:00 And Then There Were None two young daughters. Fazili shows firsthand the dangers facing Ten strangers are drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on rock off the Devon coast. As the mismatched group waits for the the run. (Also Tue. 12/31 at 3 a.m.) arrival of their hosts, the weather sours and they find themselves cut 10:30 Nightly Business Report off from civilization with a murderer in their midst. An all star cast led 11:00 Cronkite News by Aidan Turner and Charles Dance bring Agatha Christie's 11:30 Battleground Everglades bestseller to life. "Dangerous Seas" - Sea level rise has been a world-wide threat, 10:00 Professor T with South Florida at the epicenter. The effects on the delicate "Tamara" - The suicide of a call girl perplexes the police. Everglades ecosystems include an impact on drinking water Unbeknownst to the investigation team, Professor T knows a great supplies and the physical coastline itself. deal more about the victim than he lets on. 12:00 Amanpour and Company 11:00 Austin City Limits 6th Annual Hall of Fame Honors 12:00 Arizona Memories from the '60s Tuesday 31 Explosive growth was the hallmark of this dynamic decade in 7:00 Live from Lincoln Center Arizona and the Valley of the Sun. Teenagers found their fun at "New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2019: Sondheim drive-in theaters and cruising Central Avenue. Barry Goldwater ran Celebration" - Ring in 2019 with the New York Philharmonic, led by for president, Arizona's Vonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned Miss new Music Director Jaap van Zweden, and opera great Renee America and astronaut Frank Borman, a native son, photographed Fleming. Enjoy an evening of elegance and sophistication the first Earth rise from Apollo 8. celebrating the intersection of classical music and dance.
Sunday 29 8:30 Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Mark Twain Prize The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the 7:00 Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece 21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to 11-time Emmy "A Show of Unity" - After an assassination attempt, the Royal winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who has starred in the acclaimed household visit Ireland. Intrigue, conflict and romance all blossom comedies "Seinfeld" and "Veep." during a stay at the Palmerston estate. (Also Mon. 12/30 at 1 a.m.) 10:00 Arizona Horizon 8:00 Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece 10:30 Nightly Business Report "A Coburg Quartet" - A Georgian ball at the Palace could not come 11:00 Cronkite News at a worse time as private pictures of the Royal family are made 11:30 Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special public. (Also Mon. 12/30 at 2 a.m.) The series DREAM OF ITALY captures the essence of what 9:00 Victoria & Albert: The Wedding travelers and viewers are looking for-unique food and wine "Episode 2" - Witness the most accurate reconstruction of Victoria experiences, a deep connection to the local people, and a chance and Albert's wedding ever staged, followed by a sumptuous wedding to explore genealogy and roots. In the new half-hour special DREAM breakfast, a prelude to the first night that began a marriage so iconic, OF ITALY: TUSCAN SUN SPECIAL, host Kathy McCabe travels to it heralded constitutional monarchy as we know it today. (Also Mon. the hilltop town of Cortona to meet New York Times best-selling 12/30 at 3 a.m.) author Frances Mayes. 10:00 Secrets of Highclere Castle 12:00 Amanpour and Company It's famous for being the backdrop to Downton Abbey, but it has been the seat of the Carnarvon family for the last 300 years. Its former inhabitants included a wealthy heiress who saved the day and a real-life Indiana Jones. This is the behind the scenes story of the one of England's most spectacular country houses. 11:00 The Forsyte Saga "Episode 11" - Jon and Fleur meet at Robin Hill and Fleur relates their parents' history. Fleur's very ill father presses her to marry Michael Mont. 12:00 Songs at the Center
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