WXXI-TV | WORLD | CREATE | WXXI KIDS 24/7 | WXXI NEWS | WXXI CLASSICAL | WRUR 88.5 See pages 25-30 in CITY PROGRAMPUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER LISTINGSfor our program JANUARY/EARLY FEBRUARY 2021 highlights! WXXI-TV DAYTIME SCHEDULE JANUARY/EARLY FEBRUARY PLEASE NOTE: WXXI-TV’s daytime schedule listed here runs from 6:00am to 7:00pm. The complete Saturday prime time television schedule begins on page 2. The PBS Kids programs below are shaded in gray. 6:00am Mister Roger’s Neighborhood 6:30am Arthur 7vam Molly of Denali Monday-Friday 7:30am Wild Kratts 8:00am 6:00am Ready Jet Go! Hero Elementary 8:30am 6:30am Arthur Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 9:00am 7:00am Molly of Denali Curious George 9:30am 7:30am Wild Kratts A Wider World 10:00am 8:00am Hero Elementary This Old House 10:30am 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Ask This Old House 11:00am 9:00am Curious George Woodsmith Shop 11:30am 9:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Ciao Italia 12:00pm 10:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Lidia’s Kitchen 12:30pm 10:30am Elinor Wonders Why Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street 1:00pm 11:00am Sesame Street Pati’s Mexican Table 1:30pm 11:30am Pinkalicious & Peterrific Jamie’s Ulitmate Veg 2:00pm 12:00pm Dinosaur Train America’s Test Kitchen 2:30pm 12:30pm Clifford the Big Red Dog Cook’s Country 3:00pm (WXXI) 1:00pm Sesame Street Second Opinion 3:30pm 1:30pm Elinor Wonders Why Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00pm Hero Elementary 2:30pm Let’s Go Luna! Sunday 3:00pm Nature Cat 6:00am Mister Roger’s Neighborhood 3:30pm Wild Kratts 6:30am Arthur 4:00pm Let’s Learn! 7:00am Molly of Denali 5:00pm America’s Test Kitchen 7:30am Wild Kratts 5:30pm Lidia’s Kitchen 8:00am Hero Elementary 6:00pm BBC Wold News America 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 6:30pm BBC World News Outside Source 9:00am Curious George BBC World News Today (Fridays) 9:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00pm PBS NewsHour 10:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood SPECIALS: London’s New Year’s Day Celebration 2021 airs 1/1 10:30am Elinor Wonders Why from 7-9:30 a.m. on WXXI-TV; Civil Rights: Then and Now New 11:00am Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi York Celebrates the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. airs 1/18 at 11:30am Gzero World with Ian Bremmer 5 p.m. on WXXI-TV. 12:00pm To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 12:30pm The Chavis Chronicles WXXI-TV SCHEDULE JANUARY/EARLY FEBRUARY VISIT WXXI.ORG t FOR MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE UPDATES stand against the massive, male-dominated sports league. Friday, January 1 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 8:00pm Washington Week 12:00am BBC World News 8:30pm HomeStage at The Little Danielle Ponder (WXXI) 12:30am Ask This Old House 9:00pm Great Performances From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2021 Tuesday, January 5 10:30pm Sympathetic Strings: Stories of the Hardanger Fiddle 8:00pm Finding Your Roots Breaking the Silences Explores 11:00pm Amanpour and Company the family secrets of journalist Gayle King, director 12:00am BBC World News Jordan Peele, and comedian Issa Rae. 12:30am Ask This Old House 9:00pm PBS American Portrait I Dream 10:00pm Frontline American Voices: A Nation In Turmoil Saturday, January 2 Americans confront the pandemic, racial tensions, and the polarizing election. 4:00pm American Masters Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie ... 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 5:30pm Orchard House: Home of the Little Women 12:00am BBC World News 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 12:30am Ask This Old House 6:30pm New York Now 7:00pm The Lawrence Welk Show New Years 8:00pm Father Brown The House of God Wednesday, January 6 9”00pm Are You Being Served? Gambling Fever 8:00pm Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to Success Uncover the 9:30pm Are You Being Served? The Night Club extraordinary abilities of these cheeky nut lovers. 10:00pm John Denver: Country Roads - Live In England 9:00pm NOVA Prediction by the Numbers Discover how 11:30pm Bluegrass Underground Lauren Morrow predictions underpin nearly every aspect of our lives. 12:00am ACL Hall of Fame: The First Six Years 10:00pm When Disaster Strikes A Perfect Storm: Mozambique The extraordinary story of bravery & hope after a cyclone. Sunday, January 3 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 1:00pm Julia Child: Best Bites 12:00am BBC World News 2:30pm Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like 12:30am Ask This Old House 4:00pm This Old House 4:30pm Ask This Old House Thursday, January 7 5:00pm Weekends with Yankee 8:00pm Dialogue in Metal (WXXI) Jesse James of West Coast 5:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Choppers fame and world-renowned sculpture artist 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Albert Paley collaborate to make two sculptures. 6:30pm BPO Musician Portraits Roman Mekinulov & Eric Huebner 9:00pm Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest Pts. 1&2 When 7:00pm Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes, Ep. 3 of 6 farmer Martin Strickland is mauled to death by a wild 8:00pm Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed Discover boar, the investigation leads to Wyvern House and its chef. the role the Prince played in shaping Victorian Britain. 10:30pm Hold the Sunset If I Were A Wiseman 9:00pm Elizabeth is Missing on Masterpiece A woman tries to 11:00pm Amanpour and Company solve two mysteries as she declines into dementia. 12:00am BBC World News 11:00pm Pride & Prejudice, Ep. 4 of 6 12:30am Ask This Old House 12:00am Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes, Ep. 3 of 6 Friday, January 8 Monday, January 4 8:00pm Washington Week 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow American Stories 8:30pm HomeStage at The Little: Herb Smith and the 9:00pm Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening Freedom Trio (WXXI) Details the amazing story of the first Black superstar. 9:00pm Frontline A Thousand Cuts Tells the cautionary tale of 10:00pm Independent Lens A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Philippine Pres. Duterte’s escalating war on the press. Cheerleader Problem Three NFL cheerleaders take a PG. 2 11:00pm Amanpour and Company expanding and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, 12:00am BBC World News Frontline and NPR investigate the future of plastics. 12:30am Ask This Old House 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 12:00am BBC World News Saturday, January 9 12:30am Ask This Old House 4:00pm To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters on Masterpiece 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Wednesday, January 13 6:30pm New York Now 8:00pm Nature The Alps: The High Life Enjoy the Alps in 7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show Transportation spring and summertime as newborn animals grow up 8:00pm Father Brown The Blood of Anarchists to face the coming brutal winter. 9:00pm Are You Being Served? Friends and Neighbors 9:00pm Nova Secrets In Our DNA 9:30pm Are You Being Served? Series Finale 10:00pm When Disaster Strikes The Silent Killer: Somalia 10:00pm Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember Hear shocking stories as another drought strikes. 11:00pm Bluegrass Underground Glen Hansard 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 12:00am Austin City Limits Foo Fighters Rock ACL 12:00am BBC World News Sunday, January 10 12:30am Ask This Old House 1:00pm Betty White: First Lady of Television Thursday, January 14 2:30pm Carol Burnett: A Celebration 8:00pm Unearthing Ogawa A dead Japanese soldier is honored 4:00pm This Old House by an American who finds the man’s diary in a 4:30pm Ask This Old House battlefield cave & seeks to return it to the man’s family. 5:00pm Weekends with Yankee 9:00pm Midsomer Murders The Flying Club, Pts 1 & 2 5:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover When a body is dropped out of a plane into a reservoir, 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend having been, Barnaby and Nelson find the world of 6:30pm Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle Hear the true stunt pilots & military heroes hides dark secrets. story behind Holmes, the overshadowed author, and 10:30pm Hold The Sunset The Sale Holmes’ ascension to becoming a literary icon. 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 7:30pm Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! 12:00am BBC World News 9:00pm All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece 12:30am Ask This Old House Episode 1 James Herriot interviews for a job with harried Yorkshire veterinarian Siegfried Farnon. Friday, January 15 10:00pm The Unseen Allistair Cooke on Masterpiece 8:00pm Washington Week 11:00pm Pride & Prejudice 8:30pm HomeStage at The Little Moses Rockwell, Brendon 12:00am Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening Caroselli and Gary Lamaar (WXXI) 9:00pm In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Musicals & the Movies Monday, January 11 10:00pm Great Performances The Magic of Callas 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow Vintage Baltimore 2021 Details the legacy of superstar Maria Callas. 9:00pm American Experience Codebreaker The fascinating 11:00pm Amanpour and Company story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the cryptanalyst 12:00am BBC World News who helped bring down Al Capone & a Nazi spy ring. 12:30am Ask This Old House 10:00pm Independent Lens A Day in the Life of America/ American Nomads In 2017, more than 90 film crews Saturday, January 16 captured life in America. 4:00pm Unearthing Ogawa See 1/14 at 8pm for description.