December 2017 Program Listings Subject to Change Last Tango in Halifax Tune in Monday-Friday Holiday Special 5:00pm Nightly Business Report Sundays, 5:30 BBC World News America December 17 & 24 6:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00pm Packed with shocks Saturdays - starting December 16 and surprises, this heartwarming 11:00am Sara’s Weeknight Meals drama continues the compelling 11:30 Cook’s Country story of childhood sweethearts, 12:00pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk reunited after nearly 60 years Street Television apart, as they and their families 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table negotiate the highs and lows of 1:00 Antiques Roadshow life and relationships. 2:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 3:00 Martha’s Cooking School 3:30 Martha Bakes 4:00 The Great British Baking Show 5:00 This Old House Call the Midwife 5:30 Ask This Old House Holiday Special Monday, December 25 Watch the new ValleyPBS 24/7 PBSKids 9:00pm Join the Midwives as Channel on 18.2 | Comcast 395 for they battle snow, ice, power quality educational programming. cuts and frozen pipes to provide patient care during the coldest Valley Create has moved to channel winter in 300 years. Valerie 18.3 | Comcast 396 with all its cooking, helps a young couple who travel and how-to programming. experience a traumatic birth and Sister Julienne tries to Valley World is still on 18.4 | Comcast reunite a family. 394 with its award-winning news and public affairs programming. Friday, December 1 fulfi lling music-making. 7:00pm Washington Week 11:00 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for 8:00 Great Performances The Moody Blues: Days You Suze Orman provides advice to help individuals fi nd of Future Passed Live Experience the 50th anniversary fi nancial solutions. performance of the band’s seminal album. 1:00pm Shen Yun Learn about the world’s premier 10:00 The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the classical Chinese dance and music company, plus fi nd out shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit how to get tickets to see them live. valleypbs.org. 2:00 Il Volo Notte Magica The superstar trio and 11:30 David Gilmour: Live from Pompeii Join the Placido Domingo perform in Florence. Pink Floyd singer-guitarist for a spectacular concert. 3:30 Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music and Laughter A collection of the entertaining performer’s Saturday, December 2 funniest and most memorable skits. 5:00am Eat to Live with Joel Fuhrman How 5:00 American Masters Bob Hope The to lose weight and lower blood pressure and cholesterol entertainer’s personal archives shed light on his life. without drugs. 7:00 Christmas with Daniel O’Donnell Daniel 7:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. O’Donnell and special guests perform seasonal favorites in Ways to supercharge your memory and remember what Dublin. matters most to you. 8:00 Young Hyacinth Chart the early life of the 9:00 New Play Piano in a Flash: 3 Steps to remarkable Hyacinth in this prequel to Britcom Keeping Up Piano Success Inspires beginners to enjoy happy, Appearances. 9:00 Ethan Bortnick: Generations of Music the world’s best acoustic guitarists, plus learn how to get Special guests join the talented young virtuoso for a tickets to see him in Fresno. concert spanning generations and genres. Find out how to 8:30 How Not to Die with Michael Greger, MD get tickets to see Ethan in concert. Learn how to protect yourself from 10 causes of premature 10:30 70’s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an death and disease with a plant-based diet. all-star reunion of the legends of 1970’s Motown, R&B and 10:00 Eat to Live with Joel Fuhrman How to lose soul. weight and lower blood pressure and cholesterol without drugs. Sunday, December 3 12:00am The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support 5:00am New Play Piano in a Flash: 3 Steps the shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit to Piano Success Inspires beginners to enjoy happy, valleypbs.org. fulfi lling music-making. 7:00 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for Thursday, December 7 You Suze Orman provides advice to help individuals fi nd 7:00pm The Big Band Years A nostalgic look at hit fi nancial solutions. makers and songs of the 1930s and ‘40s. 9:00 Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller 9:00 The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the American Sampler The documentaries and short series of shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit fi lmmaker Ken Burns are showcased. valleypbs.org. 11:00 Rock, Rhythm and Doo Wop Early rock and roll legends reunite. Friday, December 8 1:00pm 70’s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts 7:00pm Washington Week an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s. 8:00 The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the 3:30 Ethan Bortnick: Generations of Music shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit Special guests join the talented young virtuoso for a valleypbs.org. concert spanning generations and genres. Find out how to get tickets to see Ethan in concert. Saturday, December 9 5:00 The Carpenters: Close To You & Christmas 5:00am The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support Memories This music-fi lled documentary traces the the shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit Carpenters’ career. valleypbs.org. 7:00 The Big Band Years A nostalgic look at hit makers and songs of the 1930s and ‘40s. Sunday, December 10 9:00 Great Performances Hitman-David Foster 5:00am The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support and Friends The legendary producer is celebrated with the shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit performances by Celine Dion, Josh Groban and other stars. valleypbs.org. 11:00 The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit Monday, December 11 valleypbs.org. 7:00pm The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit Monday, December 4 valleypbs.org. 7:00pm The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit Tuesday, December 12 valleypbs.org. 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello Travel to wild 8:00 The Carpenters: Close To You & Christmas destinations rarely seen on television. Memories This music-fi lled documentary traces the 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna Carpenters’ career. 8:00 Finding Your Roots Southern Roots 10:00 The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault discover shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit tales of their family. valleypbs.org. 9:00 Finding Your Roots The Vanguard Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, fi lmmaker Ava DuVernay and author and Tuesday, December 5 activist Janet Mock trace their roots. 7:00pm Pavlo Live from Kastoria International 10:00 Frontline Putin’s Revenge Pt. 1 The inside recording artist Pavlo returns to Greece to perform old story of Vladimir Putin’s confl ict with the United States. favorites and new classics. 11:00 Remembering Leonard Nimoy An intimate 8:30 The Best of ValleyPBS Call to support the journey into Leonard Nimoy’s life. shows you love on ValleyPBS at 1-800-801-6500 or visit valleypbs.org. Wednesday, December 13 Wednesday, December 6 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Pomegranates & 7:00pm Tommy Emmanuel A Music Gone Public Persimmons Explore two of the most overlooked items in Special Performances around the country showcase one of the produce aisle. 7:30 California’s Golden Parks 8:30 As Time Goes By 9:00 Still Open All Hours 9:30 Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding The maid of honor at a high-society wedding is murdered. Non- standard length 11:05 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock Season 4: The Lying Detective Sherlock faces a chilling enemy. 12:30am Rick Steves’ Europe The Making Of Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday, December 17 10:30am Market to Market 8:00 Nature Soul of the Elephant Ironically, 11:00 America’s Heartland every dead elephant with its ivory intact is a reason 11:30 California’s Bountiful to celebrate. It means an elephant died of natural 1:00pm Changing Season: On the Masumoto causes, not bullets. Family Farm A daughter joins her father, slow food advocate and sansei David Mas Masumoto, on the family farm. 9:00 NOVA Secret Tunnel Warfare A plan to plant 2:00 Lidia Celebrates America Homegrown explosives in tunnels under German trenches during World Heroes Celebrate our veterans who now cultivate the land. War II. 3:00 Harry’s Arctic Heroes Features four 10:00 Supernature – Wild Flyers Defying Gravity wounded British soldiers in their attempt to make the Pt. 1/3 Explore the basic principles of fl ight. fi rst unsupported trek to the North Pole by wounded 11:00 Nature Soul of the Elephant R 8pm servicemen. 4:00 Who Killed the Princes in the Tower? A Thursday, December 14 close look at whether or not Richard III killed his nephews. 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 5:00 Secrets of Westminster Behind the gothic 8:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries The Price of Love walls of the Houses of Parliament. When a soldier is killed during a routine training exercise, 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Doctor Blake investigates soldiers and their wives involved 6:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter Premiere: The in a promiscuous circle of swapping partners.