FEBRUARY 2020 VOL. 50 NO. 2 PROGRAM GUIDE Tuesday, February 25, at 9:00 p.m. NOVA: RICK STEVES HUNGER AND HOPE: FRONTLINE: POLAR EXTREMES LESSONS FROM ETHIOPIA THE AMAZON EMPIRE - Wednesday, February 5, AND GUATEMALA THE RISE OF JEFF BEZOS at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 13, at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 18, at 9:00 p.m. BLACK HISTORY MONTH MONDAY – FRIDAY CELEBRATE THE 6:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:30 Arthur AFRICAN AMERICAN 7:00 Curious George EXPERIENCE 7:30 Nature Cat 8:00 Wild Kratts THIS MONTH AND BEYOND 8:30 Molly of Denali 9:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum INDEPENDENT LENS 9:30 Let's Go Luna! Cooked: Survival by Zipcode 10:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Monday, February 3, at 10:00 p.m. The effects of the July 1995 Chicago heat wave 10:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood claimed the lives of more than 700 mostly poor, 11:00 Sesame Street elderly and African American residents. This story of 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific life, death and the politics of crisis in an American city reveals the less newsworthy but long-term issues of 12:00 Dinosaur Train pernicious poverty, social isolation and racism. 12:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! FINDING YOUR ROOTS 1:00 Sesame Street Slave Trade 1:30 Splash and Bubbles Tuesday, February 11, at 8:00 p.m. 2:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with film director 2:30 Let's Go Luna! Ava DuVernay, actor S. Epatha Merkerson and musician Questlove to the unexpected places where 3:00 Nature Cat their ancestors were scattered by slavery, upending 3:30 Wild Kratts their notions of African American history. 4:00 Molly of Denali 4:30 Xavier Riddle INDEPENDENT LENS and the Secret Museum Always in Season 5:00 Odd Squad Monday, February 24, at 10:00 p.m. 5:30 Weather World In August 2014, African American teenager (Re-airs at 5:45 p.m.) Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set 6:00 BBC World News America in Bladenboro, N.C. His death was ruled a suicide, but Lennon’s mother, Claudia, believes her son 6:30 DW The Day was lynched. Claudia’s fight for justice intersects 7:00 PBS NewsHour with other communities striving to acknowledge the victims of lynching, repair the damage and achieve reconciliation. AMERICAN MASTERS Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Tuesday, February 25, 9:00 p.m. This Grammy-nominated film is the definitive account weeknights at 5:30 p.m. of the man behind the legend. With full access to the and 5:45 p.m. Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen Now streaming online at footage, including studio outtakes from Miles Davis’ recording sessions, rare photos and new interviews. wpsu.org/weatherworld FEBRUARYFEATURES2 FEBRUARY LISTINGS SATURDAY, FEB 1 3:00 Tastemakers 10:00 A Place to Call Home 3:30 Flavor of Poland Cloud Break 9:00 This Old House with Aleksandra August Feeling distant from the rest of the Westerly/Seaside Transformation 4:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly family, George considers selling 9:30 American Woodshop Cannery Row in Monterey, CA the farm. Carved and Scroll Sawn Crests 4:30 Samantha Brown’s 11:00 Austin City Limits 10:00 Woodsmith Shop Places to Love Billie Eilish Shop-Made Clamps Christchurch, New Zealand The pop superstar performs her hits 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe and songs from her LP “When We Friends from West Point, Part 2 Berlin All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” 11:00 The New Flyfisher 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Niagara River 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:30 Garden Smart Bonanzaville, Hour 1 SUNDAY, FEB 2 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen 7:00 Keeping Up Appearances with Master Chefs A Job for Richard 9:00 Legacy List with Matt Paxton Gordon Hamersley 7:30 Still Open All Hours Seidel Family/Norristown, PA 12:30 Food Over 50 Season 4, Episode Three 10:00 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé 1:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 8:00 Father Brown 10:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter Grains The Sacrifice of Tantalus The Right Left Turns 1:30 Pati’s Mexican Table When Mallory’s pursuit of a fugitive 11:00 Journeys in Japan South by South of the Border ends in disaster, a familiar face 11:30 Trails to Oishii Tokyo with Vivian Howard returns to hunt the culprit. 12:00 Simply Ming 2:00 Kevin Belton’s Jamie Bissonnette 9:00 Call the Midwife 12:30 Christopher Kimball’s New Orleans Celebrations Sister Hilda tries to give an ill patient Strawberry Fest Milk Street Television her final wish. Valerie and Trixie The Joy of Cooking Lebanon 2:30 Cook’s Country testify in a court case. Aloha State Favorites Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. The acclaimed series returns with Professor Gates exploring the mysteries, surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular figures. FEBRUARYLISTINGS3 1:00 Moveable Feast TUESDAY, FEB 4 SATURDAY, FEB 8 with Fine Cooking Authentic Lisbon 8:00 Finding Your Roots 9:00 This Old House 1:30 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places Science Pioneers Paradise/Paradise Lost Salty Salzburg The family trees of scientists Francis 9:30 The Penn State Basketball Story 2:00 Lidia’s Kitchen Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and - Presented by Pepsi Cultured Comforts Harold Varmus are traced. 10:00 Woodsmith Shop 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 PBS NewsHour Special Report: Adjustable Stool from Cook’s Illustrated The State of the Union Address 10:30 Fishing Behind the Lines How to Braise Everything Live coverage of the president’s Friends from West Point, Part 2 3:00 Urban Conversion speech, the Democratic response, 11:00 The New Flyfisher 3:30 Growing a Greener World and analysis from the PBS Strikers Pike 4:00 This Old House Hour NewsHour team. 11:30 Garden Smart Paradise Lost/Loose Railing, 11:00 Amanpour and Company 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen Smart Thermostat with Master Chefs 5:00 MotorWeek Dean Fearing 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend WEDNESDAY, FEB 5 12:30 Food Over 50 6:00 Martin Luther King, Jr. 1:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Celebration Concert 8:00 NOVA Preserving with The Cleveland Orchestra Polar Extremes 1:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 7:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Uncover the bizarre history of the Los Mochis, Street Taco Favorites Suriname - Lost World poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to 2:00 Kevin Belton’s 8:00 Howards End on Masterpiece warm polar forests. New Orleans Celebrations Episode Four, Series Finale 10:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Catfish Fest Margaret is undaunted by Henry’s Mexico - Flooded Caves 2:30 Cook’s Country past misdeeds and Helen leaves Dive into a network of unexplored Chicken and Cornbread abruptly for Europe. caves under the Yucatan Peninsula 3:00 Tastemakers 9:00 Sanditon on Masterpiece with Steve Backshall. 3:30 Flavor of Poland Episode Five 11:00 Amanpour and Company with Aleksandra August Young Stringer threatens a worker 4:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly boycott of the annual cricket match Life is a Journey - with Sanditon’s gentlemen. THURSDAY, FEB 6 A Caribbean Cruise 4:30 Samantha Brown’s 10:00 Vienna Blood 8:00 Escape to the Chateau Places to Love Episode Three A Floating Dome Baltimore, Maryland Oskar asks Max to help investigate Dick works on some crumbling 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe a grotesque series of murders in stucco while Angel puts the finishing 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Vienna’s slums. touches on the geodesic dome. 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Resistance 9:00 Father Brown Bonanzaville, Hour 2 Episode 1 The Sacrifice of Tantalus 7:00 Keeping Up Appearances Lili and her friend The Kid accept When Mallory’s pursuit of a fugitive The Commodore the risky task of distributing a ends in disaster, a familiar face 7:30 Still Open All Hours newspaper produced by rebels. returns to hunt the culprit. Season 4, Episode Four 10:00 Sanditon on Masterpiece 8:00 Father Brown MONDAY, FEB 3 Episode Five The House Of God Young Stringer threatens a worker Suspicions are aroused when the 8:00 Antiques Roadshow boycott of the annual cricket match holiest house in Kembleford is linked Bonanzaville, Hour 2 with Sanditon’s gentlemen. to the death of a wanton woman. Highlights include a UND Margaret 11:00 Amanpour and Company 9:00 The Widower Cable box and an Elsebeth Haugard Part One silversmith archive. After silencing his wife forever, 9:00 No Passport Required FRIDAY, FEB 7 Malcolm Webster has a new bride Philadelphia and history may repeat itself. 8:00 Washington Week Philadelphia’s Italian food scene is 8:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut 10:00 A Place to Call Home explored and everything from pizza Newport 4 All That Lies Ahead to cannoli is sampled. Fantastic finds include a Jean- Sarah remains cautious as George 10:00 Independent Lens Michel Basquiat oil stick drawing works with Regina to devise a plan Cooked: Survival by Zip Code and dragon dog bronze ornaments. to distract Richard but they need Learn the story of a heat wave that Jack to cooperate. 9:00 Country Music overtook Chicago in July 1995, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 11:00 Austin City Limits killing 739 residents. (1968 -1972) Rosalía 11:00 PBS NewsHour Special Report: Country music responds to a nation Thrill to an hour with Spanish singer, The Iowa Caucuses divided by the Vietnam War, through songwriter, and dancer Rosalía.