September 2019 September 2019 PRIMETIME PRIMETIME Country Music Starting September 15, 9pm Johnny Cash at his home in California, 1960. Photo courtesy of Sony Music Archives primetime 10:30 OPB John Sebastian Presents: Folk 1 SUNDAY Rewind A live reunion of folk singers includes 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and The Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England Chad Mitchell Trio. (Also Tue 9/10 8pm) 6:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves European 11: 00 OPB+ Secrets of the Dead World War Festivals Rick celebrates the top 10 festivals Speed. Learn how the use of amphetamines in Europe. affected the course of World War II. (Also Thu 2am) 7:30 OPB & OPB+ Il Volo Notte Magica (Also Wed 12:30am OPB) 9:00 OPB & OPB+ Downton Abbey Live! 4 WEDNESDAY Join the cast and creators of Downton Abbey 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) for never-before-heard stories and exclusive | OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century clips of the upcoming movie. (Also Fri 8pm Chicago (Also Thu 5am) OPB) 8:00 OPB Life from Above Moving Planet. 10:30 OPB & OPB+ Downton Abbey See callout on this page. (Also Sat Returns! Jim Carter hosts a celebration of 4pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ Masterpiece Shutterstock.com/Vladi333 the beloved hit series. (Also Sat 9/14 9:30pm) Poldark: Season 3, Ep 8. Elizabeth turns the tables on George. (Also Fri 12am) Life from Above 2 MONDAY 9:00 OPB+ Secrets of the Manor House Enter the bygone world of Britain’s manor Moving Planet 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am) | houses. (Also Fri 1am) OPB+ Brazil with Michael Palin The Deep Behold Earth as it’s never been South (Also Tue 5am) 9:30 OPB Yellowstone Symphony Travel seen before. Cameras in space tell on a spectacular visual journey through the stories of life on our planet from a 8:00 OPB Ken Burns: The National Parks wonders of America’s first national park. (Also From Acadia to Yosemite, explore the beauty brand-new perspective, revealing Sat 9/14 11pm OPB & OPB+) and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent its incredible movements, colors, parks. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Rivers of 10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also patterns and just how fast it’s Life The Nile/The Amazon. The Nile River Thu 4am) changing. provides a lifeline for Africa’s incredible 10:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Oregon Wednesday, September 4, 8pm cultures and wildest animals. (Also Wed Revealed: Coastal Wonder. From the Oregon 12am) OPB Coast to the canyons of the Owyhee, water 10:00 OPB ‘60s Pop, Rock & Soul Revisit creates the diverse landscapes we call home. the sounds of ‘60s pop. (Also Tue 2:30am) (Also Sat 3:30am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 11: 00 OPB+ The Dictator’s Playbook 10:30 OPB Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years 4am) Saddam Hussein. To maintain power, and Circlin’ Back Vince Gill, Jackson 11: 00 OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Saddam Hussein used fear, intimidation and Browne and more celebrate the band’s Exchange Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba! violence. (Also Fri 2am) musical milestones and hits. (Also Sun (Also Wed 2am) 2:30am) 5 THURSDAY 11: 00 OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am) 3 TUESDAY 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) 11:30 OPB+ Asian American Life (Also Sat 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ NOVA The 2:30am) 8:00 OPB PBS Previews: Country Music Planets: Inner Worlds. The rocky planets have Go behind the scenes of the sweeping new similar origins, but only one supports life. Was series from director Ken Burns. (Also Sun 6 FRIDAY it always this way? (Also Wed 5am) | 10pm OPB & OPB+) OPB+ Long View 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) 8:00 OPB American Experience Woodstock: Students, educators and parents work to | OPB+ Super Skyscrapers One World Three Days that Defined a Generation. This create lasting solutions in Oakland’s public Trade Center. In New York City, One film brings the three-day concert to life school system. (Also Sat 12am) World Trade Center’s final year of exterior through the voices of those who were at 9:00 OPB The Highwaymen Live at Nassau construction is showcased. Woodstock. (Also Fri 1am) | OPB+ Tending Coliseum Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Wild Indigenous people across California 8:00 OPB Downton Abbey Live! (R-Also Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson shine in share their environmental knowledge. (Also Sat 9/14 8pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ this 1990 performance. (Also Sun 1am) Thu 12am) Washington Week (Also Sat 6am) 9:30 OPB+ Ohero:kon Under the Husk Two 9:00 OPB+ Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of 8:30 OPB+ American Masters Basquiat: Mohawk girls follow their traditional passage Paradise Battle Lines. The arrival of a new Rags to Riches. Meet the anonymous New rites to become Mohawk women. (Also lion sparks conflict. (Also Thu 1am) York graffiti artist turned ‘80s art world star. Sat 1:30am) (Also Mon 12:30am) 10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also 10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am) 9:30 OPB 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Treat Fri 4am) the root cause of many painful conditions with this easy to follow plan. (Also Sat 10:30am OPB & OPB+) 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1 R = Repeat within a week = Program premiere OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2 Repeats are on original channel unless noted = Watch online at watch.opb.org KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3 Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels Full schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules Programs are subject to change weekdays 10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am) 9 MONDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am) 11: 00 OPB Meditation for All of Us See how | OPB+ Roadtrip Nation: Rerouting 5:30 OPB BBC World News to use meditation for greater happiness. (Also Tue 5am) (Also Mon 3am) | OPB+ Frontline Blackout in Puerto Rico. Frontline investigates Puerto 8:00 OPB Rick Steves Fascism in Europe 6am OPB Classical Stretch (M/F); Sit Rico’s humanitarian and economic crisis after Rick Steves travels back a century to learn & Be Fit (Tu/Th); Yoga (W) | OPB+ Hurricane Maria. (Also Mon 2am) how fascism rose and fell in Europe. Lifestyles (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ The Great Ride Two married military veterans bike from 6:30 OPB Kids Programs (until noon) 7 SATURDAY Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh. (Also Wed 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ 12am) 7am OPB+ Newsline (NHK from On Story A Conversation with Larry Wilmore 9:00 OPB+ Red Dot on the Ocean: The Japan) 6:00 OPB & OPB+ Magic Moments: The Matthew Rutherford Story Rutherford risked it all to sail nonstop around North and Best of ‘50s Pop The McGuire Sisters, The 7:30 OPB+ Sit & Be Fit (M/W/F); South America. (Also Sun 7pm) Chordettes, The Four Aces and more take Priscilla’s Yoga (Tu/Th) the stage. (Also Sat 9/14 9am OPB & OPB+) 9:30 OPB Ken Burns: The Civil War 8:00 OPB & OPB+ Neil Diamond: Hot Celebrate the landmark documentary. (Also 8am OPB+ Sewing, Knitting & August Night III Watch Neil Diamond’s Thu 2:30am) Quilting triumphant return to the Greek Theatre. (Also 10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 1am) Tue 4am) 9am OPB+ Painting 9:30 OPB & OPB+ Straight from the Heart: 11: 00 OPB Mindfulness Goes Mainstream Timeless Music from the ‘60s & ‘70s Join Experience the transformative power of Tony Orlando and other stars for musical 10am OPB+ Woodworking mindfulness meditation. (Also Thu 4am) | memories from the ‘60s and ‘70s. (Also OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Tue 2:30am) 10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until Exchange Mama Colone (Also Wed 2am) noon) 11: 00 OPB & OPB+ Aging Backwards 2: Connective Tissue Revealed with Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how to 10 TUESDAY Noon OPB Painting | OPB+ Second keep connective tissue healthy. (Also Tue 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) | Opinion (M); Garden to 4am OPB) OPB+ NOVA The Planets: Mars. Mars was Table (Tu); Family Travel (W); once a blue water world studded with active Destination Craft (Th); Make it 8 SUNDAY volcanoes. (Also Wed 5am) Artsy (F) 8:00 OPB John Sebastian Presents: Folk 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rewind (R-Also Sat 6pm OPB & OPB+) | 1pm OPB+ DW News Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon OPB+ The Great Polar Bear Feast Polar 6:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Tasty bears gather on frozen shores to feast. (Also 1:30 OPB Travel | OPB+ DW: The Day Europe The travel expert shows the Thu 12am) importance of cuisine in cultures all across 9:00 OPB+ Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Europe. 2pm OPB Kids Programs (until 6pm) Paradise Roaring Back. Wildlife cameraman | OPB+ Newsline (NHK from 6:30 OPB & OPB+ John Denver: Country Bob Poole returns to a transformed Japan) Boy Celebrate the life and legacy of the singer, Gorongosa. (Also Thu 1am) songwriter and activist. (Also Thu 8pm OPB) 10:00 OPB Great Performances Joni 75: 2:30 OPB+ BBC World News 8:00 OPB & OPB+ A Birthday Celebration. Brandi Carlile, Glen America Country Music: Live at Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Los Lobos and the Ryman A Concert others perform Joni Mitchell’s songs. (Also Fri 3:00 OPB+ News & Public Affairs Celebrating the Film by 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Ken Burns. Dierks Bentley, Wed 4am) Rosanne Cash and more 3:30 OPB+ Nightly Business Report 11: 00 OPB+ Secrets of the Dead Galileo’s musicians celebrate the Moon.