3 - CEO Message 6 - TV Listings 18 - Partner Profile 4 - Cover Story 10 - Evening Grid 17 - Daytime Grid PROGRAM GUIDE JULY 2018 VOL. 37 NO. 7 Featured in the PBS Summer of Adventure: NO PASSPORT REQUIRED New food and culture series Page 4 Courtesy of Matt Dutile No Passport Required host Chef Marcus Samuelsson at the Red Rooster Harlem restaurant in New York City | JULY 2018 PBS Hawai‘i’s Advancement team, pictured from left: Christina Sumida, Kalena Mack, Jill Loving, Lori Kaya, Olivia Zavodny, Patty Doo. G70 Wins Building Design Hawaii State Federal Credit Union Presents Award for PBS Hawai‘i’s $10,000 to PBS Hawai‘i New Home PBS Hawai‘i recently received a $10,000 gift from Hawaii State Federal The Hawai‘i chapter of the Credit Union. The credit union is the local broadcast sponsor of National Association of Industrial Pinkalicious and Peterrific, the latest addition to the PBS KIDS lineup. and Office Properties (NAIOP) As part of its annual Board of Directors election, the credit union donates awarded architecture firm G70 its $5 to a local nonprofit for every member’s online vote, up to $10,000. Nonprofit Award for our new home, The Clarence T.C. Ching Campus. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GUIDE Chair Vice Chair President and CEO Editor Jason Fujimoto Joanne Grimes Leslie Wilcox Liberty Peralta Secretary Treasurer Senior Vice President/CFO Graphic Artist Bettina Mehnert Kent Tsukamoto Karen Yamamoto Randall Choo Muriel Anderson Joy Miura Koerte VP Content Contributing Writer Susan Bendon Kamani Kuala‘au Chuck Parker Emilie Howlett Jodi Endo Chai Mary Ann Manahan James E. Duffy Jr. Aaron Salā VP Integrated Media Program Listings Matthew Emerson Julie Shimonishi Jason Suapaia Emily Bodfish Jake Fergus Ka‘iulani Sodaro John Kovacich Jason Haruki Candy Suiso Director, Learning Initiatives Noelani Kalipi Huy Vo Robert Pennybacker Ian Kitajima Bruce Voss Chief Engineer John Nakahira pbshawaii.org 2 CEO MESSAGE Special “Lost Battalion” Film Screening for War Veterans World War II veterans Robert Kishinami, Henry Ishida and Takeo Ikeda Decorated war veteran Yasunori Deguchi told me he’s always mindful of the fallen soldiers. It was a full house, as sons, daughters English-language version of the film and other family members and friends in person before it airs on PBS came out in force with some of Hawai‘i next month. Hawai‘i’s World War II veterans of Nine World War II vets in their 90s, Japanese ancestry for a special including former Gov. George Ariyoshi, screening of a documentary film, attended, as did four widows of Rescuing the Lost Battalion: The veterans. They were among more Story Behind the Heroes. The film than 400 attendees. Widow Taeko was made by the international arm Ishikawa still makes every effort to of Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK. represent her husband George, who It’s a painful war story that many passed away in 1970. people in Hawai‘i know. Many local One of the attending vets, Takeo boys of Japanese ancestry suffered “Ike” Ikeda, opened up about his grievously to save Texas soldiers who experiences in the battle for the Lost Taeko Ishikawa lost her husband George, her were pinned down by German gunfire Battalion for the first time in his life, brother Kazuo and her cousin Tsugio in WWII. in steep, dense woods in France. in an emotional interview that’s part The Japanese Americans had of the film. volunteered for their country’s This hour-long documentary will wartime infantry, patriotic to a air on PBS Hawai‘i at 8:00 pm on government that distrusted them. Saturday, August 4. This epic battle is only now starting to become known throughout Japan. Aloha nui, The film director, 30-something Yoichiro Sasagawa, and several NHK World-Japan executives came to Honolulu last month and gave local Leslie Wilcox veterans an opportunity to view this President and CEO PBS Hawai‘i Film director Yoichiro Sasagawa (right) greets Laura Miho (seated), widow of veteran/lawmaker “Kats” Miho. 3 | JULY 2018 COVER STORY By Emilie Howlett Begins Tuesday, July 10, 8:00 pm The summer season has a tendency to spark our wanderlust, but if traveling isn’t in the cards for you this year, PBS offers a potential antidote with its summer programming lineup, Summer of Adventure. Without packing any suitcases, you can experience a lineup of programs that take you to some of the most remarkable destinations in the U.S. and abroad. Courtesy of Steve Smith/WTTW Summer of Adventure kicks off in July with four new series. 10 Streets That Changed America Tour vibrant immigrant communities in American cities with Chef Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles Marcus Samuelsson on No Passport Required, and ascend to the 10 THAT CHANGED AMERICA top of the world by climbing to the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, TUESDAYS the Himalayas and the Andes in Kingdoms of the Sky. Witness July 10, 17 and 24, 8:00 pm places where human survival is pushed to the limits on Earth’s Host Geoffrey Baer takes viewers Natural Wonders. And on 10 That Changed America, explore across the country in this three-part streets, monuments and modern marvels. series to highlight the streets, Two more Summer of Adventure programs will premiere in August. monuments and modern marvels Journey to the outer regions of the remote Australian wilderness on that changed America. The Outback, and venture deep into Mexico’s tropical rainforests in Wonders of Mexico. Summer of Adventure offers no shortage of thrilling programming to satisfy curious minds that are hungry for travel. pbshawaii.org 4 Courtesy of BBC/Matthew Wright Snow-capped peaks in the Peruvian Andes mountains near Huascaran National Park – from Kingdoms of the Sky Courtesy of Matt Dutile Courtesy of BBC/Russell Leven Courtesy of BBC/Matthew Wright Chef Marcus Samuelsson in front of the Red Mimi and her granddaughter prepare to enter Mountain villagers in traditional clothing, Rooster Harlem restaurant in New York City an ice cave in the Canadian Artic. at the Q’eswachaka bridge festival, in Peru NO PASSPORT REQUIRED EARTH’S NATURAL WONDERS: KINGDOMS OF THE SKY LIFE AT EXTREMES, SEASON 2 TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS July 10-August 14, 9:00 pm WEDNESDAYS July 11, 18 and 25, 9:00 pm July 11, 18 and 25, 8:00 pm Join internationally renowned chef This three-part series, made in Marcus Samuelsson as he celebrates Witness nature’s most impressive conjunction with the BBC, reveals America’s cultural and culinary handiwork, created on such a scale the wildlife and people who live diversity. In this new six-part series, that it defies belief. For humans, and thrive among the peaks of Samuelsson visits under-explored survival within these extraordinary three of the most iconic mountain parts of American cities to showcase places can pose great challenges, yet ranges of the world: the Rockies, the people, places and unique flavors human ingenuity makes this possible. the Himalayas and the Andes. of immigrant communities. 5 | JULY 2018 PRIMETIME & WEEKEND LISTING SCHEDULE PBS Hawai‘i is on the air seven days a week from 5:00 am to midnight. Viewers with cable service also have access to overnight programming which is indicated by Cable Only After Midnight. Viewers with cable service and high-definition (HD) TVs may watch PBS Hawai‘i in high-definition on Spectrum Channel 1010 or Hawaiian Telcom Channel 1011. Courtesy of Kudos Film & Television Limited 2017 Over-the-Air Broadcast Channels THE TUNNEL: VENGEANCE Sundays at 9:30 pm beginning July 1 (KHET) Channel 11.1 - 11.2 - 11.3 Stephen Dillane as Karl and Clémence Poésy as Elise (KMEB) Channel 10.1 - 10.2 - 10.3 Spectrum Basic Cable: Channel 10 1 SUNDAY child refugees is torched in the HD: Channel 1010 12:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW middle of the Channel, leaving no PBS Hawai‘i Kids: Channel 443 Vintage Oklahoma City (e) sign of its passengers. Hawaiian Telcom 1:00 FINDING KUKAN (e) 10:30 POETRY IN AMERICA To Prisoners Basic Cable: Channel 11 2:00 INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I (e) – Gwendolyn Brooks (e) HD: Channel 1011 3:00 HIKI NŌ (e) 11:00 TO THE CONTRARY WITH PBS Hawai‘i Kids: Channel 96 3:30 NĀ MELE Led Kaapana, Dennis BONNIE ERBE All programs have closed-captioning. Kamakahi and Cyril Pahinui (e) 11:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH When possible, encore broadcasts will 4:00 LONG STORY SHORT WITH LESLIE WILCOX Paul Turnbull (e) be indicated by (e). 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