VIEWER GUIDE AUG 2020 | vol. 22 no. 8 A SERVICE OF CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA SEASON 7 PREMIERE SUN Aug 9 | 9p Vera PBS NewsHour Lucy Worsley’s Season 10 Convention Coverage Royal Photo Album 1 From Across the P ond ... Vera season 10 premiere SAT Aug 8 | 8p Veteran actor Brenda Blethyn returns as DCI Vera Stanhope in Season 10 of this popular mystery series. Unconventional and unadorned, Vera’s manner belies her knack for catching killers. In Episode 1, Vera and her team must unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of self-styled entrepreneur Freddie Gill, whose body is found by bailiffs attempting to repossess his house. Endeavour season 7 premiere SUN Aug 9 | 9p In Season 7, Endeavour and his colleagues enter a new decade of change. As the season opens on New Year’s Eve 1969, order has been restored and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. The events of the past year have left their mark, however: old friendships will be challenged, and new relationships will blossom. In an era increasingly defined by women’s liberation, social progress and scientific growth, the 1970s begin for Oxford’s finest with the discovery of a body on a canal towpath on New Year’s Day. Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album SUN Aug 23 | 8p Historian Lucy Worsley uncovers the stories behind some of the most famous photographs of the British royal family. From Queen Victoria and Prince Albert through Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Lucy shows how the royal family has always worked to create images that shape public perception of the British monarchy. Lucy also meets celebrated royal photographers Anwar Hussein and Chris Jackson to discover their approach to a royal photo shoot. Cover image courtesy of Mammoth Screen. Photos this page, top to bottom, courtesy of: ITV plc; Mammoth Screen; and PBS/Lucy Worsley. 22 Beyond the Canvas series premiere SAT Aug 1 | 6:30p Hosted by award-winning journalist Amna Nawaz, Beyond the Canvas is a four-part series that features the best arts and culture reporting from PBS NewsHour. Each episode is built around a specific theme, using artist profiles and first person narrative segments from NewsHour to explore the idea. Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story MON Aug 3 | 10p American Portrait is a storytelling project that invites ordinary people to participate in a nation-wide conversation about what it means to be an American. The project offers an online platform for people to share their stories through photos, videos and text. This special broadcast shares some of the most compelling recent stories, capturing the state and spirit of the nation in these unprecedented times. Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team TUE Aug 4 | 10p This documentary examines the presidency of George H.W. Bush and his foreign policy team’s expertise as they navigated complex international situations, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the invasion of Kuwait. PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage: Democratic National Convention MON–THU | Aug 17–20 | 5p Republican National Convention MON–THU | Aug 24–27 | 5p Join PBS NewsHour for in-depth coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. With reports from the convention floor, as well as political analysis, historical perspectives and more, the PBS NewsHour team provides viewers with up-close, engaging convention coverage. Note: The schedule for convention coverage is accurate at press time; however, plans for both conventions are in flux. For the latest updates, please check our online schedule at KCTS9.org/schedule. 3 3 what to watch AUG 1–8 1 SATURDAY 2 SUNDAY 3 MONDAY 4 TUESDAY a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 5:00 To the Contrary with 5:00 Animals with Cameras, 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Bonnie Erbe A Nature Miniseries p.m. p.m. 5:30 Consuelo Mack (EP 2/3) (R) 12:00 My Greek Table with 12:00 Christopher Kimball’s WealthTrack 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Diane Kochilas Saving Milk Street Television 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 NOVA: Making North the Earth on Paros. Thailand North to South. 11:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as America Human. (EP 3/3) 12:30 Dining with the Chef (R) Medicine (R) p.m. 1:00 Space Men: American 12:30 Food Over 50 Roughing p.m. 12:00 In the Americas with Experience (R) It. (R) 1:00 Brain Secrets with Dr. David Yetman Chiapas 2:00 Endeavour Season 6 on 1:00 The Royal House of Michael Merzenich (R) Highlands: Mexico’s Masterpiece Confection. Windsor The Top Job. 3:00 KCTS 9 Cooks: All-Time Indian Empire. (R) (EP 3/4) (R) (EP 6/6) (R) Favorites! (R) ✪ 12:30 Changing Seas Sea 3:30 Endeavour Season 6 on 2:00 Pride & Prejudice 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Turtles – The Lost Years. Masterpiece Deguello. (EP 4/6) (R) 6:30 Beyond the Canvas 1:00 Rick Steves’ Fascism in (EP 4/4) (R) 3:00 Inspector Morse Happy (EP 1/4) SERIES PREMIERE Europe (R) 5:00 BBC World News Outside Families. (S6 EP 2/5) (R) 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:30 A Conversation with Source 5:00 BBC World News Outside Vintage San Diego. (R) Ken Burns (R) 5:30 BBC World News America Source 8:00 Vera The Seagull. 4:00 Ken Burns: Country 6:00 PBS NewsHour 5:30 BBC World News America (S9 EP 4/4) (R) Music (R) 7:00 British Antiques 6:00 PBS NewsHour 9:30 Inspector Morse Happy 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Roadshow 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Families. (S6 EP 2/5) 6:30 History with David Osborne House 2. Naples and Pompeii. (R) (Repeats 8/4 at 3p) Rubenstein Drew Gilpin (Repeats 8/6 at 2p) 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 11:30 POV: Advocate Faust. 7:30 British Antiques Italy’s Amalfi Coast. (R) 1:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as 7:00 The Royal House of Roadshow Castle 8:00 Reagan: American Medicine (R) Windsor The Top Job. Howard 1. (R) Experience Lifeguard. (EP 3:00 Brain Secrets with Dr. (EP 6/6) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 1/2) (R) Michael Merzenich (R) (Repeats 8/4 at 1p) Vintage Boston. (R) 10:00 Statecraft: The Bush 41 8:00 Pride & Prejudice 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Team (EP 4/6) (R) Tucson. Part 2 of 3. (R) 11:00 Amanpour & Company 9:00 Endeavour Season 6 on 10:00 Family of Us: A PBS 12:00 5 Day Rapid Reset (R) Masterpiece Confection. American Portrait Story 2:00 Amazon: The Rivers of (EP 3/4) (R) 10:30 In This Together: A PBS Life (R) 10:30 Endeavour Season 6 on American Portrait Story 3:30 Il Volo: Ten Years (R) Masterpiece Deguello. (R) (EP 4/4) (R) 11:00 Amanpour & Company 12:00 Rick Steves’ Fascism in 12:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Europe (R) Your Mind (R) 1:30 A Conversation with Ken 2:00 KCTS 9 Cooks: All-Time Burns (R) Favorites! (R) ✪ 3:00 Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller (R) Thank You! Thank you to our members! When a community of more than 100,000 people comes together, extraordinary things happen. We support our neighbors. We learn from our history. We envision our future. Thank you for supporting KCTS 9 and for making our community stronger and more connected. 44 5 WEDNESDAY 6 THURSDAY 7 FRIDAY 8 SATURDAY a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 To the Contrary with p.m. p.m. p.m. Bonnie Erbe 12:00 Confucius was a Foodie 12:00 Cook’s Country Pork and 12:00 The Great British Baking 5:30 Consuelo Mack Shandong. Pie. (R) Show Biscuits. WealthTrack 1:00 Great Performances at 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen (S5 EP 8/10) (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS the Met: Tosca (R) from Cook’s Illustrated 1:00 Animals with Cameras, 11:00 Change Your Brain, Heal 3:30 British Antiques Pork and Greens. A Nature Miniseries Your Mind (R) Roadshow Castle 1:00 Nature: Snowbound: (EP 3/3) (R) p.m. Howard 1. (R) Animals of Winter (R) 2:00 Forces of Nature Color. 1:00 Live Better Now (R) 4:00 The Great British Baking 2:00 British Antiques (EP 3/4) (R) 2:30 Pete Seeger Tribute Show Season 4 Final. Roadshow Osborne 3:00 NOVA: Rise of the Concert (R) (R) House 2. (R) Mammals (R) 4:00 Celtic Thunder Ireland (R) 5:00 BBC World News Outside 2:30 Vera The Seagull. 4:00 Father Brown The Face of 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Source (S9 EP 4/4) (R) the Enemy. (S6 EP 5/10) 6:30 Beyond the Canvas (EP 5:30 BBC World News America 4:00 Midsomer Murders (R) 2/4) 6:00 PBS NewsHour The Made-to-Measure 5:00 BBC World News Today 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 7:00 Nature: Snowbound: Murders, Part 2 of 2. 5:30 BBC World News America Vintage Boston. (R) Animals of Winter (R) (S13 EP 1/8) (R) 6:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Vera Blood Will Tell. 8:00 Animals with Cameras, 5:00 BBC World News Outside 7:00 Washington Week (S10 EP 1/4) A Nature Miniseries Source 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret (Repeats 8/13 at 2:30p) (EP 3/3) (R) 5:30 BBC World News America Hoover 9:30 Inspector Morse The 9:00 NOVA: Rise of the 6:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Father Brown The Devil Death of the Self.