WTVPOctober 2016 Program Guide Your WTVP Program Guide is a benefit of membership— thank you! Also visit wtvp.org 2 2 WTVP—More Choices Great Performances: Hamilton’s America For more Friday, Oct. 21, 8-9:30 p.m. It began in 2008. Lin-Manuel Miranda was on vacation in Mexico, reading information, Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton – all 832 pages of it. please visit When he returned to New York, he invited Chernow to see In the Heights, wtvp. org his first Broadway show and winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best W Musical. During a backstage visit afterwards, Miranda told the author that as he was reading his book, hip-hop songs started rising off the pages. “I knew it was my next show,” he says. Eight years, 11 Tony® Awards, and one Pulitzer Prize later, Hamilton, Miranda’s hit musical, is the hottest ticket on Broadway and a pop culture phenomenon. It’s also the subject of Hamilton’s America, a new documentary from Great Performances airing this month on WTVP as the season premiere of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. The story of Alexander Hamilton is most remembered for its dramatic conclusion, which saw Hamilton killed in a duel by Vice President Aaron Burr. But the full story of this political genius – a poor immigrant who built himself up from nothing to become the architect of modern finance and one of the nation’s most vital authors – has largely been forgotten by history…until now. Today, Hamilton’s fan club is vocal and growing, thanks, in no small measure, to Miranda’s revolutionary musical. With its young cast claiming America’s history as its own, Hamilton is redefining how audiences learn about history. Hamilton’s America, produced by RadicalMedia (Great Performances’s In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams) and directed by Alex Horwitz, offers an intimate look at the creation of the show, revealing Miranda’s process as he adapts Hamilton’s epic story into groundbreaking musical theater. Newly shot footage of the New York production with its original cast and trips to Mt. Vernon, Valley Forge, and other historic locations with Miranda and other cast members further flesh out the story. President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Secretary Hank Paulson, Secretary Timothy Geithner, Questlove, Black Thought, Jimmy Fallon, John Weidman, Nas, and Stephen Sondheim are among the notable interviews. See page 5 for information on how you can attend an early preview of this exciting program and see it on the big screen! WTVP—More Choices For complete listings information, please visit wtvp.org 3 3 WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD Boo! Some Daytime Schedule Halloween Specials Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday for You! 5:00 BBC WORLD NEWS Peg + Cat Mystery Hour 5:30 ODD SQUAD This special hour of math mysteries 6:00 WILD KRATTS kicks off with a spooky Friday- 6:30 READY JET GO! the-13th problem. Then in “The Disappearing Art Problem,” museum 7:00 NATURE CAT guards Peg and Cat are on the case as shapes are being stolen right off the 7:30 CURIOUS GEORGE paintings! And finally there’s 1+1 = 8:00 DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD 2 adventures aboard the Peg + Cat Express, where missing lollipops, 8:30 DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD bananas, symphonies, and chickens 9:00 SESAME STREET can only mean: there’s a thief on the train! 9:30 PEG + CAT 10/3@9-10 a.m.; 10/5 and 10:00 DINOSAUR TRAIN 10/7@9:30-10:30 a.m. 10:30 DINOSAUR TRAIN Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest 11:00 SUPER WHY! It’s George’s first Halloween in the 11:30 MARTHA KNIT & GARDEN CIAO SEWING country, and Bill tells him and Allie BAKES CROCHET SMART ITALIA WITH about the Legend of No Noggin NOW NANCY -- a spooky tale about a hat-kicking scarecrow who haunts the country- side on Halloween. But is the legend 12:00 CHARLIE ROSE really real? George and Allie are 1:00 MARKET SECOND LAWRENCE GROWING A COOKING determined to find out! TO MARKET OPINION WELK GREENER ODYSSEY1 10/24@7:30-8:30 a.m.; 10/31@7- SHOW WORLD 8 a.m. 1:30 MOTORWEEK FOCUS ON JERRY THE BEST OF EUROPE YARNELL JOY OF FINE ART1 PAINTING 2:00 CLASSICAL STRETCH/BODY ELECTRIC* 2:30 NATURE CAT 3:00 READY JET GO! Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Halloween 3:30 ODD SQUAD The Cat is back in this fun filled 4:00 WILD KRATTS spooky musical adventure with Sally and Nick as they set out to find the 4:30 WILD KRATTS best Halloween costumes ever! 5:00 MARTHA SPEAKS 10/28, 29 & 30@7-8 a.m.; 5:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT 10/31@8-9 a.m. & 2:30-3:30 p.m. 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 1 COOKING ODYSSEY – BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND AS OF 10/14 Children’s Programs *CLASSICAL STRETCH AIRS MON-WED-FRIS, BODY ELECTRIC AIRS TUE-THR (2 P.M.) 4 4 WTVP—More Choices WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD Notes from the President & CEO Fall is always an exciting time for public are still present and being debated today. It’s an amazing story! television, with new series and specials We’ll also be treated to another delightful rolling out, and this year is no exception. evening from Great Performances on Oct. 28 when Bill Murray receives the One of the very special events this season Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is the return of the annual PBS Arts at the Kennedy Center. Some of the biggest names in comedy will be there to Fall Festival, and there’s one program in honor this truly funny man. It should be particular that everyone is eagerly awaiting. a lot of fun! We hope you’ll enjoy these very special It’s the crown jewel, the headliner of the productions and the many other strong season. offerings this month, brought to you by your local public TV station, thanks to It’s Hamilton’s America, coming to us from the folks at Great friends like you. Performances. They have been responsible over the years for bringing us many memorable moments (remember the first time Moss Bresnahan, President and CEO you saw Les Mis?), and this documentary will be no exception. Twitter: @MossILMedia Hamilton’s America kicks off the Arts Fall Festival on Oct. 21 at 8 p.m., and we’ll learn how many hot-button issues of that time Please join us for It’s the Weekend! For more weekend daytime listings, please refer to daily listings in your Program Guide or visit our website at www.wtvp.org. a preview of SATURDAY 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 Hamilton’s THOMAS BOB DANIEL DANIEL CURIOUS NATURE READY WILD IT’S FONS & AND THE TIGER’S TIGER’S GEORGE CAT JET KR ATTS SEW PORTER’S America! FRIENDS BUILDER NEIGHBORHOOD GO! EASY QUILTING This is a free event open to 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 the public. QUILTING MID- P. 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