FRI Sep 27 | 8 P.M.
Primetime Highlights
THE MUSTANGS AMERICA’S WILD HORSES
WED Sep 4 | 7 p.m.
“The Mustangs” takes audiences on an odyssey throughout America to places few people have seen or even know about. There are more than 80,000 wild horses on our federal lands and more than 50,000 in government custody. Executive produced by Robert Redford, Patti Scialfa Springsteen and Jessica Springsteen.
BIG CATS 24/7 DOCU-SERIES
WED Sep 18 | 7 p.m.
Filmed in one of the most dynamic locations on the African continent, BIG CATS 24/7 captures the big cats’ battle to survive through dramatic changes within their families and their home. An elite camera team including wildlife cinematographers Gordon Buchanan, Vianet Djenguet and Anna Dimitriadis, led by Brad Bestelink and his local camera team, documents the dramatic lives of individual lions, cheetahs and leopards for six months, over two extreme seasons. This raw and unfiltered observational wildlife series shows their fight to survive in an increasingly challenging world.
COLORADO EXPERIENCE UNCOVERING DEARFIELD
THUR Sep 26 | 7 p.m.
Discovering artifacts at a Black farming community from the early 1900s testifies to Black resilience and entrepreneurship in the American West, and preservationists hope to make it a National Historic Site
What to Watch Sep 1 - 2
DECEMBER 2019
MON-FRI DAYTIME SCHEDULE
All programming subject to change a.m. morning p.m. afternoon/evening
6:00 Molly of Denali
6:30 Alma’sWay
7:00 Lyla in the Loop
7:30 Wild Kratts
8:00 DanielTiger's Neighborhood
8:30 Rosie's Rules
9:00 Sesame Street
9:30 Work It Out Wombats!
10:00 Donkey Hodie
10:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific
11:00 ElinorWondersWhy
11:30 Nature Cat
12:00 Curious George
12:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
5:00 BBC News The Context
5:30 BBC News America
6:00 PBS News Hour
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Look for this symbol (HH) throughout the guide to find programs with a focus on Hispanic Heritage.
1 SUNDAY
5-8:30 Children’s Programs
9:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
10:30 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
12:00 America’s Home Cooking: Sweets
2:00 Engelbert Humperdinck in Hawaii (My Music)
3:30 Classical Rewind (My Music Presents)
5:00 Colorado Voices “Timeless Treasures”
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy
7:00 Hotel Portofino “Masquerades”
8:30 All Creatures Great and Small: A Season 4 Change
10:00 Tina Turner: One Last Time
11:30 Your DNA Secrets Revealed
Sesame Street
SEASON 54 PREMIERE MON Sep 2 | 9 a.m.
The 54th season focuses on helping children develop a healthy sense of self and belonging.
Celebrity guests include Quinta Brunson, Brandi Carlile, Eugene Cordero, Ariana DeBose, Dan Levy and Kal Penn
2 MONDAY
7:00 Moments to Remember (My Music Presents) Patti Page and Nick Clooney cohost new performances and archival classics from the vault. MOMENTS TO REMEMBER features many more legends of the late fifties and early sixties pop era.
9:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents) Full-length performances include: Johnny Maestro, The Duprees, Jay Back, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Ronnie Spector, Frankie Valli, Jerry Butler and many more artists from the 50s and 60s.
11:30 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
VIEWER GUIDE STAFF: DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING: Brad Haug
ASSISTANT PROGRAMMING MANAGER: Linda Parrott
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Del Rocha
Doralee Mendez
EDITORS: Diane Cerafici
Julie Rumery
IMAGE AND BRAND DIRECTOR: Mike Johns
CHIEF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER: Kelly Flink
What to Watch Sep 3 - 5
3 TUESDAY
7:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. Filmmakers Burns and Dayton Duncan vividly reveal fascinating behindthe-scenes stories about the making of the series.
9:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark series in September 2015 with this in-depth overview of the iconic documentary. See video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires and others.
11:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD Ever misplace your phone, forget someone’s name, or struggle to find the right words? Of course, you have. It happens to all of us. But if you find it happening more and more it may be a sign of trouble.
4 WEDNESDAY
7:00 Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses The wild horse, known as the mustang, is the enduring icon of America. But in modern times it has become entangled in controversy and bureaucracy, and now its future is in question. Executive produced by Robert Redford, the film includes songs by Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson.
9:00 NOVA “The Planets: Jupiter” PBS’ premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Jupiter’s massive gravitational force hurled debris into interstellar space, stunting the growth of would-be planets.
10:30 Rick Steves Mighty Alps Rick Steves takes a European alpine adventure from Italy to Austria and Switzerland to France; locations include the Dolomites, Zugspitze, Matterhorn, Aiguille du Midi and the Tour du Mont Blanc hiking path.
5 THURSDAY
7:00 This Land Is Your Land (My Music Presents) Hosted by Tom and Dick Smothers and Judy Collins, as they take viewers on a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music, from its roots in bluegrass to San Francisco coffee houses to clubs in Greenwich Village.
8:30 Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park Join the iconic duo and the more than 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-alifetime 1981 benefit concert for the world’s most famous urban park. Featuring the pairs’ greatest hits from “Mrs. Robinson” to “Sounds of Silence.”
10:00 ‘70’s Soul Superstars (My Music) A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of legends—all original performers singing their greatest jammin’ hits. Soul diva Patti LaBelle hosts the historic reunion of classic recording artists of the decade, including the Commodores, original lead Eugene Record reuniting with the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, Earl Young’s Trammps, the Emotions and the Manhattans.
NOVA
THE PLANETS: JUPITER
WED Sep 4 | 9 p.m.
Jupiter is not just the oldest planet orbiting the sun—it’s also the largest. So when the young gas giant went on a rampage through the inner solar system, it shaped the fate of everything in its path. Speeding towards the Sun, Jupiter’s massive gravitational force hurled debris into interstellar space, stunting the growth of would-be planets. Earth might have been doomed had Saturn not pulled Jupiter back.
What to Watch Sep 6 - 9
6
FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 Classical Rewind (My Music Presents) From the romantic mood of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ to the dramatic emotions of Orff’s ‘O Fortuna’, CLASSICAL REWIND visits the greatest compositions and composers of all time.
9:30 New Kids on the Block: iHeart Radio Live Celebrate the enduring legacy of the iconic boy band that continues to capture the hearts of millions. Featuring the pop anthems, dance tracks and love songs that are fan favorites of the Blockheads, including “Step By Step,” and “Cover Girl.”
11:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
7 SATURDAY
5-6:30 Children’s Programs
7:00 Best of the Joy of Painting
7:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
8:00 Quilting Arts
8:30 Great Performances “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things”
10:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents)
12:30 Big Band Years (My Music Presents)
2:30 Four Phantoms In Concert
4:00 Rick Steves Mighty Alps
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Moments to Remember (My Music Presents)
8:30 This Land Is Your Land (My Music Presents)
10:00 Your DNA Secrets Revealed
8 SUNDAY
5-9:00 Children’s Programs
9:30 Your DNA Secrets Revealed
11:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
1:30 Great Performances “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things”
3:30 All Creatures Great and Small: A Season 4 Change
5:00 Colorado Experience “The Most Polluted Zip Code, Part 1”
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sherlock On Masterpiece “The Abominable Bride”
8:00 Grantchester: Investigating Life’s Mysteries
9:30 ‘70’s Soul Superstars (My Music)
9 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Virginia Beach, Part Two” Join ROADSHOW to visit Virginia Beach. Featured finds include a 1964 Cassius Clay twicesigned promotional print, modern Abdullah Qandeel “Red” and “Love” oils, and an early 18th-century Chinese celadon vase.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Virginia Beach, Part Three” Discover Virginia Beach’s hidden treasures, such as a 1554 Giorgio Ghisi engraving after Bronzino, a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, ca. 1890, and a 1962 Mercury Capsule antenna.
9:00 POV “Name Me Lawand” Void of any language, communication or true sense of self, Lawand struggles to piece together his surroundings in his new home in Derbyshire, England after a traumatic and turbulent year of seeking asylum through Europe.
10:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
11:00 Amanpour and Company
POV
NAME ME LAWAND MON Sep 9 | 9 p.m.
Lawand, deaf from birth, seeks a fresh start with his family in the UK after a traumatic year in a refugee camp. At Derby’s Royal School for the Deaf, he learns sign language and discovers a way to communicate with the world. As he thrives, his family faces deportation, challenging their stability. Name Me Lawand is a love letter to the power of friendship and community.
What to Watch Sep 10 - 12
10 TUESDAY
7:00 PBS News Special: ABC Presidential Debate Simulcast Harris and Trump scheduled to debate on ABC 9:00 Finding Your Roots “To The Manor Born” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged lineages that claim actor Glenn Close and director John Waters as descendants, introducing ancestors who are as bold and independent as they are.
10:00 In Their Own Words “Queen Elizabeth II” Follow Queen Elizabeth II’s remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle’s abdication, her father’s coronation as King George VI, her experience during World War II, her sudden ascension to the throne and her eventful reign of more than 60 years.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
11 WEDNESDAY
7:00 Nature ”Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas” Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.
8:00 NOVA ”Eagle Power” What makes eagles so remarkable? Researchers study one special bird, revealing her exceptional strength, eyesight and flying skills. Meanwhile, in-the-nest footage of a new bald eagle family captures the drama of chicks struggling to survive.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead “Archaeology at Althorp” Discover one of the most significant British archaeological finds of the century in the Althorp estate, home to the late Diana, Princess of Wales. What treasures and history will this extensive excavation reveal?
10:00 In Their Own Words “Princess Diana” See how Diana defied expectations and evolved into one of the most impactful icons of our time. Look back on her life through a contemporary lens that credits her choices, suffering and triumphs as the ultimate disrupter for a generation of women.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
12
THURSDAY
7:00 Understanding Autism This powerful documentary follows Director Scott Steindorff on his journey to understand his own Autism, and in doing so discovers the incredible diversity of gifts and challenges experienced by Autistic individuals and their families.
8:00 An Open Door An international awardwinning documentary on the influential life and work of Dr. Temple Grandin as a champion of the humane treatment of livestock, autism rights, and inclusive neurodiversity by employing gifted insights from her personal experience with autism and visual thinking.
9:00 In A Different Key A mother tracks down the first person diagnosed with autism to learn if his life holds promise for her own autistic son. She documents both cruelty and kindness, but also hope that more of us are learning to have the backs of those who are different.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Understanding Autism DOCUMENTARY
THUR Sep 12 | 7 p.m.
Understanding Autism follows filmmaker Scott Steindorff as he aims to discover more about his own autism. Speaking to autistic people all across the spectrum, he seeks to reframe the perception of autism by focusing on the identification, diagnosis, and treatment by highlighting the amazing talents and love of neurodiversity.
What to Watch Sep 13 - 16
13
FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 American Masters “Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go for It“ (HH) Discover how Moreno defied her humble upbringing and racism to become one of a select group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winners. Explore her 70-year career with new interviews, clips of her iconic roles and scenes of the star on set today.
10:00 American Masters “A Song for Cesar” (HH) This is a documentary film that explores the life and work of Cesar Chavez, a civil rights activist and labor leader who used music as a tool to unite and inspire workers during the United Farm Workers’ struggle for better labor conditions. The film sheds light on the challenges that Chavez and his followers faced, and how they managed to overcome them through solidarity and perseverance.
11:30 Amanpour and Company
14 SATURDAY
5-6:30 Children’s Programs
7:00 Best of the Joy of Painting
7:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
8:00 Quilting Arts
8:30 Best of Sewing with Nancy
9:00 Yoga In Practice
9:30 Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
10:00 Pati’s Mexican Table
10:30 America The Bountiful
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
11:30 Cook’s Country
12:00 America’s Test Kitchen
12:30 Homemade Live!
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
2:00 Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest
2:30 Weekends with Yankee
3:00 Outside: Beyond The Lens
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
4:00 Energy Switch
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 The Paradise
7:00 Inspector Lynley Mysteries
8:30 Death In Paradise
9:30 Midsomer Murders Part 1 & 2
11:30 COBRA
15 SUNDAY
5-8:30 Children’s Programs
9:00 Born to Lead: The Sal Aunese Story
11:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 1, Part 1”
12:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 1, Part 2”
1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 1, Part 3”
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantschester Season 1, Part 4”
3:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 1, Part 5”
4:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 1, Part 6”
5:00 Colorado Experience “The Most Polluted Zip Code, Part 2”
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries
“Sister Town”
7:00 Ridley “A Sleeping Tiger, Part 1”
8:00 Moonflower Murders On Masterpiece “Episode 1”
9:00 Van Der Valk On Masterpiece
“Safe In Amsterdam - Part 1”
10:00 Roadkill On Masterpiece “Episode 1”
11:00 Roadkill On Masterpiece “Episode 2”
America’s Test Kitchen
CELEBRATES 25 YEARS MON Sep 16 | 9 p.m.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the mostwatched cooking show on public television, the cast of America’s Test Kitchen is hosting a party! In “America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years,” hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison and the test cooks highlight the food, science, kitchen ingenuity, and fun that have made the show a fan favorite for over 600 episodes and bring viewers behind-the-scenes to see how it all gets made.
16 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Vintage Honolulu” Say Aloha to amazing Season 11 appraisals revisited 14 years later, including 19th-century Hawaiian poi pounders, a Dirk van Erp copper vase and an 1888 Joseph Nawahi oil painting.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Vintage Milwaukee 2020” Discover magnificent Milwaukee treasures including 1869 Louisa May Alcott “Little Women” books, a Samuel Prince desk and bookcase made around 1775, and a child’s swan sled from about 1880.
9:00 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the most-watched cooking show on public television, the cast of America’s Test Kitchen is hosting a party!
10:00 El Mole (HH) EL MOLE focuses on one of the most emblematic dishes of Mexican cuisine and its place of origin - Puebla, Mexico. According to academic and anthropological sources, the origin of this traditional sauce and marinade dates to the time of the conquest.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
What to Watch Sep 17 - 20
17 TUESDAY
7:00 Finding Your Roots “Activist Roots” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice, and helps them discover the ancestors who made sacrifices for them.
8:00 American Masters “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined” (HH) A documentary film about the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America’s most celebrated Latina writers. Alvarez burst onto the literary scene in 1991 with her semi-autobiographical novel, How the Garcia Sisters Lost Their Accents, to great acclaim, followed by In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), which raised global awareness about three sisters assassinated by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, and was made into a major motion picture.
10:00 American Masters “Orozco: Man of Fire” (HH) Follow the life of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, a life filled with drama, adversity and triumph, is one of the great stories of the modern era.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
18 WEDNESDAY
7:00 Big Cats 24/7 “Episode 2”
The team begins a six-month expedition following lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta. A huge wildfire threatens both the team and the big cats. Lions fight intruders, while leopards and cheetahs struggle to secure their next meal.
9:00 Life at the Waterhole
“Episode 1” Meet the first animal visitors to a new manmade waterhole in the African savannah. Using state-of-the-art cameras, scientists watch as warthogs and elephants discover the new oasis. But things become dangerous when leopards and lions close in.
10:00 Life at the Waterhole
“Episode 2” Discover how hotter weather impacts the animals, as the waterhole becomes busier in the evening cool. Nocturnal activity brings a new predator out of the shadows: hyena, creatures so elusive it’s hard to know the size of the clan.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
19 THURSDAY
7:00 Colorado Experience
“Return of the Buffalo” From millions to near extinction to repopulation efforts, bison are coming back.
8:00 The American Buffalo: A Story of Resilience Judy Woodruff moderates this onehour conversation with the filmmaker (Ken Burns) and three experts (Jason Baldes, Rosalyn LaPier and Dan Flores), exploring lessons from the film, the early history and special relationship between native American people and the buffalo, its relation to the larger grassland and prairie ecosystems, and Tribal contributions to restoration of the buffalo today.
9:00 LBJ: American Experience
“Part 1” The arc of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s life is a version of the American dream: the poor boy from the backwaters of the Texas hill country who ascended to the very pinnacle of power - only to see his presidency undermined by the conflict in Vietnam, a war he supported and expanded but never understood.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
20 FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 DEADLOCK A dynamic new one-hour special from GBH, airing and streaming nationwide on PBS, aims to facilitate civil dialogue in an era dominated by polarizing debates. Moderated by Aaron Tang, professor at UC Davis School of Law, the series will feature a diverse panel of influential figures from legal, political, and cultural spheres delving into complex, ethical dilemmas based on real-life scenarios.
9:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo “The Making and Breaking ” (HH) When an accident changes Frida’s life, she channels pain and heartache into a new passion: painting. She meets Diego Rivera, and her creative and romantic dreams begin to take shape.
10:00 Frontline: “South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning“ An investigation into fraud and abuse in South Korea’s foreign adoption boom, including falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over seven decades.
American Masters: Julia Alvarez
A LIFE REIMAGINED (HH) TUE Sep 17 | 8 p.m.
Explore the story of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors.
PHOTO COURTESY OF COREY-HENDRICKSON
What to Watch Sep 21 - 24
21 SATURDAY
5-6:30 Children’s Programs
7:00 Best of the Joy of Painting
7:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
8:00 Quilting Arts
8:30 Best of Sewing with Nancy
9:00 Yoga In Practice
9:30 Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
10:00 Pati’s Mexican Table
10:30 America The Bountiful
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
11:30 Cook’s Country
12:00 America’s Test Kitchen
12:30 Homemade Live!
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
2:00 Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest
2:30 Weekends with Yankee
3:00 Outside: Beyond The Lens
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
4:00 Energy Switch
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 The Paradise
7:00 Inspector Lynley Mysteries
8:30 Death In Paradise
9:30 Midsomer Murders Part 1 & 2
11:30 COBRA
22 SUNDAY
5-9:00 Children’s Programs
9:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:00 Last Mambo (HH)
11:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 2, Part 1”
12:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Granchester Season 2, Part 2”
1:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 2, Part 3”
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 2, Part 4”
3:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 2, Part 5”
4:00 Masterpiece Mystery!
“Grantchester Season 2, Part 6”
5:00 Colorado Experience
“Cultivating Change”
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries
“Crimes and Miss Demeanours”
7:00 Ridley “A Sleeping Tiger, Part 2”
8:00 Moonflower Murders On Masterpiece “Episode 2”
9:00 Van Der Valk On Masterpiece “Safe In Amsterdam - Part 2”
10:00 Roadkill On Masterpiece “Episode 3”
11:00 Roadkill On Masterpiece “Episode 4”
23 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Vintage Atlantic City, Part 1” 2009 Atlantic City finds reevaluated in today’s market including a Walt Whitman inscribed Memoranda, 1906 - 1909 Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill posters, and an 1870 Cornelius Krieghoff oil painting.
8:00 Crossroads: A Conversation with America Judy Woodruff set out this year on a two-year reporting project, America at a Crossroads, to explore the forces driving Americans apart, and to ask people from all walks of life and political persuasions what might be done to reverse these worrying trends.
9:00 POV “Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?” At 21, he was a leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution. By 23, he became Hong Kong’s youngest elected lawmaker. At 26, he was Most Wanted under the National Security Law.
10:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
11:00 Amanpour and Company
24 TUESDAY
7:00 Finding Your Roots “Mexican Roots” (HH) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and guests Mario Lopez and Melissa Villaseñor look at the Mexican American experience as seen through the lens of two families.
8:00 Frontline “The Choice 2024: Harris vs Trump” As PBS’ premier public affairs series, FRONTLINE’s stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human, social and political experience.
10:00 Crossroads: A Conversation with America Judy Woodruff set out this year on a two-year reporting project, America at a Crossroads, to explore the forces driving Americans apart, and to ask people from all walks of life and political persuasions what might be done to reverse these worrying trends.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
At 21, he was a leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution. By 23, he became Hong Kong’s youngest elected lawmaker. At 26, he was Most Wanted under the National Security Law. Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law? offers a close look at the city’s most famous dissident to uncover what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. POV
WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW? MON Sep 23 | 9 p.m.
What to Watch Sep 25 - 27
25 WEDNESDAY
7:00 Big Cats 24/7 “Episode 3” A fight with intruders leaves the lion pride males injured and the mothers with cubs vulnerable to attack. Xudum, the female leopard, takes risks to find a mate.
8:00 NOVA “Einstein’s Quantum Riddle” Quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology from networks to code breaking, but first we need to know it’s real. Join physicists as they capture light from across the universe in a bid to prove Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance.”
9:00 Secrets of the Dead “Jurassic Fortunes” Some people collect works of art, others collect dinosaurs.
10:00 Life at the Waterhole Learn how rain transforms the area into a lush grazing pasture, creating an abundance of food. Moderate weather makes it harder for predators, as prey can migrate further.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
26 THURSDAY
7:00 Colorado Experience “Uncovering Dearfield” Discovering artifacts at a self-reliant Black farming community from the early 1900s.
7:30 This American Land “The Wilderness Act at 60, Bringing Back the Birds, Forever Green” A celebration of one of the world’s most important conservation measures.
8:00 High Country A timeless American story of how a community of conscientious and forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon the ramshackle mining town of Crested Butte and worked to conserve and protect it for years to come.
9:00 LBJ: American Experience “Part 2” The arc of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s life is a version of the American dream: the poor boy from the backwaters of the Texas hill country who ascended to the very pinnacle of power - only to see his presidency undermined by the conflict in Vietnam, a war he supported and expanded but never understood.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
27 FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos “Echoes of Empires” (HH) Join host John Leguizamo as he examines the rise and legacy of the Great Empires and civilizations of Mexico, South America and the Caribbean, from the Taino to the Olmec, Inca, Maya, Aztec and more.
9:00 37th Hispanic Heritage Awards (HH) The highest honor for Hispanics and Latinos returns to the Kennedy Center for a star-studded celebration of Hispanic and Latino excellence in arts, music, business, philanthropy and more.
10:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo “Love and Loss” (HH) Now married and living in Depression-era USA, Frida sees the ugly side of capitalism, while political scandal engulfs Diego.
11:00 Becoming Frida Kahlo “AStar is Born” (HH) Dangerous politics and turbulent love shock Frida’s world, while love and trauma shape her final years.
37TH Hispanic
Heritage
Awards
(HH) FRI Sep 27 | 9 p.m.
During this special night, an entertaining and moving production, features the hottest Latino entertainers paying tribute to our distinguished honorees. Last year, the awards ceremony was held and taped for broadcast at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, marking the ninth consecutive year the awards have been presented on PBS.
VOCES American Historia:
The Untold History of Latinos FRI Sep 27 | 8 p.m. (HH)
Leguizamo’s work preparing for Latin History for Morons produced an obsession with reading and researching the history of the Americas. His frustration over the whitewashing of American history, coupled with his nature as a curious student of the world, resulted in a passion not quelled by his 400+ performances of the show on Broadway and beyond. American Historia takes Leguizamo’s passion from the stage and puts him on the road on a chronological journey traveling throughout Mexico and the U.S. to shed light on both the known and lesser-known stories of Latino history.
Inspired by Leguizamo’s own multifaceted style, each episode will combine cultural travel segments as well as entertaining interstitials, unveiling Leguizamo’s passionate revelations about his favorite Latino figures. The cultural segments will feature visits to historical sites as well as interviews with notable historians and Latino cultural figures.
PHOTO COURTESY OF VOCES
PHOTO COURTESY OF VOCES
What to Watch Sep 28 - 30
28 SATURDAY
5-6:30 Children’s Programs
7:00 Best of the Joy of Painting
7:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
8:00 Quilting Arts
8:30 Best of Sewing with Nancy 9:00 Yoga In Practice
9:30 Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
10:00 Pati’s Mexican Table
10:30 America The Bountiful
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
11:30 Cook’s Country
12:00 America’s Test Kitchen
12:30 Homemade Live!
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
2:00 Les Stroud’s Wild Harvest
2:30 Weekends with Yankee
3:00 Outside: Beyond The Lens
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
4:00 Energy Switch
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 The Paradise
7:00 Inspector Lynley Mysteries
8:30 Death In Paradise
9:30 Midsomer Murders Part 1 & 2
11:30 COBRA
29 SUNDAY
5-9:00 Children’s Programs
9:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:00 Epic Bill
11:00 Soundwaves at the Bandshell
11:00 Grantchester“Season 3, Episode 1”
1:00 Grantchester “Season 3, Episode 2”
2:00 Grantchester “Season 3, Episode 3”
3:00 Grantchester “Season 3, Episode 4”
4:00 Grantchester “Season 3, Episode 5”
5:00 Colorado Experience “Uncovering Dearfield”
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Father Brown
7:00 Ridley “The Hollow Tree, Part 1”
8:00 Moonflower Murders On Masterpiece “Episode 3”
9:00 Van Der Valk On Masterpiece “Hope In Amsterdam - Part 1”
10:00 Luna & Sophie “Day X”
11:00 Sisi: Austrian Empress “Episode 1”
30 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Vintage Atlantic City, Part 2” Revisit Atlantic City treasures 15 years after ROADSHOW’s stop, including a Pablo Picasso lithograph & ceramic plate, a Louis XVI-style chandelier, ca. 1965, and a George Bellows oil painting, ca. 1913.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Vintage Mobile” Revisit Alabama appraisals 14 years after ROADSHOW’s visit to Mobile such as an “Indian Tribes of North America” set, a Gale Sayers game-worn jersey and Chinese glass bottle vases from around 1775.
9:00 POV “The Last Out” (HH) Three Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the United States. At the shadowy nexus of the migrant trail and pro sports, The Last Out chronicles their difficult journey, from multistep immigration obstacles and learning English to the broken promises and dubious motives of agents.
10:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
11:00 Amanpour and Company
The Marlow Murder Club ON MASTERPIECE COMING IN OCTOBER
An all-new adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s novel The Marlow Murder Club is coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS on October 27, 2024. The thrilling, four part series stars Samantha Bond who is joined by Jo Martin, Cara Horgan and Natalie Dew as A trio of amateur female sleuths who search for a killer.
Luna + Sophie SUN Sep 29 | 10 p.m.
Luna Kunath is strong-willed but her penchant for naivety gets her into trouble. Sophie Pohlmann seems more mature, but her desire for harmony and fairness can be her weakness. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
Walter Presents is a curated collection of award-winning international drama, hand-picked by Walter Iuzzolino, a TV connoisseur who has scoured the globe for compelling hits. Presented in their original languages with English subtitles. This collection is available to stream with PBS Passport.
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