GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE WED April 3 | 7 p.m.
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total eclipse until 2044, and scientists scramble to unlock the secrets of our Sun.
RAPTORS A FISTFUL OF DAGGERS WED April 10 & April 17| 7 p.m.
Learn more about eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons as well as the lesser-known hunters such as secretary birds, caracaras, seriemas, and more. The two-part series also explores what the future holds for these remarkable birds in a rapidly changing world, due to habitat loss, climate change, persecution and pollution.
POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL MON April 22 | 8 p.m.
Revisit the story of the 1970s Love Canal disaster, one of the most notorious environmental and public health disasters in US history. The battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the landmark federal Superfund program.
All programming subject to change a.m. morning p.m. afternoon/evening
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 NewsHour
April 2024
is Jazz Appreciation Month. Look for this symbol (JAM) throughout the guide to find programs that celebrate the history and heritage of jazz.
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “North Carolina Museum of Art, Part 1” ROADSHOW heads to Raleigh in search of treasures, including 1994 Maya Angelou Spingarn Awards, a 1939 autographed Baseball Hall of Fame program and a Le Pho La Cueillette des Pommes Cannelle oil, ca. 1950.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Santa Clara, Part 1” ROADSHOW is in Santa Clara, where host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Stephen Fletcher travel to the Japanese American Museum of San Jose to learn about arts and crafts made by Japanese and Japanese Americans interned in camps during World War II. Highlights include an Italian hotel proprietor’s autograph book that includes signatures from John Steinbeck, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain; a Margaret Keane “Big Eye” painting; and a collection of 1936-1939 Edward Weston photographs, previously owned by Academy Award-winning special effects artist Warren Newcombe, and now valued at $180,000 to $260,000.
9:00 Independent Lens “A Thousand Pines”
Over a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees across America. This intimate portrait shows how hard it is to balance the physical demands of reforestation and extreme isolation while staying connected to family back home.
10:00 El Mole 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 Christiane Amanpour leads wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports.
7:00 Finding Your Roots “In the Blood” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the surprising roots of two people who were raised by artists: actor Michael Douglas and writer/director Lena Dunham.
8:00 Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator “High Priest” Caesar enters into dangerous alliances and bends the rules of the Republic in his bid to become Consul: the highest political position in Rome. But one manCato - is hellbent on bringing him down.
9:00 Frontline “20 Days In Mariupol” The Academy Award-winning film from the last international journalists inside the Russian siege of Mariupol. An extraordinary account, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues documenting the atrocities and their own escape.
11:00 Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer “Medical Drugs” Learn about the surprisingly recent invention of medicine that combats illness directly, such as antibiotics. From the accidental discovery of penicillin to today’s hunt for antivirals, this history underpins work to find COVID-19 treatments.
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3 WEDNESDAY
7:00 NOVA “Great American Eclipse” Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total eclipse until 2044, and scientists scramble to unlock the secrets of our Sun.
8:00 A Brief History of the Future “Beyond The Now” Join Ari Wallach on his journey to seek the individuals and ideas that can shape a better, more sustainable future that each generation can build upon.
9:00 NOVA “Secrets of the Forbidden City” The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes.
10:00 Europe’s New Wild “Europe’s Amazon” See how the precious habitats of the Danube Delta depend on a healthy river to continue growing.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
4 THURSDAY
7:00 Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time (JAM) Millions of people love the music of Dave Grusin but may not know his name. Discover Grusin’s journey from Colorado cowboy to Oscar and Grammy winning composer.
8:30 JazzTown (JAM) JazzTown is a tribute to Denver jazz musicians by one of their own, drummer Ben Makinen. Performances and interviews with local musicians such as Charles Burrell and Ellyn Rucker.
9:30 Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius (JAM) Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius tells the remarkable life story of renowned African American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player Eddie Henderson.
10:00 Next at the Kennedy Center (JAM) “Continuum: Jason Moran & Christian McBride” Music icons Jason Moran and Christian McBride collaborate for an electrifying jazz performance at the Kennedy Center.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
5 FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with The Atlantic Join award-winning journalists every Friday night in a robust roundtable discussion of the week’s major national news stories.
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Join author, activist and political commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest of ideas among the brightest minds and freshest voices from across the political spectrum.
8:00 American Masters “The Incomparable Mr. Buckley” Discover the intellectual evolution and political legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr. One of the foremost public intellectuals in American history, galvanized the modern conservative movement.
10:00 Bridging The Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race Thirty-five years before the election of President Barack Obama, the question of race and the possibility of bridging racial barriers were put to the test in an overlooked story in American politics.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
SIX-PART
WED April 3 | 8 p.m.
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
6 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 Celebrity Antiques RoadTrip
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 El Mole
2:30 Weekends with Yankee
3:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
4:00 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Doc Martin
7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
8:30 Death In Paradise
9:30 Midsomer Murders
11:30 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
7 SUNDAY
5-9:30 Children’s Programs
10:00 Cuba in Africa
10:30 Shakespeare in the Shadows
11:00 Nadiya Ukraine:The National Ballet Live from Steinmetz Hall
12:30 Next at the Kennedy Center “Ballet Hispanico’s: Dona Peron”
2:00 The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family “Ambition”
3:00 The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family “Desire”
4:00 The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family “The Fall”
5:00 Great Colorado Women “Gale Norton - from Peaks to Policy”
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries
7:00 Call the Midwife
8:00 Mr Bates vs The Post Office On Masterpiece “Episode 1”
9:00 Alice & Jack On Masterpiece
10:00 Broadchurch
11:00 Broadchurch
8 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Vintage St. Paul” Discover which marvelous Minnesota treasure has skyrocketed in the market since its original 2004 appraisal and is now ROADSHOW’s highest valued treasure ever at $2 million to $3 million.
8:00 Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song The incomparable, trailblazing talents of songwriting duo Elton John and Bernie Taupin are celebrated in Washington, DC’s historic DAR Constitution Hall during an all-star tribute concert.
10:00 American Masters “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” (JAM) Explore the extraordinary life and musical career of the legendary drummer, composer and social activist.
11:30 Independent Lens “Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s” Navigate the lives of three people in the face of Parkinson’s disease.
This four-part British drama series shares the extraordinary story of the greatest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
9 TUESDAY
7:00 Finding Your Roots “Viewers Like You” After a nationwide search, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. solves deep family mysteries for three everyday Americans -- compelling each to reimagine their identity.
8:00 Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator “Veni Vidi Vici” Events beyond Caesar’s control threaten to unravel his plans and leave him isolated. Pushed into a corner, he makes a decision that will change the course of the Republic - and Western history - forever.
9:00 The Invisible Shield “Follow The Data” Learn how data collection has been an essential public health tool for centuries.
10:00 Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer “Data” Track the importance of data mapping and analysis in the quest to improve public health. The painstaking work of past data detectives made us aware of epidemic “curves” as well as the extent of health inequalities among different U.S. communities.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
7:00 Nature ”Raptors: A Fistful of Daggers: Meet The Raptors” From giant eagles to miniature falconets, meet the many species of raptors. Explore how they survive bitter winters, learn to hunt and undergo epic migrations.
8:00 A Brief History of the Future “Chaos & Complexity”Why are many of us feeling overwhelmed and afraid in this historically transformational moment in time? Ari Wallach explores how it offers unprecedented possibilities for new and needed futures we can create together.
9:00 NOVA “Ancient Maya Metropolis” The ancient Maya built large complex cities with towering pyramids and temples that served as centers for a thriving civilization.
10:00 Ancient Invisible Cities “Athens” Uncover the hidden secrets of ancient Athens, the city that gave the world democracy. Professor Darius Arya uses the latest 3D scanning to reveal Athens’ treasures, from the buildings on the Acropolis to the silver mines and quarries beyond the city.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
11 THURSDAY
7:00 An Open Door An international award-winning documentary that reflects 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 her gifted insights from her personal experience with autism and visual thinking.
8:00 Hemingway “A Writer” Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.
10:00 Voces on PBS “Letters to Eloisa” A haunting portrait of a writer’s life and struggle for artistic freedom. Meet Cuba’s Jose Lezama Lima, an all but forgotten figure of the Latin American literary boom that included Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Octavio Paz and Mario Vargas Llosa.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
12 FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with The Atlantic
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 Great Performances “Now Hear This: Rising Stars” Visit Julliard Pre-College with Scott Yoo to play with some of tomorrow’s virtuosos and travel to Singapore to meet rising star, Chloe Chua, who reminds Yoo of the dedication and passion required to prepare for a professional career.
9:00 Next at the Kennedy Center “Ben Folds Presents DECLASSIFIED” (JAM) Jacob Collier, rising jazz superstar Laufey, and chart-topping English singer-songwriter dodie, to join him and the National Symphony Orchestra to reimagine their music through an orchestral lens.
10:00 Bird: Not Out of Nowhere (JAM) As the world celebrates the centennial of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s birth, this film looks back at the twenty-one years Charlie spent at home in Kansas City and on his long-lasting impression on Kansas City Jazz.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
THUR April 11 | 7 p.m.
This documentary celebrates the influential life of Colorado State University’s Dr. Temple Grandin and her groundbreaking work in livestock. The film speaks with Dr. Grandin, her colleagues, industry professionals, and those she has influenced with her personal experience with autism, lessons learned, and her lasting legacy.
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13 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 Celebrity Antiques RoadTrip
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 Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
2:00 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
2:30 Weekends with Yankee
3:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
4:00 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Doc Martin
7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
8:30 Death In Paradise
9:30 Midsomer Murders
10:30 Midsomer Murders
11:30 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
14 SUNDAY
5-9:00 Children’s Programs
9:30 Divided We Fall: “Listening with CuriosityThe program spotlights eight original cast members, equally ideologically divided between Red and Blue, who reunited for a screening of the original film and discussion.”
11:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece
“Season 1”
12:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 1”
1:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 1”
2:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 1”
3:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 1”
4:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 1”
5:00 Colorado Voices
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries
7:00 Call the Midwife
8:00 Mr Bates vs The Post Office On Masterpiece “Episode 2”
9:00 Alice & Jack On Masterpiece
10:00 Broadchurch
11:00 Broadchurch
15 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “North Carolina Museum of Art, Part 2” View ravishing finds at the North Carolina Museum of Art including 1921 & 1923 Miss America Pageant trophies, a 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 introducing Spider-Man and 1910-1911 T3 Turkey Red baseball cards.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Santa Clara, Part 2” ANTIQUES ROADSHOW heads to Santa Clara, where host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser James Supp at the Pacific Pinball Museum to look at vintage pinball machines.
9:00 Jon Stewart: The Mark Twain Prize Celebrate the comedic talents of Jon Stewart, recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
10:30 Gennett Suite (JAM) The performance program features music inspired by artists including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, Bix Beiderbecke, and Jelly Roll Morton.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
MON April 15 | 10:30 p.m.
One hundred years ago, many of the greatest jazz pioneers made their first recordings at a little studio in Richmond, Indiana – the Gennett Studios. Today, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Associate Professor Brent Wallarab conducts the IU Student Jazz Ensemble in an original production of The Gennett Suite, a tribute to those early jazz recording artists, recorded at the WTIU studios.
16 TUESDAY
7:00 Finding Your Roots “Born to Sing” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the remarkable roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara, using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to travel back centuries, revealing his guests’ hidden connections to history and to music.
8:00 Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator “Ides of March” A handful of senators plot to end his rule in the only way they can: by taking his life. But will it be enough to save the Republic?
9:00 Frontline “Children of Ukraine” How thousands of Ukrainian children were taken and held in Russia.
10:00 Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer “Behavior”
Understand the importance of persuading the public to protect themselves during health crises. History shows that handwashing, social distancing and grassroots campaigning all play important roles in helping to shift behavior and save lives.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
17 WEDNESDAY
7:00 Nature ”Raptors: A Fistful of Daggers: Extreme Lives” See the extreme ways in which raptors conquer the toughest habitats on Earth.
8:00 A Brief History of the Future “Once Upon A Time” How do stories shape the boundaries of belief about what is possible? Ari Wallach dives into the fundamental role storytelling plays in our lives and their potential to unleash the power of human imagination and creativity moving forward.
9:00 NOVA “Making North America: Origins” See the epic 3-billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From palm trees that once flourished in Alaska to huge eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover how forces of almost unimaginable power gave birth to North America.
10:00 NOVA “Saving The Right
Whale” The North Atlantic right whale is on the brink of extinction. But a handful of specialists are determined to help save it as they discover new secrets about the lives of these giants of the sea.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
18 THURSDAY
7:00 Last Mambo (JAM) A documentary that explores the heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz community. This unique enclave of Latin music performers and audiences struggle to maintain culture, creativity and community despite dramatic socioeconomic and demographic changes.
8:00 Hemingway “The Avatar” Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.
10:00 Hemingway In Cuba
Hemingway in Cuba is at once a journey for Hemingway aficionados and a rich companion to Papa’s time in Cuba and in neighboring Bimini and Key West.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
19 FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with The Atlantic
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 Great Performances “Now Hear This: Virtuosos”Explore the work of two legendary virtuosos, Nicolo Paganini and Robert Johnson, along with stars of today, Augustin Hadelich and Keb Mo. Joined by Cirque du Soleil acrobats, discover the secrets of being a virtuoso.
9:00 Next at the Kennedy Center (JAM) “Joshua Redman, Where Are We” Renowned jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman takes the stage at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater for a mesmerizing performance of his Blue Note Records debut album, Where Are We.
10:00 Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery (JAM) An hour-long documentary tracing the life and career of legendary jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
20 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 5 MinuteYoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
9:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
11:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special
1:00 Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful!
2:30 Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents)
8:00 Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert
10:00 Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
11:30 Santana Live at the U.S. Festival
On April 20, 1992, surviving Queen band members Roger Taylor, Brian May, and John Deacon took the stage of London’s legendary Wembley Stadium to introduce the start of Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert. This glittering celebration of the life and work of Freddie Mercury includes performers Elton John, Robert Plant, Annie Lennox, David Bowie, and George Michael, playing favorites like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You,” and “We Are the Champions.”
21 SUNDAY
5-8:30 Children’s Programs
9:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
11:00 Rick Steves Mighty Alps
12:30 Nature “The Hummingbird Effect”
2:00 Ken Burns: National Parks
3:30 John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High
5:00 Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius (JAM)
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries
7:00 Call the Midwife
8:00 Mr Bates vs The Post Office On Masterpiece “Episode 3”
9:00 Alice & Jack On Masterpiece
10:00 The Paris Murders “The Shooting Star”
11:00 The Paris Murders “Panic”
22 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “North Carolina Museum of Art, Part 3” Wrap up ROADSHOW’s final hour in Raleigh, NC with finds including a Disney Carrier gouache painting, ca. 1942, a pearl, diamond, & platinum brooch, and a William H. Johnson oil, ca. 1928. Can you guess the top $80,000 to $120,000 treasure?
8:00 American Experience
“Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal” Revisit the story of the 1970s Love Canal disaster, one of the most notorious environmental and public health disasters in US history. The battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the landmark federal Superfund program.
10:00 The West Is Burning The film explores the critical need for interdisciplinary approaches to forest restoration, and looks at how local stakeholders are coming together to better manage and steward the land.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
23 TUESDAY
7:00 Finding Your Roots “Forever Young” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser two actors who found fame when they were young and lived their lives in the limelight, cut off from their roots. Each discovers ancestors who paved the way for their success.
8:00 The Express Way with Dulé Hill “California” In California, Dulé Hill connects with three brave artists: a deaf dancer, a gay mariachi, and a senior citizen cabaret troupe.
9:00 Independent Lens “One with the Whale” Hunting whales is a matter of survival for Alaska Native residents of St. Lawrence. A family is blindsided when animal activists target their son, the youngest ever to harpoon a whale for his village - a hunt that feeds the community through winter.
10:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “David Brooks” Columnist and cultural commentator David Brooks.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
TUE April 23 | 8 p.m.
New Four-Part Series Premieres Tuesdays, April 23-May 14, 2024 that explores the power of the arts. Led by renowned actor, dancer, and singer, Dulé Hill, the series captures diverse artists’ stories from across America, celebrating community, humanity, and the transformative potential of creative expression.
24 WEDNESDAY
7:00 Changing Planet ”Coral Special” Join conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan for a global environmental health check of seven of Earth’s bellwether biomes.
8:00 A Brief History of the Future “Human” Ari Wallach investigates the human ability to increase empathy and compassion, what values we are instilling into artificial intelligence technologies, and creating a better world for human life to flourish on this planet.
9:00 NOVA “Making North America: Life” Discover the surprising intertwined story of life and the landscape in North America-from origins to iconic dinosaurs to giant marine reptiles swimming in an ancient sea that once split the continent in two.
10:00 Nature “Patrick and the Whale” For years, Patrick Dykstra has traveled the globe following and diving with whales, learning how whales see, hear and perceive other creatures in the water. Patrick has a life changing experience - a close encounter with a sperm whale he names “Delores.”
11:00 Amanpour and Company
25 THURSDAY
7:00 Wham Re-Bop-Boom-Bam:
The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham (JAM) Eddie Durham heard music differently, and he played it differently, too.
Carrying rural southwestern blues influences with him from his hometown of San Marcos, Texas, Eddie became a leading architect of the Kansas City swing jazz sound in the 1920s and ‘30s.
8:00 Hemingway “The Blank Page”
Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterwards, he tries to start a life with Mary Welsh, but is beset with tragedies. He publishes The Old Man and the Sea to acclaim but is overcome by his declining mental condition.
10:00 Eliades Ochoa: from Cuba to the World (JAM) ELIADES
OCHOA: FROM CUBA TO THE WORLD traces the life and career of acclaimed guitarist and singer Eliades Ochoa, who rose to worldwide fame in the late ‘90s as an original member of the legendary international Cuban band, The Buena Vista Social Club.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
26 FRIDAY
7:00 Washington Week with The Atlantic
7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
8:00 Great Performances “Now Hear This: Old Friends”Explore how virtuosos become maestros and discover their guiding principles through host Scott Yoo’s long friendships with Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Richard Kogan and violinist Lynn Chang.
9:00 Art Happens Here with John Lithgow Join actor John Lithgow as he goes back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. Immersing himself with teachers and students, he explores four disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble.
10:00 Terence Blanchard In Dallas (JAM) TERENCE BLANCHARD
IN DALLAS celebrates the music of two-time Academy Award-nominee and seventime Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
27 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 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
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 Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
2:00 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
2:30 Weekends with Yankee
3:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
4:00 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton
4:30 This Old House
5:00 Ask This Old House
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Doc Martin
7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
8:30 Death In Paradise
9:30 Midsomer Murders
FRI April 26 | 9 p.m.
Actor, author, humorist and renowned performer John Lithgow (“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Crown,” “The Old Man”) shares his passion for arts education by joining students and teachers at four Los Angeles organizations, diving into four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silkscreen printing and vocal jazz ensemble. Celebrating how arts education nurtures and inspires the hearts and minds of students of all ages.
Wham Re-Bop-Boom Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham (JAM)
THUR April 25 | 7 p.m.
Eddie Durham heard music differently, and he played it differently, too. Eddie became a leading architect of the Kansas City swing jazz sound in the 1920s and ‘30s.
Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba to the World (JAM)
THUR April 25 | 10 p.m.
The life and career of acclaimed guitarist and singer Eliades Ochoa, who rose to worldwide fame in the late ‘90s as an original member of the legendary international Cuban band, The Buena Vista Social Club.
Terence Blanchard in Dallas (JAM) FRI April 26 | 10 p.m.
Celebrate the music of two-time Academy Award-nominee and seventime Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard.
28 SUNDAY
5-9:30 Children’s Programs
10:00 An Open Door An international award-winning documentary that reflects 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 her gifted insights from her personal experience with autism and visual thinking
11:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 2”
12:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 2”
1:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 2”
2:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 2”
3:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 2”
4:00 Sanditon On Masterpiece “Season 2”
5:00 EcoSense for Living
5:30 PBS News Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries
7:00 Call the Midwife
8:00 Mr Bates vs The Post Office On Masterpiece “Episode 4”
9:00 Guilt On Masterpiece “Season 3 Premiere”
10:00 The Paris Murders “Crossed Destinies”
11:00 The Paris Murders “Radio Silence”
29 MONDAY
7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Part 1” Head to Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron for treasures that include Fred Rogers postcards, ca. 1968, a 1966 Milton Glaser-signed Bob Dylan poster, and a Tiffany Studios special order tulip lamp, ca. 1915.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Santa Clara, Part 3” Great finds that include a Booker T. Washington archive collected by Washington’s former teacher; a 17th-century Chinese transitional wine pot that was mistaken for a teapot; and an Eanger Irving Couse painting featuring an iconic subject for the artist.
9:00 American Experience “Billy Graham” Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, he built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
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7:00 Finding Your Roots “Fathers and Sons” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi two men who grew up without their fathers. With few clues to guide him, Gates introduces them to ancestors they’ve never known revealing connections to key moments in history.
8:00 The Express Way with Dulé Hill “Appalachia” In Appalachia, Dulé Hill explores how music can provide solace and healing. He meets a master luthier rehabilitating opioid addicts, a black folk musician, and the creator of “Latin-grass,” a fusion of LatinAmerican folk and bluegrass music.
9:00 Frontline “Documenting Police Use of Force” Investigating deaths after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less lethal” force.
10:00 Frontline “Shots Fired” Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state.
11:00 Amanpour and Company
VIEWER GUIDE STAFF: DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING:
Brad Haug
ASSISTANT PROGRAMMING MANAGER:
Linda Parrott
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS:
Del Rocha
Doralee Mendez EDITORS:
Diane Cerafici
Julie Rumery
CHIEF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER: Kelly Flink
MaryLand follows two estranged sisters who
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