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Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ latest documentary series explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society.
Pathways to Possibilities and More
Check out GPB’s new education offerings, including Pathways To Possibilities, spotlighting career pathways in computer science.
Digital
World Channel Offers Black History Month Programming
Viewers can stream all GPB’s digital television station offerings, including special Black History Month programs on the WORLD channel.
In The Community
The Only Doctor
Attend a special screening of this documentary profiling Clay County’s
Dr. Karen Kinsell and the challenges of rural healthcare.
GPB TV
Season two of this heartwarming series starring Gemma Arteton as a famous comedy star returns Sundays at 10 p.m. beginning February 2.
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Dear Friends,
Thanks for turning the pages of this February 2025 issue of NEXT. Last month, we launched an audacious new five-year strategic plan and brand identity for GPB, and we received so many expressions of kindness from you. Thank you for that. While we hope to grow our footprint in Georgia, add new donors to the rosters, increase the output of our local and original content and expand on our vital educational initiatives for children, one thing remains the same – GPB is here for you, always. We’ll continue to serve you with the very best in national and local public television and radio content. We’ll continue to keep you informed about what’s happening in the world and right here at home in Georgia. We’ll be that beacon of light for you when you need to recharge, take a deep breath or maybe just laugh. That’s the power of public media – we are so much to so many. Thank you for your continued support for us.
As we move through the next five years in this plan, I’ll be keeping you informed of our progress here in NEXT as well as other ways. You are an investor in this powerful tool for learning, engagement and entertainment for millions of Georgians!
This month, our cover story features Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a new docuseries hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that explores the story of African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries and how it has shaped our nation. In celebration of Black History Month, the WORLD channel is offering special programming, including episodes of American Masters highlighting the lives and creative journeys of Roberta Flack, Zora Neale Hurston, and Georgia’s own Little Richard, among others.
We’re also excited to premiere Georgia Legends, a new series airing Monday nights beginning February 3, which will highlight Georgians including former President Jimmy Carter, civil rights activist Xernona Clayton, Ambassador Andrew Young, philanthropist Arthur Blank and more.
Check out these highlights in this issue and more!
Warmest regads,
Season 14 of Call the Midwife will be available February 28 – a full month before the broadcast premiere! Episodes will be added weekly. Season 13 is available for the entire month of February, only on Passport.
Season 2 of Funny Woman will be available in its entirety beginning the evening of the broadcast premiere on Sunday, February 2.
Watch Season 2 of Velvet beginning January 31 or discover this Spanish language melodrama from the beginning.
All Sustaining donors, as well as donors of $60 or more, have access to GPB Passport. Go to pbs.org/passport/lookup or call 800-222-4788 to activate GPB Passport on your streaming device.
GPB is celebrating a new docuseries that explores the story of African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries, and how it has shaped our nation by exploring the meaning behind those movements January 28 - Feb 18 at 9 p.m.
Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Great Migrations: A People on the Move explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.
“The Great Migration was not just a seismic historical event; it’s an ongoing story.”
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“The Great Migration was not just a seismic historical event; it’s an ongoing story,” said Gates. “Our series focuses on three dramatic migrations that have profoundly shaped the African American experience and redefined what it means to be ‘Black’ in this country: the great migration from the Deep South to the North and West; the reverse migration back to the South, and most recently the astonishing large migration of Africans and West Indians to this country in recent decades. In fact, more Africans migrated to the United States in a ten-year period than were forcibly shipped here over the entire course of the slave trade! Our series is the first to explore these three mass movements of Black human beings to this country, and what that has meant for the reshaping of American culture.”
Tuesday, January 28, 9 PM- “Exodus”
Episode 1 explores the first wave of the Great Migration (1910–1940), when more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North.
Tuesday, February 4, 9 PM- “Streets Paved in Gold”
Episode 2 explores the second wave of the Great Migration (1940-1970), highlighting how Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.
Tuesday, February 11, 9 PM - “One Way Ticket Back”
Episode 3 shows how the reverse migration of Black Americans to the South—driven by mass movements, economic change and an ongoing struggle for freedom and opportunity—continues to reshape the country.
Tuesday, February 18, 9 PM - “Coming to America”
Episode 4 tells the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States, examining their profound impact on American culture.
As part of GPB’s community engagement initiative around the series, we are partnering with the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora (CSAD) at Georgia State University for the third annual Black History Month Global Read-a-Thon on February 26. This livestream event features individuals from different countries and cities that come together to read from selected books and share a local custom or cultural performance with the virtual audience.
The overarching goal of the Read-a-Thon is to promote global unity around reading and literary freedom, with emphasis on books and themes that celebrate Africa and the Black Diaspora. This year’s theme is “Roots: The Journey of Us,” focusing on narratives of journeys across the African Diaspora.
Visit gpb.org/community to learn more about the Read-a-Thon and other community events celebrating Great Migrations throughout the state.
Are you looking for inspiring education content to share?
Check out GPB’s latest offerings!
Computer science powers the in novations shaping our world today. This new collaboration with the Georgia Department of Education spotlights career pathways in computer science, exploring how different high school courses integrate key computer science concepts. We also connect students to real-world careers by featuring industry professionals who offer an inside look at the diverse and exciting opportunities in the field of computer science.
Check it out at gpb.org/pathways-possibilities
Do you know or have a student at home who is not sure what instrument they want to play? They’re on a quest! Instrument Quest is a four-part series that explores the different instrument families: brass, strings, woodwind, and percussion. Host Sarah Zaslaw and teen musicians from the Atlanta area help kids learn about different instruments and their sounds. In the series, students discover how the instruments are played and what musicians love most about their instrument of choice.
Check it out at gpb.org/instrument-quest
We are shining a spotlight on the incredible creativity and ingenuity of student inventors across the state participating in Georgia Tech’s K-12 InVenture Prize. Tiny Mic, Big Designs is a shortform video series highlighting our shared commitment to fostering creativity and excellence in STEM education. New episodes are released every Tuesday.
Check it out at gpb.org/tiny-mic or on GPB’s education Instagram account.
GPB has added several new streams to our website of our digital television channels.
In addition to GPB HD and our 24-hour PBS KIDS channel, audiences can also enjoy do-it-yourself” programming on Create, local and national arts programming on ALL ARTS, Japanese and Asian programming on NHK World Japan, and everything from local programming from Georgia State University to stories humanizing complex issues on WORLD Channel.
Check out a sampling of just some of the special programming streaming on WORLD in celebration of Black History Month this February.
Two all-new episodes of this original series dedicated to recognizing the historical and cultural significance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
Ordinary people share extraordinary experiences through personal tales of love and loss, amazing adventures, incredible surprises and unexpected triumphs.
This award-winning series focuses on independent documentaries and short films about contemporary life, art and culture from the African Diaspora.
Learn about the lives and creative journeys of those who have left an indelible impression on our cultural landscape including Little Richard, Max Roach, Roberta Flack, Zora Neale Hurston, and Marian Anderson.
To stream these channels, visit gpb.org and click on the Watch Live link.
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Beginning Monday, February 3 at 9 PM
Curious about some of Georgia’s most famous citizens and most notable businesses and institutions? Tune in for the premiere of Georgia Legends at 9 p.m. Monday, February 3. As the series begins, host Jeff Hullinger will guide viewers through episodes capturing the lives of captivating figures from civil rights pioneers Xernona Clayton to entrepreneur Ted Turner and more.
Episodes include:
Andrew Young was a preacher, civil rights leader, and one of the most influential leaders in our state. Jeff Hullinger explores the life journey of Andrew Young and the impact he had on not only Georgians, but the country. The fast-food chain NuWay Weiners was one of the earliest hot dog restaurants in the country and is still considered a food institution throughout the middle of the state. Their decades long rivalry with Atlanta’s Varsity for being “top dog,” is legendary.
Two maverick leaders, both titans in the world of business; both revolutionized their industries and brought recognition to Atlanta and the state. Jeff Hullinger sits down with Home Depot Co-founder Arthur Blank to talk about his life, his influences, his teams, and his continued philanthropy that helps so many Georgians. And sometimes called the “mouth from the South,” Ted Turner is so much more. From billboard company owner, celebrated yachtsman, to media mogul, Turner not only changed the broadcasting landscape but has tried to make the world a better place in the process.
Former Governor Nathan Deal discusses the many roles that he has taken on in his lifelong service to the great state of Georgia and his continued support for his wife’s legacy to literacy and education. Also in this episode, it may be the country’s oldest continuously used Welcome Center, but most Georgians would have to stray far off the beaten path to find it. A look at state’s first visitors center and the history that created it.
Jeff Hullinger explores the lives of two “outsiders” who impacted the lives of so many Georgians. Xernona Clayton came in the 1960’s to help Martin Luther King in his quest for civil rights and stayed on to become a television trail blazer and beloved member of the Atlanta community. And, when Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Laureate Robert Frost accepted an invitation to teach a class at a small private college in Decatur, little did he know that it would form a decades-long relationship with the women of Agnes Scott College, influencing a generation in their love of language and poetry.
He was 39th President of the United States and the only Georgian to reach the highest office in the land, but to most people, he was simply “Jimmy.” Jeff Hullinger shares the complicated life and times of James Earl Carter, as well as the colorful and patriotic inspirations of Atlanta artist Steve Penley.
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They were two “politicians” taking on a cause that would influence the rest of their careers. For Rosalynn Carter it would be a lifetime promoting mental health care in the state as well as the country in her role as First Lady, and for former Governor Roy Barnes it would be the painful and difficult challenge of removing civil war imagery from Georgia’s state flag. Jeff Hullinger explores the lives and political challenges of two Georgia Legends.
Season two promises more laughs and heartwarming connections as we see Gemma Arterton (The Kings Man, Summerland) return as Sophie Straw, the nation’s favorite TV comedy star, navigating her newfound fame and career, a group of good friends, while her romance with Dennis, played by Arsher Ali, is full of promise. However, with new opportunities come new challenges; will Sophie be able to embrace her real life and challenge outdated cultural conventions?
Watch GPB Television
Atlanta WGTV Channel 8
Augusta WCES Channel 20
Chatsworth WNGH Channel 18
Columbus WJSP Channel 28
Dawson WACS Channel 25
Macon WMUM Channel 29
Pelham WABW Channel 14
Savannah WVAN Channel 9
Waycross WXGA Channel 8
PBS News Weekend
Georgia Outdoors “Invaders” 2 SUN 3 MON 4 TUE 5 WED 6 THU 7 FRI 8 SAT 8:30 8:00 7:30 7:00 6:30 6:00
PBS News Weekend
Father Brown Sister Boniface Mysteries Keeping Up Appearances
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
PBS News Hour Lawmakers
PBS News Hour
Are You Being Served?
MASTERPIECE
“Miss Scarlet”
1 SAT Lawmakers Midsomer Murders
Antiques Roadshow “Springs Preserve Hour 2” View Finders
Lawmakers Antiques Roadshow Recut
Finding Your Roots “Family Recipes”
PBS News Hour Lawmakers Nature “WildHeart”
PBS News Weekend
PBS News Hour
Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain
MASTERPIECE “Sherlock”
PBS News Weekend Father Brown Sister Boniface Keeping Up Appearances
Reconnecting Roots Are You Being Served?
A Fork In The Road: Season 5 Monday, February 3, 9:30 PM
A Fork in the Road features Georgia’s farmers, merchants, artisans, chefs and other key players who help provide Georgia Grown products to folks in the Peach State and beyond. In the season premiere, host David Zelski digs into Georgia Grown potatoes, tomatoes and some sweet Vidalia Onions.
11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 9:30 9:00
The First Lady
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Father Brown
MASTERPIECE
“All Creatures Great and Small” Funny Woman
Georgia Legends
A Fork In The Road
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
NOVA
“Dino Birds”
Midsomer Murders
MASTERPIECE
“Sherlock”
The First Lady
Lulu and the Girls of Americus, Georgia
Secrets of the Dead “King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom”
MASTERPIECE
“Miss Scarlet”
Independent Lens “The Strike”
Finding Your Roots “Family Recipes”
Nature “WildHeart”
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
GPB Favorites
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Midsomer Murders
Austin City Limits
“Chris Stappelton”
GPB Favorites
Independent Lens: The Strike Monday, February 3, 11 PM
Learn how California’s Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by 30,000 incarcerated people.
PBS News Weekend
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour
Doc Martin MASTERPIECE
“Miss Scarlet” Lawmakers
Antiques Roadshow Recut View Finders Lawmakers
Georgia Outdoors “Mystery Fish”
Antiques Roadshow “Spring Preserve Hour 3”
Finding Your Roots “Latin Roots”
PBS News Hour Lawmakers Nature “Expedition Killer Whale”
PBS News Hour Midsomer Murders Lawmakers Reconnecting Roots 8:30 8:00 7:30
PBS News Hour
PBS News Weekend
Father Brown
PBS News Weekend
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain
Sister Boniface Mysteries Keeping Up Appearances
Doc Martin
MASTERPIECE “Sherlock” Are You Being Served?
MASTERPIECE
“Miss Scarlet”
Wednesday, February 5, 9 PM
Why are birds the only dinosaurs still alive today? Rare fossil discoveries are revealing the secrets of bird evolution, telling the story of how some resilient feathered dinos became the vast array of colorful bird species that fill our skies.
MASTERPIECE
“All Creatures Great and Small” Funny Woman
Georgia Legends
11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 9:30 9:00 A Fork In The Road
Plainspoken
Great Migrations: A People On The Move
NOVA
“Egypt’s Tomb of Amun”
Midsomer Murders
MASTERPIECE
“Sherlock”
The First Lady
100 Years from Mississippi
Secrets of the Dead “Egypt’s Darkest Hour”
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
GPB Favorites
GPB Favorites
MASTERPIECE
“All Creatures Great and Small” Funny Woman
MASTERPIECE
“Miss Scarlet”
Independent Lens “The In Between”
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise
Nature “Expedition Killer Whale”
Midsomer Murders
Austin City Limits “Sturgill Simpson Presents Johnny Blue Skies”
Father Brown
MASTERPIECE
“Miss Scarlet”
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise
Tuesday, February 11, 10 PM
Celebrate the story and lasting impact of this iconic institution through inspiring stories of faith and democracy with a stirring performance of Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise and appearances by Kathryn Hahn, Kwame Alexander, Misty Copeland and more.
8:30 8:00 7:30 7:00 6:30 6:00
PBS News Hour
Lawmakers
PBS News Hour
Lawmakers
View Finders
Antiques Roadshow “Living History Farms Hour 1”
PBS News Hour
Lawmakers
Antiques Roadshow Recut
Georgia Outdoors “To Save A Bear”
Finding Your Roots “The Ties That Bind”
Nature “Museum Alive with David Attenborough”
PBS News Hour Midsomer Murders
PBS News Hour
Lawmakers Reconnecting Roots
Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain
MASTERPIECE “Sherlock”
PBS News Weekend Father Brown Sister Boniface Mysteries Keeping Up Appearances
PBS News Weekend
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
PBS News Hour
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Lawmakers View Finders
Are You Being Served?
MASTERPIECE “Miss Scarlet”
Antiques Roadshow “Living History Farms Hour 2”
Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough
Wednesday, February 19, 8 PM
Sir David Attenborough explores London’s Natural History Museum and meets some of the most extraordinary creatures from the past. Advanced CGI puts Attenborough face to face with a saber-toothed tiger, a giant eagle, and a colossal snake.
11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 9:30 9:00
Georgia Legends
Great Migrations: A People On The Move
NOVA
“Pompeii’s Secret Underworld”
GPB Favorites
FRONTLINE
Secrets of the Dead
Midsomer Murders
MASTERPIECE
“Sherlock”
NOVA
“What Are UFOs?”
Indepenent Lens
“Skin of Glass”
Finding Your Roots
“The Ties That Bind”
Nature
“Museum Alive with David Attenborough” A Fork In The Road
“Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief - Part 1
Agatha Christie’s Poirot Midsomer Murders
American Masters
“The Disappearance of Miss Scott”
MASTERPIECE
Secrets of the Dead “World War Speed”
“All Creatures Great And Small”
Georgia Legends A Fork In The Road
GPB Favorites
Austin City Limits Presents “Willie Nelson & Family”
Nature “Big Cats, Small World: Landlords”
Funny Woman
GPB Favorites
Independent Lens
“Bike Vessel”
Secrets of the Dead: “Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief - Part 1
Wednesday, February 19, 10 PM
An investigation into the secret networks of curators and dealers who profited off Nazi-looted art. The decades-long war crime of stealing Jewish masterpieces has never been fully exposed or resolved.
PBS News Hour
Lawmakers
Antiques Roadshow Recut
Finding Your Roots “The Butterfly Effect”
PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour
Nature “Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone” Lawmakers
Georgia Outdoors “Alligators”
Midsomer Murders Lawmakers GPB Favorites
Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain
MASTERPIECE “Sherlock”
Finding Your Roots “Stranger Than Fiction”
American Masters: “The Disappearance of Miss Scott” Friday, February 21, 9 PM
A jazz virtuoso and Hollywood star, The Disappearance of Miss Scott traces legendary musician Hazel Scott’s journey, from her triumph during Jim Crow to the dissolution of her fame due to McCarthy-era blacklisting.
American Experience
“Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP”
NOVA
“Baltimore Bridge Collapse”
Antiques Roadshow
“Santa Fe’s Museum Hill Hour 2”
Secrets of the Dead
“Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief - Part 2”
Finding Your Roots
“The Butterfly Effect” Nature
“Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone”
Resistance: They Fought Back GPB Favorites
Iconic America
Great Migrations: A People on the Move 11:30 11:00 10:30 10:00 9:30 9:00
Finding Your Roots “Dreamers One and All”
ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family
Friday, February 21, 11 PM
Willie Nelson returns to the Austin City Limits stage alongside family and friends, for a Texas-sized concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his pilot taping.
Enjoy great performances while supporting the public media you love with tickets from GPB
Joe Bonamassa
Saturday, March 8
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Tuesday, March 18
Columbia County Performing Arts Center, Evans, GA
Il Volo
Wednesday, March 12
Cobb Energy Centre
Atlanta, GA
David Sedaris
Tuesday, April 22
Lucas Theatre
Savannah, GA
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