December 2020 On KQED

E TC E M1B A U GD US 20 9ER 2020

Josephine Baker: An Awakening Ancient Explore Her JourneyMysteries from Superstar Revealed to Spy to Civil Rightson Activist PAGE 7

Secrets of the Dead PAG E X X

Spend a Sunday with A Heartwarming Nature and NOVA

New Season of Call the Midwife

PAGE 9 PAG E X

CONTENTS

2

3

4

5

6

8

VIRTUAL EVENTS

NEWS + NOTES

RADIO SCHEDULE

RADIO SPECIALS + PODCASTS

PASSPORT

TV HIGHLIGHTS + LISTINGS

Our virtual events come to you.

What’s happening at KQED?

Your guide to radio shows.

What's new and recommended?

Watch more with KQED Passport.

Your guide to broadcast television.

VIRTUAL EVENTS The California Report: 25 Years

Tuesday, December 8, at 6:00pm For the last 25 years, The California Report has knit together this vast and varied state, bringing you news stories and culture that define California’s role in American life. Join KQED for a livestream event celebrating our on-air chronicle of California’s daily concerns, evolving culture and ongoing heart. It features beloved show alums such as NPR’s Ailsa Chang and Tamara Keith, KQED’s own Scott Shafer, and performances by California musicians Anaí Adina and Megan Keely. kqed.org/events

The California Report Magazine host Sasha Khokha interviews sisters Evelyn and Jessica Kheo at Camp Pendleton, the site of a makeshift refugee camp where they arrived after fleeing the fall of South Vietnam. Photo by Suzie Racho

Arab Film Fest Collab

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

December 3–13 The country’s largest and oldest festival of Arab films just got bigger. In response to the pandemic, the Arab Film and Media Institute invited three Arab film and cultural organizations to produce the Arab Film Fest Collab. The virtual festival will run from December 3–13, 2020, and open nationally.

It includes everything we've come to expect from the Arab Film Festival, from international premieres and retrospectives to films that challenge stereotypes and highlight the beauty and diversity of the Arab world. The event will particularly highlight Afro-Arab and Black SWANA voices and narratives. arabfilminstitute.org Between Heaven and Earth by Najwa Najjar

2 Cover: Josephine Baker, photo from Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

NEWS + NOTES

From Deep Look's This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies; photo by Josh Cassidy/KQED.

Deep Look Honored with a Jackson Wild Media Award

KQED and Collaborators Receive a Murrow Award

Deep Look, KQED’s science and nature series, has won a 2020 Jackson Wild Media Award, the Oscars® of wildlife filmmaking, in the Animal Behavior Short Form category. The winning episode is "This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies." The four-and-a-half-minute film is about a fungus that invades and kills flies, forcing them into a gruesome death pose so that it can shoot out its reproductive spores. The episode was produced by Gabriela Quirós. Josh Cassidy is the series cinematographer. Carolyn Elya, a Harvard researcher, studied how the fungus invades and kills fruit flies, and provided the team with access to the infected fruit flies.

The Radio Television Digital News Association honored KQED journalists Farida Jhabvala Romero and Vanessa Rancaño and the collaborative team responsible for “Graying California” with a 2020 National Edward R. Murrow award. The awards recognize the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and digital news organizations worldwide. “Graying California” is an extensive reporting series that examines how seniors are becoming California’s fastest-growing age group and how this demographic may be reshaping the California Dream.

Deep Look is presented on the PBS Digital Studios YouTube network and has over 1.5 million subscribers, in addition to more than 180 million total views.

Deep Look’s videos are shot in ultra-HD and use macro cinematography and microscopy to reveal small, hidden worlds in nature. To watch Deep Look episodes and subscribe to its YouTube channel, go to youtube.com/kqedDeepLook

The series is part of the California Dream project, a statewide public media collaboration produced by KQED, CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC and Capital Public Radio. In addition to Romero and Rancaño, the “Graying California” team includes Sammy Caiola (Capital Public Radio); Matt Levin (CALmatters); Meghan McCarty Carino (KPCC); Julia Mitric (Capital Public Radio); Amita Sharma (KPBS); David Wagner (KPCC) and California Dream editors Adriane Hill and Bob Nishizaki. You can see the series at grayingcalifornia.org.

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

KQED and Collaborators Win Two Distinguished Awards

3

Please note: Coronavirus and late-breaking news may affect the schedule below.

AUDIO

MON

TUES

Mid

BBC World Service

1:00

Reveal

WED

THURS

FRI

4:00 5:00 6:00

World Council

City Arts & Lectures

Evening Specials

Commonwealth Club

Morning Edition 2-9am Marketplace Morning Report 4:51 & 7:51am The California Report 5:51, 6:51 & 8:51am KQED News 6:04, 6:21, 7:04, 7:31, 8:04 & 8:31am KQED Science, 6:21 & 8:21am The Do List Fridays, 6:21 & 8:21am Perspectives 6:42am & 8:42am

11:00 Noon

Evening Specials

1:00

World Affairs Council

Freakonomics

2:00

Inside Europe

Radiolab

3:00

Hidden Brain

4:00

KQED Newsroom

5:00

Weekend Edition Perspectives 7:36 & 8:36am (Sat. & Sun.) Rightnowish 7:35 & 9:35am (Sun.) KQED News: (Sat.) 7:04am, 7:35am, 8:04am, 8:35am, 9:04am, 9:35am, 10:04am, 11:04am, 1:04pm, 2:04pm, 4:04pm, 5:04pm (Sun.) 7:04am, 8:04am, 9:04am, 10:04am, 11:04am, 12:04pm, 1:04pm, 2:04pm, 3:04pm, 4:04pm, 5:04pm

8:00

10:00

Science Friday (Hour 2)

Washington Week

7:00

9:00

SUN

Mid

2:00 3:00

S AT

Forum (Live call-in line: 866.733.6786) KQED News 9:04 & 10:04am

Science Friday (Hour 1)

Here & Now KQED News: 11:04am & 12:04pm

6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00

It’s Been a Minute

Wait Wait...

Don’t Tell Me

10:00

Wait Wait...

Don’t Tell Me

The Moth

11:00

This American Life

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Noon

1:00

The Takeaway KQED News: 1:04pm

Snap Judgment

City Arts & Lectures

1:00

2:00

The World KQED News: 2:04pm

Radiolab

On the Media

2:00

3:00

PBS NewsHour KQED News: 3:57pm

Freakonomics Radio

The TED Radio Hour

3:00

Reveal

Says You

4:00

Marketplace 4:00 5:00

The California Report Magazine All Things Considered KQED News: 4:32 (except Fri.), 5:04, 5:30, & 6:04pm

6:00

Political Breakdown

Marketplace KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

4

All Things Considered

The California Report Magazine

5:00

Radio Specials

Latino USA

6:00

Live Wire

The Splendid Table

7:00

Selected Shorts

Hidden Brain

8:00

7:00

Fresh Air KQED News: 7:04pm

8:00

World Affairs Council

9:00

1A

The Moth

Planet Money/ How I Built This

9:00

10:00

Forum (a repeat of one hour of the morning broadcast)

This American Life

Tech Nation

10:00

11:00

BBC World Service

Snap Judgment

BBC World Service

11:00

City Arts & Lectures

Evening Specials

Commonwealth Club

Science Friday (Hour 2)

RADIO

Happy New Year, KQED Radio Listeners We’ve made it to the end of a very difficult year. So much has changed and the news cycle has been relentless. While we’ve faced unprecedented challenges and global tragedy, we’ve also witnessed the power of community and immense outpourings of compassion and solidarity. As we reflect on 2020, we want to thank you for being a KQED radio listener.

You make all the work we do possible and in the wake of so much struggle, you keep us grounded in our mission to inform and support our community.

Thanks to your input, we ramped up our coronavirus coverage and worked to answer community questions and concerns. We also amplified our election coverage to support local need. And we continue to work toward bringing more diverse perspectives and voices to our airwaves. Your participation in public media makes us better, and we look forward to continuing to provide “essential” services to you in the years to come as the resilience and strength of the Bay Area community continues to shine.

This New Year’s Eve, we’ll continue a KQED and NPR tradition and break format for the final hours of 2020 to bring you some celebratory music. Toast of the Nation airs from 8:00pm to midnight. We hope you can spend the end of the year enjoying a well-deserved break, whether it’s a Zoom rager, a quiet night of rest or a socially distant celebration with loved ones.

Cheers, Jonathan Blakley Executive Director, Radio Programming

PODCASTS

What are the best podcasts to listen to right now? We asked Molly Solomon, KQED’s housing affordability reporter, what she recommends. Here are her picks.

STARTER EPISODE

“Housing as Reparations”

The housing crisis is a huge problem that affects us all. KQED’s SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America podcast focuses on solutions and what it takes to implement them. This episode looks at an affluent Southern California beach town, which was once a thriving Black community and is now the center of a growing movement for reparations.

STARTER EPISODE

The California Love podcast series is a true love letter to Los Angeles. See the city through the eyes of hometown writer and former New York Times reporter Walter Thompson-Hernández. Full of heart, the series pulses with Thompson-Hernández’s memories of growing up in L.A. In this episode, dedicated to Kobe Bryant, he brings together sports, identity and loss.

STARTER EPISODE

“Guess What? Chicken Butt Is Delicious (with Yo-Yo Ma)”

One of the silver linings of the pandemic has been upping my cooking game. Local chef and writer Samin Nosrat hosts this quarantine cooking advice show with Hrishikesh Hirway, who also hosts a stellar podcast called Song Exploder. Delightfully entertaining, the series offers up new recipes and cooking puns. I made Samin’s Big Lasagna; it’s exactly what we need right now.

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

“Kobe”

5

DIGITAL

Activate Your Passport Benefit

Sustaining members and donors at the $60/year level can choose from more than 2,000 exclusive KQED and PBS shows in our on-demand library with KQED Passport.

To activate the KQED Passport benefit, please go to kqed.org/passporthelp, where you’ll find everything you need to start streaming. To change your membership amount, please contact Member Services at 415.553.2150 or email member@kqed.org.

Like other businesses, the wine industry has been devastated by the events of 2020. Every bottle of wine is filled with the blood, sweat and tears of those who sacrifice to make it and the loss is incalculable for so many in our region. Get an intimate look at this industry and the people in it who are rarely recognized for their contributions on Independent Lens: Harvest Season, which premiered on KQED 9 last year.

The film follows the stories of individuals who are essential to the wine industry, including a veteran winemaker, a Mexican migrant worker and a Latinx wine entrepreneur whose family has worked in the region for generations, as well as the stories that unfold against the complex backdrop of reality in Napa and Sonoma. Harvest Season is streaming now through December 15 on KQED Passport.

—Meredith Speight, KQED Director of Television Programming

Bingeworthy

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

6

As we toast a holiday season that looks a little different this year, settle in and travel back in time with Prohibition, a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire Prohibition era.

Exclusive

See The Making of a New Nutcracker, the story behind the Joffrey Ballet’s production of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutracker, a bold reimagining of the Christmas classic, from the comfort of your living room. In this version, Marie is in the humble home of a 19th-century immigrant family where she falls asleep and dreams of a journey through the Chicago World’s Fair.

Photo courtesy of Roberto Guerra

Expiring Soon

December 3 A Chef’s Life December 19 Antiques Roadshow NOVA: Bird Brain December 23 Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Love Is Here to Stay December 26 American Masters: Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future December 31 Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Austin City Limits: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave.

More from Your Passport Library American Experience American Masters Antiques Roadshow Baking with Julia Best of Joy of Painting Check, Please! Bay Area Check, Please! Bay Area Kids Film School Shorts Finding Your Roots Independent Lens Great British Baking Show Great Performances Jamestown Masterpiece MotorWeek Nature NOVA Rick Steves’ Europe This Old House Truly CA

L—R: PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERTO GUERRA; PHOTO FROM THE JOHN BINDER COLLECTION; PHOTO BY CHERYL MANN

Staff Picks

TELEVISION DECEMBER PICKS

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening A New Doc Shines a Spotlight on the Performer, WWll Spy and Civil Rights Activist Rising from poverty in St. Louis to become a world-famous dancer in France — the first Black superstar — was an amazing achievement, but Josephine Baker was passionate about a lot more than her career on stage and screen.

Baker was a fierce fighter against injustice: a spy for the French Resistance during World War ll and later a civil rights activist in the United States.

Born in 1906 to a Black mother and a white father, she landed a gig in vaudeville in New York then went to France, where she lived much of her life, becoming one of the most popular and highest-paid performers in Europe. When the Nazis invaded France, she joined the French Resistance, spying on enemy conversations while she performed. Later, returning to America, she refused to perform for segregated audiences and, in 1963, became one of the few women to stand alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She told the crowd: “I’ve walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.”

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening follows her inspiring life over five decades and features rare and never-before-seen footage. It airs on Tuesday, December 15, at 9:00pm on KQED 9. —Ellyn Hament

Nature and NOVA Shows — All Day

Saturday, December 6, from 6:30am to 5:00pm on KQED 9 Join us for a full day marathon of science and nature specials, including some of the most popular programs of the year.

Journey from the depths of the oceans to the vast solar system and meet astronauts aboard Apollo 8 and an octopus that lives inside a scientist’s home.

Photo courtesy of NASA

Josephine Baker photo copyright Murray Korman; photo collection Bryan Hammond

DID YOU KNOW?

• Baker adopted 12 children from many countries, calling them “the rainbow tribe.” In a controversial move, she took them on the road to show that racial and cultural harmony could exist.

• After Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, Coretta Scott King asked Baker to the lead the Civil Rights movement. Concerned about her children’s safety, she turned Ms. King down. —Sabrina Zehnder

S AT U R D AY N I G H T M O V I E

I Never Sang for My Father Airs Saturday, December 12, at 8:00pm on KQED 9 Gene Hackman plays a widowed professor who’s ready to move on and marry his girlfriend in California. His world gets complicated, however, when he's forced to spend time with his aging father (Melvyn Douglas) and face the dynamics of their relationship. This 1970 film is considered to be an early look at a phenomenon later known as the "sandwich generation."

Photo courtesy of American Public Media

Queen Elizabeth 1's Battle for Church Music Thursday, December 17, at 8:00pm on KQED Plus What's the story behind religious music in Britian?

Historian Lucy Worsley explores the different approaches that Queen Elizabeth l and her siblings took toward it and how it wavered between veneration and the brink of destruction.

Photo Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

• She returned to Paris after D-Day and sold pieces of jewelry and other valuables to raise money and buy food and coal for impoverished Parisians.

7

Programs are subject to change after press deadlines. For the latest program information, visit kqed.org/dtv.

Weekdays 6am–7pm AM

PM

6AM

7AM

8AM

9AM

10AM

11AM

6:00 Ready Jet Go!

7:00 Molly of Denali

8:00 Hero Elementary

9:00 Curious George

10:00 Daniel Tiger

6:30 Arthur

7:30 Wild Kratts

8:30 Xavier Riddle

9:30 Daniel Tiger

10:30 Elinor Wonders Why

6:00 Curious George

7:00 Yoga/Sit and Be Fit

8:00 Sewing/Gardening

9:00 Food/travel programs

10:00 Cooking programs

6:30 Daniel Tiger

7:30 Yoga/Classical Stretch

8:30 Travel programs

9:30 Cooking programs

10:30 Check, Please! Bay Area

12PM

1PM

2PM

12:00 Dinosaur Train

1:00 Sesame Street

2:00 Hero Elementary

12:30 Clifford (Reboot)

1:30 Elinor Wonders Why

2:30 BBC World News America

12:00 Nature Programs

1:00 Science Programs

2:00 History Detectives

3PM

4PM

3:00 PBS NewsHour

4:00 Amanpour & Co.

3:00 History/ general audience Programs

4:00 History/ general audience Programs

11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious 11:00 The Great British Baking Show

5PM

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source* 5:30 BBC World News America 5:00 History/ general audience programs

6PM

6:00 PBS NewsHour

6:00 History/ general audience Programs

Tuesday 1 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Two for the Road ★ #405 Adventure Across South Africa, Part 2. The Umfolozi game reserve and Durban.

12:30 + Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini ★ #107 Artisans of Charleston.

1am 9 Cook’s Country #1312.

+ The Brain Revolution ▲R (9) 9pm, 12/2 3am, 12/4 10pm, 12/5 4am, 12/12 1pm; (+) 12/5 2pm, 12/8 8:30pm, 12/9 2:30am, 12/13 2pm 1:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1518 Mersea, Bevri. Q 2am 9 Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs (My Music) R (9) 12/5 3pm; (+) 12/12 6pm, 12/13 mid 3am + Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller #101. A tribute and an exclusive look at The Vietnam War. ▲ 3:30 9 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Eliminate the root cause of many painful conditions. R (9) 12/5 10am 5am + Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Use gentle daily movement to keep your mind sharp and your body active. ▲R (9) mid

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

8

11pm, 12/2 5am, 12/12 11am, 12/13 6am; (+) 12/6 11pm, 12/7 5am 5:30 9 Start Up #803 The Schvitz. The Schvitz is Detroit’s original urban health club and the only historic bathhouse in the city. R (+) 12/7 6pm 6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 Ken Burns: Here & There ★ ▲R (9) 12/2 1am, 12/8 10pm, 12/9 4am, 12/13 7am; (+) 12/4 9pm, 12/5 3am, 12/13 4pm

+ Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You (My Music) ▲ R (9) 12/10 8pm, 12/11 2am; (+) 12/2 1am, 12/7 10pm, 12/8 4am 8:30 9 Earthquake! Get Ready ▲ Join KQED’s science team to learn about the geological forces churning beneath us and how to prepare for the next shaker. R (9) 12/2 2:30am, 12/6 6am, 12/8 11:30pm, 12/9 5:30am, 12/12 3pm, 12/13 8:30am; (+) 12/5 7am, 12/7 11:30pm, 12/8 5:30am, 12/13 5:30pm Q

+ Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone ▲ R (+) 12/2 2:30am, 12/6 4:30pm

9pm 9 The Brain Revolution ▲R (9) 12/2 3am, 12/4 10pm, 12/5 4am, 12/12 1pm; (+) 12/5 2pm, 12/8 8:30pm, 12/9 2:30am, 12/13 2pm 10pm + Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years The life of contralto Marian Anderson and her struggles against racism and poverty. ▲R (+) 12/2 4am, 12/6 3:30pm 11pm 9 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲R (9) 12/2 5am, 12/12 11am, 12/13 6am; (+) 12/6 11pm, 12/7 5am 11:30 + Emotional Brain Training with Dr. Laurel Mellin A neurosciencebased program to overcome emotional problems, such as stress overload and overeating, by changing how your brain works. ▲R (+) 12/2 5:30am, 12/4 10:30pm, 12/5 4:30am, 12/12 2pm

Wednesday 2 EARLY

mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ Laura Flanders Show ★ Okwui Okpokwasili: Body Power.

The choreographer and MacArthur Genius Grant winner discusses her groundbreaking work.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ERNIE KOVACS / © PASSION PLANET

Please note: KQED + will have special programming on December 25.

★

EVENING

7pm 9 Nova #4704 Mysteries of Sleep. ▲ R (9) 12/3 1am; (+) 12/6 9:30pm, 12/7 3:30am, 12/8 7pm, 12/9 1am

+ Doc Martin #705 Control-AltDelete. Can Martin offload Buddy the dog? R (+) 12/3 1am 8pm + Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years!▲R (9) 12/6 6pm, 12/7 mid, 12/11 9:30pm, 12/12 3:30am, 12/13 12:30pm; (+) 12/3 2am, 12/7 7pm, 12/8 1am, 12/10 10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am 8:30 9 Nature ▲ #3806 Santa’s Wild Home. A look at Lapland. D R (9) 12/3 2:30am; (+) 12/6 8pm, 12/7 2am 9:30 + Great Performances #4512B Lea Salonga in Concert. The acclaimed singer performs with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. ▲R (+) 12/3 3:30am, 12/5 9:30am 10pm 9 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲R (9) 12/3 4am, 12/5 6am; (+) 12/12 noon, 12/13 6:30am 11pm + Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy ▲R (9) 12/7 11pm, 12/8 5am, 12/11 11pm, 12/12 5am; (+) 12/3 5am

This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

▲ This broadcast will be

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

Thursday 3 EARLY

mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith Ten Years of Overheard: Journalists.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

7:30 9

8pm 9

EVENING

7pm 9 How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell ★ #101.

Featuring Potted Lobster, Duck Leg Curry with Cider Vinegar and Chocolate Apple Betty. R (9) 12/4 1am; (+) 12/14 9am

+ John Denver: Country Roads — Live in England ★▲R (9) 12/7

Nature and NOVA — All Day Long Sunday, December 6, from 6:30am to 5:00pm on KQED 9 Spend a Sunday, or part of it, watching NOVA and Nature specials, including some of the most popular programs of the year. Find out what a professor learns from raising an octopus in his home. Explore the mysteries that surround sleep, and revisit the daring Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission with its crew.

8:30 +

10pm 9

10:30 +

8pm, 12/8 2am, 12/13 3:30pm; (+) 12/4 1am, 12/5 8pm, 12/6 2am, 12/11 9pm, 12/12 3am & 9am Check, Please! Bay Area #1519 Il Casaro Pizzeria and Mozzarella Bar, Soba Ichi. R (9) 12/4 1:30am, 12/5 noon Q What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupain Demystifying the intermittent fasting trend. ▲ R (9) 12/4 2am, 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am, 12/12 9am; (+) 12/4 7pm, 12/5 1am, 12/13 noon John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and the Chad Mitchell Trio. ▲ R (+) 12/4 2:30am, 12/5 4pm, 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am Ken Burns: The Civil War The 25th anniversary of the landmark doc with an in-depth overview and interviews. ▲R (9) 12/4 4am Tom Lehrer — Live in Copenhagen 1967 The satirist performs. ▲R (+) 12/4 4:30am

Friday 4 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Roadtrip Nation #1206 Make It Your Own. Glassblower Jessica Schimpf. Q 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1103 Maine — Town and Country. ▲ Q 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ R (9) 12/5 1am, 12/6 5pm Q

+ What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupain ▲R (9) 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am, 12/12 9am; (+) 12/5 1am, 12/13 noon 7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 12/5 1:30am

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

TV LEGEND 12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles A thoughtprovoking talk and interview show.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

9

TELEVISION

Saturday 5 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 12/7 4pm

+ Songs at the Center ★ #607.

Emily Earle showcases songs that mix heartfelt lyrics and contagious melodies. D 12:30 + Songs at the Center ★ #608. Eric Gnezda hosts performances by Doc Robinson and Alex Bevan. D 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s mid

7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲R (+) 12/12 noon, 12/13 6:30am

+ Sit and Be Fit #1607 Full Body Workout.

6:30 + Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique #914 Pain Relief: Calf and Knee Strengthening. D 7am + Earthquake! Get Ready ▲R (9) 12/6 6am, 12/8 11:30pm, 12/9 5:30am, 12/12 3pm, 12/13 8:30am; (+) 12/7 11:30pm, 12/8 5:30am, 12/13 5:30pm Q 7:30 + Better Brain Solution with Steven Masley, M.D. ▲R (9) 12/12 7am; (+) 12/13 8:30am 8am 9 Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too ▲R (+) 6pm, 12/6 mid, 12/11 7pm, 12/12 1am & 7am 9:30 + Great Performances #4512 Lea Salonga. ▲ 10am 9 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living 11am + Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony ▲

1pm 9

2pm +

3pm 9

4pm +

4:30 9

5:30 9 6pm 9

+

AFTERNOON

noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1519 Il Casaro Pizzeria and Mozzarella Bar, Soba Ichi. Q 12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #609 An Easy Holiday. + Bee Gees: One Night Only

Sanditon on Masterpiece Sunday, December 13, at 8pm on KQED 9 Did you miss Sanditon, the series based on the unfinished Jane Austen novel, or want to watch it again? Here’s your chance. Set in an English seaside town in the 1800s, the story, finished by screenwriter Andrew Davies of Les Miserables fame, focuses on the push to turn the town into a fancy health resort and the drama that comes along with it.

A 1997 Las Vegas performance.

(9) 7:30pm, 12/6 1:30am; (+) 12/9 8:30pm, 12/10 2:30am Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track Stories of American historic and scenic tourist railroads.▲ The Brain Revolution ▲R (9) 12/12 1pm; (+) 12/8 8:30pm, 12/9 2:30am, 12/13 2pm Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs (My Music) ▲R (+) 12/12 6pm, 12/13 mid John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) ▲R (+) 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy ▲R (9) 12/10 11pm, 12/11 5am, 12/12 6am PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour ★▲ R (9) 12/6 mid & 10:30pm, 12/7 4:30am, 12/13 2pm; (+) 12/9 7pm, 12/10 1am, 12/12 10:30am Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too▲R (+) 12/6 mid, 12/11 7pm, 12/12 1am & 7am

▲R

EVENING

7:30 9 Bee Gees: One Night Only ▲R (9) 12/6 1:30am; (+) 12/9 8:30pm, 12/10 2:30am 8pm + John Denver: Country Roads — Live in England ▲R (9) 12/7 8pm, 12/8 2am, 12/13 3:30pm; (+) 12/6 2am, 12/11 9pm, 12/12 3am & 9am 9pm 9 Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember ★▲R (9) 12/6 3am, 12/11 8pm, 12/12 2am; (+) 12/7 8:30pm, 12/8 2:30am, 12/13 6pm, 12/14 mid 9:30 + Abba Forever — A Celebration Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band. ▲R (+) 12/6 3:30am 10:30 9 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, M.D. An easy approach to help you feel better at any age.

R (9) 12/6 4:30am, 12/10 9:30pm, 12/11 3:30am; (+) 12/8 10:30pm, 12/9 4:30am, 12/12 10:30pm, 12/13 4:30am 11pm + Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy ▲ R (+) 12/6 5am

Sunday 6 EARLY

mid

9 Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour ▲R (9) 10:30pm, 12/7 4:30am, 12/13 2pm; (+) 12/9 7pm, 12/10 1am, 12/12 10:30am + Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too ▲ R

PHOTO COURTESY SIMON RIDGWAY, PHOTOGRAPHER / © RED PLANET PICTURE/ITV 2019

8pm 9 Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 ★ ▲Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, Los Lobos, Clapton and others bring down the house. R: (9) 12/5 2am 9pm Ken Burns: Here & There ▲R (9) 12/8 10pm, 12/9 4am, 12/13 7am; (+) 12/5 3am, 12/13 4pm 10pm 9 The Brain Revolution ▲R (9) 12/5 4am, 12/12 1pm; (+) 12/5 2pm, 12/8 8:30pm, 12/9 2:30am, 12/13 2pm 10:30 + Emotional Brain Training with Dr. Laurel Mellin ▲R (+) 12/5 4:30am, 12/12 2pm 11pm + Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy ▲R (9) 12/5 4:30pm, 12/10 11pm, 12/11 5am, 12/12 6am; (+) 12/5 5am

AFTERNOON

12:30 9 Nova ▲ #4616 The Planets: Ice Worlds. Uranus and Neptune. + Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America ▲The car brought new freedoms and perils for Black people. R (9) 12/8 7pm, 12/9 1am 2pm 9 Nature ▲ #3608 Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins. The relationship between humankind and horses. D 3:30 9 Nature ▲ #3609 Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind.

What makes humans and horses so perfect for each other? D R (9) 12/9 7pm, 12/10 1am

+ Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years▲ 4:30 + Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone ▲ 5pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ Q 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6pm 9 Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! ▲ R (9) 12/7 mid, 12/11 9:30pm, 12/12 3:30am, 12/13 12:30pm; (+) 12/7 7pm, 12/8 1am, 12/10

★

This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am + Classic Christmas (My Music) Featuring old-fashioned favorites. ▲ R (9) 12/13 10:30am; (+) 12/7 mid, 12/12 4pm

▲ This broadcast will be

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

8pm 9

EVENING

7:30 9 American Masters ★▲ #3306 Keith Haring: Street Art Boy. The international art sensation blazed a trail through the art scene of 1980s New York. R (9) 12/7 1:30am; (+) 12/13 7:30pm, 12/14 1:30am 8pm + Nature #3806 Santa’s Wild Home. ▲D R (+) 12/7 2am 9pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas ▲Much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas has Tudor origins. R (9) 12/7 3am, 12/13 9am; (+) 12/12 2:30pm 9:30 + Nova #4704 Mysteries of Sleep. ▲ R (+) 12/7 3:30am, 12/8 7pm, 12/9 1am 10:30 9 Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour ▲R (9) 12/7 4:30am, 12/13 2pm; (+) 12/9 7pm, 12/10 1am, 12/12 10:30am 11pm + Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲R (9) 12/12 11am, 12/13 6am; (+) 12/7 5am

Monday 7 EARLY

9 Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! ▲ R (9) 12/11 9:30pm, 12/12 3:30am, 12/13 12:30pm; (+) 7pm, 12/8 1am, 12/10 10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am

+ Classic Christmas (My Music) ▲ R (9) 12/13 10:30am; (+) 12/12 4pm 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

mid

EVENING

7pm 9 Cook’s Country ★ #1313. R (9) 12/8 1am

+ Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! ▲R (9) 12/11 9:30pm, 12/12 3:30am, 12/13 12:30pm; (+) 12/8 1am, 12/10 10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1520

8:30 +

9:30 9

10pm +

11pm 9

11:30 +

Stay Gold Deli, Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company, Wayfare Tavern. R (9) 12/8 1:30am Q John Denver: Country Roads — Live in England ▲R (9) 12/8 2am, 12/13 3:30pm; (+) 12/11 9pm, 12/12 3am & 9am Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember ▲R (9) 12/11 8pm, 12/12 2am; (+) 12/8 2:30am, 12/13 6pm, 12/14 mid Pasquale Esposito: Il Tempo ★ ▲R (9) 12/8 3:30am; (+) 12/12 9pm, 12/13 3am Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You (My Music) ▲R (9) 12/10 8pm, 12/11 2am; (+) 12/8 4am Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy ▲R (9) 12/8 5am, 12/11 11pm, 12/12 5am Earthquake! Get Ready ▲R (9) 12/8 11:30pm, 12/9 5:30am, 12/12 3pm, 12/13 8:30am; (+) 12/8 5:30am, 12/13 5:30pm Q

Tuesday 8 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ Two for the Road ★ #406 Texas.

Nik and Dusty share some of their favorite Texas sights.

12:30 + Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini ★ #108 Traditions in Tuscany.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America R (9) 12/9 1am

+ Nova #4704 Mysteries of Sleep. ▲ R (+) 12/9 1am 8:30 + The Brain Revolution ▲R (9) 12/12 1pm; (+) 12/9 2:30am, 12/13 2pm 10pm 9 Ken Burns: Here & There ▲ R (9) 12/9 4am, 12/13 7am; (+) 12/13 4pm

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

TV LEGEND (+) 12/11 7pm, 12/12 1am & 7am 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Earthquake! Get Ready ▲ R (9) 12/8 11:30pm, 12/9 5:30am, 12/12 3pm, 12/13 8:30am; (+) 12/7 11:30pm, 12/8 5:30am, 12/13 5:30pm Q

+ Yoga in Practice #112 Where You Look Matters. Twisting is beneficial.

6:30 9 Nature ▲ #3701 Octopus: Making Contact. A professor raises and studies a pet octopus at home and makes remarkable discoveries.

+ Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique #915 Weight Loss for Legs and Arms. D 7am + Reconstruction: America After the Civil War #101. Following the Civil War, support for social and economic gains for African Americans did not last.▲ 8am 9 Nature ▲ #3709 The Whale Detective. A filmmaker investigates the encounter he had with a humpback whale.

9:30 9 Nova ▲ #4702 Dog Tales. R (9) 12/9 8:30pm, 12/10 2:30am

+ Reconstruction: America After the Civil War #102. The rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.▲ 11am 9 Nova ▲ #4703 Cat Tales.

11

TELEVISION

8pm 9 8:30 +

Wednesday 9 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★ Lynching and Lunacy. Acclaimed white antiracist scholar Mab Segrest traces the racist roots of American psychiatry.

12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

mid

EVENING

7pm 9 Nature ▲ #3609 Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind. D R (9) 12/10 1am

+ Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour ▲ R (9) 12/13 2pm; (+) 12/10 1am, 12/12 10:30am 8:30 9 Nova ▲ #4702 Dog Tales. R (9) 12/10 2:30am

+ Bee Gees: One Night Only ▲ R (+) 12/10 2:30am 10pm 9 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupain ▲ R (9) 12/10 4am, 12/12 9am; (+) 12/13 noon

+ John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music)▲ R (+)12/10 4am

Thursday 10 EARLY

mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith Ten Years of Overheard: Authors.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

12

EVENING

7pm 9 How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell ★ #102.

Featuring Spiced Cauliflower Soup with Spiced Tomato Oil and Turkey or Chicken Pie with Swiss Chard.

R (9) 12/11 1am; (+) 12/21 9am

+ Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights ▲ Jewish families including rabbis, scholars, authors, artists, and actors William Shatner and Lainie Kazan. ▲ R (+) 12/11 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1402

9:30 9

10:30 +

11pm 9

Dad’s Luncheonette, Marzano, East Bay Spice Company. R (9) 12/11 1:30am, 12/12 noon Q Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You (My Music) ▲ R (9) 12/11 2am A Salute to Vienna ▲ A lavish music and dance gala concert recorded live at the historic Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, in April 2013. ▲ R (9) 12/12 3:30pm; (+) 12/11 2:30am Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, M.D. ▲ R (9) 12/11 3:30am; (+) 12/12 10:30pm, 12/13 4:30am Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! ▲ R (9) 12/11 9:30pm, 12/12 3:30am, 12/13 12:30pm; (+) 12/11 4:30am Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy ▲ R 9) 12/11 5am, 12/12 6am

Friday 11 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Roadtrip Nation #1207 Deciding What’s Next. Exhibition designer Olivia Castellini and inventor-turnedentrepreneur Ben Kaufman. Q 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1104 Thailand — Bangkok and Beyond. Q 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ R (9) 12/12 1am, 12/13 5pm Q

+ Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too ▲R (+) 12/12 1am & 7am 7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 12/12 1:30am 8pm 9 Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember ▲ R (9) 12/12 2am; (+) 12/13 6pm, 12/14 mid 9pm + John Denver: Country Roads — Live in England ▲ R (9) 12/13 3:30pm; (+) 12/12 3am & 9am 9:30 9 Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! ▲ R (9) 12/12 3:30am, 12/13 12:30pm 10:30 + Live Better Now with Mimi Guarneri, M.D. Practical answers to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. ▲R (+) 12/12 4:30am 11pm 9 Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy ▲R (9) 12/12 5am

Saturday 12 EARLY

mid

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9)

12/14 4pm + Songs at the Center ★ #609.

Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Schlitz on songwriting. D 12:30 + Songs at the Center ★ #610.

Performances by Grammy nominee Matraca Berg and songwriter Marshall Chapman. D 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy ▲ + Sit and Be Fit #1701 Heel-to-Toe Functional Fitness.

6:30 + Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique #918 Weight Loss: Hip Strengthening. D 7am 9 Better Brain Solution with Steven Masley, M.D. ▲ R (+) 12/13 8:30am + Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too ▲ 9am 9 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupain ▲R (+) 12/13 noon

+ John Denver: Country Roads — Live in England ▲R (9) 12/13 3:30pm 10:30 + Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour ▲ R (9) 12/13 2pm 11am 9 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲R (9) 12/13 6am

AFTERNOON

noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1402 Dad’s Luncheonette, Marzano, East Bay Spice Company. Q

+ Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ R (+) 12/13 6:30am 12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #718 Feeding the Family.

1pm 9 The Brain Revolution ▲ R (+) 12/13 2pm 2pm + Emotional Brain Training with Dr. Laurel Mellin ▲ 2:30 + Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas ▲R (9) 12/13 9am 3pm 9 Earthquake! Get Ready ▲R (9) 12/13 8:30am; (+) 12/13 5:30pm Q 3:30 9 A Salute to Vienna ▲ 4pm + Classic Christmas (My Music) ▲ R (9) 12/13 10:30am 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs (My Music) ▲ R (+) 12/13 mid EVENING

7:30 + Sinatra in Concert at Royal Festival Hall Concert from February 1971.▲ R (+) 12/13 1:30am 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ I Never Sang for My Father. A man

PHOTO WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/PUBLIC DOMAIN

10:30 + Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, M.D. ▲R (9) 12/10 9:30pm, 12/11 3:30am; (+) 12/9 4:30am, 12/12 10:30pm, 12/13 4:30am 11:30 9 Earthquake! Get Ready ▲ R (9) 12/9 5:30am, 12/12 3pm, 12/13 8:30am; (+) 12/13 5:30pm Q

9pm + 9:35 9

10:30 + 11:32 9

Sunday 13

EARLY

9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ + Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs (My Music) ▲ 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲

+ Yoga in Practice #113 Remembrance.

6:30 + Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ 7am 9 Ken Burns: Here & There ▲ R (+) 4pm 8:30 9 Earthquake! Get Ready ▲ R (+) 5:30pm Q mid

★

This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

+ Better Brain Solution with Steven Masley, M.D. ▲ 9am 9 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas ▲ 10:30 9 Classic Christmas (My Music) ▲ + Julia Child: Best Bites ▲

AFTERNOON

noon + What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupain ▲ 12:30 9 Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years! ▲ 2pm 9 Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour ▲

+ The Brain Revolution ▲ 3:30 9 John Denver: Country Roads, Live in England ▲ 4pm + Ken Burns: Here & There ▲ 5pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ Q 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★

+ Earthquake! Get Ready ▲ Q

Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas with Vanessa Williams Tuesday, December 15, at 8pm on KQED 9 Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas is a classic recording; Fitzgerald’s velvety smooth voice brings the swing and the holidays home. Tonight, the iconic album is celebrated in a new show featuring the American Pops Orchestra and appearances

by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Norm Lewis, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Nova Payton, Dave Detwiler and Morgan James.

▲ This broadcast will be

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember ▲ R (+) 12/14 mid EVENING

7:30 + American Masters #3306 Keith Haring: Street Art Boy. ▲ R (+) 12/14 1:30am 8pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5001 Episode 1. A coach accident brings Charlotte to Sanditon. R (9) 12/14 2am 9pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5002 Episode 2. Lady Denham hosts a party for an heiress. R (9) 12/14 3am

+ Ken Burns: Country Music The making of the epic docuseries. ▲ R (+) 12/14 3am 10pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5003 Episode 3. Stringer presses Tom for pay owed his builders. R (9) 12/14 4am 11pm 9 Professor T ★ #212 Swansong, Part 1. An undercover agent is found dead. R (9) 12/14 5am

+ Easy Yoga for Diabetes with Peggy Cappy How yoga and a good diet can improve health. ▲ R (+) 12/14 5am

Monday 14 EARLY

9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ + Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember ▲ 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #2001 Eggs for the Holidays. R (9) 12/15 1am

+ Miranda ★ #117 Three Little Words.

Gary has never looked so attractive to Miranda. R (+) 12/15 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1403 Madcap, El Toreador, Juanita & Maude. R (9) 12/15 1:30am Q

+ Miranda ★ #118 A Brief Encounter. Miranda makes a big decision. R (+) 12/15 1:30am, 12/18 11:20pm, 12/19 5:20am

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

TV LEGEND living in the shadow of his aging father has a hard time moving forward in his life. R (9) 12/13 2am Pasquale Esposito: Il Tempo ▲ R (+) 12/13 3am Sidney Lumet: American Masters #2906. The director on what matters to him as an artist and as a person. R (9) 12/13 3:35am; (+) 12/17 4pm, 12/27 4pm Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, M.D. ▲ R (+) 12/13 4:30am Film-Maker ★ #301. A bored married man looks to the personal ads to bring some new fire to his life in Escape. R (9) 12/13 5:32am

13

TELEVISION

region of France. R (9) 12/24 11pm, 12/25 5am; (+) 12/15 5:30am

Tuesday 15 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Curious Traveler #201 Curious Paris. Why does Paris look like Paris?

12:30 + Curious Traveler #202 Curious Rome. Why is there a giant hole in the top of the Pantheon?

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 Pati’s Mexican Table ★ #908. R (9) 12/16 1am

+ Call the Midwife #807. Sister Frances attends her first solo birth. R (+) 12/16 1am 7:30 9 Celebrating the Season: San Francisco Boys Chorus ★ #410 8pm 9 Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas, with Vanessa Williams ★ Ella Fitzgerald’s iconic album of holiday classics is presented by the American Pops Orchestra. R (9) 12/16 2am, 12/18 9pm, 12/19 3am

+ A Place to Call Home ★ #601 For Better or Worse. Sarah and George

Midsomer Murders: The Christmas Haunting Wednesday, December 23, at 8:00pm on KQED Plus New detective Charlie Nelson moves into Midsomer and immediately faces a mystery: Someone is fatally stabbed with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a "haunted" manor house. Can Nelson and Barnaby find an earthly motive behind the murder — and the killer? (Part 2 follows.)

announce a surprise. R (+) 12/16 2am 8:52 + A Place to Call Home ★ #602 Salt of the Earth. Sarah and Harry help Roy deal with a devastating loss. R (+) 12/16 2:52am 9pm 9 Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening ★ R (9) 12/16 3am 9:50 + Escape to the Chateau #302 Spring. R (+) 12/16 3:50am 10pm 9 Frontline I Am Not a Monster ★

R (9) 12/16 4am 10:40 + The Durrells in Corfu Season 4 on Masterpiece #4936 Episode 4. Spiros’ increased presence delights Louisa. R (+) 12/16 4:40am 11pm 9 In Frame: The Man Behind the Museum Hotel Art collector and entrepreneur Steve Wilson.

Wednesday 16 EARLY

Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm Laura Flanders Show ★ The Chavis Chronicles ★ Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid 9

+ 12:30 + 1-6am

EVENING

7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen ★ #807. R (9) 12/17 1am, 12/19 12:30pm

+ Doc Martin #706 Other People’s Children. Martin and Louisa are not having success with therapy. R (+) 12/17 1am 7:30 9 Field Trip with Curtis Stone ★ #204. R (9) 12/17 1:30am 8pm 9 Nature #3003 Animal Odd Couples. Unlikely cross-species relationships. D R (9) 12/17 2am; (+) 12/17 noon

+ Midsomer Murders #1511 Schooled in Murder, Part 1. A woman is killed by a giant cheese round. R (+) 12/17 2am 8:46 + Midsomer Murders #1512 Schooled in Murder, Part 2. R (+) 12/17 2:46am 9pm 9 Nova #4602 Einstein’s Quantum Riddle. An experiment uses quasars to settle the debate over quantum entanglement. R (9) 12/17 3am; (+) 12/17 1pm 9:35 + Death in Paradise #149 Season 7, Episode 1. A hotel billionaire’s fiancée is found dead. R (+) 12/17 3:35am 10pm 9 Nova #4518 Apollo’s Daring Mission. Apollo 8 astronauts and engineers explain the inside story.

R (9) 12/17 4am; (+) 12/21 1pm 10:30 + Grantchester Season 5 on Masterpiece #5031 Episode 5.

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC TELEVISION

8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2206 New Orleans, Hour 3. R (9) 12/15 2am; (+) 12/18 7pm, 12/19 1am

+ Father Brown #181 The Celestial Choir. As the Kembleford Choristers reach the competition finals a dark secret emerges. R (+) 12/15 2am 8:45 + Frankie Drake Mysteries ★ #305 Things Better Left Dead. Frankie concocts a chilling ruse to expose a con man who claims he can speak to the dead. R (+) 12/15 2:45am 9pm 9 Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kelli O’Hara and Richard Thomas ★ R (9) 12/15 3am 9:30 + Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Special #101. Caroline’s new headship involves moving the family to a farmhouse. R (+) 12/15 3:30am 10pm 9 Independent Lens The Force.

The long-troubled Oakland Police Department struggles to confront federal demands for reform.D R (9) 12/15 4am 10:30 + Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Special #102. A twist of fate forces Alan to confront his fears. R (+) 12/15 4:30am 11:30 9 Start Up ★ #804 Plum Health. R (9) 12/15 5:30am + The Magic of Christmas in Alsace A magical Christmas in the small towns and villages of the Alsace

▲ This broadcast will be

TV LEGEND Will finds two boys near death in a boxing ring. D R (+) 12/17 4:30am 11pm 9 Saving Species Together ★ Helping to protect threatened and endangered species. R (9) 12/17 5am 11:30 9 Changing Seas #1201. R (9) 12/17 5:30am + Sun Studio Sessions ★ #1009 Reba Russell. R (+) 12/17 5:30am

★

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

Thursday 17 mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer ★ 12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith ★ Isabella Rossellini, Actress.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell ★ #103.

Roast Onion Leaves with Smoked Eel and Horseradish Mayo and Christmas Quesadillas. R (9) 12/18 1am; (+) 12/28 9am + Hank Locklin: Country Music’s

Timeless Tenor R (+) 12/18 1am, 12/27 10am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1404 Z & Y Restaurant, Pausa, Souley Vegan.

R (9) 12/18 1:30am, 12/19 noon Q 8pm 9 Vera #602 Tuesday’s Child. A boy’s body is found at a teenage hangout. R (9) 12/18 2am

+ Queen Elizabeth I’s Battle for Church Music R (+) 12/18 2am & 3pm 9pm + Inside the Ritz Hotel London #101. R (+) 12/18 3am, 12/22 3pm 9:30 9 Ornament of the World Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity during a remarkable time in history. R (9) 12/18 3:30am; (+) 12/24 4pm 9:46 + Inside the Ritz Hotel London #102.

R (+) 12/18 3:46am, 12/23 3pm 10:35 + Secrets of Selfridges A retail model that revolutionized how Londoners shopped. R (+) 12/18 4:35am, 12/24 3pm 11:30 9 On Story #710 Complicated Relationships: A Conversation with Nancy Meyers. R (9) 12/18 5:30am 11:32 + Sculpted Life Littleton Alston creates a bronze statue of Willa Cather. R (+) 12/18 5:32am

Friday 18

+ Roadtrip Nation #1208 Everything Is Design. The team meets designer Tina Roth Eisenberg and Helvetica director Gary Hustwit. Q 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1105 Cruising Canada: Ottawa and the Rideau Canal. Q 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ R (9) 12/19 1am, 12/20 5pm Q

+ Antiques Roadshow #2206 New Orleans, Hour 3. R (+) 12/19 1am 7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 12/19 1:30am 8pm 9 Queen Mother #101. Fom royal power struggles to the darkness of World War II. R (9) 12/19 2am

+ Inspector Morse #129 The Way Through the Woods. A serial killer is murdered and his deathbed confession disavows a murder he had confessed to. R (+) 12/19 2am 9pm 9 Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas, with Vanessa Williams R (9) 12/19 3am 9:45 + Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece #4701 The Six Thatchers. Watson and his wife prepare to become parents. D R (+) 12/19 3:45am 10pm 9 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 ★ Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas together during World War I. R (9) 12/19 4am; (+) 12/25 4pm 11:20 + Miranda #118 A Brief Encounter. R (+) 12/19 5:20am 11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover R (9) 12/19 5:30am

Saturday 19 EARLY

EARLY

mid

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

mid

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 12/21 4pm

+ Songs at the Center ★ #611.

Singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda hosts a performance by three-time Grammy winner Janis Ian. D 12:30 + Songs at the Center ★ #612. Eric Brace, Peter Cooper and Thomm Jutz weave stories, songs, and harmonies. D 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

AFTERNOON

noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1404 Z & Y Restaurant, Pausa, Souley Vegan. Q 12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #807.

1pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ EVENING

8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★

Twelfth Night. This 1996 version of Shakesepare's romantic comedy stars Helena Bonham Carter and Richard E. Grant. R (9) 12/20 2am 10:30 9 Shakespeare Uncovered #301 Much Ado About Nothing with Helen Hunt. Hunt explores Shakespeare’s exquisite comedy of comparison and contrast. R (9) 12/20 4:30am 11:30 9 Film-Maker ★ #302. A young man must find a way out of Cuba after his friend is killed violently.

R (9) 12/20 5:30am

Sunday 20 EARLY

mid 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

EARLY

15

TELEVISION

5pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ Q 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge

▲

EVENING

8pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5004 Episode 4. Lord Babington courts Esther. R (9) 12/21 2am 9pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5005 Episode 5. Young Stringer threatens a worker boycott of the annual cricket match. R (9) 12/21 3am 10pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5006 Episode 6. Charlotte and Sidney comb the London underworld to find Miss Lambe. R (9) 12/21 4am 11pm 9 Professor T ★ #213 Swansong, Part 2. John discovers that Rabet and Serge are both working with a criminal drug lord. R (9) 12/21 5am

Monday 21 EARLY

mid 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

16

7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #1906 The Perfect Cookie. R (9) 12/22 1am

+ Miranda ★ #119 I Do, But to Who? Miranda has received two proposals; will she chose one or run away from the pressure? R (+) 12/22 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1405 Thirsty Bear Brewing, Nick’s Cove, Middle East Market. R (9) 12/22 1:30am Q 7:34 + Miranda ★ #120 The Final Curtain. Will Miranda finally learn to accept herself and find contentment? R (+) 12/22 1:34am 8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2116 Orlando, Hour 1. R (9) 12/22 2am, 12/27 4pm; (+) 12/25 7pm, 12/26 1am, 12/27 11am 8:10 + Father Brown #182 The Queen Bee. Beekeeper Beatie May, a flamboyant, outgoing, overprotective mother, is found dead. R (+) 12/22 2:10am 9pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2117 Orlando, Hour 2. R (9) 12/22 3am

+ Frankie Drake Mysteries ★ #306 Life on the Line. The team goes undercover to nab a culprit who is harassing a store owner. R (+)

12/22 3am 10pm 9 Independent Lens The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin.

Explore the life of the frank and funny creator of the groundbreaking Tales of the City novels. R (9) 12/22 4am

+ How Sherlock Changed the World #101. The impact of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes on real-life criminal investigations. R (+) 12/22 4am 11pm + Line of Separation ★ #205. The wall is built, and the Prague spring starts. R (+) 12/22 5am 11:30 9 Start Up ★ #805 Will Power Fitness Gym. R (9) 12/22 5:30am

Tuesday 22

Wedding Season. R (+) 12/23 3:40am 10:20 9 Christmas at Belmont #2019.

Traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and great seasonal favorites. R (9) 12/23 4:20am; (+) 12/24 11pm, 12/25 5am & 2pm 10:30 + The Durrells in Corfu Season 4 on Masterpiece #4937 Episode 5.

A visit from the king of Greece. R (+) 12/23 4:30am 11:30 9 Christmas on the Danube Visit cities along the Danube river and explore stunning European landscape, history and culture. R (9) 12/23 5:30am; (+) 12/24 6pm + Rick Steves’ Europe #1105 Egypt’s Cairo. R (+) 12/23 5:30am

Wednesday 23

EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Curious Traveler #203 Curious Copenhagen. Why are there so many palaces in one small European country?

12:30 + Curious Traveler #204 Curious Vancouver. Who was Gassy Jack and why was he so gassy?

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 Pati’s Mexican Table ★ #909. R (9) 12/23 1am

+ Call the Midwife #808. Sister Hilda tries to give an ill patient her final wish. R (+) 12/23 1am 7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #410 Weeknight Mexican R (9) 12/16 1:30am 8pm 9 Queen Victoria and Her Nine Children #101. Victoria’s struggle to mourn her husband, carry out her royal duties, and keep her family and the public in check. R (9) 12/23 2am

+ A Place to Call Home ★ #603 Darkness and Light. As Inverness prepares for a funeral, Henry recovers from his car accident. R (+) 12/23 2am 8:45 9 Queen Victoria and Her Nine Children #102. R (9) 12/23 2:45am 8:50 + A Place to Call Home ★ #604 Against the Tide. As Carolyn reconnects with her old flame, Matthew tries to convince Olivia to stay with him. R (+) 12/23 2:50am 9:30 9 Queen Victoria and Her Nine Children #103. R (9) 12/23 3:30am 9:40 + Escape to the Chateau #303 The

EARLY

Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm Laura Flanders Show ★ The Chavis Chronicles ★ Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid 9

+ 12:30 + 1-6am

EVENING

7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen ★ #808. R (9) 12/24 1am, 12/26 12:30pm

+ Doc Martin #707 Facta Non Verba.

Dr. Timoney questions Martin and Louisa’s ultimate compatibility. R (+) 12/24 1am 7:30 9 Field Trip with Curtis Stone ★ #205. R (9) 12/24 1:30am 8pm 9 Nature #3406 Snowbound: Animals of Winter. Meet penguins, bison and more animal survivors of winter. D R (9) 12/24 2am; (+) 12/24 noon

+ Midsomer Murders #1601 The Christmas Haunting, Part 1. New detective Charlie Nelson moves into Midsomer and is thrown straight into an intriguing mystery, the stabbing of a man at a “haunted” manor house. R (+) 12/24 2am 8:54 + Midsomer Murders #1602 The Christmas Haunting, Part 2. R (+) 12/24 2:54am 9pm 9 Nova #4601 Pluto and Beyond.

New Horizons prepares to fly by an object known as MU69, expected to be the most distant flyby in NASA’s history. R (9) 12/24 3am; (+) 12/24 1pm 9:35 + Death in Paradise #150 The Stakes Are High. Jack and the team investigate the high-stakes world of international professional poker tournaments. R (+) 12/24 3:35am,

PHOTO COURTESY OF NEAL STREET PRODUCTIONS

AFTERNOON

▲ This broadcast will be

TV LEGEND

10:30 +

11pm 9 11:30 +

★

mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer ★ 12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith Bob Mould, Indie Rock Musician.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

+

Thursday 24 EARLY

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

7:30 9

8pm 9

+

EVENING

7pm 9 How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell ★ #104.

Featuring Red Onion, Bacon and Kale Broth and Turkey and Leek Pilaf with Chili and Coriander. R (9) 12/25 1am Rick Steves’ European Christmas Celebrating Christmas in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. R (+) 12/25 1am Check, Please! Bay Area #1406 Trattoria da Vittorio, Jin Sho, San Jalisco. R (9) 12/25 1:30am, 12/26 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/27 1am & 1pm Q Vera #603 The Moth Catcher. Vera investigates the murder of 22-yearold Alex Gartside, victim of a hit and run. R (9) 12/25 2am Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors Lucy Worsley traces Austen’s life as she explores her homes and holiday apartments. R (9) 12/27

Call the Midwife 2020 Holiday Special

9pm +

9:30 9

10pm +

11pm 9

+

11:30 9

Friday, December 25, at 9:00pm on KQED Plus It's 1965 and everyone at Nonnatus House is looking forward to a traditional Christmas, but the best-laid plans are thwarted by a rush visit to the hospital, an inappropriate Christmas gift and more. For a double dose of midwives fun, see last year's Holiday Special on December 24 at 9:30pm on KQED 9 (photo below).

10:15pm, 12/28 4:15am; (+) 12/25 2am, 12/29 3pm The Night Before Christmas Carol Actor David zum Brunnen portrays Charles Dickens and 17 other familiar characters from A Christmas Carol. R (+) 12/25 3am Call the Midwife Holiday Special #2019. Mother Mildred and the Nonnatus House team go to the Outer Hebrides due to a nursing shortage. R (9) 12/25 3:30am Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers The acclaimed community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina, performs holiday favorites. R (+) 12/25 4am & 10am Celebrating the Season: San Francisco Boys Chorus R (9) 12/25 5am Christmas at Belmont #2019. R (+) 12/25 5am & 2pm On Story #406 Thelma and Louise: A Conversation with Callie Khouri. Callie Khouri reflects on writing Thelma and Louise. R (9) 12/25 5:30am

Friday 25 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Roadtrip Nation #1301 Pumped and Ready. Three computer science students visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Q 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1106 Zambia — Bush and River Safari. Q 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 GZERO World with Ian Bremmer R (9) 12/26 1am, 12/27 5pm; (+) 12/26 1pm, 12/31 mid

+ Antiques Roadshow #2116 Orlando, Hour 1. R (9) 12/27 4pm; (+) 12/26 1am, 12/27 11am

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

10pm 9

12/26 10:50pm, 12/27 4:50am Water from the Wilderness: Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco Bay How San Francisco secured its fabled water supply. R (9) 12/24 4am Grantchester Season 5 on Masterpiece #5032 Episode 6. A body is found on Jesus Green, and the investigation leads Will and Geordie to an oppressive convent.

D R (+) 12/24 4:30am Nature #3606 Snow Bears. D R (9) 12/24 5am Sun Studio Sessions #1010 Jason Freeman. The musician performs several songs and talks about the influences that shape his musical style. R (+) 12/24 5:30am

17

TELEVISION

7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 12/26 1:30am 8pm 9 Queen Mother #102. R (9) 12/26 2am

+ Inspector Morse #130 The Daughters of Cain. An Oxford professor and fundraiser is stabbed to death at home. R (+) 12/26 2am 9pm 9 Call the Midwife Holiday Special #2020. R (9) 12/26 3am 9:45 + Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece #4702 The Lying Detective. Sherlock faces a chilling enemy. D R (+) 12/26 3:45am 10:30 9 The Directors #201 Frank Capra.

The director of It’s a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, You Can’t Take It with You and many more. R (9) 12/26 4:30am 11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover R (9) 12/26 5:30am + Curious Traveler #308 Curious Austrian Christmas Markets. R (+) 12/26 5:30am

Saturday 26 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 12/28 4pm

+ Songs at the Center ★ #613. Some of the season’s most compelling artists perform great, original material. Eric Gnezda hosts. D 12:30 + Songs at the Center ★ #701.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D

+ Sit and Be Fit #1709 Tone and Stretch.

6:30 9 Arthur D

+ Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique #926 Pain Relief: Pain Prevention. D 7am 9 Molly of Denali D

+ City Hall ★ 7:30 9 Wild Kratts 8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3529 Around the Bend.

8:30 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #802 Burning Water and Melted Butter.

9am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1406 Trattoria da Vittorio, Jin Sho, San Jalisco. R (9) noon & 7pm, 12/27 1am & 1pm 9:30 9 Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan #111 Adventure on the Go. 10am 9 Mexico ­– One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless #1204 Teaching Tortilla Soup.

10:30 9 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul #124 Cuisine Economique. Q 11am 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #2013 Sous Vide for Company. mid

18

+ This Old House ★ #4208 Back to Narragansett. R (9) 5pm 11:30 9 Cook’s Country #1308. + Ask This Old House ★ #1908 Happy Holidays from AskTOH!

AFTERNOON

noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1406 Trattoria da Vittorio, Jin Sho, San Jalisco. R (9) 7pm, 12/27 1am & 1pm Q

+ MotorWeek ★ #4016.

12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #808. + Woodsmith Shop ★ #1401 The Best Miter Saw Stand.

1pm 9 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places #207 The Seafood of Greece. Q

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer R (9) 12/27 5pm; (+) 12/31 mid 1:30 9 tasteMAKERS #210. + Growing Bolder ★ #608.

2pm 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #206. + My Greek Table with Diane

Kochilas #308 Evia — An Island Hiding in Plain Sight.

2:30 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #106 Vancouver, Canada.

+ How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell #105. Featuring Blood Orange and Campari Granita and Turkey and Mozarella en Carozza. R (9) 12/31 7pm 3pm 9 Weekends with Yankee #413 Heading North. The Killington (Vermont) Resort hosts the Women’s World Cup Skiing competition.

+ Check, Please! Bay Area #1411 Beretta, 7 Mile House, The Cheese Board Collective. Q 3:30 9 This Is Utah ★ #102 Celebrating Our Heritage. Experience Spring City, Ballet Folklórico and the Golden Spike.

+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #222 Singapore Satay, Soup and Sling.

4pm 9 Fly Brother with Ernest White II #105 Stockholm: Le Jazz Hot. Ernest takes in a little Nordic sun and soul with American chanteuse Germaine Thomas.

+ Pati’s Mexican Table #904. R (9) 12/27 10am; (+) 12/29 9:30am 4:30 9 Ask This Old House #1907 All About Fireplaces.

+ Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul #108 Cooking for the President. Q 5pm 9 This Old House #4208 Back to Narragansett.

+ Cook’s Country #1307. R (9) 12/27 12:30pm 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★

+ America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #1901 Pork Chops and Oven Fries.

6pm 9 Craft in America ★ #1201 Storytellers. Artists use narrative to communicate personal and universal truths.

+ Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #709 Bhutan, Part 1 —- Gross National Happiness. D Q 6:30 + Rick Steves’ Europe #702 Rome: Baroque Brilliance. Ramble through the city’s venerable heart and explore St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

EVENING

7pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1406 Trattoria da Vittorio, Jin Sho, San Jalisco. R (9) 12/27 1am & 1pm Q

+ Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic R (+) 12/27 1am 7:30 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #103 Vienna, Austria. R (9) 12/27 1:30am 8pm 9 Rebecca. Rebecca casts her irresistible spell from beyond the grave in this 1940 Hitchcock film.

R (9) 12/27 2am

+ Keeping Up Appearances

#602 Christmas 1993 — Sea Fever.

Hyacinth buys tickets for a holiday cruise on the QE2. R (+) 12/27 2am 9:05 + The Brokenwood Mysteries #503 Tontine. A middle-aged man dies of a heart attack while cycling up a mountain. R (+) 12/27 3am 9:45 9 Rebecca #102. R (9) 12/27 3:45am 10:50 + Death in Paradise #150 The Stakes Are High. R (+) 12/27 4:50am 11:30 9 Film-Maker ★ #303. A renowned Venezuelan artist living in Florida creates intriguing and eerie doll sculptures out of plastic. R (9) 12/27 5:30am

Sunday 27 EARLY

9 First Avenue: Closer to the Stars ★ The story of the Minneapolis nightclub that launched the careers of many local bands.

+ Song of the Mountains ★ #1508 Kornfield Friends: Remembering Hee Haw, Part 2.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D

+ Yoga in Practice #202 Your Practice Is a Journey.

6:30 9 Peg + Cat + Holidays D

+ Classical Stretch: The Esmonde mid

7am +

7:30 9

+

8am 9

+

8:30 9

+

9am 9 +

9:30 9

+ 10am 9

+

10:30 9 11am 9

+ 11:30 9

AFTERNOON

noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #1925 Summer Picnic Party.

+ Great Performances at the Met #1302 Marnie. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as a beautiful, mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities.

12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1307.

1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1406 Trattoria da Vittorio, Jin Sho, San Jalisco. Q 1:30 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #202.

2pm 9 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations #114 Greek Fest.

2:30 9 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans #108.

+ Articulate with Jim Cotter #511 Self Inventors. Alice McDermott’s writing expresses a particular form of Irish American identity.

3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #208 Naples and Paradise Coast of Florida.

★

This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

3:30 4pm

5pm 5:30 6pm

6:30

+ Childsplay: The Parting Glass ★ The acclaimed fiddle group Childsplay.

9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1104 Germany’s Fascist Story.

9 Antiques Roadshow #2116 Orlando, Hour 1. + Sidney Lumet: American Masters #2906.

9 GZERO World with Ian Bremmer R (+) 12/31 mid 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 9 Beyond the Canvas #101 All About the Music. Bruce Springsteen, Reba McEntire and other musicians discuss success and vulnerable moments. + Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album How the British royal family has shaped their image with photography.

9 Articulate with Jim Cotter ★ #526 The Roots of Creativity.

Award-winning author Maaza Mengiste and Dick Boak of the Martin Guitar company.

EVENING

7pm 9 Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct ★ R (9) 12/28 1am

+ How the Victorians Built Britain #101 How Britain Got Moving. Victorian engineers revolutionized public transport with several inventions. R (+) 12/28 1am, 12/29 4pm 8pm 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5007 Episode 7. The success of the resort hangs in the balance. R (9) 12/28 2am

+ How the Victorians Built Britain #102 Saving the Nation’s Health.

Victorians created the sewer system, providing clean water for all. R (+) 12/28 2am, 12/29 4:45pm 9pm + POV We Are the Radical Monarchs. Meet a group of young girls of color on the front lines of social justice. R (+) 12/28 3am 9:05 9 Sanditon on Masterpiece #5008 Episode 8, Season Finale.

▲ This broadcast will be

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

Romance, jealousy and betrayal on the night of the Midsummer Ball. R (9) 12/28 3:05am 10:15 9 Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors R (9) 12/28 4:15am; (+) 12/29 3pm 10:45 + ACL Presents: 50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel: A Retrospective #001. R (+) 12/28 4:45am 11:30 9 On Story #912 Deconstructing Nora Ephron. Writers Tess Morris and Scott Neustadter discuss Ephron’s writing and the impact of her films. R (9) 12/28 5:30am

Monday 28 EARLY

9 Austin City Limits ★ #4605 John Legend and the Roots: Wake Up! The band performs “Wake Up Everybody” and more protest soul classics in 2011.

+ Woodsongs ★ #2408 Dom Flemons / The Burnett Sisters.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #2010 Nutritious and Delicious. R (9) 12/29 1am

+ Secrets of the Manor House A look at the British titled class in Edwardian times and the servants working in their estates. D R (+) 12/29 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1407 The Butcher’s Son, Sol Food, Al’s Place. R (9) 12/29 1:30am Q 8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2118 Orlando, Hour 3. R (9) 12/29 2am

+ Father Brown #183 The Scales of Justice. Inspector Mallory arrests Bunty for the murder of a wealthy socialite. R (+) 12/29 2am

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

TV LEGEND Technique #927 Weight Loss: FullBody Strengthening (All Standing).

D America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated #2022 Plum and Pear Desserts.

Elinor Wonders Why D Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #309 Enchiladas and Molletes.

Best of The Joy of Painting #3552 Wilderness Way. Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations #118 Fried Chicken Fest.

Sara’s Weeknight Meals #202 Two for One. Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen ★ #301.

Lidia’s Kitcen #804.

Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places #205 Caviar. Q Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food #108 Pesto Chick / ’nduja / Sausage Bake.

Simply Ming #1626 Fatima Ali. Pati’s Mexican Table #904. R (+) 12/29 9:30am Hank Locklin: Country Music’s Timeless Tenor Baking with Julia #101 Craig Kominiak.

Simply Ming #1723 Jody Adams.

Antiques Roadshow #2116 Orlando, Hour 1. R (9) 4pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #317 The Austrian Table.

19

TELEVISION

9pm + Frankie Drake Mysteries ★ #307 Out on a Limb. A showgirl dies by falling off the rooftop of a nightclub. R (+) 12/29 3am, 12/30 11:05pm, 12/31 5am 9:06 9 Antiques Roadshow #2201 Harrisburg, Hour 1. A Pennsylvania Dutch coffeepot, an H.F. Farny painting and a Rene Lalique necklace. R (9) 12/29 3:06am 10pm + How Sherlock Changed the World #102. The impact of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes on real-life criminal investigations. R (+) 12/29 4am 10:15 9 Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain ★ R (9) 12/29 4:15am; (+) 12/30 3pm 11pm + Line of Separation ★ #206. The wall is built, and secret affairs are revealed. R (+) 12/29 5am 11:30 9 Start Up ★ #806 Ash and Erie. R (9) 12/29 5:30am

Tuesday 29 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Curious Traveler #205 Curious Loire Valley. Why is there a river running through Chateau de Chenonceau?

12:30 + Curious Traveler #206 Curious Venice. Where is the hidden symbol of Venice on gondolas?

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

20

7pm 9 Pati’s Mexican Table ★ #910. R (9) 12/30 1am

+ Call the Midwife #901 Episode 1.

An alarming outbreak of diphtheria occurs. R (+) 12/30 1am 7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #411 Vegetable Makeovers. R (9) 12/30 1:30am 8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #603 Homecomings. Sterling K. Brown, Sasheer Zamata and Jon Batiste. R (9) 12/30 2am

+ A Place to Call Home ★ #605 Look Not in My Eyes. Matthew and Olivia learn the identity of Georgie’s birth mother, and Anna decides to stand proudly as an unwed motherto-be. R (+) 12/30 2am 9pm + A Place to Call Home ★ #606 Staring Down the Barrel. As Henry suffers a breakdown, Jack worries about being forced out of the hospital by the board. R (+) 12/30 3am

9:05 9 American Masters ★ #3210 Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page. The life and legacy of the author of the best-selling Little House series. R (9) 12/30 3:05am 10pm + Escape to the Chateau #401 Weddings, Stables and Staircases.

R (+) 12/30 4am 10:45 9 The Secret of Tuxedo Park: American Experience #3002.

Unknown Wall Street tycoon Alfred Lee Loomis, who led a double life as a scientist. D R (9) 12/30 4:45am; (+) 12/31 3pm 11pm + The Durrells in Corfu Season 4 on Masterpiece #4938 Episode 6.

The islanders realize they can no longer ignore the rumblings of war.

R (+) 12/30 5am

Wednesday 30 EARLY

mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ Laura Flanders Show ★ 12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen ★ #809. R (9) 12/31 1am

+ Doc Martin #708 The Doctor Is Out. Marin find himself trapped

by Annie Winton, who wants him to try to save her husband. R (+) 12/31 1am 7:30 9 Field Trip with Curtis Stone ★ #206. R (9) 12/31 1:30am 8pm 9 Nature #3008 Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo. Buffalo and wolves engage in epic life and death dramas across the Wood Buffalo National Park. D R (9) 12/31 2am; (+) 12/31 noon

+ Midsomer Murders #1603 Let Us Prey, Part 1. A series of murders seem to be inspired by macabre images on a recently discovered medieval fresco. R (+) 12/31 2am 9pm + Midsomer Murders #1604 Let Us Prey, Part 2. R (+) 12/31 3am 9:15 9 Nova #4503 The Impossible Flight.

Two intrepid pilots attempt to construct and fly the first solarpowered airplane around the world.

R (9) 12/31 3:15am; (+) 12/31 1pm 10pm + Death in Paradise #151 Written in Murder. Famous thriller author Frank O’Toole is found stabbed. R (+) 12/31 4am

11:05 + Frankie Drake Mysteries #307 Out on a Limb. R (+) 12/31 5am 11:30 9 Changing Seas ★ #1202. R (9) 12/31 5:30am

Thursday 31 EARLY

mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith Saeed Jones, Poet and Author. Jones talks about his debut memoir, How We Fight for Our Lives.

1-6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell ★ #105.

+ Secrets of the Royal Servants Historian Kate Williams illustrates life at Buckingham Palace through the eyes of the royal servants.

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1408 Honor Kitchen and Cocktails, De La Torre’s Trattoria, Ichi Sushi. Q 8pm + Inside the Savoy Go beyond the lobby to discover the stories of the Savoy, the United Kingdom’s first luxury hotel.

8:04 9 Vera #604 The Sea Glass. Vera investigates the mysterious death of a fisherman found tangled in the nets of a North Sea trawler.

9pm + American Masters #3401 Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is. The career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer is explored. D 9:45 9 United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America ★ 10:33 + Live from Lincoln Center #4305 New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve with Renee Fleming. The New York Philharmonic and Renee Fleming celebrate the intersection of classical music and dance.

11:30 9 On Story #613 Charles Burnett: Film as a Means for Social Change. The writer, director and producer shares his career development process.

Channel 9.3, 54.3 & 25.3XFINITY 190 (Monterey/Salinas 371) Thought-provoking television — public affairs, local and world events, nature, history and science.

M O N D AY- F R I D AY

S AT U R D AY

S U N D AY

Mid

HOLIDAY FUN FOR THE KIDDOS

1:00 Best of World (Public Affairs, Science, Nature, History, Arts)

2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00

Best of World (Public Affairs, Science, Nature, History, Arts)

7:00 Canada Files 8:00

Best of World (Public Affairs, Science, Nature, History, Arts)

9:00

The Laura Flanders Show Articulate with Jim Cotter

There’s lots for kids to love this holiday season with one-hour specials and holiday-themed episodes airing between December 4 and 27. Seasonal specials include: Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas; Wild Kratts: A Creative Christmas; Nature Cat: A Nature Carol; Let’s Go Luna! Luna’s Christmas around the World; The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!; and Pet + Cat + Holidays.

America’s Heartland Colorado Experience

10:00

11:00

Start Up To the Contrary

At Home Learning Schedule

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Open Mind

noon

Earth Focus DW Global 3000

1:00

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

22

On Story

2:00

DW News

To the Contrary

2:30

BBC World News America

Washington Week

3:00

France 24

DW Focus on Europe

3:30

NHK Newsline

4:00

6:00

Best of World (Public Affairs, Science, Nature, History, Arts)

7:00

PBS NewsHour

8:00

DW The Day

8:30

BBC World News

9:00

Democracy Now!

10:00

PBS NewsHour

5:00

11:00

NHK Newsline BBC World News

Best of World (Public Affairs, Science, Nature, History, Arts)

American ReFramed

Best of World (Public Affairs, Science, Nature, History, Arts)

COMING IN JANUARY

PBS American Portrait What does it really mean to be an American today?

American Portrait began as platform for people across the country to share photos, videos and text submissions and capture the state and spirit of our country. In January, American Portrait airs as a nationally televised docuseries.

Photo courtesy of PBS American Portrait

Ellyn Hament CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Zaldy Serrano DESIGNER

Kelly Heigert COPY EDITOR

Joan D. Saunders AUDIENCE SERVICES SPECIALIST

Jesus Tapia INTERN

Sabrina Zehnder

Update Your Membership Information Need to change your contact information?

Visit helpcenter.kqed.org to complete the Update Member Information form. You can also send an email to member@kqed. org or call us at 415.553.2150.

PLEASE NOTE: KQED Member Services will be closed beginning 12/24/20 and will reopen on 1/4/21. During this time, please direct all inquiries to member@kqed.org. We'll be monitoring our in-box for URGENT member concerns.

Thank you!

KQED Public Television tv@kqed.org 415.553.2135 Live assistance 9am-5pm, Mon–Fri. After hours, recorded information.

KQED Public Television Comments 415.553.2100 Record a statement about KQED Public Television programs.

KQED Public Radio fm@kqed.org 88.5 FM San Francisco 415.553.2129 89.3 FM Sacramento 916.570.0215 Live assistance and audio and transcript information 9am-5pm, Mon–Fri. After hours, recorded information.

Audience Services tv@kqed.org or fm@kqed.org

Board Meetings KQED Board and committee meetings are always open to the public. For more information, call 415.553.2380.

Member Services member@kqed.org, 415.553.2150 9am-4:45pm, Mon–Fri. After hours, please leave a message.

Other KQED Information 415.864.2000 9am-5pm, Mon–Fri. Follow Us On

Printed on recycled paper.

Send your programming questions anytime.

Responses are usually sent within one to two business days.

Latest Updates on KQED Public Television Schedule Changes kqed.org/tvchanges

Volume 67, Number 12 © 2020 On KQED (USPS 010-356, ISSN 1547-8874) is published monthly by KQED Inc., 2601 Mariposa St., San Francisco, CA 94110-1426© KQED. Periodicals Postage Paid at San Francisco, California, and at additional mailing offices. KQED and The California Report are federally registered trademarks of KQED Inc. Postmaster Send address changes to: On KQED Address Changes Member Services Department, KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110-1426

KQ E D.O RG • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

MANAGING EDITOR

Your Option to Opt Out To further increase support for KQED, we may exchange your name with other nonprofit organizations or include it in cooperative database activity in order to grow our membership base. For more detail, you can find our Member Information policy online at kqed.org/ information-policy, where you can opt out of list rental and exchange activity or cooperative database activity.

23

2601 Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA 94110-1426