September 2022 Program Guide by MontanaPBS

SEPTEMBER 2022 Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 8PM 4 P. 2 From Ken Burns U.S. and the Holocaust THREE NIGHTS, SUNDAY, MONDAY & TUESDAY 9/18, 9/19 & 9/20 AT 7PM 4 P. 3

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Additional over-the-air TV channels for Montana PBS 17 Paradise & Shields River Valleys 20 Belgrade & Springhill Community 20 Billings 27 Emigrant & Chico Hot Springs 40 Sweet Grass Hills; Liberty, Toole & Hill Counties 49 Helena 63 Bridger, Fromberg and Belfry Montana PBS Guide SEPTEMBER 2022 · VOL. 36 · NO. 3 COPYRIGHT © 2022 MONTANA PBS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED MEMBERSHIP 1-866-832-0829 SHOP 1-800-406-6383 EMAIL membership@montanapbs.org WEBSITE www.montanapbs.org ONLINE VIDEO PLAYER watch.montanapbs.org The Guide to Montana PBS is printed monthly by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle for Montana PBS and the Friends of Montana PBS, Inc., a nonprofit corporation 501(c)(3) P.O Box 173340, Bozeman, MT 59717-3340. The publication is sent to contributors to Montana PBS. Basic annual membership is $35. Nonprofit periodical postage paid at Bozeman, MT. SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATION TO: Montana PBS Membership P.O. Box Bozeman,173340MT59717-3340 Friends of Montana PBS Board Officers Chair Peggy Kuhr, Missoula Vice Chair Pat Doyle, Helena Secretary Jessica Crist, Great Falls Treasurer Michael Sanderson, Great Falls Members Bozeman Alice Meister, Aaron Pruitt, Peg Wherry • Big Sky Charlie Callander • Billings Margaret MacDonald, Michael Sanderson • Eureka Rita Collins • Great Falls Jessica Crist, Susan Taleff • Havre Krystal Steinmetz • Helena Abbie Cziok • Martinsdale Gayle Berg • Missoula Ray Ekness • Poplar Rich Peterson • Red Lodge Diane Young, Kent Young • Sidney Joel Krautter • UM Missoula Adrea Lawrence • MSU Bozeman Cody Stone KUSM-TV P.O. Box 173340 • Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717–3340 OFFICE (406) 994-3437 • FAX (406) 994-6545 EMAIL kusm@montanapbs.org Bozeman Staff General Manager Aaron Pruitt Director of Content/Chief Operator Paul Heitt-Rennie Director of Development Kristina Martin Development Officer Jeannie Gracey Membership/Events Manager Erika Matsuda Membership Database Coordinator Markie DeRudder Office/Customer Service Coordinator Kris Fedro Director of Education Nikki Vradenburg Director of Technology Dean Lawver Director of Production Scott Sterling Broadcast Operations Manager Zara Mannion Guide Production MSU Creative Services KUFM-TV PARTV 180 • The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 OFFICE (406) 243-4101 • FAX (406) 243-3299 EMAIL kufm@montanapbs.org MISSOULA STAFF General Manager Ray Ekness Program Assistant Sue Ginn Senior Producer John Twiggs Producer Anna Rau, Breanna McCabe Technical Director Saxon Holbrook Receiving Montana PBS Montana PBS broadcast services are available throughout the State on a number of independently-operated overthe-air translators, as well as through various cable and satellite subscription services. For further information about receiving Montana PBS in your area, contact Montana PBS Viewer Services (406) 994-3437 or send an email to membership@montanapbs.org, or go online to www.montanapbs.org/schedule When making changes to your over-the-air reception, re-scan for new and changed services in your area. Montana PBS—HD 16.1 9.1 21.1 10.1 46.1 11.1 Montana PBS Kids 16.2 9.2 21.2 10.2 46.2 11.2 Montana PBS Create 16.3 9.3 21.3 10.3 46.3 11.3 Montana PBS World 16.4 9.4 21.4 10.4 46.4 11.4 MPAN (Mont. Public 16.5 9.5 21.5 10.5 46.5 11.5 Affairs Network) Billings Butte/BozemanGreatFallsHelena KalispellMissoula A service of SELECT YELLOWSTONE CINEMATOGRAPHY APPEARING IN MONTANA PBS BRANDED ELEMENTS IS BY TOM MURPHY. SELECT MUSIC BEDS APPEARING IN MONTANA PBS BRANDED ELEMENTS IS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JOHN FLORIDIS. Great Nature Docs on PBS Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride

WEDNESDAY, 9/14 8PM Also 9/16 12:30pm This groundbreaking documentary tells the epic story of the famed Marsh pride of lions as it battles for survival in Kenya’s famous Maasai Mara Reserve. Rivers of Life WEDNESDAYS AT 7PM BEGINNING 9/28 Journey from source to mouth and travel through awe-inspiring landscapes to discover the wildlife and people along three of Earth’s greatest rivers. Zambezi 9/28 7PM Also 10/4 1pm This is the story of the wildlife and people of the Zambezi, Africa’s extraordinary shape-shifting river. Danube 10/5 7PM Also 10/11 1pm Europe’s mighty and majestic Danube is a river of glorious riches and magical surprises. Yukon 10/12 7PM Also 10/8 1pm Remote and wild, the Yukon is a river of extremes; in summer a restless giant, in winter it becomes a river of ice.

Episode 1 9/5 8PM Also 9/8 noon; 9/10 2am; 9/12 3:09am

Cover: A image from “U.S. and the Holocaust” shows Franklin Roosevelt in Washington DC, November 9th, 1943. This page: Photo of Adolph Hitler with a German youth in “Lost Home Movies of Nozi Germany.” COURTESY OF APTONLINE.ORG

The Golden Door (Beginnings – 1938)

Recently discovered home movie footage from 1936 offers a unique insight into what people in pre-war Germany were thinking and experiencing. The country was on a high and the Hitler Youth seemed like fun and games, but Nazi control and the rise of antisemitism was soon to become an all-pervading force across the nation.

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From Ken Burns U.S. and the Holocaust THREE NIGHTS, SUNDAY, MONDAY & TUESDAY 9/18, 9/19 & 9/20 AT 7PM Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, “The US and the Holocaust” examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south.

The Homeless, The Tempest–Tossed (1942 – ) TUESDAY, 9/20 7PM Also 9:15pm; 9/22 1am

Brought to light for the first time, the two-part series “Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany” produced for the BBC, delves into the private collections of Germans, both civilian and military, who recorded the dawn of an empire that they thought would last a thousand years.

The Statue of Liberty greets immigrants as they arrive to the US.

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MONDAY, 9/19 7PM Also 9:20pm; 9/21 1am

SUNDAY, 9/18 7PM Also 9:15pm; 9/20 1am Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 – 1942)

Episode 2 9/12 8PM Also 9/15 noon; 9/17 2am; 9/19 3am Christmas in Germany 1941 is an unsettling time. Scarce provisions, freezing weather and news from the Russian front causes Germans to realize the war is a very long way from over.

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New! Electric Tractors? Paul Nugent, precision ag expert at MSU, answers ques tions about adapting new technologies to ag production, including electric machinery, im plements and vehicles, giving us a glimpse of future possibilities for agriculture in Montana and another step to agricultural sustainabili ty. Airs 9/18 6pm; 9/25 11am

An Avon man keeps horseshoe pitching alive even during the winter. Gallup City, once a boom town, still has a story to tell. In De Borgia, we explore a real “Stinky” story. We travel to West Yellow stone to appreciate Montana’s Ski for Light program, and more. Airs 9/7 5:30am News, Brews and Views Learn the history of Montana breweries at a museum in Pol son, spend time with the radio voice of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation KGVA, visit our smallest state park, and more. Airs 9/10 5pm Hidden Treasures

Backroads of Montana Reaching Goals

Enjoy a skijoring event in the Big Hole Valley, meet some senior weight lifters in Ronan, visit an ice cave in the Pryor Moun tains, and more. Airs 9/3 5pm Rumors and Ringers

A Fort Benton mother and daughter team up to spread random acts of kindness. A railroad historian and a Forest Service archaeologist search for the long forgotten Taft Cemetery. A father and son search for Montana sapphires near Helena. Smokestack State Park, the Washoe Theatre, and the Montana Hotel are just some of the stops in Anaconda. Airs 9/14 5:30am Harlo to Huntley Attend the annual thresh ing bee in Huntley. At the Harlo Theatre in Harlowton, students run everything from popcorn sales to projectors. In Grass Range, a group of folks come from miles around for a sense of community and nostalgia—and because they love to dance. Airs 9/17 5pm Eureka to Big Sandy A ranch near Big San dy showcases a different breed of horse; a group of Eureka women make quilts to raise funds; an old wagon road near Springdale was widened and improved by convicts; families trek out to a frozen Smith Lake west of Kalispell for the Sunrisers Lions’ family ice fishing derby, and more. Airs 9/21 5:30am

Coffee Creek to Haugan Travel to Coffee Creek for a stop at Nemec’s Parts and Repair. Visit Haugan to see one of the oldest U.S. Forest Service nurseries in the West. Taste the best pizza in the world in Bigfork and wind up at the Nevada City Music Hall for the largest collection of automated music machines in North America. Airs 9/24 5pm New! Diners & Dinos We’ll visit a Hi-Line diner as we make our way from a suspension bridge in northwest Montana to a dinosaur dig in southeast Montana. John Twiggs hosts from the Madison County Fair in Twin Bridg es. Airs 9/26 8pm; 9/29 7:30pm; 10/1 5pm; 10/2 10:30am; 10/3 2:30am

New! Ecology and Sustainability Cathy Zabinski, plant & soil ecologist at MSU, explains the ecological influences shaping agriculture’s sustainability in Montana. It’s a complicated issue: nutrients & soil health, microbial activity, and many other factors influence production ag. Airs 9/25 6pm; 10/2 11am

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VRBO Regulation / Born Alive The premiere edition investigates if there is prop er regulation for VRBO’s and other on-line rentals in Montana, plus a closer look at the ‘Born Alive Act’, a ballot measure for the 2022 election. Airs 9/15 7pm; 9/18 10am; 9/19 2am U.S. House Dist. 2 Candidates / Drought in MT Ag This episode delves into the 2022 Montana District 2 Congressional race. Can didate profiles include the district’s history. Also meet farmers and ranchers adjusting to Montana’s changing climate. Airs 9/29 7pm; 10/2 10am; 10/3 2am An Alien Place: The Fort Missoula Detention Camp 1941-1944 “An Alien Place” chronicles the history and experiences of the 1,200 Italian and 1,000 Japanese nation als held at Fort Missoula by the Department of Justice from 1941-1944. Airs 9/1 4am New! House Calls with Chef Dr. Mike: Every Plate Tells a Story Join Chef Dr. Mike, cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine, as he uses the restor ative science of Culinary Medicine to help people solve their food-health challenges. In this episode, Chef Dr. Mike and former Rod Stewart guitarist Don, travel the highways of Western Montana seeking to answer, “Where’s the beef?” Airs 9/1 7pm; 9/4 10am; 9/5 2am; 9/30 noon Reports

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The Next Chapter We follow a funeral director in Chinook, burrow into a book store on Alberton’s main street, examine a roadside curiosity near the tiny town of Ledger, and go behind the scenes with the St. Ignatius Mission restoration team to uncover interesting discoveries. Producer John Twiggs makes his debut as host while exploring the gateway town of Gardiner. Airs 9/26 8:30pm Fort Peck to Ovando Meet Pearl Nickels who, in her 90s, still works every day on the ranch near Fort Peck. Learn about gumbo —a volcanic clay that covers everything it touches and makes getting around a sticky mess. St. Mary of the Assumption has served farmers in the Ruby Valley for more than a century. It takes a special effort to keep the Monture Guard station north of Ovando in working condition. Finally, discover the Black foot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild Park near Lincoln. Airs 9/28 5:30am Montana Ag Live Rural Development with the USDA Kathleen Williams, the Montana Director of the USDA Rural Development Office, joins the panel to discuss rural development issues in Montana. She’ll share thoughts on how to im prove rural economies as we slowly exit the COVID pandemic, as well as answering your questions concerning the role of the USDA relative to rural development. Airs 9/4 11am Agri-Business in Montana In Montana, like elsewhere, the business of agriculture includes ranches and farms across the state, from small, family-run, ventures to large op erations involving thousands of acres, many employees, and huge budgets. However, there’s a whole lot more to the agri-business sector in Montana’s economy. The panel dis cusses evolving ag services, possible effects of current geopolitical and economic factors on different parts of ag business, and emerg ing opportunities and markets. Airs 9/11 11am

Chef Dr. Mike prepares a Bison Burger using locally sourced and sustainably produced ingredients from the Bitterroot Valley.

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Indigenous Business From candles, stir-fry, basket weaving, and apparel design, to fish keeping, Native American business owners channel culture and heritage into trades that sustain themselves, their tribes, and their families. Through these businesses, people across the state, country, and world are able to enjoy the rich identity that makes these businesses what they are. Airs 9/15 7:30pm; 9/18 10:30am; 9/19 2:30am Wild by Law and Nature: Montana’s Wilderness Study Areas

The Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 established 9 federally protected Wilderness Study Areas in Montana to be evaluated for potential permanent wilderness designation and inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Forty years later, the fate of these federally protected areas remains in political limbo as wilderness and multiple-use advocates spar over the management, use and future of nearly 663,000 acres of public lands. Airs 9/16 noon

Airs 9/1 7:30pm; 9/4 10:30am; 9/5 2:30am; 9/30 12:30pm

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Examine five unique Montana-based businesses that harness the power of nature. Whether it is mushrooms or yeast, ferments or compost, these businesses create valuable products for the state. Each owner takes us through a day of gritty production, showing us the hard work it takes to make these amazing products come to fruition. These are the stories of nature lovers, fermenters, farmers, and the silent workers doing it all.

This program celebrates the now-vanished Columbia Gardens, in business from 18991973, in home movies, pictures, and first-hand accounts of people who remember the rollercoaster, the carousel, the biplanes and the cowboy swings.

Butte, America Butte was once the world’s largest producer of copper—the “Richest Hill on Earth.” The community’s toughness, vitality and solidarity speak to what’s missing in America today, while raising questions about the costs of industrialization and use of natural resources.

New! Unseen Engines

Airs 9/11 10am; 9/23 noon

Join Chef Dr. Mike as he unlocks the deeper and more potent food-related connections that underlie not only what we put on the plate, but why.

Not only do these businesses provide a service, they also strive for a sustainable lifestyle for the Big Sky state by bringing ecofriendly messages along with their ‘Made in Montana’ products.

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Everything requires creepy crawlies, the gross and nasties, and a little bit of help from Mother Nature. This film documents businesses in Montana that create their products with the help of small organisms that play a critical role in our ecosystem like bugs, bacteria, and fungi or as we like to call them “Unseen Engines.”

& Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness Yellowstone National Park is visited by millions of people, yet winter in Yellowstone is something few people ever experience. Winter, Yellowstone’s longest season, creates a landscape of majestic beauty, bitter cold, and extreme danger, where endurance is the game and survival is the prize. Airs 9/21 3:20am

Chef Dr. Mike takes you and a special guest on a journey of discovery in each episode; moving beyond just nutrients and calories to explore the total healing potential of our individual food experiences. Our personal food stories are the stories of us as individuals and as a society. From the very beginning, food has connected us to this good earth and each other. It has been interwoven into every religion, and every culture, and served as social currency between civilizations. It has nurtured our bodies, our minds, and our spirits. But today, something has gone very wrong.

Hidden Fire: The Great Butte Explosion On a winter’s night in 1895, Butte’s first company of professional firefighters prepared to suppress the flames in a burning warehouse. They had no way of knowing that an illegal and enormous supply of explosive powder was burning inside. By morning, Butte’s unprecedented growth and development would have a darker side. Airs 9/22 7pm; 9/25 10am; 9/26 2am Microorganisms doing their part in the business “The House of Ferments.”

Remembering the Columbia Gardens

Unseen Engines

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On September 11, 2001, Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. What happened behind the walls of the Pentagon is a largely untold chapter in history. Fifteen years later, survivors and first responders shed light on that tragic day.

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Whether it’s just a few days or for an extended period, we’ll have materials for educators, parents and students to help learning at home. Every month we’ll select a few programs, and create digital curriculum-aligned lesson plans and bonus resources all available on-line at montanapbs.org/learnathome. To learn how to get the most out of Montana PBS Learn at Home Too! , contact Nikki Vradenburg at nikki@montanapbs.org or Deanna Mydland at deanna@montanapbs.orgFeatured programs in September PBS KIDS and the PBS KIDS Logo are trademarks owned by Public Broadcasting Service. Used with permission. Activities, tips, articles and more: pbskidsforparents.org Get ready for school with PBS KIDS! Find Resources at Montana PBS Kids! 9/11 Inside the Pentagon Also see p 24, and https://pbskids.org Airs 9/11 6pm; 9/9 noon LEARN AT HOME, TOO! 6 program/inside_the_pentagon_full/911-inside-the-pentagon-full-https://montana.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/911_ Go to the back-to-school hub on PBS Kids for Parents (https://www.pbs.org/parents/back-to-school) for tips, activities, and printables that help children create routines, manage emotions and build friendships. The back-to-school collection on Montana PBS Learning Media (https://montana.pbslearningmedia.org) offers curriculum-aligned resources that teachers can customize to meet the unique learning needs of each studio.

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SEPTEMBER 1 AM EARL Y MORNING mdnt Story in the Public Square: Joseph Ewoodzie, Jr. 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Broadchurch: Episode 2 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Silent Sacrifice: Stories of Japanese American Incarceration 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 WORLD Great Polar Bear Feast 4:00 MT An Alien Place: The Fort Missoula Detention Camp 1941-1944 4:30 Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May’s Photo Studio 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack, Hr 2 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING 5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Pahokee 7:00 MT House Calls with Chef Dr. Mike “Every Plate Tells a Story” Chef Dr. Mike uses Culinary Medicine to help people solve their food-health challenges. TV-G 4 S TORY, P. 5 7:30 MT Unseen Engines Unseen organ isms help create variety of products, pushing the world in the name of nature. TV-G 4 S TORY, P. 5 8:00 McLeod’s Daughters “Stir Crazy” TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:00

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4:00 Food Flirts “Pretzel Meets Choco late” A spectacular chocolate pretzel brioche bread pudding with raspberry whipped cream is created. TV-PG 4:30 Escape to the Chateau “Harvest Time” Dick and Angel makeover the basement and convert the old piggery into a chicken coop. TV-PG 5:00 WORLD Variety Studio: Actors On Actors TV-PG 5:30 PBS News Weekend

Each year tens of thousands of Americans take their own lives, and many more have thoughts of suicide. “Facing Suicide” investigates this urgent health care challenge.

3:00 Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle The legacy of Josef Ganz, the Jewish visionary behind the Volkswagen Beetle, is traced. TV-PG

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Former Arlee Warriors basketball coach Zanen Pitts is the founder of “The Warrior Movement” advocating for mental health and suicide prevention.

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7:30 My Hero “Big” Ollie’s half-human, half Ultronian physiology causes a few problems when he starts to grow at an accelerated rate. In 24 hours he grows from a nine-month-old baby into a 19-year-old boy with a ‘serious’ girlfriend.

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Narrated by Josh Charles, the film explores the stories of Americans impacted by suicide and journeys to the frontlines of medical and scientific research to meet some of the people who are working to curb the suicide crisis. Though suicide touches all races, genders, and socio-economic groups, the film finds that there is reason for hope: advances in research are shedding new light on risks and revealing prevention strategies that can save lives. Poignant, powerful, and timely, the program aims to elevate and destigmatize the topic of suicide and offer an important message of hope and healing.

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8:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Pahokee 8:03 Montana PBS Film Classics “After The Thin Man (1936)” A private detec tive investigates the case of a missing man that is connected to his wife’s family TV-PG 4 S TORY, P. 11 10:00 Austin City Limits “Duran Duran” The British icons perform songs from their album Future Past, as well as greatest hits. TV-PG 10:00 WORLD Hiding In Plain Sight: The Storm TV-PG 11:00 Genesis: The Last Domino? Genesis: The Last Domino? follows Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford as they rehearse for a return to tour ing. Despite the complications and uncertainties of the global Covid-19 pandemic, and without confirmed per formance dates, the band undertook preparations for a major return to the stage after a 17 year absence.

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5:30 WORLD Variety Studio: Actors On Actors TV-PG 6:00 Winston Churchill’s War “Episode 4” As World War II progressed, new allies entered the conflict, leading to victories over Hitler and the Nazis but also a diluting of Churchill’s role. What impact did these changes have on Churchill and his mental state? TV-PG 6:00 WORLD Nature: Cuba’s Wild Revolution TV-G 7:00 The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family “Desire” Anne Boleyn dazzles the Tudor Court while her family plays the long game to catch a king. TV-PG 7:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots: Criminal Kind TV-PG 8:00 Guilt On Masterpiece “Season 2, Episode 3” Max and Erin’s relationship grows ever more complicated and Max has a surprising encounter.

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8:00 WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? North Korea’s Secret Slaves 9:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates “Princes in the Tower” The disappearance of two boys in 1483 has led to centuries of mystery and speculation. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare TV-PG 10:00 Broadchurch “Episode 3” Finger prints at the murder scene lead DI Hardy and DS Miller to a suspect in Danny’s murder. TV-14 10:00 WORLD Nature: Cuba’s Wild Revolution TV-G 11:00 Articulate with Jim Cotter “Reflexive Cognition” The observations and ex periences of poet Paul Muldoon and multidisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham are powerfully rendered in their work. Through poetry, Paul Muldoon sought reconciliation with the violence of his early life in Northern Ireland. Daniel Arsham has thrived in fine art, architecture, design, film, fashion, and performance by approaching each with creativity, intellect-and science. TV-PG 11:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots: Criminal Kind TV-PG 11:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “Melinda Gates” TV-PG MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5 AM EARL Y MORNING mdnt McLeod’s Daughters: Stir Crazy MDNT WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? North Korea’s Secret Slaves Austin City Limits: Duran Duran WORLD Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare 2:00 MT House Calls with Chef Dr. Mike: Every Plate Tells Story The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family: MT Unseen Engines Hr a WORLD Our Time: Self Image & Non-Conformity WORLD Stories from the Stage: School Days: Teacher Tales Lost Home Movies of Nazi 1” Home movie footage from 1936 offers unique insight into experiences of people in pre-war Germany. 4 S TORY, P. WORLD PBS NewsHour Stuff” a woman in her 50s, adopts a baby while caring for her terminally ill mother. S TORY, WORLD DW The Day WORLD BBC World News Roadtrip Nation: Shift and Waging Change: SEPTEMBER Y with Darley: New Mexico’s Divide Trail WORLD Our Time: Self Image & Non-Conformity Stories from the Stage: School Days: Teacher Tales The Boleyns: A Scandalous Masterpiece: Amanpour and Company Worsley Princes the AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: Brasileiro: Against Oblivion

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Family: Desire 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Guilt On

Nicolai Fechin oil portrait. TV-G 7:00

Season 2, Episode 3 2:00 WORLD

12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD

Gilda

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TV-G 10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Amanpour

3” Great apprais als include a Chinese gilt bronze Bodhisattva and

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3:00 Lucy

3:00 Roadtrip Nation: Wide Open Range 3:00 WORLD Variety Studio: Actors On Actors 3:30 WORLD Variety Studio: Actors On Actors 4:00 9/11 Inside The Pentagon 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Keb’ Mo’, Blues Musician 5:00 The Kate: Mary Lambert 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING 5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Waging Change TV-G 7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Churchill Downs Racetrack,

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Judith,

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and the Islands of Newfoundland” Host Brandy Yanchyk travels to Dawson City, Yukon to learn about its gold rush history. TV-G 11:30 WORLD POV: Love & Stuff TV-PG THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8 AM EARL Y MORNING mdnt Story in the Public Square: Vidya Krishnan 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Broadchurch: Episode 3 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Fossil Country 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Hog Haven 3:00 WORLD Variety Studio: Actors On Actors 3:30 WORLD Variety Studio: Actors On Actors 4:00 Magnificent Beast 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Story in the Public Square 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Chicago 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING 5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00

mining families in working class Butte, Montana. 4

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America Gabriel Byrne narrates stories

1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW The Day 9:30 Zelenskyy: The Man Who Took On Putin The rise of the comedian and actor who became the improbable wartime leader in Ukraine is charted. TV-14 9:30 WORLD BBC World News 10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation TV-G 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:00 WORLD Frontline: Lies, Politics and Democracy 11:30 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack TV-G

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 AM EARL Y MORNING mdnt Escape to the Chateau: Harvest Time 1:00 Winston Churchill’s War, Episode 4

1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

5:30 BBC World News Today 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Frontline: Lies, Politics and Democracy 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at the Kennedy Center The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, comprised of recent Ukrainian refugees and other artists, concludes its international tour to express love for Ukraine and lift spirits with music at The Kennedy Center on August 20th. The broadcast version of the performance will also feature behind the scenes footage from their tour.

2:00 Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany Episode 1 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Washington Week

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6:30 WORLD POV: Love & Stuff TV-PG 7:00 Nature “Undercover in the Jungle” A film crew journeys to the untouched wilderness of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest. TV-PG 8:00 NOVA “A to Z: How Writing Changed The World” A look at how technolo gies, from pen to paper to printing press, impacted the spread of infor mation. 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:00 The Big Burn: American Experience The largest fire in American history had profound consequences on the United States Forest Service. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD DW The Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News 10:00 BBC World News

3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: School Days: Teacher Tales 4:00 Trains that Changed the World: Industry 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Freeman Dyson, Pt 2: Mind, God, Religion 5:00 Scotland’s Scenic Railways 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo WORLD Direct Talk

3:00 WORLD The Good Road 3:30 Market to Market 3:30 WORLD The Good Road: Bangkok, Thailand: River of Change 4:00 This Old House: Saratoga Springs / Smooth Finish

10:00 WORLD POV: On the Divide TV-14 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 Seeing Canada “Yukon Gold Rush WORLD America Butte, of five generations of S EE P. 5 7:30 WORLD POV Shorts: Familial Healing TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 8:10 McLeod’s Daughters the Woods” TV-PG 9:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries A La Mode” Phryne visits Madame Fleuri’s for a fitting and unexpectedly finds herself amidst a crime scene. TV-PG-V 9:00 WORLD DW The Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News 10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Any Given Day 10:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi “Cubanos” Mickela meets with Gram my-winning legend Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-L atin Jazz Band. TV-G 11:30 WORLD POV Shorts: Familial Healing TV-PG SEPTEMBER EARL Y MORNING The Open Mind: How to Preserve Dignity in the Digital Age WORLD Crazy 12:30 NHK Newsline Last of the Summer Wine: Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?

4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 Wai Lana Yoga: Breathe Easy! 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 5:30 WORLD Washington Week

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3:00 Legacy List with Matt Paxton: Anne Manley / Richmond, VA 3:00 WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? North Korea’s Secret Slaves 4:00 Scattering C J 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Gzero World with Ian Bremmer 5:00 A Craftsman’s Legacy: The Spur Maker 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 MT Backroads of Montana: Rumors and Ringers 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING 5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour

1:30 My Hero: Big 2:00 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle 3:00 WORLD Our Time: Self Image & Non-Conformity

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4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Childhood Vaccines 4:30 Ask This Old House: Deck Chairs, Damp Basement

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING

SATURDAY, 9/24 8:03PM Also 9/25 1pm

In this hilarious backstage mockumentary, three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on a reunion concert in his honor.

After the Thin Man (1936)

SATURDAY, 9/3 8:03PM Also 9/4 1pm

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark (James Dean) is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems.

Montana PBS Film Classics

SATURDAY, 9/10 8:03PM Also 9/11 1pm

6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show “Salute to the U.S.A.” This was the first show on the newly formed Welk Syndication after the cancellation by ABC. Big hair, mini-skirts, hot pants—it was definitely the ‘70s! From the opening number “Thank You Very Much” Lawrence makes clear his profound gratitude to his audience for their years of unfailing loyalty. TV-G 6:00 WORLD Hiding In Plain Sight: Resilience TV-PG 7:00 Last of the Summer Wine “A Short Introduction to Cooper’s Rules” TV-PG 7:30 My Hero “The Consultant” Arnie turns consultant when the Ultron Council sends him to check up on Thermo man’s performance. Arnie conducts a Time and Motion study on George and demands that Thermoman be fully accountable for his actions. 8:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Any Given Day 8:03 Montana PBS Film Classics “Giant (1966)” A wealthy Texas rancher re turns from a trip to the East Coast with a love interest. TV-PG 4 S TORY, P. 11 9:30 WORLD POV Shorts: Familial Healing TV-PG 10:00 WORLD Hiding In Plain Sight: Resilience TV-PG 11:30 The Caverns Sessions “Molly Tuttle” TV-G SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 AM EARL Y MORNING mdnt Seaside Hotel: A Madhouse MDNT WORLD America ReFramed: Any Given Day 1:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder A La Mode 1:30 WORLD POV Shorts: Familial Healing 2:00 9/11 Inside The Pentagon 2:00 WORLD Roadtrip Nation: Skill Powered 3:00 Chief: The Story of Bill Feehan 3:00 WORLD Waging Change 3:30 They Who Overcame: Stories of Hope and Resilience 4:00 Finding Your Roots: Slave Trade 4:00 WORLD On Story: On Creating Mayans M.C.: A Conversation with Elgin James 4:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Drink Your Yard 5:00 WORLD Washington Week 5:30 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WORLD The Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22

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Recently returned home from vacation, private detective Nick Charles (William Powell) and his socialite wife, Nora (Myrna Loy), are back on the case when Nora’s cousin, Selma (Elissa Landi), reports her husband Robert (Alan Marshal) missing.

Wealthy Texas rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) shakes things up at home when he returns from a trip to the East Coast with a love interest, the refined Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor).

SATURDAY, 9/17 8:03PM Also 9/18 1pm

Giant (1966)

COURTESY OF APTONLINE.ORG William Powell stars as private detective Nick Charles, and his socialite wife, Nora, is played by Myrna Loy in “After the Thin Man.”

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

COURTESY OF APTONLINE.ORG James Dean plays ranch hand Jett Rink in “Giant.”

A Mighty Wind (2003)

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