Odyssey: December 2022

National Velvet (1944) December 24 at 9 pm

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An American in Paris (1951) • December 10

Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. Starring: Gene Kelly • Leslie Caron • Oscar Levant

The Black Stallion (1979) • December 17

After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue. Starring: Kelly Reno • Mickey Rooney • Teri Garr

National Velvet (1944) • December 24

A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England’s Grand National Sweepstakes.

Starring: Mickey Rooney • Donald Crisp • Elizabeth Taylor

On the Town (1949) • December 31 at 8 PM

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

Starring: Gene Kelly • Frank Sinatra • Betty Garrett

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The holidays are a time for celebrating and cherishing hope, fellowship, and giving. We hope you join us for our familyfocused programing celebrating our favorite season of the year! We are starting off December with Reba McEntire—My Chains Are Gone: Hymns and Gospel Favorites, featuring Reba as well as her family coming together for a night of heartwarming, inspirational singing, Thursday, December 1 at 7 p.m.

Continue the merrymaking with the grand musical tradition of the St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine, on Thursday, December 15 at 7 p.m. Bring on the holiday cheer with such classics as Little Women on Masterpiece Monday through Wednesday, December 5-7 at 11 p.m., as well as The Nutcracker & The Mouse King Friday, December 23 at 9 p.m. Get into the spirit of Christmas with the iconic cooking Dame Mary Berry in Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Monday, December 19 at 8 p.m. And after enjoying your favorite holiday dishes, settle in and enjoy the Call the Midwife Holiday Special Christmas Day at 8 p.m.

And a special thank you to those who participated in our Giving Tuesday and end-of-year donations. Because of you, we are able to continue to provide exceptional programing! Thank you, and happy holidays!

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Don’t Miss These Music Specials

This December we are excited to feature three incredible live music programs on OETA. We kick things off with a star-studded special featuring country music superstar Reba McEntire. The “My Chains Are Gone” special offers fans a long-requested recording of Reba’s 2017 first ever solo headlining show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Featuring special guests Trisha Yearwood, Kelly Clarkson and The Isaacs, the special combines footage from that historic night along with newly captured performances from earlier this year.

“My Chains Are Gone” is the perfect title for this special because my chains ARE gone,” says Reba. “I rely on my faith so much every day. There’s freedom in knowing that I don’t have to figure it out myself.” Hosted by Gospel music legend Bill Gaither, this special finds Reba lending her unmistakable voice to classic hymns and newly written songs of hope.

Immediately following “My Chains Are Gone ” is a never-before-seen concert from one of America’s most beloved country music artists, Willie Nelson. With a career spanning more than seven decades, Nelson’s live shows are legendary, and this show is a perfect example.

In February of 1984, Nelson performed in Tokyo to kick off a five-city tour that marked his first time playing in Japan, showing how global his appeal had become.

Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan

The first shows were at the Budokan, the legendary martial arts hall; the concert was recorded and filmed for broadcast but was released as a laserdisc, only in Japan. The video was never seen anywhere else, and the audio was never released — until now. The audio has been lovingly remixed by Willie’s longtime band member Mickey Raphael and the broadcast version includes 19 songs with an amazing collection of hits.

Rounding out the evening, we bring you an unforgettable performance from those classic English rockers “The Who” with “The Who Hits 50! Live ”. For over 50 years, The Who have been at the forefront of rock music. Their performances today remain as visceral as ever, and they still stand true to their badge of honor as “the loudest rock group ever.” This 2015 performance filmed at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall was staged to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. The band performs a mountain of classic hits, including “My Generation,” “Who Are You,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” and many more extraordinary hits as well as sections from groundbreaking albums Tommy and Quadrophenia.

Watch all three of these unforgettable music performances on Saturday, December 3 starting with Reba’s “ My Chains Are Gone ” at 6:30 pm, followed by “ Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan” at 8 pm, and “The Who Hits 50! LIVE ” starting at 9:30 pm on OETA and on-line at OETA.tv/live.

What to Watch

Miss Scarlet and the Duke: Secrets Revealed

Sunday, December 4 • 5:30 pm

Go behind-the-scenes of this thrilling Masterpiece mystery series with cast and crew. Featuring Kate Phillips (Wolf Hall) as Victorian London’s brilliant, beautiful and first-ever female sleuth.

Nature: Penguins

Wednesday, December 7 • 7:00 pm

A celebration of one of Earth’s most iconic and beloved birds, featuring footage of all 18 species of penguins for the first time, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.

POV: Let the Little Light Shine

Monday, December 12 • 9:30 pm

National Teachers Academy (NTA) is a topranked, high-performing elementary school in a growing south side Chicago neighborhood. As the neighborhood gentrifies, a wealthy parents group seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus.

O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Tuesday, December 13 • 7:00 pm

Tony® Award-nominee Megan Hilty and television and film actor Neal McDonough join The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for this Irish-inspired edition of this heartwarming annual celebration.

Explore the best of OETA with Passport—an added streaming benefit of station membership. Learn more and get registered at OETA.tv/passport. Don’t wait to binge your favorite series!

PRIMETIME DECEMBER

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7:00 8:00 9:30 11:00

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E1

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E2

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E3

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Mirror*

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E4

The Mysterious Women of Masterpiece* Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at O2. 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00

7:00 8:00 9:30 11:00

Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 9 Remember Pearl Harbor Great Performances: Fiddler - A Miracle of Miracles Little Women, pt.1

7:00 8:00 9:30 11:00

Antiques Roadshow: Modern Icons American Masters: The Adventures of Saul Bellow*

POV: Let the Little Light Shine* Midsomer Murders

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E5

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E6 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Jewel Robbery

First Day of Hanukkah Christmas Day

All Creatures Great & Small, S2 E7

Call the Midwife: Holiday Special 2022* Call the Midwife: Holiday Special 2022 Doc Martin, S8 E3

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5 12 19 26

7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00

Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas*

The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking Rick Steves European Christmas

First Day of Kwanzaa

Antiques Roadshow: Best Bargains

The Great American Recipe, pt. 1 The Great American Recipe, pt. 2 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas

7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00

Finding Your Roots: Where Did We Come From? 10 Homes That Changed America

Frontline: Whistleblower* VOCES on PBS: American Exile Little Women, pt.2

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O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir* In a Different Key*

6 13 20 27

Finding Your Roots: The New World Rick Steves European Christmas

Generation A: Portraits of Autism in the Arts* Death in Paradise, S11 E7 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00

Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace Death in Paradise, S11 E8 7:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 11:00

American Masters: Groucho & Cavett*

London New Year’s Day...* The Great American Recipe, pt. 3 The Great American Recipe, pt. 4 Death in Paradise, S1 E1

Nature: Penguins

NOVA: Ghosts of Stonehenge Secrets of the Dead: The First Circle of Stonehenge Finding Your Roots: Where Did We Come From? Little Women, pt.3

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Reba McEntire: My Chains are Gone* John Sebastian’s Folk Rewind Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD

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The Oklahoma News Report* Washington Week* Firing Line with Margaret Hoover* Magic Moments: The Best of 50’s Pop Carpenters: Christmas Memories

Jack Taylor: The Enterprise* Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part, pt. 2 Doc Martin, S8 E1 Death in Paradise, S11 E7 Broadchurch, S3 E8*

7:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00

The Oklahoma News Report* Washington Week* Firing Line with Margaret Hoover* The Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show Ella Wishes You a Swinging...

Earshot Prize 2022*

NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame* Secrets of the Dead: Building Notre Dame Secrets of Sacred Architecture Father Brown, S6 E6

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Reba McEntire: My Chains are Gone Willie Nelson: Live at Budokan* The Who Hits 50!* 60’s Pop, Rock & Soul 7:00 8:00 9:00 11:05

Lawrence Welk: Winter Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Mirror*

OETA Movie Club: An American in Paris Austin City Limits: Leon Bridges & Khruangbin 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine* Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns, pt. 1 Doc Martin, S8 E2 Death in Paradise, S11 E8 Around the World in 80 Days, pt. 1

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The Oklahoma News Report* Washington Week* Firing Line with Margaret Hoover* Craft in America: Inspiration* Craft in America: Home* OETA Movie Club: An American in Paris

7:00 8:00 9:00 11:10

Winter Solstice 28 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00

The Letter: A Message for Our Earth* Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine Earth Emergency Finding Your Roots: The New World Father Brown, S6 E7

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Nature: American Arctic

NOVA: The Truth About Fat

The Great American Recipe, pt. 5 The Great American Recipe, pt. 6 Father Brown, S6 E8

Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns, pt. 2 Doc Martin, S8 E3 Death in Paradise, S1 E1 Around the World in 80 Days, pt. 2

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The Oklahoma News Report* Washington Week* Firing Line with Margaret Hoover* The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Clown by Quentin Blake OETA Movie Club: The Black...

29 31 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00

World Aids Day 7:00 8:00 10:00 11:30

Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the Islander* Midsomer Murders: The Point of Balance, pt. 1 Doc Martin, S8 E4 Death in Paradise, S1 E2 Around the World in 80 Days...

7:00 8:00 9:00 11:30

Christmas Eve

Lawrence Welk: Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Jewel Robbery* OETA Movie Club: Black Stallion Austin City Limits: The War and Treaty & Ruthie... 7:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 11:00

Lawrence Welk: Christmas Reunion Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Peril at End House, pt. 1 OETA Movie Club: National Velvet Crane Candlelight Concert: Peace and Love 2021*

30 New Year’s Eve 7:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00

The Oklahoma News Report* Washington Week* Firing Line with Margaret Hoover* The Great American Recipe, pt. 7 The Great American Recipe, pt. 8

Lawrence Welk: New Year’s OETA Movie Club: On the Town United in Song: A New Year’s Eve Special* London New Year’s Day Parade 2023

TOP 3 HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

THE ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL: LOVE DIVINE

Thursday, December 15 • 7:00 pm

First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States. Led by five conductors, it features more than 500 student musicians who are members of the college’s worldrenowned choirs and orchestra. The festival features a rich repertoire of classic Advent and Christmas compositions, familiar carols, and hymns from around the world.

MARY BERRY’S ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS

Monday, December 19 • 8:00 pm

Mary Berry shares her ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings. Friends and Chefs Angela Hartnett and Monica Galetti join her to share favorite festive recipes from their heritage and Mary and TV host Rylan Clark try and convert some kids to Brussels sprouts.

CALL THE MIDWIVE: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2022

Sunday, December 25 • 8:00 pm

With Christmas approaching, the midwives move to their maternity clinic and are delighted when their first patient is a familiar face. Life in Poplar returns to normal after the tragic train crash, and everyone unites for a festive talent show.

Milk Street*

SUN 12/11

SUNUP*

Fishing Behind the Lines

Motorweek* Christmas on the Danube Outdoor Oklahoma*

This Old House

Finding Your Roots: Where Did We Come From?

SAT 12/17

Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Best of Joy of Painting

Market to Market*

SUNUP*

Fons & Porter

SUN 12/18

SUNUP*

Fishing Behind the Lines Motorweek* America’s Forests Outdoor Oklahoma*

Garden Smart* American Woodshop

Old House* Christmas on the Danube

SAT 12/31

Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Market to Market*

& Porter

NOVA: Ghosts of Stonehenge

Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 9

The Oklahoma News Report

NOVA: Great Cathedral Mystery

Washington Week*

The Chavis Chronicles Tell Me More w/ Kelly Corrigan

Fit 2 Stitch America’s Test Kitchen Cook’s Country*

This Old House

Earshot Prize 2022

Milk Street*

Mexican Table* Oklahoma Gardening* Garden Smart* American Woodshop This Old House

Ask This Old House

America’s Forests

Secrets of the Dead: Building Notre Dame

NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame

The Oklahoma News Report Outdoor Oklahoma Oklahoma Gardening Rick Steves’ Art of Europe, pt. 3

Earshot Prize 2022

NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame

Osiyo*

Nature: Penguins Lawrence Welk: Winter

Antiques Roadshow: Modern Icons

Washington Week* The Chavis Chronicles* Tell Me More w/ Kelly Corrigan* The Oklahoma News Report Outdoor Oklahoma* Oklahoma Gardening*

Osiyo*

Rick Steves’ Art of Europe, pt. 4

Lawrence Welk: Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael

The Oklahoma News Report

Father Brown, S6 E6

PBS News Weekend*

Father Brown, S6 E7

Nature: American Arctic Ireland w/ Michael

PBS News Weekend*

What to Watch

In a Different Key

Tuesday, December 13 • 8:00 pm

A mother tracks down the first person ever diagnosed with autism, now an elderly man living in rural Mississippi, to learn if his life story holds promise for her own autistic son. Her journey exposes a startling record of cruelty and kindness alike.

Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Monday, December 19 • 10:00 pm

From manger scenes and mistletoe to wintry wonderlands, this program celebrates the Christmas season throughout the European continent.

American Masters: Groucho & Cavett

Tuesday, December 27 • 7:00 pm

Discover the enduring friendship between TV personality Dick Cavett and his mentor comedian Groucho Marx. Their relationship is chronicled through interviews with Cavett, archival footage and interviews with others.

Nature: American Arctic

Wednesday, December 28 • 7:00 pm

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has long protected survivors of the Ice Age, but this once remote and frozen fortress is on the brink of change. Now, for the caribou, musk oxen, polar bears, and Arctic foxes, the ice age is slipping away.

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When you give an annual gift of $1,000 or more, you become a member of the OETA Producer’s Club. Producer’s Club members are committed to the award-winning work of OETA and want their generous gifts to make a big impact on public television viewers of all ages. Producer’s Club members also serve as ambassadors for OETA, encouraging others to join this effort to use the power of public television to provide knowledge and understanding throughout Oklahoma.

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Executive Producer Level Members

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Producer Level Members

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Director Level Members

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John and Jane Kenney of Oklahoma City, OK J. Fran Parkhill of Ardmore, OK

Phil and Gayle Anne Roberts of Edmond, OK Monica Wittrock of Edmond, OK

Star Level Members

Bill and Karen Anderson of Holdenville, OK

Dr. Dewayne Andrews from Edmond, OK

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Joe and Karen Leonard Charitable Fund of Edmond, OK Richard Lieser of Tulsa, OK

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