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February 2026 ALSO INSIDE

WFMT marks Black History Month with music and conversations with Denyce Graves and Barbara Hendricks, and spotlights Leontyne Price, Rhiannon Giddens, and Shirley Verrett in an historic performance from the Met.

From the President & CEO Dear Member, Throughout February and to commemorate Black History Month, WTTW will present powerful programming exploring African American history, culture, and influence. On Tuesday evenings through February 17, we’ll bring you the highly anticipated four-part series Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. that explores the complex relationship between Black Americans and Jewish Americans – forged in shared struggle, tested by division, and representing a uniquely American experience. On page 4, meet the directors and learn how this important project came to be. Also watch for new documentaries about Chicago’s trailblazing aviatrix Bessie Coleman; civil rights leader Medgar Evers; outspoken U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan; and the visionary jazz musician, composer, and poet Sun Ra. As the nation approaches America’s 250th anniversary, this February also marks the launch of Firsthand: Democracy, a yearlong initiative exploring what democracy looks like in action – here in Chicago and across Illinois. At a moment when trust in democratic institutions feels uncertain, Firsthand offers a deeply human look at civic participation through five documentary portraits of individuals working locally to strengthen their communities. Visit wttw.com/firsthand to watch the documentaries, explore related news reporting, and join Firsthand community conversations throughout 2026. This month, WFMT celebrates Black History Month with programming honoring the artistry and legacy of Black musicians. Listen for a birthday tribute to folk and classical music icon Rhiannon Giddens on The Midnight Special; an “Artist’s Choice” Metropolitan Opera performance of Berlioz’s Les Troyens from 1974 starring mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett; a Live from WFMT performance by Chicago-born flutist Demarre McGill with pianist Jessica Choe; a look back on the achievements of African American soprano Barbara Hendricks in an archival interview with Studs Terkel; and a conversation on Listening to Singers with legendary mezzosoprano Denyce Graves, newly retired from the stage and entering the next chapter of her pioneering career. As always, we are grateful for your ongoing membership support, and thank you for watching and listening to WTTW and WFMT. Sincerely, Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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WTTW Listings

4 Q&A: Black and Jewish America:

13 Do it Yourself Saturdays and Sundays

An Interwoven History

14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid

Multicast and Streaming Highlights

19 At-a-Glance

WTTW Kid Grid

20 WFMT Listings

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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks

Wednesday, February 4, 8:00 pm

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently in the Night [R] 2:00 Pioneers of Television: Westerns [R] 3:00 The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game (Part 4 of 6) [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Gold 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Steadiness and Freedom

MORNING 6:00 Horizons from PBS News 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Homemade Live! 7:30 Simply Ming: Broccoli and Beef 8:00 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets: Ode to Capt. Vassilis 8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Stockfish and Amber 9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Great Grains 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Chicken Three Ways 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Delta Delights – Northeast Louisiana 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: East Meets West 11:00 Where in Chicago with Geoffrey Baer In his first-ever quiz show, Geoffrey Baer poses Chicago history and trivia questions to a lively and diverse group of passersby all over the city and reveals the answers.

AFTERNOON 12:20 Chicago Time Machine Join Geoffrey Baer for this engaging historical travelogue through Chicago, aided by his amazing flea market find: a time machine. 1:45 South of Chicago: Suburbs, Steel Mills, Shoreline Geoffrey takes you on a tour along the waterways, highways and railways of Chicago’s South Suburbs and Northwest Indiana.

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Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies

Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai and Rick Bayless

Before iconic aviators like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh captured imaginations, there was Bessie Coleman. This film details Coleman’s struggle to overcome adversity and realize her dream to fly.

In this new special, James Beard Awardwinning chefs Ming Tsai and Rick Bayless come together to share stories and inspiration. They visit Chicago restaurants Lao Peng You and Frontera Grill.

Monday, February 16, 9:00 pm

Saturday, February 28, 10:00 am

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of Freedom Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News [R] 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Chicago’s North Shore Geoffrey explores the history, architecture, and little-known stories of Chicago’s famous shoreline suburbs. Compass Points from PBS News Rick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk

EVENING 6:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service – Step Potential On New Year’s Eve, Eliza, Pete, and Ryan encounter dangerous power lines when a romantic hot air balloon ride turns into a perilous rescue operation. 7:00 Miss Scarlet Season 6 on Masterpiece: Bad Blood (Part 4 of 6) Charlie Phelps, the new Detective Inspector at the City of London Police, hires Eliza for a case involving his uncle, Dylan Cooper. However, it turns out that Scotland Yard is also after Cooper. 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Jenny Wren (Part 4 of 7) Helen struggles when Jenny gets some exciting news. Tristan doubts himself when he tries to fit into Charlotte’s world. Elsewhere, Siegfried meets his match in a Part icularly stubborn goat. 9:00 Bookish: Deadly Nitrate, Part 2 (Part 4 of 6) Book and his team race to unmask the film-set killer before someone else is left on the cutting room floor…permanently. 10:00 Murder in the Mountains: Under Surveillance (Season 1, Part 3 of 13) The death of a young tech genius leaves Nina and Lukas suspicious of his business Part ner. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Queens of the Stone Age Rock titans Queens of the Stone Age take the stage for Alive in the Catacombs, a project conceived in the ancient tombs beneath Paris.

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Lord of the Dance [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise [R] 2:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Let the Games Begin! [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder on the Ballarat Train [R] 4:00 Impossible Builds: The Scorpion Tower [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Fareed Zakaria

MORNING 6:00-9:30 WTTW Kids 9:30 Phoebe & Jay This new series for preschoolers boosts early literacy skills through the adventures of 6-year-old twins Phoebe and Jay Yarber. 10:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

Tuesday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Miss Scarlet Season 6 on Masterpiece: Bad Blood (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 All Creatures Great

In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of McGee Medi

NOVA: Can Dogs Talk? Witness astonishing moments that challenge our assumptions about animal intelligence, from dogs that seemingly engage in conversations to those who learn new words with incredible speed. Prepare to question everything you thought you knew about the minds of dogs.

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 1 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Legendary Blizzards [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Turkey Two Ways 3:30 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pierogi 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 19th-century Jim Williams-owned Federal hunt board, a Jesse Arms Botke oil circa 1940, and a 1978 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers-signed poster. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1977 Pele-signed soccer ball, a 1933 RKO King Kong Bachrach photo, and Winfred Rembert’s Moonshiners painting circa 2001. 9:00 Harriet Tubman: Visions

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Senior Neill Rea as Detective Sergeant Mike Shepherd

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. comes this new four-part miniseries that explores the complex relationship between Black Americans and Jewish Americans forged through shared struggles against racism and antisemitism.

Tuesdays, February 3-17 8:00 pm 2026

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Q&A

with the creators of Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

by Daniel Hautzinger

he latest series from renowned scholar and cultural historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. – Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History – traces the complex relationship between these two groups forged through shared struggles over four parts airing Tuesdays, February 3-17 at 8:00 pm on WTTW and the PBS app.

The Guide: What is the origin story of this new series? Sara Wolitzky: I think Dr. Gates really started think-

This month, we spoke to executive producers and directors Phil Bertelsen and Sara Wolitzky about the program.

It just felt like an important moment to share a long history of connection and entanglement of Blacks and Jews that I think was more prominent to folks of his Photos courtesy of McGee Media

“Across history, Jews have been mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated – and so have Black people,” Dr. Gates says in the show. “And we share something else as well: a duty to keep fighting hatred, wherever it shows up.”

ing about it in earnest after [the 2017 white supremacist rally in] Charlottesville and seeing this moment of both very obvious anti-Jewish hatred and anti-Black racism and the resurgence of this kind of white nationalism in this country. Charlottesville was on the heels of the [2015] massacre at Mother Emanuel [African Methodist Episcopal Church] in Charleston, followed by the Tree of Life [synagogue] shooting in Pittsburgh [in 2018]. This white nationalism that has always had these two groups in its crosshairs was surging.

Dr. Gates joins others at a seder dinner 4

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generation living through the Civil Rights movement and seeing that peak of joint activism. It felt like a good moment to excavate that relationship in a way that was not just celebratory but honest, and look at how the key moments are a quintessentially American story – how they shaped America, where the tensions come from, and how it works best. Phil Bertelsen: How did we get here? The

essential question. Wolitzky: One obvious fact is that we do

need each other, and the country needs us. The Guide: In the years since the events

you referenced and since you started working on this, do you feel the series has become more important, especially since the October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza?

until everybody is free, which becomes the dominating Civil Rights-era idea. The Guide: There’s also a cultural connec-

tion between the two groups; for example, the Jewish-run Chess Records in Chicago, which released influential blues records by Black musicians. Bertelsen: We look at jazz in particular: we talk about the Great American Songbook and the influence of Jewish composers on jazz music; also, the confluence of their efforts creatively and from a business standpoint. We talk about Louis Armstrong and his relationship with his longtime manager. We look at early Hollywood and

has been satisfying, frustrating, maddening, and illuminating at the same time. We’ve been here before. And I think there are many lessons to be learned that speak directly to this current climate. The Guide: Are there any lessons you took

away from working on this? Wolitzky: What we often try to point to

in the series is on the level of individual relationships. There’s a story of a Jewish housewife, Esther Brown, in the suburbs of Kansas City, who found out through her maid about a Black school that was super underfunded; she helped them fight to desegregate the schools in the town. The link

Bertelsen: The sad truth is, as old as those

events may be, the series has never been more relevant. Wolitzky: I think it’s also more relevant

because of those October 7th events, because that became the latest in a series of flashpoints and difficult moments that have challenged the sense of connection or potential for unity between these groups. In a way, I think it’s even more valuable, because part of what this series is exploring is how you survive the tensions and the things that tend to pit people against each other. How do you find solidarity across differences of opinion and still come together in coalition around the things you value? The Guide: It offers an interesting window

into whiteness as well. Bertelsen: While we have these shared values and even experiences of oppression, that is a fundamental difference. Black people will never experience whiteness, and therefore there’s a built-in differential between the two groups, regardless of the solidarity that they seek. Wolitzky: For Jewish people in America, whether they are considered white fluctuates over time, and their access is given and revoked, and it’s always sort of conditional. That helps them recognize the importance of the idea that nobody is free

Black and Jewish religious leaders in solidarity at a church service

the foundational figures, who were largely Jewish immigrants, who basically built entertainment, and how that impacted Black people and how Black culture impacted that. The Guide: You also cover the relationship

between the Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington, out of which came thousands of schools for Southern Black children. Bertelsen: The whole series is full of these lesser-known stories. The best way I can describe this series is as a sort of dual biography. I’m just fascinated by the idea that at the same time Columbus was sailing the ocean blue [in 1492] the Jews were getting kicked out of Spain. History is prologue, and to be doing this series in this moment

between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington came about because of the connection and respect between these two men, or Louis Armstrong and Joe Glaser. It’s a good reminder that it all starts at that level of individual human connection. The more direct relationships we build in our lives and our communities, the better. Bertelsen: We have to have the difficult

conversation. I think a lot of times, because of the discomfort that comes from that difficult conversation, we spend more time avoiding it than engaging in it. You need to engage in the conversation about difference and what shared values you have, and start from there. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. 2026

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Prime

Create

Sunday, February 8, 9:00 pm

Friday, February 13, 8:00 pm

This documentary tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 – the only coup d’etat in the history of the United States.

This Valentine’s Day, we’re raising our glasses to you! Spend the weekend on a globe-trotting adventure with Fresh Glass and Wine First to discover wines and bites fit for any celebration.

Cheers to our Viewers: A Toast to You!

The Puzzle Lady

Thursday, February 19

Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.

for WTTW Passport Members Only Photo: Courtesy of Tellus Works Television AS

Photo: E. Carolina Univ. Joyner Library Special Collections.

Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.

Newspaper editor Alexander Manly

With your WTTW Passport membership, watch all six episodes of this new series starring Phyllis Logan as Cora Felton (The Puzzle Lady). Despite hiding a secret which would ruin her and those around her, Cora has a talent for solving murders in her sleepy town of Bakerbury.

Photo: Channel Zero, December Films, and Factual Fiction

American Coup, Wilmington 1898: American Experience

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Yolanda Año and Liora Levi, Wine First

Phyllis Logan as Cora Felton

What is Passport? With a WTTW Passport membership, unlock thousands of exclusive WTTW and PBS programs on wttw.com/watch and the PBS app. Look for videos with the blue compass symbol

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In the Spotlight

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Monday, February 2 9:00 pm Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History Tuesdays, February 3-17 8:00 pm

Professor Mark HortonSenior Neill Rea as Detective Sergeant Mike Shepherd

Secrets of the Dead: The Quest for Camelot Professor Mark Horton seeks to prove Arthurian legends have roots in actual British history and locations, utilizing unseen primary sources and reconsideration of archaeological sites.

Wednesday, February 4 9:00 pm

and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Jenny Wren (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Bookish: Deadly Nitrate, Part 2 (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service – Step Potential See Sun. Feb. 1 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Philbrook Museum (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Nature: Expedition Killer Whale [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Plant-Based Perfection 3:30 Cook’s Country: Spicy and Sour for Supper 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Love & Basketball Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of basketball superstars Brittney Griner and Chris Paul, revealing that they are

Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned Saturday, February 7 5:00 pm Triumph: Tampa’s Untold Story in the Civil Rights Movement Sunday, February 8 11:00 am Everlasting: The Life & Legacy of Medgar Evans Sunday, February 8 12:00 and 1:00 pm Great Migrations: A People on the Move Sunday, February 15 11:00 am Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies Monday, February 16 9:00 pm Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Friday, February 20 8:00 pm Sun Ra: Do the Impossible – American Masters Friday, February 20 9:00 pm Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Saturday, February 21 5:00 pm Independent Lens: The Inquisitor Monday, February 23 9:00 pm

Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands – American Masters Sunday, February 1 9:00 pm Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Sundays, February 1-22 11:00 pm Gospel Monday, February 2-Thursday, February 5 10:00 pm Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Tuesday, February 3 12:00 pm Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History Wednesdays, February 4-18 11:00 am American Justice on Trial: People V. Newton Thursday, February 5 8:00 pm

The Riot Report: American Experience Saturday, February 14 8:00 pm Raise Your Head Up: Freedom Colonies in America Sunday, February 15 4:00 pm Becoming Frederick Douglass Sunday, February 15 9:30 pm Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up Sunday, February 15 10:30 pm Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies Tuesday, February 17 12:00 pm Making Black America: Through the Grapevine Saturday, February 21 and 28 at 8:00 and 9:00 pm A Fuller Education Sunday, February 22 4:00 pm

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Friday, February 6 10:00 pm

The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli Sunday, February 22 7:00 pm

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP: American Experience Saturday, February 7 8:00 pm

Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers Sunday, February 22 8:00 pm

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 – American Experience Sunday, February 8 9:00 pm Journeys of Black Mathematicians Tuesday, February 10 and Wednesday, February 11 12:00 pm

Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution Sunday, February 22 10:00 pm The Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters Wednesday, February 25 11:00 am

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Western Lowland Gorillas

Nature: Parenthood This new five-part series explores the extraordinary strategies and ingenious tricks that animal parents employ to give their young a head start in life. Filmed over three years across six continents, witness the amazing stories of dedication, ingenuity and sacrifice as animals embark on the greatest of all challenges.

Wednesdays, 7:00 pm

not the first extraordinary people in their family trees. 8:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: Let My People Go (Part 1 of 4) Explore the intersecting and diverging fates of the Black and Jewish communities up to the 1920s. Trials of exile, faith, migration, and solidarity shape their joint story. 9:00 Frontline 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk [R] 12:30 The Office [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom See Mon. Feb. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Jenny Wren (Part 4 of 7) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: French Chicken and Potatoes 3:30 Cook’s Country: Smoky Barbecue Favorites 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

6:00 Nature Cat 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Weather Hunters 8:00 Lyla in the Loop 8:30 Carl the Collector 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Phoebe & Jay

EVENING

10:00 Sesame Street

6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Parenthood – Grasslands (Part 1 of 5) Animal parents must balance risk and reward to raise their young in grasslands. 8:00 NOVA: Can Dogs Talk? 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Quest for Camelot 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

10:30 Work it Out Wombats! 11:00 Donkey Hodie 11:30 Rosie's Rules 12:00 Elinor Wonders Why 12:30 Alma's Way

Thursday 5

Phoebe & Jay at 9:30 am (New!)

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Love & Basketball See Tues. Feb. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: Let My People Go (Part 1 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Frontline See Tues. Feb. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Office [R] 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Love & Basketball [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Prime Rib and Popovers 3:30 Cook’s Country: Smothered and Dowdied 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Garotte and the Vinklebraun 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently in the Blood When

a young woman is raped and murdered, Gently and Bacchus are thrown into a world of racial intolerance, sexual jealousy, and turf warfare. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Parenthood – Grasslands (Part 1 of 5) See Wed. Feb. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Can Dogs Talk? See Wed. Feb. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Quest for Camelot See Wed. Feb. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Murder in the Mountains: Under Surveillance (Season 1, Part 3 of 13) See Sun. Feb. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 NOVA: Can Dogs Talk? [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Bulgogi and Bokkeumbap 3:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ 1:00

Thighs, Fried Peach Pies 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) After Valley Forge and Monmouth, the French American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters. 10:00 The Office It’s judgement day on whether the office is to be downsized. 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Long Grove, Illinois [R] 12:30 South of Chicago: Suburbs, Steel Mills, Shoreline See Sun. Feb. 1 at 1:45 pm. [R] 2:10 Chicago’s North Shore See Sun. Feb. 1 at 3:25 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The

Weekday Lineup

MORNING Photo: Courtesy of Peter Lyttle & Silverback Films

In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Favorite Forgotten Cakes 3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 4:00 Mary Berry Makes it Easy: Adventurous Cooking 4:30 Check, Please! Ema, Passero, Whisk 5:00 Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned The tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968 triggered rage and grief that erupted in the city’s Black community and led to an unprecedented period of public mourning, looting, and destruction on the city’s West Side. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

Viewer’s Choice Bowl 2025 Geoffrey Baer reveals the winner and runner-up in this year’s online poll of the favorite programs of 2025, chosen by viewers. Will it be a drama or mystery series? A local or national documentary? A how-to program? Join WTTW this afternoon to find out!

Sunday, February 8 2:00 pm Week in Review [R]

MORNING 6:00 Great Lakes Now: Reef Rescue and Wild Edibles 6:30 Living West Michigan: Reach for the Sky 7:00 Impossible Builds: Europe in the Desert 8:00 Relish: Forage to Fork – Fried Wild Rice 8:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Indianapolis’ Mass Ave 9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk [R] 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House: 3-Way Switch, Split Rail Fence 11:00 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Fruit with More to Give 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: My Italian Kitchen

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Spaghetti House Classics 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Meal to Make You Smile 1:30 Essential Pépin: Fabulous Fins 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Elegant Fall Dinner 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: A Taste of Sichuan

EVENING 6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: The Green Mill Phryne had expected to dance the night away at the hottest dancehall in town, the Green Mill. That was before death spoiled the evening. 7:00 Father Brown: The Deserving Poor Father Brown investigates when his old friend Blind ‘Arry is arrested for murder at an almshouse. 8:00 Death in Paradise Mervin and the team delve into the dark side of online dating after a man is found shot dead in his villa. Meanwhile, a new colleague stands out for all the wrong reasons. 9:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: There’s No “I” in Slaughter When the team from the Great Slaughter police go to an away weekend for a team-building exercise and competition, secrets are the key to solving a murder. 9:55 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Jenny Wren (Part 4 of 7) [R] 11:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Garotte and the Vinklebraun See Thurs. Feb. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently in the Blood See Thurs. Feb. 5 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned See Sat. Feb. 7 at 5:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) See Fri. Feb. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Red Rock Basin 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Learning to Do Just Enough

MORNING 6:00 Horizons from PBS News 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Homemade Live! 7:30 Simply Ming: Ravioli Two Ways 8:00 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets: Comfort Food The Naxian Way 8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Burning Water & Melted Butter 9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Desserts with Benefits 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Miso, The Magic Ingredient 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Louisiana State Beverage – Milk Does A Dish Good 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Grilling from Across the Pond 11:00 To be announced (maybe BHM)

AFTERNOON 12:00 Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers (in 2 Part s) This documentary honors the life, work, and impact of one of Mississippi’s most courageous voices, who was assassinated outside his home in 1963. 2:00 2025 Viewer’s Choice Bowl Winner and Runner-Up 4:00 To be announced 5:00 Compass Points from PBS News 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Highlights

a poisoned army captain and Trottie as a suspect. Could this prove to be Book’s toughest case yet? 10:00 Murder in the Mountains: Marburg Fever (Season 1, Part 4 of 13) Lukas and Nina investigate when a body is discovered in a dumpster. Meanwhile, the town is shaken by the spread of a deadly virus. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Leon Thomas Six-time 2026 Grammy nominee and R&B innovator Leon Thomas showcases songs from his Album of the Year-nominated MUTT and new EP PHOLKS.

Monday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Deserving Poor See Sat. Feb. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: There’s No “I” in Slaughter See Sat. Feb. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: The Green Mill See Sat. Feb. 7 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Impossible Builds: Europe

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EVENING 6:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service – Duty of Care The team retrieve a patient with Down syndrome; Mira questions her place in Wayne’s life; one of the team will be forced to leave the RFDS. 7:00 Miss Scarlet Season 6 on Masterpiece: The Night Shift (Part 5 of 6) Dylan Cooper has been nabbed and is being held in the cells at Scotland Yard. His gang wants to spring him out, which will lead to a long night for Blake and new detective George Willows. 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Fixes (Part 5 of 7) James gets more than he expected when he becomes the attending veterinarian at the Hensfield dog track. Meanwhile, Tristan visits Mrs. Ainsley and her cheeky parrot, and Jimmy inadvertently shares some hard truths with Siegfried. 9:00 Bookish: Such Devoted Sisters, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) A grand hotel, exiled royalty,

Independent Lens: The Librarians In Texas, the Krause List targets 850 books focused on race and LGBTQia+ stories – triggering sweeping book bans across the U.S. As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots from heated school and library board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of extremism fueling the censorship efforts.

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In the Spotlight Librarians Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy’s front lines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond. 10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 BBC News [R] 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 10 EARLY MORNING

Fascinating fossil clues and cutting-edge science reveal how a small, resilient group of therapsids faced extinction events, outlived giants, and ultimately gave rise to the diverse world of mammals we know today, including us.

12:30 Miss Scarlet Season 6 on Masterpiece: The Night Shift (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Fixes (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Bookish: Such Devoted Sisters, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Office See Fri. Feb. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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in the Desert [R] BBC News History with David Rubenstein: Stuart Eizenstat

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Jewish Baking 3:30 Cook’s Country: Ribs and Mashed Potatoes Revisited 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Tiffany & Co. gold and platinum purse circa 1915, an Ernie Barnes oil painting circa 1963, and a Ming Dynasty bronze vase. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Star Wars collection circa 1980, a 1972 Rolex Explorer II watch with the original face and hands, and Leaf baseball cards from 1948. 9:00 Independent Lens: The

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MORNING AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Nature: Parenthood – Grasslands (Part 1 of 5) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Shrimp, Fast and Slow 3:30 Cook’s Country: Bourbon and Broccoli Hit the Grill 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Westward Bound Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts, traveling from frontier towns in the American west to surprising places in the east, revealing the complexity at our nation’s core. 8:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: Strange Fruit (Part 2 of 4) Explore how Black and Jewish communities collaborated in music, film, and fighting fascism from the 1920s to the 1950s; navigating divides while shaping culture and confronting injustice. 9:00 Frontline: Crisis in Venezuela 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Office 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: The Librarians See Mon. Feb. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Chicago 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Fixes (Part 5 of 7) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian-Inspired Dinners 3:30 Cook’s Country: Straight from So-Cal 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Parenthood – Freshwater (Part 2 of 5) Animal parents must overcome freshwater’s constant changes. A frog dad scales giant Amazonian trees with his tadpoles on his back, while an elephant mom must choose between the safety of her baby and the quest for water and food. 8:00 NOVA: Mammal Origins Fascinating fossil clues and cutting-edge science reveal how a small, resilient group of therapsids faced extinction events, outlived giants, and ultimately gave rise to the diverse world of mammals we know today, including us. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Herculaneum Scrolls Uncover the groundbreaking science being used by computer scientist Brent Seales as he attempts to be the first person in nearly 2,000 years to read inside hundreds of carbonized ancient scrolls found at the archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Westward Bound See Tues. Feb. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: Strange Fruit (Part 2 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Frontline: Crisis in Venezuela See Tues. Feb. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Highlights [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Birmingham 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Westward Bound [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Irish Staples 3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Discoveries 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Witches of Brokenwood The Brokenwood Health Retreat becomes unhealthy for one unfortunate visitor. 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently Through the Mill Gently and Bacchus discover a world of corruption, fraud, and blackmail, when the mill manager’s body turns up as an apparent suicide. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Parenthood – Freshwater (Part 2 of 5) See Wed. Feb. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Mammal Origins See Wed. Feb. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Herculaneum Scrolls See Wed. Feb. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Murder in the Mountains: Marburg Fever (Season 1, Part 4 of 13) See Sun. Feb. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states. Supported by the French, Washington wins the decisive victory at Yorktown. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Indianapolis’ Mass Ave [R] 1:00 Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers (in 2 Part s) See Sun. Feb. 8 at 12:00 pm. [R] 3:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service – Duty of Care See Sun. Feb. 8 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

MORNING 6:00 Great Lakes Now: Protecting the Lakes from Pollution 6:30 Living West Michigan: Wonders of the World 7:00 Impossible Builds: The Floating House 8:00 Relish: The Secret Sauce – Afghan Chutney and Mexican Guisado 8:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Highlights [R] 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House: Toys and Color, Air Switch 11:00 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Beans & Rice 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Salmon – May the North Be With You

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: TexMex Favorites 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Something for Everyone 1:30 Essential Pépin: Sweets for My Sweet 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Canning Classics 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: A Tale of Two Pastas 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Secrets of Curry 3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Let Food Be Thy Medicine 4:00 Mary Berry Makes it Easy: Weekend Warriors 4:30 Check, Please! Memorable Guests Special 5:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business He was Chicago’s first celebrity gangster, a mob kingpin whose name is still synonymous with the city around the world. Follow Al Capone’s rise and ignominious fall.

EVENING 6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death in Victoria Dock A young man with a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne’s arms. Sadly, it’s not another scene of seduction. This time it’s murder, and Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. 7:00 Father Brown: The Sisters of Aeschylus When Lady Felicia invites a prestigious group of writers to Montague, her hopes of being published are eclipsed by a murder. 8:00 Death in Paradise Mervin investigates his mother’s death, finding a suspect but no proof of murder. As evidence mounts that Dorna’s drowning wasn’t accidental, Sterling interferes. 9:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Happiest Family Reverend Mother Adrian surprises the sisters with a wholesome weekend away, but they find naked hedonists in the pool. When Charity Gray is found dead, Sister Boniface suspects poison. 9:55 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Fixes (Part 5 of 7) [R] 11:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Witches of Brokenwood See Thurs. Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently Through the Mill See Thurs. Feb. 12 at 8:30 pm. [R]

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MORNING 6:00 Horizons from PBS News 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Homemade Live! 7:30 Simply Ming: Crab Cakes 8:00 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets: Naxian Paradise 8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Flavor of Roasted Coffee 9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Keeping It Real 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Meaty Stews 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Baton Rouge – Red Stick Capital 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: San Antonio Grill 11:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Exodus (Part 1 of 4) Episode one explores the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940), when more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North, forever changing the country and themselves.

EVENING 6:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service – Accountability The team retrieves a patient with Down syndrome, Mira questions her place in Wayne’s life, and one of the team will be forced to leave the RFDS. 7:00 Miss Scarlet Season 6 on Masterpiece: The Line of Duty (Part 6 of 6) When the mysterious death of a foreign ambassador sparks political intrigue, Eliza must solve the case with Inspector Blake while partnering with a woman whose intellect and power mirror her own. 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Our Hearts Are Full (Part 6 of 7) As VJ Day is announced, Mrs. Hall assists in planning the celebrations. Tristan leans on his brother when his past experiences come home to roost. Meanwhile, James is puzzled by the mysterious disappearance of a newborn calf. 9:00 Bookish: Such Devoted Sisters: Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) As tension builds, the staff rebels, and the Walsingham Hotel lists like an

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 NOVA: Mammal Origins [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Shareable Spanish Fare 3:30 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Comforts 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

AFTERNOON 12:30 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Streets Paved with Gold (Part 2 of 4) Learn about the second wave of the Great Migration when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America. 2:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – One Way Ticket Back (Part 3 of 4) Explore how the reverse migration of Black Americans to the South-driven by mass movements, economic change, and an ongoing struggle for freedom-continued to reshape the country. 3:30 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Coming to America (Part 4 of 4) Hear the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States and examine their profound impact on American culture and what it means to be Black in America. 5:00 Compass Points from PBS News 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Burgundy – A Gourmet Barge Cruise

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Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies Before iconic aviators Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh captured imaginations, there was Bessie Coleman (Tunisia Bowen), who was widely regarded as the first woman of Native American and African American descent to obtain a pilot’s license despite the gender and racial discrimination of the 1920s.

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Georgia State Railroad Museum (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Holiday Dessert and Salad 3:30 Cook’s Country: Plenty of Garlic and Parm 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

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Firsthand: Democracy WTTW’s award-winning multiplatform initiative shines a spotlight on five individuals who are working to strengthen democracy by educating the public, engaging youth, and bridging divides in their communities. Visit the website throughout the year to explore these efforts in documentaries, text and visual journalism, engagement events, and more.

Launching February 16 at wttw.com/firsthand old ship, can Book unmask Captain Orr’s murderer? 10:00 Murder in the Mountains: Dangerous Game (Season 1, Part 5 of 13) A street golfer is set up to look as if he was killed in a hit-and-run, while explosives mysteriously go missing from a local quarry. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Wynonna Country Music Hall of Fame icon Wynonna delivers an epic, career-spanning performance filled with solo hits, Judds classics, and new gems.

Monday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Sisters of Aeschylus See Sat. Feb. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Happiest Family See Sat. Feb. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death in Victoria Dock See Sat. Feb. 14 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Impossible Builds: The Floating House [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Harold Holzer

6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Part 1 of 3) Finds during the Roadshow’s first-ever visit to Maine include a Cartier sapphire pendant circa 1915, a 1963 C. F. Martin D-28 guitar and case, and a Paul Revere Jr. silver pitcher and diary circa 1775. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an emerald, diamond and gold necklace circa 1875; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival posters; and a 1962-1966 Stewart “Smokey” Stover collection. 9:00 Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies Before iconic aviators Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh captured imaginations, there was Bessie Coleman, who was widely regarded as the first woman of Native American and African American descent to obtain a pilot’s license despite the gender and racial discrimination of the 1920s. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News [R] 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Miss Scarlet Season 6 on Masterpiece: The Line of Duty (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Our Hearts Are Full (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Bookish: Such Devoted Sisters: Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service – Accountability See Sun. Feb. 15 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Oklahoma City 2:00 Nature: Parenthood – Freshwater (Part 2 of 5) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Vindaloo and Chana Masala 3:30 Cook’s Country: When Only Chocolate Will Do 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Harmonies Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two celebrated musicians: Lizzo and Flea – traveling across Europe, Australia, and the American South. 8:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: The Grand Alliance (Part 3 of 4) This episode traces the 1960s’ “Grand Alliance” as Black and Jewish communities fought for civil rights in a transformative interracial coalition, and the imbalances that quickly tested their alliance. 9:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: Crossroads (Part 4 of 4) This episode examines the shifting Black and Jewish relationship from the 1970s onward, exploring political gains, global tensions, rising hate, and the enduring lessons of coalition building and solidarity. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Burgundy – A Gourmet Barge Cruise [R] 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies See Mon. Feb. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage San Francisco 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Our Hearts 1:00

Are Full (Part 6 of 7) [R] America’s Test Kitchen: Springtime Feast 3:30 Cook’s Country: The Italian American Kitchen 4:00 Death in Paradise [R] 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 3:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Parenthood – Oceans (Part 3 of 5) Ocean parents must master dedication and intelligence to raise their young. In Australia, an orca mother teaches her young how to hunt blue whales, while in Indonesia, a Banggai cardinalfish protects his young inside his mouth. 8:00 NOVA: Rain Bombs An invisible, unpredictable atmospheric force is sinking superyachts, flattening forests, and bringing down airliners. Follow scientists as they race to understand these catastrophic weather events. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Mozart’s Sister for the first 16 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Forced to withdraw from public life because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired and what happened to her music. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Harmonies See Tues. Feb. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: The Grand Alliance (Part 3 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History: Crossroads (Part 4 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love [R] 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Burgundy – A Gourmet Barge Cruise [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage St. Paul 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Harmonies [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Ode to Armenia 3:30 Cook’s Country: Ultimate 1:00

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