The Guide | November 2026 by WTTW

From the President & CEO Dear Member, This month, WTTW will bring you a new eight-hour docuseries from award-winning producer and frequent Ken Burns collaborator Lynn Novick: Crime and Punishment in America. Across four consecutive nights, the film will explore the 400-year history of criminal justice − and injustice − in America from the 1600s to the early 21st century, through the lived experiences of individuals whose personal stories will bring this sweeping, epic story vividly to life. On page 4, Novick takes us behind the scenes of the film’s production, reflecting on what she learned in the process and what she hopes viewers will take away from the series. November is Native American Heritage Month, and WTTW will mark the occasion with several new documentaries, including She Cried That Day, an exploration of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis through the story of a woman grappling with her sister’s unsolved murder; Bad Press, chronicling the Muscogee Nation’s fight to restore its free and independent press after it was replaced by government-controlled media; Coming Home: From Shadowland to Spiritworld, following the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians’ efforts to reclaim their ancestral lands along the Sonoma Coast; and Medicine Ball, examining the history of basketball in Indigenous boarding schools through the perspectives of Native college players at the University of Minnesota Morris. On WFMT, November begins with the season premiere of the Ryan Opera Center Recital Series, featuring first-year ensemble member Shiddharth (Sid) Chand, the first New Zealand native and South Asian artist to be named to the group, alongside baritone Sihao Hu and first-year pianist/ coach Myungseo Kim. Also this month, Live from WFMT welcomes soprano Laura Strickling and pianist Daniel Schlosberg; the Balourdet Quartet with pianist Marta Aznavoorian; Chicago native and rising-star pianist Joshua Mhoon; and members of the Haymarket Opera Company for performances in WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. WFMT also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Dame Myra Hess Concerts with the launch of the Distinguished Hess Alumni series, featuring acclaimed clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Marina Iwao. And finally, as voters prepare to head to the polls this November, WTTW News and PBS News Hour will provide comprehensive coverage of the local and federal midterm elections, offering trusted reporting and analysis to help voters make informed decisions. Be sure to explore the comprehensive WTTW News Voter Guide (wttw.com/voterguide) for information on the candidates, key races, and issues on the ballot this year. In this season of Thanksgiving, all of us at WTTW and WFMT are especially grateful for your continued support. Thank you for making everything we do possible, and enjoy the month ahead! Sincerely,

Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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This four-part series follows the route of the iconic Orient Express from London to Istanbul. Explore the height of its fame and history.

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(New Miniseries) Follow the route of the iconic Orient Express service in this four-part series, at the height of its fame from London to Istanbul. Along the route, explore the history of the train, chart how Europe has changed in the last 150 years, and come face to face with some of the continent’s most iconic trains and railways.

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It’s an experiment of man against machine. Four professionals are invited into a test center where they compete in a set of identical tasks against their AI counterparts.

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Need some inspiration for your Thanksgiving feast? Watch episodes of your favorite cooking shows featuring appetizers, sides, mains, and desserts for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Sweetness of Learning to Let Go – Restorative Yoga

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 8) [R] 1:30 Bergerac (Part 3 of 6) [R] 2:30 Jonnie [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Thrills & Chills [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe [R] 4:30 Behind the Canvas: Inside the Gallery [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Ocean Inspiration 5:30 Yoga in Practice: The

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6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Buckthorn 6:30 Follow the Blooms: Treehouse in Bloom 7:00 Family Ingredients: California Smoked Fish 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Potatoes 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Indian Food – Spice Basics, Anupy’s Story 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Cameron and Vermillion Parishes – Coastal Culture 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Smoked in Four Courses 11:00 Food. Curated.: Meatless in Manhattan 11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up

AFTERNOON 12:00 Independent Lens: Seeds This film provides a visual and cultural exploration of centennial farmers in the southern U.S., the decline of generational Black farmers, and the significance of owning land. 2:00 She Cried That Day This documentary focuses on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis through the story of one Indigenous woman haunted by her older sister’s unsolved murder. 3:00 Bad Press Imagine your only reliable news source becoming government propaganda overnight. That’s exactly what happened to the citizens of the Muscogee Nation in 2018. 4:00 Italy Made with Love: The Green Heart [R] 4:30 Italy Made with Love: Legacy of Umbria [R] 5:00 Behind the Canvas: The

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EVENING 6:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: London to Paris (Part 1 of 4) The train passes the home of a forgotten villain whose journeys on the legendary train transformed his fortunes. In Paris, there is a trip to the Moulin Rouge. 7:00 Professor T: Retreat (Season 5, Part 3 of 6) A death at a spiritual retreat seems simple until secrets emerge. 8:00 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: Maigret’s Revolver, Part 1 (Part 3 of 6) As Maigret investigates the drowning of a young woman, he is assigned to look into the disappearance of a congressman. 9:00 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) As pressure builds on those laundering the proceeds of the stolen gold, police intensify their surveillance efforts. 10:00 Astrid: They Shoot Jockeys, Don’t They? (Season 5, Part 7 of 8) A racehorse is stabbed with an antique weapon. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Ty Myers

Monday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Death in Paradise [R] 1:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 1 of 8) [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Smallest of Things [R] 3:00 Velvet: The Wait (Season 3, Part 7 of 15) [R] 4:30 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 5 of 6) [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Rahm Emanuel MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

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Tuesday, November 3 7:00 pm AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage First Finds, Part 6 [R] 2:00 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 1 of 6) [R] 2:30 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 2 of 6) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chinese Favorites 3:30 Cook’s Country: From the Dairyland 4:00 Grantchester Season 8 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

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Inside America’s Justice System with Filmmaker Lynn Novick by Daniel Hautzinger

way that we “ The administer justice in this country has a way of removing the individuals and creating blank faces.” — Lynn Novick

rime and punishment in America is a complex subject, often reduced to simple narratives. A new four-part, eight-hour documentary explores 250 years of history through a wide range of perspectives, from former police commissioner Bill Bratton and retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to formerly incarcerated poet and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts and a former corrections officer.

Crime and Punishment in America airs on WTTW November 16-19 at 7:00 pm and will also be available to stream on wttw. com and the PBS app. The series is directed by Lynn Novick and executive produced by Ken Burns and Sam Pollard. We spoke with Novick ahead of her October 29 visit to Chicago for a special WTTW screening event.

The Guide: This is a topic that’s constantly discussed, particularly in politics, but you don’t necessarily think of it as having a history. 4

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Unidentified young woman in Denver jail. Credit: Denver Public Library

Lynn Novick: I agree. With this particular set of institutions, I think we have the sense it has always been like this, and this is just a given of how people do things. Working on College Behind Bars made me realize how little I know about this history, and how curious I was about how we got here. The Guide: How did you decide what to focus on in such a huge topic?

Novick: We relied on the expertise of people who know a lot more than us, as we always do on every project. So that included historians and scholars who’ve studied American history, and the history

of incarceration and policing, and the justice system over time; and also people who have lived experience in the world of being incarcerated or put in jail or prison. Or judges or prosecutors: people who have worked in the criminal justice system. There’s a wide range of perspectives that they brought. And then we just had to try to focus and pick stories and examples that would illustrate larger themes.

The Guide: Why did you use those firsthand stories to scaffold this?

Novick: In all the work I’ve done with Ken Burns, it’s the same. We can hear history

told as an abstraction that doesn’t really have human dimensions, or we can try to present it as something that is about people. That’s the way we’ve told pretty much all the stories I’ve worked on in my career, and [it has] maybe never [been] more important than [in] this particular story.

do that would be through incarceration – that seems to us just a given, that that’s what the system is supposed to do. But it was a new idea in the early days of the American experiment.

The Guide: And it’s one of the ways in which America is exceptional in this history.

The Guide: Why do you say that? Novick: This is one where we are definiteNovick: The way that we administer justice in this country has a way of removing the individuals and creating blank faces, if you will, just numbers and statistics. You get a number when you’re arrested or locked up incarcerated, and you sort of stop being seen as a person. So it was important to us to put the people back into the story on all sides.

ly different from a lot of other countries. We created this idea and we’ve doubled down on it multiple times, despite the way in which it was proven to not deliver the promise that we thought it should. [Another way] in which America is somewhat exceptional is how crime policy and

and it’s a horrible nightmare for everybody who hears about it. So what are we to do about that? It’s an opportunity for someone who’s in a political position to use that fear and desire for something to be done to pass laws that aren’t actually going to address the problem that caused this to happen. I think we might be the only country that elects prosecutors. I think judges in other Western countries are a little bit more insulated. But fear is an incredibly powerful human emotion. That’s real and we have to reckon with that. I have compassion for the politicians, because they’re trying to get elected and make policies that they think people want, or that

If you’re a viewer, you’re not going to learn about everybody that this happened to, but you’re going to learn about one person. And from their personal experience and the way they tell it and what they remember and what happened to them, you can begin to feel something about what this is like. That’s what we’re after.

The Guide: So much of this history is one of attempted reform, from the very beginning.

Novick: That was one of the most fascinating things for all of us working on the film: to Cummins Prison Farm, Arkansas from the series Inside the Wire, 1972. Credit: Bruce Jackson learn that the prison itself, the penitentiary itself, was created as politics are intertwined. That’s not the same they know people want because that’s what a reform. It was presented as an alternative everywhere. And that does have a lot to do got them elected. So we really can’t just see with why we do things the way we do. You to public executions and torturing people this as a top-down problem. It’s very much for what were often small crimes, because see politicians speaking about making a bottom-up problem. We the people are America safe again, about being tough responsible for the people we elect and there was no idea of rehabilitating people the policies they embrace. No one’s shovthrough the punishment system. It was just on crime, about “three strikes and you’re pure punishment. out,” especially in the last 50 years. I think ing this down the throats of the American those positions are not really driven by repeople. search and smart policy as much as getting The idea that we would create a system to help people rehabilitate themselves and to votes. People are scared; they want you to This interview has been condensed and edrepent and be better, and the way we would do something. A little girl was kidnapped ited for clarity. 2026

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sensational Finds Watch as experts from auction houses and independent dealers offer free appraisals of antiques and collectibles. 8:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: New Mexico & Colorado – Life Along the Rio (Season 2, Part 2 of 3) Pati journeys from Denver’s jazz-filled Five Points south into the New Mexico desert. 9:00 Coming Home: from Shadowland to Spiritworld Follow the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians as they undertake an extraordinary effort to reclaim their ancestral lands on the Sonoma Coast. 10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Professor T: Retreat (Season 5, Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: Maigret’s Revolver, Part 1 (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Italy Made with Love: The Green Heart [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Native American Heritage 2:00 Nature: Tiger Island (Part 2 of 2) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Perfect Cookie 3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Staples 4:00 Grantchester Season 8 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Vote 2026: PBS News Election Special 10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up [R] 1:00 Hotel Portofino: Farewells (Season 2, Part 6 of 6)

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Antiques Roadshow: Election Collection Explore political items from both sides of the aisle, across the history of the United States. 3:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: New Mexico & Colorado – Life Along the Rio (Season 2, Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Nov. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sensational Finds See Mon. Nov. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Election Collection See Wed. Nov. 4 at 2:00 am. [R] 2:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: New Mexico & Colorado – Life Along the Rio (Season 2, Part 2 of 3) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Elegant Dinner Party 3:30 Cook’s Country: Pantry Suppers 4:00 Grantchester Season 8 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: The Pigeon Hustle Follow in the footsteps of London and New York’s pigeon flocks to uncover their secret world as never before. 8:00 NOVA: Evolution – The Mating Game (Part 4 of 5) Follow the evolution of the ostrich to reveal how the egg became a breakthrough that allowed life to conquer land. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Saving Tangier Island Pivotal in the War of 1812, Tangier Island is where Francis Scott Key was inspired to write “The StarSpangled Banner.” Now, rising sea levels threaten the island. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

She Cried that Day

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Sunday, November 1 2:00 pm

Saturday, November 14 and 21 11:00 am-2:00 pm

Bad Press Sunday, November 1 3:00 pm

Coming Home: From Shadowland to Spiritworld

Racing the Rez Sunday, November 15 6:00 am

Finding Your Roots: Family Recipes

Monday, November 2 9:00 pm

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Medicine Ball

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Thursday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sensational Finds [R] 1:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: New Mexico & Colorado – Life Along the Rio (Season 2, Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 Coming Home: from Shadowland to Spiritworld See Mon. Nov. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Italy Made with Love: Legacy of Umbria [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: London to Paris (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Nov. 1 at 6:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Sous Vide for Everybody 3:30 Cook’s Country: 1:00

Snack Cakes and Sandwich Cookies 4:00 Grantchester Season 8 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Bergerac (Part 4 of 6) Bergerac’s enemies are gaining momentum and there’s a shocking revelation about the ransom. 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 4

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AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 NOVA: Evolution – The Mating Game [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chicken and Biscuits 3:30 Cook’s Country: Italian Food from Philly 4:00 Grantchester Season 8 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 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 Chicago Stories: Toy Town This documentary takes you on a nostalgic trip back to a time when Chicago was a leader in toy innovation. Audio-narrated descriptions are available. 9:00 Salute to Service 2026: A Veterans Day Celebration 10:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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6:00 Odd Squad 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 Super Why's Comic Book Adventure 10:00 Phoebe & Jay 10:30 Sesame Street 11:00 Work it Out Wombats! 11:30 Donkey Hodie 12:00 Rosie's Rules 12:30 Alma's Way

12:00 Bucks County, USA: What Will Your Story Be? [R] 1:30 Independent Lens: Seeds See Sun. Nov. 1 at 12:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

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12:00 Nature: The Pigeon Hustle See Wed. Nov. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Evolution – The Mating Game (Part 4 of 5) See Wed. Nov. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Saving Tangier Island See Wed. Nov. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Astrid: They Shoot Jockeys, Don’t They? (Season 5, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. Nov. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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6:00 America’s Main Street A journey through 11 states, united by a common road and common dreams. 7:00 Baking with Julia: Chocolate Tuiles & Gingersnaps with Gale Gand and David Blom 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Joachim Splichal 8:00 Essential Pépin: Savory Staples 8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Be the Host 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Crown Point, Indiana 10:00 This Old House: Essex County Colonial – Removed, Reused, and Reclaimed 10:30 Ask This Old House: Smart Window Film, Walkway Garden 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Hong Kong Classics

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: A Love Letter to the South 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Gdansk 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue Health Food 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Eggs Around the World 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Sandwich Culture, Porto and Beyond 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Magic Cake & High-Hat Biscuits 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: From Dinosaurs to Cowboys 4:30 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House 5:00 Rick Steves Cruising the Mediterranean

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Stories: Toy Town See Fri. Nov. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Death in Paradise The team enter the high-stakes world of international professional poker tournaments, when Bobby Rodrigues, the favorite

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to win, is poisoned mid-game. 8:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 2 of 8) Darby and Joan take a detour from Joan’s quest for answers to help investigate a theft at a banana farm. 9:00 Father Brown: The Crimson Feather Mrs. McCarthy is delighted to have her daughter Joselyn visit, but Father Brown is suspicious of her unscheduled appearance. 10:00 Velvet: Day and Night (Season 3, Part 8 of 15) Ana breaks up with Alberto, convinced that she needs to take the next step in her life on her own. 11:30 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) See Thurs. Nov. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:40 Robert Redford: Star of the Silver Screen See Thurs. Nov. 5 at 9:13 pm. [R] 1:30 Bergerac (Part 4 of 6) See Thurs. Nov. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel – London to Paris [R] 3:30 Salute to Service 2026: A Veterans Day Celebration See Fri. Nov. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Behind The Canvas: The

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MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Sunset Mountain 6:30 Follow the Blooms: Bloomfest by the Sea 7:00 Family Ingredients: Molokai Poke 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Weekend Baker 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Curry Means Gravy 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Calcasieu Parish – Lake Charles 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Ham Sessions 11:00 Food. Curated.: Roots, Recipes, and Resilience 11:30 A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story Follow three veterans who found hope and new ways to handle their PTSD and other challenges through the aid of a companion dog from the K9s for Warriors program.

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on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) Robert and Thomas return from America. Bates disappears for a day and Edith prepares to go abroad. 9:13 Robert Redford: Star of the Silver Screen Learn about the late acclaimed actor, director, and producer celebrated for his legendary roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, and The Sting. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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EVENING 6:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Paris to Salzburg (Part 2 of 4) The Express

leaves Paris and heads for Munich via Germany’s “City of Gold,” Pforzheim, before stopping at Salzburg for an unexpected musical tribute to the city’s most famous musical family. 7:00 Professor T: Ghostwriter (Season 5, Part 4 of 6) When Jasper’s former mentor is murdered, a suspect is arrested, but the truth hides darker secrets. 8:00 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: Maigret’s Revolver, Part 2 (Part 4 of 6) Following the arrest of Delteil’s killer, Maigret and his team close in on Olga Borysenko’s murderer. 9:00 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) British police join forces with the DEA to bring down the international money laundering operation. Back in Tenerife, John Palmer receives an unwelcome visit. 10:00 Astrid: One Wedding and Four Funerals (Season 5, Part 8 of 8) On a film set, an actor dies from fake bullets. Astrid and Raphaelle suspect a vengeful director lashing out at the man with whom his wife was having an affair. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Sebastian Yatra

Monday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Nov. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 2 of 8) See Sat. Nov. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Crimson Feather See Sat. Nov. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Velvet: Day and Night (Season 3, Part 8 of 15) See Sat. Nov. 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Darrell Hammond MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Sensational Finds [R] 2:00 Nature: The Pigeon Hustle [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Cooking at Home with Bridget and Julia 3:30 Cook’s Country: Seafood in a Skillet 4:00 Grantchester Season 8 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 1:00

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AFTERNOON 12:30 After Action: A Salute to Veterans Hosted by Air Force combat veteran Stacy Pearsall, After Action reveals the experiences of veterans from across the country. 1:30 I Lied About My Age: A Marine In World War II In the opening days of World War II, Frank Wright wanted to join the Marines but was only 16. Frank lied about his age and went on to see some of the most brutal combat in the Pacific War. 2:30 Road to Rome: World War II This documentary chronicles the Allies’ brutal campaign to take Italy, tracing the bloody road to Rome through sites that remain today: Monte Cassino, San Pietro, the Rapido River, Naples, and Anzio. 3:30 The Marines: Promos Examine the rich history and unique warrior culture of the United States Marine Corps. 5:00 Behind The Canvas: From Flax to Linen 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Ancient Roman Art

A young chimpanzee

Nature: Humanlike The Chimps of Fongoli On the edge of the Sahara lives a group of chimpanzees that could hold clues to how we became human. Their secret lives and behaviors shine a light on our past and fundamentally changes how we think about ourselves.

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Historians Jason Watkins and Tracy Borman

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: Prisoner Queens Historian Tracy Borman and Jason Watkins explore the relationship between Henry VIII’s second wife Anne Boleyn and her daughter, Elizabeth I. The pair uncover how Elizabeth went on to become England’s most successful monarch.

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Thrifty Deals Yard sale bargains and salvaged items are spotlighted in this episode. 8:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Arizona – Abundance in the Desert (Season 2, Part 3 of 3) Pati travels through Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. She finds Chinese chorizo, desert noir music, street poetry, and a baseball team drawn from tribes across the country. 9:00 Medicine Ball Native college athletes navigate life and basketball at the University of Minnesota Morris. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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12:00 Professor T: Ghostwriter (Season 5, Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: Maigret’s Revolver, Part 2 (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Astrid: One Wedding and Four Funerals (Season 5, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. Nov. 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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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Paris to Salzburg (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Nov. 8 at 6:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Mexican Fare 3:30 Cook’s Country: Pork Any Way You Like 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

Prison reformer Thomas Mott Osborn with inmates

Crime and Punishment in America (New Miniseries) This sweeping new four-part series directed by Lynn Novick offers a look at the American criminal justice system, from the origins of prisons and policing to our continued fascination with crime, and traces the contours of our imperfect system and how it influences nearly all parts of our society.

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 We Chose to Go to the Moon 9:00 Frontline: Coal’s Human Cost Coal miners are suffering from incurable lung disease at the highest rates in almost 50 years. With NPR, Public Health Watch and Kentucky Public Radio, Frontline uncovers how industry and

government have failed to protect miners in Appalachia from black lung disease. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland [R] 12:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Crown Point, Indiana [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Thrifty Deals See Mon. Nov. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Arizona – Abundance in the Desert (Season 2, Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Nov. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Medicine Ball See Mon. Nov. 9 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: Little Rock (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 Salute to Service 2026: A Veterans Day Celebration [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Weeknight Italian 3:30 Cook’s Country: Crescent City Comforts 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

Point, Indiana [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 3:30

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 3 of 3) 2:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Arizona – Abundance in the Desert (Season 2, Part 3 of 3) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Brunch Favorites 3:30 Cook’s Country: Skillet Dinners at the Ready 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Bergerac (Part 5 of 6) A shocking revelation about the night of Cate’s murder changes everything. 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) Rose meets the Prince of Wales and faces a dilemma. Trouble also plagues Cora’s mother, her brother, Edith, and almost everyone else at Downton Abbey. 10:05 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:33 BBC News 11:02 Amanpour and Company

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Humanlike – The Chimps of Fongoli 8:00 NOVA: Evolution – On the Run (Part 5 of 5) Follow the horse and discover how humans harnessed their power to amplify their own. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Finding America’s Fallen Veterans investigate the site of the Battle of Camden and explore how the Continental soldiers’ devastating loss there turned the tide of the American Revolution. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 We Chose to Go to the Moon See Tues. Nov. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Frontline: Coal’s Human Cost See Tues. Nov. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Crown

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Humanlike – The Chimps of Fongoli See Wed. Nov. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Evolution – On the Run (Part 5 of 5) See Wed. Nov. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Finding America’s Fallen See Wed. Nov. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 1 of 6) [R] 3:30 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 2 of 6) [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 NOVA: Evolution – On the Run [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Spring Dinner for Company 3:30 Cook’s Country: Hearty and Light Pastas 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 8)

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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 Chicago Stories: Skyscrapers Chicago’s dazzling and ever-evolving skyline is a testament to the imagination, ingenuity, and belief in the future held by architects who thought big and dreamed bigger. Audio-narrated descriptions are available. 9:00 Chicago Stories: Race to Reverse the River From its earliest days, Chicago residents and businesses alike dumped their waste directly into the Chicago River, which contaminated the city’s drinking water. Engineers arrived at an ingenious solution: reversing the flow of the river away from the lake. Audio-narrated descriptions are available. 10:00 American Creed: Citizen Power, Part 3 – Together on This Land Political scientist Condoleezza Rice and historian David M. Kennedy convene a new generation of community leaders to wrestle with what America’s founding ideals still demand of all of us. 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves Cruising The Mediterranean [R] 1:00 America’s Main Street See Sat. Nov. 7 at 6:00 am. [R] 2:00 Road to Rome: World War II See Sun. Nov. 8 at 2:30 pm. [R] 3:00 A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story See Sun. Nov. 8 at 11:30 am. [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 A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway Explore America’s historic Lincoln Highway, the nation’s first coastto-coast highway. 7:00 Baking with Julia: Raspberry-Fig Crostata with Flo Braker and Leslie Mackie 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Roberto Donna 8:00 Essential Pépin: Fabulous Fins 8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Roll Up Your Sleeves 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe:

Travel Skills – Cruising 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Joseph, Michigan 10:00 This Old House: Essex County Colonial – Antique Clawfoot Tub, Kitchen Cabinets 10:30 Ask This Old House: BBQ Smoker, Picking Out a Tree 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Pizza Party

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Biscuits and Chicken 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Katowice 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Planet Steak 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chocolate Tart and Ice Cream 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Hot Diggity Dog 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Holiday Show 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Desert’s Treasures 4:30 Check, Please! Kitsune, Niche, La Chaparrita Grocery 5:00 Rick Steves Best of Paris

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Stories: Skyscrapers See Fri. Nov. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Death in Paradise When famous thriller author Frank O’Toole is found stabbed through the heart in the middle of the ocean, Jack and his team uncover a murder plot worthy of one of his novels. 8:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 3 of 8) Overwhelmed by new details about her late husband’s past, Joan desperately needs space from Darby but finds herself alone and in danger when thieves target her motorhome. 9:00 Father Brown: The Lepidopterist’s Companion As Father Brown approaches Kembleford’s mobile library, he finds Margaret lying under a pile of books, pinned beneath a metal shelving unit. 10:00 Velvet: A Coup de Theatre (Season 3, Part 9 of 15) Ana quits, but Alberto finds a way to save her career. 11:30 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) See Thurs. Nov. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 15 EARLY MORNING Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Paris to Salzburg (Part 2 of 4) [R]

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MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Red Sky in the Morning 6:30 P. Allen Smith’s A Sense of Place: Tomatoes 7:00 Family Ingredients: Kauai Paakai 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Thai Takeout 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Indian Food – The Not-So-Basics: Spice Blends and Beyond 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Fisherman’s Paradise 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Rise and Smoke – Breakfast Hits The Smoker 11:00 Food. Curated.: Global Flavors, Local Makers 11:30 Great Performances: Romeo & Juliet In the Public Theatre’s new Free Shakespeare in the Park production, the play unfolds in English but Romeo and Juliet speak to one another in Spanish, a language reserved only for their shared world.

AFTERNOON Great Performances: Jimmy Webb – American Songwriter This is a hit-filled tribute to master songwriter, storyteller, musician, and performer Jimmy Webb, whose iconic hits include “Up, Up and Away,” “Wichita Lineman,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Galveston,” “Didn’t We” and “MacArthur Park.” 3:30 Great Performances: Tammy Wynette – Forever Yours Celebrate Tammy Wynette’s enduring legacy in a star-studded tribute from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. 5:00 Behind The Canvas: The Last American Paintbrush Maker 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Roman Empire 2:00

EVENING 6:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Semmering to Budapest (Part 3 of 4) The Express travels east through Austria. At a stopover

in Vienna there’s a session at the home of Sigmund Freud, whose own flight to freedom is forever linked to the Orient Express. 7:00 Professor T: Cipher (Season 5, Part 5 of 6) A brutal murder on a golf course, cryptic ciphers and rising tensions put Jasper, Maiya, and Dan in the crosshairs. 8:00 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Yellow Dog, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) After a wealthy businessman is killed, Guichard assigns the case to Maigret. 9:00 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) With old and new Brink’s-Mat criminals hiding around the world, police and criminal rivals close in from all fronts. 10:00 Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: Prisoner Queens 11:00 Austin City Limits: Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentlemen

Monday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Nov. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 3 of 8) See Sat. Nov. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Lepidopterist’s Companion See Sat. Nov. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Velvet: A Coup de Theatre (Season 3, Part 9 of 15) See Sat. Nov. 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 American Creed: Citizen Power, Part 3 – Together on This Land See Fri. Nov. 13 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Jennifer Palmieri

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Thrifty Deals [R] 2:00 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 3 of 6) 2:30 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 4 of 6) 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: How to Braise Everything 3:30 Cook’s Country: Fresh Mexican-Inspired Dinners 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Crime and Punishment in America: A House of Repentance (Beginnings to 1880) (Part 1 of 4) Europeans bring their harsh

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laws to America, but some colonists, inspired by the Enlightenment, argue that brutal public punishments make “bad men worse” and look to a new way to mete out justice – the penitentiary. 9:00 Crime and Punishment in America: A House of Repentance (Beginnings to 1880) (Part 1 of 4) [R] 11:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:30 BBC News

Tuesday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Professor T: Cipher (Season 5, Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Yellow Dog, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

Gustavo Dudamel

Great Performances: Dudamel’s Inaugural Season with NY Phil Beginning in the 2026-27 season, conductor Gustavo Dudamel officially assumes his role as Music & Artistic Director of the New York Philharmonic. To mark his arrival, this program features Mahler’s dynamic Symphony No. 5 and the world premiere of Tania Leon’s Imagenes mestizas.

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 Nature: Humanlike – The Chimps of Fongoli [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: A Taste of Brazil 3:30 Cook’s Country: Classic Cookout 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

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Host Aisha Gaban

Will AI Take My Job? As AI develops rapidly, with claims it can outperform humans in most tasks, this film undertakes a bold and unique experiment that pits man against machine to find out just how true that is. Four professionals are invited into a specially created test center where they compete in a set of identical tasks against their AI counterparts.

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6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Crime and Punishment in America: The Criminal Type (1880-1929) (Part 2 of 4) A new generation of Progressives exposes the cruelty, corruption, and prejudice in the criminal justice system and sets about trying to improve prisons, reform police and make the nation fairer and more just. 9:00 Crime and Punishment in America: The Criminal Type (1880-1929) (Part 2 of 4) [R] 11:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:30 BBC News

Wednesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Crime and Punishment in America: A House of Repentance (Beginnings to 1880) (Part 1 of 4) [R] 3:00 Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: Prisoner Queens See Sun.

Nov. 15 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) 2:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Semmering to Budapest (Part 3 of 4) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Middle Eastern Dinner 3:30 Cook’s Country: Celebrating Springtime 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Crime and Punishment in America: Public Enemies (1929-1969) (Part 3 of 4) The exploits of gangsters like Al Capone and outlaws like John Dillinger fill the headlines, which makes them folk heroes in their own time and the FBI launches a public relations push to build support for its “war on crime.” 9:00 Crime and Punishment in America: Public Enemies (1929-1969) (Part 3 of 4) [R] 11:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:30 BBC News

Thursday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Crime and Punishment in America: The Criminal Type (1880-1929) (Part 2 of 4) [R] 3:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Semmering to Budapest (Part 3 of 4) [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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of 4) Cities are struck with poverty, drug addiction, and violent crime, and communities rally behind politicians who promote harsher laws and punishments. But as these policies play out, some Americans will question the true cost of the system. 9:00 Crime and Punishment in America: Tough on Crime (1970-Onward) (Part 4 of 4) [R] 11:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:30 BBC News

Friday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Crime and Punishment in America: Public Enemies (1929-1969) (Part 3 of 4) [R] 3:00 Rick Steves Best of Paris [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 5 of 6) 2:30 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 6 of 6) 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Better Breakfast 3:30 Cook’s Country: Texas Cookout 4:00 Father Brown: The Lepidopterist’s Companion [R] 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Chicago Stories: Home of the Irish They fled their homeland to escape poverty, famine, and certain death only to land in a city that didn’t want them. But Chicago’s Irish community fought back. Audio-narrated descriptions are available. 9:00 Great Performances: Dudamel’s Inaugural Season with NY Phil 10:30 Carnival of the Animals [R] 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: Prisoner Queens 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Middle Eastern Dinner 3:30 Cook’s Country: Celebrating Springtime 4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Crime and Punishment in America: Tough on Crime (1970-Onward) (Part 4

12:30 Crime and Punishment in America: Tough on Crime (1970-Onward) (Part 4 of 4) [R] 2:30 Great Performances:

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In the Spotlight Jimmy Webb – American Songwriter See Sun. Nov. 15 at 2:00 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 A Hot Dog Program 7:00 Baking with Julia: Craig Kominiak 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Jimmy Sneed 8:00 Essential Pépin: Sweets for My Sweet 8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Time to Evolve 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Greek Islands – Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Stevens Point, Wisconsin 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House: Toy Truck, Pot Filler Faucet 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Apple Strudel & Schnitzel

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Jamaican Feast 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Wroclaw 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Best Ribs Ever 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chicken Two Ways 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Portugal and Spain Weeknights 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Big Flavor Vegetables 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Time Stops at the Valley of the Ducks 4:30 Check, Please! Bacchanalia, Half Acre Taproom, Naoki Sushi 5:00 Rick Steves European Festivals Rick travels throughout the Continent celebrating the top 10 festivals, each one rich with tradition, great food, and fun.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Stories: Home of the Irish See Fri. Nov. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Death in Paradise Jack finds himself embroiled in the mysterious world of faith healing when a woman is poisoned during a ceremony. 8:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 4 of 8) Joan’s first Australian Christmas is put on hold after a scuba dive goes horribly wrong.

9:00 Father Brown: The Alchemist’s Secret Professor Ambrose goes to see his old friend Father Brown to ask for help – he’s been followed ever since he took possession of the diary of the university’s architect. 10:00 Velvet: Don’t Say Goodbye (Season 3, Part 10 of 15) Alberto, heir to the Velvet empire, returns home for his father’s latest collection. But the Art Deco palace hides family secrets and forbidden loves. 11:30 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 3 of 6) [R]

Sunday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 4 of 6) [R] 12:30 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 5 of 6) [R] 1:00 Eons: Life and Death on Pangea (Part 6 of 6) [R] 1:30 Great Performances: Tammy Wynette – Forever Yours See Sun. Nov. 15 at 3:30 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: Dudamel’s Inaugural Season with NY Phil See Fri. Nov. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Behind the Canvas: The Last American Paintbrush Maker [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Island Sunset 5:30 Yoga in Practice: It’s Not What You Do, But How You Do It

MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Riverbend 6:30 P. Allen Smith’s A Sense of Place: Vines 7:00 Jay’s Chicago: Music Makers [R] 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Holiday 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Indian Food – Dals: Lentils, Beans, and Peas 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: River Parishes – Cote Des Allemands 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Smoke in a Hurry 11:00 Food. Curated.: The Sourdough Bread Craze 11:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Autumn Harvest

AFTERNOON 12:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Just Add Apples 12:30 New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton: Thanksgiving 1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Thanksgiving 101

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EVENING 6:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Dragoman to Istanbul (Part 4 of 4) The Express crosses the Balkans heading for Sofia, and then Istanbul and the journey’s culmination. 7:00 Professor T: The Things We Do for Love (Season 5, Part 6 of 6) Dan’s choice to expose his girlfriend’s father sparks deadly revenge. 8:00 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Yellow Dog, Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) Facing suspicion from his superiors with his reputation on the line, Maigret takes drastic measures. 9:00 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) While the Task Force faces change, in both Britain and America the Brink’s-Mat criminals face their day in court. 10:00 Will AI Take My Job? 11:00 ACL Presents: 25th Annual Americana Honors Austin City Limits presents highlights from the milestone 25th Annual Americana Honors, recorded at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium.

Monday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Nov. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 4 of 8) See Sat. Nov. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Alchemist’s Secret See Sat. Nov. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Velvet: Don’t Say Goodbye (Season 3, Part 10 of 15) See Sat. Nov. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Stevens Point, Wisconsin [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library

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Monday, November 23 4:50 pm with Mark Updegrove: Stacey Abrams

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Part 3 of 3) 2:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Thanksgiving [R] 2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Turkey Day 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Updated Italian 3:30 Cook’s Country: Fish Tacos and Fried Shrimp 4:00 Father Brown: The Alchemist’s Secret [R] 4:50 Live Drawing: WTTW 2026 Be a Winner Sweepstakes 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: The Gen X Years Explore the era between Boomers and Millennials for exciting treasures from the mid-1960s to early 1980s. Finds include Matt Groening artwork, Charles Loloma bracelets, and Evel Knievel’s leathers. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Treasure Fever Examine

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Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert Paul Simon brings his critically acclaimed album Seven Psalms to life in this performance of the complete piece for his Quiet Celebration, an intimate evening spanning his vast career and celebrating new arrangements of timeless classics, deep cuts, and new musical discoveries.

Thursday, November 26 7:00 pm artifacts and artistry with health and medicine history including a Lakota Sioux doctor’s bag, a Civil War medical officer’s sword, and a Fern Isabel Coppedge oil. 9:00 Independent Lens: Storming – Seasons of Care Exploring the depths of love, hopelessness isn’t an option for one family in Storming, who provide 24-hour care for their son nearing 10 years in a coma after a traumatic brain injury. 10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Professor T: The Things We Do for Love (Season 5, Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Maigret Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Yellow Dog, Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Gold Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Early Middle Age [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Holiday Vegetables [R] 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Thanksgiving 101 [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian Classics 3:30 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Citrus 4:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Long Way Home Discover how actress Julianna Marguiles, author Azar Nafisi, and chef Lidia Bastianich are bound together. 8:00 Liz Diller: American Masters 9:00 Frontline 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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Wednesday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes [R] 12:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Stevens Point, Wisconsin [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: The Gen X Years See Sun. Nov. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Treasure Fever See Sun. Nov. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Dragoman to Istanbul (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Nov. 22 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 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 Will AI Take My Job? See Sun. Nov. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New Flavors on the Grill 3:30 Cook’s Country: Sisig and Wings 4:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight

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Thursday 26 Thanksgiving Day EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: The Long Way Home See Tues. Nov. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Liz Diller: American Masters See Tues. Nov. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Frontline See Tues. Nov. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Thanksgiving for a Small Group [R] 3:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Thanksgiving 101 [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 3 of 3) 2:00 Finding Your Roots: The Long Way Home [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Latin Summer Favorites 3:30 Cook’s Country: Hawaiian Melting Pot 4:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 DW The Day

6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Christmas in the Alps 8:00 NOVA: Decoding Da Vinci Journey to Florence to discover how Leonardo da Vinci used science to create his legendary artwork. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter What do the newly discovered bones of a 14-year-old English girl reveal about what really happened during the winter of 1609 in Jamestown?

6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert 9:00 An Anthem to America: Ken Burns & Florentine Films Celebrates 50 Years Join Ken Burns and the filmmaking team as they reflect on five decades of making groundbreaking documentaries. 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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(1) Mailed Outside-County Mail Paid Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months: 33,210; No. of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 33,054. (2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months: 39,442; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 38,563. (3) Paid Distribution outside the Mail Including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid Distribution Outside USPS: N/A; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: N/A. (4) Paid Distribution by Classes of Mail Through the USPS: N/A; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: N/A. C. Total Paid Distribution. Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months: 72,652; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 71,617. D. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (By Mail and Outside the Mail). 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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Treasure Fever [R] 2:00 Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel: Dragoman to Istanbul (Part 4 of 4) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Pork Two Ways 3:30 Cook’s Country: Grilled Lamb and Cheesecake 4:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 8) 5:00 BBC News The World Today 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 André Rieu: Power of Love Recorded live in Maastricht in 2024, highlights include Verdi’s Triumphal March of Aida performed with 400 brass players, “Strauss & Co,” a singalong of “Sweet Caroline,” “The Blue Danube,” and more. 10:00 The Carpenters: Close to You This music-filled documentary traces The Carpenters’ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the group’s friends in the music business. 11:30 BBC News

Saturday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration Legends of ‘60s and ‘70s soul music return to perform their biggest hits. 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]

MORNING 8:00 Making of the American Revolution Go behind the

scenes with Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, David Schmidt, and their team to learn about the production. 10:00 Rick Steves Why We Travel Rick Steves shares why he believes travel can be meaningful, along with personal insights. 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Good Friends & Good Food 11:40 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Everything

AFTERNOON 12:20 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert 1:00 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Poznan, Gniezno 1:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Three-Cup Chicken and Smashed Cucumbers 2:10 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: To Meat Or Not to Meat (Sauce) 2:50 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Breads from Around the World 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Crawling Vine 4:00 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Pati Jinich Lidia Bastianich and Pati Jinich come together in the kitchen to share stories and mouth-watering recipes.

5:30

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Join Mary Berry and three special friends as they prepare her ultimate Christmas feast.

EVENING Death in Paradise The island’s Day of the Dead celebrations are cut short by a woman’s death. 8:00 Darby and Joan (Season 1, Part 5 of 8) Sparks fly when Darby and Joan must share a hotel room in a small-town pub on New Year’s Eve. 9:00 Father Brown: The Sins of Others After being released from prison for assault, Sid Carter sets out to get revenge on the lawyer who failed to stop him from going to prison. 10:00 Velvet: An Ocean Away (Season 3, Part 11 of 15) Ana chases Alberto to the airport, but his flight has already departed. Rita and Pedro get a medical opinion neither one of them expected. Cristina tries to trap Victor with her pregnancy lie. 11:30 Concert for George On November 29, 2002, one year after the passing of George Harrison, this all-star performance tribute was organized at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 7:00

2026

NOVEMBER

Christmas dinner at Skeldale

All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas Cheer Enjoy this collection of highlights from the trilogy of holiday specials from Seasons 4, 5, and 6 that capture a family enduring separation, dealing with wartime shortages, and celebrating the joys of peacetime reunions when the war has ended.

Sunday, November 29 7:00 pm

Sunday 29 EARLY MORNING 1:30 Deconstructing the Beatles “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums. 3:00 Red White and Rock Recorded in 2002, this is a patriotic celebration of America and pop oldies music. 5:30 Barry Manilow: Live by Request The consummate

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In the Spotlight

performer fields call-in requests for his greatest hits in a live broadcast from 1996.

MORNING 7:00 The Carpenters: Close to You See Fri. Nov. 27 at 10:00 pm. [R] 8:30 The Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, along with their respective families and an all-star cast, join together for this Christmas celebration filmed in 1967. 9:57 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Gathering the Flock (Part 1 of 7) Things look very different at Skeldale House as James grapples with Siegfried’s wild and chaotic energy. Tristan returns from war. 11:12 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Old Dog, New Tricks (Part 2 of 7) Tension sparks when James buys an X-ray machine for practice. AFTERNOON 12:27 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Captain Farnon? (Part 3 of 7) Tristan and Siegfried find themselves in competition to treat the horse of a wealthy family that’s new to the area. 1:43 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Jenny Wren (Part 4 of 7) Helen struggles when Jenny gets some exciting news. 2:57 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.

Do it Yourself Saturdays 7:00

Baking with Julia