May 2016
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Weekday Schedule
Monday
11:30 Knit and Crochet Now!
Tuesday
Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
12:00 Steven Raichlen’s Julia Child: Project Smoke Cooking with Master Chefs
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sewing with Nancy
Quilting Arts
Sew it All
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Country
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School
Mind of a Chef
Ask This Old House
Woodright’s Shop
NOVA
5/6 Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory
This Old House 12:30 Victory Garden’s Rough Cut – EdibleFEAST Woodworking with Tommy Mac 1:00 Nature
Antiques Roadshow
5/4 Keith Urban: A Biography 5/11 Aerosmith: A Biography
5/19 Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement
5/18 Indiana State Parks: Treasures in Your Own Backyard
5/26 Divine Discontent: Charles Proteus Steinmetz
5/25 Gift of David T. Owsley
5/6 This is My Home Now 5/13 One Voice 5/20 Ka Hana Kapa 5/27 Decoding Ancient Chinese Gardens
5/25 at 1:30 Made in Indiana 2:00 Body Electric
Body Electric
Body Electric
Body Electric
Body Electric
2:30 Wild Photo Adventures
Beads, Baubles & Jewels
Best of the Joy of Painting
Landscapes Through Time
Paint This with Jerry Yarnell
Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose
Well Read
Indiana Newsdesk
3-5pm See children’s lineup on page 8 5:00 Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose
6:00 Focus on Europe
Religion & Ethics Feel Grand with NewsWeekly Jane Seymour
The Nightly 6:30 The Nightly Business Report Business Report
The Nightly Business Report
The Nightly The Nightly Business Report Business Report
7:00 PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
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This Month’s Highlights MASTERPIECE: MYSTERY! Wallander – Season 4 Sundays, May 8 to 22 at 9pm Famed actor Kenneth Branagh returns to the role as the soul-searching Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander in the series’ final season. As age catches up with the peerless crime-solver, Wallander burns his candle at both ends, dodging knives, bullets, vicious dogs, homicidal motorcyclists, and a sense that he is losing his focus.
Independent Lens: Peace Officer Monday, May 9 at 9pm Peace Officer is the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established Utah’s first SWAT team, only to watch in horror as that same unit killed his sonin-law in a controversial standoff. Follow Lawrence as he investigates the incident, while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.
Genealogy Roadshow – Season 3 Tuesdays at 8pm starting May 17 Follow a diverse group of Americans on an emotional journey that uses history and science to uncover fascinating family stories. Each individual’s past links to a larger community history while revealing America’s rich cultural tapestry. The programs feature participants from Albuquerque, Miami, Houston, Boston, Providence, and Los Angeles who want to explore a genealogical mystery.
Genius By Stephen Hawking Wednesdays, May 18 to June 1 at 9pm and 10pm This new six-part series is presented by renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who challenges ordinary people to decode mysteries of evolutionary biology, astrophysics, and quantum mechanics. Using experiments and demonstrations, the participants seek to solve such questions as “Why am I here?”, “Are we alone?”, and “Can we travel through time?”
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Nature: Meet the Coywolf Wednesday, May 25 at 8pm The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping into our cities. Tag along as scientists study this top predator, tracking it from the Ontario wilderness to the streets of New York City.
The Highwaymen: American Masters Friday, May 27 at 9pm From 1985 to 1995, the outlaw country music supergroup The Highwaymen—featuring Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson— recorded albums that produced three chart-topping singles, including the #1 hit “Highwayman.” Discover their story through vintage performances and new interviews about life on the road and in the studio.
National Memorial Day Concert Sunday, May 29 at 8pm Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna co-host this evening of remembrance, honoring the service of our men and women in uniform and their families. A star-studded lineup graces the stage, live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before an audience of thousands.
TED Talk: War and Peace Monday, May 30 at 9pm Join fighters, journalists, psychologists, and others who have experienced war to learn how it affects everyone. Hear passionate talks and performances by Marine Corps veteran and actor Adam Driver, psychologist and PTSD expert Hector Garcia, singersongwriter Rufus Wainwright, journalist and author Sebastian Junger (pictured at left), ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek, and others.
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Listings are accurate as of time of printing, but are subject to change.
1 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special
Repeat of 4/28. (r 5/1 6:30pm)
9:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece H
11:00 Food Forward H DVS
11:30 Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh 12:00 MotorWeek H 12:30 Tracks Ahead H 1:00 Big Burn: American Experience
The largest fire in American history had profound consequences on the United States Forest Service. DVS (r 5/2 4am)
2:00 Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the WWII Internment Camps
A look at how traditional Japanese cultural arts were maintained in relocation camps in America.
3:00 War for Guam
The enduring legacy of World War II in Guam, a United States territory since 1898, is revealed. A profile of one of the biggest names in country music that explores Urban’s life in Australia, his rise to fame in the U.S., his continuing battle with cocaine addiction, and his life with Nicole Kidman. (r 5/4 1pm)
5:00 Antiques Roadshow
Omaha, Hour 2 Discover 1955 Whitey Ford and 1951 Yogi Berra jerseys and an 1887 Seth Whipple oil painting. (r 5/2 5am)
6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 The Weekly Special
Episode 6 A former employee is laid to rest. Jimmy thinks he’s a hunted man, as he makes the deal of his life. (r 5/2 2am; 5/3 5am)
11:00 Shifting Sands: on the Path to Sustainability H
A look at the decades-long effort to create the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore amid the presence of heavy industry along Lake Michigan.
2 Monday
8:00 Antiques Roadshow H
Omaha, Hour 3 Travel to Omaha to see fantastic pieces of history including a Humphreys homeopathic medicine cabinet. (r 5/3 2am; 5/3 1pm; 5/8 5pm)
9:00 Antiques Roadshow
Detroit, Hour 3 Highlights include a Charles Schulz signed letter and etchings by Edward Hopper and John Sloan. (r 5/3 1am)
10:00 Independent Lens H
My Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did The sons of two Nazi war criminals who were responsible for thousands of deaths are interviewed. (r 5/4 4am)
11:30 DW News H
Repeat of 4/28.
It’s Good to Talk Martin’s therapist suggests that Martin and Louisa should have therapy as a couple.
The Turners reassess their lifestyles as they fight for respiratory health for patients. (r 5/1 midnight; 5/2 3am; 5/3 3am)
8:00 Janis: Little Girl Blue – American Masters H
Intimate letters and rare footage shed light on the life of iconic rock singer Janis Joplin. (r 5/4 1am; 5/5 4am; 5/8 1pm)
10:00 FRONTLINE H
Benghazi in Crisis Benghazi, the birthplace of Libya’s uprising, is now besieged by ISIS and warring militias. (r 5/4 3am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H 6 / wtiu.org
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8:00 Nature
The Last Orangutan Eden An exploration of the work being done to save wild orangutans in the jungles of Northern Sumatra. DVS (r 5/5 1am; 5/6 3am; 5/8 4am; 5/9 1pm)
9:00 NOVA H
Great Lighthouse Rescue Engineers race to rescue the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard from the ocean’s erosive power. (r 5/5 2am; 5/5 1pm; 5/6 4am; 5/8 2am)
10:00 NOVA
Petra – Lost City of Stone Experts carve a temple-tomb to find out how the ancient people of Petra built their city of stone. (r 5/5 3am; 5/6 5am; 5/8 3am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
5 Thursday 8:00 The Weekly Special
Along the Banks Travel to the banks of the Ohio to discover unique history and craftsmanship. (r 5/8 10:30am; 5/8 6:30pm)
8:30 Music Voyager H
3 Tuesday
7:00 Doc Martin
8:00 Call the Midwife H
10:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece H
4:00 Keith Urban: A Biography H
4 Wednesday
Episode 6 Sidney seeks oblivion and his friend Sam seeks forgiveness. A dead girl’s parents seek revenge. DVS (r 5/2 1am; 5/3 4am)
The Bahamas: from the Islands to the World An exploration of the enduring effect of music from the Bahamas on popular music around the world.
9:00 Sounds of the Big Bands H
Join us for a big bands concert featuring David Baker and Dominic Spera recorded in the 1980s at IU’s Musical Arts Center. (r 5/11 1 pm)
10:00 Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory H
A Vietnamese refugee who has been working in an Indiana factory since 1975 works her last day. (r 5/6 1pm)
10:30 This is My Home Now H
The lives of three Montagnard immigrant families in Greensboro, North Carolina are spotlighted. (r 5/6 1:30pm)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
6 Friday
8:30 Charlie Rose The Week H
CMA Songwriters Series: Kip Moore
(r 5/7 1am; 5/8 5am)
Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945) As racial conflict in America heats up, the center of jazz in New York moves from Harlem to 52nd Street. (r 5/7 2am; 5/9 4am)
(r 5/10 noon)
(r 5/9 12:30pm)
12:30 Victory Garden’s EdibleFEAST
10:00 Song of the Mountains 11:00 Front and Center H
(r 5/7 1:30am; 5/8 5:30am)
9:00 Jazz H
1:00 Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac H
8 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special
11:30 Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh 12:00 MotorWeek H 12:30 Tracks Ahead 1:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters
(r 5/10 12:30pm)
2:00 Ask This Old House H (r 5/12 12:30pm)
2:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 5/13 12:30pm)
3:30 The McLaughlin Group H 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk 4:30 Inside INdiana Business H 5:30 Indiana Week in Review H 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 Joy of Music H
8:00 Last of the Summer Wine H The Most Powerful Eyes in West Yorkshire
Cleveland, Hour 1 Discover hidden treasures such as 1920 World Series stubs and a Charles Rohlfs music stand. (r 5/10 1am; 5/10 1pm; 5/11 5am)
9:00 Independent Lens H
Peace Officer A former sheriff who established Utah’s first SWAT team investigates the team’s killing of his son-in-law. (r 5/11 2:30am)
The story of the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest is told through the student song directors. (r 5/13 1pm)
11:30 DW News H
A look inside the bestselling American hard rock band of all time—from their start in Boston through years of drug addiction, hard times in the ’80s, and spectacular comeback.
4:00 Aerosmith: A Biography H
5:00 Antiques Roadshow
Musical Journey of Southern France – Toulouse Twenty-fifth Anniversary
8:00 Antiques Roadshow H
Repeat of 5/3.
3:00 One Voice
Episode 7 The Whiteleys deal starts to look bad. A reporter confronts Jimmy and Grove undertakes a good deed. (r 5/9 3am; 5/10 4:30am)
9 Monday
DVS
1:30 This Old House H (r 5/11 12:30pm)
Repeat of 5/5. (r 5/8 6:30pm)
11:00 Food Forward H
7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show H
9:00 Austin City Limits Gary Clark Jr./Courtney Barnett
10:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg 11:00 Globe Trekker 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs
10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece H
7 Saturday
False Idol
8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill H
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
8:30 The Red Green Show
Omaha, Hour 3 Repeat of 5/2.
6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 The Weekly Special Along the Banks Repeat of 5/5.
7:00 Doc Martin Education, Education, Education Louisa and Martin have their first therapy session and are surprised when they are given homework.
10 Tuesday 8:00 Independent Lens H The Armor of Light A conservative Evangelical minister questions whether being pro-life is consistent with being pro-gun. (r 5/11 1am; 5/12 3am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
11 Wednesday 8:00 Nature H
Nature’s Perfect Partners Learn the value of teamwork among animal partners, even ones as odd as hippo and fish. DVS (r 5/12 1am; 5/13 3am; 5/15 3am; 5/16 1pm)
9:00 NOVA H
8:00 Call the Midwife H
9:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece H
10:00 Nazi Mega Weapons H
Consequences occur when a woman doesn’t report a rape and a mother conceals her daughter’s pregnancy. (r 5/9 12:30am; 5/10 2am) The White Lioness The case of a missing Swede in South Africa leads Wallander down a dangerous path. DVS (r 5/9 1:30am; 5/10 3am)
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Bombing Hitler’s Supergun Growing desperate in 1943, Hitler hatches a diabolical weapon: a bank of “superguns” housed in a massive underground complex in German-occupied northern France. (r 5/12 2am; 5/12 1pm; 5/13 4am; 5/15 2am)
Blitzkrieg In the first years of World War II, Germany crushes its enemies in a series of Blitzkrieg offensives. (r 5/13 5am; 5/15 4am)
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noon ------- Super WHY! 12:30 -------Thomas & Friends 1pm -------- Sesame Street 1:30 -------- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 2pm -------- Curious George 3pm -------- Arthur 3:30 -------- Nature Cat 4pm -------- Ready Jet Go! 4:30 -------- Odd Squad 5pm -------- Wild Kratts/
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Sid the Science Kid Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Super WHY! The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 9am ------- WordGirl 9:30 ------- Odd Squad 10am ------- SciGirls
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
12 Thursday
8:00 The Weekly Special H
(r 5/15 10:30am; 5/15 6:30pm)
9:00 Globe Trekker H
Puerto Rico Zay Harding visits San Juan, the El Yunque National Forest, and the Camuy River Caves National Park. (r 5/14 11am)
10:00 Secrets of Althorp – The Spencers
The brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, gives a personal tour around the Spencer family’s manor. (r 5/13 2am; 5/14 4am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
13 Friday
8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill H (r 5/14 1am; 5/15 5am)
8:30 Charlie Rose The Week H
(r 5/14 1:30am; 5/15 5:30am)
9:00 Jazz H
Risk (1945-1955) Jazz becomes a symbol of American democracy abroad, while at home the music breaks into different camps. (r 5/14 2am; 5/16 4am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
14 Saturday 10:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg 11:00 Globe Trekker 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs
(r 5/18 12:30pm)
2:00 Ask This Old House H
8:00 Call the Midwife H
2:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 5/20 12:30pm)
3:30 The McLaughlin Group H 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk 4:30 Inside INdiana Business H 5:30 Indiana Week in Review H 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 Joy of Music
Tribute to Bing
8:00 Last of the Summer Wine H Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall
8:30 The Red Green Show Harold’s One and Only
George Ezra
8:00 Antiques Roadshow H
Repeat of 5/12. (r 5/15 6:30pm)
11:00 Food Forward H DVS
11:30 Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh 12:00 MotorWeek H 12:30 Tracks Ahead 1:00 Great Performances at the Met H
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg A song contest created by a group of Renaissance “master singers” unites a city. Johan Reuter stars.
6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 The Weekly Special
Repeat of 5/12.
(r 5/16 12:30pm)
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Cleveland, Hour 2 A 1964 Manoucher Yektai oil painting and an 1863 Civil War grave marker group are appraised. (r 5/17 1pm; 5/18 5am; 5/22 5pm)
9:00 Antiques Roadshow
10:30 The Weekly Special
Episode 8 Josie takes on a new role, and Whiteleys’ troubles lead Jimmy and Mr. Crabb to take a big risk. (r 5/16 3am; 5/17 4:30am)
16 Monday
10:00 Song of the Mountains 11:00 Front and Center H
15 Sunday
A Lesson in Love A knife-slashed corpse takes Wallander on a chase for the victim’s missing daughter. DVS (r 5/16 1:30am; 5/17 3am)
10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece H
9:00 Austin City Limits Kendrick Lamar
Patsy struggles to help a transient woman who is determined to avoid the maternity home. (r 5/16 12:30am; 5/17 2am)
9:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece H
Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan
7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show H
(r 5/17 noon)
12:30 Victory Garden’s EdibleFEAST
(r 5/17 12:30pm)
1:30 This Old House H
7:00 Doc Martin Control-Alt-Delete After being followed around by Buddy, Martin manages to offload the dog to a local vet.
(r 5/19 12:30pm)
8:30 A Chef’s Life
Stop, Squash and Roll Vivian seeks motherly advice from Mrs. Scarlett and her sister Johnna over Squash and Onions.
1:00 Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac H
Baton Rouge, Hour 1 A French Art Deco ring and four Rembrandt and James McNeill Whistler etchings are appraised. (r 5/17 1am)
10:00 Independent Lens H
Dogtown Redemption Homeless recyclers fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Oakland, California. (r 5/18 4am; 5/22 4am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
17 Tuesday 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow H Albuquerque Trace a woman’s connection to a Native American code talker and a man’s deep New Mexican roots. (r 5/18 1am; 5/19 5am; 5/22 4pm)
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9:00 Secrets of the Dead H
Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb An amateur archaeologist’s theory may reveal where the queen Cleopatra’s lost tomb is hidden. DVS (r 5/18 2am; 5/19 4am)
10:00 FRONTLINE H
The Secret History of ISIS The inside story of the creation of ISIS and the Islamic radicals who became its leaders. (r 5/18 3am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
18 Wednesday 8:00 Nature H
Jungle Animal Hospital Witness the day-to-day drama at one of the world’s wildest hospitals deep in the Guatemalan jungle. DVS (r 5/19 1am; 5/20 5am; 5/22 3am; 5/23 1pm)
9:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking H
Can We Time Travel? Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking challenges ordinary people to think like geniuses, asking them to determine if time travel is possible. (r 5/19 2am; 5/20 3am; 5/22 2pm)
10:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking H
Are We Alone? Prof. Hawking challenges ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life in the universe. (r 5/19 3am; 5/20 4am; 5/22 3pm)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
9:00 Globe Trekker H
10:00 Royal Paintbox
Race to Summer Discover unique racing traditions across the state, including Fast Eddie’s World of Speed. (r 5/22 10:30am; 5/22 6:30pm) Pretty in Peach Vivian learns the secrets of Gramma Hill’s Canned Peaches. A mix-up leaves the restaurant team scrambling.
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20 Friday
8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill H
The Adventure (1955-1960) Saxophonist Sonny Rollins makes his mark on the scene and Miles Davis creates several great albums. (r 5/21 2:30am; 5/23 4am)
22 Sunday
(r 5/21 1am)
11:30 Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh 12:00 MotorWeek H 12:30 Tracks Ahead 1:00 Decoding Ancient Chinese Gardens
10:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg 11:00 Globe Trekker 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs (r 5/24 noon)
10:30 The Weekly Special
DVS
1:30 This Old House H
2:00 Ask This Old House H
(r 5/23 12:30pm)
(r 5/25 12:30pm) (r 5/26 12:30pm)
2:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 5/27 12:30pm)
3:30 The McLaughlin Group H
H= Denotes a program new to WTIU.
A California architect and a landscape designer experience masterpiece gardens in Suzhou, China. (r 5/27 1pm)
2:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking
1:00 Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac H
Repeat of 5/19. (r 5/22 6:30pm)
11:00 Food Forward H
(r 5/24 12:30pm)
Foo Fighters
10:00 Song of the Mountains 11:00 Front and Center H
12:30 Victory Garden’s EdibleFEAST
The Grapes of Wrath
9:00 Austin City Limits
Borns
21 Saturday
The Sweet Smell of Excess
8:30 The Red Green Show
(r 5/21 2am; 5/22 5:30am)
9:00 Jazz H
11:30 DW News H
Songs from the Classics
8:00 Last of the Summer Wine H
11:00 Tavis Smiley H
Music for Brass & Organ
7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show H
(r 5/21 1:30am; 5/22 5am)
8:30 Charlie Rose The Week H
8:30 A Chef’s Life
Charles, Prince of Wales, reveals a remarkable treasure trove of artistic work by his forebears. (r 5/20 2am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
19 Thursday 8:00 The Weekly Special
4:00 Indiana Newsdesk 4:30 Inside INdiana Business H 5:30 Indiana Week in Review H 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 Joy of Music H
Top 10 South American Adventures The Globe Trekkers visit Venezuela, Columbia, Bolivia, Chile and more great places in South America. (r 5/21 11am)
Can We Time Travel? Repeat of 5/18.
3:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Are We Alone? Repeat of 5/18.
4:00 Genealogy Roadshow Repeat of 5/17.
5:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour 2
6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 The Weekly Special Race to Summer Repeat of 5/19.
7:00 Doc Martin
Other People’s Children Martin and Louisa are not having success with therapy. Dr. Timoney advises them to plan a date.
8:00 Call the Midwife H
(r 5/23 12:30am; 5/24 2am)
9:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece H The Troubled Man With his memory failing, Wallander draws on primal instincts to crack a very old submarine mystery. DVS (r 5/23 1:30am; 5/24 3am)
10:00 FRONTLINE H
Episode 9 The press links Harry with Jimmy’s demise, suppliers refuse to sell, and stockholders are up in arms. (r 5/23 3am; 5/24 4:30am)
23 Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow H
Cleveland, Hour 3 Great finds include a Big Bronco coin-operated horse and a Tiffany & Co. pendant watch necklace. (r 5/24 1pm; 5/29 5pm)
25 Wednesday 8:00 Nature
Baton Rouge, Hour 2 A Louisiana political poster, a NASA photograph collection, and more amazing items are appraised. (r 5/24 1am)
10:00 POV H
The Return In 2012, California amended its Three Strikes law, shortening the sentences of thousands of people. (r 5/25 4am; 5/29 3am)
11:30 DW News H
24 Tuesday 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow H Miami Follow genealogists as they trace stories about Pocahontas and a Cuban grandfather’s secret past. (r 5/25 1am; 5/26 5am; 5/29 4pm)
9:00 Secrets of the Dead H
Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings (r 5/25 2am; 5/26 4am)
Meet the Coywolf The coywolf, a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is a mixture of coyote and wolf, is explored. DVS (r 5/26 1am; 5/27 5am; 5/29 2am; 5/30 1pm)
9:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking H
Why Are We Here? Prof. Hawking sets three ordinary people a truly mindbending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? (r 5/26 2am; 5/27 3am; 5/29 2pm)
10:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking H
9:00 Antiques Roadshow
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
27 Friday
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece H
Business of Disaster An investigation into who profits when disaster strikes, with a focus on Superstorm Sandy. (r 5/25 3am)
Where Did the Universe Come From? Prof. Hawking challenges ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. (r 5/26 3am; 5/27 4am; 5/29 3pm)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
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(r 5/29 10:30am; 5/29 6:30pm) Gettin’ Figgy with It Vivian is under the gun to pen an entire chapter on Figs in three days.
Prince Charles leads a touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth, featuring exclusive footage and photos. (r 5/27 2am)
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A profile of the supergroup that featured Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. (r 5/28 2am; 5/30 3am)
An all-star tribute to the celebrated singer-songwriter and American music icon Willie Nelson. (r 5/28 3am; 5/30 4am)
28 Saturday 10:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg 11:00 Globe Trekker 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs
(r 5/31 noon)
12:30 Victory Garden’s EdibleFEAST
10:00 Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute to the Queen
(r 5/28 1:30am; 5/29 5:30am)
9:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters H
11:30 DW News H
9:00 Globe Trekker H
Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroads Ian Wright takes an eye-opening and hair-raising journey by train across the Caribbean island of Cuba. (r 5/28 11am)
(r 5/28 1am; 5/29 5am)
8:30 Charlie Rose The Week H
10:00 Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
8:00 The Weekly Special H 8:30 A Chef’s Life
8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill H
(r 5/30 12:30pm)
1:00 Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac H (r 5/31 12:30pm)
1:30 This Old House H (r 6/1 12:30pm)
2:00 Ask This Old House H (r 6/2 12:30pm)
2:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 6/3 12:30pm)
3:30 The McLaughlin Group H 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk 4:30 Inside INdiana Business H 5:30 Indiana Week in Review H 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 Joy of Music Musical Journey to Luxembourg
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Leaving Home Forever ’til Teatime
8:30 The Red Green Show The Lodge Election
9:00 Austin City Limits
James Taylor
CMA Songwriters Series: Brett Eldredge
10:00 Song of the Mountains H 11:00 Front and Center H
Tuesday, May 10, 9 p.m. The NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble is made up of 26 of the finest singers from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Dominick DiOrio Noted for adventurous and innovative programming, the ensemble is dedicated to performing the works of living composers. In this program, we hear highlights from two of the group’s performances during the 2015-2016 academic year, featuring world premieres by IU faculty and student composers, and Arvo Pärt’s magnificent Te Deum. NOTUS conductor Dominick DiOrio and WFIU music director Joe Goetz host. (Preempts Sounds Choral and Relevant Tones.)
29 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special
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11:30 Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh H 12:00 MotorWeek H 12:30 Tracks Ahead 1:00 Shaolin Kung Fu Monks H
An American Kung Fu practitioner follows the head monk of the Shaolin Temple on a world tour.
2:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking
We asked, you spoke, and we listened! Garrison Keillor About 450 listeners took an online survey this spring to tell us what the future of public radio staples such as A Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk should be. Garrison Keillor is retiring this summer, and more than half the respondents said we should give Keillor’s successor, Chris Thile, a chance on our station. We are planning to air the 13 new shows he is scheduled to host in the year to come, along with 26 archival Keillor programs. We also expect to use the summer rerun season to let you sample some new public radio shows and give us your opinions. You also expressed the wish that we continue bringing you Car Talk on Saturday mornings at 10. For this coming year—the last in which NPR will be delivering shows that listeners have never heard before—we will do just that. Thank you for speaking up—and thanks for continuing to listen!
Repeat of 5/26. (r 5/29 6:30pm)
11:00 Food Forward H
Weekend Staples Will Stay
Are We Alone? Repeat of 5/25.
3:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Why Are We Here? Repeat of 5/25.
4:00 Genealogy Roadshow Repeat of 5/24.
5:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour 3
6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6:30 The Weekly Special Repeat of 5/26.
7:00 Doc Martin Facta Non Verba Dr. Timoney questions Martin and Louisa’s ultimate compatibility, and Martin has new neighbors.
8:00 National Memorial Day Concert H
Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna co-host this night of remembrance honoring the service of our men and women in uniform and their families. (r 5/29 9:30pm; 5/29 midnight; 5/30 1:30am; 5/31 3am; 5/31 4:30am)
9:30 National Memorial Day Concert
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8:00 Last of the Summer Wine
Repeat of 5/29. (r 5/29 midnight; 5/30 1:30am; 5/31 3am; 5/31 4:30am)
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11:00 Billy Joel: A Biography H
An intimate portrait of the sixth bestselling recording artist of all time—chronicling Joel’s battles with depression, loss of fortune to an embezzler, and three marriages. (r 6/1 1pm)
30 Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow
WTIU is your ticket to GREAT ENTERTAINMENT! Celtic Thunder
Wednesday, September 21 at 7:30pm Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Indianapolis
Baton Rouge, Hour 3 Discoveries include a collection of Civil War Confederate letters and a Porfirio Salinas oil painting. (r 5/31 1am; 5/31 1pm; 6/5 5pm)
Wabash Day Trip
Sunday October, 9; 8am–6pm Day trip to Delphi, Indiana. Experience a ride on the Wabash-Erie canal; Interpretive Center; Pioneer Village; lunch and transportation included.
9:00 TED Talks H
War and Peace Join those who have experienced war—fighters, journalists, psychologists, and others—to learn how it affects everyone. (r 5/31 2am)
10:00 POV H
The Moody Blues
Tuesday, November 1 at 7:30pm Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Indianapolis
Of Men and War Veterans of service in Iraq and Afghanistan try to make peace with their pasts at a PTSD treatment center. (r 6/1 4am; 6/4 2am)
Joe Bonamassa
Saturday, December 3 at 8pm Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Indianapolis
11:30 DW News H
31 Tuesday 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow H Houston Investigate a re-enactor’s Texas roots and uncover one woman’s link to a prominent Texas figure. (r 6/1 1am; 6/2 5am; 6/4 4am; 6/5 4pm)
9:00 Secrets of the Dead
Jamestown’s Dark Winter Forensic anthropologists excavate the early American colony and uncover dark secrets. DVS (r 6/1 2am; 6/2 4am)
10:00 FRONTLINE H
The Fantasy Sports Gamble An investigation into fantasy sports and online sports betting traces the growth of the businesses. (r 6/1 3am)
11:00 Tavis Smiley H 11:30 DW News H
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Body Electric Mon-Fri 2pm Bringing It Home with Laura Mcintosh Sun 11:30am Call the Midwife Episode 5 5/1 8pm; 5/2 mid, 3am; 5/3 3am Episode 6 5/8 8pm; 5/9 12:30am; 5/10 2am Episode 7 5/15 8pm; 5/16 12:30am; 5/17 2am Episode 8 5/22 8pm; 5/23 12:30am; 5/24 2am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Sun 8:30am Changing Season: On the Masumoto Family Farm 5/6 2am; 5/7 4am Charlie Rose Tue-Fri midnight; Mon-Fri 5pm Charlie Rose – The Week Fri 8:30pm; Sat 1:30am; Sun 5:30am; A Chef ’s Life Sun 1:30am; Thu 8:30pm (except 5/5) Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique Mon-Fri 6am A Craftsman’s Legacy Sat 2:30pm Curious George Mon-Fri 6:30am, 7am; Sat 8am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Mon-Fri 9am, 9:30am; Sat 7am, 7:30am Decoding Ancient Chinese Gardens 5/22 1pm; 5/27 1pm Dinosaur Train Mon-Fri 8am; Sun 6:30am Divine Discontent: Charles Proteus Steinmetz 5/26 1pm Doc Martin Sun 7pm DW News Mon-Fri 11:30pm Dyer, Indiana: Roots, Reflection & the Road Ahead 5/9 midnight
Emery Blagdon and his Healing Machine 5/24 5:30am; 5/28 4:30am; 5/30 5:30am Feel Grand with Jane Seymour Wed 6pm Fixed: The Science/ Fiction of Human Enhancement 5/19 1pm Focus on Europe Mon 6pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tue 11:30am Food Forward Sun 11am The Friday Zone Fri 4:30pm; Sat 10am Front and Center Sat 11pm FRONTLINE Benghazi in Crisis 5/3 10pm; 5/4 3am The Secret History of ISIS 5/17 10pm; 5/18 3am Business of Disaster 5/24 10pm; 5/25 3am The Fantasy Sports Gamble 5/31 10pm Genealogy Roadshow Albuquerque 5/17 8pm; 5/18 1am; 5/19 5am; 5/22 4pm Miami 5/24 8pm; 5/25 1am; 5/26 5am; 5/29 4pm Houston 5/31 8pm Genius By Stephen Hawking Can We Time Travel? 5/18 9pm; 5/19 2am; 5/20 3am; 5/22 2pm Are We Alone? 5/18 10pm; 5/19 3am; 5/20 4am; 5/22 3pm Why Are We Here? 5/25 9pm; 5/26 2am; 5/27 3am; 5/29 2pm Where Did the Universe Come From? 5/25 10pm; 5/26 3am; 5/27 4am; 5/29 3pm Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory 5/5 10pm; 5/6 1pm Gift of David T. Owsley 5/25 1pm Globe Trekker Food Hour: Ireland 5/7 11am
Puerto Rico 5/12 9pm; 5/14 11am Top 10 South American Adventures 5/19 9pm; 5/21 11am Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroads 5/26 9pm; 5/28 11am Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 6 5/1 9pm; 5/2 1am; 5/3 4am Great Performances at the Met Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg 5/15 1pm Greetings from Cedar Lake 5/8 11:30pm Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the WWII Internment Camps 5/1 2pm The Highwaymen: American Masters 5/27 9pm; 5/28 2am; 5/30 3am Independent Lens My Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did 5/2 10pm; 5/4 4am Peace Officer 5/9 9pm; 5/11 2:30am The Armor of Light 5/10 8pm; 5/11 1am; 5/12 3am Dogtown Redemption 5/16 10pm; 5/18 4am; 5/22 4am Indiana Newsdesk Fri 6pm; Sat 4pm Indiana State Parks: Treasures in Your Own Backyard 5/15 11:30pm; 5/18 1pm Indiana Week in Review Sat 5:30pm In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Sat noon; Tue noon Inside INdiana Business Sat 4:30pm Janis: Little Girl Blue – American Masters 5/3 8pm; 5/4 1am; 5/5 4am; 5/8 1pm Jazz Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945) 5/6 9pm; 5/7 2am; 5/9 4am
Risk (1945-1955) 5/13 9pm; 5/14 2am; 5/16 4am The Adventure (1955-1960) 5/20 9pm; 5/21 2:30am; 5/23 4am Joy of Music Sat 6:30pm Ka Hana Kapa 5/20 1pm Keith Urban: A Biography 5/1 4pm; 5/4 1pm Knit and Crochet Now! Mon 11:30am Landscapes through Time with David Dunlop Thu 2:30pm Last of the Summer Wine Sat 8pm The Lawrence Welk Show Sat 7pm Made in Indiana 5/25 1:30pm Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Thu noon The McLaughlin Group Sat 3:30pm The Mind of a Chef Fri noon MotorWeek Sun noon Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6 5/1 10pm; 5/2 2am; 5/3 5am Episode 7 5/8 10:30pm; 5/9 3am; 5/10 4:30am Episode 8 5/15 10:30pm; 5/16 3am; 5/17 4:30am Episode 9 5/22 10:30pm; 5/23 3am; 5/24 4:30am Music Voyager The Bahamas: from the Islands to the World 5/5 8:30pm National Memorial Day Concert 5/29 8pm, 9:30pm; 5/30 midnight, 1:30am; 5/31 3am, 4:30am National Parks: America’s Best Idea 5/1 2am Nature The Last Orangutan Eden 5/4 8pm; 5/5 1am; 5/6 3am; 5/8 4am; 5/9 1pm; 5/2 1pm
Nature’s Perfect Partners 5/11 8pm; 5/12 1am; 5/13 3am; 5/15 3am; 5/16 1pm Jungle Animal Hospital 5/18 8pm; 5/19 1am; 5/20 5am; 5/22 3am; 5/23 1pm Meet the Coywolf 5/25 8pm; 5/26 1am; 5/27 5am; 5/29 2am; 5/30 1pm Nature Cat Mon-Sat 8:30am Nazi Mega Weapons Blitzkrieg 5/11 10pm; 5/13 5am; 5/15 4am Nightly Business Report Mon-Fri 6:30pm NOVA Great Cathedral Mystery 5/1 4am; 5/22 2am Great Lighthouse Rescue 5/4 9pm; 5/5 2am, 1pm; 5/6 4am; 5/8 2am Petra: Lost City of Stone 5/4 10pm; 5/5 3am; 5/6 5am; 5/8 3am; 5/29 1am Bombing Hitler’s Supergun 5/11 9pm; 5/12 2am, 1pm; 5/13 4am; 5/15 2am Odd Squad Mon-Thu 4:30pm; Sun 9:30am One Voice 5/8 3pm; 5/13 1pm Paint This with Jerry Yarnell 5/6 2:30pm PBS NewsHour Mon-Fri 7pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Sat-Sun 6pm Peg + Cat Mon-Fri 11am POV The Return 5/23 10pm; 5/25 4am; 5/29 3am Of Men and War 5/30 10pm Quilting Arts Thu 11:30am Ready Jet Go! Mon-Fri 7:30am; Sat 9am The Red Green Show Sat 8:30pm
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Tue 6pm Ribbon of Sand 5/25 5:30am; 5/29 4:30am Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac Sat 1pm; Tue 12:30pm Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute to the Queen 5/26 10pm; 5/27 2am Royal Paintbox 5/19 10pm; 5/20 2am SciGirls Sun 10am Secrets of Althorp – The Spencers 5/12 10pm; 5/13 2am; 5/14 4am Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 5/17 9pm; 5/18 2am; 5/19 4am Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings 5/24 9pm; 5/25 2am; 5/26 4am Jamestown’s Dark Winter 5/31 9pm Sesame Street Mon-Fri 10am Sewing with Nancy Wed 11:30am Sew it All Fri 11:30am Shaolin Kung Fu Monks 5/29 1pm Shifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability 5/1 11pm Sid the Science Kid Sun 6am Song of the Mountains Sat 10pm Soundstage Mon midnight Sounds of the Big Bands 5/5 9pm; 5/11 1pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Mon noon Super Why! Sun 7:30am, 8am Tavis Smiley Mon-Fri 11pm (except 5/2, 5/9, 5/23, 5/27, 5/30) TED Talks War and Peace 5/30 9pm; 5/31 2am
This is My Home Now 5/5 10:30pm; 5/6 1:30pm This Old House Sat 1:30pm; Wed 12:30pm The This Old House Hour Fri 1am; Sat 5am Thomas & Friends Sun 7am; Mon-Fri 10:30am; Sat 6am PBS Previews – The Best of Drama 5/4 5:30am; 5/10 5:30am; 5/17 5:30am; 5/21 4:30am Tracks Ahead Sun 12:30pm Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Sat 10:30am Victory Garden’s EdibleFEAST Sat 12:30pm; Mon 12:30pm Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece The White Lioness 5/8 9pm; 5/9 1:30am; 5/10 3am A Lesson in Love 5/15 9pm; 5/16 1:30am; 5/17 3am The Troubled Man 5/22 9pm; 5/23 1:30am; 5/24 3am War for Guam 5/1 3pm Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Fri 8pm; Sat 1am; Sun 5am; 5/21 1:30am The Weekly Special Thu 8pm; Sun 10:30am, 6:30pm Well Read Thu 6pm Wild Kratts Mon-Fri 3:30pm, 4pm; Sat 9:30am Wild Photo Adventures Mon 2:30pm Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize 5/27 10pm; 5/28 3am; 5/30 4am The Woodwright’s Shop Sat 3pm; Fri 12:30pm WordGirl Sun 9am
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Great Lighthouse Rescue 8:00 NOVA Petra – Lost City of Stone 9:00 Making Light in Terezin
TIU World (Ch. 30.2) Evening Programming 10:00 PBS NewsHour 11:00 BBC World News America 11:30 Nightly Business Report 1 Sunday 6:30 Trees in Trouble 7:00 The Real Adam Smith Morality and Markets 8:00 Nature Owl Power 9:00 10 Towns That Changed America 10:00 Global Voices In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee 11:00 Independent Lens Twin Sisters 2 Monday 6:00 Local USA Building an Identity 6:30 On Story Zombies & Groot – Bringing Comics to Life 7:00 Ka Hana Kapa 8:00 Pacific Heartbeat Splinters 9:00 Local USA Building an Identity 9:30 On Story Zombies & Groot – Bringing Comics to Life 3 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Allen vs. Clarian Health Partners 7:00 Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home 8:00 America Reframed Winning Girl 9:00 Chinese Couplets 4 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE Benghazi in Crisis 7:00 Our American Family: The Furutas 7:30 Independent Lens My Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did 9:00 FRONTLINE Benghazi in Crisis 5 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special 6:30 Indiana Weekend Hoosier Harvest 7:00 NOVA
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6 Friday 6:00 Passing Poston: An American Story 7:00 Japanese American Lives Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful 8:00 Japanese American Lives Don’t Lose Your Soul/ Honor & Sacrifice 9:00 Japanese American Lives Stories from Tohuku 7 Saturday 6:00 The McLaughlin Group 6:30 Point Taken 7:00 Focus on Europe 7:30 Global 3000 8:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters 10:00 America Reframed Winning Girl 11:00 E Haku Inoa: to Weave a Name 8 Sunday 6:00 E Haku Inoa: to Weave a Name 7:00 The Real Adam Smith Ideas that Changed the World 8:00 Nature The Last Orangutan Eden 9:00 10 Homes That Changed America 10:00 Global Voices Bolinao 52 11:00 Global Voices A Village Called Versailles 9 Monday 6:00 Local USA Fishing Pono 6:30 On Story Rodrigo Garcia on Writing Relationships 7:00 War for Guam 8:00 Pacific Heartbeat The Illness & The Odyssey 9:00 Local USA Fishing Pono 9:30 On Story Rodrigo Garcia on Writing Relationships 10 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Haegert vs. Evansville University 7:00 Global Voices Here Comes Uncle Joe 8:00 America Reframed The Grace Lee Project 9:30 Local USA
Building an Identity
11 Wednesday 6:00 POV Fallen City 7:00 Memory of Forgotten War 7:30 Independent Lens Peace Officer 12 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special Along the Banks 6:30 Across Indiana 7:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners 8:00 NOVA Bombing Hitler’s Supergun 9:00 Seized: Inside the Mystery of Epilepsy 13 Friday 6:00 POV Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case 7:00 Independent Lens The Armor of Light 14 Saturday 6:00 The McLaughlin Group 6:30 Point Taken 7:00 Focus on Europe 7:30 Global 3000 8:00 Independent Lens In Football We Trust 9:30 One Night in March 10:00 America Reframed The Grace Lee Project 15 Sunday 6:30 Local USA Building an Identity 7:00 Filipino American Lives Harana: The Search for the Lost Art of Serenade 8:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners 9:00 10 Buildings That Changed America 10:00 Global Voices Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls 11:00 Independent Lens India’s Daughter 16 Monday 6:00 Local USA Breadfruit & Open Spaces 6:30 On Story Gary Ross on Drive and Inspiration 7:00 Pidgin: The Voice of Hawaii 8:00 Pacific Heartbeat Na Loea: The Masters 9:00 Local USA Breadfruit & Open Spaces 9:30 On Story Gary Ross on Drive and Inspiration 17 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Bailey vs. State
7:00 Independent Lens Brakeless 8:00 America Reframed Operation Popcorn 9:30 Memory of Forgotten War 18 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE The Secret History of ISIS 7:00 Mr. Cao Goes to Washington 8:00 Independent Lens Dogtown Redemption 9:00 FRONTLINE 19 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special 6:30 Across Indiana 7:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Can We Time Travel? 8:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Are We Alone? 9:00 Hawking 20 Friday 6:00 Our American Family: The Furutas 6:30 Independent Lens Jiro Dreams of Sushi 8:00 Soul of a Banquet 9:00 Changing Season: on the Masumoto Family Farm 21 Saturday 6:00 The McLaughlin Group 6:30 Point Taken 7:00 Focus on Europe 7:30 Global 3000 8:00 The Homefront 10:00 America Reframed Operation Popcorn 22 Sunday 6:30 Memory of Forgotten War 7:00 Filipino American Lives Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers 8:00 Nature Jungle Animal Hospital 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 10:00 Global Voices The Mosuo Sisters 11:00 Mulberry Child 23 Monday 6:00 Local USA Caring at the End 6:30 On Story 7:00 Road to Fame 8:00 Pacific Heartbeat Road to the Globe 9:00 Local USA Caring at the End 9:30 On Story 24 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Bushhorn vs. State
7:00 Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey 8:00 America Reframed My Life in China 9:30 Our American Family: The Furutas 25 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE Business of Disaster 7:00 This is My Home Now 7:30 POV The Return 9:00 FRONTLINE Business of Disaster 26 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special Race to Summer 6:30 Across Indiana 7:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Why Are We Here? 8:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Where Did the Universe Come From? 9:00 Time Scanners Egyptian Pyramids 27 Friday 6:00 Road to Fame 7:00 Mulberry Child 8:00 Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory 8:30 POV American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs 28 Saturday 6:00 The McLaughlin Group 6:30 Point Taken 7:00 Focus on Europe 7:30 Global 3000 8:00 Navy SEALs – Their Untold Story 10:00 America Reframed My Life in China 29 Sunday 6:30 Our American Family: The Furutas 7:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters 8:00 Nature Meet the Coywolf 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings 10:00 Global Voices Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution 11:00 POV The World Before Her 30 Monday 6:00 Local USA PTSD: Bringing the War Home 6:30 On Story 7:00 Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American
History 8:00 Jeremiah 9:00 Local USA PTSD: Bringing the War Home 9:30 On Story 31 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Gonzalez vs. State 7:00 POV Web Junkie 8:00 America Reframed The Last Season 9:30 Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory
TIU Family (Ch. 30.3) Mondays and Fridays 6:00 This Old House 6:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul Sara’s Weeknight Meals (begins 5/20) 7:00 Simply Ming 7:30 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way 8:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 8:30 Cook’s Country 9:00 Movable Feast with Fine Cooking Pati’s Mexican Table (begins 5/6) 9:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul Sara’s Weeknight Meals (begins 5/20) 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 Hometime 6:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul Sara’s Weeknight Meals (begins 5/19) 7:00 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh 7:30 Baking with Julia French Chef Classics (begins 5/6) 8:00 Martha Bakes 8:30 America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 A Chef’s Life 9:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul Sara’s Weeknight Meals (begins 5/19) 10:00 Hometime 10:30 Travelscope 11:00 Wild Photo Adventures 11:30 Martha Bakes
Wednesdays and Sundays 6:00 Ask This Old House 6:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul Sara’s Weeknight Meals (begins 5/18) 7:00 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook 7:30 Essential Pépin 8:00 Wed: Lidia’s Kitchen Sun: Martha Bakes 8:30 Wed: Cook’s Country Sun: America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 Wed: Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Pati’s Mexican Table (begins 5/11) Sun: A Chef’s Life 9:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul Sara’s Weeknight Meals (begins 5/18) 10:00 Ask This Old House 10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 11:00 Curious Traveler Pedal America (begins 5/15) 11:30 Wed: Lidia’s Kitchen Sun: Martha Bakes 7 May 6:00 – midnight Lidia’s Kitchen 14 May 6:00 This Old House 6:30 Cooking with Nick Stellino 7:00 A Chef’s Life 7:30 Jazzy Vegetarian 8:00 Bake Decorate Celebrate! 8:30 America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 Chef John Besh’s Family Traditions 9:30 Essential Pépin 10:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time 10:30 Baking with Julia 11:00 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook 11:30 Martha Bakes 21 May 6:00 Pedal America 6:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 Pedal America 7:30 Grannies on Safari 8:00 Pedal America 8:30 Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa 9:00 Pedal America 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 Pedal America 10:30 Family Travel with Coleen Kelly 11:00 Pedal America 11:30 Pedal America 28 May 6:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
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TIU ESPANOL (Ch. 30.4) Saturdays 8:00 The Family KMM (begins 5/28) 9:00 Alarm for Cobra 10:00 The New Detectives 11:00 Interpol Investigates Sundays 8:00 Interpol Investigates 9:00 The New Detectives 10:00 Estelares 11:00 Cuéntame Cómo Pasó Mondays 8:00 Wild at Heart 9:00 Estelares 10:00 Tuscan Passion 11:00 Cuéntame Cómo Pasó Tuesdays 8:00 Grand Hotel 9:00 Estelares 10:00 Comisario Rex 11:00 Alarm for Cobra Wednesdays 8:00 Comisario Rex 9:00 Estelares 10:00 Alarm for Cobra 11:00 Wild at Heart Thursdays 8:00 Alarm for Cobra 9:00 Estelares 10:00 Scent of Love KMM (begins 5/26) 11:00 Tuscan Passion Fridays 8:00 Comisario Rex In Defense of Food (5/20) 9:00 The New Detectives 10:00 Interpol Investigates 11:00 Comisario Rex
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Janis: Little Girl Blue – American Masters Tuesday, May 3 at 8pm One of the most revered and influential rock ’n’ roll singers of all time, Janis Joplin thrilled audiences and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg examines Joplin’s story in depth, presenting an intimate portrait of a complicated and driven artist. Janis: Little Girl Blue – American Masters features never-before-seen archival performance footage and new interviews with musicians who were inspired by Janis: Alecia Moore (a.k.a. Pink), Juliette Lewis, Melissa Etheridge, and the film’s narrator, Chan Marshall, best known as indie rock star Cat Power. In tribute, she performs “A Woman Left Lonely” from Joplin’s final studio album Pearl. Original interviews—with Joplin’s siblings Laura and Michael; friends, lovers, and fellow musicians including Big Brother and the Holding Company bandmates; Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe and the Fish), Kris Kristofferson,
Dick Cavett, and Clive Davis—give a complete sense of a woman haunted by lifelong insecurity and a need for acceptance despite her on-stage bravado and uninhibited, sexualized persona. The film explores Joplin’s childhood, struggles with addiction, active role in the musical and cultural revolution of the 1960s, surprising rise to stardom, and untimely demise. Her own words tell much of her story through a series of letters she wrote to her parents, many of them made public for the first time. Other previously-unseen material that Berg discovered during the seven years she spent making the film includes new audio and video of Joplin in the studio as well as rare footage from Joplin’s emotional return to her hometown, Port Arthur, Texas, for her tenth high school reunion.