September 2018
Public Television from Indiana University
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September 2018 Vol. 42, No. 7
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Beautiful By Design: The IU Bloomington Campus Tour Experience Sunday, September 23 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
See the IU Bloomington campus as you’ve never seen it before! IU Vice President Emeritus J. Terry Clapacs will serve as our master key and personal tour guide to rarely seen IU gems. Mark your calendar for Sunday, September 23. This opportunity will be just as special for those on campus every day as for newcomers. Lunch will be provided.
Joe Bonamassa
Friday, November 9 Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN Limited sound check passes available
Straight No Chaser – One Shot Tour
Thursday, December 13 IU Auditorium Bloomington, IN Limited pre-show meet and greet passes available
Straight No Chaser – One Shot Tour
Saturday, December 22 Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN Limited pre-show meet and greet passes available
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Wednesday, December 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
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Spotlight The newest PBS mystery series is now streaming exclusively on Passport!
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Set in 1920s Toronto, Frankie Drake Mysteries follows the city’s only female private detectives as they take on the cases the police don’t want to touch.
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In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention. Frankie Drake Mysteries
You can watch a new episode of Frankie Drake Mysteries each Monday only on Passport now through October 29.
You might also enjoy Jamestown, another series streaming exclusively on Passport from the makers of Downton Abbey.
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This Month’s Highlights Ex Libris - The New York Public Library Tuesday, September 4 at 10pm Explore one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world. The New York Public Library is a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning. With 92 locations, the library is committed to advancing knowledge and strengthening communities. The New York Public Library exemplifies the deeply rooted American belief in the individual’s right to know and be informed. It is one of the most democratic institutions in America—everyone is welcome.
Basquiat: American Masters Friday, September 14 at 9pm Jean-Michel Basquiat was a rock star of the early ’80s art scene in New York: he lived fast, died young, and created thousands of drawings and paintings. One skull painting caused an international sensation when it sold at auction in 2017 for a record-breaking sum of over $100 million dollars. 2018 will mark the 30th anniversary of Basquiat’s untimely death from a heroin overdose.
Amazing Human Body Wednesday, September 19 at 8pm The Amazing Human Body uses cutting-edge graphics to reveal the surprisingly beautiful biological processes that keep you alive. Discover the ingenious ways your body develops, adapts, and endures. How does your brain communicate with your body in order to help you learn new skills? What is the connection between a teenager’s craving for fatty foods and sudden growth spurts? Witness the fascinating and finely tuned systems that keep your body motoring—and the scientists guessing.
Art in the Twenty-First Century Friday, September 21 at 9pm Season 9 of Art in the Twenty-First Century charts artmaking in three urban centers across three continents. From the post-Cold War cultural and economic rebirth in Berlin, to the dramatic fall of apartheid in South Africa and the technological boom in the San Francisco Bay Area, the twelve artists and one non-profit art center highlighted in this season respond to the forces that have shaped the places where they live and work, while pursuing their personal visions for a better future.
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Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew Sunday, September 23 at 7:30pm Anne Shirley commits to her studies and earns a spot at Queen’s College in far-off Charlottetown. But when Anne departs for Queen’s, Matthew and Marilla feel a sudden emptiness in their lives, especially when Marilla’s failing eyesight and Matthew’s poor health make life more difficult on the farm. And in Charlottetown, Anne is overwhelmed by loneliness, city life, and the pressure of intense competition, especially from Gilbert Blythe. Facing difficult choices, will Anne find that the dark cloud over her life does have a silver lining?
Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science Tuesday, September 25 at 9pm Blending historical narrative with contemporary patient stories, this film by Ken Burns tells the story of Dr. W.W. Mayo who, after traveling throughout the Midwest looking for a place to practice, settled with his family in rural Minnesota. Together with the Sisters of Saint Francis and his sons Will and Charlie, he laid the foundation for a medical center that now treats over a million patients every year from 50 states and 150 countries, and employs 64,000 people in Rochester and at campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Scottsdale, Arizona.
Hispanic Heritage Awards Friday, September 28 at 10pm The Hispanic Heritage Awards will recognize the accomplishments of Hispanic leaders in various categories while also celebrating cultural pride and their great contributions to America. Established by the White House in 1988 to commemorate the creation of Hispanic Heritage Month in America, the awards are among the highest honors by Latinos for Latinos and are supported by 40 national Hispanic-serving institutions.
Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Sunday, September 30 at 9pm The rip-roaring TV drama called “swoon-worthy” by the Los Angeles Times returns for a fourth season of actionpacked episodes, starring Aidan Turner as the roguish Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as his fiery partner, Demelza. The season finds the two working through the sticky patch of Demelza’s infidelity, and this time, Poldark finds himself in Westminster.
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Weekday Schedule Monday
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Friday
11:30
It’s Sew Easy
Fresh Quilting
Sewing with Nancy
Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
Fit 2 Stitch
12:00
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Martha Bakes
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Country
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
Neven Maguire: Home Chef
12:30
Make48
Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking
This Old House
Ask This Old House
Woodwright’s Shop
Tending the Wild 9/7 Canine Soldiers: The Militarization of Love 9/14 Nature National Parks: Beyond the Crowds 9/24
1:00
Antiques Roadshow
Hoosier Hospitality: Wine 9/5
NOVA Hawking 9/20
Great American Read begins 9/12
Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship 9/21 Healing Beyond Medicine 9/28 – 1:00 pm Insecta: Science that Stings 9/28 – 1:30pm
2:00
Body Electric
2:30
Make it Artsy
For Your Home
Best of the Joy of Painting
Paint This with Jerry Yarnell
Painting and Travel with Roger and Sarah Bansemer
BBC World News America 5:00
Amanpour & Company (1hr) begins 9/11
5:30
Amanpour on PBS ends 9/10
6:00
Focus on Europe
Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack
Growing Bolder
Overheard with Evan Smith
6:30
The Nightly Business Report
7:00
PBS NewsHour
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WTIU KIDS Schedule Weekdays 6:30................................................. Curious George 7:00..................................................... Ready Jet Go! 7:30 .................................................................Peg+Cat 8:00......................................................... Nature Cat 8:30...................................................Dinosaur Train 9:00................................. Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30......................... Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
10:00.......................Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 ........................................Splash and Bubbles 11:00..................................................Sesame Street 3:00.................................................................. Arthur 3:30 ......................................................... Wild Kratts 4:00.......................................................... Odd Squad 4:30.......................... Odd Squad/
WTIU KIDS Schedule WEEKENDS Saturday
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6:00..................................................... Ready Jet Go! 6:30................................................... Dinosaur Train 7:00 ................................................. Bob the Builder 7:30 ........................ Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00................................. Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:30...........................................Splash and Bubbles 9:00...................................................Curious George 9:30.......................................................... Nature Cat 10:00................................................
6:00...........................................Sid the Science Kid 6:30...................................................Dinosaur Train 7:00 ..................................................Sesame Street 7:30 .........................................................Super WHY! 8:30.................. The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 9:00......................................................... Wild Kratts 9:30...........................................................Odd Squad 10:00.............................................................. Biz Kid$
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Listings are accurate as of time of printing, but are subject to change.
1 Saturday 10:30 Two for the Road ★ 11:00 Ultimate Restorations 12:00 Martha Bakes ★ (r 9/4 noon) 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated ★ (r 9/5 noon) 1:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home ★ 1:30 This Old House (r 9/5 12:30pm) 2:00 Ask This Old House (r 9/6 12:30pm) 2:30 Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking★ (r 9/4 12:30pm) 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 9/7 12:30pm) 3:30 Focus on Europe ★ (r 9/3 6pm) 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk Repeat of 8/31. 4:30 Inside INdiana Business ★ 5:30 Indiana Week In Review ★ 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 Joy of Music Musical Journey of France - Part I 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Songs from the Movies (1980) 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Driving Ms Fortescue 8:30 The Red Green Show No Place Like The Home 9:00 Austin City Limits Run the Jewels 10:00 WoodSongs ★ Peter Rowan and J2B2 (John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band) 11:00 Front and Center ★ Mike + The Mechanics
2 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special Summer Countdown Discover Indiana’s homegrown hops and wearable arts. Repeat of 8/30. (r 9/2 6:30pm) 8 / wtiu.org
11:00 Make48 ★ (r 9/3 12:30pm) 11:30 Start Up 12:00 MotorWeek ★ 12:30 Mineral Explorers 1:00 Mark Twain Part One Journey through Sam Clemens’ early days along the Mississippi River to the town of Hannibal, MO. DVS 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 3D scanning is used to explore Egypt’s ancient treasures. 4:00 Victorian Slum House The 1860s (r 9/3 5am) 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Austin, Hour One Repeat of 8/27. 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 The Weekly Special Summer Countdown Repeat of 9/2. 7:00 Tending the Wild The environmental knowledge of indigenous peoples across the state of California is explored. (r 9/7 1pm) 8:00 Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode Six Rev. Whitworth puts Morwenna through the tortures of the damned. (r 9/3 midnight; 9/4 2:30am) 9:00 Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Final Problem Long-buried secrets are revealed as Sherlock and Watson face their greatest challenge ever. DVS (r 9/3 1am; 9/4 3:30am) 11:00 The Forsyte Saga Episode 13 Though Fleur and Jon are in love, Fleur decides to marry Michael Mont.
3 Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Austin, Hour Three (r 9/4 1pm; 9/9 5pm)
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9:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour One (r 9/4 1:30am; 9/6 5am) 10:00 POV ★ Voices of the Sea A 30-something Cuban mother of four longs for a better life and is desperate to leave the country. (r 9/5 4:30am; 9/8 3am) 11:30 Amanpour on PBS ★ (r 9/4 5:30pm)
4 Tuesday 8:00 Mark Twain Part Two Unlike the wildly successful Twain, Clemens is an inept businessman who squanders his fortunes. DVS (r 9/5 2:30am; 9/6 3am; 9/7 2am; 9/9 1pm; 9/10 3am) 10:00 Ex Libris - The New York Public Library ★ The New York Public Library, one of the great knowledge institutions of the world, is explored.
5 Wednesday 8:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners Learn the value of teamwork among animal partners. DVS (r 9/7 4am; 9/9 2am; 9/10 1pm) 9:00 Ancient Invisible Cities ★ Athens Uncover the hidden secrets of ancient Athens. (r 9/6 1am; 9/9 3am; 9/9 3pm) 10:00 NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight Join master armorers as they re-engineer the Greenwich armor and then put it to the test. (r 9/6 2am; 9/6 1pm; 9/7 5am; 9/9 1am) 11:00 Amanpour on PBS ★ (r 9/6 5:30pm) 11:30 Beyond 100 Days ★
6 Thursday 8:00 The Weekly Special Unique Discovery Explore the Peru Amateur Circus as they celebrate their 55th year in the big top. (r 9/9 10:30am, 6:30pm) 8:30 Lost River Sessions ★ Great Peacock 9:00 Victorian Slum House The 1870s (r 9/7 1am; 9/9 4pm; 9/10 5am) 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part Three DVS 11:00 Amanpour on PBS ★ (r 9/7 5:30pm) 11:30 Beyond 100 Days ★
7 Friday 8:00 Washington Week ★ (r 9/9 5am) 8:30 Breaking Big Christian Siriano (r 9/9 5:30am) 9:00 Elizabeth Murray: American Masters ★ Chronicles Elizabeth Murray’s remarkable life. DVS (r 9/8 1am; 9/11 5am; 9/12 3am) 10:00 Andrew Wyeth: American Masters ★ Uncover the hidden depths and complex inner life of the iconic visual artist Andrew Wyeth. DVS (r 9/8 2am; 9/12 2am) 11:00 Amanpour on PBS ★ (r 9/10 5:30pm) 11:30 DW News ★
8 Saturday 10:30 11:00 12:00 12:30
Two for the Road ★ Great Estates Scotland Martha Bakes ★ (r 9/11 noon) America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated ★ (r 9/12 noon) 1:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home ★ 1:30 This Old House (r 9/12 12:30pm)
2:00 Ask This Old House (r 9/13 12:30pm) 2:30 Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking ★ (r 9/11 12:30pm) 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 9/14 12:30pm) 3:30 Focus on Europe ★ (r 9/10 6pm) 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk Repeat of 9/7. 4:30 Inside INdiana Business★ 5:30 Indiana Week In Review★ 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 Joy of Music ★ Musical Visit to Paris, II 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Down on the Farm (1973) 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances The Candlelight Supper 8:30 The Red Green Show Flying Blind 9:00 Austin City Limits Herbie Hancock 10:00 Woodsongs ★ Six String Soldier and Pentagon Winds 11:00 Front and Center ★ Beth Hart
9 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special Repeat of 9/6. (r 9/9 6:30pm) 11:00 Make48 ★ (r 9/10 12:30pm) 11:30 Start Up 12:00 MotorWeek ★ 12:30 America from the Ground Up ★ (r 9/18 1am) 1:00 Mark Twain Part Two DVS Repeat of 9/4. (r 9/10 3am) 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Athens Repeat of 9/5. 4:00 Victorian Slum House The 1870s Repeat of 9/6. (r 9/10 5am) 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Austin, Hour Three Repeat of 9/3.
6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 The Weekly Special Unique Discovery Repeat of 9/6. 7:00 Canine Soldiers: The Militarization of Love ★ The intimate bond between military working dogs and their combat soldier handlers is explored. (r 9/14 1pm) 8:00 Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode Seven (r 9/10 midnight; 9/11 2am) 9:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece ★ Part One Nella marries to rescue her family from financial ruin. Her rich husband is not all she imagined. (r 9/10 1am; 9/11 3am) 10:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part One Discover how Rose meets Capt. Dreyfuss. Emma goes on a date and incites an international incident. (r 9/10 2am; 9/11 4am) 11:00 Hoosier Hospitality: Wine Trace the history of Indiana wines.
10 Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Two (r 9/11 1pm; 9/16 5pm) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Three (r 9/11 1am; 9/12 5am; 9/13 3am) 10:00 Amanpour & Company ★ 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/11 5pm)
Programs in red are WTIU/locally-related programs
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11 Tuesday 8:00 Great American Read ★ Fall Kick Off The competition is heating up as host Meredith Vieira searches for America’s best-loved novel. (r 9/12 1pm; 9/13 5am; 9/14 2am; 9/15 4am; 9/17 5am) 9:00 Margaret Mitchell: American Masters Discover the Pulitzer Prize-winning author behind the bestselling novel Gone With the Wind. (r 9/12 1am; 9/13 4am; 9/14 3am; 9/16 1pm) 10:00 FRONTLINE ★ Left Behind America 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/12 5pm)
12 Wednesday 8:00 Nature Wild France DVS (r 9/14 4am; 9/16 2am; 9/17 1pm) 9:00 Ancient Invisible Cities ★ Istanbul 3D imaging technology is used to uncover the treasures of Istanbul. (r 9/13 1am; 9/16 3am; 9/16 3pm) 10:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. (r 9/13 2am; 9/13 1pm; 9/14 5am; 9/16 1am) 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/13 5pm)
13 Thursday 8:00 The Weekly Special Fall Frenzy (r 9/16 10:30am, 6:30pm) 10 / wtiu.org
8:30 Lost River Sessions ★ Becca Mancari 9:00 Victorian Slum House The 1880s (r 9/14 1am; 9/16 4pm) 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part Four DVS 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/14 5pm)
14 Friday 8:00 Washington Week ★ (r 9/16 5am) 8:30 Breaking Big Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz (r 9/15 1am; 9/16 5:30am) 9:00 Basquiat: American Masters ★ Discover the anonymous graffiti artist turned rock star of the early ’80s art scene in New York. DVS (r 9/15 1:30am; 9/17 3am) 10:30 American Masters Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey (r 9/15 3am) 11:30 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/17 5pm)
15 Saturday 10:30 Two for the Road ★ 11:00 Great Estates Scotland 12:00 Martha Bakes ★ (r 9/18 noon) 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated ★ (r 9/19 noon) 1:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home ★ 1:30 This Old House (r 9/19 12:30pm) 2:00 Ask This Old House (r 9/20 12:30pm) 2:30 Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking ★ (r 9/18 12:30pm) 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 9/21 12:30pm)
3:30 Focus on Europe ★ (r 9/17 6pm) 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk Repeat of 9/14. 4:30 Inside INdiana Business ★ 5:30 Indiana Week In Review ★ 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Joy of Music Elbe River I 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Easy Listening (1980) 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Golfing with the Major 8:30 The Red Green Show The Bigger The Better 9:00 Austin City Limits Paul Simon 10:00 WoodSongs ★ Linkin’ Bridge and Run Boy Run 11:00 Front and Center ★ CMA Songwriters Series Presents: Miranda Lambert
16 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special Repeat of 9/13. (r 9/16 6:30pm) 11:00 Make48 ★ (r 9/17 12:30pm) 11:30 Start Up 12:00 MotorWeek ★ 12:30 America from the Ground Up ★ (r 9/19 1am) 1:00 Margaret Mitchell: American Masters DVS Repeat of 9/11. 2:00 18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre Explores the Kol Nidre, the most sacred prayer in Judaism that begins its holiest day of Yom Kippur. 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Istanbul Repeat of 9/12. 4:00 Victorian Slum House The 1880s Repeat of 9/13. 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Two Repeat of 9/10. 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★
Programs in red are WTIU/locally-related programs
6:30 The Weekly Special Fall Frenzy Repeat of 9/13. 7:00 Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship ★ Farmers, shippers, scientists, fishermen and conservationists work together to sustain the sea. (r 9/21 1pm) 8:00 Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode Eight Elizabeth turns the tables on George, and Demelza and Lt. Armitage reveal their true feelings. (r 9/16 midnight; 9/18 3am) 9:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece ★ Part Two Johannes makes a confession to Nella. (r 9/17 1am; 9/18 4am) 10:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part Two Francis goes poaching. Emma finds a new suitor. Rose stands up for justice and becomes a local hero. (r 9/17 2am; 9/18 5am) 11:00 Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home New York City choreographer Pedro Ruiz returns to Cuba to work with a premiere modern dance troupe.
18 Tuesday 8:00 Great American Read ★ Who Am I? Explore the ways that America’s best-loved novels answer the ageold question, “Who am I?” (r 9/19 1pm; 9/20 5am; 9/21 2am; 9/22 4am; 9/24 5am) 9:00 Harper Lee: American Masters Discover the phenomenon behind To Kill a Mockingbird and the mysterious life of its author. (r 9/19 1:30am; 9/20 3:30am; 9/24 3:30am) 10:30 FRONTLINE Weinstein (r 9/19 3am) 11:30 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/19 5pm)
19 Wednesday 8:00 Amazing Human Body ★ Grow Learn how humans begin life as a single cell and grow into beings of more than 37 trillion cells. (r 9/21 3am) 9:00 Amazing Human Body ★ Survive Discover the miracles the human body goes through every day to stay alive and healthy. (r 9/20 1am; 9/22 3am) 10:00 Amazing Human Body ★ Learn Explore how experience shapes the brain and body together, allowing them to adapt to the outside environment. (r 9/20 2am; 9/23 3am) 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/20 5pm)
8:30 Lost River Sessions ★ The Pennyrilers 9:00 Victorian Slum House The 1890s (r 9/21 1am) 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part Five DVS 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/21 5pm)
21 Friday 8:00 Washington Week ★ (r 9/23 5am) 8:30 Breaking Big Trevor Noah (r 9/23 5:30am) 9:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century ★ Johannesburg DVS (r 9/22 1am) 10:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century ★ Berlin DVS (r 9/22 2am) 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/24 5pm)
22 Saturday
10:30 Two for the Road ★ 11:00 Great Estates Scotland 12:00 Martha Bakes ★ (r 9/25 noon) 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated ★ (r 9/26 noon) 1:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home ★ 1:30 This Old House (r 9/26 12:30pm) Monday 2:00 Ask This Old House (r 9/27 12:30pm) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow ★ 2:30 Rough Cut with Fine Celebrating Latino Woodworking ★ Heritage (r 9/25 12:30pm) (r 9/18 1pm) 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop 9:00 Antiques Roadshow DVS (r 9/28 12:30pm) Birmingham, Hour 3:30 Doo Wop Generations One (My Music) 10:00 POV ★ The original artists of 93queen Doo Wop are reunited A group of women and pass the torch to create an all-female the next generation of volunteer ambulance singers. Thursday corps in a Hasidic 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ enclave of Brooklyn. (r 6:30 Straight No Chaser 9/18 1:30am; 9/19 4am) Songs of the Decades 8:00 The Weekly Special 11:30 Amanpour & A journey through Learning Outside the Company ★ everything from Doo Lines (r 9/18 5pm) wtiu.org / 11 H= Denotes a program new to WTIU.
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Wop to contemporary pop done with the unforgettable SNC twist. 8:00 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III ★ A hard-rocking collection of performances from Diamond’s 2012 shows in Greece. (r 9/23 1pm) 9:30 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Birth of Rock Theater Explore TSO through interviews and performance footage, including clips from their Beethoven’s Last Night tour. (r 9/23 5pm) 10:30 Viewer Choice
23 Sunday 10:00 Viewer Choice 11:30 Viewer Choice 1:00 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III Repeat of 9/22. 2:30 Viewer Choice 4:00 Viewer Choice 5:00 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Birth of Rock Theater Repeat of 9/22. 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor 7:30 Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew ★ Anne Shirley journeys to Queen’s College in Charlottetown and feels overwhelmed by city life. (r 9/24 midnight; 9/25 2:30am; 9/27 3:30am) 9:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece ★ Part Three Johannes is on trial for his life. (r 9/24 1:30am; 9/25 4am) 10:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part Three Nurse Tillie comes to the rescue, but will it be too late? (r 9/24 2:30am; 9/25 5am) 12 / wtiu.org
11:00 The Salinas Project Children of migrant farm workers in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in California are profiled. DVS
24 Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Hour Two (r 9/25 1pm; 9/30 5pm) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Hour Three (r 9/25 1:30am; 9/26 5am; 9/28 3am) 10:00 POV ★ Survivors Meet two Sierra Leonean healthcare workers who heroically face the Ebola epidemic in their country. (r 9/26 3am; 9/29 3am) 11:30 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/25 5pm)
25 Tuesday 8:00 Great American Read ★ Heroes Follow the trials and tribulations of some of literature’s favorite protagonists. (r 9/26 1pm; 9/27 5am; 9/28 2am; 10/1 5am) 9:00 Mayo Clinic: Faith Hope - Science ★ A timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years. (r 9/26 1am; 9/26 10pm; 9/30 1pm) 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/26 5pm)
26 Wednesday 8:00 Nature Owl Power DVS (r 9/27 1am; 9/28 4am; 9/30 2am; 10/1 1pm) 9:00 NOVA ★
Transplanting Hope Follow patients who urgently need transplants and families deciding to donate organs of loved ones. (r 9/27 2am; 9/27 1pm; 9/28 5am; 9/30 1am) 10:00 Mayo Clinic: Faith Hope - Science Repeat of 9/25. (r 9/30 1pm)
27 Thursday 8:00 The Weekly Special New Paths, New (r 9/30 10:30am, 6:30pm) 8:30 Lost River Sessions ★ Kent Eugene Goolsby 9:00 Victorian Slum House The 1900s (r 9/28 1am; 9/30 4pm) 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part Six DVS 11:00 Amanpour & Company ★ (r 9/28 5pm)
28 Friday 8:00 Washington Week ★ (r 9/30 5am) 8:30 Breaking Big Eddie Huang (r 9/30 5:30am) 9:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century ★ San Francisco Bay Area DVS (r 9/29 1am; 10/1 3am) 10:00 The Hispanic Heritage Awards ★ (r 9/29 2am; 9/30 3am; 10/1 4am) 11:00 Amanpour & Company (r 10/1 5pm)
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Two for the Road Great Estates Scotland Martha Bakes ★ (r 10/2 noon) Cook’s Country ★
(r 10/3 noon) 1:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home ★ 1:30 This Old House (r 10/3 12:30pm) 2:00 Ask This Old House (r 10/4 12:30pm) 2:30 Woodsmith Shop (r 10/2 12:30pm) 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop DVS (r 10/5 12:30pm) 3:30 Focus on Europe ★ (r 10/1 6pm) 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk Repeat of 9/28. 4:30 Inside INdiana Business ★ 5:30 Indiana Week In Review ★ 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 Joy of Music ★ Musical Visit to Heidelberg, Germany 7:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Salute to the Senior Citizens (1981) 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Onslow’s Birthday 8:30 The Red Green Show Rites of Passage 9:00 Austin City Limits LCD Soundsystem 10:00 WoodSongs ★ Exile and Martin Family Circus 11:00 Front and Center ★ Sheryl Crow
30 Sunday 10:30 The Weekly Special Repeat of 9/27. (r 9/30 6:30pm) 11:00 Make48 ★ (r 10/1 12:30pm) 11:30 Start Up 12:00 MotorWeek ★ 12:30 America from the Ground Up 1:00 Mayo Clinic: Faith Hope - Science Repeat of 9/25. 3:00 Richard Lugar: Reason’s Quiet Warrior ★ Follow Lugar from his birth in Indianapolis through his years in public service. 4:00 Victorian Slum House
The 1900s Repeat of 9/27. 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Hour Two Repeat of 9/24. 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ 6:30 The Weekly Special New Paths, New Perspectives Repeat of 9/27. 7:00 Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland & Its Neighbors Explore an 8,000-acre wetland marsh in southern Indiana that was formed thousands of years ago. (r 10/5 1pm) 8:00 Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece ★ Louisa tries to persuade Leslie to get rid of two of his three girlfriends and Margot to find a hobby. (r 9/30 midnight) 9:00 Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece ★ (r 10/1 1am) 10:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part Four Captain Dreyfuss hatches a plan to thwart advances from Rose’s sister, Vera. Emma gets man advice. (r 10/1 2am) 11:00 Buen Provecho! Florida’s Spanish Flavor Chef Michelle Bernstein hosts a delicious exploration Florida’s Spanish roots through its cuisine.
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Overnight Schedule Tuesday - Saturday 12:00 BBC World News 1 Saturday 1:00 Eva Hesse: American Masters 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 4:00 POV Nowhere to Hide 5:00 The This Old House Hour 2 Sunday 1:00 NOVA The Origami Revolution 2:00 Nature India’s Wandering Lions 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 4:00 The Great British Baking Show Bread 5:00 Washington Week 5:30 Breaking Big Gretchen Carlson 3 Monday 1:00 Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Final Problem 3:00 Eva Hesse: American Masters 5:00 Victorian Slum House The 1860s 4 Tuesday 1:00 The Four Seasons of Goose Pond 1:30 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour One 2:30 Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Season 3, Episode: Six 3:30 Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Final Problem 5:30 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 5 Wednesday 1:30 Amanpour on PBS 2:00 Beyond 100 Days 2:30 Mark Twain Part Two 4:30 POV Voices of the Sea 6 Thursday 1:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 2:00 NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight 3:00 Mark Twain Part Two 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour One 7 Friday 1:00 Victorian Slum House The 1870s 2:00 Mark Twain Part Two
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4:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners 5:00 NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight 8 Saturday 1:00 Elizabeth Murray: American Masters 2:00 Andrew Wyeth: American Masters 3:00 POV Voices of the Sea 4:30 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 5:00 The This Old House Hour 9 Sunday 1:00 NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight 2:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 4:00 The Great British Baking Show Tarts 5:00 Washington Week 5:30 Breaking Big Christian Siriano 10 Monday 1:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Part One 2:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part One 3:00 Mark Twain Part Two 5:00 Victorian Slum House The 1870s 11 Tuesday 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Three 2:00 Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode Seven 3:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Part One 4:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part One 5:00 Elizabeth Murray: American Masters 12 Wednesday 1:00 Margaret Mitchell: American Masters 2:00 Andrew Wyeth: American Masters 3:00 Elizabeth Murray: American Masters 4:00 FRONTLINE Left Behind America 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Three 13 Thursday 1:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Istanbul 2:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn
3:00 Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hour Three 4:00 Margaret Mitchell: American Masters Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel 5:00 Great American Read Fall Kick Off 14 Friday 1:00 Victorian Slum House The 1880s 2:00 Great American Read Fall Kick Off 3:00 Margaret Mitchell: American Masters Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel 4:00 Nature Wild France 5:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn 15 Saturday 1:00 Breaking Big Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz 1:30 Basquiat: American Masters 3:00 American Masters Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey 4:00 Great American Read Fall Kick Off 5:00 The This Old House Hour 16 Sunday 1:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn 2:00 Nature Wild France 3:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Istanbul 4:00 The Great British Baking Show Desserts 5:00 Washington Week 5:30 Breaking Big Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz 17 Monday 1:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Part Two 2:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part Two 3:00 Basquiat: American Masters 4:30 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 5:00 Great American Read Fall Kick Off 18 Tuesday 1:00 America from the Ground Up The Ancestors 1:30 POV 93queen 3:00 Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode Eight 4:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Part Two
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25 Tuesday 1:00 America from the Ground Up Worlds Collide 1:30 Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Hour Three 2:30 Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew 4:00 The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Part Three 5:00 My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part Three 26 Wednesday 1:00 Mayo Clinic: Faith Hope - Science 3:00 POV Survivors 4:30 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Hour Three 27 Thursday 1:00 Nature Owl Power 2:00 NOVA Transplanting Hope 3:00 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 3:30 Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew 5:00 Great American Read Heroes 28 Friday 1:00 Victorian Slum House The 1900s 2:00 Great American Read Heroes 3:00 Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Hour Three 4:00 Nature Owl Power 5:00 NOVA Transplanting Hope 29 Saturday 1:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century San Francisco Bay Area 2:00 The Hispanic Heritage Awards 3:00 POV Survivors 4:30 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 5:00 The This Old House Hour 30 Sunday 1:00 NOVA Transplanting Hope 2:00 Nature Owl Power 3:00 The Hispanic Heritage Awards 4:00 The Great British Baking Show Puddings 5:00 Washington Week 5:30 Breaking Big Eddie Huang
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TIU World (Ch. 30.2) Evening Programming 10:00 PBS NewsHour 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 1 Saturday 6:00 Focus on Europe 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Breaking Big Lee Daniels 7:30 Poetry In America To Prisoners - Gwendolyn Brooks 8:00 Eva Hesse: American Masters 10:00 America Reframed Bidder 70 2 Sunday 6:30 Changing Seas The Fate of Carbon 7:00 Speakeasy Jimmie Vaughan and Gary Clark Jr. 8:00 Nature India’s Wandering Lions 9:00 Great Polar Bear Feast 10:00 Earth A New Wild Water 11:00 Big Pacific Behind The Scenes 3 Monday 6:00 Paul Thorn: The Making of... 6:30 On Story 7:00 Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift Gandhi’s Awakening 8:00 Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift Gandhi’s Gift 9:00 Paul Thorn: The Making of... 9:30 Stories from the Stage School Days: Teacher Tales 4 Tuesday 6:00 Earth A New Wild Water 7:00 Big Pacific Behind the Scenes 8:00 America Reframed Gentlemen of Vision 9:30 Karamu: 100 Years in the House 5 Wednesday 6:00 Great Polar Bear Feast 7:00 POV Thank You for Playing 8:30 POV Voices of the Sea
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6 Thursday 6:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 7:00 NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight 8:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 7 Friday 6:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw 7:00 Mark Twain Part Two 9:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw 8 Saturday 6:00 Focus on Europe 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Breaking Big Gretchen Carlson 7:30 Poetry In America The Gray Heron - Galway Kinnell 8:00 Elizabeth Murray: American Masters 9:00 Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King 10:00 America Reframed Gentlemen of Vision 9 Sunday 6:30 Karamu: 100 Years in the House 7:00 Not Broken 8:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners 9:00 Nature Animal Reunions 10:00 Doc World Sky and Ground 11:30 Paul Thorn: The Making of... 10 Monday 6:00 Karamu: 100 Years in the House 6:30 On Story Lady Bird: A Conversation with Greta Gerwig 7:00 My Dear Children 8:00 Trezoros: The Lost Jews of Kastoria 9:30 Stories from the Stage School Days: Student Tales 11 Tuesday 6:00 Paul Thorn: The Making of... 6:30 Doc World Sky and Ground 8:00 America Reframed 9:30 Grooming a Generation 12 Wednesday 6:00 POV Tough Love 7:30 POV Return to Homs 9:00 FRONTLINE Left Behind America
13 Thursday 6:00 Secrets of the Dead Nero’s Sunken City 7:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn 8:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Athens 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Nero’s Sunken City 14 Friday 6:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw 7:00 Writer’s Roots: Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis 8:00 Margaret Mitchell: American Masters 9:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw 15 Saturday 6:00 Focus on Europe 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Breaking Big Christian Siriano 7:30 Poetry In America New York State of Mind Nas 8:00 Basquiat: American Masters 9:30 Georgia O’Keeffe: A Woman on Paper 10:00 America Reframed For Ahkeem 11:30 Grooming a Generation 16 Sunday 6:00 Latin Music USA Bridges/The Salsa Revolution 8:00 Latin Music USA The Chicano Wave/Divas and Superstars 10:00 Doc World Towards The North/Los Comandos 11:00 Voces on PBS Now En Espanol 17 Monday 6:00 Local USA G is for Gun 6:30 On Story Neo Noir: The Modern Day Film Noir 7:00 Latino Americans Foreigners in Their Own Land 8:00 Latino Americans Empire of Dreams 9:00 Local USA G is for Gun 9:30 Stories from the Stage Stand Up 18 Tuesday 6:00 Austin Revealed: El Despertar 7:00 Doc World Towards The North/Los Comandos 8:00 America Reframed We Like It Like That 9:30 Salsa! The Dance Sensation
19 Wednesday 6:00 POV Joe’s Violin/Shalom Italia 7:30 POV 93queen 9:00 FRONTLINE Weinstein 20 Thursday 6:00 Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings 7:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn 8:00 Ancient Invisible Cities Istanbul 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings 21 Friday 6:00 Stories from the Stage Stand Up 6:30 Ex Libris - The New York Public Library 22 Saturday 6:00 Focus on Europe 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Breaking Big Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz 7:30 Poetry In America The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus 8:00 Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street 9:00 In Tune: The Ben Tucker Story 10:00 America Reframed We Like It Like That 11:30 Salsa! The Dance Sensation 23 Sunday 6:30 Salsa! The Dance Sensation 7:00 Great Conversations Robert Wright and Jon Kabat-Zinn 8:00 Nature Wild France 9:00 Amazing Human Body Grow 10:00 Doc World Tocando La Luz 11:30 Compadre Huashayo 24 Monday 6:00 Salsa! The Dance Sensation 6:30 On Story The Left and Write: Politically Driven Narratives 7:00 Latino Americans War and Peace 8:00 Latino Americans The New Latinos 9:00 Local USA Crossing the Divide 25 Tuesday 6:00 Compadre Huashayo 6:30 Doc World Tocando La Luz 8:00 America Reframed We Breathe Again 9:00 Sol
26 Wednesday 6:00 Voces on PBS Now En Espanol 7:00 Voces on PBS Children of Giant 8:30 POV Survivors 27 Thursday 6:00 Medicine Woman 7:00 NOVA Transplanting Hope 8:00 Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope Science 28 Friday 6:00 Great American Read Fall Kick Off 7:00 Maya Angelou: American Masters 9:00 Great American Read Fall Kick Off 29 Saturday 6:00 Focus on Europe 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Skindigenous Philippines - Wang Od Oggay and Grace Palica 7:30 Film-Maker 8:00 New Orleans: The First 300 Years 9:30 Reel South The Exceptionally Extraordinary 10:00 America Reframed We Breathe Again 11:00 Sol 30 Sunday 6:00 Sol 7:00 Great Conversations Masha Gessen and Clarissa Ward 8:00 Nature Owl Power 9:00 Amazing Human Body Survive 10:00 Doc World Five Days to Dance 11:30 Salsa! The Dance Sensation
TIU Create (Ch. 30.3) Mondays and Fridays 6:00 This Old House 6:30 Nigella: At My Table Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom (begins 9/28) 7:00 Simply Ming 7:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
8:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 8:30 Mon: America’s Test Kitchen Fri: Cook’s Country 9:00 A Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table (begins 9/7) 9:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom (begins 9/28) 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Rudy Maxa’s World: Escape to French Polynesia (9/3) Rick Steves Special: A Symphonic Journey (9/10) Rick Steves Special: European Festivals (9/17) Real Rail Adventures: Switzerland (9/24) 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking 6:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom (begins 9/25) 7:00 Pati’s Mexican Table 7:30 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 8:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 8:30 America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 Food Flirts 9:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom (begins 9/25) 10:00 Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking 10:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 11:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 11:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Wednesdays and Sundays 6:00 Ask This Old House 6:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom (begins 9/26) 7:00 My Greek Table with Diane 7:30 Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Taste the Islands with Chef Irie (begins 9/5) 8:00 Wed: Lidia’s Kitchen Sun: Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 8:30 Wed: Cook’s Country Sun: America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 Wed: Nigella: At My Table Sun: Food Flirts 9:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom (begins 9/26) 10:00 Ask This Old House 10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
11:00 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Dream of Italy (begins 9/23) 11:30 Wed: Lidia’s Kitchen Sun: Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 1 September 6:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 6:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 7:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 7:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 8:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 8:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 9:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 9:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 10:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 11:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 8 September 6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 6:30 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 7:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 7:30 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 8:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 8:30 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 9:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 9:30 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 10:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 10:30 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 11:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 11:30 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 15 September 6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 6:30 Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence 7:00 Simply Ming 7:30 George Hirsch Lifestyle 8:00 Chef’s Life 8:30 Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way 9:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 9:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 10:00 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh 10:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table 11:00 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen 11:30 Cook’s Country
22 September 6:00 It’s Sew Easy 6:30 It’s Sew Easy 7:00 It’s Sew Easy 7:30 Knit and Crochet Now! 8:00 It’s Sew Easy 8:30 It’s Sew Easy 9:00 Knit and Crochet Now! 9:30 It’s Sew Easy 10:00 It’s Sew Easy 10:30 Quilting Arts 11:00 It’s Sew Easy 11:30 It’s Sew Easy 29 September 6:00 America’s Test Kitchen 6:30 George Hirsch Lifestyle 7:00 P . Allen Smith’s Garden to Table 7:30 New Scandinavian Cooking 8:00 Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh 8:30 America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 Ciao Italia 9:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh 10:00 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook 10:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table 11:00 Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence 11:30 America’s Test Kitchen
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A to Z 18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre 9/16 2pm Amanpour & Company begins 9/10 10pm Mon-Fri 11pm, 5pm 9/14 11:30pm; 9/17 11:30pm; 9/18 11:30pm; 9/24 11:30pm Amanpour on PBS Mon-Fri 5:30pm, 11:30pm ends 9/10 Amazing Human Body 9/19 8pm, 9pm, 10pm; 9/20 1am, 2am, 3am; 9/21 3am; 9/23 3am America from the Ground Up The Ancestors 9/9 12:30pm; 9/18 1am New Spain 9/16 12:30pm; 9/19 1am Worlds Collide 9/25 1am; 9/30 12:30pm American Masters Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey 9/14 10:30pm; 9/15 3am America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Sat 12:30pm; Wed noon Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo 9/1 3am; 9/2 3am, 3pm Athens 9/5 9pm; 9/6 1am; 9/9 3am, 3pm Istanbul 9/12 9pm; 9/13 1am; 9/16 3am, 3pm Andrew Wyeth: American Masters 9/7 10pm; 9/8 2am; 9/12 2am Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew 9/23 7:30pm; 9/24 midnight; 9/25 2:30am; 9/27 3:30am Antiques Roadshow Austin, Hour One 9/2 5pm Austin, Hour Three 9/3 8pm; 9/4 1pm; 9/9 5pm Bismarck, Hour One 9/3 9pm; 9/4 1:30am; 9/6 5am Bismarck, Hour Two 9/10 8pm; 9/11 1pm; 9/16 5pm Bismarck, Hour Three 9/10 9pm; 9/11 1am; 9/12 5am; 9/13 3am Birmingham, Hour One 9/17 9pm
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