[New] Great Performances: The Magic of Spirituals

Friday, February 24, at 9pm on KQED 9

Discover the behind-the-scenes story of Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990. At the concert attended by legendary contralto Marian Anderson many wondered if the two singers would compete or join forces and sing together. The show features clips from the concert and interviews about the historic performance with concert producer and current Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and others.

Thursday 16

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer ★

12:30 + Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Judd Apatow. Filmmaker Judd Apatow.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 How She Rolls #108 Thanksgiving. The Morey family puts together an annual, outdoor, Thanksgiving feast on the barrier islands. R (9) 2/17 1am

+ Making Black America: Through the Grapevine #103 Episode 3. R (+) 2/17 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area ★ #1716 Da Boccery, Toto’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, The Park Street Tavern, Super Market Sundays. R (9) 2/17 1:30am, 2/18 noon, 2/20 7:30pm, 2/21 1:30am; (+) 2/21 10:30am

8pm 9 River ★ #106 Episode 6. As the fractured events of Stevie’s murder come into focus for River, the awful truth places more pressure than ever on his worsening state of mind. Can he carry on when so much is left unsaid? R (9) 2/17 2am

+ Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany #101. Recently discovered home movie footage from 1936 offers a unique insight into what people in pre-war Germany were thinking and experiencing. R (+) 2/17 2am & 2pm

9pm 9 Traces ★ #106. R (9) 2/17 3am

+ Blitz Spirit #101. Six people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz. R (+) 2/17 3am

10pm 9 La Otra Mirada ★ #207 There is No Failure. Arcadio unexpectedly returns with his fiancée to reconcile with his mother. R (9) 2/17 4am

+ The Legacy List with Matt Paxton #406 Attic Full of Memories (Atlanta, GA). A rabbi and her husband need help downsizing their home. R (+) 2/17 4am

11pm + Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World #103 Culture Wars. R (+) 2/17 5am

11:30 9 On Story #1101 A Conversation with Gina Prince-Bythewood. The director, writer and producer talks about her character-driven work. R (9) 2/17 5:30am

Friday 17

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ Roadtrip Nation #1402 Get Out There. A mechanical engineer who’s pushing touch technology into the future.

12:30 + 50 States of Sustainability #108. The Sol Lux Alpha condominium, where a solar canopy provides 100 percent renewable energy.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 11:30pm, 2/18 1am & 5:30am, 2/19 5pm

+ Antiques Roadshow #2707. R (+) 2/18 1am

7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 2/18 1:30am

8pm 9 Palace and the Press #103 Young Royals Under Fire. The power game between the young royal generation and the hungry tabloid press is examined. R (9) 2/18 2am

+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #502 The Underdog. R (+) 2/18 2am, 2/20 2pm

9pm 9 Great Performances ★ #4802 Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine. Honoring the best films and performances of 2022 that resonate with older viewers. R (9) 2/18 3am

+ Father Brown #189 The Fall of the House of St Gardner. R (+) 2/18 3am

9:45 + Father Brown #190 The Tower of Lost Souls. R (+) 2/18 3:45am

10:30 + Death in Paradise #184 Episode 2. R (+) 2/18 4:30am

11pm 9 History with David Rubenstein ★ #401 Ada Ferrer. R (9) 2/18 5am

11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover R (9) 2/18 1am & 5:30am, 2/19 5pm

+ Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1207 France: Cruising on the Lot. R (+) 2/18 5:30am

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Saturday 18

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 2/20 4pm

+ Sound On Tap ★ #407 Honey Bunny. A San Antonio alternative rock band formed in 2019 looks to push the boundaries of indie rock.

12:30 + Ear to the Common Ground ★ Susto and eight of his fans talk about the environment.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day ahead of broadcast. For the latest info, see kqed.org/tv/ schedules/daily.

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1716 Da Boccery, Toto’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, The Park Street Tavern, Super Market Sundays. R (9) 2/20 7:30pm, 2/21 1:30am; (+) 2/21 10:30am

12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1015 Can’t Go Wrong.

1pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★

6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

EVENING

8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ #3055 The King’s Speech. R (9) 2/19 2am

9:35 9 Saturday Night Movie #3057 The Madness of King George. R (9) 2/19 3:35am

11:30 9 You Are Cordially Invited #101. Highclere Castle, recognizable worldwide as the filming location for the television series Downton Abbey R (9) 2/19 5:30am

Sunday 19

EARLY mid 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day ahead of broadcast. For the latest info, see kqed.org/tv/ schedules/daily.

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

Afternoon

5pm 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★

6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

EVENING

8pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5312 For Whom the Bell Tolls. D R (9) 2/20 2am

9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE ★ #5313 Merry Bloody Christmas. Christmas has come to Skeldale, and Siegfried and Mrs. Hall have to face some tough decisions. D R (9) 10pm, 2/20 3am & 4am

10:30 9 Real Bedford Falls: It’s A Wonderful Life D R (9) 2/20 3am & 4am

11pm 9 Love, Inevitably ★ #105. R (9) 2/20 5am

Monday 20

EARLY mid 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day ahead of broadcast. For the latest info, see kqed.org/tv/ schedules/daily.

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen ★ #2307. R (9) 2/21 1am; (+) 2/27 11am

+ Magpie Murders on MASTERPIECE #5253 Episode 6. Susan cracks her case and then accompanies Pünd as he lays out the solution to Alan’s final book. D R (+) 2/21 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1716 Da Boccery, Toto’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, The Park Street Tavern, Super Market Sundays. R (9) 2/21 1:30am; (+) 2/21 10:30am

8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow ★ #2708. R (9) 2/21 2am; (+) 2/24 7pm, 2/25 1am

+ Father Brown #191 The Menace of Mephistopheles. Inspector Mallory seeks help when Phillip Darlington is stabbed to death. R (+) 2/21 2am, 2/24 9pm, 2/25 3am

8:46 + Father Brown #192 The Viper’s Tongue. Walter Penmark is found burned to death in a locked room after receiving a warning in Latin. R (+) 2/21 2:46am, 2/24 9:46pm, 2/25 3:46am

9pm 9 American Experience ★ #3503 Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History. The fascinating and unexpected history behind America’s favorite board game. D R (9) 2/21 3am

9:32 + Frankie Drake Mysteries #403 The Girls Can’t Help It. Frankie and Trudy investigate a trio of flappers and search for a priceless stolen bottle of wine. R (+) 2/21 3:32am

10pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2107 Palm Springs, Hour One. R (9) 2/21 4am

10:30 + American Experience #3402 The American Diplomat. D R (+) 2/21 4:30am

11pm 9 POV Shorts ★ Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare. Stories of homeland violence as experienced by families from two different parts of the world. D R (9) 2/21 5am

11:30 9 Love and Respect with Killer Mike ★ Jack White Part. 2. The conclusion of the conversation with the White Stripes co-founder and Lorenzo Lewis, founder of the Confess Project. R (9) 2/21 5:30am

+ Hope is Here ★ #106 Lisa Briggs. Lisa Briggs was enjoying a successful business and a closeknit family while celebrating the arrival of her second child. Yet within months of giving birth, this young, athletic woman, who never smoked, learned she had stage 4 lung cancer. After the shock wore off, Lisa went into action as her will to live proved stronger than her devastating cancer. R (+) 2/21 5:30am

Tuesday 21

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ Curious Traveler #307 Curious Guanajuato City. Discover why there is a stone giant holding a flame high in the hills overlooking the town.

12:30 + In the Americas with David Yetman #907 The Potters of Northwest Mexico: Past and Present. For more than a thousand years, potters have been producing fine ceramics here.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

Evening

7pm 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1003 Jalisco Classics. R (9) 2/22 1am + Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album How the British royal family has shaped their image with photography. R (+) 2/22 1am

7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #620 Pasta Secrets. R (9) 2/22 1:30am

8pm 9 Finding Your Roots ★ #908 And Still I Rise. Activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Johnson. R (9) 2/22 2am

+ Alibi #102 Episode 102. As Greg becomes more neurotic, Marcey gives him Valium to calm his nerves. Linda hires Marcey as a temp worker at Greg’s business. R (+) 2/22 2am

9pm 9 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World ★ #104 Still Fighting. R (9) 2/22 3am; (+) 2/23 11pm, 2/24 5am

+ Alibi #103 Episode 103. Linda grows suspicious when she learns that Marcey was in the taxi that found Martin. R (+) 2/22 3am

10pm 9 We Were Hyphy R (9) 2/22 4am

+ Grantchester Season 3 on MASTERPIECE #4730 Season 3, Episode 6. Sidney tries to right a wrong. Mrs. Maguire has some questions answered and turns a new leaf. D R (+) 2/22 4am

11pm 9 After Action ★ Taps. R (9) 2/22 5am

+ Grantchester Season 3 on MASTERPIECE #4731 Season 3, Episode 7. A boy goes missing. Sidney, Geordie, Leonard and Mrs. Maguire all take steps in a new direction. D R (+) 2/22 5am

Wednesday 22

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ Laura Flanders Show ★

12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen ★ #1019 Switch Up the Spice. R (9) 2/23 1am

+ Finding Your Roots #509 The Eye of the Beholder. Artists Alejandro G. Inarritu, Marina Abramovic and Kehinde Wiley. R (+) 2/23 1am

7:30 9 The Food Flirts #106 What is a Food Incubator? D R (9) 2/23 1:30am

8pm 9 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries ★ #103 Defending Wild Dogs. R (9) 2/23 2am

+ Midsomer Murders #2101

The Point of Balance, Part 1. The annual Paramount Dance Extravaganza brings deep-running feuds and deadly ambition. R (+) 2/23 2am & 2pm

8:45 + Midsomer Murders #2102

The Point of Balance, Part 2. R (+) 2/23 2:45am & 2:45pm

9pm 9 NOVA ★ #5004 New Eye on the Universe. D R (9) 2/23 3am

9:32 + Death in Paradise #185 Episode 3. When a skydiver appears to have been murdered in mid-air, Neville and the team explores the cutthroat world of social media. R (+) 2/23 3:32am, 2/24 10:32pm, 2/25 4:32am

10pm 9 Secrets of the Dead #1804 Viking Warrior Queen. Archaeologists examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found. R (9) 2/23 4am

10:30 + Flesh and Blood on

MASTERPIECE #5048 Episode

4. Four romantic relationships spiral out of control, while Mary responds to an emergency. R (+) 2/23 4:30am

11pm 9 AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Restitution? Africa’s Fight for Its Art. The troubling story of the African artwork that fills European museums. R (9) 2/23 5am

11:30 + Reel South: Hindsight Volume 3. R (+) 2/23 5:30am, 2/28 6pm

Thursday 23

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm

+ GZERO World with Ian Bremmer ★

12:30 + Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Kevin Young. Poet and museum curator Young.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING

7pm 9 How She Rolls #109 You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bakery. Carrie hires her long-time friend Mason to sell more biscuits in grocery chains and lands their largest deal ever — 1,200 stores! R (9) 2/24 1am

+ Making Black America: Through the Grapevine #104 Episode 4. R (+) 2/24 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1708 Ettan, Octavia, Sue’s Kitchen. R (9) 2/24 1:30am, 2/25 noon

8pm 9 What To Do When Someone Dies ★ #101. In this psychological drama, happily married teacher Ellie is devastated when her husband dies in a car crash with another woman in his car. The police dismiss it as an extramarital affair, but Ellie is certain something isn't right and is determined to find out the truth. R (9) 2/24 2am

+ Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany #102. Christmas in Germany 1941 was an unsettling time as scarce provisions, freezing weather and news from the Russian front cause Germans to realize the war is a long way from over. R (+) 2/24 2am & 2pm