December 2021 Viewer's Guide by MontanaPBS

Call the Midwife Holiday Special CHRISTMAS DAY, SATURDAY, 12/25 8PM

DECEMBER 2021 CHRISTMAS MUSIC ANNUAL FAVORITES

20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir MONDAY, 12/13 7PM

Christmas at Belmont MONDAY, 12/20 8PM

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Christmas 1966 promises to be memorable one. The Nonnatus House team are faced with their busiest Christmas Day ever as the Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases. Luckily Mother Mildred is on hand to support the team.

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Additional over-the-air TV channels for Montana PBS 17 Paradise & Shields River Valleys 20 Belgrade & Springhill Community 20 Billings 27 Emigrant & Chico Hot Springs 40 Sweet Grass Hills; Liberty, Toole & Hill Counties 49 Helena 63 Bridger, Fromberg and Belfry

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Christmas Music Annual Favorites

20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir MONDAY, 12/13 7PM Also 12/24 8pm; 12/25 9am

Tony® Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the Choir and Orchestra for this 2-hour 20th anniversary retrospective with performances from Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Gladys Knight, Angela Lansbury, Hugh Bonneville, Renée Fleming and more.

Christmas at Belmont 2021 MONDAY, 12/20 8PM Also 12/22 2am; 12/24 2pm; 12/25 noon

Christmas at Belmont 2021 features alumnus country/gospel singer Josh Turner and Belmont University students. Taped in Belmont’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, the show includes holiday favorites and songs from Turner’s new Christmas album. COURTESY OF NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION

Josh Turner

Locally produced programs

Backroads of Montana  The Great

Outdoors A group of retirees make a Seeley Lake campground a great place to pitch your tent. People around the world visit a Lolo ranch without leaving their homes. Observe the process as ice forms on a Montana river. Visit Giant Springs State Park where Great Falls residents reflect. William Marcus hosts. Airs 12/1 8pm; 12/4 4:30pm; 12/9 3am

Not Forgotten A De Borgia man went from western Montana lumberjack to filmmaker and, in the process, provided memories to share. It’s not possible to share a tasty artifact from Montana’s military past in Miles City—you’ll find out why. We’ll meet a Toston woman who writes songs about what cows are thinking. Learn the traditions and family ties that inspire Crow Indian artist Kevin Red Star. Airs 12/15 5:30am

Montana AG Live Pollinator Gardens Montana State University’s Honey Bee Research Site and Pollinator Garden serves as a field laboratory and community outreach center. The project, initiated in 2013, engages students across a variety of science and horticulture disciplines, along with community members, to develop and maintain a hub for pollinator health. Airs 12/19 11am

Montana’s Ag Research Centers Montana’s Ag Research Centers are part of the research component of Montana State University-Bozeman. State statute charges them with conducting and promoting studies, scientific investigations and experiments relating to agriculture, natural resources and rural life, and to diffuse information among the people of Montana. Airs 12/26 11am

Comin’ Round the Mountain This episode introduces us to a man who’s returned to Glacier National Park to sign on for a new job. We’ll watch spring warmth transform a mountain snowpack, trace the history of Chinese immigrants in small-town Montana and more. William Marcus hosts the program from historic Stevensville. Airs 12/18 5pm

Making Connections Meet Iris Dodge who was inspired to record the vanishing cowboy life in paint and poems. Spend a fun day in Butte at the annual Lineman’s Rodeo. In Jefferson City, explore the flowers, plants and trees at Tizer Gardens and Arboretum and then visit Kalispell to meet a vibrant 84-yearold woman who still teaches dance classes. Airs 12/22 5:30am

Cakes and Cowboys Travel first to Park City, visit a special site that honors fallen soldiers, stop in Winifred to see what may be the world’s largest Tonka toy collection, and visit a working cowboy singer on his ranch south of Wibaux. Airs 12/25 5pm

Marking Passages Watch the closing of dinosaur-digging season near Bynum, listen to a centenarian bugler pay his respects, follow a Polson man as he raises the state’s largest pumpkin and recount one man’s efforts to preserve a rock quarry near Geraldine. William Marcus hosts the program from Ennis. Airs 12/29 5:30am

11th & Grant with Eric Funk The Clintons The homegrown Bozeman rock band The Clintons take the stage on 11th & Grant with Eric Funk. There’s no analogy for this energetic, driven group; inspired by the soft, sensitive songwriting style of John Mayer, the quirkiness of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the in-your-face, loud-and-proud attitude exemplified by country stars Big & Rich. Their tour schedule takes them around the western half of the US and they occasionally share the stage with the likes of Dierks Bentley, Barenaked Ladies, Blackhawk, and the Kentucky Headhunters. The Clintons feature John McLellan, Levi Kujala, A.J. Miller, and Josh Keehr. Airs 12/16 7pm; 12/18 10:08pm; 12/20 2am

-------------------------------------- Yellowstone in Four Seasons Yellow-

stone has four seasons that can change at any time. Summer is for eating, fall is for mating, winter is for surviving and spring is for re-birth. But the vast common ground of any visit to Yellowstone, regardless of the season, is this: Mother Nature has worked

millions of years to sculpt this grand treasure, and her finest work is on display for us all to appreciate and enjoy. Yellowstone’s splendor lies in its solitude, it’s grandness, its complexity, and it’s simplicity. For thousands of years, this real life drama has performed the same four-act play over and over again. Airs 12/1 7pm; 12/4 12:30pm; 12/9 8:30pm; 12/24 1pm; and on Montana PBS Create 12/3 12:30pm; 12/8 6am; 12/11 10:30pm  History of Glacier National Park: Crown

of the Continent By exploring its cultural and economic history, this documentary observes the human impact on Glacier, including what the future might hold for the park as its glaciers quickly vanish. Glacier was established as a national park on May 11, 1910, American’s 10th national park. Early newspapers touted its alpine scenery and numerus glaciers as reasons to visit the park. The park’s first planned road called for 15 switchbacks up the side of the mountain to get to and over Logan pass. But the final road, built in the late 1920s, left a much smaller footprint on nature with only one switchback and was cut into the rock cliffs. Today the Goingto-the-Sun Road is awarded one of the best mountain roads in America and is considered to be blueprint for merging man with nature. Airs 12/2 7pm; 12/5 10am; 12/8 3:30am; and on Montana PBS World 12/11 4pm  Charlie Russell’s Old West No one

played a larger role in mythologizing the cowboy’s place in American culture than Charles M. Russell. Explore his art and life as he witnessed and documented the end of the Wild West open range, as America entered the 20th Century. Airs 12/3 2:30am; and on Montana PBS World 12/10 10am  Montana On My Mind Montana on My

Mind celebrates the unique beauty and spirit of the last best state. Inspired by the best-selling book, “Montana on My Mind”, this program combines stunning film with inspiring quotes, music and commentary by Michael S. Sample. Including magnificent scenery, people, places and events, this program will leave you with an unforgettable portrait of Montana. Airs 12/5 11pm; 12/9 7pm; 12/11 4:30pm; and on Montana PBS Create 12/10 2:30pm  Evelyn Cameron: Pictures From A

Worthy Life Evelyn Cameron left a life of privilege in England and found a sense of peace on the Montana prairie. With an independent spirit suited for the American West,

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she started her own photography business. She left behind a legacy of photographs and diary writings providing an intimate portrait of pioneer life rarely seen. Airs on Montana PBS Create 12/6 10:30am

A Timeless Legacy: Women Artists of Glacier National Park In 1928, one would not expect to find a woman artist with an easel and forty-five pound pack on her back hiking alone through the spring snow of Glacier National Park to paint. But, for almost a century women have been coming this ruggedly beautiful place to capture the majesty of the landscape. Airs 12/8 2pm; 12/13 2am; 12/26 10am; 12/30 7pm

Playing for the World: The 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls’ Basketball Team In 1902, a unique combination of Native women came together at a boarding school in Montana. They used the new sport of

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basketball to help them adjust to a rapidly changing world. Their travels and experiences led them to places they never imagined. Ultimately, these women played for something much larger than themselves. Airs 12/10 12pm

Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes For more than 12,000 years, the Native people of the Intermountain West have called the lands known as Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks “home.” This program explores modern Indigenous perspectives on these great wilderness areas and explores both the cultural divide that separates modern times from the not-so-distant past and recent efforts by the National Park Service and Native peoples to bring these disparate visions into greater harmony. Airs 12/19 10am; 12/23 at 7pm; 12/27 at 2am

Magic Yellowstone: Historic 1920’s Motion Picture of Yellowstone This is the restored half hour black & white moving picture of Yellowstone filmed by official Park photographer Jack Ellis Haynes to promote tourism for the Northern Pacific Railroad in the 1920’s. Accompanied by an original score of period piano and organ music. Revel with the first venturesome tourists riding the Northern Pacific’s steam engine chugging down Paradise Valley and arriving at the Gardiner Station! Pass through the Roosevelt Arch and down Yellowstone’s unpaved roads in the first motorized open-air tourist buses! Feed the bears! Thrill in the spray of erupting geysers! See Yellowstone from a bygone era with this film, available to the public for the first time since its original release in the 1920’s. Airs 12/19 10:30am; 12/23 7:30pm; 12/27 at 2:30am

Scenes from Yellowstone in Four Seasons IMAGE BY TOM MURPHY

 Yellowstone in Four Seasons WEDNESDAY 12/1 7PM Also 12/4 12:30pm; 12/9 8:30pm; 12/24 1pm; and on Montana PBS Create 12/3 12:30pm; 12/8 6am; 12/11 10:30pm

The solitude and grandure of Yellowstone National Park are showcased over four seasons.

 Backroads of Montana:

The Great Outdoors

WEDNESDAY 12/1 8PM Also 12/4 4:30pm; 12/9 3am

After 50 episodes, the awarding-winning Montana PBS series Backroads of Montana is announcing that long-time host William Marcus will be retiring. Marcus, a fixture on Montana Public Radio for years and the former director of the University of Montana Broadcast Media Center, has been the host of Backroads since it premiered in 1991. “There are many stories yet to be told, and many places yet to visit on Backroads. The show is certain to go on for years, ” Marcus said. “The 50th program after 30 years seems like a good point to pause and reflect on what’s next. And for me to step aside. I am immensely proud of the programs we’ve produced and grateful to the talented Backroads producers who have made it such a pleasure to be the ‘face’ of the program.”

Thanks, William. Wishing you the Very Best!

Backroads producer John Twiggs will assume the hosting role for episodes starting in 2022. “William leaves behind a legacy of excellence, ” said Twiggs. “We’re excited to continue that tradition and share more great Montana stories.” “John Twiggs understands the legacy, the impact and the potential of the program, ” Marcus said. “I look forward to watching.” Be sure to join William and John for some reminiscences and fond memories with lots of laughs as we watch the latest episode of Backroads, and take a look back at the past 30 years of Backroads of Montana. From L to R: John Twiggs and William Marcus COURTESY OF BACKROADS OF MONTANA

LEARN AT HOME, TOO! Curriculum-Related Programming 5:30am

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School’s back again, and we’ve brought back our Learn at Home service—but this time with a small twist. Because we know that caretakers and educators across the state might have unpredictable schedules this academic year, we’re calling the service Learn at Home, Too! to remind you that learning at home is always an option if you need it. Every month we’ll select a few programs and post curriculum-aligned lesson plans online at montanapbs.org/learnathome. To learn how to get the most out of Learn At Home, Too!, contact Nikki Vradenburg at nikki@montanapbs.org

Featured Programs in December Playing for the World

Alma’s Way: Three Kings Day

Friday, 12/10 at Noon

Monday, 12/13 at 5pm. Airs throughout Dec. (see p. 24)

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DECEMBER 1

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt  Celtic Woman: Postcards from

Ireland

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00  Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 WORLD Secrets of the Dead: The Caravaggio Heist 4:00  Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk MDNT  WORLD

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 2

AM EAR LY MORNI NG 12:30  Rick Steves Fascism In Europe 1:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

2:00  My Music: This Land Is Your Land 2:00 WORLD Amanpour

and Company The Rez 3:30  Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30  Nature: Santa’s Wild Home 4:30 WORLD Story in the Public Square 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 3:00 WORLD Racing

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6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 2:00  Hanukkah: A Festival of deLights TV-G

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source

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6:30  WORLD

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

6:00  WORLD

7:00 MT  Yellowstone in Four Seasons The solitude and grandness of Yellowstone National Park are showcased over four seasons. TV-G

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8:00 MT  Backroads of Montana “The Great Outdoors” Backroads of Montana tells stories near Seeley Lake, Great Falls, Lolo and more. TV-G

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NewsHour the Day

9:30  Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank Celebrate the holidays with a timeless special, featuring the magical combination of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. In this early color broadcast from 1957, the two legends swap Christmas songs and stories and duet on some favorite holiday classics. 9:30 WORLD BBC

World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00  WORLD

Can’t-Miss Stories from the

Stage

10:30  Country Music: Live at the Ryman Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill and more musicians celebrate the film by Ken Burns. TV-G Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

11:00  WORLD

6:00 PBS NewsHour Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain

7:00 MT  History of Glacier National Park “Crown of the Continent” The history of Glacier National Park from creation to today. TV-G

4 S TO RY, TH I S PAG E 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW the Day

9:30  Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and others celebrate the acclaimed filmmaker. TV-G 9:30 WORLD BBC 10:00  WORLD

World News NOVA: Dog Tales TV-PG

11:00  Celebrating PBS Newshour! Explore how the award-winning newscast has set the standard for broadcast journalism. Go behindthe-scenes and meet the reporters, editors, producers and on-air team and discover how it all comes together for broadcast. Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain

11:30  WORLD

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AM EAR LY MORNI NG 12:30  Great Performances: Broadway

Musicals

1:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour and Company 2:30 MT  Charlie Russell’s Old West 3:00 WORLD Our American Family: The Kurowskis 2:00 WORLD Amanpour

GLACIER PARK ARCHIVES

Start of Going-to-the-Sun road construction.

History of Glacier

National Park: Crown of the Continent

THURSDAY 12/2 7PM Also 12/5 10am; 12/8 3:30am; and on Montana PBS World 12/11 4pm

Glacier was established as a national park on May 11, 1910, America’s 10th national park. Early newspapers touted its alpine scenery and numerous glaciers as reasons to visit the park. The great Northern Railway future enticed visitors with new hotels, chalets, and horse trails through the back country. They invited American’s to “See America first” and to use their railway to get to Glacier. But Americans love for the automobile was growing and with that growth roads through the park were in demand. The first road planned called for 15 switchbacks up the side of the mountain to get to and over Logan pass. But the final road, built in the late 1920’s, left a much smaller footprint on nature with only 1 switchback and was cut into the rock cliffs. Today the Going-tothe-Sun Road is awarded one of the best mountain roads in America and is considered to be blueprint for merging man with nature.

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Dusty Springfield and Burt Bacharach, 1970s.

 Burt Bacharach’s Best

(My Music Presents) FRIDAY, 12/3 8PM Also 12/6 12:30am

For over half-a-century, the immensely popular and immediately identifiable melodies of celebrated composer Burt Bacharach have touched millions of music lovers around the world. Beginning his career as an accompanist to legendary actress-singer Marlene Dietrich, Bacharach in the 1960s established himself as a topical successor to his Tin Pan Alley predecessors, creating some of the most beloved and successful pop music to ever grace radio, television and film. This special includes all the original artists performing Bacharach’s hits with rare archival footage and clips from the 1960s-1970s. Film and TV start Robert Wagner is our guide for this special, bringing his distinctively smooth charm and classy style to the role of host for this compilation of Burt Bacharach’s music and melodies.

3:30 WORLD Stories

from the Stage: Growing up Black 4:00  The Brain Fitness Program 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: What’s Strong Emergence? 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30  Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VEN I N G

5:30 BBC World News Today 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:30  WORLD

Celebrating PBS Newshour!

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00  My Music Presents: Burt Bacharach’s Best Artists perform Burt Bacharach’s hits with rare archival footage and clips from the 1960s-1970s. TV-G

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NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW the Day

9:30  The Bee Gees One for All Tour: Live In Australia 1989 Enjoy the tight harmonies of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb as they perform their greatest hits. TV-G 9:30 WORLD BBC 10:00

World News  WORLD Rick Steves Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala: TV-G

11:30 BBC World News 11:30  WORLD

Celebrating PBS Newshour!

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Happening Baby 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00  Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Washington Week 3:00  WORLD Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy 3:30 Market to Market 4:00  This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Immunotherapy In Cancer Treatment 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22

10:00  My Music: This Land Is Your Land The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host a look at the evolution of modern American folk music. TV-G

11:30  Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry The process of taking raw materials from conception to completion is illustrated first-hand. TV-G

12:30 MT  Yellowstone in Four Seasons The solitude and grandness of Yellowstone National Park are showcased over four seasons. TV-G 4 S TO RY, P. 5

1:30  Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how to keep your mind sharp and your body active as you age using gentle daily movement. TV-G

2:30  My Music: Country Pop Legends Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell highlight classic country pop tunes from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

4:30 MT  Backroads of Montana “The Great Outdoors” Backroads of Montana tells stories near Seeley Lake, Great Falls, Lolo and more. TV-G 4 S TO RY, P. 5 P M E VE NI NG

6:00  My Music: The Big Band Years TV-G 6:00  WORLD

Slavery By Another Name

8:00  Roy Orbison Forever TV-PG

4 S TO RY, P. 11 8:00 WORLD America

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Jews Here

9:30  Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour Taylor and King celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Troubadour club. TV-G 9:32 WORLD Our American Family: The Mays: TV-G 10:00  WORLD

Slavery By Another Name

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11:00  Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia Honoring one of the most influential musicians and cultural icons of our time, the concert event features performances by: Phil Lesh & Communion, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann with Billy & the Kids, David Grisman, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Frampton, Los Lobos, Yonder Mountain String Band and others.

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ReFramed: There Are Jews Here 12:30  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back 1:32 WORLD Our American Family: The Mays 2:00  Linda Ronstadt: Live In Hollywood 2:00  WORLD Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things 3:30  Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe 4:00  Nature: Santa’s Wild Home 4:00 WORLD On Story: On Writing Game of Thrones 4:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:00 WORLD Washington Week 5:30 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WORLD The Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22

10:00 MT  History of Glacier National Park “Crown of the Continent” The history of Glacier National Park from creation to today. TV-G 4 S TO RY, P. 7

12:30  Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide The personal finance expert provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement. TV-G

2:30  Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin and more performers celebrate hit songs from the 50s to the 70s. TV-G P M A F T E R N O O N / E V E N IN G

5:00  Rick Steves European Christmas Rick celebrates Christmas in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. TV-G 6:00 WORLD Nature:

My Garden of a Thousand Bees TV-G

7:00  All Creatures Great and Small: Between The Pages Get to know the cast and creators of the hit series based on James Herriot’s beloved books. 4 S TO RY, P. 1 3 7:30  WORLD TV-G

Ken Burns: The National Parks:

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8:30  My Music: This Land Is Your Land The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host a look at the evolution of modern American folk music. TV-G 9:30 WORLD Stories

10:30  Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland Join the Grammy-nominated ensemble on a musical journey through stunning land and seascapes around Ireland. Shot in 14 locations on the island, the new special is filled with songs from their latest album, including “The Dawning of the Day.”

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10:00  Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how to keep your mind sharp and your body active as you age using gentle daily movement. TV-G

11:00 WORLD In Their Own Words: Pope Francis TV-PG

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10:00 WORLD Nature: My Garden of a Thousand

Bees TV-G

11:00 MT  Montana on My Mind Stunning Montana images with inspiring quotes, music and commentary by Michael S. Sample. 11:30  WORLD

Ken Burns: The National Parks:

TV-G

MONDAY

DECEMBER 6

AM EAR LY MORNI NG 12:30  My Music Presents: Burt Bacharach’s

Best

1:30  WORLD

Celebrating PBS NewsHour!

2:00  Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement

Guide

Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy TV-G 4:00  Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30  All Creatures Great and Small: Between The Pages 4:30 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Saeed Jones, Poet and Author 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 2:45  WORLD

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EV ENI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour

DECEMBER 7

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MDNT WORLD The

Good Road: Richmond, Virginia: Hidden In Plain Sight 12:30  Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Take A Stand 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00  The Brain Fitness Program 3:00 WORLD Great Conversations: Dani Shapiro and Robert Siegel 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30  Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 4:30 WORLD Asia Insight 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD America

ReFramed: Hamtramck,

USA

7:00  My Music: Country Pop Legends Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell highlight classic country pop tunes from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

6:00 WORLD In

7:00 WORLD Spiritual

Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

7:00  Roy Orbison Forever TV-PG

9:00  Alone in the Wilderness Richard

Their Own Words: Pope Francis TV-PG

4 S TO RY, P. 11 7:00 WORLD The

Good Road: Richmond, Virginia: Hidden In Plain Sight 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Take A Stand 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

8:30  Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and others celebrate the acclaimed filmmaker. TV-G 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Revolution

of the Heart: The

Dorothy Day Story TV-PG

Proenneke set out alone to build a log cabin and explore a pristine land unchanged by man. TV-G 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day World News 10:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Hamtramck, USA 9:30 WORLD BBC

1 0:30 BBC World News 11:00  Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite. TV-G 11:00 WORLD Spiritual

Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story: TV-PG

HD & World Channels

WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 8

7:00 MT  Montana on My Mind Stunning Montana images with inspiring quotes, music and commentary by Michael S. Sample.

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G

MDNT WORLD Reel

South: The Passing On 12:30  Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30  My Music Presents: The Big Band Years 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 WORLD Great Conversations: Admiral James Stavridis and Melissa Block 3:30 MT  History of Glacier National Park: Crown of the Continent 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours TV-14 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 7:00  WORLD

8:30 MT  Yellowstone in Four Seasons The solitude and grandness of Yellowstone National Park are showcased over four seasons. TV-G 4 S TO RY, P. 5 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day

9:30  Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry The process of taking raw materials from conception to completion is illustrated first-hand. TV-G 9:30 WORLD BBC

World News Rise of the Mammals TV-PG

10:00 WORLD NOVA:

P M E VE N I N G

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Potomac

By Air: Our Nation’s

River: TV-G

1 0:30 BBC World News 11:00  My Music Presents: The Big Band Years TV-G 11:00 WORLD NOVA:

7:00 Viewer’s Choice for Pledge TBA Montana PBS will broadcast a “Member’s Choice” pledge program.

Secrets of Noah’s Ark TV-PG

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 10

AM EAR LY MORNI NG

7:30 WORLD Rick

MDNT WORLD Impossible

8:00 WORLD PBS

1:00  Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda

Steves’ Tasty Europe: TV-G NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Independent Lens: Man on Fire TV-14-L

11:00 WORLD Independent Lens: Two Gods TV-14

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 9

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt  Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee MDNT WORLD Frontline:

Boeing’s Fatal Flaw 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30  John Denver: Country Roads: Live In England 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 MT  Backroads of Montana: The Great Outdoors 3:00 WORLD In Their Own Words: Jimmy Carter 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back 4:30 WORLD Story in the Public Square 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE N I N G

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 5:30 WORLD NOVA:

The Truth About Fat TV-PG

6:00 PBS NewsHour

Builds: Ice World

Esmonde-White NewsHour 2:00  Roy Orbison Forever 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 WORLD The Good Road: Richmond, Virginia: Hidden In Plain Sight 3:30  Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Take A Stand 4:00  My Music Presents: The Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: What Exists II? 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 1:00 WORLD PBS

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

5:30 BBC World News Today 6:00 PBS NewsHour God: TV-G

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00  Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin and more performers celebrate hit songs from the 50s to the 70s. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

Nanak: The Founder of

Sikhism: TV-G

1 0:30 BBC World News 11:00  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back Vince Gill, Jackson Browne and more celebrate the groundbreaking band’s musical milestones and hits. TV-G 11:30 WORLD Same

God: TV-G

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 11

AM E ARLY MORNI NG 12:30  Carole King & James Taylor Live at the

Troubadour

1:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

2:00  Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and

Balance with Peggy Cappy and Company 3:00 Washington Week 3:00 WORLD Reel South: The Passing On 3:30 Market to Market 4:00 This Old House: Concord: Focus On Framing 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Atrial Fibrillation 4:30 Ask This Old House: Drill Drivers, Patios Expansion 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 Wai Lana Yoga: Crane Poses 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 2:00 WORLD Amanpour

6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22

1 0:00  Julia Child: Best Bites Chefs and celebrities share personal insights as they screen Julia Child’s most-beloved episodes. TV-G

11:30  Alone in the Wilderness Richard Proenneke set out alone to build a log cabin and explore a pristine land unchanged by man. TV-G

1:00  Ken Burns: Country Music Join host Kathy Mattea to learn more about the making of the epic documentary series by Ken Burns. TV-G

2:30  Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy Rick

PM EV EN IN G

6:30 WORLD Same

10:00 WORLD Guru

NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News

Steves visits the Italian heartland and explores Umbria, Assisi, Siena and the Cinque Terre. TV-G

4:30 MT  Montana on My Mind Stunning Montana images with inspiring quotes, music and commentary by Michael S. Sample. P M E VE NI NG

6:00  The Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show Join Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and their families for this joyful holiday special filmed in 1967. . 6:30 WORLD Nature:

Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing The Wind TV-PG

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

 PLEDGE PROGRAM

LEARN AT HOME, TOO! MT MADE BY MONTANA PBS

7:30  My Music Presents: The Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories This music-filled documentary traces the Carpenters’ career and features the duo’s top hits. TV-G

4 S TO RY, P. 14 8:00 WORLD Suze

Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide: TV-G

9:30  John Denver: Country Roads: Live In England Singer-songwriter John Denver performs “Sunshine on My Shoulders, ” “Rocky Mountain High” and more. 4 S TO RY, P. 14 10:00 WORLD American Masters: Rita Moreno: Just

A Girl Who Decided to Go for It TV-14-L

11:00  Heart: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Celebrate the first-ever live performance of the band in London’s most famous venue in 2016. Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson and their band rock the house to the rafters with hits and fan favorites.

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 12

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G

MDNT WORLD America

ReFramed: Hamtramck, USA 12:30  The Bee Gees One Night Only 1:00 WORLD Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story 2:00  The Brain Fitness Program 2:00 WORLD Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story 3:00 WORLD In Their Own Words: Pope Francis 3:30  Rick Steves European Christmas 4:00 WORLD On Story: A Conversation with Virgil Williams 4:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:00 WORLD Washington Week 5:30 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WORLD The Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22 P M A F T E R N O O N / E V E NIN G

3:00  Viewers Choice for Pledge TBA 3:00 WORLD Woodstock:

Three Days That Defined A Generation: American Experience: TV-14 5:30 WORLD Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America: TV-G 7:00 WORLD Earth’s Sacred Wonders: House of the Divine TV-G 8:00 WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? I Was A Yazidi Slave 9:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Pilgrims & Tourists TV-G 10:00 WORLD Nature: Wild Way of the Vikings TV-PG

11:00 WORLD Earth’s

the Divine TV-G

Sacred Wonders: House of

COURTESY OF APTONLINE

Five-time Grammy-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Roy Orbison

 Roy Orbison Forever SATURDAY, 12/4 8PM Also 12/6 7pm; 12/10 2am

“Roy Orbison Forever” Is a celebration of the effortlessly cool, fivetime Grammy-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Known for his impassioned style, Orbison was also known for ballads that were both dark and emotional. The program charts Orbison’s career and close relationships with other musicians through interviews and archive performances, some of them never before seen in America. From the sell-out international tour with The Beatles through his collaboration with George Harrison and The Traveling Wilburys, Orbison’s captivating legacy endures. Among the songs performed are “Oh, Pretty Woman, ” “It’s Over, ” “Only The Lonely, ” “Cryin’, ” “Dream Baby, ” and “Blue Bayou.” Featured interviews include Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Bono, Gerry Marsden, Jeff Lynne, and Olivia Harrison as well as Barbara Orbison. If you don’t know already know why, tune in to hear the performer some called the “Caruso of Rock” and the “Big O.”

HD & World Channels

MONDAY

DECEMBER 13

A M EA R LY M O R N I N G mdnt Chef’s Life Holiday Special MDNT WORLD Doc

World: Why Slavery? I Was A Yazidi Slave 1:00 Austin City Limits: Patty Griffin/The Revivalists 1:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Pilgrims & Tourists 2:00 MT A Timeless Legacy: Women Artists of Glacier National Park 2:00 WORLD Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift: Gandhi’s Awakening 3:00 How The Victorians Built Britain: How Britain Got Moving 3:00 WORLD Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Melinda Gates 3:30 WORLD Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: W. Kamau Bell 4:00 Neanderthal 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Susan Page: Journalist and Author 5:00 Woodsongs: Riders in the Sky 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

MDNT WORLD The

Good Road: Charleston, S.C.: Voice As Freedom 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Holiday Spirit 1:00 The Ornament of the World 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 The Odd Destiny of Sergeant York 3:00 WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? I Was A Yazidi Slave 4:00 Neanderthal 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Asia Insight 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table: Festive Entertaining 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Food Gifts 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Three

Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam: TV-PG

7:00 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir A 20th anniversary retrospective features Brian Stokes Mitchell and many amazing performances. TV-G 7:00 WORLD The

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD America

ReFramed: Brooklyn

Inshallah

“Overcoming The Odds” TV-PG 7:30 WORLD Reel

South: Hindsight: Volume 3

TV-PG

8:00 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW the Day

9:30 One Voice: The Songs We Share “The Sacred” Music once only performed in church was adapted by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin TV-PG

Good Road: Charleston, S.C.: Voice As Freedom 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Holiday Spirit 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

1 0:00 BBC World News

9:00 Independent Lens “The King” Climb

10:00 WORLD America

into Elvis’ 1963 Rolls-Royce for a musical road trip that traces the rise and fall of Elvis. TV-14-L 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam: TV-PG

11:00 BBC World News 11:00 WORLD Three

Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam: TV-PG

11:30 How She Rolls “Farm to Table” TV-PG

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 14

A M EA R LY M O R N I N G mdnt Samantha Brown’s Places to Love:

Sonoma County, California

9:30 WORLD BBC

the Rise of Broadcast News World News 4:30 WORLD GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 5:00 A Craftsman’s Legacy: The Tool Chest Makers 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 MT Backroads of Montana: Not Forgotten 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 4:00 WORLD BBC

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:30 WORLD Independent

Lens: ‘til Kingdom Come: The Debate TV-PG

7:00 Nature “Santa’s Wild Home” An intimate look into life in Lapland, home of tenacious wildlife such as reindeer and wolverines. TV-G 4 S TO RY, P. 20

8:00 NOVA “Decoding Da Vinci” The im-

PM EV EN IN G

7:00 Lidia Celebrates America

P M E VEN I N G

4:00 Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and

World News ReFramed: Brooklyn

Inshallah

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 MotorWeek The 2022 Toyota Tundra and the Jaguar F. Pace are driven. TV-G 11:30 WORLD Reel

South: Hindsight: Volume 3

TV-PG

pact of Leonardo da Vinci’s art on his science, and his science on his art are explored. TV-14 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Storm Over The Atlantic This memorable voyage searches out storms to capture the beauty of the sea and the luminous sky. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day World News

9:30 WORLD BBC

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Independent Lens: Accept The Call TV-14-V

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 The Magic of Christmas in Alsace Enjoy a magical Christmas in the small towns and villages of the Alsace region of France. TV-G 11:30 WORLD Independent

Lens: ‘til Kingdom Come: The Debate TV-PG

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 16

AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt Story in the Public Square: Suzanne

Simard

12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Lidia Celebrates America: Overcoming

The Odds

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 AM EAR LY MORNI NG mdnt GZERO World with Ian Bremmer MDNT WORLD Holy

Silence 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Independent Lens: The King 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Big Dreams In Umatilla 3:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Pilgrims & Tourists

1:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

2:00 America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for

the Holidays

2:00 WORLD Amanpour

and Company

3:00 Kingston Trio Holiday Cheers 3:00 WORLD Gandhi’s

Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift: Gandhi’s Awakening 4:00 The Great British Baking Show: Christmas Masterclass 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Story in the Public Square

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

MT MADE  PLEDGE PROGRAM BY MONTANAPBS  HOLIDAY PROGRAM  PLEDGE PROGRAM LEARN AT HOME, TOO! MT MADE BY MONTANA PBS

5:00 Craft in America: Holiday 5:00 WORLD Newsroom 5:40 WORLD Direct

Tokyo

Talk

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E V E N I N G

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD NOVA:

Dead Sea Scroll Detectives

TV-PG

7:00 MT 11th & Grant with Eric Funk “The Clintons” This homegrown Bozeman rock band takes the stage on 11th & Grant with Eric Funk. TV-G 7:00 WORLD Impossible

Builds: Skinny

Skyscraper TV-G

8:00 Santa School This heartwarming film follows six would-be Santa Clauses as they take an intensive workshop to learn to dress, walk, and talk like Santa. But who are they and what inspires them to take this path? TV-PG

4 S TO RY, B ACK COV ER 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries “Away with the Fairies” Phryne rekindles her affair with Lin Chung while investigating the death of a magazine columnist. TV-PG-V

9:00 WORLD DW 9:30 WORLD BBC

COURTESY OF MASTERPIECE

Front Left To Right, Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West), James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) & Tristan Farnon (Callum Woodhouse). Backrow: Helen Alderson (Rachel Shenton) & Mrs Hall (Anna Madeley)

the Day World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD NOVA:

Decoding Da Vinci TV-14

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:00 WORLD NOVA:

Dead Sea Scroll Detectives

TV-PG

11:30 Start Up “Big Bon Family: Savannah, GA” What started out as a pizza food truck has grown and developed into so much more. From pizza to bagels, Big Bon’s core mission is to teach its team members business and life skills through a variety of experiences around great foods. TV-G

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 17

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt The Open Mind: How to Reform The Police MDNT WORLD Impossible

Builds: Skinny Skyscraper 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 The Night Before Christmas Carol 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 3:00 WORLD The Good Road: Charleston, S.C.: Voice As Freedom 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Holiday Spirit

 All Creatures Great and Small:

Between the Pages

SUNDAY, 12/5 7PM Also 12/6 4:30am; 12/31 2pm

“All Creatures Great And Small: Between The Pages” transports viewers behind the scenes of the hit series that captures the warmth, down-to-earth wit and generosity of spirit that infused Herriot’s iconic characters and novels. The program features the best moments from the series, and interviews with the cast and creators provide insights and reflections on this timeless, life-affirming story. Savor the best moments from the first season, including Dame Diana Rigg in her final role as Mrs. Pumphrey, and look ahead to what might happen in Season 2

And, Don’t Miss …

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 1 Encore MARATHONS ON SUNDAYS, 12/19, 12/26 & SEASON 1 FINALE ON 1/2

Season 2 Premiere BEGINS SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 8PM

13 13

HD & World Channels 4:00 How The Victorians Built Britain: How

Britain Got Moving World News 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Why Anything at All II? 5:00 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Grand Tour 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 4:00 WORLD BBC

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Today 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD American

Experience: Billy

Graham TV-G

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Karen and Richard Carpenter. COURTESY OF TJLPRODUCTIONS.COM

John Denver performs some of his most-loved songs in a live concert taped in England in 1986. COURTESY OF EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT

8:00 Live from Bradley Symphony Center: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 8:00 WORLD PBS 9:00 WORLD DW

NewsHour the Day

9:30 European Christmas Markets Visit

 My Music Presents: The Carpenters:

Close to You and Christmas Memories

SATURDAY, 12/11 7:30PM Also 12/10 4am

“My Music Presents The Carpenters: Close To You” is a music-filled documentary that traces the Carpenters’ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the group’s friends in the music business, featuring all of their top recording hits, including “(They Long to Be) Close to You, ” “Top of the World, ” “Hurting Each Other, ” “Only Yesterday, ” “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “We’ve Only Just Begun.” “My Music Presents The Carpenters: Christmas Memories” is a special holiday program starring beloved brother-sister recording duo Richard and Karen Carpenter, the most successful American recording act of the 1970s. The program focuses entirely on the Carpenters’ perennially popular Christmas music offering favorites “The Christmas Song, ” “Winter Wonderland, ” White Christmas” and more.

charming markets in festively decorated cities and towns in Germany, France and Switzerland. TV-G 9:30 WORLD BBC

World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Chaplains:

Pt 1 TV-PG

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:00 WORLD American

Experience:

Billy Graham TV-G

11:30 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack TV-G

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 18

AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt Storm Over The Atlantic 1:00 Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of ‘49 1:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

2:00 Impossible Builds: Skinny Skyscraper 2:00 WORLD Amanpour

and Company

3:00 Washington Week

 John Denver: Country Roads:

Live in England

SATURDAY, 12/11 9:30PM Also 12/9 1:30am

John Denver was one of the best loved recording artists of the 20th century before his untimely death in a plane crash in 1997. Join us for this concert filmed live at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England, at the end of May, 1986. The concert showcases Denver’s fine voice, easy-going manner, and superb songwriting skills. Enjoy fan favorites, including “Sunshine on my Shoulder”, “Country Roads”, “Rocky Mountain High”, Grandma’s Feather Bed” and many others. You won’t be gettin’ much sleep, but we can promise a whole lotta of fun!

3:00 WORLD Holy

Silence

3:30 Market to Market 4:00 This Old House: Concord: Planting for

the Future

4:00 WORLD Second

Opinion: Pain Management Beyond Opioids 4:30 Ask This Old House: Camilla’s Workshop 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 Wai Lana Yoga: Lower Back Special Pt 1 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

 PLEDGE PROGRAM

P M E V E N I N G

2:00 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show “Songs

2:00 WORLD Three

of Perry Como” Things get underway with one of Perry Como’s happiest hits, “Hot Diggity, Dog Ziggity.” Guy and Ralna sing “If”, and Kathie Sullivan sings the lovely “It’s Impossible.” “Papa Loves Mambo” gets a unique treatment by Bobby and Cissy and Ava Barber belts out “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes”. TV-G 6:00 WORLD Independent

Lens: A Ballerina’s

Tale TV-PG

7:00 Last of the Summer Wine “Potts in Pole Position (Christmas Special 2001)” A woman dispatches the gang to find her husband who is in training for an Antarctic expedition. TV-G 7:00 WORLD From

The Streets to the Stage: The Journey of Fredrick Davis: TV-PG

7:30 My Hero “Big” Ollie’s half-human, half Ultronian physiology causes a few problems when he starts to grow at an accelerated rate. In 24 hours he grows from a nine-month-old baby into a 19-year-old boy with a ‘serious’ girlfriend. 8:00 WORLD America

ReFramed: Brooklyn

Inshallah

8:03 Montana PBS Film Classics “The Misfits” Three cowboys living in Nevada, Guido, Perce and the aging Gay, devise a plan to sell nearby unruly mustangs for dog food, but Gay’s new girlfriend, gentle Roslyn, objects to the cruelty. TV-PG 9:30 WORLD Reel

South: Hindsight: Volume 3

TV-PG

10:00 WORLD Independent

Lens: A Ballerina’s

Tale TV-PG

10:08 MT 11th & Grant with Eric Funk “The Clintons” This homegrown Bozeman rock band takes the stage on 11th & Grant with Eric Funk. TV-G 11:00 WORLD From The Streets to the Stage: The

Journey of Fredrick Davis: TV-PG

11:05 Austin City Limits “Cage The Elephant/Tank and the Bangas” Cage the Elephant blazes through hits and albums. Jazz and soul mavens Tank and the Bangas perform. TV-PG

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 19

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G

MDNT WORLD America

ReFramed: Brooklyn

Inshallah 12:07 Seaside Hotel: A Summer by the North

Sea

1:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Away

with the Fairies 1:30 WORLD Reel South: Hindsight: Volume 3

LEARN AT HOME, TOO! MT MADE BY MONTANA PBS

Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam 3:00 WORLD Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam 3:30 Christmastime In New Orleans 4:00 Rick Steves European Christmas 4:00 WORLD On Story: A Conversation with Jason Reitman 4:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Deck The Halls 5:00 WORLD Washington Week 5:30 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WORLD The Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM AF T ERNOON/E VE NI NG 3:00 WORLD America

Inshallah

film follows six would-be Santa Clauses as they take an intensive workshop to learn to dress, walk, and talk like Santa. But who are they and what inspires them to take this path? TV-PG

4 S TO RY, B ACK COV ER 4:00 The Great British Baking Show “Christmas Masterclass” Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood detail how to make perfect mince pies, Christmas cake and more. TV-PG South: Hindsight: Volume 3

TV-PG

5:00 A Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie Brown becomes the director of the gang’s holiday play and tries to find the perfect tree. TV-G 5:00 WORLD Tell

Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Bianca Valenti TV-PG

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 WORLD Tell

Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Dolores Huerta TV-PG

6:00 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Lucy Worsley discovers that much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas has Tudor origins. TV-PG 6:00 WORLD Nature:

Santa’s Wild Home TV-G

7:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece “Episode 1” James Herriot begins a job with a harried Yorkshire veterinarian. His first day is full of surprises. TV-PG 7:00 WORLD Earth’s

Sacred Wonders: Closer to the Divine TV-G

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece “Episode 2” Fresh from veterinary college, Siegfried’s fun-loving brother, Tristan, arrives to help out. TV-PG

8:00 WORLD Doc

World: Why Slavery? A Woman Captured

9:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece “Episode 3” James is put to the test with an ailing racehorse and Tristan faces a familiar temptation. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Standing

On Sacred Ground:

Profit & Loss TV-G

1 0:00 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas This documentary tells the story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants who wrote popular Christmas music. TV-PG 10:00 WORLD Nature:

Santa’s Wild Home TV-G

11:00 Great Performances at the Met TV-G 11:00 WORLD Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Closer to

the Divine TV-G

ReFramed: Brooklyn

3:08 Santa School This heartwarming

4:30 WORLD Reel

MONDAY

DECEMBER 20

AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas

with Vanessa Williams World: Why Slavery? A Woman Captured 1:00 Austin City Limits: Cage The Elephant/ Tank and the Bangas 1:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Profit & Loss 2:00 MT 11th & Grant with Eric Funk: The Clintons 2:00 WORLD Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift: Gandhi’s Gift 3:00 How The Victorians Built Britain: Saving The Nation’s Health 3:00 WORLD Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Bianca Valenti 3:30 WORLD Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Dolores Huerta 4:00 Liona Boyd: A Winter Fantasy 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Churc 5:00 Woodsongs: Darin & Brooke Aldridge and Stephanie Urbina Jones 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk MDNT WORLD Doc

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Naughty Or Nice” An 1863 Temperance lithograph and a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot are appraised. TV-G 7:00 WORLD The

Good Road: San Juan, Puerto Rico: After The Storm 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Unexpected Gift

HD & World Channels

8:00 Christmas at Belmont Country/ gospel singer Josh Turner and Belmont University students perform holiday favorites. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Independent Lens “Pipe Dreams” Ultra-talented organ players take part in the Canadian International Organ Competition in Montreal. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD DW

8:00 American Experience “Voice of Freedom” The fascinating life of African American contralto opera singer Marian Anderson is explored. TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News 9:00 WORLD DW

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Late Blossom

the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company

1 0:00 BBC World News

11:30 MotorWeek The 2021 Audi SQ8 and

10:00 WORLD The Black Church: This Is Our Story,

This Is Our Song Pt 1 TV-14-L

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company

Blues

the Volkswagen Taos are tested on the road. TV-G 11:30 WORLD A

Will to Preach: TV-G

11:30 How She Rolls “Warm and Buttery on the Inside” TV-PG

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22

9:00 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: Us Capitol Christmas Tree In search of the perfect Christmas tree for the U.S. Capitol, Chuck Leavell travels to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests to follow the journey, from selection and cutting to ornament making and community celebrations, of what will become the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree as it makes its way from Colorado to Washington DC. TV-G 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day

9:30 Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy Maxa “Alpine Christmas” Encounter bright markets, toasty ski lodges, glittering trees and festive music in Switzerland. TV-G 9:30 WORLD BBC

World News

AM EAR LY MORNI NG mdnt GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

1 0:00 BBC World News

A M EA R LY M O R N I N G mdnt Samantha Brown’s Places to Love:

MDNT WORLD Reel

10:00 WORLD Quakers:

12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Independent Lens: Pipe Dreams

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company

MDNT WORLD The

1:00 WORLD PBS

11:00 WORLD Independent

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 21

Sailing The British Virgin Islands Good Road: San Juan, Puerto Rico: After The Storm 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Unexpected Gift 1:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece: Episode 1 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece: Episode 2 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece: Episode 3 3:00 WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? A Woman Captured 4:00 The Great British Baking Show: Christmas Masterclass 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Asia Insight 5:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Sides 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour ReFramed: Late

Blossom Blues

7:00 Finding Your Roots “On Broadway” The family histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin are investigated. TV-PG 7:30 WORLD A

NewsHour 2:00 Christmas at Belmont 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Austrian Christmas Markets 3:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Profit & Loss 3:30 The Magic of Christmas in Alsace 4:00 Santa School 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 5:00 A Craftsman’s Legacy: The Woodworker 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 MT Backroads of Montana: Making Connections 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EV EN ING

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Independent

Lens: Pipe Dreams

TV-PG

7:00 Nature “Mystery Monkeys of Shangri–

P M E V E N I N G

6:00 WORLD America

South: Gimme A Faith

Will to Preach: TV-G

La” A family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world are examined. TV-PG 7:00 WORLD POV:

Portraits and Dreams TV-PG

8:00 NOVA “Decoding The Great Pyramid” Archaeologists investigate how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

The Quiet Revolutionaries: TV-PG Lens: Pipe Dreams

TV-PG

11:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope “Christmas Celebrations Around The Globe” The holiday boat parade in Venice, California and the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland are visited. TV-G

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 23

AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt Story in the Public Square: Robert

Hackey & Todd Olszewski Portraits and Dreams 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 American Experience: Voice of Freedom 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 1964: The Fight for a Right 3:00 WORLD Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift 4:00 The Great British Baking Show: Christmas Masterclass 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Story in the Public Square 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Naughty Or Nice 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk MDNT WORLD POV:

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Your TV-G

Health: A Sacred Matter:

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

 PLEDGE PROGRAM

LEARN AT HOME, TOO! MT MADE BY MONTANA PBS

7:00 MT Before There Were Parks “Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes” A Native American perspective of the area celebrates efforts between park staff and Tribal Nations.

7:30 MT Magic Yellowstone “Historic 1920’s Motion Picture of the Yellowstone” This is the restored half hour black & white moving picture of Yellowstone filmed by official Park photographer Jack Ellis Haynes to promote tourism for the Northern Pacific Railroad in the 1920’s. Accompanied by an original score of period piano and organ music. Revel with the first venturesome tourists riding the Northern Pacific’s steam engine chugging down Paradise Valley and arriving at the Gardiner Station.

8:00 Rick Steves European Christmas Rick celebrates Christmas in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries “Queen of the Flowers” The body of a delinquent flower maiden washes up on the beach before the annual flower parade. TV-PG-V 9:00 WORLD DW 9:30 WORLD BBC

the Day World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD NOVA:

Decoding The Great

Pyramid TV-G

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:00 WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter: TV-G

11:30 Start Up “Mother Trucker Yoga: Hartford, WI” Hope has been doing yoga for 17 years and has seen first-hand the physical and mental health benefits it can provide. Mother Trucker Yoga provides fitness guidance to a market otherwise forgotten, drivers. Through short, easily accessible videos, Hope aspires to help drivers get moving wherever they may be. TV-G

FRIDAY

COURTESY OF APTONLINE

Hadrian’s Wall has stood for nearly 2,000 years.

DECEMBER 24

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt The Open Mind: Consensus, Democracy,

and Roe V. Wade

12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Last of the Summer Wine: Potts in Pole

Position (Christmas Special 2001) 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30 My Hero: Big 2:00 Santa School 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Secrets of the Manor House 3:00 WORLD The Good Road: San Juan, Puerto Rico: After The Storm

Walking Hadrian’s Wall with Robson Green SUNDAYS 6PM Also Wednesdays noon; Fridays 3am

Hadrian’s Wall, sometimes referred to as the Roman Wall, was a defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. Running 73 miles, completely across the island, a significant portion of the wall is still standing, and can be followed on foot along the adjoining Hadrian’s Wall Path. In “Walking Hadrian’s Wall, ” actor and host Robson Green treads in ancient footsteps as he makes the journey from Wallsend in the east of England to the isolated Cumbrian village of Bowness in the west. Along the way, Robson meets quirky characters, hears the lore, and visits nearby landmarks while taking in the dramatic landscapes of what he describes as “one of the greatest feats in construction history alongside the Pyramids and the Panama Canal.”

Part 1 SUNDAY 12/26 6PM Also 12/29 noon; 12/31 3am

Part 2 SUNDAY 1/2 6PM Also 1/5 noon; 1/7 3am

Part 3 SUNDAY 1/9 6PM Also 1/12 noon; 1/14 3am

HD & World Channels

3:30 WORLD Stories

from the Stage: Unexpected Gift 4:00 How The Victorians Built Britain: Saving The Nation’s Health 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Epistemology: How Can We Know God? 5:00 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss International Hubs 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk

1:00 The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A New

5:30 BBC World News Today

Song of Grace and Truth 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Liona Boyd: A Winter Fantasy 3:00 WORLD Reel South: Gimme A Faith 4:00 The Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Alcoholism 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 WORLD Washington Week

6:00 PBS NewsHour

6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22

6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE N I N G

6:00 WORLD American

Experience: Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory TV-PG-L

7:00 Washington Week 7:00 WORLD American

Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story: TV-G

7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir A 20th anniversary retrospective features Brian Stokes Mitchell and many amazing performances. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour 9:00 WORLD DW the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Chaplains

Pt 2 TV-PG

1 0:30 Christmas on the Danube Visit cities along the Danube river and explore stunning European landscape, history and culture. TV-G

11:00 Crane Candlelight Concert This Concert looks a bit different from other years. Filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, a large scale concert with an orchestra and full chorus was not possible. “Christmas Past, Christmas Present” is a compilation of new socially distanced performances from students and faculty, alongside highlights from years past by the renowned Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. This concert includes traditional Christmas and seasonal hymns from around the world with popular favorites. TV-G 11:00 WORLD American

Experience: Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory TV-PG-L

PM EV EN ING

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show “Christmas Reunion 1985” This is the special that reunited Lawrence and his Musical Family for the first time following their phenomenal 27 year run on National TV. At the time, no one realized it would also be the last time the Musical Family would perform together with their beloved boss. TV-G 6:00 WORLD Buddha: TV-G

7:00 Last of the Summer Wine “A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft” Billy Ingleton acquires a mobile pipe organ. The ladies feel its appropriate for a charity pageant. TV-G

7:30 My Hero “The Consultant” Arnie turns consultant when the Ultron Council sends him to check up on Thermoman’s performance. Arnie conducts a Time and Motion study on George and demands that Thermoman be fully accountable for his actions. A plethora of customer satisfaction forms quickly hamper Thermoman’s ability to rescue the victims of natural disasters.

8:00 Call The Midwife Holiday Special The Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases on Christmas Day. TV-14 8:00 WORLD America

ReFramed: Late Blossom Blues 9:30 WORLD A Will to Preach: TV-G

9:32 Angels On Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains Explore the driving force, trials and triumphs of the women of the Frontier Nursing Service. TV-PG

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 25

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt Hope College Christmas Vespers: 2019 MDNT WORLD American

Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

10:00 WORLD Buddha: TV-G

1 0:30 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas together during World War I. TV-G

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 26

AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt Seaside Hotel: Men’s Visit MDNT WORLD America

ReFramed: Late Blossom Blues 1:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Queen of the Flowers 1:30 WORLD A Will to Preach 2:00 The Living Dream: 100 Years of Rocky Mountain National Park 2:00 WORLD The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Pt 1 3:30 Morfar’s View of the Winds 4:00 Finding Your Roots: On Broadway 4:00 WORLD On Story: A Conversation with Pamela Ribon 4:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Embracing Winter 5:00 WORLD Washington Week 5:30 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WORLD The Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 22 P M AFTE RNOON/E VE NI NG 3:00 WORLD America

ReFramed: Late

Blossom Blues

3:07 The Fabulous History of Skiing TV-G

4 S TO RY, P. 19 4:00 The Great British Baking Show “Christmas Masterclass” St. Lucia buns, mincemeat and marzipan couronne, French galette and Genoa cake are served. TV-PG 4:30 WORLD A

Will to Preach: TV-G

5:00 A Chef’s Life “Collard Green Queen” Vivian prepares for an event called Terra Vita. Collard kraut and the Cabbage Collard are showcased. TV-G 5:00 WORLD Tell

Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Dr. Gawande TV-PG

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 WORLD Tell

Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Scott Galloway TV-PG

6:00 Walking Hadrian’s Wall with Robson Green From Segedunum in the east, Robson sets off on his 84-mile journey along Hadrian’s Wall. He discovers the boyish thrill of geocaching; sees how some locals repurposed the wall for their own needs; and takes a dip in the River Tyne. 4 S TO RY, P. 1 7 6:00 WORLD Nature:

Mystery Monkeys of Shangri–La TV-PG

7:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece “Episode 4” While Tristan gives Tricki-Woo the spa treatment, James deals with Helen’s champion bull. TV-PG 7:00 WORLD Earth’s

Sacred Wonders: Visions of the Divine TV-G

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

 PLEDGE PROGRAM

LEARN AT HOME, TOO! MT MADE BY MONTANA PBS

19 19

COURTESY OF APTONLINE

Modern skiing’s origins hail from northern Europe.

Fabulous History of Skiing TUESDAY, 12/28 7PM Also 12/26 3:07pm; 12/30 4am; 12/31 noon

“The Fabulous History of Skiing” traces the evolution of locomotion on two slats of wood — from cave art and a form of 19th century transportation to the leisure sport we know today — revealing surprising insights and unexpected stories from archival material, historians and sports personalities.

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece “Episode 5” James experiences an ethical plight involving Helen’s bull while volunteering at the Darrowby Show. TV-PG 8:00 WORLD Doc

World: Why Slavery? Selling

Children

9:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece “Episode 6” Defying Siegfried, Tristan coaxes James to try a risky procedure to save a stricken cow. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Standing

On Sacred Ground: Fire

& Ice TV-G

1 0:00 Love Me As I Am A relationship coach helps six young adults with intellectual disabilities find love and acceptance. TV-14 10:00 WORLD Nature:

Mystery Monkeys of

Shangri–La TV-PG

11:00 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “James Corden” TV-PG 11:00 WORLD Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Visions of

the Divine TV-G

MONDAY

DECEMBER 27

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt Tales from the Royal Bedchamber MDNT WORLD Doc

World: Why Slavery? Selling Children 1:00 Austin City Limits: The Raconteurs/Black Pumas 1:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Fire & Ice 2:00 MT Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes

2:00 WORLD Mysteries

of the Jesus Prayer

2:30 MT Magic Yellowstone: Historic 1920’s

Motion Picture of the Yellowstone 3:00 How The Victorians Built Britain: Making of the Modern Home 3:00 WORLD Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Dr. Gawande 3:30 WORLD Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Scott Galloway 4:00 Secrets of Highclere Castle 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Aaron Sanchez, Chef and Author 5:00 Woodsongs: Kingston Trio and Allie Colleen 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EV ENI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 2” Fantasia drawings and sketches from 1940 and Israel Regardie’s manuscripts and book are discovered. TV-G 7:00 WORLD The

Good Road: Hyderabad, India: One in a Billion 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: You Only Live Once

8:00 POV “Unapologetic” TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS 9:00 WORLD DW

NewsHour the Day

9:30 POV Shorts TV-PG 9:30 WORLD BBC

World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD The Black Church: This Is Our Story,

This Is Our Song Pt 2 TV-14-L

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 How She Rolls “Recipe for Success” TV-PG

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 28

AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Dallas,

Texas

MDNT WORLD The

Good Road: Hyderabad, India: One in a Billion 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: You Only Live Once 1:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece: Episode 4 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece: Episode 5 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece: Episode 6 3:00 WORLD Doc World: Why Slavery? Selling Children 4:00 New Orleans: The First 300 Years 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Asia Insight 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton: New Year’s Traditions 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

HD & World Channels P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD America

ReFramed: Jack and

Yaya

7:00 The Fabulous History of Skiing TV-G 7:30 WORLD Becoming

Johanna: TV-PG

4 S TO RY, P. 19 8:00 American Experience “The Codebreaker” Cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman helped bring down Al Capone and break up a Nazi spy ring. TV-PG

8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Frontline “Opioids, Inc.” A drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud is examined. 9:00 WORLD DW 9:30 WORLD BBC

the Day World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD America ReFramed: Jack and Yaya

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:30 MotorWeek The Hyundai Elantra N COURTESY OF MONTANAPBS.ORG

Reindeer in Lapland.

Line and the Charger Hellcat Redeye are featured. TV-G 11:30 WORLD Becoming

Nature

Santa’s Wild Home WEDNESDAY, 12/15 7PM Also 12/2 4:30am; 12/5 4am; 12/20 1pm WORLD Sun, 12/19, 6pm & 10pm; Mon, 12/20 6am

Green lights dance across a star-filled sky, and snowflakes sparkle on the trees. It is little wonder Lapland is famous as a realm of elves and flying reindeer, the magical home of Santa Claus. However, this northernmost region of mainland Europe is a real place with real animals, such as reindeer, great gray owls, eagles, wolves, musk oxen and brown bears, who live out their lives in the tundra and forest. Get an intimate look into life in Lapland through the changing seasons, long after the Christmas lights are taken down, where only the toughest survive. European Brown Bear. Lapland, Finland COURTESY OF MATT HAMILTON © TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS

Johanna: TV-PG

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29 AM E ARLY MORNI NG mdnt GZERO World with Ian Bremmer MDNT WORLD However

Wide The Sky: Places of Power 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 POV: Unapologetic 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 2:30 POV Shorts 3:00 In Their Own Words 3:00 WORLD Standing On Sacred Ground: Fire & Ice 4:00 Journey of the Whooping Crane 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 5:00 A Craftsman’s Legacy: The Glassblower 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:30 MT Backroads of Montana: Marking Passages 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 5:30 WORLD POV:

Unapologetic TV-PG

6:00 PBS NewsHour

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

7:00 Earth Emergency Explore how environmental feedback loops are amplifying global warming and what we can do about it. TV-PG 7:00 WORLD Frontline:

Opioids, Inc.

8:00 NOVA “Secrets of the Forbidden City” The ingenious engineering of Beijing’s Forbidden City, power center of imperial China, is explored. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Climate Change: The Facts Scientists explore the impact of climate change and what could happen if temperatures rise. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD POV

Shorts: The Calling TV-PG

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 10:30 WORLD POV:

Unapologetic TV-PG

11:30 Morfar’s View of the Winds In 1842 the first published image of the Rocky Mountains was drawn by Charles Preuss, perched atop a rock deep in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. This image, combined with John Fremont’s expedition report, paved the way for the Great Western Expansion including the California Gold Rush and the Oregon Trail. Dr. Conrad Smith (Morfar) has spent a decade trying to locate the rock where Preuss sat to sketch the image. TV-G

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 30

A M E A R LY M O R N I N G mdnt Story in the Public Square: Shekhar

Saxena

MDNT WORLD Frontline:

Opioids, Inc.

12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 American Experience: The Codebreaker 1:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour 2:00 Armed with Language 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Toward The Source: An Arctic Odyssey 3:00 WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer 4:00 The Fabulous History of Skiing 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Story in the Public Square: Elaine McMillion Sheldon 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 5 Pt 2 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

 PLEDGE PROGRAM

LEARN AT HOME, TOO! MT MADE BY MONTANA PBS

3:00 WORLD The

PM EV ENI NG

5:30 BBC World News Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Climate

Change: The Facts: TV-PG

7:00 MT A Timeless Legacy “Women Artists of Glacier National Park” This film shines a light on the untold story of these early artistic pioneers, along with four of their contemporary sisters, who share the common drive to commune with and observe nature, then paint it from their hearts. TV-G 7:00 WORLD Extinction:

The Facts: TV-14

8:00 Inside The Mind of Agatha Christie Interviews and archive material help create an unprecedented portrait of the “complex” author. TV-14 8:00 WORLD PBS

NewsHour

9:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries “Death By Miss Adventure” Phryne faces a wall of secrecy and lies while investigating the death of a female factory worker. TV-PG-V 9:00 WORLD DW

the Day 9:30 WORLD BBC World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD NOVA:

Secrets of the Forbidden

City TV-G

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:00 WORLD Climate

Change - The Facts: TV-PG

11:30 Start Up “Charleston Shoe Co: Charleston, SC” Through Neely Powell’s entrepreneurial spirit, what started out as a shoe wholesale business became so much more. After attending Savannah College of Art & Design, she collaborated with a cobbler in Mexico and formed Charleston Shoe Co., a business that provides women with comfortable and stylish shoes in stores all around the US. TV-G

Good Road: Hyderabad, India: One in a Billion 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: You Only Live Once 4:00 How The Victorians Built Britain: Making of the Modern Home 4:00 WORLD BBC World News 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Jesus As God 5:00 Real Rail Adventures: Switzerland 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 5:40 WORLD Direct Talk 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 23

2:00  All Creatures Great and Small: Between The Pages Get to know the cast and creators of the hit series based on James Herriot’s beloved books. 4 S TO RY, P. 1 3 P M E VE NI NG

5:30 BBC World News Today 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD The

DECEMBER 31

AM EAR LY MORNI NG mdnt The Open Mind: Unembedding Racism

in the Justice System MDNT WORLD Extinction: The Facts 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Last of the Summer Wine: A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30 My Hero: The Consultant 2:00 Earth Emergency 2:00 WORLD Amanpour and Company 3:00 Walking Hadrian’s Wall with Robson Green

Ornament of the World: TV-14

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 United in Song: Celebrating The American Dream Ring in the New Year with PBS and an all-star concert performed on location at Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall. TVPG 8:00 WORLD PBS 9:00 WORLD DW

NewsHour the Day

9:30 One Voice: The Songs We Share “Broadway” Discover which Broadway showtunes were recorded by the Rat Pack, Johnny Mathis and other artists. TV-PG

9:30 WORLD BBC

World News

1 0:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD The Many Storeys and Last Days of

Thomas Merton TV-G

1 0:30 Amanpour and Company 11:00 WORLD The

FRIDAY

Ornament of the World TV-14

11:30  Linda Ronstadt: Live In Hollywood Singer Linda Ronstadt performs “Blue Bayou” and more big hits in an electrifying 1980 concert. TV-G

 PLEDGE PROGRAM

Children’s Programs Mon-Fri

AM M ON - FR I

6:30 Curious George 7:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 7:30 Elinor Wonders Why 8:00 Wild Kratts 8:30 Molly of Denali 9:00 Sesame Street 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Donkey Hodie

Let’s Go Luna! Hero Elementary Arthur (Mon-Thu) Clifford the Big Red Dog (Fri) Odd Squad Alma’s Way (New!)

Weekend

SATURDAY 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Donkey Hodie Dinosaur Train Nature Cat Alma’s Way (New!) Pinkalicious & Peterrific Hero Elementary Elinor Wonders Why Wild Kratts

A M S U N DAY

5:30 Ready Jet Go! 6:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog 6:30 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 7:00 Donkey Hodie 7:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

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Market to Market America’s Heartland Washington Week

The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross 12/4 My Music: This Land is Your Land 12/11 Julia Child: Best Bites

MT 12/5 History of Glacier National Park 12/12 Viewer’s Choice for Pledge begins MT

12/19 Before There Were Parks 12/26 A Timeless Legacy

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Garden SMART

12/19 Magic Yellowstone

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America’s Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated 12/25 All is Bright! A Concordia Christmas

11:30 am

This Old House 12/4 Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry 12/11 Alone in the Wilderness 12/25 Christmastime in New Orleans

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NOON Ask This Old House 12/25 Christmas at Belmont 2021 12:30 pm 1:00 pm

The American Woodshop MT 12/4 Yellowstone in Four Seasons Woodsmith Shop 12/11 Ken Burns: Country Music

12/25 A St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Montana AG Live 12/19 Pollinator Gardens 12/26 Montana’s AG Research Centers

Real Rail Adventures begins 12/19 12/5 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

Montana PBS Film Classics 12/18 The Misfits (1961) 12/26 Me and Orson Welles (2008)

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The Best of Sewing with Nancy 12/4 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White

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Quilting Arts

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Today’s Wild West 12/4 My Music: Country Pop Legends 12/11 Rick Steves Heart of Italy

12/5 Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years

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Rick Steves’ Europe

12/19 Santa School (3:08pm) 12/26 Fabulous History of Skiing (3:07pm)

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Cook’s Country

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Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire

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The Ultimate Guide to Fly Fishing MT 12/4 Backroads of Montana: The Great Outdoors MT 12/11 Montana On My Mind

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12/25 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir (9:00am)

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Backroads of Montana 12/18 Comin’ Round the Mountain 12/25 Cakes and Cowboys

The Great British Baking Show 12/19 Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas 12/26 The Great British Baking Show: Christmas Masterclass (Season One)

12/5 Rick Steves European Christmas 12/12 Viewer’s Choice for Pledge (continues)

12/19 A Charlie Brown Christmas 12/26 A Chef’s Life

PBS NewsHour Weekend resumes 12/18 6pm · Check main listings, pp. 6-21

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MONDAY Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique

TUESDAY Yoga in Practice

WEDNESDAY Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique

THURSDAY Yoga in Practice

FRIDAY Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique

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Sit and Be Fit

Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Sit and Be Fit

Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Sit and Be Fit

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Pati’s Mexican Table

Second Opinion

Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

It’s Sew Easy

Lidia’s Kitchen

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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

Rudy Maxa’s World

Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer

Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting

Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana

History Detectives

12/7 Royal Wives at War 12/14 How the Victorians Built Britain, pt 1 12/21 How the Victorians Built Britain, pt 2 12/28 How the Victorians Built Britain, pt 3

12/1 Cold War Story 12/2 Road to Santa Fe 12/8 Big Dreams in 12/9 The Odd Destiny of Umatilla Sergeant York 12/15 Voice of America: 12/16 Storm of the Century: Lowell Thomas and the Rise The Blizzard of ‘49 of Broadcast News 12/23 Mary Berry’s Country 12/22 Santa School House at Christmas 12/29 Walking Hadrian’s 12/30 American Experience: Wall with Robson Green, pt 1 The Codebreaker

12/3 Secrets of the Manor House MT 12/10 Playing for the World 12/17 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 12/24 Rick Steves European Christmas 12/31 Fabulous History of Skiing

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Changing Seas 12/13 The Ornament of the World 12/20 Nature: Santa’s Wild Home 12/27 Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La

12/7 Nature: Nature’s Biggest Beasts 12/14 Nature: Wild Way of the Vikings 12/21 Storm Over the Atlantic 12/28 Journey of the Whooping Crane

12/1 NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang 12/8 Neanderthal, pt 1 12/15 Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri 12/22 NOVA: Decoding Da Vinci 12/29 NOVA: Decoding the Great Pyramid

12/9 Neanderthal, pt 2 12/16 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: US Capitol Christmas Tree 12/23 Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Birds Without Borders 12/30 Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Nature of the Beasts

12/3 NOVA: Saving Notre Dame 12/10 Independent Lens: Rodents of Unusual Size 12/17 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope: Christmas Celebrations Around the Globe MT 12/24 Yellowstone in Four Seasons 12/31 Toward the Source: An Arctic Odyssey

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12/6 The Living Dream: 100 Years of Rocky Mountain National Park

12/2 Great Performances: Copellia 12/16 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

12/17 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 12/24 Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy Maxa: Alpine Christmas

2:00 pm

12/20 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 12/27 Little Women On Masterpiece, pt 1

NOON 12:30 pm

The Great British Baking Show 12/7 Christmas Masterclass: Season 1 12/14 Christmas Masterclass: Season 2 12/21 Christmas Masterclass: Season 5 12/28 Little Women On Masterpiece, pt 2

12/1 Hanukkah: A Festival of deLights MT 12/8 A Timeless Legacy: Women Artists of Glacier National Park 12/15 The Night Before Christmas Carol 12/22 A St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal 12/29 Little Women On Masterpiece, pt 3

12/3 Lidia Celebrates America: 12/9 Craft in America: A Heartland Holiday Feast Holiday 12/10 Great Performances at 12/23 The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A New Song of the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends In Concert Grace and Truth 12/24 Christmas at Belmont 12/30 Orchard House: 2021 Home of Little Women 12/31 All Creatures Great and Small: Between The Pages

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3 pm – 5 pm · Learn at Home, Too! Children’s Programs See page 6.

Montana PBS Kids Channel

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6:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 6:30 Ready Jet Go! 7:00 Peg + Cat 7:30 Super WHY! 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Sesame Street 9:30 Elinor Wonders Why 10:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog (Reboot) 10:30 Dinosaur Train 11:00 Let’s Go Luna! 11:30 Curious George

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6:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog (Classic) 6:30 WordWorld 7:00 Splash and Bubbles 7:30 Peep and the Big Wide World 8:00 Sid the Science Kid 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Donkey Hodie 9:30 Elinor Wonders Why 10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Super WHY! 11:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog (Reboot) 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific P M WE E KE N D

Noon Dinosaur Train 12:30 Let’s Go Luna! 1:00 Martha Speaks 1:30 Nature Cat 10 pm 2:00 Cyberchase 10:30 2:30 WordGirl 11 pm 3:00 Hero Elementary 11:30 3:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum mdnt 4:00 Molly of Denali 12:30 4:30 Arthur (12:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, sat; Arthur, sun) 1 am 5:00 Odd Squad (1am Alma’s Way, sat; Odd Squad, sun) 1:30 5:30 Wild Kratts (1:30am Xavier Riddle, sat; Wild Kratts, sun) 2 am 6 pm-10:00 ** See right for Weekend Specials

Holidays

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Noon Nature Cat 12:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 1:00 Molly of Denali 1:30 Hero Elementary 10 pm 2:00 Cyberchase 10:30 2:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 11 pm 3:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 11:30 3:30 Elinor Wonders Why mdnt 4:00 Donkey Hodie 12:30 �� 4:30 Curious George (12:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood) 1 am ��5:00 Alma’s Way 1:30 5:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 2 am *6:00 Molly of Denali 2:30 6:30 Hero Elemantary 3 am 7:00 Wild Kratts 3:30 7:30 Wild Kratts 4 am 8:00 Odd Squad 4:30 8:30 Odd Squad 5 am 9:00 Arthur 5:30 9:30 Arthur

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Celebrate the Holidays with Montana PBS Kids THROUGHOUT DECEMBER on Montana PBS- KIDS and Montana PBS – HD

PBS KIDS is celebrating the holiday season with a festive line-up of fan-favorites from Molly Of Denali, Arthur, Peg + Cat, Elinor Wonders Why, Nature Cat, Cat In The Hat, Curous George, Pinkalicious, Donkey Hodie, Let’s Go Luna!, and Wild Kratts, as well as new stories from Alma’s Way that explore traditions like Nochebuena and Three Kings’ Day. (See page 22 for Kids programming on Montana PBS - HD; for Montana PBS KIDS schedule, see left)

**Weekend specials Fri, Sat & Sun 12/3, 12/4 & 12/5 7pm & 9pm Arthur’s Perfect Christmas 8pm Peg + Cat + Holidays Fri, Sat & Sun 12/10, 12/11 & 12/12 7pm & 9pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 8pm The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! Fri, Sat & Sun 12/17, 12/18 & 12/19 6:30pm Curious George : A Very Monkey Christmas 7:30pm Pinkalicious & Peterrific: Gingerbread House/ Christmas Tree Trouble 8pm Alma’s Way: Alma’s Nochebuena/ Three Kings Day Do-Over 8:30pm Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas Around the World Fri, Sat & Sun 12/24, 12/25 & 12/26 6pm Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas 7pm Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 8pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 9pm Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Fri, Sat & Sun 12/31, 1/1 & 1/2 6pm – 9:30pm Odd Squad Marathon

Parents and Teachers . . . here’s something for you PBS Kids Video App: For families on-the-go find videos from your favorite PBS KIDS series! The app offers full episodes on mobile and tablet devices, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung TV and Chromecast. Holiday Ideas for Parents and Teachers: Creating something special for a family member or friend is a great way to teach kids about empathy and kindness. Encourage these moments by sharing DIY crafts, printables and easy-to-follow tutorials on PBS KIDS for Parents (https://www.pbs.org/parents/holidays) and kindness-themed lessons and activities on PBS LearningMedia (https://montana.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/ teaching-kindness/).

Montana PBS Learn at Home, Too!: https://www.montanapbs.org/learnathome/ This Winter, Montana PBS continues its commitment to make resources available to every Pre-K through 12 student and teacher who needs educational resources for learning at home, whether it’s for a few days, or throughout the academic year. Enjoy award-winning children’s programming every weekday morning and afternoon for children ages 3-8, plus selected programs broadcast from 12noon to 3pm for kids 9 and older for which we’ve created digital curriculum-aligned lesson plans and bonus resources available online. Contact our Education team to learn how to get the most out of Montana PBS Learn at Home, Too! (See Page 6)

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Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White 12/8 5am The American Woodshop Thu & Sat 2:30am; Wed & Fri 6:30am; Wed & Fri 12:30pm resumes 12/17 America’s Home Cooking: One Skillet 12/10 10am America’s Home Cooking: Stuffed 12/1 5pm; 12/5 noon America’s Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Special 12/25 6pm; 12/26 1am America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Sat mdnt, 2pm; Thu & Sat 1:30am; Wed & Fri 7:30am, 2:30pm; Mon & Wed 1:30pm, 9:30pm; Mon, Wed & Fri 6pm; Sun & Mon 10:30pm; Sun 11pm America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays 12/17 7pm; 12/18 8am; 12/19 10am, 6pm, 7pm; 12/20 mdnt, 1am Art of a Cowboy begins 12/19 5:30am Ask This Old House Tue 2:30am; Mon 6:30am, 12:30pm; Sat 1:30pm Baking with Julia Tue 1am; Mon 10am; Mon 2pm; Sat 9pm begins 12/18 The Best of Sewing with Nancy Mon & Fri 5am, 11am, 1pm The Best of the Joy of Painting Sun mdnt, 12:30am; Tue-Sat 3:30am; Mon-Fri 9:30am resumes 12/9; Sat 7pm, 7:30pm except 12/11 The Best of the Joy of Painting: Special Edition 12/4 7pm The Brain Fitness Program 12/2 7am; 12/9 5pm Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Wed 8am, 3pm, 9pm Carpenters: Christmas Memories (My Music Presents) 12/7 7:30pm Central Florida Roadtrip Thu 8am, 3pm, 9pm A Chef’s Life Thu & Sat 1am; Wed & Fri 7am, 10am, 2pm resumes 12/15 Chesapeake Bay by Air 12/4 3pm; 12/5 2am Christmas on the Danube 12/21 8am, 3pm, 9pm Christmastime in New Orleans 12/4 6pm; 12/7 6:30pm; 12/17 8pm; 12/18 9am; 12/19 11am; 12/20 7pm; 12/21 mdnt Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Sat 4:30pm; Tue & Thu 10:30pm Ciao Italia Wed & Fri 1am; Tue & Thu 7am, 10am, 2pm resumes 12/9 Classical Rewind (My Music) 12/1 7pm; 12/5 4:30pm; 12/12 9:30am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics Sat 4am; Sun 4:30am, 6am Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique Sun 4am, 6:30am Confucius Was A Foodie 12/26 6pm; 12/27 1am Conscious Living Thu 4:30am Cook’s Country Tue & Thu 1:30pm; Sat 2:30pm; Mon, Wed, Fri 5:30pm; Tue 9:30pm; Mon & Wed 11:30pm Craft in America Holiday 12/5 1am; 12/17 9pm; 12/18 10am; 12/19 noon; 12/21 7pm; 12/22 mdnt Curious Traveler Showcase: 12/10 7pm11:30pm; 12/11 8am-12:30pm; 12/12 12:30pm2:30pm; 12/12–12/16 7pm, 7:30pm; 12/13–12/17 mdnt, 12:30am

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Dining with the Chef Mon 7am except 12/6 Dream of Italy: Travel, Transform and Thrive 12/7 2pm; 12/11 9pm; 12/12 8pm; 12/13 2am Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy 12/12 6:30am Easy Yoga for Diabetes with Peggy Cappy 12/3 1:30pm Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy 12/9 4pm Ellie’s Real Good Food Sun & Mon 3am; Sun 7am European Christmas Markets 12/17 10pm; 12/18 11am; 12/19 1pm; 12/22 7pm; 12/23 mdnt MT Evelyn Cameron: Pictures from a Worthy Life 12/6 10:30am Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South Fri 4:30am Field Trip with Curtis Stone Wed 5pm, 11pm Fit to Eat Mon 7:30am, 2:30pm Fly Brother with Ernest White II 12/28 8am, 3pm, 9pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Sat 5am For Your Home Fri 4am

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Garage with Steve Butler Sat 6:30am Garden SMART Sun 9:30am Except 12/12 The Great British Baking Show: Christmas Masterclass Season One 12/5 6pm; 12/6 1am • Season Two 12/11 6pm; 12/12 1am • Season Three 12/12 6pm; 12/13 1am • Season Five 12/18 6pm; 12/19 1am Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track 12/8 7am Growing A Greener World Sat 7:30am Growing Bolder Tue 4:30am Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Sat 4:30am Highpointers with the Bargo Brothers Colorado 12/7 8am, 9pm Houston Cookbook 12/5 9:30pm How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell Wed & Fri 12/3–12/17 1:30am — Showcase: 12/17 8:30pm, 10:30pm; 12/18 9:30am, 11:30am; 12/19 11:30am, 1:30pm; 12/20 & 12/22 7:30pm; 12/21 & 12/23 12:30am Ireland: County By County Mon 9pm It’s Sew Easy Sun 5am The Jazzy Vegetarian Sun & Mon 3:30am; Sun 7:30am, 11:30pm Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places Sun 5pm; Tue 5pm, 11pm — Showcase: 12/3 7pm11:30pm; 12/4 8am-12:30pm; 12/5 10am11:30pm; 12/5–12/9 7pm, 7:30pm except 12/7 & 12/9; 12/6–12/10 mdnt, 12:30am Journeys in Japan Sun 8:30am except 12/12 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Tue 4am Julia Child: Best Bites 12/4 10:30pm; 12/9 6:30pm

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Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller 12/7 3:30pm Ken Burns: The National Parks 12/5 2pm; 12/11 7pm

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Rick in Salzburg, Austria

Christmas Special on CREATE

Rick Steves’ European Christmas AIRS ON CREATE FRIDAY, 12/3 2:30PM Also 12/9 8pm; 12/11 3pm; 12/17 11pm; 12/18 12noon; Sun, 12/19 2pm & 8pm; Thu, 12/23 7pm Also On Montana PBS – HD: 12/5 5pm; 12/23 8pm; 12/24 noon

From manger scenes and mistletoe to wintry wonderlands, “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” celebrates the Christmas season throughout the European continent. Steves begins his travels in England, where the Christmas pudding is the real centerpiece of a traditional English holiday meal. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower heralds the season with its red, twinkling lights. And in the countryside of Tuscany, villagers stack neat pyramids of wood for great bonfires. The lighting of the fires is a signal to villagers — dressed as shepherds — to come and sing old carols. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” offers a colorful, musical celebration of Christmas across Europe where we learn about customs from “the old countries, ” hear local choirs, and discover holiday family traditions.

Create Weekend Showcases Fri. 7pm–midnight; Sat. 8am–1pm; Sun. 10am–3pm

Dec. 3 – 5 Dec. 10 – 12 Dec. 17 – 19 Dec. 24 – 26 Dec. 31 – Jan. 2 CREATE Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 31

Plates and Places Curious Traveler Magical Christmas Weekend with Yankee New Year, Self-Care

TV MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS Knit and Crochet Now Woodsmith Shop Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana

PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea

A–Z Listing Montana Public Affairs Network For the MPAN channel number in your community, see p. 2, or go to www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea Montana Public Affairs Network (MPAN) is a state government broadcasting service that provides gavel-to-gavel, unedited coverage of legislative proceedings, both during and between sessions of the Legislature. Viewers are invited to watch floor sessions and committee meetings live and on delayed telecasts. In addition to legislative proceedings, MPAN provides live and pre-recorded coverage of a variety of other state agency activities, as well as other public-interest programming. Visit: www.leg.mt.gov

Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Lafourche Parish: Belton Family Home Place 12/31 4:30pm, 6:30pm; 1/1 12:30am Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Sat 12:30am; Mon-Fri 4:30pm, 6:30pm resumes 12/10; Mon-Thu 10pm Knit and Crochet Now Wed 5am, 11am, 1pm Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop Sat 5:30am Legacy List with Matt Paxton Mon 4am Let’s Go, Minnesota! Mon 8am, 3pm Lidia’s Kitchen Sun 4:30pm; Wed 6pm, 10:30pm Life’s Third Age with Ken Dychtwald 12/2 10:30am; 12/6 7:30am Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 12/8 9:30am The Magic of Christmas in Alsace 12/14 8am, 3pm, 9pm Make It Artsy Wed 4am Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini Wed 4:30am MT Montana on My Mind 12/10 2:30pm Moveable Feast with Relish Wed & Fri 1:30am; Tue & Thu 7:30am, 10:30am, 2:30pm begins 12/21

Nancy Zieman: Extraordinary Grace 12/3 11am; 12/10 1pm New Day New Chef 12/31 10pm Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen 12/2 mdnt, 12:30am, 7pm, 7:30pm; 12/3 mdnt, 12am Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer Tue 5:30am, 11:30am Painting with Paulson Thu 5:30am, 11:30am

Painting with Wilson Bickford Wed 5:30am, 11:30am Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Mon & Fri 5:30am, 11:30am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Sat 7am, 9am Pati’s Mexican Table Sat 5:30pm; Thu 5:30pm, 11:30pm Potomac by Air: Our Nation’s River 12/4 8pm

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Quilting Arts Tue & Thu 5am, 11am, 1pm Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Grand Tour 12/26 8pm; 12/27 2am Real Rail Adventures: Swiss International Hubs 12/18 3pm, 8pm; 12/19 2am Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic 12/25 3pm, 8pm; 12/26 2am Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott for 2021 12/12 11am Rick Steves’ Europe Tue-Sat 3am; Mon-Fri 9am; Mon-Sat 4pm; MonThu 8pm Rick Steves European Christmas 12/3 2:30pm; 12/9 8pm; 12/11 3pm; 12/12 2am; 12/17 11pm; 12/18 noon; 12/19 2pm, 8pm; 12/20 2am; 12/23 7pm; 12/24 mdnt Rick Steves European Festivals 12/6 9am Rick Steves’ European Travel Tips and Tricks 12/7 5pm Rick Steves Europe Awaits 12/2 8:30am Rick Steves’ Europe: Great German Cities 12/12 7:30am Rick Steves’ Festive Europe 12/11 11:30pm Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy 12/1 3pm; 12/4 9:30pm Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe 12/8 9am

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Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe 12/1 8:30pm; 12/5 4pm Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Fri 8:30am, 3:30pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sat 5pm; Thu 5pm, 11pm Simply Ming Sun 3:30pm; Mon & Fri 5pm; Mon 11pm Slovakia: Treasures in the Heart of Europe 12/5 8pm; 12/6 2am Start Up Thu 4am Step It Up with Steph 12/31 9pm

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tasteMAKERS Sun 4pm except 12/5 This Old House Tue-Sat 2am; MonSat 6am; Mon-Thu noon; Sat 1pm This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special 12/6 6am To Dine for with Kate Sullivan Tue 1:30am; Sun 9pm Trails to Oishii Tokyo Sun 8am except 12/12 Travelscope Tue & Thu 8:30am, 3:30pm, 8:30pm Travels with Darley Wed 8:30am, 3:30pm, 8:30pm Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry 12/2 6am Weekends with Yankee Mon 8:30am, 3:30pm, 8:30pm — Showcase: 12/24 7pm-11:30pm; 12/25 8am-12:30pm; 12/26 10am2:30pm; 12/26–12/30 7pm, 7:30pm; 12/276–12/31 mdnt, 12:30am Woodsmith Shop Wed & Fri 2:30am; Tue & Thu 6:30am, 12:30pm Wyland’s Art Studio Sun 5:30am through 12/12 Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Sun & Tue 5:30pm resumes 12/12; Tue 11:30pm MT Yellowstone in Four Seasons 12/3 12:30pm; 12/8 6am; 12/11 10:30pm

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Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White 12/2 3:30am; 12/4 1:30pm; 12/5 10pm; 12/10 1am All Creatures Great and Small: Between the Pages 12/5 7pm; 12/6 4:30am; 12/31 2pm All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece Season 5: Pt 1 12/19 7pm; 12/21 1am • Pt 2 12/19 8pm; 12/21 2am • Pt 3 12/19 9pm; 12/21 3am • Pt 4 12/26 7pm; 12/28 1am • Pt 5 12/26 8pm; 12/28 2am • Pt 6 12/26 9pm; 12/28 3am• Season 5 Finale 1/22 8pm All Is Bright! A Concordia Christmas 12/25 11am All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 12/16 1:30pm; 12/25 10:30pm Alma’s Way Sat 7:30am; Mon-Fri 5pm Alone in the Wilderness 12/7 9pm; 12/11 11:30am Amanpour and Company resumes 12/14 10:30pm except 12/24 [Tue-Sat 2am; MonFri except 12/7 & 12/10]

American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story [12/24 7pm; 12/25 mdnt, 8am, 2pm]

American Experience The Codebreaker 12/28 8pm; 12/30 1am, noon • Voice of Freedom: Marian Anderson 12/21 8pm; 12/23 1am • Billy Graham [12/17 6pm, 11pm; 12/18 7am, 1pm]

American Masters Rita Moreno [12/11 10pm]

The American Woodshop 12/18 12:30pm America ReFramed [Sun mdnt, 7am; Wed 6am; Fri 1pm except 12/3; Tue 6pm, 10pm]

America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: US Capitol Christmas Tree 12/16 1pm; 12/22 9pm America’s Heartland Sun 8:30am [Sun 11am except 12/5]

America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Eggs for the Holidays 12/18 11am America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays 12/16 2am Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains 12/25 9:32pm Antiques Roadshow Naughty or Nice 12/20 7pm; 12/23 5am • Junk in the Trunk 5, Pt 2 12/27 7pm; 12/30 5am Armed with Language 12/30 2am Arthur Mon-Thu 4pm Arthur’s Perfect Christmas 12/22 3:30pm; 12/25 6am Articulate with Jim Cotter [Sun 10am] Asia Insight [Tue 4:30am, 11:30am] Ask This Old House Sat 4:30am except 12/25; 12/18 noon Austin City Limits Patty Griffin/The Revivalists 12/13 1am • Cage The Elephant/Tank and the Bangas 12/18 11:05pm; 12/20 1am • The Raconteurs/Black Pumas 12/27 1am The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks 1/1 12:30am MT Backroads of Montana The Great Outdoors 12/1 8pm; 12/4 4:30pm; 12/9

3am • Not Forgotten 12/15 5:30am • Comin’ Round the Mountain 12/18 5pm • Making Connections 12/22 5:30am • Cakes and Cowboys 12/25 5pm • Marking Passages 12/29 5:30am BBC World News resumes 12/14 Mon-Fri 10pm [Mon-Fri 4am, 9:30pm] BBC World News America [Mon-Fri 3:30pm except 12/8]

BBC World News Outside Source Mon-Thu 5:30pm BBC World News Today Fri 5:30pm Becoming Johanna [12/28 7:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/29 7:30am]

The Bee Gees One for All Tour: Live In Australia 1989 12/3 9:30pm The Bee Gees One Night Only 12/12 12:30am MT Before There Were Parks Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes 12/19 10am; 12/23 7pm; 12/27 2am The Best of Sewing with Nancy 12/18 1:30pm The Best of the Joy of Painting 12/18 10am The Big Band Years (My Music Presents) 12/4 6pm; 12/8 1:30am; 12/9 11pm Big Dreams in Umatilla 12/8 noon; 12/15 3am The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Pt 1 [12/20 5pm, 10pm; 12/21 6am; 12/26 2am] • Pt 2 [12/27 5pm, 10pm; 12/28 6am]

The Brain Fitness Program 12/3 4am; 12/7 3am; 12/12 2am The Buddha [12/25 6pm, 10pm] Burt Bacharach’s Best (My Music Presents) 12/3 8pm; 12/6 12:30am Call the Midwife Holiday Special 12/25 8pm Can’t-Miss Stories from the Stage [12/1 5pm, 10pm; 12/2 6am, noon]

Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour 12/4 9:30pm; 12/11 12:30am The Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories (My Music Presents) 12/10 4am; 12/11 7:30pm Celebrating PBS NewsHour! 12/2 11pm [12/3 6:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/4 1:30pm; 12/6 1:30am; 12/8 3pm; 12/12 1pm]

Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland 12/6 10:30pm Changing Seas Florida’s Fisheries 12/6 1pm Chaplains Pt 1 [12/17 5pm, 10pm; 12/18 6am, noon] • Pt 2 [12/24 5pm, 10pm; 12/25 6am, noon]

A Charlie Brown Christmas 12/19 5pm MT Charlie Russell’s Old West 12/3 2:30am [12/10 10am] The Chavis Chronicles [Sun 9am] A Chef’s Life Collard Green Queen 12/26 5pm Chef’s Life Holiday Special 12/13 mdnt Christmas at Belmont 12/20 8pm; 12/22 2am; 12/24 2pm; 12/25 noon Christmas on the Danube 12/24 10:30pm Christmastime in New Orleans 12/19 3:30am; 12/25 11:30am Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville Featuring Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville 12/25 5am

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Mon 11:30am Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac: Rumours [12/4 5pm; 12/9 7pm] • Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon [12/1 8am, 2pm] Classical Stretch: By Essentrics Tue & Thu 10:30am Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique Mon, Wed, Fri 6am Clifford the Big Red Dog Sun 6am; Fri 4pm Climate Change: The Facts 12/29 9pm [12/30 6pm, 11pm; 12/31 7am Closer to Truth [Fri 4:30am; Fri 11:30am except 12/10]

The Cold War Story 12/1 noon College Behind Bars Pt 1 [12/27 1pm] • Pt 2 [12/27 2pm] • Pt 3 [12/28 1pm] • Pt 4 [12/28 2pm]

The Colorado [12/10 11:30am] Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 12/17 11:30pm [Sat 4:30am; Sat 9am except 12/4; Tue 11am except 12/7]

Cook’s Country Holiday Roast 12/18 3:30pm • Holiday Feast 12/21 5am • Pork, Peaches and Potatoes 12/25 3:30pm Country Music: Live at the Ryman 12/1 10:30pm Country Pop Legends (My Music) 12/4 2:30pm; 12/7 7pm Craft in America Holiday 12/9 2pm; 12/16 5am A Craftsman’s Legacy Wed 5am resumes 12/15 Crane Candlelight Concert 12/24 11pm Curious George Mon-Fri 6:30am Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas 12/3 6:30am; 12/24 6:30am; 12/25 7am Curious Traveler Austrian Christmas Markets 12/22 3am Currier & Ives: Perspectives on America begins 12/30 2:30pm

DEF

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sat 5:30am; Mon-Fri 9:30am The Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show 12/11 6pm Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia 12/4 11pm Dinosaur Train Sat 6:30am Direct Talk [Mon-Fri 5:40am] Doc World [begins 12/12 Sun 8pm; Mon mdnt, 8am; Tue 3am, 9am]

Donkey Hodie Sat 6am; Sun 7am; Mon-Fri 10am Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years 12/5 2:30pm; 12/7 12:30am; 12/10 8pm Downing of a Flag Pt 1 [12/27 noon] • Pt 2 [12/28 noon] Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 12/17 1am; 12/19 10pm; 12/20 2pm; 12/25 2am DW Focus on Europe [Sun 6am; Sat 4pm except 12/11]

DW Global 3000 [Sun 6:30am; Sun 2pm resumes 12/19] DW News [Mon-Fri 3pm except 12/8] DW The Day [Mon-Fri 9pm]

Earth Emergency 12/29 7pm; 12/31 2am Earth Focus [Wed 11:30am; Sun 1:30pm resumes 12/19]

Earth’s Sacred Wonders [begins 12/12 Sun 7pm, 11pm; Mon 7am]

Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy 12/4 2am Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy 12/8 12:30am; 12/11 2am Elinor Wonders Why Mon-Fri 7:30am; Sat 9am Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things [12/1 6pm, 11pm; 12/2 7am, 1pm; 12/5 2am, 10:30am]

Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams 12/20 mdnt European Christmas Markets 12/17 9:30pm An Evening with Ken Chenault [12/18 6pm, 10pm]

Extinction: The Facts [12/30 7pm; 12/31 mdnt, 8am]

The Fabulous History of Skiing 12/26 3:07pm; 12/28 7pm; 12/30 4am; 12/31 noon Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy [12/4 3am, 6am; 12/6 3am] Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee 12/9 mdnt Finding Your Roots 12/21 7pm; 12/26 4am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sun 9:30am; Fri 7:30pm [Sat 4:30pm except 12/11; Sun 12:30pm except 12/5]

Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Thu 11:30am France 24 [Mon-Fri 4pm except 12/8 & 12/9] From The Streets to the Stage: The Journey of Fredrick Davis [12/18 7pm, 11pm]

Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians [12/4 7am] • Opioids, Inc. 12/28 9pm [12/29 7pm; 12/30 mdnt, 8am] • Boeing’s Fatal Flaw [12/9 mdnt]

Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Gift Gandhi’s Awakening [12/13 2am; 12/16 3am, 9am] • Gandhi’s Gift [12/18 5pm; 12/20 2am; 12/23 3am, 9am]

Garden SMART 12/18 10:30am The Good Road [Tue mdnt, 8am except 12/7; Fri 3am except 12/3; Fri 9am, noon resumes 12/17; Mon 7pm]

The Great British Baking Show: Christmas Masterclass Season 1 12/7 2pm; 12/16 4am; 12/26 4pm • Season 2 12/14 2pm; 12/21 4am • Season 5 12/21 2pm; 12/23 4am Great Conversations Dani Shapiro and Robert Siegel [12/7 3am] • Admiral James Stavridis and Melissa Block [12/8 3am, 9am] Great Performances Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy 12/3 12:30am • Coppelia 12/2 1:30pm Great Performances at the Met Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert 12/10 2pm; 12/19 11pm Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism [12/10 5pm, 10pm; 12/11 6am, noon]

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Wed mdnt resumes 12/15 [Wed 4:30am, Fri 11am except 12/10]

HD & World Channels

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HIJ

Hanukkah: A Festival of deLights 12/1 2pm Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank 12/1 9:30pm; 12/3 5:30am; 12/6 4am Heart: Live at the Royal Albert Hall 12/11 11pm Hemingway A Writer (1899-1929) [12/20 1pm] • The Avatar (1929-1944) [12/21 1pm] • The Blank Page (1944-1961) [12/22 1pm]

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America [12/7 8am; 12/12 5:30pm] Hero Elementary Sat 8:30am; Mon-Fri 3:30pm History Detectives Mon noon MT History of Glacier National Park Crown of the Continent 12/2 7pm; 12/5 10am; 12/8 3:30am [12/11 4pm] Holy Silence [12/14 5pm; 12/15 mdnt, 8am; 12/18 3am]

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2019 12/25 mdnt However Wide The Sky: Places of Power [12/28 5pm; 12/29 mdnt, 8am; 1/1 3am]

How She Rolls Mon 11:30pm except 12/6 How the Victorians Built Britain begins 12/13 Mon 3am; Tue noon; Fri 4am Icon: Music Through the Lens On Camera [12/29 noon] • On the Road [12/29 1pm] • On the Record [12/29 2pm] • On the Cover [12/30 noon] • On the Wall [12/30 1pm] • On the Net [12/30 2pm] Impossible Builds Ice World [12/10 mdnt] • Skinny Skyscraper 12/18 2am [12/16 7pm; 12/17 mdnt, 8am]

Independent Lens • Man on Fire [12/8 10pm; 12/9 6am; 12/11 10am] • Two Gods [12/8 11pm; 12/9 7am; 12/11 11am] • Rodents of Unusual Size 12/10 1pm • My Country No More [12/10 2pm] • We Believe in Dinosaurs [12/13 noon]

• The Trials of Muhammad Ali [12/13 1:30pm] • The King 12/13 9pm; 12/15 1am • Accept the Call [12/15 5pm, 10pm; 12/16 6am; 12/18 10am] • ‘til Kingdom Come/ The Debate [12/15 6:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/16 7:30am] • Pipe Dreams 12/20 9pm; 12/22 1am [12/22 6pm, 11pm; 12/23 7am; 12/25 10am]

Inside The Mind of Agatha Christie 12/30 8pm Inside The Vatican [12/23 1pm] In Their Own Words Angela Merkel 12/29 3am • Pope Francis [12/6 6pm, 11pm; 12/9 8am; 12/12 3am] • Jimmy Carter [12/9 3am, 9am]

It’s Sew Easy Thu 11am It’s What’s Happening Baby (My Music Presents) 12/4 mdnt John Denver: Country Roads: Live In England 12/9 1:30am; 12/11 9:30pm Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Christmas Celebrations around the Globe 12/17 1pm; 12/22 11:30pm Journey Into Buddhism: Dharma River [12/14 noon]

Journey Into Buddhism: Prajna Earth [12/14 1:30pm]

Journey Into Buddhism: Vajra Sky Over Tibet [12/15 noon] Journey of the Whooping Crane 12/28 1pm; 12/29 4am Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory: American Experience [12/24 6pm, 11pm; 12/25 7am, 1pm]

Julia Child: Best Bites 12/11 10am

KLM

Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller 12/2 9:30pm; 12/6 8:30pm Ken Burns: Country Music 12/11 1pm Ken Burns: The Civil War [12/7 6am] Ken Burns: The National Parks 12/7 11pm [12/5 7:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/6 7:30am, 1:30pm]

Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Fri 11:30am Kingston Trio Holiday Cheers 12/16 3am Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Special (2001) 12/18 7pm; 12/24 1am • (2002) 12/25 7pm; 12/31 1am The Laura Flanders Show [Sun 9:30am] The Lawrence Welk Show Songs of Perry Como 12/18 6pm • Christmas Reunion (1985) 12/25 6pm Let’s Go Luna! Mon-Fri 3pm Let’s Go Luna! - Luna’s Christmas Around The World 12/13 3pm; 12/23 7:30am; 12/24 9:30am Lidia Celebrates America A Heartland Holiday Feast 12/3 2pm • Overcoming the Odds 12/14 7pm; 12/16 1am Lidia’s Kitchen Fri 11am Linda Ronstadt: Live In Hollywood 12/5 2am; 12/31 11:30pm Liona Boyd: A Winter Fantasy 12/20 4am; 12/25 3am Little Women On Masterpiece Pt 1 12/27 2pm • Pt 2 12/28 2pm • Pt 3 12/29 2pm Live from Bradley Symphony Center: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 12/17 8pm Lives Well Lived [12/16 noon] The Living Dream: 100 Years of Rocky Mountain National Park 12/6 1:30pm; 12/26 2am Love Me As I Am 12/26 10pm Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 12/7 4:30am; 12/17 3am, noon; 12/19 6pm The Magic of Christmas in Alsace 12/15 11:30pm; 12/22 3:30am MT Magic Yellowstone Historic 1920’s Motion Picture of the Yellowstone 12/19 10:30am; 12/23 7:30pm; 12/27 2:30am The Many Storeys and Last Days of Thomas Merton [12/31 5pm, 10pm]

Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years [12/10 7am] Market to Market Sat 3:30am except 12/25; Sun 8am Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas 12/19 4pm; 12/23 3am, noon Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Thu 9pm resumes 12/16 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sun 6:30am MN Original [Sun 10:30am except 12/5] Molly of Denali Mon-Fri 8:30am MT Montana AG Live Pollinator Gardens 12/19 11am • Montana’s AG Research Centers 12/26 11am MT Montana on My Mind 12/5 11pm; 12/9 7pm; 12/11 4:30pm Montana PBS Film Classics The Misfits (1961) 12/18 8:03pm; 12/19 1pm • Me & Orson Welles (2008) 12/26 1pm Morfar’s View of the Winds 12/26 3:30am; 12/29 11:30pm MotorWeek Tue 11:30pm except 12/7 Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet [12/16 1pm]

Mumford & Sons: Live from South Africa: Dust and Thunder 1/1 1:30am My Hero Sat 7:30pm; Fri 1:30am resumes 12/18 Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer [12/25 5pm; 12/27 2am; 12/30 3am, 9am]

NOP

Nature Santa’s Wild Home 12/2 4:30am; 12/5 4am; 12/15 7pm; 12/20 1pm [12/19 6pm, 10pm; 12/20 6am] • Pandas: Born to Be Wild [12/5 6pm, 10pm; 12/6 6am, noon] • Nature’s Biggest Beasts 12/7 1pm • Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins [12/8 4:30pm] • Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind [12/11 6:30pm] • Wild Way of the Vikings 12/14 1pm [12/12 10pm; 12/13 6am] • Mystery Monkeys of

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Nature Cat Sat 7am Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 12/17 8am; 12/24 3pm; 12/25 8am Neanderthal 12/8 1pm; 12/13 4am • 12/9 1pm; 12/14 4am New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton New Year’s Traditions 12/28 5:30am; 12/31 11:30am New Orleans: The First 300 Years 12/28 4am Newsroom Tokyo [Mon-Fri 5am] NHK Newsline Mon-Thu 12:30am resumes 12/14 [Mon-Fri 4:30pm except 12/9] The Night Before Christmas Carol 12/15 2pm; 12/17 2am Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back 12/5 12:30am; 12/9 4:30am; 12/10 11pm NOVA NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang 12/1 1pm • Dog Tales [12/2 5pm, 10pm; 12/3 6am, noon] • Saving Notre Dame 12/3 1pm • The Truth About Fat [12/9 5:30pm] • Rise of the Mammals [12/9 10pm; 12/10 6am] • Secrets of Noah’s Ark [12/9 11pm] • Decoding Da Vinci 12/15 8pm; 12/22 1pm [12/16 5pm, 10pm; 12/17 6am] • Dead Sea Scroll Detectives [12/16 6pm, 11pm; 12/17 7am] • Decoding The Great Pyramid 12/22 8pm; 12/29 1pm [12/23 5pm, 10pm; 12/24 6am] • Secrets of the Forbidden City 12/29 8pm [12/30 5pm, 10pm; 12/31 6am] The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 12/14 8pm; 12/17 1:30pm; 12/19 2am The Odd Destiny of Sergeant York 12/9 noon; 12/14 3am Odd Squad Mon-Fri 4:30pm Once Upon A Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri 2019 12/15 1pm One Voice: The Songs We Share The Sacred 12/14 9:30pm • Broadway 12/31 9:30pm On Story Sun 4am The Open Mind Fri mdnt resumes 12/17 [Sun 5:30am; Sun 1pm resumes 12/19; Mon 11:30am]

Orchard House: Home of Little Women 12/30 2pm The Ornament of the World 12/13 1pm; 12/14 1am [12/31 6pm, 11pm] Our American Family: The Kurowskis [12/3 3am, 9am]

Our American Family: The Mays [12/1

7:32am, 1:32pm; 12/4 9:32pm; 12/5 1:32am, 8:32am]

Overheard with Evan Smith [Mon 4:30am, 11am]

Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain [12/2 6:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/3 7:30am, 1:30pm]

Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer Wed 11:30am Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Wed 11am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Embracing Winter 12/26 5am • Deck the Halls 12/19 5am P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table Festive Entertaining 12/14 5am Pati’s Mexican Table Mon 11am PBS NewsHour Mon-Fri 6pm [Tue-Sat 1am; Mon-Fri 8pm]

PBS NewsHour Weekend Sat, Sun 5:30pm resumes 12/18 Peg + Cat + Holidays 12/3 3pm Philly D.A. Pt 1 [12/7 noon] • Pt 2 [12/7 1pm] • Pt 3 [12/7 2pm] • Pt 4 [12/8 noon] • Pt 5 [12/8 1pm] • Pt 6 [12/8 2pm] • Pt 7 [12/9 noon] • Pt 8 [12/9 1pm] Pinkalicious & Peterrific Sat 8am MT Playing for the World The 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls’ Basketball Team 12/10 noon Potomac by Air: Our Nation’s River [12/8 6pm]

POV Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 [12/9 2pm] • 93queen [12/15 1:30pm] • Singing with Angry Bird [12/20 noon] • Still Tomorrow [12/21 noon] • The Distant Barking of Dogs [12/22 noon] • Portraits and Dreams [12/22 7pm; 12/23 mdnt, 8am] • Happy Winter [12/23 noon] • Unapologetic 12/27 8pm; 12/29 1am [12/29 5:30pm, 10:30pm; 12/30 6:30am]

POV Shorts The Spectrum of Divide [12/17 2:30pm] • Positive Images [12/24 2:30pm] • Le Frere 12/27 9:30pm; 12/29 2:30am • The Calling [12/29 5pm, 10pm; 12/30 6am]• Post - Colonial Queer [12/31 2:30pm]

QRS

Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries 12/22 5pm, 10pm; 12/23 6am; 12/25 11am Quilting Arts Inspired By Simple Objects 12/18 2pm • Thread 12/25 2pm Racing the Rez [12/2 3am, 9am] Ready Jet Go! Sun 5:30am Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Grand Tour 12/17 5am; 12/19 noon Real Rail Adventures: Swiss International Hubs 12/24 5am; 12/26 noon Real Rail Adventures: Switzerland 12/31 5am Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Pt 1 [12/5 12:30pm] • Pt 2 [12/5 2:56pm]

Reel South The Passing On [12/7 5pm; 12/8 mdnt, 8am; 12/11 3am] • Gimme a Faith [12/21 5pm; 12/22 mdnt, 8am; 12/25 3am]

Reel South: Hindsight Volume 3 [12/14 7:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/15 7:30am; 12/18 11:30am, 9:30pm; 12/19 1:30am, 8:30am, 4:30pm]

Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story [12/6 5pm, 10pm; 12/12 2am] Rick Steves’ Europe Sat 3pm resumes 12/18 Rick Steves European Christmas 12/5 5pm; 12/12 3:30am; 12/19 4am; 12/23 8pm; 12/24 noon Rick Steves Fascism in Europe 12/2 12:30am Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy 12/11 2:30pm Rick Steves Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala [12/3 5pm, 10pm; 12/4 noon]

Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe 12/10 3:30am Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe 12/5 3:30am [12/8 7:30pm]

Rick Steves’ Travel as a Political Act [12/9 4pm]

Rise Up: Songs of the Women’s Movement [12/10 8:30am]

The Road to Santa Fe 12/2 noon Royal Wives at War 12/7 noon Roy Orbison Forever 12/4 8pm; 12/6 7pm; 12/10 2am Rudy Maxa’s World Tue 11:30am Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Tue mdnt resumes 12/14 mdnt Sam Cooke: Legend 1/1 2:30am Same God [12/10 6:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/11 7:30am, 1:30pm]

Santa School 12/16 8pm; 12/19 3:08pm; 12/22 4am, noon; 12/24 2am Sara’s Weeknight Meals Holiday Food Gifts 12/14 5:30am • Holiday Sides 12/21 5:30am Seaside Hotel A Summer by the North Sea 12/19 12:07am • Men’s Visit 12/26 mdnt Second Opinion [Sat 4am; Sat 9:30am except 12/4; Thu 11:30am]

Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Tue 11am Secrets of Highclere Castle 12/27 4am Secrets of the Dead The Caravaggio Heist [12/1 9am] Secrets of the Manor House 12/3 noon; 12/24 3am Sesame Street Mon-Fri 9am Sit and Be Fit Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30am Slavery by Another Name [12/4 6pm, 10pm]

Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa Alpine Christmas 12/22 9:30pm; 12/24 1:30pm Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story [12/7 7pm, 11pm; 12/8 7am; 12/12 1am, 8am]

Standing On Sacred Ground [Sun 9pm; Mon 1am, 9am; Wed 3am, 9am begins 12/12]

Start Up Thu 11:30pm resumes 12/16 [Sun 11:30 except 12/5]

Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Sat 4pm resumes 12/18 The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A New Song of Grace and Truth 12/23 2pm; 12/25 1am Stories from the Stage [Tue 12:30am; Fri 3:30am; Mon 7:30pm]

Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of ‘49 12/16 noon; 12/18 1am Storm Over the Atlantic 12/15 9pm; 12/18 mdnt; 12/21 1pm Story in the Public Square Thu mdnt resumes 12/16 [Thu 4:30am, 11am] A St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal 12/22 2pm; 12/25 1pm Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide 12/5 12:30pm; 12/6 2am [12/7 9:30am; 12/11 8pm]

TUV

Tales from the Royal Bedchamber 12/27 mdnt Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan James Corden 12/26 11pm [Melinda Gates 12/13 3am • W. Kamau Bell 12/13 3:30am • Bianca Valenti 12/19 5pm; 12/20 3am • Dolores Huerta 12/19 5:30pm; 12/20 3:30am • Dr. Gawande 12/26 5pm; 12/27 3am • Scott Galloway 12/26 5:30pm; 12/27 3:30am]

This Land Is Your Land (My Music) 12/2 2am; 12/4 10am; 12/5 8:30pm This Old House Sat 4am except 12/25; 12/18 11:30am This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special 12/4 4am Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam Pt 1 [12/13 5pm, 10pm; 12/14 6am; 12/19 2am] • Pt 2 [12/13 6pm, 11pm; 12/14 7am; 12/19 3am] MT A Timeless Legacy Women Artists

of Glacier National Park 12/8 2pm; 12/13 2am; 12/26 10am; 12/30 7pm Today’s Wild West Sat 2:30pm resumes 12/18 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe [Sun 4:30am; Sat 5am, 3pm; Wed 11am]

Toward The Source: An Arctic Odyssey 12/30 3am; 12/31 1pm The Ultimate Guide to Fly Fishing Sat 4:30pm resumes 12/18 United in Song: Celebrating the American Dream 12/31 8pm Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry 12/4 11:30am; 12/9 9:30pm Viewer’s Choice for Pledge TBA 12/8 7pm; 12/12 10am Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Rise of Broadcast News 12/15 4am, noon

WXY

Wai Lana Yoga Sat 5am except 12/4 and 12/25 Walking Hadrian’s Wall with Robson Green Pt 1 12/26 6pm; 12/29 noon; 12/31 3am A Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Birds Without Borders 12/23 1pm A Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Nature of the Beasts 12/30 1pm Washington Week Sat 3am except 12/25; Sun 9am; Fri 7pm The Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love 12/25 4am Wild Kratts Mon-Fri 8am; Sat 9:30am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 12/3 7:30am; 12/7 8am; 12/20 8am; 12/24 8am A Will to Preach [12/21 7:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/22 7:30am; 12/25 9:30pm; 12/26 1:30am, 8:30am, 4:30pm]

Woodsmith Shop 12/18 1pm Woodsongs Mon 5am resumes 12/13 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: American Experience [12/12 3pm]

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Mon-Fri 7am; Sun 7:30am MT Yellowstone in Four Seasons 12/1 7pm; 12/4 12:30pm; 12/9 8:30pm; 12/24 1pm Yoga in Practice Tue & Thu 6am Your Health: A Sacred Matter [12/23 6pm, 11pm; 12/24 7am]

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What makes someone want to be Santa?

Santa School THURSDAY, 12/16 8PM Also 12/19 3:08pm; 12/22 4am, noon; 12/24 2am

“Santa School” is a heartwarming film that follows six would-be Santa Clauses as they take an intensive workshop to learn to dress, walk, and talk like Santa. But who are they and what inspires them to take this path?