2017 December MontanaPBS Viewer Guide

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The Sultan and the Saint Airs 7pm Tuesday, December 26 A simple Christian friar and a mighty Muslim leader met on a bloody battlefield 800 years ago. Learn how St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt risked it all to end the Crusades.

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Why We Love Backroads: Fans Celebrate 25 Years EVENING & OVERNIGHT MontanaPBS & World 7 C. M. Russell and the American West 9 Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller 11 The ’60s Generation: My Music 13 Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Special 15 Masterpiece: Victoria 17 Christmas at Belmont 19 Christmas Day Lineup 21 American Masters: This is Bob Hope WEEKDAY PROGRAMMING MontanaPBS WEEKEND PROGRAMMING MontanaPBS CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING MontanaPBS Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas A-Z PROGRAM LISTING MontanaPBS & World A-Z PROGRAM LISTING Create MontanaPBS Kids Channel 5

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Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve

Zack Beyer portrays Sultan al-Kamil.

The Sultan and the Saint Airs 7pm Tuesday, December 26 Also 12/28 3am

This new film tells the little-known story of St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt, Muhammad Al-Kamil, two charismatic men of different faiths who met on a bloody battlefield and found common ground. In 1219, during the height of the Crusades—the bitter religious war between Muslims and Christians—St. Francis risked his life in an attempt to bring peace. What he encountered when he crossed enemy lines was a Muslim leader who welcomed him, listened with respect, and who ultimately responded with one of the greatest humanitarian acts in the history of warfare. Narrated by Jeremy Irons, The Sultan and the Saint combines sweeping drama with historical context from authors and religious scholars to create an inspiring and timely story of peace and reconciliation.

The fact that the Sultan of Egypt and a Catholic friar would have a respectful spiritual exchange during the Crusades is nothing short of miraculous. By the time the two men met, Christians were on their Fifth Crusade, fighting a holy war to reclaim Jerusalem after five centuries of Muslim rule. To motivate men to travel to faraway lands and engage in bloody conflict, Christian leaders stoked religious fervor and hatred of the enemy.

“Destroy that vile race,” wrote Pope Urban II in his letter of instruction to the first crusaders. “Those who refuse to pay Him the servant’s service that they owe Him will justly deserve to suffer a sentence of damnation.”

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Marines marching in Danang. March 15, 1965.

Call the Midwife Holiday Special Airs 8pm Monday, December 25 Also 12/27 1am

Joining the cast in Season 7 is Leonie Elliott (Wondrous Oblivion, Danny and the Human Zoo, Black Mirror), who plays Nurse Lucille Anderson, the first West Indian midwife to be featured as a regular character in the series. Elegant, funny and clever, Nurse Lucille is swift to settle in and brings a fresh new energy to life at Nonnatus House. Through her eyes, viewers explore the experiences of Caribbean nurses who went to London in the 1960s to support the growing Nonnatus House.

Written by Heidi Thomas, the Christmas special opens with Poplar under a thick blanket of snow, as the midwives face the challenge of the coldest winter for 300 years. The winter of 1963 saw temperatures plunge to a record low and the whole country brought to a standstill due to the severe weather. Battling snow, ice, power cuts and frozen pipes, the midwives strive to provide the best possible care for their patients. Valerie helps a young couple, newly arrived in London, who experience a traumatic birth, and Sister Julienne strives to reunite a family torn apart by a tormenting father. Anita Dobson (EastEnders, Doctors) guest stars as Mabel.

Season 7 begins with the nuns and nurses being tested as they have never been before, both personally and professionally. All around them they see the old East End vanishing, as slum clearances make way for bold new tower blocks to accommodate expanding communities. Their work brings them into contact with a wide range of challenges, from leprosy, tokophobia and stroke, to Huntington’s chorea, cataracts and unmarried mothers. Trixie’s romance with Christopher continues to develop, while Tom and Barbara enjoy life as a married couple. Nurse Crane finds her authority questioned from an unexpected quarter and Sister Monica Joan is forced to accept her failing faculties. Life for the Turners is turned upside down when Shelagh decides to employ an au pair.

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MontanaPBS continues to tell the story of our state—past and present—with award winning television productions. Programs like Backroads of Montana, Indian Relay, Fort Peck Dam and Butte, America help our citizens thoughtfully reflect on the colorful history of our state, the majesty of our shared landscape and our unique people and cultures. Programs such as Montana Ag Live, Concussion: Answers in the Blood?, Degrees of Difference and many others foster important discussion about current issues.

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Montana On My Mind

Airs 6:30pm Saturday, December 2 Also 12/1 11am; 12/4 2am; 12/7 7pm; 12/8 12:30am; 12/9 3am 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.

Montana On My Mind Celebrates the unique beauty and spirit of the last best state.

Airs Friday, 12/1 at 11am, Saturday, 12/2 at 6:30pm, Monday, 12/4 at 2am, Thursday, 12/7 at 7pm, Friday, 12/8 at 12:30am, Saturday, 12/9 at 3am See image, above Yellowstone in Four Seasons Yellowstone 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, it’s 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 Monday, 12/4 at 11am, Friday, 12/8 at 2am, Saturday, 12/9 at 4:30am, Saturday, 12/9 at 2:30pm

Beartooth Highway Winding its way through pristine mountain air and majestic, snow-capped peaks, Montana’s magnificent Beartooth Highway was described as “America’s most beautiful roadway” by Charles Kuralt.

You’ll see why in this video tour travelling along the 69-mile scenic route from its beginning in Red Lodge, Montana, to its spectacular finish at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Airs Friday, 12/1 at 10:30am, Friday, 12/8 at 3am Silence & Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wildernes Yellowstone National Park is visited by millions of people, yet winter in Yellowstone is something few people ever experience. Silence and Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness is a mystical tour of winter in Yellowstone National Park. Winter, Yellowstone’s longest season, creates a landscape of majestic beauty, bitter cold, and extreme danger, where endurance is the game and survival is the prize. Airs Tuesday, 12/5 at 11am, Saturday, 12/9 at 1:30pm

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I Got the Cream At age 16 Charles M. Russell leaves his home in St. Louis to make his way as a cowboy in Montana.

He meets mountain men, wranglers, and settles into a job as a nighthawk with the horses. His talents with drawing, sculpting and stories make him a popular companion at the campfire. A tough winter inspires a drawing that will make CMR famous.Airs Monday, 12/4 at 7pm, Wednesday, 12/6 at 1:45am, Saturday, 12/9 at 3:30pm

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Sum of the Parts Russell gives up his spurs and lariat for brushes and paint.

He also gives up the cowboy “sporting life” when he meets Nancy Cooper, a young woman who will make sure the world recognizes Charlie as a real artist. Airs Tuesday, 12/5 at 7pm, Thursday, 12/7 at 2:30am, Saturday, 12/9 at 5:15pm

• C. M. Russell and the American West: My Medicine is Strong Now Russell’s art expands in technique, color, storytelling and, thanks to Nancy, value. The American Indian point of view often dominates his canvases while he helps Hollywood build the myth of the West on film. Airs Monday, 12/11 at 8pm, Wednesday, 12/13 at 2am

Voices of Fire Explores the role of wildfires on the Western landscape. This film uses the Soda Fire as a case study to discuss how to manage and prevent future wildfires in the area. Airs Sunday, 12/17 at 10am

Mall and the Night Visitors Many think of Christmas as a family holiday bringing together loved ones. For those who have no family, though, Christmas may not be cheering. This affecting drama by Montana’s Vigilante Players reminds us that these people exist, and that sharing and loving can pull us all through a season that has become a commercialized extravaganza. Airs Saturday, 12/23 at 8:02pm, Sunday, 12/24 at 1pm Aging Out: Autism in Montana Each year, more children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, but the framework of care drastically changes for them after adolescence.

Follow Montana families as they recognize their fears and explore their options for the future. Airs Thursday, 12/28 at 7pm, Sunday, 12/31 at 10am

Land Reappraisals Explained Richard Browning with the Montana Department of Revenue will field questions concerning the 2017 Agricultural Land re-appraisal, and look at possible natural disaster property tax relief. Tax questions?

Tune in! Airs Sunday, 12/17 at 11am

Those Pesky Weeds in Public Spaces Joshua Wagoner, Region 4 Fish Wildlife and Parks Maintenance Supervisor, will be here to keep us up-to-date on weed issues along Montana rivers and parks. Airs Sunday, 12/24 at 11am The Changing Face of Agriculture Dean Folkvord of Wheat Montana Farms will talk about production and marketing issues surrounding Montana’s booming pea and lentil production. Learn why Montana’s agricultural landscape has changed so dramatically. Airs Sunday, 12/31 at 11am

Christmas Favorites Featuring traditional and original music, musicians from across Montana return to the studio of 11th & Grant performing their Christmas favorites. Host Eric Funk plays piano alongside Jack Taylor on the acoustic bass and Mike Gillan on the drums as the “house band. “ Other performers returning are Jake and Jeni Fleming, Elizabeth Croy and Julie Gosswiller, Kelly Roberti, MJ Williams and Ann Tappan, Don Stone, Jeremy Morton, Kris Klone, Tim Drackert and Julia Yates, and Ashly Holland. Airs Thursday, 12/14 at 7pm, Monday, 12/25 at 10:30pm Christmas with Philip Aaberg Philip Aaberg performs original holiday music and spirited Christmas favorites on 11th & Grant. Pristine silences and melodic expanses paint an audible portrait of the sweeping Montana landscape. Airs Thursday, 12/21 at 7pm, Monday, 12/25 at 3pm

Why We Love Backroads of Montana: Fans Celebrate 25 Years The Backroads crew spoke to fans about why they love the show so much. Airs Saturday, 12/2 at 5pm, Wednesday, 12/6 at 12:30pm, Friday, 12/8 at 3:30am See story, right

Alder Gulch to Plentywood Tour the Christenot family mill near Alder Gulch and take a ride on the steam train between Virginia City and Nevada City. After a stop to tempt your sweet teeth at the Parrot Confectionary in Helena, marvel at snow geese flocking in thousands at Freezout Lake, near Choteau, and at the creations of Plentywood inventor Pat Tange. Finally, tour the historic Northern Pacific railroad depot in Livingston. Airs Saturday, 12/16 at 5pm Augusta to Wisdom We visit a Big Hole Valley family that’s been haying together for generations, hear an elk bugle near Moiese, meet a small-town guitarist who has crisscrossed Montana performing for more than 70 years, learn the history of a one-of-a-kind bridge near Augusta, and drop in on a woman who reports the news from Sweet Grass.

Montana native William Marcus hosts the program from the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls. Airs Saturday, 12/23 at 5pm

Anaconda to Comertown This episode takes us up the slopes with a long-time ski instructor near Anaconda, introduces us to the art of glass blowing in Townsend, shows us a new monument to Native American soldiers at the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Crow Agency and takes us to a reunion in the nearly forgotten northeastern Montana town of Comertown. Montana native William Marcus hosts the program from the Chief Plenty Coups State Park near Pryor. Airs Saturday, 12/30 at 5pm

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Why We Love Backroads: Fans Celebrate 25 Years Airs 5pm Saturday, December 2 Also 12/6 12:30pm, 12/8 3:30am

Backroads of Montana viewers take us through a quarter century of stories featuring our state’s people, places and events. The Backroads crew visited Montana farmers markets this past summer and spoke to more than 50 fans about the impact of the show, their favorite and most memorable characters, the show’s recognizable theme song and why they love the show so much.

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back Vince Gill, Jackson Browne and others celebrate the groundbreaking band’s musical milestones and hits. TV-G

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Washington Week 7:00 WORLD Stateless TV-G

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Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman Dr. Mark Hyman explains how eating fat can help promote weight loss and optimum health. TV-G See photo, below

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Great Performances “Andrea Bocelli: Cinema” Andrea Bocelli pays tribute to the silver screen in a lush concert of great songs from the movies. TV-G

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Beartooth Highway See why Charles Kuralt described Montana’s Beartooth Highway as “America’s most beautiful roadway” in this video tour travelling along the 69-mile scenic route. See p. 4

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Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 Celebrate the 30th anniversary of an iconic concert with an all-star cast including Jackson Browne. TV-G See photo, p. 8

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5:30 Mindfulness Goes Mainstream 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

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Montana On My Mind Inspired by the best-selling book of the same name, this program combines stunning film with inspiring quotes, music and commentary by Michael S. Sample. See photo, p. 4

AM EARLY MORNING MDNT WORLD Changing Seas:

The Fate of Carbon Beyond a Year in Space WORLD Changing Seas: Majestic Mantas WORLD PBS NewsHour BrainFit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, MD & Tana Amen, RN WORLD Nightly Business Report WORLD Tavis Smiley WORLD Local USA WORLD Stories from the Stage: Suitcase Stories, pt 2 Il Volo Notte Magica WORLD Well Read: Dava Sobel, The Glass Universe WORLD Closer to Truth: Why Consonance in Science and Theology?

WORLD Newsroom Tokyo

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12:30 Overheard with Evan Smith: Katy Tur, NBC Correspondent 1:00 Black America: Human Computers 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 2:00 Open Mind: Educating Hip Hop 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 This Is America & The World 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Washington Week 3:00 WORLD Injunuity 3:30 Market to Market 3:30 WORLD Sousa on the Rez 4:00 The This Old House Hour 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Crohn’s Disease 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 iQ: smartparent: Digital Badging 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Martha Speaks 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 AM MORNING PLEDGE

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Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Suze Orman provides advice to help individual viewers find financial solutions.” TV-G

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

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Alone in the Wilderness, pt 2 Dick Proenneke’s account of his 30-year adventure in the remote Alaska wilderness continues. TV-G

Eat Fat Get Thin with Mark Hyman, MD

Airs 7:30pm Friday, December 1 Also 12/1 7:30pm; 12/3 4am; 12/4 5am

Offering practical tools, meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists, as well as step-by-step, easyto-follow advice, Eat Fat Get Thin with Mark Hyman, MD is a cutting edge way to lose weight, prevent disease, and feel good.

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Rick Steves Special “European Christmas” Customs and practices of the holiday season are explored in England, France, Switzerland and more. TV-G

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Why We Love Backroads of Montana “Fans Celebrate 25 Years” Backroads of Montana viewers take us through a quarter century of stories featuring our state’s people, places and events.

See story, p. 5

6:00 WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter TV-G

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Montana On My Mind 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. See photo, p. 4

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

8:00 WORLD Class of ’27:

America Reframed TV-G 9:00 WORLD Navajo Math Circles TV-G

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10:00 WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter TV-G

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Emmylou Harris at the Ryman Celebrate 125 years of live entertainment at the Ryman with Emyylou Harris and her acoustic band. TV-G

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AM EARLY MORNING MDNT WORLD Class of ’27: America Reframed Great Performances: 12:30 Andrea Bocelli: Cinema 1:00 WORLD Navajo Math Circles 2:00 WORLD Changing Seas: The Future of Seafood Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 2:30 2:30 WORLD Changing Seas: Toxic Algae: Complex Sources and Solutions 3:00 WORLD Changing Seas: The Fate of Carbon 3:30 WORLD Changing Seas: Majestic Mantas Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman 4:00 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 WORLD Washington Week 5:00 WORLD Scully/The World Show 5:30 Curious George 5:30 WORLD Open Mind: Escaping Velocity 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 AM MORNING PLEDGE

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Rick Steves’ Guide to Cuba Rick tours Havana, visits the verdant national park at Vinales and provides practical travel tips. TV-G

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Conversation with Bill Moyers Journalist, political commentator and author Bill Moyers reflects on his life and storied career. TV-G

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The Three Tenors Christmas Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo sing traditional and classical holiday songs. TV-G

Bob Hope: American Masters The entertainer’s personal archives shed light on his life. Woody Allen and others are interviewed. TV-PG See story, p. 21

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Big Band Years Nick Clooney and Peter Marshall host a nostalgic look at hit makers and songs of the 1930s and 40s. TV-G

3:00 WORLD Class of ’27:

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Rock Rewind 1967–1969: My Music Rare vintage TV appearances by Sonny and Cher, The Supremes and more great artists are showcased. TV-G

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Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White Valuable insights on how to combat the physical signs and consequences of aging are presented. TV-G

4:00 WORLD Navajo Math Circles TV-G 5:00 WORLD Chaplains, pt 1 TV-PG

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Il Volo Notte Magica The superstar trio and Placido Domingo perform in Florence, Italy’s beautiful Santa Croce Square. TV-G

6:00 WORLD Nature: Invasion of the

Charles and Nancy Russell

Killer Whales TV-PG

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Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop Frankie Valli hosts performances by Little Richard, The Five Satins and more rock and roll legends.

7:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots the Stories

We Tell TV-PG-L

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On the Psychiatrist’s Couch with Daniel Amen, MD One of the most popular psychiatrist in America, Dr. Daniel Amen has written ten bestselling books. TV-G

9:00 WORLD Stateless TV-G 10:00 WORLD Nature: Invasion of the Killer

Whales TV-PG

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Inspire Happiness Positive psychology authors and researchers reveal how to create happier and more positive lives. TV-G

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AM EARLY MORNING 12:30 Rock Rewind 1967–1969: My Music 1:00 WORLD Stateless Montana On My Mind 2:00 2:00 WORLD Across the Creek 2:30 WORLD Finding Refuge 3:00 WORLD Chaplains, pt 1 This Land Is Your Land: My Music 3:30 4:00 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Jim Gaffigan, Comedian/Author 4:30 WORLD Open Mind: Escaping Velocity Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman 5:00 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

C. M. Russell and the American West Charles M. Russell is an overshadowed American artist. Contemporaries like Remington and Winslow Homer are more celebrated. This film places Russell, and his very personal and unique version of Western Art, in the canon of great American artists.

Russell is a significant historical figure, essentially giving us a look at what the 19th century, end of the the open Range frontier, was like. His vantage point, knowledge and influence extended into the 20th century and the beginning of the era of “Hollywood Westerns.” Russell not only painted and sculpted what he saw and knew, but his illustrated letters to everyone from Douglas Fairbanks and Will Rodgers are truly an exceptional way to examine our western heritage.

I Got the Cream 12/4 7pm; 12/6 1:45am; 12/9 3:30pm

At age 16, Charles M. Russell leaves his home in St. Louis to make his way as a cowboy in Montana.

Sum of the Parts 12/5 7pm; 12/7 2:30am; 12/9 5:15pm

Charlie Russell gives up his spurs and lariat for brushes and paint.

My Medicine is Strong Now 12/11 8pm; 12/13 2am

The American Indian point of view often dominates Russell’s canvases while he helps Hollywood build the myth of the West on film.

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Yellowstone in Four Seasons The solitude and grandness of Yellowstone National Park are showcased over four seasons.

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

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 C. M. Russell and the American West “I Got the Cream” Russell leaves home at 16 to be a cowboy. Artistic talents prove popular at Montana camps. TV-G See story, p. 7 7:00 WORLD Local USA 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage:

Last Dance

Last of the Breed A once-ina-lifetime concert event featuring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price. TV-G

9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 10:00 WORLD BrainFit: 50 Ways to Grow Your

Brain with Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen, RN TV-G

10:15 BBC World News 10:45 Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s: My Music

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AM EARLY MORNING MDNT WORLD Local USA 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Last Dance On the Psychiatrist’s Couch with 1:00 Daniel Amen, MD 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop 3:00 3:00 WORLD Changing Seas: The Future of Seafood

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3:30 WORLD Changing Seas: Toxic Algae:

Complex Sources and Solutions 4:00 WORLD Global 3000 4:30 WORLD Focus On Europe

Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 5:00

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Silence & Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness Winter, Yellowstone’s longest season, creates a landscape of majestic beauty, bitter cold, and extreme danger, where endurance is the game and survival is the prize. TV-G

Performances from the Beatles, the Doors, the Rolling Stones and more music icons are showcased. TV-G

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Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop Frankie Valli hosts performances by Little Richard, The Five Satins and more rock and roll legends.

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Good Luck Soup

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C. M. Russell and the American West “Sum of the Parts” Russell trades spurs & lariat for brushes & paint. His wife, Nancy, spots a real artist. TV-G See story, p. 7

7:00 WORLD Age Reversed with Miranda

Esmonde-White TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

8:45

Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller “American Sampler” The many documentaries and short series that filmmaker Ken Burns has produced are showcased. TV-G See story, right

9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Global 3000 TV-G 10:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Good Luck Soup

10:15 BBC World News 10:45 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 11:00 WORLD Age Reversed with Miranda

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WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 6

AM EARLY MORNING

Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30

Airs 9pm Saturday, December 9 Also 12/1 11pm; 12/3 2:30am Celebrate the 30th anniversary of an iconic concert with an all-star cast including Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J. D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Jennifer Warnes. Newly edited and remastered. Pictured: Roy Orbison and Bruce Springsteen perform “Dream Baby.”

MDNT WORLD Mindfulness Goes Mainstream

12:15

Last of the Breed

1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

C. M. Russell and the American West: I Got the Cream 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 1:45

3:00 WORLD Changing Seas:

3:30 3:30 4:00 4:30

5:00 5:00

6:00

The Fate of Carbon Last of the Breed WORLD Changing Seas: Majestic Mantas WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe WORLD American Forum Inspire Happiness WORLD Newsroom Tokyo SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

5:00

Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 AM MORNING PLEDGE

11:00

11:00

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw “Featuring Alfie Boe & Tom Brokaw” Tenor Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw join the world-renowned choir in a holiday concert performance. TV-G See photo, p. 12

Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy Dr. Michael Pinkus applies techniques involving ancient acupressure points to provide pain relief. TV-G

AM MORNING PLEDGE

PM AFTERNOON PLEDGE/EVENING

Noon

Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop The McGuire Sisters, Lennon Sisters, Chordettes, Four Aces and others take the stage. TV-G

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 5:30 WORLD NOVA: Rise of the Robots TV-G

PM AFTERNOON PLEDGE/EVENING

12:30

Why We Love Backroads of Montana “Fans Celebrate 25 Years” The Backroads crew visited Montana farmers’ markets this past summer and spoke to more than 50 fans about the show. See story, p. 5

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Forever Painless with Miranda

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7:00

Viewer’s Choice for Pledge TBA MontanaPBS will broadcast a “Member’s Choice” pledge program.

7:00 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:00

11:00

WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD

Frontline PBS NewsHour Nightly Business Report TV-G Focus On Europe TV-G ADD and Loving It?! TV-G

Play Piano in a Flash: 3 Steps to Piano Success Scott “The Piano Guy” Houston inspires beginners to enjoy happy, fulfilling music-making. TV-G

11:30 WORLD Forever Painless with Miranda

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THURSDAY

DECEMBER 7

AM EARLY MORNING 12:30 WORLD Local USA

1:00 1:00 2:00

2:30 2:30 3:00 4:00

4:30 4:30

Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller: American Sampler WORLD PBS NewsHour WORLD Nightly Business Report C. M. Russell and the American West: Sum of the Parts WORLD Tavis Smiley WORLD Global Spirit: The Art of Living and Dying WORLD Scully/The World Show Rick Steves’ Festive Europe WORLD Second Opinion: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:30 WORLD Beyond A Year In Space TV-PG

7:00

Montana On My Mind 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. See photo, p. 4

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

8:30

Filmmaker Ken Burns’s nearly four-decade career has resulted in some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made.

The 60s Generation: My Music Focuses on the years 1965–1969 and includes essential ’60s generation folk rock, R&B and pop. TV-G See story, p. 11

9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Scully/The World Show TV-G 10:00 WORLD NOVA: Rise of the Robots TV-G

10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Rock Rewind 1967–1969: My Music Rare vintage TV appearances by Sonny and Cher, The Supremes and more great artists are showcased. TV-G 11:00 WORLD Beyond A Year In Space TV-PG

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 8

AM EARLY MORNING 12:30 Montana On My Mind 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Last Dance 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour Yellowstone In Four Seasons 2:00 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley Beartooth Highway 3:00 3:00 WORLD Local USA Why We Love Backroads of 3:30 Montana: Fans Celebrate 25 Years 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Last Dance 4:00 WORLD Well Read: Jayne Ann Krentz, When All The Girls Have Gone 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Does Consciousness Require A Radical Explanation?

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Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller Airs 8:45pm Tuesday, December 5 Also 12/7 1am

Tom Hanks hosts this new celebration of filmmaker Ken Burns, who has been aptly described as “America’s storyteller.” Over the course of almost 40 years, he has carried on a deep and probing conversation with Americans about themselves and their country, its past and its future. Perhaps more than anyone else, he has elevated documentary filmmaking to an art form and made American history come alive. Featuring interviews with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Doris Kearns Goodwin, George Lucas, Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Meryl Streep, Sam Waterston and others, the program explores the tremendous depth and breadth of Burns’s work with a special emphasis on films that reveal the unique American character such as Thomas Jefferson, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Jackie Robinson and others.

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Evening & Overnight 5:00

Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

7:30

Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White Valuable insights on how to combat the physical signs and consequences of aging are presented. TV-G

PM AFTERNOON PLEDGE/EVENING

12:30

Nature “Super Hummingbirds” High speed camerawork and breakthrough new science showcase the fast-paced world of hummingbirds.

TV-PG

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 5:35 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

The Cross and the Crescent TV-PG

6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:49 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

The Atlantic Age/Commerce and the Clash of Civilization TV-PG

7:00 Washington Week

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw “Featuring Alfie Boe & Tom Brokaw” Tenor Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw join the world-renowned choir in a holiday concert performance. TV-G

AM MORNING PLEDGE

11:00

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

8:04 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00

The Three Tenors Christmas Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo sing traditional and classical holiday songs. TV-G

9:01 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Asia Insight 10:00 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

Origins TV-PG

10:30 BBC World News 11:00 BrainFit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen, RN Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen share their best secrets to ignite your energy and focus at any age. TV-G

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SATURDAY

Holiday programming

DECEMBER 9

AM EARLY MORNING 12:19 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

1:00 1:34 2:31

3:00 3:00 4:00

4:30 4:30 4:58 5:25

5:30 5:52

6:00

The Atlantic Age/Commerce and the Clash of Civiliz The ’60s Generation: My Music WORLD PBS NewsHour WORLD Nightly Business Report Montana On My Mind WORLD Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White WORLD Second Opinion: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Yellowstone In Four Seasons WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe WORLD Washington Week Martha Speaks WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations: Origins SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23

AM MONRNING PLEDGE

10:00

Dr. David Perlmutter’s Whole Life Plan Dr. Perlmutter provides a plan that can help you improve your physical, mental and cognitive health. TV-G

11:05 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

The Cross and the Crescent TV-PG

11:30

The ’60s Generation: My Music Focuses on the years 1965–1969 and includes essential 60s generation folk rock, R&B and pop. TV-G

HTTP://WWW.TPT.ORG

1:30

Silence & Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness Winter, Yellowstone’s longest season, creates a landscape of majestic beauty, bitter cold, and extreme danger, where endurance is the game and survival is the prize.

TV-G See p. 4

2:30

Yellowstone In Four Seasons The solitude and grandness of Yellowstone National Park are showcased over four seasons. TV-G See p. 4

3:30

C. M. Russell and the American West “I Got the Cream” Russell leaves home at 16 to be a cowboy. Artistic talents prove popular at Montana camps. TV-G See story, p. 7

5:15

Christmas at Concordia: Gather us In, O Chlid of Peace

Airs 8pm Tuesday, December 12 Also 12/14 5am; 12/25 4pm

In this music special, Concordia College re-imagines the Christmas message with music embracing peace and reconciliation. The concert marks the 125th anniversary of Concordia College, which was founded by Norwegian immigrants and is located in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Under the artistic leadership of world renowned composer and conductor Rene Claussen, four hundred student musicians perform in front of an original mural measuring nearly 200 feet wide.

C. M. Russell and the American West “Sum of the Parts” Russell trades spurs & lariat for brushes & paint. His wife, Nancy, spots a real artist. TV-G See story, p. 7

PM EVENING 6:39 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations: Com-

merce and the Clash of Civilizations TV-PG

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Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop The McGuire Sisters,

2:30

Lennon Sisters, Chordettes, Four Aces and others take the stage. TV-G 8:01 WORLD America Reframed:

3:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Good Luck Soup

9:00

Good Luck Soup

Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 Celebrate the 30th anniversary of an iconic concert with an all-star cast including Jackson Browne. TV-G See photo, p. 8

9:01 WORLD Mindfulness Goes Mainstream TV-G 10:00 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

Cities TV-PG

10:30

The ’80s: My Music Join host Martha Quinn for a joyful jump into the 1980s, when music videos ruled the airwaves. TV-G

11:21 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations:

The Atlantic Age/Commerce and the Clash of Civilization TV-PG

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 10

AM EARLY MORNING 12:30 The Three Tenors Christmas 12:42 WORLD Africa’s Great Civilizations: Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations BrainFit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain 2:00 with Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen, RN 2:04 WORLD BrainFit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen, RN The Three Tenors Christmas 4:00 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 WORLD Washington Week 5:00 WORLD Scully/The World Show 5:30 Curious George 5:30 WORLD Open Mind: Populists Revolt 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 AM MORNING PLEDGE

8:00

Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Suze Orman provides advice to help individual viewers find financial solutions. TV-G

10:00

Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. Dr. Daniel Amen demonstrates ways to supercharge your memory and remember what matters most to you. TV-G

11:30

Christmas with Daniel O’Donnell Daniel O’Donnell and special guests perform seasonal favorites in Dublin. TV-G

PM AFTERNOON PLEDGE/EVENING

12:30

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

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7:00

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Celtic Woman: Homecoming: Ireland Celebrate the timeless emotion of Ireland’s centuries-old heritage in this concert filmed in Dublin. TV-G

4:00

The ’80s: My Music Join host Martha Quinn for a joyful jump into the 1980s, when music videos ruled the airwaves. TV-G

4:00 WORLD Mindfulness Goes Mainstream TV-G 5:00 WORLD Chaplains pt 2 TV-PG

6:00

Viewer’s Choice for Pledge TBA MontanaPBS will broadcast a “Member’s Choice” pledge program.

6:00 8:00 9:30 10:00

WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD

Bob Hope: American Masters TV-PG Doc World Finding Samuel Lowe Crisis of Faith TV-G Bob Hope: American Masters TV-PG

MONDAY

DECEMBER 11

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Hawking MDNT WORLD Doc World: Finding Samuel Lowe 1:00 Austin City Limits: Margo Price/Hayes Carll 1:30 WORLD Crisis of Faith 2:00 Foo Fighters: Landmarks Live In Concert: A Great Performances Special 2:00 WORLD Mindfulness Goes Mainstream 3:00 Aurora: Fire in the Sky 3:00 WORLD Chaplains, pt 2 4:00 Independent Lens: What Was Ours 4:00 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Nicole Krauss, Author 4:30 WORLD Open Mind: Populists Revolt 5:00 Song of the Mountains 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: The Great Missionary TV-PG

7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Anaheim, hr 3” Highlights include an 18th-century Chinese cinnabar lacquer box and a collection of wanted posters. TV-G 7:00 WORLD Local USA: Finding America I 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage Chance

8:00

C. M. Russell and the American West “My Medicine is Strong Now” American Indian viewpoints often mark Russell’s work. He helps build the myth of the West. TV-G See story, p. 7

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Independent Lens “Newtown” The aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 explored. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., original members of The Fifth Dimension, perform a pair of their million-selling hits, “Wedding Bell Blues” and “One Less Bell to Answer.”

The ’60s Generation: My Music Airs 8:30pm Thursday, December 7 Also 12/9 1am, 11:30am

Join Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas as she hosts an all-star concert with the hippest hit-makers of the 1960s. A treasure trove of essential folk-rock, rhythm & blues and pop classics, The ’60s Generation: My Music) will resonate with baby boomers and music lovers of all ages. Among the legendary artists who reunite on stage are blue-eyed soul icons The New Rascals (“People Got To Be Free”/ “Groovin’”/ “Good Lovin’”), rock-jazz fusion masters Blood, Sweat & Tears (“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy”), folk-rock pioneer Roger McGuinn of The Byrds (“Mr. Tambourine Man”), British blues-rocker Eric Burdon of The Animals (“It’s My Life”), psychedelic sensation Iron Butterfly (“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”), soft-rock favorites The Association (“Never My Love”), soul-pop duo Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., formerly of The Fifth Dimension (“Wedding Bell Blues”), singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon (“What The World Needs Now Is Love”) and more.

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Evening & Overnight 9:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 10:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: Birth of a Faith TV-PG

10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Charlie Rose

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

6:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Enter the Faun

7:00 Finding Your Roots “Southern Roots” Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault discover tales of bondage in their family histories. TV-PG-L

11:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: The Great Missionary TV-PG

7:30 WORLD An American Mosque TV-G

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 12

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Local USA: Finding America I 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Chance 1:00 Independent Lens: Mimi and Dona 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 The Making of a Lady 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 WORLD Racing the Rez 3:30 Great Performances: Driving Miss Daisy 4:00 WORLD Global 3000 4:30 WORLD Focus On Europe 5:00 Place to Call Home: A Nagging Doubt 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00

Christmas at Concordia: Gather Us In, O Child of Peace Concordia College re-imagines the Christmas message with music embracing peace and reconciliation. TV-G See photo, p. 10

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Frontline 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Global 3000 TV-G

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Enter the Faun

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 Bluegrass Underground “The Mavericks” The Grammy-winners fronted by Raul Malo showcase an irresistible Cuban groove. TV-G

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WEDNESDAY

Holiday programming

DECEMBER 13

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley 12:30 Independent Lens: Newtown 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour C. M. Russell and the American 2:00 West: My Medicine is Strong Now 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Anaheim, hr 3 3:00 WORLD Medicine Game 4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Richmond, hr 1 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 WORLD American Forum 5:00 Secrets of Great British Castles: Arundel Castle 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 5:30 WORLD Independent Lens:

Newtown TV-PG

6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Condor’s Shadow The work of reestablishing the nearly extinct California condor in its natural habitat is detailed. TV-PG

11:30 WORLD Doc World: Finding Samuel Lowe

7:00 WORLD Frontline

8:00 NOVA “Secret Tunnel Warfare” A plan to plant explosives in tunnels under German trenches during World War II is investigated. TV-PG

COURTESY OF ED THOMPSON

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers “Defying Gravity” Explore the basic principles of flight to see how animals become airborne in the first place. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Focus On Europe TV-G

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Independent Lens:

The Armor of Light TV-PG

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 MotorWeek TV-G 11:30 WORLD Independent Lens:

Newtown TV-PG

THURSDAY AM mdnt 12:30 1:00 1:00

2:00

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Rolando Villazon

Airs 8pm Friday, December 15; 8pm Tuesday, December 19; 7pm Monday, December 25 Also 12/21 4am; 12/27 2:30am Celebrate the holidays with the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This season’s cross-cultural spectacular features the world’s leading tenor, Rolando Villazon, and seasonal favorites.

2:00 2:30

3:00 3:00

4:00 4:00

DECEMBER 14

EARLY MORNING Tavis Smiley NHK Newsline Finding Your Roots: Southern Roots WORLD PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots: The Vanguard WORLD Nightly Business Report WORLD Tavis Smiley Frontline WORLD Global Spirit: Rumi & The Sufi Path of Love Finding Your Roots: Southern Roots WORLD Scully/The World Show

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Hospital Delirium Christmas at Concordia: Gather Us In, O Child of Peace 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 5:00

PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Supernature:

Wild Flyers Defying Gravity TV-PG

7:00

11th & Grant with Eric

Funk “Christmas Favorites” Featuring traditional and original music, musicians from across Montana perform Christmas favorites. TV-G See p. 5

7:00 WORLD Quietest Place On Earth TV-G

8:00 Doc Martin “Control-Alt-Delete” After being followed around by Buddy, Martin manages to offload the dog to a local vet. TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

8:50 Sherlock On Masterpiece “The Abominable Bride” Rejoin Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in 1890s London. TV-14-V 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Scully/The World Show TV-G 10:00 WORLD NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare TV-PG

10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 WORLD Supernature:

Wild Flyers Defying Gravity TV-PG

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 15

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Quietest Place On Earth 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers: Defying Gravity 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Nature: Soul of the Elephant 3:00 WORLD Local USA: Finding America I 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Chance 4:00 NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare 4:00 WORLD Well Read: Garth Stein & Mary Ann Gwinn: Writers to Reviewers 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Cosmology and Creation?

5:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers: Defying Gravity 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler Shikoku TV-PG

7:00 Washington Week

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4:30 WORLD Second Opinion:

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7:00 WORLD Adventists TV-G

7:30 Charlie Rose: The Week 8:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Rolando Villazon “Featuring Rolando Villazon” Renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and tenor Rolando Villazon perform seasonal favorites. TV-G 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Lidia Celebrates America “Homegrown Heroes” Join Lidia Bastianich to celebrate our homegrown heroes-veterans who now cultivate the land TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Asia Insight

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler Lourdes TV-PG

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler Shikoku TV-PG

11:30 New Scandinavian Cooking “Norwegian Versions of Classic Recipes” Andreas investigates traditional recipes that are similar to Mexican, Italian and American dishes. TV-G

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 16

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Adventists 12:30 Overheard with Evan Smith: Ben Domenech, Publisher, The Federalist 1:00 Black America: Where Are We in America with Rebecca Carroll 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 2:00 Open Mind: We The.... Bots and Trolls 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 This Is America & The World 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Washington Week 3:00 WORLD Quietest Place On Earth 3:30 Market to Market 4:00 The This Old House Hour 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Hospital Delirium 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 iQ: smartparent: Flipped Learning 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Martha Speaks 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show “Salute to Nat King Cole (1973)” This program is a tribute to the songs of Nat “King” Cole. “L-O-V-E” opens the show with a bang! TV-G 6:00 WORLD Buddha TV-G

Caroline (Sarah Lancashire), Celia (Anne Reid), Gillian (Nicola Walker), Alan (Derek Jacobi)

Last Tango in Halifax Holiday Special Packed with shocks and surprises, the heartwarming drama continues the compelling story of childhood sweethearts, reunited after nearly 60 years apart, as they and their families negotiate the highs and lows of life and relationships.

Part 1 Airs 12/17 7pm; 12/19 3am

Caroline’s new headship involves moving the family to a ramshackle farmhouse in time for Christmas. Alan has a difficult conversation with Gillian, who’s consumed by thoughts of the afterlife, convinced she’s being haunted

by Eddie.

Part 2 Airs 12/24 7pm; 12/26 3am

Caroline tells Gillian the truth about why she took the new headship.

Gillian’s mounting guilt over Eddie’s death drives her to make a life-changing decision. On the night of Celia’s play, a twist of fate means Alan is forced to confront his fears.

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Evening & Overnight 7:00 Last of the Summer Wine “The Defeat of the Stoneworm” Howard starts a panic in the neighbourhood when he discovers an outbreak of a lesser-known household pest. TV-PG

7:31 May to December “School Days” Baby Fleur is only three months old, but Alec is already making plans for her education. Hilary takes advice from Vera about her love life.

8:00 WORLD America Reframed: Enter the Faun

8:02 MontanaPBS Film Classics “Four Weddings and a Funeral” A reserved Englishman meets an attractive American woman at a wedding and sees her again and again.

See photo, p. 14 9:30 WORLD An American Mosque TV-G 10:00 WORLD Buddha TV-G

10:01 Austin City Limits “Ryan Adams/ Shakey Graves” Ryan Adams performs an acoustic set of hits and deep cuts. Singer-songwriter Shakey Graves appears. TV-PG

11:00 Live from the Artists Den “Gary Clark Jr.” Austin native and blues phenomenon Gary Clarke Jr. showcases his southern roots. TV-G

SUNDAY

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

DECEMBER 17

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare MDNT WORLD America Reframed: Enter the Faun 1:00 Nature: Soul of the Elephant 1:30 WORLD An American Mosque 2:00 Crimson Field, pt 1 2:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine: Birth of a Faith 3:00 Crimson Field, pt 2 3:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine: The Great Missionary 4:00 Scully/The World Show 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions: Cruising the Rhine, pt 1 4:30 WORLD Washington Week 5:00 Americas Now: The Last Inca King 5:00 WORLD Scully/The World Show 5:30 Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas 5:30 WORLD Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM AFTERNOON/EVENING 3:00 WORLD The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow TV-PG 4:00 WORLD The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return TV-PG

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Holiday programming

4:05 Sand Creek Massacre In 1864 over 600 volunteer soldiers attacked a peaceful settlement of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. TV-PG 5:00 WORLD Three Faiths, One God: Judaism,

Christianity, Islam TV-PG

5:02 Metal Road For decades, thousands of Navajos worked the railroads maintaining the transcontinental network. TV-G

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Dickensian Edward Barbary finds his situation deteriorating when Scrooge demands his loan repaid.

Honoria and Hawdon desperately try to secure Edward Barbary’s freedom.

TV-G

6:00 WORLD Nature: Soul of the Elephant TV-PG-S

7:00

Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Special Caroline’s new headship involves moving the family to a ramshackle farmhouse in time for Christmas. TV-14 See story, p. 13

7:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots Tragedy +

Time = Comedy TV-PG-VL

8:00 Victoria On Masterpiece “Doll 123” As a new queen, young Victoria struggles to take charge amid plots to manipulate her. TV-PG See story, p. 15

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8:00 WORLD Doc World: One Child 9:00 WORLD Fire in the Forest: The Life and

Legacy of the Ba’al Shem Tov TV-G

10:00 Place to Call Home “A Nagging Doubt” The death of a local schoolteacher leads Sarah to a shocking discovery. Elizabeth’s new attitude to life stuns the family. George takes charge of James and Olivia’s separation as they struggle to move on with their new lives. TV-PG 10:00 WORLD Nature: Soul of the Elephant TV-PG-S

11:00 Hidden Killers “Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home” Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the lethal killers that lurked in every room of the Victorian home. TV-PG 11:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots Tragedy +

Time = Comedy TV-PG-VL

MONDAY

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Airs 8pm Saturday, December 16 Also 12/17 1pm A reserved Englishman meets attractive American Carrie at a wedding and falls in love with her, but his inability to express his feelings seems to forestall any possibility of relationship - until they meet again and again.

DECEMBER 18

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Doc Martin: Control-Alt-Delete MDNT WORLD Doc World: One Child 1:00 Austin City Limits: Ryan Adams/ Shakey Graves 1:00 WORLD Fire in the Forest: The Life and Legacy of the Ba’al Shem Tov 2:00 BILL W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous 2:00 WORLD Quietest Place On Earth 3:00 WORLD Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam

4:00 On Life’s Terms: Mothers in Recovery 4:00 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Helen Thorpe, Journalist/Author 4:30 WORLD Open Mind 5:00 Song of the Mountains: Jonathan Buckner & Chosen Road / Flatt Lonesome 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Unbroken Glass

7:00 Finding Your Roots “Funny Business” Comedic guests Garrison Keillor, Amy Schumer and Aziz Ansari take a look at their family trees. TV-PG

PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: From Apocalypse to Heresies TV-PG

7:00 Antiques Roadshow “Richmond, hr 2” Fascinating finds include a 1765 Thomas Pitts silver epergne and a Leveille-Rousseau perfume bottle. TV-G 7:00 WORLD Local USA: Finding America II 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage:

Holiday Horror

8:00 Antiques Roadshow “Richmond, hr 3” A “Bride of Frankenstein” pressbook and an 1890 Frank Henry Shapleigh oil painting are appraised.

TV-G

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Independent Lens “Supergirl” A young girl navigates the perils of adolescence while attempting to succeed at powerlifting. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 10:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine Age of the Apostles TV-PG

10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: From Apocalypse to Heresies TV-PG

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 19

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Local USA: Finding America II 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Holiday Horror 1:00 Victoria On Masterpiece: Doll 123 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Special 3:00 WORLD The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: The Beginning 4:00 Dickensian 4:00 WORLD Global 3000 4:30 WORLD Focus On Europe 5:00 Place to Call Home: Bad in a Good Way 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

7:00 WORLD Faith in the Big House TV-G

8:00

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Rolando Villazon “Featuring Rolando Villazon” Renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and tenor Rolando Villazon perform seasonal favorites.

TV-G See photo, p. 12

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Frontline 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Global 3000 TV-G

Jenna Coleman as Victoria

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Unbroken Glass 11:00 WORLD Faith in the Big House TV-G

11:30 Bluegrass Underground “Chris Robinson Brotherhood” The group performs blues-rock, jamband and acid-Americana tunes with a vintage rock vibe. TV-G

WEDNESDAY

M AST E R P I EC E

Victoria

10:30 Charlie Rose

DECEMBER 20

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Doc World: One Child 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 Independent Lens: Supergirl 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Richmond, hr 2 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 WORLD The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Richmond, hr 3 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 Independent Lens: Supergirl 4:30 WORLD American Forum 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 5:30 WORLD Independent Lens: Supergirl TV-PG

6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Nature “The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa” Discover how the first cats arose in the forests of Asia and how they spread across the continent. TV-PG 7:00 WORLD Frontline

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Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area

Airs 8pm Sundays

The eight-hour drama follows Victoria from the time she becomes Queen in 1837 at the age of 18 through her relationship with Lord Melbourne, her first prime minister and intimate friend, and her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.

Doll 123 Airs 12/17 8pm; 12/19 1am

Facing rioters and suitors, Victoria grows into her royal role. As she ponders marriage, her friendship with Lord Melbourne grows more complex.

Brocket Hall Airs 12/24 8pm; 12/26 1am

Facing rioters and suitors, Victoria grows into her royal role. As she ponders marriage, her friendship with Lord Melbourne grows more complex.

Clockwork Prince Airs 12/24 9pm; 12/26 2am

Albert pays a visit against the queen’s wishes and meets royal disdain. Where could it possibly lead? Meanwhile, the mystery of Miss Skerrett’s past deepens.

An Ordinary Woman Airs 12/31 7pm

Courtship at court leads to second thoughts and other complications. Will Victoria and Albert take the fateful step into matrimony? And will the queen promise “to obey” her foreign prince?

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Evening & Overnight 8:00 NOVA “Bird Brain” Discover how the genius of birds is leading us to rethink our basic notions of intelligence. TV-G

4:00

4:00 4:30

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers “Masters of the Sky” The extremes of true flight power, acceleration, speed, maneuverability and endurance are explored. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Focus On Europe TV-G

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Independent Lens: Supergirl TV-PG

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 MotorWeek TV-G

5:00 5:00

6:00

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour Masters of the Sky TV-PG

7:00

1:00

2:00 2:00 2:30

3:00

11th & Grant with Eric

Funk “Christmas with Philip Aaberg” Philip Aaberg performs original holiday music and spirited Christmas favorites on 11th & Grant. Pristine silences and melodic expanses paint an audible portrait of the sweeping Montana landscape. TV-G See p. 5

7:00 WORLD Let There Be Light TV-G

8:00 Doc Martin “Other People’s Children” Martin and Louisa are not having success with therapy. Dr. Timoney advises them to plan a date. TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

COURTESY OF FUNCACIÓN NAO VICTORIA

3:00

DECEMBER 21

EARLY MORNING Tavis Smiley NHK Newsline Finding Your Roots: Funny Business WORLD PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots: The Impression WORLD Nightly Business Report WORLD Tavis Smiley Frontline WORLD Global Spirit: Sacred Ecology

Pledge programming

Holiday programming

8:50 Sherlock Season 4 On Masterpiece “The Six Thatchers” Sherlock Holmes is back on British soil.

Doctor Watson and his wife Mary prepare to become parents. TV-14 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Scully/The World Show TV-G 10:00 WORLD NOVA: Bird Brain TV-G

10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 WORLD Supernature: Wild Flyers:

Masters of the Sky TV-PG

6:00 WORLD Supernature: Wild Flyers:

Her Fight for Gold TV-PG

AM mdnt 12:30 1:00

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Rolando Villazon: Featuring Rolando Villazon WORLD Scully/The World Show WORLD Second Opinion: Transgender Health Finding Your Roots: Funny Business WORLD Newsroom Tokyo SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

PM EVENING

11:30 WORLD Independent Lens T-Rex:

THURSDAY

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 22

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Let There Be Light 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 NOVA: Bird Brain 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers: Masters of the Sky 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Nature: The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa 3:00 WORLD Local USA: Finding America II 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Holiday Horror 4:00 NOVA: Bird Brain 4:00 WORLD Well Read: Mark Shriver Pilgrimage 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: What Is Philosophy of Biology?

5:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers: Masters of the Sky 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler Hajj TV-PG

7:00 Washington Week 7:00 WORLD The Adventists 2 TV-PG

7:30 Charlie Rose: The Week 8:00 Christmas at Belmont Sheryl Crow hosts as 700 student musicians and others perform masterworks and seasonal favorites. TV-G See story, p. 17 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Eric Idle’s The Entire Universe Explore the history of the entire universe with Professor Brian Cox, a chorus of singers and dancers. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Asia Insight

Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special Airs 8pm Tuesday, December 26 Also 12/28 1am, 4am

Join a team of archaeologists, scientists and historians as they reveal the little-known history of America’s Spanish colonists who settled in Florida in 1565, long before Jamestown or Plymouth. Actor Jimmy Smits narrates.

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with

Bruce Feiler: Jerusalem TV-PG

10:30 Charlie Rose

Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area

11:30 New Scandinavian Cooking “A Journey to the North” Andreas travels north across the Arctic Circle to Bodo and fries a piece of Arctic beef. TV-G

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 23

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD The Adventists 2 12:30 Overheard with Evan Smith: Jason Kander, President of Let America Vote 1:00 Black America: Expanding the Eye for Art History 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 2:00 Open Mind: Defcon U.S.A. 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 This Is America & The World 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Washington Week 3:00 WORLD Faith in the Big House 3:30 Market to Market 4:00 The This Old House Hour 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Transgender Health 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 iQ: smartparent: Healthy Media Habits 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Martha Speaks 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show “Christmas (1966)” Celebrate Christmas as Lawrence sings “Jingle Bells” and the Lennon Sisters perform “Star Carol.” TV-G 6:00 WORLD Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagina-

tion & The Quest For Meaning TV-G

7:00 Last of the Summer Wine “Stop That Castle (Christmas 1992)” Foggy, Compo and Clegg, supervisors of the annual gala parade, must rental a bouncy castle. TV-G 7:00 WORLD American Conscience:

The Reinhold Niebuhr Story TV-G

7:31 May to December “Who Can I Turn to?” Jamie wants to update the office with a major purchase of equipment. Alec takes Zoe on a sentimental journey just to remind her of how much things have changed.

8:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Unbroken Glass

8:02

The Mall and the Night Visitors For those who have no family, though, Christmas may not always be cheering. This affecting drama

by Montana’s own Vigilante Players reminds us that these people exist,

and that sharing and loving can pull us all through a season that has become a commercialized extravaganza. See p. 5

PBS

Bruce Feiler: Hajj TV-PG

9:00 WORLD Faith in the Big House TV-G

9:30 Austin City Limits “Tom Waits” Iconic singer-songwriter Tom Waits performs in this classic episode from 1979. TV-PG 10:00 WORLD Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagina-

tion & The Quest For Meaning TV-G

10:30 The Kate “Ana Gasteyer” Ana Gasteyer performs “One Mint Julep” and “Before He Cheats” along with tongue-in-cheek comedy. TV-PG 11:00 WORLD American Conscience:

The Reinhold Niebuhr Story TV-G

11:30 The Lowertown Line “The Lowertown Line: Nicholas David” Nicholas David is a vibrant singer-songwriter who incorporates multiple genres into his music. TV-PG

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 24

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt NOVA: Bird Brain MDNT WORLD America Reframed: Unbroken Glass 1:00 Nature: The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa 1:00 WORLD Faith in the Big House 2:00 Crimson Field: Episode 3 2:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine: Age of the Apostles 3:00 Crimson Field: Episode 4 3:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine: Apocalypse to Heresies 4:00 Scully/The World Show 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions 4:30 WORLD Washington Week 5:00 Americas Now: San Salvador 5:00 WORLD Scully/The World Show 5:30 Curious George 5:30 WORLD Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23

Christmas at Belmont Airs 8pm Friday, December 22 Also 12/25 1pm

Join nearly 700 student musicians, Belmont School of Music faculty and Nashville Children’s Choir for a production of traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites.

PBS

11:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with

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PM AFTERNOON/EVENING

3:00 Wolf Hall On Masterpiece “Episode 2” As Cromwell’s relationship with Henry deepens, there is unexpected news from the north. TV-PG 3:00 WORLD America Reframed:

Unbroken Glass 4:00 WORLD Faith in the Big House TV-G

4:02 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic The construction marvels and visual splendors of the Swiss rail system are showcased. TV-G

5:00 Natchez Trace Parkway: Traces Through Time Trace the history of the 400 mile pathway through the southern Appalachians foothills of Tennessee. TV-G

Nearly 700 student musicians, Belmont School of Music faculty and Nashville Children’s Choir present a program of traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites.

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Evening & Overnight 5:00 WORLD Three Faiths, One God:

Judaism, Christianity, Islam TV-PG

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Dickensian Honoria faces up to the reality of her father’s desperate situation. Compeyson is prevented from attending an important meeting with Amelia. TV-G 6:00 WORLD Nature: The Story of Cats: Asia to

Africa TV-PG

7:00

Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Special On the night of Celia’s play, a twist of fate means Alan is forced to confront his fears. TV-14 See story, p. 13

7:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots:

Southern Roots TV-PG-L

8:00 Victoria On Masterpiece “Brocket Hall” Facing rioters and suitors, Victoria grows into her royal role and ponders marriage. TV-PG See story, p. 15 8:00 WORLD Doc World: The Departure

9:00 Victoria On Masterpiece “The Clockwork Prince” Albert pays a visit against the queen’s wishes.

TV-PG See story, p. 15

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

9:30 WORLD Our American Family:

The Mays TV-G

10:00 Place to Call Home “Bad in a Good Way” As Sarah faces Sgt. Taylor’s strong suspicion that she murdered Milly, Regina weaves another tendril around George. TV-PG 10:00 WORLD Nature: The Story of Cats:

Asia to Africa TV-PG

11:00 Hidden Killers “New Hidden Killers: The Victorian Home” Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb sheds light on the domestic horrors of home life in the 19th century. TV-PG

Pledge programming

Judaism, Christianity, Islam 4:00 Deeply Rooted: John Coykendall’s Journey to Save Our Seeds and Stories 4:00 WORLD Overheard with Evan Smith: Walter Isaacson, Author 4:30 WORLD Open Mind 5:00 Song of the Mountains 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: Constantine TV-PG

7:00

11:00 WORLD Finding Your Roots:

Southern Roots TV-PG-L

MONDAY

7:00 WORLD Local USA 7:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage:

Welcome to the Neighborhood

8:00

Call the Midwife Holiday Special Valerie helps a young couple with a traumatic birth and Sister Julienne tries to reunite a family. TV-14 See story, p. 3

8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G

9:30

SHUTTERSTOCK

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Rolando Villazon The renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and tenor Rolando Villazon perform seasonal favorites. TV-G See photo, p. 12

DECEMBER 25

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Doc Martin: Other People’s Children MDNT WORLD Doc World: The Departure 1:00 Austin City Limits: Tom Waits 1:30 WORLD Our American Family: The Mays 2:00 Fats Domino: Walkin’ Back to New Orleans 2:00 WORLD Let There Be Light 3:00 Saving Place, Saving Grace 3:00 WORLD Three Faiths, One God:

Holiday programming

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Santino Fontana and the Sesame Street Muppets Santino Fontana, the Muppets from Sesame Street and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform. TV-G

9:30 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 10:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs TV-PG

10:30

11th & Grant with Eric Funk “Christmas Favorites” Featuring traditional and original music, musicians from across Montana return to the studio of 11th & Grant performing their Christmas favorites.

TV-G See p. 5

11:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to

Constantine: Constantine TV-PG

11:30

The Rundown with Beth Saboe: Patients in Waiting

Airs 7pm December 28 & 29, 6pm December 30, 5:18pm December 31

Also 12/30 3am, 12/31 9am Montana is ailing from a chronic shortage of doctors and mental health providers. In such a rural state, the lack of physicians means patients must often drive hundreds of miles for medical care. What’s being done to recruit and keep more doctors in rural areas?

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

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 26

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Local USA 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Welcome to the Neighborhood 1:00 Victoria On Masterpiece: Brocket Hall

Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Victoria On Masterpiece: The Clockwork Prince 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Special 3:00 WORLD The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith 4:00 Dickensian 4:00 WORLD Global 3000 4:30 WORLD Focus On Europe 5:00 Place to Call Home: When You’re Smiling 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Sultan and the Saint Explore how St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt risked it all to end the Crusades. TV-PG-V See story, inside front cover 7:00 WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer TV-G

8:00 Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special The little-known history of America’s Spanish colonists who settled in Florida in 1565 is revealed. TV-PG See photo, p. 16 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Global 3000 TV-G

10:00 BBC World News 10:30 Charlie Rose 11:00 WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer TV-G

11:30 Bluegrass Underground “Russell Moore & Iiird Tyme Out” The internationally acclaimed band defines the drive and precision of top shelf bluegrass. TV-G

WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 27

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD Crisis of Faith 12:30 NHK Newsline 12:30 WORLD An American Mosque Call the Midwife Holiday Special 1:00 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle 2:30 Choir Featuring Rolando Villazon 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 WORLD The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 Independent Lens: Meet the Patels 4:30 WORLD American Forum 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

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PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:30 WORLD Independent Lens:

Meet the Patels TV-PG

7:00 Nature “The Story of Cats: Into the Americas” Track the story of cats into the Americas, from battles with Canids, to the rise of domestic cats. TV-PG

8:00 NOVA “Day the Dinosaurs Died” Scientists explore the impact of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

9:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers “Crowded Skies” In order to survive in the crowded sky, mammals, birds and insects must out-flying the competition. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Focus On Europe TV-G

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Jewish Film Showcase:

Raise the Roof TV-G

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:30 MotorWeek TV-G 11:30 WORLD Independent Lens:

Christmas Day Specials: Monday, December 25 AM

6:30 Wild Kratts:

A Creature Christmas

8:00 Curious George:

A Very Monkey Christmas

9:30 Once Upon a

Sesame Street Christmas

10:30 European Christmas Markets 11:00 Great British Baking Show

Christmas Masterclass

PM

noon Night Before

Christmas Carol

Meet the Patels TV-PG

THURSDAY AM mdnt 12:30 1:00 1:00 2:00 2:30

3:00 3:00

4:00 4:00 4:30 5:00

6:00

DECEMBER 28

EARLY MORNING Tavis Smiley NHK Newsline Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special WORLD PBS NewsHour WORLD Nightly Business Report WORLD Tavis Smiley Sultan and the Saint WORLD The Story of the Jews: Return Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special WORLD Scully/The World Show WORLD Second Opinion: Atrial Fibrillation WORLD Newsroom Tokyo SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22

1:00 Christmas at Belmont See p. 17

2:00 Christmas with the Mormon

Tabernacle Choir Featuring Laura Osnes & Martin Jarvis

3:00

4:00 Christmas at Concordia:

Gather Us In, O Child of Peace See photo, p. 10

5:00 ...Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Featuring Deborah Voight

7:00 ...Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Featuring Rolando Villazon

PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Supernature: Wild Flyers:

Crowded Skies TV-PG

7:00

7:10

See photo, p. 12

8:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 9:30 ...Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Featuring Santino Fontana & The Sesame Street Muppets

The Rundown with Beth Saboe: Patients in Waiting Learn what is being done to recruit and keep more doctors in rural areas of Montana. See photo, p. 18

Aging Out: Autism in Montana The framework of care changes for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder after adolescence. TV-G See p. 4

11th & Grant with Eric Funk: Christmas with Phillip Aaberg

10:30

11th & Grant with Eric Funk: Christmas Favorites

11:30 Christmas on the Danube

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Evening & Overnight 7:00 WORLD Monks of Vina TV-G

7:59 Doc Martin “Facta Non Verba” Dr. Timoney questions Martin and Louisa’s ultimate compatibility. Martin has new neighbors. TV-PG 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour

8:45 Doc Martin “The Doctor Is Out” Marin find himself trapped by Annie Winton, who desperately wants him to try and save her husband. TV-PG 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Scully/The World Show TV-G

9:33 Sherlock Season 4 On Masterpiece “The Lying Detective” Sherlock faces a chilling enemy, the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith. TV-14 10:00 WORLD NOVA: Day the

Dinosaurs Died TV-PG 11:00 WORLD Supernature: Wild Flyers:

Crowded Skies TV-PG

11:05 Charlie Rose

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 29

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

12:02 Tavis Smiley 12:30 NHK Newsline 1:00 NOVA: Day the Dinosaurs Died 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 2:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers: Crowded Skies 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Nature: The Story of Cats: Into the Americas 3:00 WORLD Local USA 3:30 WORLD Stories from the Stage: Welcome to the Neighborhood 4:00 NOVA: Day the Dinosaurs Died 4:00 WORLD Well Read: Katie Kitamura, A Separation 4:30 WORLD Closer to Truth: Epistemology: How Do I Know?

5:00 Supernature: Wild Flyers: Crowded Skies 5:00 WORLD Newsroom Tokyo 6:00 SEE DAYTIME SCHEDULE, P. 22 PM EVENING

5:30 Nightly Business Report TV-G 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler: Osun-Osogbo TV-PG

Pledge programming

7:00

The Rundown with Beth Saboe: Patients in Waiting Learn what is being done to recruit and keep more doctors in rural areas of Montana. See photo, p. 18

7:10 Washington Week 7:00 WORLD The Blueprint: The Story of

Adventist Education TV-G

7:30 Charlie Rose: The Week 8:00 Bob Hope: American Masters The entertainer’s personal archives shed light on his life. Woody Allen and others are interviewed. TV-PG See story, right 8:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report TV-G 9:30 WORLD Asia Insight

10:00 BBC World News 10:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler: Kumbh Mela TV-PG

10:30 Charlie Rose 11:00 WORLD Sacred Journeys with Bruce

Feiler: Osun-Osogbo TV-PG

11:30 New Scandinavian Cooking “Eat Like the Vikings” Andreas travels by boat to visit the islands of Lofoten, where he prepares a traditional cod dish. TV-G

AM EARLY MORNING MDNT WORLD Monks of Vina

SATURDAY

COURTESY OF ROBERT VIGLASKY/DAYBREAK PICTURES AND MASTERPIECE

Holiday programming

DECEMBER 30

AM EARLY MORNING mdnt Tavis Smiley MDNT WORLD The Blueprint: The Story of Adventist Education 12:30 Overheard with Evan Smith 1:00 Black America 1:00 WORLD PBS NewsHour 1:30 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 2:00 Open Mind: The Town Hall Lives 2:00 WORLD Nightly Business Report 2:30 This Is America & The World 2:30 WORLD Tavis Smiley 3:00 Washington Week 3:00 WORLD Monks of Vina 3:30 Market to Market 4:00 The This Old House Hour 4:00 WORLD Second Opinion: Atrial Fibrillation 4:30 WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 5:00 iQ: smartparent: Parent Entrepreneurs 5:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Martha Speaks 5:30 WORLD Washington Week 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23 PM EVENING

5:58

Churchill’s Secret on Masterpiece Airs 8pm Saturday, December 30 Also 12/31 1pm

Michael Gambon stars as Winston Churchill in this dramatization of Churchill’s life-threatening stroke in the summer of 1953, when he was prime minister for the second time. His illness and battle to recover were kept secret from the world.

The Rundown with Beth Saboe: Patients in Waiting Learn what is being done to recruit and keep more doctors in rural areas of Montana. See photo, p. 18

Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area

“New Year’s (1970)” “Auld Lang Syne,” “Moonlight and Roses” and “Let’s Start the New Year Right” are performed. TV-G 6:00 WORLD Bob Hope: American Masters TV-PG

7:00 Last of the Summer Wine “Once in a Moonlit Junkyard” Compo spots a sinister looking motorcyclist, and after recovering from the fright eventually concludes it could be one of his old girlfriends. TV-PG

PM AFTERNOON/EVENING

3:00 Wolf Hall On Masterpiece “Episode 3” Cromwell must orchestrate a marriage between the king and Anne Boleyn. TV-PG 4:00 WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer TV-G

4:03 Timeless Tractors: The Collectors Tractor clubs, a father-son restoration project and collectors across the Midwest are showcased. TV-G

4:50 Trees in Trouble This history of America’s urban and community forests and their growing importance are explored. TV-G

7:31 May to December “Let There Be Love” Zoe is finding motherhood a strain. Alec is on the verge of securing an important contract which necessitates Jamie enduring an evening with the Proudloves.

8:02 Churchill’s Secret On Masterpiece Winston Churchill faces a life-threatening stroke in 1953 and keeps it secret from the world. TV-PG See photo, left 9:00 WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer TV-G

10:00 Austin City Limits “Kendrick Lamar” Experience an hour of contemporary hip-hop from Grammy-nominated superstar Kendrick Lamar. TV-PG-L 10:00 WORLD Bob Hope: American Masters TV-PG

11:00 The Kate “Rickie Lee Jones” Twotime Grammy-winner Rickie Lee Jones performs “Chuck E’s In Love,” “Infinity” and more. TV-PG

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AM EARLY MORNING mdnt NOVA: Day the Dinosaurs Died 1:00 Nature: The Story of Cats: Into the Americas 1:00 WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer 2:00 Crimson Field: Episode 5 2:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine: Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs 3:00 Crimson Field: Episode 6 3:00 WORLD Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine: Constantine 4:00 Scully/The World Show 4:00 WORLD To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 4:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions 4:30 WORLD Washington Week 5:00 Americas Now 5:00 WORLD Scully/The World Show 5:30 Curious George 5:30 WORLD Open Mind 6:00 SEE WEEKEND SCHEDULE, P. 23

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6:10 The Lawrence Welk Show

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The Rundown with Beth Saboe: Patients in Waiting Learn what is being done to recruit and keep more doctors in rural areas of Montana. See photo, p. 18

5:00 WORLD Monks of Vina TV-G

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Dickensian Honoria comes to terms with letting Hawdon go. Compeyson offers Arthur a deal he can’t refuse. TV-G

Bob Hope, circa 1955.

6:00 WORLD Nature: The Story of Cats:

Into The Americas TV-PG

7:00 Victoria On Masterpiece “An Ordinary Woman” Courtship at court leads to second thoughts. Will Victoria and Albert take the fateful step?

TV-PG See story, p. 15 7:00 WORLD Sultan and the Saint TV-PG-V

8:00 Live from Lincoln Center “NY Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: Bernstein on Broad” Ring in 2018 with a celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s works for Broadway, including West Side Story. TV-G See story, back cover 8:00 WORLD Pov Marathon

9:30 ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve Neko Case, Brandi Carlile and others celebrate Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash and the Neville Brothers. TV-PG 10:00 WORLD POV: Marathon

10:30 Place to Call Home “When You’re Smiling” Sarah and Roy go to Sydney to deal with Sgt. Taylor’s accusation. TV-PG

11:30 Hidden Killers “New Hidden Killers: The Edwardian Home” Electricity, refrigeration and other innovations often led to accidents at dawn of the 20th century. TV-PG

AMERICAN MASTERS

This is Bob Hope...

Airs 8pm Friday, December 29 Also 12/3 noon

During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope (1903–2003) was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and personal appearances, including his annual USO Christmas military tours and hosting the Academy Awards more times than anyone else. A comedy innovator, Hope invented the topical monologue that later became a late-night TV staple and comedy tropes like talking while backing up. He refined a spontaneous, conversational, improvisational style of comedy as a vaudeville master of ceremonies that created a blueprint for acerbic standup comics.

Written, directed and produced by John Scheinfeld (The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary), American Masters: This is Bob Hope... presents a candid look at a remarkable life with unprecedented access to Hope’s personal archives, including writings voiced by Billy Crystal and clips from Hope’s body of work to reveal a gifted individual who recognized the power of fame, embraced its responsibilities and handled celebrity with extraordinary wit and grace, becoming a model for public service in Hollywood.

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MontanaPBS Programming Grids

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

Pledge programming

Holiday programming

Weekday Programs TIME

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MORNING 6:00 AM

Classical Stretch: Esmonde Technique

Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches

Classical Stretch: Esmonde Technique

Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches

Classical Stretch: Esmonde Technique

*Note: Classical Stretch and Priscilla’s Yoga pre-empted by pledge programs December 4–8.

6:30AM–10AM · Ready to Learn Children’s Programs See page 24.

10:30 AM

Sit and Be Fit 12/25 European Christmas Markets

Classical Stretch: Esmonde Technique 12/12 Classical Stretch: By Essentrics begins

Sit and Be Fit

Classical Stretch: Esmonde Technique

Sit and Be Fit 12/1 Beartooth Highway

11:00 AM

Great British Baking Show 12/4 Yellowstone in Four Seasons

Pati’s Mexican Table 12/5 Silence & Solitude

Nick Stelino: Storyteller 12/6 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Alfie Boe & Tom Brokaw

Simply Ming 12/7 Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy

Ciao Italia 12/1 Montana On My Mind 12/8 Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White

Health Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

Born to Explore with Richard Wiese

Taste of History

Music Voyager

12/7 Magic Moments: Best of ’50s Pop: My Music 12/14 Brazil with Michael Palin begins

12/15 Nature: Soul of an Elephant 12/22 Nature: The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa 12/29 Nature: The Story of Cats: Into the Americas

11:30 AM

NOON AND AFTERNOON NOON

12:30 PM

12/4 Carpenters: Close to You & Chrismas Memories 12/11 NOVA: Rise of the Robots 12/18 NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare 12/25 Night Before Christmas Carol

12/5 Rock, Rhythm and Doo Wop 12/12 Empowered Patient 12/19 Harmonies for Healing, pt 1 12/26 Harmonies for Healing, pt 2

12/13 Fall in Love with Music begins

12/12 Journey Ahead: End of Life

12/6 Why We Love Backroads of Montana 12/13 New Tanglewood Tales: Life on Stage and Off begins

12/1 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years & Circlin’ Back 12/8 Nature: Super Hummingbirds

1:00 PM

Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer 12/25 Christmas at Belmont

The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross

Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Painting with Paulson

Craftsman’s Legacy

1:30 PM

Quilt in a Day

It's Sew Easy

Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting

Knitting Daily

Quilting Arts

2PM–5PM · Ready to Learn Children’s Programs See page 24.

For community MontanaPBS Capitol Coverage channel, see p. 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area

MontanaPBS Capitol Coverage Television Montana (TV-MT) 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. Visit: leg.mt.gov

Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area

Weekend Programs SATURDAY

SUNDAY

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AM

5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00

Martha Speaks Super Why! Dinosaur Train Bob the Builder Nature Cat Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Splash and Bubbles Ready Jet Go! Wild Kratts Growing a Greener World 12/2 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You 12/9 Dr. David Perlmutter’s Whole Life Plan 10:30 Garden Smart 11:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 11:30 This Old House 12/9 The ’60s Generation: My Music

5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00

8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00

10:30

PM

noon Ask This Old House 12/2 Alone in the Wilderness 12:30 American Woodshop 1:00 Woodwright’s Shop 1:30 Sewing with Nancy 12/2 Alone in the Wilderness, pt 2 12/9 Silence & Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness 2:00 Make48 2:30 Today’s Wild West 12/9 Yellowstone in Four Seasons 3:00 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking 12/2 Rick Steves’ Special: European Christmas 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 12/9 C. M. Russell and the American West: I Got the Cream 4:00 Globe Trekker 12/23 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mall begins 5:00 Backroads of Montana• 12/2 Why We Love Backroads: Fans Celebrate 25 Years 12/9 C. M. Russell and the American West: Sum of the Parts (5:15pm) 12/16 Alder Gulch to Plentywood 12/23 Augusta to Wisdom 12/30 Anaconda to Comertown 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Check daily listings, pp. 6–21

11:00 11:30

Curious George Sid the Science Kid Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Peg + Cat Market to Market 12/3 Rick Steves’ Guide to Cuba 12/10 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You America’s Heartland Charlie Rose: The Week 12/3 A Conversation with Bill Moyers Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Growing a Greener World 12/10 Memory Rescue w/Daniel Amen, MD 12/17 Voices of Fire 12/24 Rick Steves: Luther & the Reformation 12/31 Aging Out: Autism in Montana 12/3 Three Tenors Christmas 12/17 Never Too Late Montana Ag Live See p. 5 12/10 Christmas with Daniel O’Donnell

PM

noon Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine 12/3 American Masters: This is Bob Hope 12:30 12/10 Celtic Woman Homecoming: Ireland 1:00 12/17 MontanaPBS Film Classics: Four Weddings and a Funeral 12/24 The Mall and the Night Visitors 12/31 Churchill’s Secret on Masterpiece 1:30 12/9 Silence & Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness 2:00 12/3 Big Band Years: My Music 2:30 12/10 Alone in the Wilderness 12/24 Christmas on the Danube 3:00 12/17 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece begins 4:00 World War II: The Price of Empire 12/3 Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White 12/10 The ’80s: My Music 12/17 Sand Creek Massacre (4:05pm) 12/24 Real Rail Adventures Swiss Winter Magic 12/31 Timeless Tractors 5:00 12/17 Metal Road 12/24 Natchez Trace Parkway 12/31 Trees in Trouble 5:30 Check daily listings, pp. 6–21

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Find more children's programming on the PBSKids Channel.

Check listings on page 29.

AM Weekdays 6:30 Wild Kratts 12/11, 12/15, 12/25 Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 Nature Cat 8:00 Curious George 12/11, 12/15, 12/25 Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Splash and Bubbles 12/11, 12/13, 12/15, 12/25, 12/27, 12/29 Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 10:00 Sesame Street

PM Weekdays Afternoon Christmas Day programming See sidebar, p. 19 2:00 Thomas & Friends 2:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas

3:00 Splash and Bubbles 3:30 Peg + Cat 12/26 Peg + Cat + Holidays

Airs 6:30am Monday, December 11, Friday, December 15 and Monday, December 25 In this one-hour special, it’s Christmas time and the Wild Kratts are taking a break from creature adventuring to celebrate. But when the Wild Kratts receive an alert that their favorite creatures are suddenly disappearing around the globe, their holiday party quickly turns into a rescue mission. Our heroes must race against time to thwart their greedy archrivals’ most miserly scheme yet! Will they be able to travel to the ends of the earth and return their baby animal friends to their homes in time for the holidays? Find out on Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas.

4:00 Arthur 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Odd Squad Weekend children’s programs are rated unless otherwise indicated, and air Saturdays from 5:30am to 10am and Sundays from 5:30am to 8am.

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All children Children age 7 and over General audience Parental guidance suggested: violence some sexual situations infrequent coarse language suggestive sexual dialogue Parents strongly cautioned Mature audience only

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Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 9:30am December 11, 13, 15, 25, 27, 29 It’s Christmas Eve on Sesame Street!

After putting out cookies for Santa, Elmo’s dad tells him a bedtime story about his great-great-grandmonster Elmo and how Sesame Street was once an unfriendly street. Everyone was grouchy and there was no holiday spirit. With the help of Grandmonster Elmo’s new friends, they try to find a way to bring back the holiday spirit in hopes that Santa would come to visit.

They learn that all you need is kindness!

Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

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MontanaPBS & MontanaPBS 11th & Grant with Eric Funk Christmas Favorites 12/14 7pm; 12/25 10:30pm • Christmas with Philip Aaberg 12/21 7pm; 12/25 3pm The ’60s Generation: My Music 12/7 8:30pm; 12/9 1am, 11:30am The ’80s: My Music 12/9 10:30pm; 12/10 4pm

A ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve 12/31 9:30pm Across the Creek WORLD 12/2 11am; 12/4 2am ADD and Loving It?! WORLD 12/6 4:30pm, 10pm; 12/7 6am, noon; 12/9 9:56am Adventists WORLD 12/15 4pm, 7pm; 12/16 mdnt, 8am, 2pm The Adventists 2 WORLD 12/22 4pm, 7pm; 12/23 mdnt, 8am Africa’s Great Civilizations WORLD Origins 12/8 4:30pm, 10pm; 12/9 5:52am, 12:24pm • Cross and the Crescent 12/8 5:35pm, 11:05pm; 12/9 6:57am, 1:29pm • The Atlantic Age/Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations 12/8 6:49pm; 12/9 12:19am, 8:11am • Cities 12/9 10pm; 12/10 6am • The Atlantic Age/ Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations 12/9 5:18pm, 11:21pm; 12/10 7:21am • Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations 12/9 6:39pm; 12/10 12:42am, 8:42am Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde- White 12/3 4pm; 12/7 5am; 12/8 11am WORLD 12/5 4pm, 7pm, 11pm; 12/6 7am, 1pm; 12/9 3am Aging Out: Autism in Montana 12/28 7:10pm; 12/31 10am Alone in the Wilderness Pt 1 12/2 noon; 12/10 2:30pm • Pt 2 12/2 1:30pm American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story WORLD 12/23 7pm, 11pm American Forum WORLD Wed 4:30am, 11:30am; Sat 4pm

Antiques Roadshow Naughty Or Nice 12/27 3:30am • Anaheim, hr 3 12/11 7pm; 12/13 3am • Richmond, hr 1 12/13 4am • Richmond, hr 2 12/18 7pm; 12/20 2:30am • Richmond, hr 3 12/18 8pm; 12/20 3:30am Arthur Mon-Fri 4pm Articulate with Jim Cotter WORLD Sun 10am Asia Insight WORDL Fri 9:30pm Ask This Old House Sat noon Aurora: Fire in the Sky 12/11 3am Austin City Limits Tom Waits 12/23 9:30pm; 12/25 1am • Kendrick Lamar 12/30 10pm; 1/1 2:03am • Ryan Adams/ Shakey Graves 12/16 10:01pm; 12/18 1am • Margo Price/Hayes Carll 12/11 1am

B Backroads of Montana Alder Gulch to Plentywood 12/16 5pm • Augusta to Wisdom 12/23 5pm • Anaconda to Comertown 12/30 5pm Bard in the Backcountry 12/3 10:30am

WORLD

Call the Midwife Holiday Special 12/25 8pm; 12/27 1am Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories: My Music Presents 12/4 noon The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! 12/12 2:30pm; 12/14 2:30pm; 12/26 2:30pm Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Mon-Fri 2:30pm Celtic Woman: Homecoming: Ireland 12/10 12:30pm Changing Seas WORLD The Future of Seafood 12/1 7am, 1pm; 12/3 2am; 12/5 3am, 9am • Toxic Algae 12/1 7:30am, 1:30pm; 12/3 2:30am; 12/5 3:30am, 9:30am • The Fate of Carbon 12/1 8am, 2pm; 12/3 3am; 12/6 3am, 9am • Majestic Mantas 12/1 8:30am, 2:30pm; 12/3 3:30am; 12/6 3:30am, 9:30am

Charlie Rose: The Week Sun 9am; Fri 7:30pm WORLD Sat 4:30pm

Crisis of Faith WORLD 12/10 9:30pm; 12/11 1:30am, 9:30am, 2:30pm; 12/16 1:30pm; 12/26 4pm; 12/27 mdnt, 8am, 2pm Crossing South WORLD Tijuana: Tacos, Horses, Beer and Soccer 12/30 4:30pm Curious George Mon-Fri 8am Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas 12/11 8am; 12/15 8am; 12/17 5:30am; 12/25 8am

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Dickensian 12/17 6pm; 12/19 4am • 12/24 6pm; 12/26 4am • 12/31 6pm

Bare Feet In NYC with Mickela Mallozzi Manhattan’s Chinatown 12/30 4pm

Christmas at Belmont 12/22 8pm; 12/25 1pm

BBC World News Tue, Wed, Fri 10pm; Mon & Thu 10:30pm

Christmas at Concordia: Gather Us In, O Child of Peace 12/12 8pm; 12/14 5am; 12/25 4pm

Doc Martin Mon mdnt; Thu 8pm

Best of the Joy of Painting Tue 1pm

Christmas on the Danube 12/24 2:30pm; 12/25 11:30pm

Dr. David Perlmutter’s Whole Life Plan 12/9 10am

Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick WORLD Sun 9am

Christmas with Daniel O’Donnell 12/10 11:30am

DW News WORLD Mon-Fri 3:30pm

Beyond a Year in Space 12/7 4pm, 6:30pm, 11pm; 12/8 7am, 1pm

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring... Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw 12/6 11am; 12/8 7:30pm • Rolando Villazon 12/15 8pm; 12/19 8pm; 12/21 4am; 12/25 7pm; 12/27 2:30am • Laura Osnes...Martin Jarvis 12/25 2pm • Santino Fontana and the Sesame Street Muppets 12/25 9:30pm • Deborah Voigt 12/25 5pm

Beartooth Highway 12/1 10:30am; 12/8 3am

Big Band Years 12/3 2pm BILL W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous 12/18 2am Black America Sat 1am Bluegrass Underground Tue 11:30pm The Blueprint: The Story of Adventist Education WORLD 12/29 4pm, 7pm; 12/30 mdnt, 8am

Churchill’s Secret On Masterpiece 12/30 8:02pm; 12/31 1pm Classical Stretch: By Essentrics Tue & Thu 10:30am

BrainFit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen, RN 12/8 11pm; 12/10 2am WORLD 12/4 5pm, 10pm; 12/5 6am, noon; 12/10 2:04am

Class of ’27: America Reframed WORLD 12/2 8pm; 12/3 mdnt, 7am, 3pm

Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine Birth of a Faith 12/17 noon • The Great Missionary 12/24 noon • Age of the Apostles 12/31 noon WORLD Sun 2am, 3am; Tue & Sat 6am, 7am; Tue noon, 1pm; Mon 5pm, 6pm, 10pm, 11pm

Crimson Field Sun 2am, 3am

Deeply Rooted: John Coykendall’s Journey to Save Our Seeds and Stories 12/25 4am WORLD 12/10 10:31am

American Woodshop Sat 12:30pm

America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Sat 11am

Craftsman’s Legacy Fri 1pm

Charlie Rose Tue, Wed, Fri 10:30pm; Mon & Thu 11pm

Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Wed 11:30am

Americas Now Sun 5am

Conversation with Bill Moyers 12/3 9am

Chaplains WORLD Pt 1 12/3 5pm; 12/4 3am • Pt 2 12/10 5pm; 12/11 3am

Bob the Builder Sat 7am

America’s Heartland Sun 8:30am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Sun 9:30am WORLD Sat 4:30am

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sat 8am; Mon-Fri 8:30am, 9am

An American Mosque WORLD Sun 1:30am, 8:30am America Reframed WORLD Sun mdnt, 7am; Wed 6am, noon; Tue 6pm, 10pm; Sat 8pm

Condor’s Shadow 12/13 7pm

Brazil with Michael Palin Thu noon Buddha WORLD 12/16 6pm, 10pm Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Sun 4:30am

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Ciao Italia Fri 11am

Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique Mon, Wed, Fri 6am

Closer to Truth WORLD Fri 4:30am, 11:30am C. M. Russell and the American West I Got the Cream 12/4 7pm; 12/6 1:45am; 12/9 3:30pm • Sum of the Parts 12/5 7pm; 12/7 2:30am; 12/9 5:15pm • My Medicine is Strong Now 12/11 8pm; 12/13 2am

Dinosaur Train Sat 6:30am Doc World WORLD Mon & Wed mdnt, 8am, 2pm; Tue 5pm; Sun 8pm

E Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman 12/1 7:30pm; 12/3 4am; 12/4 5am Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics: The ’60s: My Music 12/4 10:45pm Emmylou Harris: At the Ryman 12/2 11pm Empowered Patient 12/12 noon Eric Idle’s the Entire Universe 12/22 9pm European Christmas Markets 12/25 10:30am Everyone Has a Place WORLD 12/8 4pm; 12/11 2pm; 12/16 1pm; 12/27 4pm Exotic Invaders: Pythons in the Everglades WORLD 12/17 10:30am

F Faith in the Big House WORLD 12/19 4pm, 7pm, 11pm; 12/20 7am, 1pm; 12/23 3am, 9pm; 12/24 1am, 8am, 4pm Fall In Love with Music Wed noon Fats Domino: Walkin’ Back to New Orleans 12/25 2am

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Evening & Overnight Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy 12/7 11am Finding Refuge WORLD 12/2 11:30am; 12/4 2:30am Finding Your Roots The Impression 12/21 2am • The Vanguard 12/14 2am • Southern Roots 12/12 7pm; 12/14 1am, 4am • Funny Business 12/19 7pm; 12/21 1am, 5am WORLD The Stories We Tell 12/3 7pm, 11pm; 12/4 7am, 1pm • Tragedy + Time Comedy 12/17 7pm, 11pm; 12/18 7am, 1pm • Southern Roots 12/24 7pm, 11pm; 12/25 7am, 1pm Fire in the Forest: The Life and Legacy of the Ba’al Shem Tov WORLD 12/17 9pm; 12/18 1am, 9am Focus On Europe WORLD Tue 4:30am, 11:30am; Sun 6am; Sat 5pm; Wed 9:30pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Wed 1:30pm Foo Fighters: Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special 12/11 2am Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White 12/5 5am WORLD 12/6 6pm, 11:30pm; 12/7 7:30am, 1:30pm; 12/9 11:24am Frontline Thu 3am; Tue 9pm WORLD Wed 7pm

G Garden SMART Sat 10:30am Global 3000 WORLD Tue 4am, 11am, 9:30pm; Sun 6:30am; Sat 5:30pm Global Spirit WORLD Thu 3am; Thu & Sat 9am; Sat 10am, 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm Globe Trekker North East England 12/16 4pm • Food Hour: The Story of Chocolate 12/23 4pm The Great British Baking Show Christmas Masterclass 12/11 11am • 12/18 11am • 12/25 11am Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Cinema 12/1 9pm; 12/3 12:30am • Driving Miss Daisy 12/12 3:30am Growing a Greener World Sat 10am

H Harmonies for Healing: Under the Streetlamp 12/19 noon • 12/26 noon

Made in Montana, see pp. 4-5

4:30am WORLD Armor of Light 12/13 4pm, 10pm; 12/14 6am, noon; 12/16 10am • T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold 12/20 4pm, 11:30pm; 12/21 7:30am, 1:30pm • Meet the Patels 12/27 6:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/28 7:30am, 1:30pm • What Was Ours 12/2 10am • Newtown 12/13 5:30pm, 11:30pm; 12/14 7:30am, 1:30pm • Supergirl 12/20 5:30pm, 10pm; 12/21 6am, noon Injunuity 12/2 3am Inspire Happiness 12/3 11pm; 12/6 5am iQ: smartparent Sat 5am It’s Sew Easy Tue 1:30pm

J K Jewish Film Showcase WORLD Raise the Roof 12/27 5pm, 10pm; 12/28 6am, noon Journey Ahead: End of Life 12/12 12:30pmK The Kate Ana Gasteyer 12/23 10:30pm • Rickie Lee Jones 12/30 11pm

Hidden Killers Sun 11pm

I Il Volo Notte Magica 12/3 5:30pm Independent Lens Mimi and Dona 12/12 1am • Meet the Patels 12/27 4:30am • What Was Ours 12/11 4am • Newtown 12/11 9pm; 12/13 12:30am • Supergirl 12/18 9pm; 12/20 1am,

Medicine Game WORLD 12/2 7am, 1pm; 12/13 3am, 9am Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. 12/8 5am; 12/10 10am Metal Road 12/17 5:02pm Mindfulness Goes Mainstream WORLD 12/5 5pm; 12/6 mdnt, 8am, 2pm; 12/9 9:01pm; 12/10 4pm; 12/11 2am Monks of Vina WORLD 12/28 4pm, 7pm; 12/29 mdnt, 8am, 2pm; 12/30 3am; 12/31 5pm Montana AG Live Land Reappraisals Explained 12/17 11am • Those Pesky Weeds in Public Spaces 12/24 11am • The Changing Face of Agriculture 12/31 11am Montana On My Mind 12/1 11am; 12/2 6:30pm; 12/4 2am; 12/7 7pm; 12/8 12:30am; 12/9 3am MontanaPBS Film Classic Four Weddings and a Funeral 12/16 8:02pm; 12/17 1pm MotorWeek Wed 11:30pm

Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller American Sampler 12/5 8:45pm; 12/7 1am

Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Sat 3pm

Knitting Daily Thu 1:30pm

Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer WORLD 12/26 7pm, 11pm; 12/27 7am, 1pm; 12/30 9pm; 12/31 1am, 8am, 4pm

L Last of the Breed 12/4 8:45pm; 12/6 12:15am, 3:30am Last of the Summer Wine Sat 7pm Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Special 12/17 7pm; 12/19 3am • 12/24 7pm; 12/26 3am The Lawrence Welk Show Sat 6pm Let There Be Light WORLD 12/21 4pm, 7pm; 12/22 mdnt, 8am, 2pm; 12/25 2am Lidia Celebrates America Homegrown Heroes 12/15 9pm Live from Lincoln Center NY Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: Bernstein on Broadway 12/31 8pm Live from the Artists Den Gary Clark Jr. 12/16 11pm Local USA WORLD Tue mdnt, 8am, 2pm; Fri 3am, 9am; Mon 4pm, 7pm The Lowertown Line The Lowertown Line: Nicholas David 12/23 11:30pm

Hawking 12/11 mdnt Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein Tue 11:30am

Pledge programming

M Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop 12/7 noon; 12/9 7pm Make48 Sat 2pm The Making of a Lady 12/12 2am The Mall and the Night Visitors 12/23 8:02pm; 12/24 1pm Market to Market Sat 3:30am; Sun 8am

Music Voyager Fri 11:30am

N Natchez Trace Parkway: Traces Through Time 12/24 5pm Nature Soul of the Elephant 12/15 3am, noon; 12/17 1am • Super Hummingbirds 12/8 12:30pm • The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa 12/20 7pm; 12/22 3am, noon; 12/24 1am • The Story of Cats: Into The Americas 12/27 7pm; 12/29 3am, noon; 12/31 1am WORLD Invasion of the Killer Whales 12/3 6pm, 10pm; 12/4 6am, noon • Soul of the Elephant 12/17 6pm, 10pm; 12/18 6am, noon • The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa 12/24 6pm, 10pm; 12/25 6am, noon • The Story of Cats: Into The Americas 12/31 6pm Nature Cat Sun 6:30am; Mon-Sat 7:30am Navajo Math Circles WORLD 12/2 9pm; 12/3 1am, 8am, 4pm Never Too Late 12/17 10:30am New Scandinavian Cooking Fri 11:30pm NHK Newsline Tue-Fri 12:30am WORLD Mon-Fri 3pm Newsroom Tokyo Mon-Fri 5am New Tanglewood Tales: Life On Stage and Off Wed 12:30pm Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen Wed 11am The Night Before Christmas Carol 12/25 noon

Martha Speaks Sat 5:30am

Nightly Business Report Mon-Fri 5:30pm world Tue-Sat 2am; Mon-Fri 9pm

May to December Sat 7:31pm

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Circlin’ Back 12/1 12:30pm; 12/5 10:45pm NOVA Secret Tunnel Warfare 12/13 8pm; 12/15 1am, 4am; 12/17 mdnt; 12/18 noon • Rise of the Robots 12/11 noon • Bird Brain 12/20 8pm; 12/22 1am, 4am; 12/24 mdnt • Day The Dinosaurs Died 12/27 8pm; 12/29 1am, 4am; 12/31 mdnt WORLD Secret Tunnel Warfare 12/14 5pm, 10pm; 12/15 6am, noon • Rise of the Robots 12/7 5:30pm, 10pm; 12/8 6am, noon • Memory Hackers 12/1 6am, noon • Bird Brain 12/21 5pm, 10pm; 12/22 6am, noon • Day The Dinosaurs Died 12/28 5pm, 10pm; 12/29 6am, noon

O Odd Squad Mon-Fri 4:30pm, 5pm Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 12/11 9:30am; 12/13 9:30am; 12/15 9:30am; 12/25 9:30am; 12/27 9:30am; 12/29 9:30am On Life’s Terms: Mothers in Recovery 12/18 4am On Story WORLD Mon 4:30pm On the Psychiatrist’s Couch with Daniel Amen, MD 12/3 9pm; 12/5 1am Open Mind Sat 2am WORLD Mon 4:30am, 11:30am; Sun 5:30am Our American Family: The Mays WORLD 12/24 9:30pm; 12/25 1:30am, 9:30am; 12/27 4:30pm Overheard with Evan Smith Sat 12:30am WORLD Mon 4am, 11am

P Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer 12/11 1pm • 12/18 1pm Painting with Paulson Thu 1pm Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Wed 1pm Pati’s Mexican Table Tue 11am PBS NewsHour Mon-Fri 6pm WORLD Tue-Sat 1am; Mon-Fri 8pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Weekends 5:30pm Peg + Cat Mon-Fri 3:30pm Peg + Cat + Holidays 12/11 3:30pm; 12/15 3:30pm; 12/17 7am; 12/26 3:30pm Place to Call Home Tue 5am; Sun 10pm Play Piano in a Flash: 3 Steps to Piano Success 12/6 11pm POV Marathon WORLD 12/31 8pm, 10pm Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches Tue & Thu 6am, 6:15am

Q Quietest Place On Earth WORLD 12/14 4pm, 7pm; 12/15 mdnt, 8am, 2pm; 12/16 3am, noon; 12/18 2am

Find your community MontanaPBS HD and MontanaPBS World channels, See page 2 or go to www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast-area Quilt in a Day 12/11 1:30pm • 12/18 1:30pm Quilting Arts Fri 1:30pm

Silence & Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness 12/5 11am; 12/9 1:30pm Simply Ming Thu 11am

R Racing the Rez WORLD 12/2 6am, noon; 12/12 3am, 9am Ready Jet Go! Mon-Fri 7am; Sat 9am Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic 12/24 4:02pm Rick Steves’ Europe Sat 3:30pm Rick Steves’ Festive Europe 12/7 4:30am Rick Steves’ Guide to Cuba 12/3 8am Rick Steves Special European Christmas 12/2 3pm • Luther and the Reformation 12/24 10am Rock Rewind 1967–1969: My Music 12/2 9:30pm; 12/4 12:30am; 12/7 11pm Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop 12/3 7pm; 12/5 3am, noon Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 12/1 11pm; 12/3 2:30am; 12/9 9pm

S Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler WORLD Fri 5pm, 6pm, 10pm, 11pm Sand Creek Massacre 12/17 4:05pm Saving Place, Saving Grace 12/25 3am Scully/The World Show Sun 4am WORLD Thu 4am, 11am, 9:30pm; Sun 5am Second Opinion WORLD Sat 4am; Thu 4:30am, 11:30am Secrets of Great British Castles Arundel Castle 12/13 5am Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special 12/26 8pm; 12/28 1am, 4am Sesame Street Mon-Fri 10am Sewing with Nancy Sat 1:30pm Sherlock On Masterpiece The Abominable Bride 12/14 8:50pm Sherlock Season 4 On Masterpiece The Six Thatchers 12/21 8:50pm • The Lying Detective 12/28 9:33pm Sid the Science Kid Sid’s Holiday Adventure 12/31 6am • Seed the Science Kid 12/3 6am • The Reason Sid’s Sneezin’ 12/10 6am • The Amazing Computer Science Tool! 12/24 6am

Sit and Be Fit Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30am Song of the Mountains Mon 5am Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum WORLD 12/2 3:30am Splash and Bubbles Sat 8:30am; Mon-Fri 9:30am, 3pm Start Up WORLD Sun 11:30am Stateless WORLD 12/1 4pm, 7pm; 12/2 mdnt, 8am, 2pm; 12/3 9pm; 12/4 1am, 9am Stories from the Stage WORLD Tue 12:30am, 8:30am, 2:30pm; Fri 3:30am, 9:30am; Mon 7:30pm The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama WORLD Tue & Wed 3am, 9am; Sun noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm The Sultan and the Saint 12/26 7pm; 12/28 3am WORLD 12/31 7pm Supernature: Wild Flyers Defying Gravity 12/13 9pm; 12/15 2am, 5am • Masters of the Sky 12/20 9pm; 12/22 2am, 5am • Crowded Skies 12/27 9pm; 12/29 2am, 5am WORLD Defying Gravity 12/14 6pm, 11pm; 12/15 7am, 1pm • Masters of the Sky 12/21 6pm, 11pm; 12/22 7am, 1pm • Crowded Skies 12/28 6pm, 11pm; 12/29 7am, 1pm Super Why! Sat 6am Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You 12/2 10am; 12/10 8am Sweet Dillard WORLD 12/24 10:30am

T Taste of History Thu 11:30am Tavis Smiley Tue-Sat mdnt WORLD Tue-Sat 2:30am; Mon-Fri 10am, 10:30am This Is America & The World Sat 2:30am This is Bob Hope: American Masters 12/3 noon; 12/29 8pm WORLD 12/10 6pm, 10pm; 12/11 6am, noon; 12/30 6pm, 10pm This Land Is Your Land: My Music 12/2 8pm; 12/4 3:30am This Old House Sat 11:30am The This Old House Hour Sat 4am Thomas & Friends Mon-Fri 2pm

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Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam WORLD 12/17 5pm; 12/18 3am • 12/24 5pm; 12/25 3am The Three Tenors Christmas 12/3 10:30am; 12/8 9pm; 12/10 12:30am, 4am Timeless Tractors: The Collectors 12/31 4:03pm Today’s Wild West Sat 2:30pm Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest For Meaning WORLD 12/23 6pm, 10pm; 12/25 2pm To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Sat 1:30am WORLD Sun & Wed 4am; Sat 5am, 3pm; Wed 11am; Mon 9:30pm

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Trees in Trouble 12/31 5pm

V Victoria On Masterpiece Doll 123 12/17 8pm; 12/19 1am • Brocket Hall 12/24 8pm; 12/26 1am • Clockwork Prince 12/24 9pm; 12/26 2am • An Ordinary Woman 12/31 7pm Vietnam War WORLD The Weight of Memory 12/1 5pm, 10pm Viewer’s Choice for Pledge TBA 12/6 7pm; 12/10 6pm Voices of Fire 12/17 10am

W Washington Week Sat 3am; Fri 7pm WORLD Sun 4:30am; Sat 5:30am, 3:30pm Well Read Fri 4am, 11am; Sun 9:30am Why We Love Backroads of Montana Fans Celebrate 25 Years 12/2 5pm; 12/6 12:30pm; 12/8 3:30am

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MontanaPBS American Woodshop Sun & Wed 8:30am; Wed 2:30pm

Destination Craft with Jim West Thu 3am; Sun & Wed 7am, 9pm; Wed 1pm

America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri 12:30am; Sun 2pm; Sun, Tue, Thu 6:30pm; Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat 10pm

Dining with the Chef Tue 6am, noon

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence Tue & Thu 5:30am, 11:30am Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope WED & Fri 2:30am; Mon & Fri 7:30am, 1:30pm; Sat 8am, 8pm; Tue & Thu 8:30pm

Dream of Italy Mon & Fri 7am, 1pm

Journeys In India Wed 7:30am, 1:30pm

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B Baby Makes 3 Tue & Thu 9:30am, 3:30pm Baking with Julia Sun 12:30pm; Tue & Thu 5:30pm Bare Feet In Nyc with Mickela Mallozzi Tue & Thu 7:30am, 1:30pm BBQ with Franklin Mon & Fri 5:30am, 11:30am Beads, Baubles and Jewels Mon 9:30am, 3:30pm Best of the Joy of Painting Tue & Thu 4:30am, 10:30am; Sat 6am, 6pm Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Tanzania: Remote Tribes 12/18 3am • Namibia: Wild Cheetah 12/25 3am • Scotland: Vikings, Puffins & Ponies 1/1 3am • Tanzania: The Last Stone Age Tribe 12/3 9pm; 12/4 3am • Chile: Kissed by the Sea 12/6 9pm; 12/7 3am • Iceland: Fire & Ice 12/10 9pm; 12/11 3am • Africa: The Elephant Trunk Show 12/13 9pm; 12/14 3am

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E Ellie’s Real Good Food Sun 10am European Christmas Markets 12/9 4:30am, 4:30pm; 12/10 10:30am

For Your Home Sun 9:30am Fresh Quilting Fri 4am, 10am Fringe Benefits Tue & Thu 7am, 1pm

G Garden SMART Sun & Wed 9am; Wed 3pm George Hirsch Lifestyle Local Inspired Comfort Foods 12/2 5am, 5pm; 12/3 11am • For the Love of Cheese 12/30 8:30am, 8:30pm; 12/31 2:30pm • Country Made 12/2 9am, 9pm; 12/3 3pm Globe Trekker Sun, Tue, Sat 2:30am; Sat 2pm; Mon & Fri 8:30pm The Great American Seafood CookOff IV 12/7 6am, noon • V 12/14 6am, noon • VI 12/21 6am, noon • VII 12/28 6am, noon Growing a Greener World Tue & Thu 9am, 3pm; Sat 10:30am, 10:30pm

H Healthy Heritage Kitchen: Kwanzaa Edition 12/23 5am, 5pm; 12/24 11am; 12/25 5am, 11am, 11pm Heirloom Meals Christmas 12/23 4am, 4pm; 12/24 10am; 12/25 4am, 10am

Chef’s Life Holiday Special 12/23 9am, 9pm; 12/24 3pm; 12/25 9am, 3pm; 12/30 10am

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Healthy and Delicious, pt 1 12/30 9am, 9pm; 12/31 3pm

Christmas on the Danube 12/9 8am, 8pm; 12/10 2pm Ciao Italia Sun & Wed 5:30am; Sat 6:30am, 6:30pm; Wed 11:30am; Sun 3pm Cooking with Nick Stellino Sun 1:30pm Cook’s Country Tue, Thu, Sat 12:30am; Sat noon; Sun 1pm; Weekends 3:30pm; Mon, Wed, Fri 6:30pm, 10pm Craft In America Wed 9:30am, 3:30pm Curious Traveler Mon & Fri 11:30pm

K Katie Brown Workshop Sat 7am, 7pm

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Chef’s Life Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat 1am; Sat 12:30pm; Mon, Wed, Fri 7pm

Chesapeake Bay By Air 12/1 8:30pm; 12/2 2:30am

Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Tue & Thu 5pm, 10:30pm

I It’s Sew Easy Thu 4am, 10am

J Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Sat 11am; Mon & Fri 5:30pm Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way Sun & Wed 5:30pm The Jazzy Vegetarian Craving for Chocolate 12/16 5:30am, 5:30pm; 12/17 11:30am Joanne Weir Gets Fresh Slow Food 12/2 8am, 8pm; 12/3 2pm • Roots 12/2 5:30am, 5:30pm; 12/3 11:30am

Knit and Crochet Now! Wed 4am Knitting Daily Sun 4am

L Lidia’s Kitchen Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat mdnt, 3:30am; Sat 11:30am, 3pm; Mon, Wed, Fri 6pm, 9:30pm

M Make It Artsy Fri 9:30am, 3:30pm Martha Bakes Mon, Wed, Fri mdnt, 3:30am; Sun, Tue, Thu 6pm, 9:30pm Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Sun & Wed 6:30am; Wed 12:30pm Mike Colemeco’s Real Food Mon, Wed, Fri 1am; Sun, Tue, Thu 7pm

N New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Tue & Thu 6:30am, 12:30pm New Scandinavian Cooking Sat 8:30am, 8:30pm; Sun 2:30pm Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen Sun & Wed 5pm, 10:30pm

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R Real Rail Adventures: Switzerland 12/4 8:30pm; 12/5 2:30am; 12/9 2pm; 12/10 2:30am Rick Steves’ Europe Mon & Thu 2:30am; Weekdays 2pm; Sun & Wed 8:30pm Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac Mon & Fri 8:30am, 2:30pm Rudy Maxa’s World Tokyo 12/24 7am • Hokkaido 12/27 7am, 1pm • Kyushu 12/31 7am

S Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mon & Fri 6:30am, 12:30pm; Sun 11am Sewing with Nancy Tue 4am, 10am Simply Ming Mon & Fri 5pm, 10:30pm Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy Maxa France’s Champagne Region 12/30 4am, 4pm; 12/31 10am • Alpine Christmas 12/9 9am, 9pm; 12/10 3pm; 12/23 5:30am, 5:30pm; 12/24 11:30am; 12/25 5:30am, 11:30am Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Mon & Fri 5am, 11am, 11pm and 12/30 8am, 8pm; 12/31 2pm

T Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Company: Hooks, Lies & Alibis Crabs 12/24 6am • Tilapia 12/27 6am, noon • Redfish/Snapper 12/31 6am Taste the Islands Mon & Fri 6am, noon and 12/1 7pm; 12/2 1am This Old House Sun, Tue, Sat 2am; Mon & Fri 8am, 4pm, 8pm; Sat 1:30pm Travelscope: Christmas In Switzerland 12/9 6:30am, 6:30pm; 12/10 12:30pm

On the Road with Vic Rallo: Italy!

Sun & Wed 5am, 11pm; Wed 11am

Travels with Darley Sun & Wed 11:30pm

Over Hawai’i 12/2 2pm; 12/3 2:30am

Two for the Road Journey to the End of the World 12/28 11:30pm; 12/29 3am • Adventure In Antarctica 12/30 11:30pm

P Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Mon & Fri 4:30am, 10:30am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Sat 7:30am, 10am, 7:30pm; Mon & Fri 9am, 3pm P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table Sun & Wed 6am; Wed noon Pati’s Mexican Table Daily 1:30am; Sun 10:30am; Sat 1pm; Sun-Fri 4:30pm, 7:30pm Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen Tue & Thu 5am, 11am; Tue, Thu, Sat 11pm

Q Quilting Arts Mon 4am, 10am

W Weekends with Yankee Wed & Fri 3am; Tue & Thu 9pm Woodsmith Shop Tue & Thu 8:30am, 2:30pm The Woodwright’s Shop Wed & Fri 2am; Tue & Thu 8am, 4pm, 8pm Wyland’s Art Studio Sun & Wed 4:30am; Wed 10:30am

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Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Airs on MontanaPBS Create 5pm & 10:30pm Tuesdays & Thursdays In Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen, chef and Lebanese-American Julie Taboulie celebrates the colorful and flavorful cuisine of Lebanon. Filmed on location throughout the greater Syracuse area and Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Julie shares her authentic array of original Lebanese recipes (tabbouleh, lamb kebab, and Lebanese-style French fries) that have been handed down in her family for over three generations. Throughout the series, the New York native searches for the freshest and finest foods at her favorite farmer’s markets and farm stands, winds her way through several Finger Lake wineries, and explores the rich rural farmlands, lakes and landscapes of the region. Julie then stops by her mother’s garden before heading back home to her kitchen, where she demonstrates her tried and true tips, tricks, and techniques so that viewers can successfully re-create her recipes themselves.

Sid the Science Kid Bob the Builder WordWorld Super Why! Sesame Street Sesame Street Dinosaur Train Dinosaur Train Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Splash and Bubbles Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Wild Kratts Wild Kratts Odd Squad Odd Squad Arthur Arthur

M O N TA N A P B S K I D S C H A N N E L EXTENDED PROGR AMMING Watch special PBS programs that are featured during primetime hours every weekend through December.

12/1, 12/2, 12/3 7pm/7:30pm

Gruffalo/Gruffalo’s Child 12/1, 12/2, 12/3 at 8pm

Stickman 12/1, 12/2, 12/3 8:30pm

Room on the Broom 12/8, 12/9, 12/10 7pm, 8:30pm

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas 12/15, 12/16, 12/17 7pm, 9pm

Peg + Cat + Holidays 12/22, 12/23, 12/24 7pm, 8:30pm; 12/25 7pm

Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 12/11, 12/12, 12/14, 12/25, 12/27, 12/29, all at 2:30pm, 10:30pm

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 12/29, 12/30, 12/31 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm, 8:30pm

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The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christams The holiday special follows the Cat, Nick and Sally on a journey around the world to help a lost reindeer find his way home to Freezeyourknees Snowland in time for Christmas.. Airs on MontanaPBS Kids 7pm and 8:30pm 12/8, 12/9, 12/10.

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