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Happy August, readers!
We are very excited about this month's issue. On pages 4 & 5 we feature an article about Calvin Coolidge and how his visit to our beautiful state forged the tourism scene we have grown to love. Enjoy community updates on our Keeping It Local pages found on 8 & 9, browse through classic and new programming on pages 14-19, and as always, we have tons of good content in between.
The 605 Drive, SDPB's Summer Membership event, is here! We’ll be airing regular programming on our main channel alongside your favorite pledge specials. Pre-drive programming consists of finales of Grantchester and The Great American Recipe that you won't want to miss. Catch Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, and Us on Masterpiece, which will remain in their regularly scheduled timeslots, and Nature: American Horses on Wednesday, 8/16 at 7pm. Finally, on Create, you won’t miss any of your regularly scheduled favorites. It’s shaping up to be an exciting month!
We are working on many projects throughout this summer, like new programming, radio content, and projects that we cannot wait to share with you! Please enjoy this issue, specially curated with our readers in mind, and have a wonderful month.
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"President Coolidge admired the United States of America, our founding principles, and our nation’s work ethic. He knew that there was something fundamentally different about our country that sets us apart – and he found much of that in South Dakota. Though this great leader isn’t featured on Mount Rushmore, he is one of the biggest reasons why we’re able to enjoy this monument today. I am humbled to be able to help honor his legacy.”
COOLIDGE IN S OUTHDAKOTA COOLIDGE IN S OUTHDAKOTA
South Dakota is chock-full of destinations that are a must-see for visitors and residents National parks and monuments scatter the state from the Badlands to the Black Hills. Who is to thank for this? If we were going to associate a president with the state, we might think of the four busts that stand tall at Mount Rushmore before we think of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge This president not only spent a summer in South Dakota but paved the tourism path we have come to love about our beautiful state
Known as "Silent Cal," Calvin Coolidge became president of the United States on August 3, 1923, after President Warren Harding died of a heart attack. Coolidge spent most of his term in the White House, maintaining the status quo of America. During his final summer as president, Coolidge visited the Black Hills of South Dakota, where his three-week trip turned into a three-month vacation.
Notably, in 1924, Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act granting citizenship to all Native Americans. His Interior Department also authorized the Brookings Institution to conduct exhaustive surveys of federal programs for Native Americans.
During his final summer as president in 1927, he vacationed in the Black Hills of South Dakota, staying in Custer State Park at the State Game Lodge. When he arrived, the people of South Dakota gifted him a horse, a wide-brimmed Western hat, and boots. His wife, Grace Coolidge, spent her time knitting while Calvin spent his time fishing. Coolidge wasn't a natural-born fisherman, so the governor saw that fish from a local hatchery would be added to the ponds to help Coolidge enjoy his stay. One of the ponds is named Grace Coolidge Creek, after the First Lady.
Seth Tupper, a former employee of SDPB and author of Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills, explains how strange this trip was for a president. "It was just a unique chapter of South Dakota history that a lot of people don't know about. It'll probably never happen again. It was something that was incredibly unique and quirky in sort of a fun way."
The Coolidge's had the time of their lives in South Dakota, and despite not being from the state, they fit in. Amity Shlaes, Chairman of the Board of the Coolidge Foundation and Coolidge biographer, shares, "He had an agricultural personality. He was an attorney, but he'd spent quite a bit of time in an agriculture place. So, he understood the way of life there and the attributes and habits. One habit is being a little low-key, perhaps under-promising and over-delivering, not bragging, which is very important."
Amity continues to say there was almost a recognition when he stepped off the train. "Imagine the train pulls up in Rapid City or Pierre, and the crowd is there, and they recognize each other. It's been said, I wrote that in my book, but I've heard others say it, that the South Dakotans said, 'Oh, this is familiar,' and so did the Coolidges."
While there, President Coolidge met with representatives from the Rosebud Indian Reservation and was presented with a Native American headdress. He was also given the honorary title of Wamble-To-Ka-Ha or "Chief Leading Eagle."
Coolidge worked out of the Rapid City high school in the summer of 1927. On August 2, Coolidge issued his famous statement to reporters on individual pieces of paper, stating, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928." Amity states this was not the standard action, saying, "It's a very lonely decision and feels perverse nowadays. It would be extremely perverse in politics not to run again when you could."
On August 10, Coolidge was invited to give a speech at the dedication ceremony for Mount Rushmore. During the ceremony, he gifted six drill bits to the artist who would start the project, Gutzon Borglum. Coolidge signed an appropriation bill for the building of Mount Rushmore as one of his final acts of presidency.
Seth explains how Coolidge's stay started South Dakota tourism. "He was his presence in the Black Hills, and his pledge of support for federal funding for Mount Rushmore helped get Mount Rushmore going. Mount Rushmore then became the linchpin of the entire Black Hills tourism industry. That was also a time when automobiles were becoming popular and spreading throughout the country, and this whole idea of jumping in your car and taking a road trip touring the country was a thing that was just getting started. So, having a president in the Black Hills every day for three months and having newspapers across the country running stories about how the president was fishing, sightseeing, and visiting all the beautiful things in the Black Hills, that was publicity that you couldn't buy."
We hope you will take advantage of the many resources available to learn about Coolidge and his impact on our iconic state. Destinations like the Rapid City high school and State Game Lodge are open for the public to start your journey learning about Coolidge. A book by previous SDPB employee Seth Tupper, Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills, is available for an in-depth timeline of his summer in South Dakota. Additionally, you can visit coolidgefoundation.org to experience the history of Calvin Coolidge from start to finish. Chairman and biographer Amity Shlaes has written a biography titled Coolidge, which can be found on the website along with Calvin Coolidge's autobiography.
Lastly, tune in to SDPB1 on Thursday, August 3 at 8pm Central (7 MT) for the first of a handful of viewings of the documentary Coolidge: Rediscovering an American President.
Locals presented Coolidge with a large-brimmed Western hat and outfit as a gift. Fishing for trout in Grace Coolidge Creek. Coolidge makes his way on horseback to the dedication of Mount Rushmore Memorial in August 1927.“He [Coolidge] was doing South Dakota a favor by choosing to put the national spotlight on the state and encouraging people to begin to drive to South Dakota for a vacation or for tourism.”
-Amity Shlaes
Tatanka Interviews 1 Storybook Land
Crews were in the field (literally!) filming interviews for an upcoming SDPB documentary – Tatanka: A Way of Life – which premieres in October.
Thanks for hanging out with us and Buddy at the Storybook Land Festival in Aberdeen! It was great to see you!
UPCOMING EVENTS
JAZZ NIGHTLY AT THE CORN PALACE!
Join host Karl Gehrke for a night of jazz in Mitchell! William Flynn, a Midwest jazz musician, joins Jazz Nightly Live with a four-piece band. We’d love to see you there!
Tuesday, August 2, 8pm
The Corn Palace, Mitchell
We’re excited to bring you another year of our music series, Prairie Songs! Humbletown and The Clover Fold bring classic folk and bluegrass to the main stage for two nights in August. Purchase your tickets before they sell out!
Friday, August 18, 6pm Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
Saturday, August 19, 7pm The Custer Beacon, Custer Find your tickets here: SDPB.ORG/TICKETS
DANIEL O’DONNELL LIVE IN CONCERT!
We are thrilled to offer tickets to members for the incomparable Daniel O’Donnell, the Irish singing sensation who has captured the hearts of fans around the globe, including fans of South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Don’t miss out on this incredible experience and heartwarming performance! Call 800-777-0789 or visit SDPB.org/donate to get your tickets today!
Sunday, September 24, 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Fine Arts Theatre at the Monument, Rapid City
NATIONAL PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
Iconic America
The Golden Gate Bridge
In this documentary series, David Rubenstein explores America’s 400-year history through a close examination of iconic national symbols. Each episode tells the story of an American symbol to reveal its origins, significance, and the arc of its resonance. Explore the story behind this engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit.
SDPB1: Tuesday, August, 2, 9pm (8 MT)
Great American Recipe
Season 2 Finale
Join host Alejandra Ramos and judges Leah Cohen, Tiffany Derry, and Graham Elliot as they gather one last time with the three remaining home cooks, ready for the grand finale feast. In the final round, their challenge is to prepare an entire meal that represents their Great American Recipe. Who will be named the winner?
SDPB1: Monday, August 7, 8pm (7 MT)
Pig Little Lies
Pig Little Lies is a light-hearted documentary that follows the incredible journey of two rescued pigs, exposing the truth behind the misleading representation of potbellied pigs as micropigs. Through their story, the film showcases what happens after the pigs are saved from a shelter and discusses the breeders' deceptive practices, as these once-cherished pets end up abandoned.
SDPB1: Monday, August 14, 9pm (8 MT)
Great Performances
Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony
Recorded in July 2022, Bernstein protégé Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Creating a musical meditation wherein women’s voices are the tether to the highest powers, and examining the essential, eternal questions of humanity and faith, also featured are soprano Janai Brugger and Jaye Ladymore as narrator, along with the Chicago Children’s Choir.
SDPB1: Monday, August 21, 8pm (7 MT)
KEEPING IT LOCAL
AND thE FlooDS CAME: NEBRASkA 2019
The impact of severe weather for several days in March of 2019 will last for years. Flooding swept across the eastern half of Nebraska, leaving hundreds homeless and destroying homes, businesses, farms, ranches, and roads. News teams from Nebraska were in the fields, beside the rivers, and alongside the many relief workers and volunteers who were working to help the state recover and rebuild after the flood. They tell their stories and the story of this difficult time for Nebraska.
And the Floods Came is a collection of reporting on the efforts by the government, relief agencies, volunteers and your Midwest neighbors to reconstruct communities."
SDPB1: Thursday, August 17, 7pm (6 MT)
SuRvIvING thE ‘72 FlooD
Survivors of the catastrophic 1972 flood in Rapid City and the Black Hills of South Dakota tell their stories, with historical footage from one of the nation’s deadliest natural disasters. The flood, which occurred on June 9, 1972, killed 238 people. Watch this sobering documentary, produced by SDPB.
SDPB1: Thursday, August 17, 8pm (7 MT)
thE MIDDlE oF EvERywhERECoNNECtING RuRAl South DAkotA
South Dakota has always been a mainly rural state made up of farms, ranches, and small towns held together by social institutions and individual access to various technologies, from centralized electrical service to broadband Internet. Far from living in the middle of nowhere, rural South Dakotans now connect with one another and the outside world regardless of location and relative distance.
SDPB1: Thursday, August 24, 8pm (7 MT)
PRESERvING South DAkotA'S PIoNEER PASt
Learn more about the historical buildings of the Berdahl Family and Ole Rolvaag, a Norwegian immigrant and author of "Giants in the Earth." We'll step inside Watertown's Mellette House, the home of South Dakota's first governor Arthur C. Mellette. Finally, take a look around the Pickler Mansion, the home of Major John A. Pickler, an American Civil War veteran and South Dakota's first member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
SDPB1: Friday, August 25, 9:30pm (8:30 MT)
I REAlly GEt INto It: thE uNDERAGE ARChItECtS oF SIoux FAllS PuNk
Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of Sioux Falls, South Dakota teenagers in the late 80s and early 90s created their own culture, community, and economy. I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk is a story about the tenacity and ingenuity of youth, finding and following your convictions, and how the kids you least expect often make the most noise. Shot on location in eight cities and assembled from archival video and photos, the documentary features interviews with Larry Livermore (Lookout. Records), Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), Mike Park (Skankin’ Pickle), Rebecca Hanten (Cadillac Blindside), Terry Taylor (Hammerlord), and dozens of current and former members of the Sioux Falls all-ages music scene.
SDPB1: Saturday, August 26, 10pm (9 MT)
RADIO SCHEDULE
PM (7:00 MT) Jazz Nightly
11 PM (10:00 MT) World Café
1 AM (Midnight MT) BBC World News
*Fridays: 1 PM (Noon MT) Science Friday
AUGUST TV SCHEDULE
TUESDAY – AUGUST 1
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
8:00 (7:00 MT) Southern Storytellers
9:00 (8:00 MT) Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life Creative Corner: Art in Southeast South Dakota Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA The Planets: Saturn
7:00 (6:00 MT) Human Footprint
8:00 (7:00 MT) Forces of Nature
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) NOVA The Planets: Saturn Midnight (11:00 MT) Human Footprint
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
6:30 (5:30 MT) New Orleans Celebrations
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) People of the North
8:00 (7:00 MT) Bare Feet
8:30 (7:30 MT) Sara’s Weeknight Meals
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Travelscope
10:00 (9:00 MT) Daytripper
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) People of the North
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 2
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour 7:00 (6:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Tastemakers
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Dream of Italy
8:30 (7:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Weekends with Yankee
10:00 (9:00 MT) Travels with Darley
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Tastemakers
FRIDAY – AUGUST 4
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Washington Week
7:30 (6:30 MT) Market to Market
8:00 (7:00 MT) Great Performances
9:00 (8:00 MT) Night of Georgia Music
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Overheard
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
7:00 (6:00 MT) Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
8:00 (7:00 MT) Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
Midnight (11:00 MT) Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Plates and Places
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Wild Harvest (marathon)
SATURDAY – AUGUST 5
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) Keeping Up Appearances
6:30 (5:30 MT) Mr. Bean
7:00 (6:00 MT) Frankie Drake Mysteries
8:00 (7:00 MT) Doc Martin
9:00 (8:00 MT) Father Brown
10:00 (9:00 MT) Death in Paradise
11:00 (10:00 MT) Austin City Limits
Midnight (11:00 MT) Backstage Pass
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Planet California
7:00 (6:00 MT) Fight the Power:
How Hip Hop Changed the World
8:00 (7:00 MT) Southern Storytellers
9:00 (8:00 MT) America ReFramed
Kid Candidate
10:30 (9:30 MT) Butterfly Town, USA
11:00 (10:00 MT) Fight the Power:
How Hip Hop Changed the World
Midnight (11:00 MT) Southern Storytellers
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
8:30 (7:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of Europe
10:00 (9:00 MT) Baking with Julia
10:30 (9:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
11:00 (10:00 MT) George Hirsch Lifestyle
11:30 (10:30 MT) Cook’s Country
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
SUNDAY – AUGUST 6
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) Midsomer Murders
7:00 (6:00 MT) Ridley
8:00 (7:00 MT) Masterpiece Grantchester
9:00 (8:00 MT) Masterpiece Grantchester
10:00 (9:00 MT) Masterpiece Magpie Murders
11:00 (10:00 MT) Luna & Sophie
Midnight (11:00 MT) Firing Line
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Wild Idea: The Birth of the APA
7:00 (6:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
8:00 (7:00 MT) Finding Your Roots Science Pioneers
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc World
10:00 (9:00 MT) Life from Above
11:00 (10:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
Midnight (11:00 MT) Finding Your Roots Science Pioneers
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Moveable Feast with Relish
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) Wild Harvest
8:30 (7:30 MT) Wild Harvest
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of Europe
10:00 (9:00 MT) To Dine For
10:30 (9:30 MT) Lidia’s
MONDAY – AUGUST 7
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Christmas Greetings from Canton
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA The Planets: Ice Worlds
7:00 (6:00 MT) Human Footprint
8:00 (7:00 MT) Forces of Nature
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) NOVA
The Planets: Ice Worlds
Midnight (11:00 MT) Human Footprint
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cookin' Louisiana
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Wild Harvest
8:30 (7:30 MT) Wild Harvest
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Travelscope
10:00 (9:00 MT) Daytripper
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 9
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Nature The Bat Man of Mexico
8:00 (7:00 MT) Human Footprint
9:00 (8:00 MT) NOVA
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World –Pushing Boundaries
7:00 (6:00 MT) To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World – Oceans
8:00 (7:00 MT) Frontline
Inside the Iranian Uprising
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
11:00 (10:00 MT) Ukraine Under Attack: 72 Hours in the Presidential Office
Midnight (11:00 MT) Ukraine Under Attack: 72 Hours in the Presidential Office
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook's Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Wild Harvest
8:30 (7:30 MT) Wild Harvest
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves' Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Family Travel
10:00 (9:00 MT) Wild Travels
10:30 (9:30 MT) Wild of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
THURSDAY – AUGUST 10
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) On Call with the Prairie Doc®
Eyes: Connections to Your Overall Health
8:00 (7:00 MT) Images of the Past
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc Martin
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Freeman
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Wild Hope
6:30 (5:30 MT) Wild Hope
7:00 (6:00 MT) America ReFramed
Far East Deep South
8:30 (7:30 MT) Raptors! Kings of the Sky
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) America ReFramed
Far East Deep South
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Tastemakers
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Wild Harvest
8:30 (7:30 MT) Wild Harvest
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Weekends with Yankee
10:00 (9:00 MT) Travels with Darley
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Tastemakers
FRIDAY – AUGUST 11
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Washington Week
7:30 (6:30 MT) Market to Market
8:00 (7:00 MT) Skip Ewing:
“Wyoming” in Concert
9:00 (8:00 MT) Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Overheard
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB
(11:00 MT) Independent Lens
More than a Month
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
8:30 (7:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of Europe
10:00 (9:00 MT) Baking with Julia
10:30 (9:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
11:00 (10:00 MT) George Hirsch Lifestyle
11:30 (10:30 MT) Cook’s Country
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
SUNDAY – AUGUST 13
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) Midsomer Murders
7:00 (6:00 MT) Victoria & Albert: The Wedding
7:59 (6:59 MT) Masterpiece Us
10:03 (9:03 MT) Masterpiece Magpie Murders
11:00 (10:00 MT) Luna & Sophie
Midnight (11:00 MT) Firing Line
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Nature The Bat Man of Mexico
7:00 (6:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
8:00 (7:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
Italian Roots
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc World
10:00 (9:00 MT) Life from Above
11:00 (10:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
Midnight (11:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
Italian Roots
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Moveable Feast with Relish
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
8:30 (7:30 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of Europe
10:00 (9:00 MT) To Dine For
10:30 (9:30 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
11:00 (10:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
11:30 (10:30 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
MONDAY – AUGUST 14
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Antiques Roadshow
Cleveland III
8:00 (7:00 MT) Antiques Roadshow
Vintage Baltimore 2021 I
9:00 (8:00 MT) Pig Little Lies
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from the Corn Palace
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Madagascar: Islands of Wonder
7:00 (6:00 MT) Pacific Heartbeat
8:00 (7:00 MT) Our Time
8:30 (7:30 MT) Stories from the Stage
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) Madagascar: Islands of Wonder
Midnight (11:00 MT) Pacific Heartbeat
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Roadfood
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Chef’s Life
8:30 (7:30 MT) My Greek Table
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Ireland with Michael
10:00 (9:00 MT) In the Americas
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Roadfood
TUESDAY – AUGUST
SDPB 1
15
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Inside High Noon
8:00 (7:00 MT) Jews of the Wild West
9:30 (8:30 MT) It Happened Right Here: The Dakotas
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Fort Pierre Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA Bat Superpowers
7:00 (6:00 MT) Human Footprint
8:00 (7:00 MT) Forces of Nature
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) NOVA Bat Superpowers
Midnight (11:00 MT) Human Footprint
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cookin’ Louisiana
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Ciao Italia
8:30 (7:30 MT) New Orleans Celebrations
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Travelscope
10:00 (9:00 MT) Daytripper
10:30 (9:30
WEDNESDAY
SDPB 2
(7:00 MT) POV He’s My Brother
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) America ReFramed Care
Midnight (11:00 MT) POV He’s My Brother
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Tastemakers
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Bringing it Home
8:30 (7:30 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Weekends with Yankee
10:00 (9:00 MT) Travels with Darley
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Tastemakers
FRIDAY – AUGUST 18
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Washington Week
7:30 (6:30 MT) Market to Market
8:00 (7:00 MT) Roy Orbison & Friends –A Black and White Night
9:30 (8:30 MT) Lynyrd Skynyrd: Celebrating 50 Years
11:00 (10:00 MT) Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Changing Planet
7:00 (6:00 MT) Changing Planet
8:00 (7:00 MT) Colombia – Wild and Free
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) Changing Planet
Midnight (11:30 MT) Changing Planet
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Plates and Places
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Canvasing the World (marathon)
SATURDAY – AUGUST 19
SDPB 1
7:00 (6:00 MT) I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
8:30 (7:30 MT) Elvis Presley: ‘68 Comeback Special
10:00 (9:00 MT) Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
11:30 (10:30 MT) Rick Steves Why We Travel
Midnight (11:00 MT) Backstage Pass
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Bird: Not Out of Nowhere
7:00 (6:00 MT) Independent Lens
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
8:30 (7:30 MT) Playas: The Land of Little Lakes
9:00 (8:00 MT) America ReFramed Care
10:00 (9:00 MT) POV He’s My Brother
11:00 (10:00 MT) Independent Lens
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
8:30 (7:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of Europe
10:00 (9:00 MT) Baking with Julia
10:30 (9:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
11:00 (10:00 MT) George Hirsch Lifestyle
11:30 (10:30 MT) Cook’s Country
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
SUNDAY – AUGUST 20
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) Midsomer Murders
7:00 (6:00 MT) Victoria & Albert: The Wedding
7:59 (6:59 MT) Masterpiece Us
10:02 (9:02 MT) Masterpiece Magpie Murders
11:00 (10:00 MT) Luna & Sophie
Midnight (11:00 MT) Firing Line
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA Cat Tales
7:00 (6:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
8:00 (7:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
The Shirts on Their Backs
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc World
10:00 (9:00 MT) Life from Above
11:00 (10:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
Midnight (11:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
The Shirts on Their Backs
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Moveable Feast with Relish
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) Canvasing the World
8:30 (7:30 MT) Canvasing the World
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of Ancient Rome
10:00 (9:00 MT) Yan Can Cook:
Spice Kingdom
10:30 (9:30 MT) Lidia’s
MONDAY – AUGUST 21
8:00 (7:00 MT) American Experience
Flood in the Desert
9:00 (8:00 MT) American Experience
Fatal Flood
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Springfield
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA Why Ships Crash
7:00 (6:00 MT) Secrets of the Dead
8:00 (7:00 MT) Forces of Nature
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) NOVA Why Ships Crash
Midnight (11:00 MT) Secrets of the Dead
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cookin’ Louisiana
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Canvasing the World
8:30 (7:30 MT) Canvasing the World
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Travelscope
10:00 (9:00 MT) Daytripper
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 23
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Nature
Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas
8:00 (7:00 MT) NOVA Killer Hurricanes
9:00 (8:00 MT) NOVA Killer Floods
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Murdo
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Wild Scandinavia
7:00 (6:00 MT) Wild Scandinavia
8:00 (7:00 MT) Wild Scandinavia
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) Wild Scandinavia
Midnight (11:00 MT) Wild Scandinavia
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Canvasing the World
8:30 (7:30 MT) Canvasing the World
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves' Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Family Travel
10:00 (9:00 MT) Wild Travels
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
THURSDAY – AUGUST 24
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) On Call with the Prairie Doc®
Dementia: Diagnosis and Management
8:00 (7:00 MT) Middle of Everywhere: Connecting Rural South Dakota
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc Martin
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Custer
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Wild Hope
6:30 (5:30 MT) Wild Hope
7:00 (6:00 MT) America ReFramed Deej
8:00 (7:00 MT) How Saba Kept Singing
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) America ReFramed Deej
Midnight (11:00 MT) How Saba Kept Singing
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Tastemakers
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Canvasing the World
8:30 (7:30 MT) Canvasing the World
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Weekends with Yankee
10:00 (9:00 MT) Travels with Darley
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Tastemakers
FRIDAY – AUGUST 25
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS Newshour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Washington Week
7:30 (6:30 MT) Market to Market
8:00 (7:00 MT)
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati’s Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) No Passport Required
8:00 (7:00 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
8:30 (7:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of the Baroque Age
10:00 (9:00 MT) Baking with Julia
10:30 (9:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
11:00 (10:00 MT) George Hirsch Lifestyle
11:30 (10:30 MT) Cook’s Country
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
SUNDAY
SDPB 1
–
AUGUST 27
6:00 (5:00 MT) Midsomer Murders
7:00 (6:00 MT) Masterpiece Little Women
8:00 (7:00 MT) Masterpiece Little Women
9:00 (8:00 MT) Masterpiece Little Women
10:00 (9:00 MT) Masterpiece Magpie Murders
11:00 (10:00 MT) Luna & Sophie
Midnight (11:00 MT) Firing Line
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA Dog Tales
7:00 (6:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
8:00 (7:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
DNA Mysteries
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc World
10:00 (9:00 MT) Life from Above
11:00 (10:00 MT) Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries
Midnight (11:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
DNA Mysteries
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Moveable Feast with Relish
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) Taste the Florida Keys
8:00 (7:00 MT) Ellie’s Real Good Food
8:30 (7:30 MT) Jazzy Vegetarian
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Art of the Middle Age
10:00 (9:00 MT) Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom
10:30 (9:30 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
11:00 (10:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
11:30 (10:30 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
MONDAY – AUGUST 28
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Antiques Roadshow
9:00 (8:00 MT) America ReFramed Deej 10:00 (9:00 MT) How Saba Kept Singing
(10:00 MT) Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Vintage Tuscon 2021 I
8:00 (7:00 MT) Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
9:00 (8:00 MT) Once Upon a Time in
Northern Ireland
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Eagle Butte
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Hawaii: Islands of Wonder
7:00 (6:00 MT) Pacific Heartbeat
8:00 (7:00 MT) Our Time
8:30 (7:30 MT) Stories from the Stage
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) Hawaii: Islands of Wonder
Midnight (11:00 MT) Pacific Heartbeat
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) People of the North
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
8:30 (7:30 MT) Essential Pepin
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Ireland with Michael
10:00 (9:00 MT) In the Americas
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) America’s Test Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) People of the North
TUESDAY – AUGUST 29
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) Finding Your Roots
War Stories
8:00 (7:00 MT) Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
9:00 (8:00 MT) Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Winner
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2 6:00 (5:00 MT) NOVA Killer Hurricanes
7:00 (6:00 MT) NOVA Killer Floods
8:00 (7:00 MT) NOVA Killer Volcanoes
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour 10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
Dogs in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) Dogs in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
Midnight (11:00 MT) Dogs in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
6:30 (5:30 MT) Cook’s Country
7:00 (6:00 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Bringing It Home
8:30 (7:30 MT) Jazzy Vegetarian
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Family Travels
10:00 (9:00 MT) Wild Travels
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Lidia’s Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
THURSDAY – AUGUST 31
SDPB 1
6:00 (5:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
7:00 (6:00 MT) On Call with the Prairie Doc® Foot and Ankle Orthopedics
8:00 (7:00 MT) South by Southeast
9:00 (8:00 MT) Doc Martin
10:00 (9:00 MT) Amanpour and Company
11:00 (10:00 MT) BBC News
11:30 (10:30 MT) Dakota Life
Greetings from Sisseton
Midnight (11:00 MT) ICT Newscast
SDPB 2
6:00 (5:00 MT) Almost an Island
7:00 (6:00 MT) America ReFramed Pahokee
9:00 (8:00 MT) PBS NewsHour
10:00 (9:00 MT) DW the Day
10:30 (9:30 MT) BBC News
11:00 (10:00 MT) America ReFramed Pahokee
SDPB 3
6:00 (5:00 MT) Tastemakers
6:30 (5:30 MT) Pati's Mexican Table
7:00 (6:00 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
7:30 (6:30 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
8:00 (7:00 MT) Sara’s Weeknight Meals
8:30 (7:30 MT) My Greek Table
9:00 (8:00 MT) Rick Steves’ Europe
9:30 (8:30 MT) Weekends with Yankee
10:00 (9:00 MT) Travels with Darley
10:30 (9:30 MT) Best of the Joy of Painting
11:00 (10:00 MT) Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
11:30 (10:30 MT) Milk Street Kitchen
Midnight (11:00 MT) Tastemakers
All programs on SDPB are Closed Captioned
See SDPB.org/tvschedules for full listings, program details and schedule changes.
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For some, South Dakota Public Broadcasting programming is habitual. It is a part of the morning and evenings, a part of the daily commute, and a part of entertainment at the end of the day. For some, the habit of having SDPB on the radio or tv is also a comfort. For Karen Abata, SDPB is both. Public broadcasting was a part of her childhood and remained a part of her life.
"I've been listening for so long that there are voices on the radio that are so comforting. When I hear Garrison Keillor's voice it brings back memories of 50 years ago. It's just a very calming influence to hear these voices that we've been listening to for so long."
Supporting public broadcasting is something she witnesses in her parents, who have given for the entirety of their lives.
"My mom and dad were we're always really consistent supporters of public television and public radio. When my mom moved here, she became a member of SDPB. The first question for her was, 'How do I access the public radio and public TV?' My mom donated money to the 24-hour classical station. She loved it; that was her world. She would
get up in the morning, turn on the radio, get a cup of coffee, and read her paper. It was so incredibly important to her."
Karen continues by sharing how SDPB has a generational effect. Not only do she and her husband give, but their kids have also made it a part of their lives.
"My husband and I have donated since we got here in 2006, and the interesting thing is, these habits and these interests just passed through generations. Our kids are listening to public radio and watching public TV, and they're in their thirties and early forties now. They are all very familiar with public broadcasting."
Lastly, Karen celebrates SDPB for bringing people together, especially through member benefits like Passport.
"We used to have these Sunday night dinners with some friends. They would come over, we'd have dinner, and we would watch Masterpiece. And when my mom moved here in 2015, every Sunday, it was our ritual that she'd come over with us, and we'd have dinner and watch Masterpiece and Nova."
“The programming is inTellecTual, iT's fun, iT's enTerTaining, and iT's TrusTworThy.”
- Karen abaTa
601 N Phillips Avenue
Suite 100
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Watch the final two episodes of Masterpiece Grantchester season 8 on SDPB. First, Geordie is placed on desk duty as Elliot contrives to force him to resign. The next murder case is handed to Larry, who wisely enlists the help of Miss Scott. Then, Will has disappeared, but with Bonnie about to give birth, Geordie must find him and bring him to his senses before it’s too late. Catch the action in back-to-back, can’t miss episodes.
SDPB1: Sunday, August 6, 8 & 9pm (7 & 8 MT)