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Best Bets Unforgotten, Season 3 When a 16-year-old girl’s remains are discovered, Cassie and Sunny work to track down the killer. The investigation leads to a tight-knit group of four old school friends whose bonds are put to the test when they find themselves under suspicion. Tune in Sundays at 10 p.m. beginning April 7. Les Miserables on MASTERPIECE Victor Hugo’s masterpiece comes to television in a six-part adaptation by multi award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies. Tune in Sundays at 9 p.m. beginning April 14. Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Take a mind-blowing journey through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything. Tune in Wednesdays at 10 p.m. beginning April 17. Boss: The Black Experience in Business The history of business and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of the American story, but often absent from that narrative are the experiences of African Americans. Stanley Nelson traces the lives of African American entrepreneurs over 150 years, from those bound by bondage to moguls at the top of million-dollar empires. Tune in in April 23 at 8 p.m. Generation Gunned Down A WUFT News special that looks at school shootings from Columbine to Parkland and the generation that has been impacted by these tragedies. Tune in April 18 at 8:30 p.m., April 20 at 3 p.m. and April 21 at 1:30 p.m.
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DAYTIME MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:00 Peg + Cat 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Let’s Go Luna 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Pinkalicious and Peterrific 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Splash and Bubbles 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 The Cat in the Hat 1:00 Sesame Street 1:30 Super Why! 2:00 Pinkalicious and Peterrific 2:30 Let’s Go Luna 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 WUFT News First at 5 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 Deutsche Welle News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
SATURDAY 6:00 Arthur 6:30 Splash and Bubbles 7:00 Sesame Street 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Let’s Go Luna 9:30 Nature Cat 10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 10:30 Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food 11:00 America’s Test Kitchen 11:30 Cook’s County 12:00 The Chef’s Table with Randal White 12:30 Ask This Old House 1:00 This Old House 1:30 This Old House 2:00 Ask This Old House 2:30 Motorweek 3:00 Woodwright’s Shop 20/Generation Gunned Down 3:30 A Chef’s Table 4:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 4:30 Martha Bakes 5:00 Ray Stevens Cabaray Nashville 5:30 Sun Studio Sessions 6:00 Classic Gospel
Nature Cat Weekdays at 8 a.m.
SUNDAY 6:00 Mister Rogers 6:30 Splash and Bubbles 7:00 Sesame Street 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Let’s Go Luna 9:30 Nature Cat 10:00 Sewing with Nancy 10:30 It’s Sew Easy 11:00 Keven Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen 11:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 12:00 Conseulo Mack Wealthtrack 12:30 Capitol Update 1:00 Ilene Silverman Show 1:30 7/Florida Frontiers 14,28/The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower 21/Generation Gunned Down 2:00 7/Live on the Reef 14/PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon 21/Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise 28/Prohibition 2:30 14/POV: Bill Nye: Science Guy 3:00 7/Life on the Reef 14/PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon 4:00 7/Life on the Reef 14/Forces of Nature 21/Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise 28/Prohibition 5:00 7/Animals with Cameras: A NATURE Miniseries 14/Forces of Nature 21/Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise 6:00 7/Animals with Cameras: A NATURE Miniseries 14/Forces of Nature 21/Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise 28/Prohibition
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PRIMETIME 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
5 —Friday
Unforgotten on MASTERPIECE Premieres April 7 at 10 p.m.
1 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Hotel del Coronado. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Des Moines. (Part 1/3) 10:00 Independent Lens The Maison Dasan. Explore the lives of Tre, Maison and Dasan, three of the estimated one in 14 American children with a parent in prison. Take an emotional look at relationships tested by separation and the challenges of growing up with a parent behind bars. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
2 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots The Eye of the Beholder. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares the family histories of director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, iconoclastic performance artist Marina Abramović and painter Kehinde Wiley. These visionary artists find their identities challenged— and affirmed. 9:00 The Central Park Five Review the Central Park rape case from the perspective of the wrongly convicted teenagers 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
3 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Forest of the Lynx. Watch the regeneration of an Austrian forest where wildlife from woodpeckers to lynx thrive. 9:00 NOVA Emperor’s Ghost Army. Investigate how and why life-sized terracotta statues were made for Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Egypt’s Darkest Hour. Follow a team of archaeologists as they examine a rare mass grave dating to the collapse of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom, when political infighting 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanour & Company
4 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Beam Me Up Tommy | Prairie Grasses. Kevin revisits a project, Jenn learns about prairie grass, Ross sees a robotic solar panel array. 9:00 Midsomer Murders Small Mercies. The body of a man is found pinned down like Gulliver in Lilliput. (Part 2/2) 10:00 Doc Martin, Season 8 Sons and Lovers. Martin and Louisa look for a nursery suitable for James; Louisa entertains the idea of a career change; Mrs Tishell is shocked to find that Al has high blood pressure.
8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center 9:00 Great Performances La Traviata. Hear Sonya Yoncheva sing the tragic courtesan in Verdi’s classic, with Michael Fabiano as her lover. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
6 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Downton Abbey, Season 5 Episode 9: A Moorland Holiday. After a shooting party at a castle in Northumberland, the Crawleys return to Downton for the Christmas holiday. 10:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 Meet Nonnatus House’s two new nuns and see how the midwives handle a complicated multiple birth. 11:00 Austin City Limits Miguel; Alessia Cara. 12:00 Sun Studio Sessions 12:30 Bluegrass Underground
7 — Sunday 6:00 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries The cameras capture young cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, reveal how fur seals of an Australian island evade the great white sharks offshore, and help solve a conflict between South African farmers and chacma baboons. 7:00 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores, track brown bears’ diets in Turkey, and follow dogs protecting flocks of sheep from gray wolves in Southern France. 8:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 Episode 2. Follow Sister Hilda and the team as they help a Ghanaian family facing an undiagnosed illness.
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9:00 Mrs. Wilson on MASTERPIECE Episode 2. See what other surprises lie in store for Alison as she draws closer to the truth about Alec. 10:00 Unforgotten, Season 3 on MASTERPIECE Episode One. Cassie and Sunny work to identify human remains found buried near a London motorway. 11:00 Inspector Lewis, Season 6 on MASTERPIECE Magnum Opus. 12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
8— Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Philbrook Museum. (Part 1/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Des Moines. (Part 2/3) 10:00 Independent Lens The Providers. Follow three “country doctors” in rural New Mexico -- the site of a physician shortage and an opioid epidemic -- who work at clinics that offer care for all, regardless of ability to pay. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
9 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots All in the Family. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the stories of Ty Burrell, Joe Madison and Valerie Jarrett. 9:00 Reconstruction: America After the Civil War In the first hour, experience the aftermath of the Civil War — a bewildering, exhilarating and terrifying time. In the second hour, learn how African Americans made political, social and economic progress in the face of violence. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
10 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE The Egg: Life’s Perfect Invention. Join Sir David Attenborough to reveal the incredible egg, piece by piece, from creation to hatching. 9:00 NOVA Mystery of Easter Island. This is the story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island’s coast were moved and erected. For one
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Reconstruction: American After the Civil War April 9 and 16 at 9 p.m.
month, the team struggled to raise a 10-ton moai, using only the tools and the materials available to the ancient Easter Islanders. 10:00 Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet Discover the remarkable story of the deadly hole in the ozone layer -- and how we managed to fix it. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
11 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Norm Revisits a Skylight | Smart Irrigation. Tommy visits a former apprentice, Jenn upgrades an irrigation system, Kevin builds an outdoor chair. 9:00 Midsomer Murders The Creeper. Barnaby and Jones investigate the murder of a dinner party guest at the Chettham Park House. (Part 1/2) 10:00 Doc Martin, Season 8 Farewell My Lovely. With Louisa gone sailing, Martin is left to look after James; Al and Morwenna organize an event to save the pub. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
12 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
9:00 Joseph Pulitzer: American Masters Discover the man behind the Pulitzer Prizes -journalist, media mogul and champion of a free press. 10:30 PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon A special preview of an upcoming new six-hour documentary series about the space race, from its earliest beginnings to the monumental achievement of the first lunar landing in 1969 and beyond. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
13 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum. 8:00 Downton Abbey, Season 6 Episode 1. Downton Abbey is threatened by extortion and downsizing; Mrs. Hughes poses a sensitive question; Daisy speaks out; Anna and Bates wait. 9:30 You Are Cordially Invited This program extends an engraved invitation to viewers, welcoming them as guests in masterpiece privately owned houses containing distinguished collections of artwork. 10:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 See listing on 4/7 at 8 p.m. 11:00 Austin City Limits Brandi Carlile. 12:00 Sun Studio Sessions 12:30 Bluegrass Underground
14 — Sunday 6:00 Forces of Nature Elements. The forces of nature make Earth a restless planet, but they also turned our ball of rock into a home for life. How did our planet’s ingredients, the chemical elements, come together and take that first crucial step from barren rock to a living world? 7:00 Forces of Nature Color. Earth is painted in stunning colors. By understanding how these colors are created and the energy they carry, we can learn the secret language of the planet. 8:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 Episode 3. Share in the team’s preparations for the Whitsun bank holiday. Valerie helps a struggling mother. 9:00 Les Miserables on MASTERPIECE Episode One. Jean Valjean is released from prison and learns a valuable lesson from Bishop Myriel. 10:00 Unforgotten on MASTERPIECE Episode Two. The team travel to Middenham to meet Hayley’s family. 11:00 Inspector Lewis What Lies Tangled. When an idyllic Oxford summer’s day is torn asunder by a gruesome parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate. 12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
15— Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Philbrook Museum. (Part 2/3) 9:00 FRONTLINE Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Meet a former U.S. Marine and her undocumented husband struggling to reunite after his deportation 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
16 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Southern Roots. Uncover the family stories rooted in the South of Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. 9:00 Reconstruction: America After the Civil War See listing on 4/9 at 9 p.m. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
PBS Preview: Chasing the Moon
April 19 at 10:30 p.m. 17 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Big Birds Can’t Fly. Sir David Attenborough explains how birds evolved and continue to survive despite their inability to soar. 9:00 NOVA Secrets of Noah’s Ark. A team attempts to build the flood boat using inscriptions from an ancient clay tablet. 10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World The Telescope. Look back in time to see how humans invented the telescope and used it to discover the universe. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
18 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Stone Cold Pavers | Water Filter. Jenn selects pavers for hardscape, Richard updates a water filter, Tom re-caulks a bathtub. 9:00 Midsomer Murders The Creeper. See listing on 4/11 at 9 p.m. 10:00 Doc Martin, Season 8 Faith. Morwenna’s parents surprise her with a visit from Kenya, but their bad news threatens to ruin the trip; Martin intervenes when Louisa’s first Skype call goes off track. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
19 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Generation Gunned Down WUFT News special report. 9:00 Gary Winogrand: American Masters Garry Winogrand turned spontaneous street photos into high art in 1960s-70s America. 10:30 PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon Preview a film by Robert Stone, reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
20— Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum. See listing on 4/15 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Downton Abbey, Season 6 Episode 2. Mary’s past catches up with her when an unwelcome visitor delivers an ultimatum, and news about the running of Downton Hospital sets Violet on the warpath. 9:00 Downton Abbey, Season 6 Episode 3. Wedding dress drama takes a turn for the worse; hospital debate escalates; a volunteer helps Edith. 10:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 See listing on 4/14 at 8 p.m. 11:00 Austin City Limits Kasey Musgraves; Lukas Nelson. 12:00 Sun Studio Sessions 12:30 Bluegrass Underground
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21 — Sunday 6:00 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Battle Lines. A new lion’s arrival sparks a conflict among Gorongosa’s dominant lions. 7:00 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Roaring Back. Bob Poole returns to Gorongosa and discovers a huge colony of water birds. 8:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 Episode 4. Witness the team’s attempt to reunite an estranged mother and daughter who are both pregnant. 9:00 Les Miserables on MASTERPIECE Episode Two. Valjean hires Fantine to work at his factory. Trouble reunites him with his old adversary Javert. 10:00 Unforgotten on MASTERPIECE Episode Three. Cassie and Sunny interview four men while the rest of the team return to the original investigation. 11:00 Endeavor, Season 5 on MASTERPIECE Muse. The auction of a Fabergé egg at an Oxford college coincides with a series of murders; Morse mentors a young detective constable. 12:30 RIck Steves Europe
22— Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Philbrook Museum. (Part 3/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Des Moines. (Part 3/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Charm City. Get to know the people on the front lines of three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
May 22 at 8 p.m.
Boss: The Black Experience in Business April 23 at 8 p.m.
Fridays at 8:30 p.m. 23 — Tuesday 8:00 Boss: The Black Experience in Business Learn about the untold story of African American entrepreneurship. 10:00 FRONTLINE The Abortion Divide. Inside the fight over abortion through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
24 — Wednesday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Eight is Enough Stairways | Foundation Repointing. Norm and Richard revisit a 30-yearold project; Mauro smooths a textured ceiling.
9:00 Midsomer Murders The Great and the Good. A sleepwalking school teacher starts to believe she is slitting the throats of men in her sleep. 10:00 Doc Martin, Season 8 From the Mouths of Babes. James is teething and nothing seems to be working, so Martin and Louisa try Mel’s suggestion of amber beads. Mrs. Tishell seems to be having a delayed onset of mourning. Al receives a Large whisky order, but when he tries to put the still together he asks Bert for help. Louisa has problems at school with Toby, who is Angela Sim’s nephew. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
26 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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9:00 State of the Art Take a road trip to 1,000 destinations across America and see what’s happening in art today. 10:00 International Jazz Day from St. Petersburg Join more than two dozen worldrenowned artists for an extraordinary all-star global concert. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
Call the Midwife April 28 at 9 p.m.
27 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum. See listing on 4/22 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Downton Abbey, Season 6 Episode 4. Baxter has a new case to consider; Anna and Mary head to London; two past visitors arrive at Downton. 9:00 Downton Abbey, Season 6 Episode 5. Thomas extends a generous offer to Andy; the family hosts a powerful politician for dinner; Mary’s suspicions take shape. 10:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 See listing on 4/21 at 8 p.m. 11:00 Austin City Limits Father John Misty; The Black Angels. 12:00 Sun Studio Sessions 12:30 Bluegrass Underground
28 — Sunday 6:00 Prohibition A Nation of Hypocrites. Support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s; Congress passes the 21st Amendment in 1933, repealing Prohibition. 8:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 Episode 5. Meet a husband suffering inexplicable pains which are similar to his wife’s pregnancy symptoms. 9:00 Les Miserables on MASTERPIECE Episode Three. Valjean hires Fantine to work at his factory. Trouble reunites him with his old adversary Javert. 10:00 Unforgotten on MASTERPIECE Episode Four. Cassie and Sunny suspect the men are lying. The press learn James has been questioned. 11:00 Endeavour, Season 5 on MASTERPIECE Cartouche. A mysterious death casts a cloud over a veteran film star’s visit to a local cinema; a family visit sees Thursday’s hospitality tested. 12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
29— Monday 8:00 NATURE: American Spring Live Birth and Rebirth. Witness the change of seasons across North America in real time. 9:00 Korea: The Never-Ending War Discover how the world we live in today was shaped by the Korean War. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
9:00 Kingdoms of the Sky Rockies. The wildlife and people of the Rockies, from wolverines to wingsuit fliers, grizzlies to extreme skiers. 10:00 FRONTLINE The Last Survivors. A landmark documentary about some of the last survivors of the Holocaust. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
30 — Tuesday 8:00 NATURE: American Spring Live Migration. Witness the change of seasons across North America in real time.
NATURE: American Spring Live April 29 and 30 at 8 p.m.
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