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DAYTIME MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:00 Arthur 6:30 Odd Squad 7:00 1/London’s New Year’s Day Parade Molly of Denali 7:30 Alma’s Way 8:00 Wild Kratts 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Rosie’s Rules 10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Work It Out Wombats 11:00 Donkey Hodie 11/LIVE: Governor’s State of the State Address 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 12:00 Elinor Wonders Why 12:30 Nature Cat 1:00 Hero Elementary 1:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 2:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 2:30 Arthur 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 3,10,17,24,31/Greater Good 4:30 1,8,15,22,29/Flip My Florida Yard 2,9,16,23,30/Samantha’ Brown’s Places to Love 3,10,17,24,31/The Good Road 4,11,18,25/Key Ingredient 6,13,20,27/Greater Good 5:00 1-6/Samantha Brown’s Places to Love WUFT News First at Five 5:30 BBC News America 6:00 Deutsche Welle News 6:30 BBC News 7:00 PBS NewsHour
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retrieval of a critically ill little boy with a mystery illness. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
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Live from Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration Jan. 1 at 8 p.m. 1 — Monday
3 — Wednesday
8:00 Great Performances Live from Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration. Celebrate the New Year with waltzes by Strauss and more performed from Vienna’s Musikverein by the famed orchestra led by guest conductor Christian Thielemann. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville returns to host. 9:30 Great Performances Live from Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration. See listing above. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
8:00 NATURE The Serengeti Rules. In the 1960s, a small band of scientists discovered a single set of rules that govern all life. Now they tell their stories, and reveal how their work gives us a chance to reimagine the world. 9:00 NOVA Arctic Drift. Scientists embark on a research expedition in the Arctic that brings clarity to predictions of global change. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Nero’s Sunken City. Underwater secrets reveal a seaside city where Nero and Julius Caesar once lived. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
2 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Born to Sing. Singers Ciara and Alanis Morissette examine their family histories. 9:00 American Masters Hopper: An American Love Story. A look into artist Edward Hopper’s work, life and relationships, including his early career as an illustrator and his critical and commercial acclaim. 10:00 Citizen’s Guide to Preserving Democracy Exploring the habits of good citizens based on Richard Haass’“The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.” 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
4 — Thursday 8:00 This Old House 8:30 Ask This Old House 9:00 Doc Martin How Long Has This Been Going On? Morwenna is back as receptionist and the Ellinghams have a new dog. Martin attends Stewart’s survival course, but not as a participant like Al and Penhale. Louisa agrees to help Pippa by speaking at the school assembly alongside Mrs.Tishell. 10:00 Reds: Royal Flying Doctor Service Despite Pete’s best efforts to avoid Eliza and the reasons their relationship fell apart, things become tricky when the two of them are tasked with the
8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Greater Good 9:00 American Buffalo Blood Memory. A look at how America’s national mammal, once numbering in the tens of millions, was driven to the brink of extinction. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
6 — Saturday 6:30 Knight Talks Essdras Suarez. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Around the World in 80 Days on MASTERPIECE Episode 1. Phileas Fogg bets a fortune that he can circle the Earth in no more than 80 days. He enlists a new valet and attracts a persistent reporter. 9:00 Atlantic Crossing on MASTERPIECE A Queen Returns. With the war nearly over, the president’s health takes a bad turn; Olav tries to keep Norway out of the hands of the Soviets as he faces rocky relations with Martha. 10:00 David Holt’s State of Music 10:30 WUFT Amplified Tonight featuring Jupiter Troupe. 11:00 Austin City Limits Jackson Browne.
7 — Sunday 7:00 Doc Martin How Long Has This Been Going On? See listing on 1/4 at 9 p.m. 8:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 4 Eylsium. Season 4 opens with Eliza in charge of Nash & Sons and her personal relationship with the Duke is building toward a looming decision. 9:00 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE, Season 4 Broodiness. James and Helen wonder when the right time might be to start a family, not knowing whether or not James
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will be called up to serve in the Royal Air Force (RAF). 10:00 Funny Woman 11:00 Seaside Hotel The Letter.
All Creatures Great and Small, Season 4
8 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Alaska Native Heritage Center. Kick off Season 28 with ROADSHOW’s first Alaska visit and a find worth up to $100,000! (Part 1/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from New York City. (Part 1/3) 10:00 Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special This special explores the complex issue of reparations in the U.S. using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and critical dialogue on racial conciliation. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
9 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Forever Young. Actors Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser explore their family histories. 9:00 Independent Lens Beyond Utopia. Stories of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
10 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Big Little Journeys: Home. In Canada, a baby turtle ventures through a forest in search of the lake where she will spend the next 50 years. A young bush baby in South Africa searches for a new home. 9:00 NOVA High-Risk High-Rise. The science behind the risks of sky-high buildings, from structural limits to threats presented by wind, fire and earthquakes. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Van Gogh’s Ear. Details about the night of Dec. 23, 1888, when Vincent van Gogh cut his ear in the town of Arles, France. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
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Sundays at 9 p.m. 11 — Thursday 8:00 This Old House 8:30 Ask This Old House 9:00 Doc Martin Everlasting Love. Martin rubs up against the new herbalist and Penhale, Louisa and James are all interested in Janice’s new pedicure fish. Martin’s ex-flame invites him to speak as keynote speaker at Imperial College, and Ruth is back from Mexico with more than maracas. 10:00 Reds: Royal Flying Doctor Service Episode 4. Word that Eliza will lead the review into the White Cliffs incident has Pete reeling as the team are tasked with a skydiving accident, a missing patient, an old friend who’s suffered a dangerous fall and terrible turbulence. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpur and Company 1:00 Greater Good
12 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Greater Good 9:00 American Buffalo Into the Storm. By the late 1880s, the buffalo teeters on extinction; a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the mammal from extinction. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
13 — Saturday 6:30 Knight Talks Leigh Radford.
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Alaska Native Heritage Center. See listing on 1/8 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Around the World in 80 Days on MASTERPIECE Episode 2. Fogg and his party are crossing Italy when their train comes to a screeching halt. Can they continue and save a boy’s life in the process? 9:00 Beecham House on MASTERPIECE Epsiode 1. John Beecham, a former soldier in the East India Company, is determined to leave the past behind him and start a new life in Delhi at his grand new residence, Beecham House. But Beecham carries in his arms a secret – a baby of mixed parentage who must be kept in hiding. 10:00 David Holt’s State of Music 10:30 WUFT Amplified Tonight featuring Staircase Spirit. 11:00 Austin City Limits 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors John Prine.
14 — Sunday 7:00 Doc Martin Everlasting Love. See listing on 1/11 at 9 p.m. 8:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 4 Six Feet Under. When a close friend of Mr. Potts is murdered, Eliza finds herself investigating the dark and macabre world of Victorian undertakers. 9:00 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE, Season 4 Carpe Diem. Siegfried hires an experienced bookkeeper, but her efficient approach doesn’t suit everyone. James and Helen arrive at a big decision, and a ferret presents a challenge for the practice. 10:00 Funny Woman 11:00 Seaside Hotel Something for Something.
15 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Alaska Native Heritage Center. (Part 2/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Black Americana. An 1821 U.S. citizenship certificate for a free man of color; beauty book by Madam C.J. Walker, the first American female millionaire; a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. 10:00 POV Brief Tender Light. At MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of positive change for their home countries. 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
16 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Fathers and Sons. Actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi, two men who grew up without their fathers, explore their family histories. 9:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
17 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Big Little Journey’s Survival. A Taiwanese pangolin and a Brazilian lion tamarin family travel to a strange new world. 9:00 NOVA Ultimate Space Telescope. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, from its conception to completion. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones. When the skeletal remains of at least ten people turned up in the basement of Benjamin Franklin’s London residence, people wondered if he had a much darker side, prompting an investigation into a very cold case. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
18 — Thursday 8:00 This Old House 8:30 Ask This Old House 9:00 Doc Martin Fly Me to the Moon. Martin is suspicious and
NATURE: Big Little Journeys - Home Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. Louisa is shocked with the unannounced return of her father. Ruth helps Martin with his blood phobia when she discovers his predicament, and an unexpected caravan squatter thwarts Bert’s dreams of making a quick buck. 10:00 Reds: Royal Flying Doctor Service Episode 5. In the grip of a heatwave, tensions flare between Eliza and Pete while transporting a highly contagious patient in stifling PPE. Wayne’s world is thrown upside down when a routine callout to a seizing patient takes a harrowing turn. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
19 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Greater Good 9:00 Benjamin Franklin Join or Die. (1706-1774) Following his success as a printer in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin earns worldwide fame from electricity experiments and then turns to politics. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
20 — Saturday 6:30 Knight Talks Charles Harris. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Alaska Native Heritage Center. See listing on 1/15 at 8 p.m.
8:00 Around the World in 80 Days on MASTERPIECE Episode 3. Fogg and Passepartout hire a camel driver to cross the desert. Can Abigail and her new acquaintances rescue them? 9:00 Beecham House on MASTERPIECE Epsiode 2. With the arrival of his mother from London and the discovery of his brother Daniel in a camp close by, John has finally fulfilled his dream of having his family reunited. But, the arrival of the mysterious Chandrika throws the household into chaos. 10:00 David Holt’s State of Music 10:30 WUFT Amplified Tonight featuring Jamie Davis Band. 11:00 Austin City Limits Robert Glasper; Domi and JD Beck.
21— Sunday 7:00 Doc Martin Fly Me to the Moon. See listing on 1/18 at 9 p.m. 8:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 4 Origins. The story of how it all began. It’s twelve years earlier and Duke and Eliza meet for the very first time. 9:00 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE, Season 4 Right Hand Man. When new vet Richard Carmody joins the practice, James feels his place by Siegfried’s side is threatened. Conflicts come to the surface at Mrs. Pumphrey’s community tea party, and Mrs Hall takes a big step forward in her relationship with Gerald. 10:00 Funny Woman 11:00 Seaside Hotel The Nail.
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22 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Alaska Native Heritage Center. (Part 3/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from New York City. (Part 2/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Racist Trees. Racial tensions reignite as a historically Black neighbourhood in Palm Springs, Calif., continues to fight for the removal of a wall of trees that may have been planted as a totem of segregation. 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
Benjamin Franklin: An American Jan. 26 at 9 p.m.
23 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Buried Secrets. Singer Sammy Hagar and actor Ed O’Neill uncover their roots and discover deep family secrets. 9:00 American Experience Nazi Town USA. The rise of the German American Bund, an organization of American Nazis in the 1930s that had chapters across the country. 10:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
24 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Big Little Journeys: Bloodlines. In Madagascar, a match-stick sized chameleon goes on an epic journey to find a mate and lay eggs before it’s too late. A water vole in the Scottish Highlands swims a lake, climbs a waterfall and scales a mountain to find a place to raise her pups.
9:00 NOVA Iceman Reborn. New discoveries about Otzi the iceman, the oldest human mummy on Earth, reveal details about the dawn of civilization in Europe. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Resurrecting Richard III. Scientists test the bones of England’s fierce King Richard III. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
25 — Thursday 8:00 This Old House 8:30 Ask This Old House 9:00 Doc Martin Return to Sender. Martin and Louisa are off to London for Martin to present his research paper - Janice is looking after the children, but things don’t go smoothly when Penhale tries to
help. Martin also has a few hiccups, including an unexpected proposition or two. 10:00 Reds: Royal Flying Doctor Service As Wayne battles with his decision to leave the RFDS, his family and Mira, it will take all his skill and a frantic medevac to Adelaide to save a patient. Meanwhile, another patient’s snakebite rattles a very phobic Pete, a situation that worsens when the patient has a panic attack on the plane. Pete and Eliza must calm the panicked flyers as a tense Mira works on an emergency landing. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
26 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Greater Good 9:00 Benjamin Franklin An American. (1776-1790) Benjamin Franklin leaves London and returns to wartime Philadelphia where he joins Congress and helps Thomas
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Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution then negotiates a peace treaty with Britain. He spends his last years in the new United States, working on the Constitution and unsuccessfully promoting the abolition of slavery. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Ask This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
27 — Saturday 6:30 Knight Talks Craig Fugate. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Alaska Native Heritage Center. See listing on 1/22 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Around the World in 80 Days on MASTERPIECE Episode 4. Invited to a wedding in India, Fogg’s diplomatic skill is put to the test. Unwittingly drugged, Fogg spills his true motivations to Abigail. 9:00 Beecham House on MASTERPIECE Epsiode 3. A murder throws John’s plans of staying in Delhi into jeopardy. A person close within the household reveals his true colours with dangerous consequences. Margaret, a potential love interest, proves she is trustworthy when she helps John. 10:00 David Holt’s State of Music 10:30 WUFT Amplified Tonight featuring Dionysus. 11:00 Austin City Limits Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo.
28— Sunday 7:00 Doc Martin Return to Sender. See listing on 1/25 at 9 p.m. 8:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 4 The Diamond Feather. Things are going well for Eliza until a familiar face shows up to question her role at Nash & Sons. Meanwhile, Duke receives an offer that brings their relationship to a crisis point. 9:00 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE, Season 4 By the Book. Following a visit to the Crabtree’s Farm, Carmody is challenged with learning how to be a vet outside of his books. The new farmers have a worrying illness amongst their herd and James wants to help them in any way he can. Helen rallies the community to help the newcomers whilst she waits for some personal news.
Jan. 30 at 9p.m. 10:00 Funny Woman 11:00 Nina Back to Work. First day at Madeleine Brès Hospital for 39-year-old Nina. The trainee nurse’s presence does not go unnoticed, especially when she questions her first patient’s diagnosis by the department head, Costa Antonakis, who also happens to be her ex-husband.
29 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Old Sturbridge Village. (Part 1/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow New York City. (Part 3/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Razing Liberty Square. Liberty City residents in Miami fight to save their community from climate gentrification as their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold. 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
30 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Hold the Laughter. Actor Bob Odenkirk and comic Iliza Shlesinger explore their family histories and learn about relatives who took great risks to overcome hardships. 9:00 Becoming Frederick Douglas. The story of how Frederick Douglass, a man born into slavery, became one of the most prominent statesmen and influential voices for democracy in American history.
10:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
31 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Gorilla. Get an intimate look at a silverback family in Gabon’s Lango National Park. 9:00 NOVA When Whales Could Walk. Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Jamestown Dark Winter. Forensic anthropologists investigate the recently found remains of a young girl in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, which may prove the rumors of cannibalism in the colony during the time of great hunger around 1610. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 This Old House 12:00 Amanpour & Company 1:00 Greater Good
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