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Best Bets Andrea Bocelli @ 60 The international superstar performs in a unique concert at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. Host Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will join Bocelli for a tour of the tenor’s Tuscan villa and the city of Florence. Tune in March 2 at 8:30 p.m. Victoria, Season 3 Finale It is 1848, and revolution is breaking out across Europe. In Britain, one woman stands between order and chaos: Queen Victoria. In the final episode, the world’s eyes are on the Great Exhibition and the Royal couple. Does triumph or failure beckon? Tune in March 3 at 9 p.m. Josh Groban Bridges Filmed at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November 2018, this new concert features international superstar Josh Groban performing songs from his much-praised recent album Bridges, as well as a selection of classic songs and fan favorites from the last 20 years. Tune in March 4 at 10 p.m. Les Misérables Preview Love, death, and the struggle for social justice in early 19th-century France is featured in this beautifully faithful retelling of one of the world’s most beloved stories. The program premieres on April 14. Tune in in March 6 at 8 at 10 p.m. Women, War & Peace In a year when American women mobilized, ran for office, and were elected to Congress in unprecedented numbers, the acclaimed documentary series returns with powerful stories of women’s role in dramatic conflicts and peace settlements across the globe. Tune in March 25 and 26 at 9p.m.
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks March 5 at 8 p.m.
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March 2019 | Vol. 61 No. 3
DAYTIME MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:00 Peg + Cat 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat 18/Curious George Swings Into Spring 8:30 Curious George 18/Curious George Swings Into Spring 9:00 Let’s Go Luna 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Pinkalicious and Peterrific 25,29/Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase 11:00 Sesame Street 27/Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase 11:30 Splash and Bubbles 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 The Cat in the Hat 1:00 Sesame Street 25,27,29/Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase 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 4-8/Burt Wolf Travels and Traditions 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 Deutsche Welle News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
ure Cat Weekdays at 8 a.m.
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 2/Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual Laws of Success 9/10 Day Belly Slimdown with Dr. Kellyann 16/Aging Backwards 23/The Best of WUFT (until 12 a.m.) 30/Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 10:30 30/Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food 11:00 16/Memor Rescue 30/America’s Test Kitchen 11:30 30/Cook’s County 12:00 2/Gutbliss with Dr. Robynne Chutkan 9/Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? 30/Chef’s Table with Randal White 12:30 30/Ask This Old House 1:00 16/3 Steps to Incredible Health 30/This Old House 1:30 2/America’s Home Cooking: Stuffed 30/This Old House 2:00 9/Rick Steves’ European Travel 30/Ask This Old House 2:30 30/Motorweek 3:00 16/Suze Orman: Financial Solutions for You 30/Woodwright’s Shop 3:30 2/The Power of Radical Kindness with Angela Santomero 9/Brain Secrets 30/A Chef’s Table 4:00 30/Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 4:30 30/Martha Bakes 5:00 2/Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen 16/Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott 30/Ray Stevens Cabaray Nashville 5:30 9/Doo Wop Generations 30/Sun Studio Sessions 6:00 30/Classic Gospel
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 3,10,17,24/The Ilene Silverman Show 10:00 Sewing with Nancy 10:30 3/2 Steps to Incredible Health 10/Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde White 17/Suze Ormans Financial Solutions for You 24/The Best of WUFT (until 8 p.m.) 31/It’s Sew Easy 11:00 31/Keven Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen 11:30 10/Best of the Joy of Painting 31/Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 12:00 31/Conseulo Mack Wealthtrack 12:30 3/The Better Brain Solution 10/Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks 17/Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual Laws of Success 31/Capitol Update 1:00 31/The Ilene Silverman Show 1:30 31/Florida Frontiers 2:00 10/Feel Better Fast and Make it Last 31/Opera Reimagined 2:30 3/Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual Laws of Success 17/The Power of Radical Kindness 31/Great Peformances at the Met: Samson et Delilah 4:00 10/Memory Rescue 4:30 3/Andrea Bocelli @ 60 17/Brain Secrets 5:00 31/Victoria and Albert: The Wedding
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PRIMETIME defeatist attitude towards aging. The fountain of youth is within each of us, and Esmonde-White teaches viewers how to access it. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
5 — Tuesday
GREAT PERFORMANCES: Andrea Bocelli @ 60 March 2 at 8:30 p.m. 1 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Dr. Daniel Amen talks about how you can improve your memory and even rescue it if you think it’s headed for trouble. Dr. Amen has developed the mnemonic “Bright Minds” to help you remember the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind. Most of these risk factors are either preventable or treatable. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
2 — Saturday 7:00 What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David Join host Bette Midler for this musical tribute to pop music hitmaker Hal David. 8:30 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli @ 60. Celebrate the worldrenowned tenor with a concert spotlighting his popular music and opera repertoire including the duet “Fall on Me” performed with his son Matteo along with songs from his new album “Si.” 10:00 Woody Guthrie All Star Tribute Concert 1970 Celebrate the legacy of America’s greatest folk singer with this 1970 concert at the Hollywood Bowl. 11:30 Dennie DeYoung and The Music of Styx
3 — Sunday 6:00 What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David See listing on 3/2 at 7 p.m. 7:30 Mister Rogers It’s You I Like Celebrate “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the pioneering children’s series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. 9:00 Victoria, Season 3 on MASTERPIECE Episode 8. The world’s eyes are on the Great Exhibition, and the Royal couple. Does triumph or failure beckon? 10:30 PBS Preview Show: Les Miserables Where there is love, there is hope. An epic new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s iconic Les Misérables, comes to MASTERPIECE in April. 11:00 Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott Ed Slott discusses the changes to the tax code and talks about how to protect your savings.
4 — Monday 8:00 Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs Celebrate the timeless artist’s centennial with his greatest hits and cherished standards. 9:30 Josh Groban Bridges: In Concert from Madison Square Garden Join the global superstar and guests Idina Menzel and Jennifer Nettles for this sold-out concert. 11:00 Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde White The former professional ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White uses new and groundbreaking science to help put an end to this
8:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned, respected and popular historian. 9:30 A Conversation with Ken Burns Go behind-the-scenes with the acclaimed documentary filmmaker in this career retrospective. 11:00 Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy In this exciting special, join Rick Steves as he delves deep into the Italian heartland — the place where la dolce vita is a way of life. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
6 — Wednesday 8:00 Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks Learn about the late gorilla who redrew the line between people and animals. 9:30 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich Join host Maria Shriver to discover how to improve and maintain cognitive fitness and deal with aging. Dr. Merzenich, a neuroscience pioneer, reveals new information about the brain and shows us how to rejuvenate and reshape our brains. 11:30 Les Miserables Preview See listing on 3/3 at 10:30 p.m. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanour & Company
7 — Thursday 8:00 John Denver: Country Boy Discover the man behind the music in this intimate profile of the popular singer-songwriter. 9:30 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live from Gainesville: The 30th Anniversary Concert Grab a front-row seat for this 2006 concert as the iconic band performs for a hometown crowd. 11:00 Survival Guide to Pain Free Living with Peggy Cappy Learn how easy-to-do stretches and other yoga moves can help relieve pain. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
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8 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli @ 60. See listing at 3/2 at 8:30 p.m. 10:30 Josh Groban Bridges: In Concert at Madison Square Garden See listing at 3/4 at 9:30 p.m. 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
9 — Saturday 6:00 Doo Wop Generations Celebrate the new generation of doo wop performers as the original legends reunite to pass the torch. 8:00 Les Miesrables Preview Where there is love, there is hope. An epic new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s iconic Les Misérables, coming to MASTERPIECE in April. 8:30 Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs See listing at 3/4 at 8 p.m. 10:00 70s Soul Superstars Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of 70s soul legends. Patti LaBelle hosts. 12:30 Les Miserables Preview
10 — Sunday 6:00 Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott Ed Slott discusses the changes to the tax code and talks about how to protect your savings. 8:00 John Denver: Country Boy See listing on 3/7 at 8 p.m. 9:30 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circling Back Celebrate the groundbreaking band’s musical milestones and hits along with special guests Vince Gill, John Prine, Jackson Browne, Alison Krauss, Rodney Crowell, and more. 11:00 Feel Better Fast and Make it Last with Dr. Daniel Amen
11— Monday 8:00 Doo Wop Generations See listing on 3/9 at 6:30 p.m. 10:30 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live from Gainesville: The 30th Anniversary Concert See listing on 3/7 at 9:30 p.m. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
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Les Miserables Preview
March 9 at 8 p.m.
12 — Tuesday 8:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Dr. Daniel Amen talks about how you can improve your memory and even rescue it if you think it’s headed for trouble. Dr. Amen has developed the mnemonic “Bright Minds” to help you remember the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind. Most of these risk factors are either preventable or treatable. 10:00 3 Steps to Incredible Health with Joel Fuhrman, MD Joel Fuhrman offers a healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding weight quickly. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
13 — Wednesday 8:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite. 9:30 John Denver: Country Boy See listing on 3/7 at 8 p.m. 11:00 Yellowstone Symphony Travel on a spectacular visual journey set to classical music through America’s first national park. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
14 — Thursday 8:00 Feel Better Fast and Make It Last with Dr. Daniel Amen Neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and 10-time New York Times bestselling author
Dr. Daniel Amen will show you how to boost your mood and overcome anxiety and worry by giving you 7 simple brain-based strategies to feel better fast and make it last. 10:00 Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual Laws of Success Discover timeless wisdom and a lifealtering perspective on success from the acclaimed pioneer. 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
15 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 70s Soul Superstars See listing on 3/9 at 10 p.m. 11:00 Les Miserables Preview 12:00 Capitol Report 12:30 Amanpour & Company
16 — Saturday 7:00 Doo Wop Generations 9:30 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back See listing on 3/10 at 9:30 p.m. 11:00 Feel Better Fast and Make it Last with Dr. Daniel Amen See listing on 3/14 at 8 p.m.
17 — Sunday 6:30 Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night Roy Orbison and friends—including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Soles, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Jennifer Warnes, J.D. Souther, and T-Bone Burnett—in concert.
8:00 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli @ 60. See listing on 3/2 at 8:30 p.m. 9:30 Josh Groban Bridges: In Concert from Madison Square Garden See listing on 3/4 at 9:30 p.m. 11:00 3 Steps to Incredible Health with Joel Fuhrman, MD See listing on 3/12 at 10 p.m.
Josh Groban Bridges March 17 at 9:30 p.m.
18— Monday 8:00 Moments to Remember Join co-hosts Patti Page and Nick Clooney for highlights from the late 50s and early 60s pop era. 10:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks See listing on 3/13 at 8 p.m. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
19 — Tuesday 8:00 Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs See listing on 3/4 at 8 p.m. 9:30 Les Miserables Preview See listing on 3/3 at 10:30 p.m. 10:00 Retire Save & Secure with Ed Slott See listing on 3/10 at 6 p.m. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
20 — Wednesday 8:00 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Suze Orman provides advice to help individual viewers “find financial solutions for you.” The central theme is that our financial decision-making should be guided by an understanding of “the goal of money.” 10:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD See listing on 3/12 at 8 p.m. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
21 — Thursday 8:00 The Best of WUFT Rebroadcasts of the most popular programs from the March Membership Campaign. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
22 —Friday 8:00 The Best of WUFT Rebroadcasts of the most popular programs from the March Membership Campaign. 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 Amanpour & Company
23— Saturday 6:00 The Best of WUFT Rebroadcasts of the most popular programs from the March Membership Campaign.
24 — Sunday 8:00 Prince Charles at 70 A new documentary suggests Prince Charles is largely misunderstood and gives extraordinary insight into the man who will one day be king. 9:00 The Best of WUFT Rebroadcasts of the most popular programs from the March Membership Campaign.
25— Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Washington, D.C. 9:00 Women, War & Peace I Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs. Meet the courageous women fighting for human rights in the wake of Northern Ireland’s civil war. 10:00 Women, War & Peace II The Trails of Spring. Follow three Egyptian women who risk everything fighting for justice during the Arab Spring. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
26 — Tuesday 8:00 Finding Your Roots Relatives We Never Knew We Had. Join actresses
Tea Leoni and Gaby Hoffmann as they learn about unknown ancestors. 9:00 Women, War & Peace II Naila and the Uprising. Meet Naila, who embraces love, family and freedom during the 1987 Palestine uprising. 10:00 Women, War & Peace II A Journey of a Thousand Miles; Peacekeepers. Join an all-female Bangladeshi police unit on a peacekeeping mission in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 Amanpour & Company
27 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE The Cheetah Children. Follow a wild cheetah mother and her cubs in Zimbabwe as they fight against the odds to stay alive. 9:00 NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight. Discover the world of medieval knights and the metalworking secrets of their shining armor. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom. Uncover new archaeological evidence at Tintagel that suggests the legend of King Arthur started in a prosperous and sophisticated trading village in 5th-century Britain following the departure of the Romans. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
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28— Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour 9:00 Midsomer Murders Small Mercies. The body of a man is found pinned down like Gulliver in Lilliput. 10:00 Doc Martin, Season 8 Mysterious Way. Preparations for Janice and Penhale’s wedding continue, sending Portwenn into a frenzy; Louisa and Martin are living together again. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
May 22 at 8 p.m.
Fridays Mrs.at Wilson 8:30 p.m. on MASTERPIECE
29— Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 Great Peformances Julius Caesar. See Shakespeare as never before in an all-women production of “Julius Caesar” set in prison. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Amanpour & Company
30— Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Washington, D.C. See listing on 3.25 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Downton Abbey, Season 5 Episode 8. Preparations are under way for Rose’s big day, but family tensions on both sides threaten to derail proceedings; Edith’s arrangement with Marigold is happily working out, but she and Cora continue to conceal the truth from Robert. 9:30 Les Miserables Preview See listing on 3/3 at 10:30 p.m.
March 31 at 9 p.m.
10:00 Holly Near: American Masters Experience the power of song in the fight for equality through the feminist singer-activist’s story. 11:00 Austin City Limits Janelle Monae. 12:00 Sun Studio Sessions 12:00 Bluegrass Underground
31— Thursday 6:00 Victoria and Albert, The Wedding 7:00 Prince Charles at 70 A new documentary suggests Prince Charles is largely misunderstood and gives extraordinary insight into the man who will one day be king. 8:00 Call the Midwife, Season 8 Premiere. At the start of season eight, it’s spring of 1964 and everyone is excited for the Queen’s Royal Birth. With the additions of two new Sisters,
who have been sent to live and work with the team in Poplar, Nonnatus House feels full once more. 9:00 Mrs. Wilson on MASTERPIECE Meet Alison Wilson, a recent widow who discovers her spy novelist husband lived a double life. Determined to uncover the truth about the man she loved, she soon finds herself at the center of a mystery that proves truth can be stranger than fiction. Episode 1: Devastated at her husband’s death, Alison learns there was more to Alec than she realized. 11:00 Inspector Lewis, Season 6 on MASTERPIECE One fore Sorrow. Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai. 12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
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