WSIU Member Guide
February 2018
WSIU CELEBRATES
Black History Month INDEPENDENT LENS: WINNIE MON, FEB. 5 • 9PM
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WHAT TO WATCH NOW GRAB YOUR POPCORN AND PREPARE TO BINGE WATCH! Enjoy PBS’s ‘Best of Broadway’ collection streaming on WSIU PASSPORT throughout the month of February. PASSPORT members will enjoy access to special episodes of Great Performances including iconic Broadway classics like Gypsy, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, and Indecent. Members can also enjoy access to contemporary favorites like Lin Manuel Miranda’s music-centric documentary In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams, which follows Miranda and a group of talented young creators as they produce an original musical - a Latin and hip-hop-infused odyssey depicting the challenges and triumphs of firstgeneration Americans. Also, be sure to check out Hamilton’s America, which provides a behind-the-scenes exploration into the making of the Broadway phenomena “Hamilton.” Waiting for the season finale of Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE? Well, you don’t have to! All seven episodes from season 2 (as well as the complete first season) are currently available for streaming. Learn more about WSIU PASSPORT and sign up with a one-time annual contribution of $60 (or an ongoing gift of at least $5 a month) at wsiu.org/passport. Already a member of WSIU? Unlock your PASSPORT benefit online at wsiu.org/passport or call us at (618) 453-4344 for more information. Happy binge watching!
Photos (above): Phillipa Soo and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Credit: Joan Marcus. (below): Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda with the Tony Award-winning “In the Heights” cast. Credit: Joan Marcus.
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WSIU & READ ACROSS AMERICA CELEBRATE DR. SEUSS
WSIU will celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday locally with a PBS KIDS Raising Readers Theater performance at Unity Point School on Thu, Mar. 1 at 6pm in the school library. Enjoy a special guest appearance by WSIU’s costume character, The Cat in the Hat. The event is free and open to families in the ‘Preschool for All ‘program and their guests.
WED, FEB 14
12:00PM
The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That broadcasts on WSIU TV weekdays at 6:30am. Learn more about READ ACROSS AMERICA’s celebration activities at readacrossamerica.org.
ATC WELCOMES MARY LOUISE KELLY You may have noticed a few changes on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED last month. Longtime program host, Robert Siegel, retired after 40 years of service in public broadcasting. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly succeeded Siegel as program co-host in late January while former ATC co-host, Kelly McEvers, has parted with the broadcast to continue her work on the podcast Embedded.
NEW ANIMATED KID SERIES PREMIERES THIS MONTH Tune in Mon, Feb. 19th for a new PBS KIDS series that will encourage children to explore the arts and spark creativity! PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC will join WSIU’s daytime line-up at 8am (replacing Curious George) and at 1:30pm (replacing Ready, Jet, Go!).
SAVE THE DATE!
JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE ARTS WITH PINKALICIOUS!
Join us for WSIU’s annual Family Day event at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mt. Vernon, Ill! This year’s event, which will be held on Saturday, April 14 from 12pm-3pm, will feature educational activities for children and parents, book giveaways, and a special PINKALICIOUS! performance by the SIU Department of Theater. Pinkalicious & Peterrific are based on the popular book by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann. “Pinkalicious!” the musical features music and lyrics by John Gregor. Find event details online at wsiu.org.
TV/RADIO
ATC GETS NEW CO-HOST
NEW: PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC
The program follows the adventures of Pinkalicious and her brother Peter as they imagine creative possibilities everywhere they look. The program encourages preschool-age children to engage in the creative arts and self-expression, covering areas such as music, dance, and visual arts.
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Photo: Mary Louise Kelly. Credit: Katarina Price.
Tune in for All Things Considered on WSIU Radio - weekdays from 3pm-7pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 4pm-5pm.
CELEBRATING HISTORY
BICENTENNIAL COLLECTION: THE LEGACY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WSIU Radio is celebrating the Illinois Bicentennial with a collection of stories focusing on the unique people, places, and history of Illinois. Tune in for special bicentennial features airing at 7:44am and 4:44pm throughout the month. THE LEGACY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 In honor of President’s Day, we’ll take a look at the amazing story of Lincoln’s popularity, explore his humble beginnings, his well-known debates with Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas, and his launch into the national spotlight. The interview features discussions with Dr. Samuel Wheeler, former Illinois State Historian and Director of Research, Collections, and Library Services at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum. We’ll also hear from local historian Mark Motsinger, a Carrier Mills/Stonefort High School Social Studies & History Teacher and President of the Saline County Historical Society, as well as Dr. James M. Cornelious, Curator for the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum.
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February 2018
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
BHM SPECIALS WINNIE
Photo: Morgan State University.
SUN, FEB 11
2:30 PM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR NEXT INDIE LENS POP-UP FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION EVENTS
Join us for TELL THEM WE ARE RISING by STANLEY NELSON and MARCO WILLIAMS. The film explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in shaping American history, culture, and national identity. Join us for the film and discussion at the CARBONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY on Sun, Feb. 11 at 2:30pm. Learn more and watch a preview at WSIU.ORG/INDIELENSPOPUP. Tune in for Tell Them We Are Rising on WSIU TV - Mon, Feb. 19 at 8pm. Stream the episode online at pbs.org or via the PBS App for smart devices beginning 2/20/18.
SUN, MAR 25
2:30 PM
PBS CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Tune in this month for a collection of programs highlighting the history, heritage, and contributions of African Americans. Find the complete list of BHM programming featured this month on WSIU TV at wsiu.org/heritage. Additional resources and BHM content can be accessed at pbs.org/black-culture. INDEPENDENT LENS: Winnie | MON, FEB. 5 • 9PM Explore the complex life of Winnie Mandela and her decades-long struggle to bring down Apartheid. AMERICAN MASTERS: Maya Angelou - And Still I Rise FRI, FEB. 16 • 8PM Journey through the prolific life of the ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ author and activist who inspired generations with her poetry.
JOIN US FOR A PROFILE OF ACTIVIST DELORES HUERTA Join us next month for a screening of DELORES by filmmaker Peter Bratt. Bratt’s film introduces the indomitable Dolores Huerta, one of the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history - and she continues the fight to this day, at 87.
Photo: Dr. Maya Angelou, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, she tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century. Join us for the film and discussion at the CARBONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY on Sun, Mar. 25 at 2:30pm.
And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK TUE, APR. 3 • 8PM Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history through interviews with leading scholars, celebrities, and historians.
Photo: Walter P. Reuther Library Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Roads to Memphis | TUE, APR. 3 • 7PM Follow the intense two-month international manhunt to profile and capture MLK’s elusive assassin.
PROGRAM LISTINGS
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1 Thursday
Pioneers of Television.CC Standup to Sitcom. Learn how America’s top comics transitioned from stage to television. Featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr, Tim Allen, Ray Romano, and Bob Newhart. 8pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Entente Cordiale. (R) Part 3/7. 9pm Rick Steves Special.CC European Festivals. Rick Steves explores 10 festivals in Spain, Italy, Germany, and Scotland. 10pm Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.CC Guests: Jessica Chastain, Holly Hunter, James Franco, Dustin Hoffman, Hong Chau, Diane Kruger, Richard Jenkins, Laurie Metcalf, Jamie Bell, and Robert Pattinson. 11pm I’ll Have What Phil’s Having.CC Los Angeles. Join Phil Rosenthal on a culinary adventure in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles.
10pm Nazi Games - Berlin 1936.CC See how the Nazis and the IOC turned a relatively small sports event into a global spectacle. 11pm History Detectives.CC WB Cartoons, Galvez Papers, Mussolini Dagger.
7pm
2 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Great Performances.CC Nas Live from the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop. Witness the groundbreaking hip-hop artist perform a symphonic rendition of his seminal debut album “Illmatic” with the National Symphony Orchestra. 9pm Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live In Concert: A Great Performances Special.CC Grammywinner Alicia Keys performs a selection of her hits at iconic locations throughout New York. 10pm Evening with Carrie Newcomer.CC The Indiana-based folk singer/songwriter showcases songs from her album “The Beautiful Not Yet.” 11pm Rudy Maxa’s World: The Taste of Japan. CC Chef Rudy Maxa turns the spotlight on Japan’s most popular food.
3 Saturday
We’ll Meet Again.CC Rescued from Mount St. Helens. Join Ann Curry for dramatic reunions of people whose lives crossed during the deadly eruption. 7pm Globe Trekker.CC Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway 2, USA. Megan McCormick continues her trek through the industrial heartland with a profile of the Great Lakes states. 8pm Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents.CC Uncover the secret state that helped keep Queen Elizabeth I in power for more than 40 years. William Cecil, Elizabeth I’s spy master, discovers an assassination conspiracy. Part 1/3. 9pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Divorced. Lucy Worsley examines the happy marriage of Henry VIII to first wife, Katherine of Aragon. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC LCD Soundsystem. 11pm Speakeasy.CC Seal and Amy Thomson. 6pm
7 Wednesday 7pm Photo: Blink Films.
WE’LL MEET AGAIN | TUE, FEB. 6 @ 7PM Join Ann Curry for the dramatic reunions of people separated by WWII. A Japanese-American woman sent to an internment camp hopes to find a childhood friend..
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Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Marion vs. Mater Dei. Second Opinion.CC Opioids to Heroin Addiction. 6pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Divorced. (R) See 2/3 at 9pm. 7pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Entente Cordiale. (R) See 2/1 at 8pm. Part 3/7. 8pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Faith, Hope & Charity. News of the horrific famine in Ireland reached the Queen and she is adamant that her government should be doing more to help. Part 4/7. 9pm Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents.CC Robert Cecil battles for his spy network and the power to choose the next King of England. Part 2/3. 10pm Music City Roots Live from the Factory.CC Liz Longley, Maureen Murphy, and Gillian Welch. 11pm Front and Center.CC CMA Songwriters Series - Miranda Lambert. 5pm 5:30
5 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC New Orleans. Part 2/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Jacksonville. Part 1/3. 9pm Independent Lens.CC Winnie. Explore the complex life of Winnie Mandela and her decades-long struggle to bring down Apartheid. 10:30 Voices for Freedom: The Hyers Sisters’ Legacy.CC The Hyers Sisters were operatic prodigies who use their voices to challenge stereotypes. 11pm Globe Trekker.CC Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway 2, USA. (R) See 2/3 at 7pm. 7pm
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We’ll Meet Again.CC Lost Children of Vietnam. See photo spotlight on this page. The Gilded Age: American Experience.CC Meet the titans of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the lives of the working poor.
Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries.CC Witness cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, learn how Australian fur seals evade threats, and help solve a conflict between South African farmers and chacma baboons. 8pm NOVA.CC First Face of America. Discover the extraordinary remains of a 13,000-year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico. 9pm Impossible Builds.CC The Scorpion Tower. Follow the construction of one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board. 10pm Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact.CC Discover the surprising ways people are applying their doctoral degrees beyond the walls of a university to help their community. 11pm Job Centered Learning.CC Explore the career education options offered by high schools to close the skills gap and make education more relevant for students.
8 Thursday
Pioneers of Television.CC Doctors and Nurses. From St. Elsewhere to ER, television’s long love affair with doctors and nurses shows no signs of letting up. 8pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Faith, Hope & Charity. (R) See 2/4 at 8pm. Part 4/7. 9pm Endeavour Season 4 on Masterpiece. CC Game. Endeavour races to uncover the connection between a chess-playing “thinking” machine and a baffling drowning. 10:30 Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging.CC Explore the life of legendary Lindy Hopper Frankie Manning. 11pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Divorced. (R) See 2/3 at 9pm. 7pm
9 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC American Epic Sessions.CC Jack White and T Bone Burnett record top artists as they recreate America’s musical past. Featuring: Willie Nelson, Elton John, Nas, Alabama Shakes, Beck, and more. 10pm We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told.CC Meet the international jazz legends who made Pittsburgh a leading music city. 11pm Balancing the Scales.CC Explore the history of female lawyers in America with commentary and interviews by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gloria Allred, Lisa Bloom and others.
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PROGRAM LISTINGS
February 2018
10:30 Graceful Voices.CC Explore the rich history of the Homestead Historic District near Coral Gables, Florida which was developed as a black residential neighborhood in the 1920s. 11pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Beheaded, Died. (R) See 2/10 at 9pm.
10 Saturday
We’ll Meet Again.CC Lost Children of Vietnam. (R) See 2/6 at 7pm. 7pm Globe Trekker.CC Tough Trains: The Transcontinental Railroad, USA. Zay Harding explores the rich history of railroads via an incredible 3,000-mile journey across America. 8pm Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents.CC (R) See 2/4 at 9pm. Part 2/3. 9pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Beheaded, Died. Henry breaks with the Roman Church to marry Anne Boleyn and then falls for Jane Seymour. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC Dan Auerbach/ Shinyribs. 11pm The Kate.CC Jane Lynch. 6pm
11 Sunday
Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Beheaded, Died. (R) See 2/10 at 9pm. 7pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC Faith, Hope & Charity. (R) See 2/4 at 8pm. Part 4/7. 8pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC The King Over the Water. Feeling suffocated by the weight of the crown, Victoria escapes with her court to the Scottish Highlands. Part 5/7. 9pm Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents.CC Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in British history, the Gunpowder Plot. Part 3/3. 10pm Music City Roots Live from the Factory.CC Southern Avenue/Miss Tess and Austin’s Band of Heathens. 11pm Front and Center.CC Sheryl Crow. 6pm
12 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC New Orleans. Part 3/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Jacksonville. Part 2/3. 9pm POV.CC Do Not Resist. Filmmaker Craig Atkinson presents a vital and influential exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. 10:30 Forensics: Beyond the CSI Effect.CC Learn how law enforcement applies the scientific method to their work and why this fundamental understanding outlines the basis behind the science of forensics. 11pm Globe Trekker.CC Tough Trains: The Transcontinental Railroad, USA. (R) See 2/10 at 7pm.
7pm
13 Tuesday 7pm 8pm
We’ll Meet Again.CC Heroes of 9/11. Join Ann Curry for dramatic reunions between people whose lives intersected on 9/11. Bombing of Wall Street: American Experience.CC Explore the story behind the mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center, which left 38 dead.
Photo: ITV Plc and MASTERPIECE.
ENDEAVOUR | THURSDAYS @ 9PM In Season 4, it’s the summer of 1967, and the effects of the Cold War and sixties counterculture are being felt in Oxford. How will this changing landscape affect our favorite detectives?
Frontline.CC The Gang Crackdown. Investigate killings linked to the MS-13 gang and the crackdown that swept up immigrant teens. 10pm Black Women in Medicine.CC Through first-hand accounts from black female pioneers in medicine, the program details the challenges and triumphs that drive them to practice medicine. 11pm History Detectives.CC Chicago Clock, Universal Friends, War Dog Letter. 9pm
14 Wednesday 7pm
Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries.CC 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. 8pm NOVA.CC Great Escape at Dunkirk. Join archaeologists and divers recovering remains of ships and planes lost during WWII’s epic Dunkirk operation. 9pm Impossible Builds.CC Europe in the Desert. Trace one man’s dream to transform six sand islands off Dubai into a luxurious holiday destination. 10pm My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life & Science of Dr. Marian Diamond.CC Meet Dr. Marian Diamond, renowned academic and research scientist, who describes her 60-year career researching the human brain as “pure joy.” 11pm Oceans of Pink.CC Witness the explosive growth of dragon boat racing among breast cancer survivors.
15 Thursday 7pm 8pm 9pm
Pioneers of Television.CC Acting Funny. Discover the techniques used by Robin Williams, Jonathan Winters, and Tina Fey. Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC The King Over the Water. (R) See 2/11 at 8pm. Part 5/7. Endeavour Season 4 on Masterpiece.CC Canticle. A morality advocate receives a death threat, and Endeavour is dragged into a bloody war of social attitudes.
16 Friday
7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Maya Angelou: American Masters.CC Journey through the prolific life of the “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” author and activist who inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought. 10pm Black Ballerina.CC Hear the stories of black women from different generations who overcame challenges and conquered stereotypes to find their place and make thier mark on the world of ballet. 11pm Audubon.CC Explore the extraordinary figure of John James Audubon, a selftaught painter and ornithologist, whose name and mission to perseve the natural world inspired the nation’s first conservation organization.
17 Saturday
We’ll Meet Again.CC Heroes of 9/11. (R) See 2/13 at 7pm. 7pm Globe Trekker.CC Art Trails of the French Riviera. Kate Comer travels the riviera to visit Arles, Aix, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Antibes, Vence, Biot, and Nice. 8pm Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents.CC (R) See 2/11 at 9pm. Part 3/3. 9pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. Worsley presents the last three wives: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Katherine Parr. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC Chris Stapleton/ Turnpike Troubadours. 11pm The Kate.CC Darlene Love. 6pm
18 Sunday
Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. (R) See 2/17 at 9pm. 7pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC The King Over the Water. (R) See 2/11 at 8pm. Part 5/7. 8pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC The Luxury of Conscience. Victoria and Albert have to face their worst nightmare as parents, while Peel takes on the ultimate battle in Parliament. Part 6/7. 9pm Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of ‘49.CC The worst storm in Wyoming’s history lead to suffering and death but also inspired hope and heroism, unselfish sacrifice, and generosity. 10pm Music City Roots Live from the Factory.CC Colin Linden, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, and Tommy Emmanuel. 11pm Front and Center.CC Seal. 6pm
PROGRAM LISTINGS
February 2018 7
19 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC St. Louis. Part 1/3. Independent Lens.CC Tell Them We Are Rising. Explore the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in shaping American history, culture, and national identity. 9:30 We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told.CC (R) See 2/9 at 10pm. 10:30 Chef Paul Prudhomme: Louisiana Legend. CC Celebrate the life of the restaurateur, author, entrepreneur and television personality who brought cajun cusine into the homes of America. 11pm Globe Trekker.CC Art Trails of the French Riviera. (R) See 2/17 at 7pm. 7pm 8pm
20 Tuesday
We’ll Meet Again.CC Freedom Summer. Join Ann Curry for the dramatic reunions of people thrown together during the civil rights movement. 8pm Frontline.CC Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabi, Part 1. Examine the dangerous rivalry that has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. 10pm Paleo Sleuths.CC Explore fossil discoveries in the Great Plains that challenge popular understanding of the origins of mammals. 11pm History Detectives.CC Forbidden Hawaiian Island; Civil War Cannon; Yakima Cunutt Saddle. 7pm
21 Wednesday 6pm 7pm
PBS NewsHour.CC Nature.CC The Last Rhino. Meet Sudan, a northern white rhino (the last male of his kind), living in a Kenyan sanctuary under 24-hour armed guard. 8pm NOVA.CC Prediction by the Numbers. Discover how predictions underpin many aspects of our lives and why some succeed while others fail. 9pm Impossible Builds.CC The Floating House. Follow the build to make living beneath the waves into a reality as a team in Dubai attempts to construct a floating house. 10pm Wild Weather.CC Meteorologists demonstrate how a combination of wind, water, and temperature can result in spectacular and powerful weather. 11pm Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy.CC Follow the revolutionary poet’s path from a mid-western farmer’s son to radical antiVietnam War activist to “wild man” of the 1990s men’s movement.
22 Thursday 7pm
8pm
Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Burghley House. Visit the home of William Cecil, political brain behind the throne of Elizabeth I. Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC The Luxury of Conscience. (R) See 2/18 at 8pm. Part 6/7.
Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC The Luxury of Conscience. (R) See 2/18 at 8pm. Part 6/7. 8pm Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece.CC It’s Christmastime at the palace and Albert is intent on recreating the holiday joy he remembers from his youth. Part 7/7. 9:30 Becoming an Artist.CC (R) See 2/22 at 10:30pm. 10pm Music City Roots Live from the Factory.CC Ashley Campbell, Bonnie Bishop, and Billy Strings. 11pm Front and Center.CC Jack Johnson. 7pm
Photo: Robert Viglasky/Drama Republic for BBC and MASTERPIECE
KING CHARLES III | SAT, FEB. 24 @ 8PM A 2016 Tony nominee for Best Play, the drama imagines Prince Charles’ ascension to the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s death. 9pm
Endeavour Season 4 on Masterpiece.CC Lazaretto. Whispers of a cursed hospital ward lead to Endeavour’s investigation of the hospital, staff, and patients. 10:30 Becoming an Artist.CC Follow young artists from diverse backgrounds and distant regions as they share their work, create new pieces, and consider what a life in the arts might entail. 11pm Secrets of the Six Wives.CC Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. (R) See 2/17 at 9pm.
23 Friday
7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week.CC BBC Newsnight.CC Great Performances.CC Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine. Helen Mirren receives the 2017 Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award. 10pm Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets.CC Host Rick Sebak celebrates the morning meal with stops in Connecticut, Hawaii, and everywhere in between. 11pm I Go Home.CC Explore the role institutionalization played in the life of people with intellectual disabilities in 1960s America and its impact on the disability rights movement.
24 Saturday
We’ll Meet Again.CC Freedom Summer. (R) See 2/20 at 7pm. 7pm Globe Trekker.CC Food Hour: Provence, France. Culinary writer Rosie Lovell explores the South of France’s famous rustic cuisine. 8pm King Charles III on Masterpiece.CC See photo spotlight on this page. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC Ms. Lauryn Hill. 11pm The Kate.CC Kiefer Sutherland. 6pm
25 Sunday 6pm
Confluence: The River Heritage of St. Louis.CC Learn how the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers gave birth to the city of St. Louis, Missouri and played an integral role in its founding identity and culture.
26 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC St. Louis. Part 2/3. Antiques Roadshow.CC Jacksonville. Part 3/3. 9pm Independent Lens.CC Rat Film. Trace the history of Baltimore through the rat and the humans who love, live with, and kill them. 10pm Coming of Age in Aging America.CC Scientists, experts, and policy makers grapple with how to reframe our thoughts and social policies on aging. 11pm Globe Trekker.CC Food Hour: Provence, France. (R) See 2/24 at 7pm. 7pm 8pm
27 Tuesday
We’ll Meet Again.CC Coming Out. Join Ann Curry as those who met during the early days of the gay rights movement reunite. 8pm American Creed.CC Condoleezza Rice and David M. Kennedy team up across party lines to discuss the ideals Americans share in common. 9pm Frontline.CC Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, Part 2. Frontline concludes its series about two rivals who have plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. 10pm Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of ‘49. CC (R) See 2/18 at 9pm. 11pm History Detectives.CC World War II Propaganda Leaflet; Tiffany Stained Glass; Spanish Civil War. 7pm
28 Wednesday
Nature.CC Snowbound: Animals of Winter. Travel across the snow globe to meet animal survivors of winter, from the penguins of Antarctica to the Arctic fox and the bison of Yellowstone. 8pm Neanderthal.CC Examine the step-by-step assembly of the real Neanderthal, both inside and out and see what scientists are learning about the historical Neanderthal and its implication on our lives today. 10pm Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture.CC Meet Yitang Zhang, a little-known mathematician who discovered an important breakthrough toward solving the twin prime conjecture. 11pm Confluence: The River Heritage of St. Louis.CC (R) See 2/25 at 6pm. 7pm
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Follow the adventures of Pinkalicious and her brother Peter in PBS KIDS' newest animated series! PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC encourages preschool-age children to engage in the creative arts and self-expression, including music, dance, theater, and visual arts. Get creative with Pinkalicious, Peter, and all their friends in Pinkville!
MON FEB. 19 8AM & 1:30PM on WSIU TV!