January - February 2012 | Previews | WSIU TV by WSIU Public Broadcasting

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Martin Luther Mon • 1/2 & 1/9, 9pm

Great Performances: Bennett Duets 2 Sun • 1/29, 1pm

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WSIU-TV’s programs and services are funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

20 Clinton: American Experience Mon • 2/20, 8pm & Mon • 2/21, 7pm

WSIU is proud to present Expressions, a new local series showcasing regional artists hosted by Najjar Abdul-Mussawir, an Associate Professor of Art in the SIU School of Art & Design. Expressions will air Thursdays at 9pm beginning January 19, with repeats on Sundays at 6:30pm (see page four). Also, a new season of Live Saluki Basketball is coming your way; see the back cover for details! Front cover design: Hannah Rummel Back cover design: Jenna Richardson; Jordan Figura

SIU Board of Trustees

Chair: Roger Herrin, Harrisburg Vice-Chair: Ed Hightower, Edwardsville Secretary: Marquita Wiley, Belleville Members: Roger Herrin, Harrisburg; Ed Hightower, Edwardsville; Mark Hinrichs, O’Fallon; Donald Lowery, Golconda; Donna Manering, Makanda; John Simmons, East Alton; Marquita Wiley, Belleville. Student Trustees: Alex Vansaghi, SIUC; Jeffry Harrison, SIUE

SIU Administration

President: Glenn W. Poshard Chancellor: Rita Cheng Provost and Vice Chancellor: John Nicklow Dean, College of Mass Communication & Media Arts: Gary Kolb

WSIU Public Broadcasting

Executive Director: Greg Petrowich Associate Director, Finance & Administration: Delores Kerstein Associate Director, Technology & Planning: Terry Harvey Associate Director, TV & Video Services: Darryl Moses Director of Corporate Support, Marketing & Grants: Ren e Ferrell Dillard TV Programming & On Air Coordinator: Trina Thomas Promotions / Graphics Coordinator, Publications Editor: Monica Tichenor Promotions Graduate Student: Katie Tullis Student Promotions/Graphics Assistants: Jordan Figura, Beth Radtke, Jenna Richardson, Hannah Rummel

WSIU Friends Board

Lane Hudgins, President, Murphysboro; Roopa Gulati, Vice-President, Makanda; Martha Cropper, Secretary, Murphysboro; Rebecca Whittington, Benton; Edward Benyas, Carol Burns, Robin Haller, Kim Harris, Anne Hill, Candis Isberner, Gayle Klam, Barbara Lesar, Scott McClatchey, Greg Petrowich (Ex-officio), Rebecca Pirmann, Emil Spees, Andrew Staff, Carbondale; Lu Ann Walker Maddox, Harrisburg; Jean Pulliam, Makanda; Susie Phillips, R.J. Robertson, Jr., Murphysboro. Emeritus: Mary Ann Kellerman, Cape Girardeau, MO; Lana Bardo, Richard Bradley, Kay Dosier, Norma Ewing, Gary Hill, Carbondale; E.J. Helleny, Herrin; Ann Marie Shepherd, Makanda; Patricia Prevedell Rath, Murphysboro; John Reed, Olney.

UpFront With Greg Petrowich; New TV News Director Programming Highlights & Station News WSIU, PBS WORLD, and CREATE Schedules January Listings February Listings Sponsor Profiles: SIGI; WSIU-TV’s Early Years Black History Month 2012; Local Film Screenings WSIU Presents Live Saluki Basketball

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Mission WSIU Public Broadcasting exists to improve the quality of life of the people we serve. Through programs, services, and outreach, WSIU partners with other community organizations to promote positive change, and to support the academic and public service missions of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Vision WSIU Public Broadcasting is an essential public resource that combines the power of media with the power of people to strengthen our communities.

Values WSIU Public Broadcasting strives to achieve our mission and vision by incorporating the values of integrity, fairness, balance, diversity, sustainability, collaboration, and excellence in making decisions and taking action.

Talk To Us Main Office: (618) 453-4344 or (866) 498-5561 Pledge Line: (618) 453-9748 or (800) 745-9748 Membership: (618) 453-6184 or membership@wsiu.org Programming: (618) 453-6169 or wsiutv@wsiu.org General Email: info@wsiu.org

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Sustaining Public Television

SIU strives to be an essential public resource that inspires personal growth, meaningful community engagement, and a lifelong love for learning. Many of you tell us how essential you believe us to be when you make your annual gifts, but to remain essential, we must also be relevant. As WSIU-TV celebrates our 50th anniversary, we’ve embarked on a strategic planning process to assess how WSIU continues to meet your needs and how relevant we are to the communities we serve. In reviewing our past, we’ve found that among other things necessary to sustain a public television service for so many years, it takes hundreds of thousands of hours of quality programming, kilowatts and kilowatts of electricity, thousands of creative and dedicated staff members, and of course, you. Throughout our first 50 years, financial support from viewers has been instrumental. However, the critical nature of your gifts will only increase in the years to come. In fact, if current trends continue, private contributions may likely become the largest of our many varied funding sources during the next 50 years. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing, provided our other funding sources don’t decrease correspondingly. One method we’ve discovered for maximizing our historically high levels of financial support is to simply utilize the most efficient and effective methods available for making contributions to WSIU. For such things as housing, transportation, insurance, power, phone, etc., many of us choose to make monthly payments via electronic funds transfer (EFT). We do so because it saves us both time and money while insuring that we won’t miss an installment on these essential services. More and more frequently, philanthropic minded people are giving to the organizations they consider most essential in a similar manner through what is known as a “sustaining membership.” Essentially, it means utilizing EFT or payroll deduction (for SIU employees) to make a sustaining monthly gift that is transferred automatically to a non-profit organization like WSIU. Sustaining members of WSIU enjoy all the benefits of regular donors, while their contributions go even further due to reduced processing fees and handling. Sustaining members receive fewer renewal mailings and can change the amount of their monthly gift at any time. Anything that reduces paperwork, processing fees, or postage, results in more support for our core mission. And that means we can invest more of your gifts in relevant programming that should, in turn, make us more sustainable.

Greg Petrowich Executive Director WSIU Public Broadcasting greg.petrowich@wsiu.org

IU Carbondale alumnus Greg Todd, the new TV News Director for the student-produced series River Region Evening Edition, began his broadcasting career Greg Todd. at a tender age. While Photo: Beth Radtke. attending high school in Lincoln, Illinois, the Indiana native enjoyed his first experience behind a microphone at age 15 as a volunteer board operator for an early NPR station. “The highlight of the day was getting to open my mic and do a live station identification on the hour and half-hour,” says Todd (shown at left, as a teen). “I eventually got to do a little rip-and-read news on the air.” After a stint at WPRC, a commercial radio station in Lincoln, Todd enrolled in the Radio-Television program at SIUC where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1977 before launching a successful broadcasting career that took him to media markets of all sizes across the country – from Lincoln and Carbondale, Illinois to Dubuque, Iowa, from Youngstown, Ohio to Indianapolis, Indiana, and from Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California. Although the veteran broadcaster has won numerous accolades over the past 30 years for his work as a TV and radio reporter, news anchor, meteorologist, video editor, news director, and web and social media manager, he credits SIU and WSIU for laying the groundwork for his success and is excited to have the opportunity to share what he has learned with students and colleagues. “I love the idea of paying back some of what SIU helped me to accomplish,” says Todd. “While here, I was able to form the foundation of what became a very fulfilling career, thanks to the experience, dedication, and talent of the faculty and staff. The hands-on experience I got at WSIU gave me a huge boost over students from other universities as I started my career.” Since returning to Carbondale and the SIU campus, Todd has been spending a lot of time getting to know the students, faculty, and staff of the College of Mass Communication & Media Arts, and says he is impressed with what he has seen thus far. “I’m thrilled with the quality of the newsroom’s student staff and the dedication and knowledge of the faculty advisers,” he says. “It’s too early in my role as News Director to think about any changes I plan to make...but, I’m pleased to see that a very strong, nationallyacclaimed program continues to thrive more than 30 years after I was a student in the Radio-TV Department and at WSIU.”

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Thursdays at 9pm, beginning January 19 • Repeats Sundays at 6:30pm Creating a new local TV production from scratch has been a challenging project, says John, but well worth the effort.

Photo by Katie Tullis.

orn in Trinidad in the West Indies, Tamara John grew up in a suburb of Chicago before coming to SIU Carbondale as a student. The producer of WSIU’s new local television arts series, Expressions, is also a second-year year graduate student studying Professional Media and Media Management Studies, with a specialization in Media Management and Strategic Communication. John’s desire to gain professional experience while pursuing her degree inspired her to talk to WSIU’s Darryl Moses about working for the station. After leading Expressions from concept to production, John says the experience is proving to be more than she could ever have imagined. “Not many people have the opportunity to create and produce a television program that is broadcast to three million people,” says John. “I’m very grateful for this opportunity.” John says what she likes most about producing the series is meeting the artists, hearing their stories, and learning what motivates them. “They are all unique, have a wide range of personalities, and are all very talented.” John welcomes your input at the phone number and email address provided in the article on this page.

Shown, from left: Producer Tamara John, host Najjar Abdul-Mussawwir, WSIU’s Darryl Moses, and motorcycle artist Anthony Spinazola pose with an example of Spinazola’s handiwork. Photo: Jenna Richardson.

he rugged beauty of our region is cited as one of the main reasons residents never leave and visitors often decide to move or retire here. From its gently rolling hills and forested trails to its sparkling lakes and diverse flora and fauna, this part of the country is a natural treasure– and its beauty is often reflected in the original works created by a growing body of artists who now call the region ‘home.’ Expressions, WSIU’s new weekly half-hour arts series, is proud to showcase these veteran and upcoming artists, focusing on their creative abilities and techniques, and what inspires them to create art.

Originally conceived by Darryl Moses, WSIU’s Associate Director for TV & Video Services, who had seen a similar production on Mississippi Public Television, Expressions will feature 13 episodes in its first season, with each episode showcasing two artists. “I wanted to create something that I would want to watch as a viewer,” says Tamara John, a graduate assistant at WSIU who was invited by Moses to serve as creator and producer of Expressions.

WSIU would like to extend special thanks to the local businesses that provided generous support in the form of materials and furnishings for the colorful Expressions production set: Ashley Furniture HomeStore of Carbondale (furniture); Calico Country Sew and Vac of West Frankfort / Carbondale / Paducah (fabric); Lowe’s of Carbondale (art rug and lighting); and Stevens Floral Gifts and Framing of Marion (custom floral arrangements).

“The main challenge is that I’m wearing multiple hats, while juggling my academic responsibilities as a full time graduate student,” she says. “I’ve conducted surveys, hired a host, and helped design the set, and I’m also scheduling all the artists. The job requires long hours, but it’s such a great experience. I wouldn’t trade it.” Finding a host for the series proved to be one of the easier tasks for John. “Najjar AbdulMussawwir (an Associate Professor of Art in SIU’s School of Art & Design), is an internationally Host Najjar Abdul-Musawwir. known artist. Photo: Jenna Richardson. I knew he did amazing work and thought he would make a great host.” Smiling, John adds, “He’s also pleasant to work with, and he takes criticism well!” As it turns out, Abdul-Musawwir was already looking for a public opportunity to showcase the arts. “When Darryl and I interviewed him, he told us his motivation in life is to be a good mentor to his four daughters,” shares John. “He said that one day they would see him on television talking about art...and that’s proven to be true!” If you’d like to suggest an artist to be featured on Expressions, contact producer Tamara John at (618) 453-8096 or send an email to tamara.john@wsiu.org.

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Although the series is produced by students at different levels of ability and experience, they take the program seriously and work diligently to minimize errors. “Yes, students run the show, but it’s as real a production as you would find anywhere,” says Jeffrey Guberud, a sophomore in Radio-Television from Davenport, Iowa and next year’s student director. “Working on Scholastic Hi-Q comes with all the responsibilities that would come with a production on a major network.”

Team work is the name of the game on the Hi-Q set. WSIU staffer David Kidd (top left), and students lift the Hi-Q cube. Photo: Jenna Richardson.

No task is too great, too mundane, or too difficult to tackle for the students on the Scholastic Hi-Q crew. They say the experience is worth every challenge that comes their way – and even in areas that didn’t originally interest them.

ow in it’s 30th season, the region’s only televised high school scholar bowl quiz show, which airs Sundays at 5:30pm, continues to be one of the best training grounds for tomorrow’s broadcasters. Scholastic Hi-Q not only challenges the top high school scholars who compete on the show, it also gives SIU Carbondale students the opportunity to use resourcefulness and old-fashioned team work as they develop their TV production skills. From scheduling teams to getting the set ready...from running lights, sound, and cameras to creating graphics...from hosting the series to directing the production, students are thrown into the mix early and often on Hi-Q, but they don’t mind. “I like the fact that students run the whole show,” says Nancy Harris, a senior in RadioTelevision from Carbondale, Illinois. “It takes a team effort to pull off this production successfully every week, but we do it.” “I’ve gained a lot of knowledge about television production,” says Garrett Ford, a senior in Radio-Television from Centralia, Illinois and a former high school contestant on the show. “Nothing compares to the experience that working even a single season on Scholastic Hi-Q can teach you.”

Photo by Jenna Richardson.

mber Polczynski, who hails from the Southern Illinois town of Du Bois, got involved with Scholastic Hi-Q almost as soon as she foot on the SIU Carbondale campus as a freshman in Radio-Television. After getting to know Amber during her time as a student employee at WSIU, we wouldn’t be surprised to hear that she signed up before she even got to town! As Polczynski progressed through her first year as a member of the Hi-Q crew, she proved to be such a quick-study that by the time she was a sophomore, she became the Coordinating Producer.

The 2011-12 Hi-Q crew.. Photo: Jenna Richardson.

“I’ve learned a lot about how to set up and operate studio lights,” says Gianco Sheridan, a senior in Cinema & Photography from Chicago. “I really didn’t have experience with – or even much of an interest – in them. But, on Hi-Q, you have to work in different areas you might not have chosen to explore initially. I’ve really enjoyed it.” The students who get involved with Hi-Q say it’s not just a job, but an enjoyable experience that not only builds their résumés, but also friendships. “The crew is serious when it comes time to get to work, but we find plenty of opportunities to have fun while learning new skills,” says Ford. Learn more about Scholastic Hi-Q and see this year’s schedule at wsiu.org/hiq. Scholastic Hi-Q on WSIU-TV is sponsored in part by Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC).

Amber says that the wide variety of experiences she’s had working on Scholastic Hi-Q have been invaluable and have helped to prepare her for a professional career. “I’ve gained leadership and problem-solving skills, and have learned the art of multi-tasking, all while building my production skills” she says. Polczynski has also worked on the production crews for the River Region Evening Edition, WSIU InFocus, and Live Saluki Basketball. “Working on Hi-Q gives you hands-on experience you can take to any job,” she says, which is why she encourages other students to get involved. “Who knows when your Hi-Q skills may come in handy?” After graduation this May, Polczynski says she’ll be looking for her first job in broadcasting out of college, but her dream is to work for the St. Louis Cardinals as a sports producer. With her experience and ambition, we don’t doubt that she will!

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e know you’ve been waiting for it, and now it’s finally here! Season two of the multiple Emmy-winning Masterpiece Classic mini-series Downton Abbey is coming to WSIU and PBS stations across the country on Sunday nights beginning January 8. To bring you up to speed on all the drama from Downton Abbey, we’ve already begun broadcasting an encore presentation of season one, which began December 18 and continues through January 1. Season two will follow the next week. Read on for full broadcast and program details on this addictive drama series!

DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON I Sundays • December 18-January 1

DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON II Sundays • January 8-February 19

Part 4: January 1, 8-9:30pm (repeats 1/3, 2am). Watch the full episodes at pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece!

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7:

Starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern (left), and Dan Stevens, Downton Abbey, winner of six Emmy Awards in 2011, depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in the early 1900s. The plot is straight out of Jane Austen, updated to the era that introduced electric lights and telephones. It is 1912. The Titanic has just gone down in the north Atlantic, taking with it the two male heirs to Downton Abbey, whose current Lord Grantham has only daughters – albeit marriageable ones. His nearest male relative is a handsome bachelor lawyer living in Manchester, who soon learns the ropes of managing a sprawling country estate, with its army of devoted, sometimes bickering servants, its hunts, garden parties, and sexual intrigues.

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It’s 1916, and World War I has shaken Downton Abbey to its very foundations. As a way of life is forever blasted apart, both heroes and villains struggle to hold it together. New faces are introduced and Downton Abbey must contend with all new romances, fueds, and sacrifices that portray a glittering culture in crisis. “Masterpiece viewers took Downton Abbey to heart and they won’t be disappointed with season two,” says Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton. “The cast we love is back and screenwriter Julian Fellowes is in top form. No one can equal him at breathing life into a world that vanished almost a century ago.”

end a sweet treat – and a smile – this Valentine’s Day to the special people in your life while supporting your favorite public media station. WSIU Public Broadcasting’s Love is on the Air fundraiser makes it possible! Now in its 16th delicious year, this annual event has become a popular Valentine’s Day tradition among public media fans. With your donation to WSIU, we’ll send boxes of beautifully wrapped, handmade regular or sugarfree gourmet chocolates made by The Chocolate Factory in Golconda, Illinois to anywhere in the continental U.S., courtesy of Mail Boxes Etc. of Carbondale. Chocolates are available in half-pound boxes for a donation of $45, one-pound boxes for a donation of $60, and twopound boxes for a donation of $100. Each box includes a gift card with your personalized Valentine message. Make your pledge online at wsiu.org/love or call 1-800-745-9748 today. Orders must be received by 1pm on Friday, February 10 for delivery on or before Valentine’s Day.

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hether you’re in the classroom or at home, the new TV series The Teaching Channel Presents will inspire you with real-life stories about effective teaching practices in classrooms across America.

http://illinois.pbslearningmedia.org

hen students in Mrs. Marybeth McCormick’s second grade classroom at Sparta Primary Center heard her say, “Criss Cross Applesauce,” they knew exactly what she meant. They quietly got up from their seats, pushed their chairs under their desks, and sat down in front of the Smart Board at the front of the classroom, which displayed what they were about to do: listen, think, watch, and create.

After Mrs. McCormick read them the book, The Busy Tree, the students talked about the connections between the book and others they had read, and then turned to the Smart Board once again to watch a short video of a PBS KIDS Cat in the Hat lesson entitled “Trees Company” before launching into an educational activity to reinforce what they had learned. This video clip is one of the many resources Mrs. McCormick has downloaded from Illinois PBS LearningMedia, a new teaching tool which helps educators integrate technology into the classroom to teach core subjects. PBS LearningMedia, the parent service of the Illinois Edition, debuted in June 2011 and features a massive library of free digital media resources and support materials for K-12 classroom use and professional development for educators. This fall, WSIU and other public media stations of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council collaborated to create the Illinois Edition of PBS LearningMedia, and then invited more than 50 teachers across the state, including Mrs. McCormick, to test the customized version. Forty three teachers have since submitted evaluations based on a survey created by Dr. Evangeline S. Pianfetti of the University of Illinois College of Education, who is now analyzing the results and will present a full report on the pilot project in early 2012.

When combined with its companion online resources, The Teaching Channel Presents offers proven teaching practices that address today’s educational challenges. You can also see the videos on The Teaching Channel’s website. Learn more at these online locations: URL

Shown: Sparta teacher Marybeth McCormick and her second grade class. Photo: Beth Radtke.

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Illinois PBS LearningMedia contains more than 16,000 research-based and standards-aligned instructional resources, including videos, interactive images, audio files, mobile apps, and lesson plans. It’s digital library covers K-12 science, math, English language arts, performing arts, and the social sciences and draws from such popular and trusted PBS shows as NOVA, Frontline, Nature, and Cyberchase. Additional resources continue to be added from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, National Geographic, NASA, the National Science Foundation, NPR, and the U.S. Department of Education. Among the many desirable features of Illinois PBS LearningMedia is the option for educators to search for and bookmark activities by grade level and topic, so they can create their own personal library of classroom resources. “I liked being able to save resources to my favorites,” says Mrs. McCormick, who is happy with the new service. “It’s a handy way to organize my resources by subject. I even started saving (content) with tags so I would know which math unit or reading story they corresponded with. Having all these resources in one place makes creating interesting and interactive lessons easier.” Be sure to visit Illinois PBS LearningMedia online at illinois.pbslearningmedia.org as new resources continue to be added!

reated and hosted by Rachel Coleman, Signing Time teaches American Sign Language to children up to age eight. The series features Coleman and her daughter Leah, who is deaf, along with Alex (Leah’s cousin, who can hear) and their animated pet frog, Hopkins. Signing Time teaches hundreds of ASL vocabulary building signs that are useful in daily life. Each episode features teaching segments, original songs, and charming animation, plus real families demonstrating each sign in the proper context. Get started online at signingtime.com!

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WSIU

WSIU TV Digital Lineup

WSIU 8.1 WSIU Main PBS Channel - primary channel (HD)

5am

Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches

5:30

A Place of Our Own

6am

Curious George

Martha Speaks

6:30

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Bob the Builder

Sesame Street

Curious George

7am

Super WHY!

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

7:30

Dinosaur Train

Super WHY!

8am

Thomas & Friends

Clifford (R)

Dinosaur Train

8:30

Martha Speaks (R)

Angelina Ballerina

9am

The Electric Company (R)

Biz Kid$

9:30

DragonflyTV

Scholastic Hi-Q (R)

10am

Signing Time (R)

Nature (R) Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

Sesame Street Peep and the Big Wide World WordWorld

10:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Quilting Arts (beg. 2/4)

Sid the Science Kid

11am

Sewing with Nancy

Growing a Greener World; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

Barney & Friends; Thomas & Friends (F) (R)

11:30

Victory Garden

Growing Bolder; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

Curious George Bob the Builder (F) (R)

12pm

Woodsmith Shop

McLaughlin Group

Super WHY!

12:30

This Old House

WSIU InFocus (R)

Clifford

1pm

Ask This Old House

Cyberchase

1:30

Hometime

Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman

2pm

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

Martha Speaks (R)

2:30

Painting with Paulson

Arthur

3pm

Painting and Travel w/ Roger and Sarah Bansemer

WordGirl (R); Signing Time (F)

3:30

Chef John Besh’s New Orleans

Varies – See Listings; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

Health Programming (varies) Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12) Religion & Ethics Newsweekly; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

Wild Kratts

4pm

Mexico - One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless

The Electric Company

4:30

Cuisine Culture; Sara’s Weeknight Meals (beg. 2/18)

BBC World News America; River Region Evening Edition (beg. 1/30)

5pm

Jazzy Vegetarian

Nightly Business Report

5:30

Cook’s Country; America’s Test Kitchen (beg. 1/14)

Scholastic Hi-Q; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

6pm

MotorWeek

America’s Heartland; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

PBS NewsHour

This American Land; 6:30 Getting Away Together (beg. 2/4)

Lawrence Welk (R); Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12)

Best of Expeditions; Winter Specials (1/1 & 2/12); Masterpiece (1/15); Expressions (beg. 1/22)

5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm

NHK World Special (1/3); History Detectives (1/10); This Is Where We Take Our Stand (1/17); Horseman Cometh (1/24); World on Trial (1/31) American Masters (1/3, 1/10); Carrier (1/17, 1/24, 1/31) American Masters (1/3, 1/10 - continues from 6pm); Carrier (1/17, 1/24, 1/31) American Masters (1/3, 1/10); This Is Where We Take Our Stand (1/17); Horseman Cometh (1/24); World on Trial (1/31)

5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm

NHK World Special (1/4); Frontline (1/11, 1/18, 1/25) To Be Heard (1/4); Globalization at the Crossroads with Hernando de Soto (1/11); Independent Lens (1/18, 1/25, 2/1) Independent Lens (1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25); P.O.V. (2/1) Frontline (1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25)

5pm NHK World Special (1/5); Secrets of the Dead (1/12, 1/19, 1/26) 6pm NOVA (1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26) 7pm NOVA (1/5, 1/12 - continues from 6pm); Inside Nature’s Giants (1/19, 1/26) 8pm Mystery of Chaco Canyon (1/5); Secrets of the Dead (1/12, 1/19, 1/26) 5pm NHK World Special (1/6); History Detectives (1/13, 1/20, 1/27) 6pm American Masters (1/6); Frontier Visionary: George Catlin and the Plains Indians (1/13); Death of the Old West (1/13 - beg. 6:30pm); Custer’s Last Stand: American Experience (1/20); Wyatt Earp: American Experience (1/27) 7pm American Masters (1/6 - beg. 7:30pm); Billy the Kid: American Experience (1/13); Custer’s Last Stand: American Experience (1/20 - continues from 6pm); Geronimo: American Experience (1/27) 8pm American Masters (1/6 - continues from 7:30pm); History Detectives (1/13, 1/20, 1/27) 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm

SIU Basketball – vs. Indiana State, at Terre Haute (2/11 - repeat from 12pm) To the Contrary with Bonnie (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28); Maria Hinojosa: One on One (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28 - beg. 4:30pm); SIU Basketball – vs. Indiana State, at Terre Haute (2/11 - repeat from 12pm) Consuelo Mack Wealth Track (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28); European Journal (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28 - beg. 5:30pm) To Be Heard (1/7); Moyers & Company (1/14, 1/21, 1/28) Washington Week (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28); McLaughlin Group (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28 - beg. 7:30pm) Need To Know (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28); Inside Washington (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28 beg. 8:30pm) Egypt’s Golden Empire (1/7, 1/14); Model T’s To War: American Ambulances on the Western Front (1/21); American Masters (1/28) Egypt’s Golden Empire (1/7, 1/14); Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (1/14); Yanks Fight the Kaiser: A National Guard Division (1/21); American Masters (1/28 - continues from 9pm)

4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm

This Emotional Life (1/1); Gates of the Arctic: Alaska’s Brooks Range (1/8); Secrets of the Dead (1/15); Carrier (1/22, 1/29) This Emotional Life (1/1 - continue from 4pm); 49th Star: Creating Alaska (1/8); Frontier Visionary: George Catlin and the Plains Indians (1/15); Death of the Old West (1/15 - beg. 5:30pm); Carrier (1/22, 1/29, 2/5) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (1/1); Global Voices (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (1/1); Global Voices (1/8 - continues from 6pm, 1/29); Independent Lens (1/8 - beg. 7:30pm, 1/15); P.O.V. (1/22) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (1/1); Independent Lens (1/8, 1/15 - continues from 7:30pm); Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange (1/22, 1/29) Global Voices (1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 - beg. 9:30pm, 1/29); Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange (1/22 - continues from 8pm) Global Voices (1/1 - continues from 9pm); To Be Heard (1/8); Globalization at the Crossroads with Hernando de Soto (1/15); Global Voices (1/22, 1/29 - continues from 9:30pm)

4pm Newsline/Journal (beg. 4:30) 5-9pm Varies 9pm PBS NewsHour

10pm Nightly Business Report 10:30 RREE; Journal 11pm Varies

Tuesday

BBC World News

WednesdaY

Sunday

thursday

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Friday

Weekdays

Saturday

NHK World Special (1/2); Nature (1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30) 49th Star: Creating Alaska (1/2); Conquistadors With Michael Wood (1/9, 1/16); Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing (1/23); Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson Story (1/30) Nature (1/2); Conquistadors With Michael Wood (1/9, 1/16); Racing To Bermuda (1/23); Not As I Pictured: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Shot (1/30) Gates of the Arctic: Alaska’s Brooks Range (1/2); Nature (1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30)

Sunday

WSIU 8.3 WSIU CREATE “How-To” Channel - build, bake, sew, grow, and explore!

5pm 6pm 7pm 8 pm

Monday

Rebroadcast of SIU Basketball at 10pm: 1/14 (vs. Bradley), 1/24 (vs. Bradley) & 1/31 (vs. UNI)

WSIU 8.2 WSIU World - the best in news, public affairs, and documentary programs

WSIU

8.2/16.2

Weekday News

January / February 2012

WSIU

CREATE 8.3/16.3

NOTE: Noon-6pm, 6pm-12am & 12-6am schedules are repeats of these listings

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

6am

America’s Test Kitchen; Cook’s Country (beg. 2/19)

Simply Ming

Essential Pépin

America’s Test Kitchen; Cook’s Country (beg. 2/15)

Essential Pépin

Simply Ming

6:30

Lidia’s Italy

Burt Wolfe: What We Eat

Lidia’s Italy

Burt Wolfe: What We Eat

Lidia’s Italy

7am

Chef John Besh’s New Orleans

Ciao Italia

Cuisine Culture

Chef John Besh’s New Orleans

Cuisine Culture

Ciao Italia

7:30

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

New Scandinavian Cooking; Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef (beg. 2/27)

Taste This! ; Mexico: One Plate at a Time (beg. 1/17)

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

8am

Rick Steves

New Scandinavian

Taste This! ; Mexico: One Cooking; Hubert Keller: Plate at a Time (beg. 1/12) Secrets of a Chef (beg. 3/2)

Rick Steve

Rick Steves

Globe Trekker

Globe Trekker Travelscope

Grannies on Safari

8:30

Travelscope

Grannies on Safari

9am

Garden Home

Garden Smart

Victory Garden

Garden Smart

Victory Garden

Garden Home

9:30

Ask This Old House

This Old House

Woodright’s Shop

Ask This Old House

Woodright’s Shop

This Old House

10am

For Your Home

Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Woodturning Workshop

For Your Home

Woodturning Workshop; Woodsmith Shop (beg. 3/1)

Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac

10:30

Katie Brown Workshop

B. Organic; Around the House with Matt & Shari (beg. 1/2)

Glass with Vicki Payne; Growing Boulder (beg. 2/7)

Katie Brown Workshop

Glass with Vicki Payne; Growing Boulder (beg. 2/9)

Around the House with Matt & Shari

11am

Knit & Crochet Today

Sewing with Nancy

Scheewe Art Workshop

Knit & Crochet Today

Scheewe Art Workshop

Sewing with Nancy

11:30

Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places; Donna Dewberry (beg. 1/8)

Grand View

Best of the Joy of Painting

Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places; Donna Dewberry (beg. 1/11)

Best of the Joy of Painting

Grand View

Saturday “How-To” Marathons

Jan 7: Healthy Resolutions Jan 14: Lobster Shack jan 21: Island Hoppin’ Jan 28: Jacques’ Kitchen (Essential Pépin) Feb 4: Big Game Snack Attack FEB 11: So In Love FEB 18: Let The Good Times Roll FEB 25: African Roots

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January / February 2012

Black History Month Specials

1 S U N D AY

12:30 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D.CC 2am He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley.CC (R) 3:30 American Stamps.CC 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 10am Great Performances.CC Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert. Jackie Evancho – the 11-year-old girl with the extraordinarily big voice who came to national prominence on America’s Got Talent – returns to PBS after her sensational guest appearance on Great Performances: Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends. (R) 11:30 Victor Borge: Comedy in Music.CC Hold on to your sides as we present a compilation of recently rediscovered Victor Borge skits and routines. 12pm See Daytime Schedule. 1pm Brenda Watson: The Road to Perfect Health.CC Natural health expert Brenda Watson explores the link between poor health and the digestive system. 3pm Suze Orman’s Money Class.CC Financial powerhouse Suze Orman explains why it’s critical in today’s troubled economy to rethink traditional strategies to achieve financial goals. Topics covered include the real estate market, raising financially aware children, and saving and investing. 5pm 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D.CC Fuhrman introduces a scientifically proven health plan that will help you lose weight and reclaim your health. (R) 6:30 Great Performances.CC Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert. (R) See today at 10am for description. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey. In the final episode of season one, the heir crisis at Downton Abbey takes an unexpected turn. Part 4/4. 9:30 Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy – An American Masters Special.CC American Masters revisits the life of comedienne Lucille Ball, who became the first female TV superstar and first solo female head of a major studio. 11:30 Celtic Thunder Heritage.CC Celtic Thunder focuses on their Celtic and Irish roots in this special featuring traditional standards and love songs.

Januar y

2 M o nday 1am 3am

5am 7pm 8pm 9pm

10pm 11pm

Suze Orman’s Money Class.CC (R) Live From Lincoln Center.CC Bernstein and Gershwin New Year’s Eve Concert. (R) See Daytime Schedule. Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 1/3. (NEW SEASON). Antiques Roadshow.CC Tampa, FL. Part 1/3. Martin Luther.CC Driven to Defiance. In his famous 95 Theses, German monk Martin Luther attacked what he saw as corruption in the Catholic Church, leading him on an irreversible path to conflict with the most powerful institution of the day. Part 1/2. Charlie Rose.CC NOVA.CC Secrets Beneath the Ice. Can Antarctica’s climate past offer clues to what may happen to our warming planet?

3 T u e sday

12am Martin Luther.CC Driven to Defiance. Part 1/2. (R) 1am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 1/3. (R) 2am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey. Part 4/4. (R) 3:30 Great Performances.CC Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk – A Celebration of New Orleans Blues. 4:30 Sky Island.CC 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC The Warrior Pharaohs. In 1570 BC, Egypt is united by Ahmose, one of the last Egyptian princes. After his death, Hatshepsut becomes the first female pharaoh. Striving for legitimacy, she embarks on an ambitious building program and opens new trade routes. Her son and successor, Thutmosis III, brings much of the ancient world under Egyptian rule. Part 1/3. 8pm Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC Pharaohs of the Sun. Led by Amenhotep III, the Egyptian empire enjoys a golden age of power and prosperity. After Amenhotep’s death, his son, Akhenaten, initiates drastic changes and embarks on a campaign of religious repression. Part 2/3. 9pm Frontline.CC Opium Brides. As the Afghan government attempts to eradicate their country’s flourishing opium trade, farmers find themselves in a horrifying situation: repay their debts to the Taliban or give their daughters to drug traffickers, often to be used for sex. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC

11pm Independent Lens.CC These Amazing Shadows. Independent Lens examines the work of the National Film Preservation Board and the cinematic treasures it strives to save.

4 W e dn e sday

12am Frontline.CC Opium Brides. (R) 1am Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC The Warrior Pharaohs. Part 1/3. (R) 2am Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC Pharaohs of the Sun. Part 2/3. (R) 3am Martin Luther.CC Driven to Defiance. Part 1/2. (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 1/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Saluki Basketball. SIUC Men vs. Bradley, at Peoria. LIVE. 9pm NOVA.CC Deadliest Earthquakes. After deadly quakes in Haiti and Chile, a team of scientists travels to both countries to hunt for crucial evidence that will help them determine exactly what happened deep underground. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Teaching Channel.CC Florida School for the Deaf and Blind; ELA Throughout the Day; CCSS: Middle School.

5 T h u r sday 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 7pm 8pm 9pm

10pm 11pm

Nature.CC Birds of the Gods. NOVA.CC Deadliest Volcanoes. NOVA.CC Deadliest Earthquakes. (R) Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC The Warrior Pharaohs. Part 1/3. (R) Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC Pharaohs of the Sun. Part 2/3. (R) See Daytime Schedule. Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 1/3. (R) (ENDS) This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 14/16. NOVA.CC Deadliest Volcanoes. NOVA joins scientists who are attempting to discover how and when volcano eruptions might happen. (R) Charlie Rose.CC History Detectives.CC Revolutionary War Almanac; Jack Lalanne; Andy Warhol.

6 F r iday

12am This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 14/16. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. 2am Frontline.CC Opium Brides. (R) 3am NOVA.CC Deadliest Volcanoes. (R) 4am Nature.CC Birds of the Gods. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus

January / February 2012

Januar y 8pm Great Performances.CC Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin. Enjoy an all-Gershwin program as Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Philharmonic. Virtuoso jazz pianist Herbie Hancock guests. 9pm Tavis Smiley Report.CC Dudamel: Conducting a Life. Tavis Smiley hosts this profile of the L.A. Philharmonic’s conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, who at 29 is the youngest conductor of any major orchestra in the world. 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

7 S atu r day

12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 1am Great Performances.CC Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin. (R) 2am Tavis Smiley Report.CC Dudamel: Conducting a Life. (R) 3am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 1/3. (R) 4am This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 14/16. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Lawrence Welk Show.CC Movie Songwriters with Henry Mancini. 8pm Globe Trekker.CC Puerto Rico. From San Juan to the Camuy River Caves National Park, this episode offers a fascinating insight into one of the jewels of the Caribbean. 9pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons. Poirot (David Suchet) tackles a dangerous murder case involving international espionage, a Middle-Eastern revolution, and a missing princess. 10:30 Austin City Limits.CC The Head and the Heart; Gomez. 11:30 Official Best of Fest.CC Friendship. Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead host this series featuring undistributed short films gathered from top film festivals. Teeth tells a story of friendship, fishing, and dentures. In Celamy, a little girl outgrows her imaginary friend. (NEW)

8 S unday

12am NOVA.CC Deadliest Volcanoes. (R) 1am Frontline.CC Opium Brides. (R) 2am Independent Lens.CC Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. (R) 3am Great Performances.CC Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin. (R) 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule.

1pm The Céladon Affair – Under These Same Stars. This film from Céladon Films, LLC of Webster Groves, Mo. and Alto Pass, Ill. is based on a true story from 1773. Shot in the historic homes of Ste. Genevieve, Mo, in Cahokia, Ill., and at rural locations across Southern Illinois, the film tells the tale of Céladon, a mixed race hunter, and his struggles with love, loss, and life in the Ozark wilderness. 3pm See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC Birds of the Gods. David Attenborough and a team of New Guinean scientists search for the exotic and mysterious creatures known as Birds of the Gods. (R) 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Two years into World War I, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew (Dan Stevens) and other young men go to war – or avoid it. Part 1/7. (SEASON TWO) 10pm Studio A Presents. Studio A in Concert: The Gordons. 10:30 Independent Lens.CC Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. In 1977, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya led a treeplanting project that grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights, and promote democracy. (R) 11:30 WSIU InFocus (R)

9 M o nday

12am Nature.CC Birds of the Gods. (R) 1am Tavis Smiley Report.CC Dudamel: Conducting a Life. (R) 2am Great Performances.CC Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin. (R) 3am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 1/3. (R) 4am Nature.CC Birds of the Gods. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 2/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Tampa, FL. Part 2/3. 9pm Martin Luther.CC The Reluctant Revolutionary. Martin Luther’s system of salvation by faith spreads rapidly across Europe, inspiring revolution and overturning the hegemony of the Catholic Church. Part 2/2. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm NOVA.CC Deadliest Volcanoes. (R) See 1/5 at 9pm.

10 T u e sday

12am Martin Luther.CC The Reluctant Revolutionary. Part 2/2. (R) 1am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 2/3. (R)

3am 4am 5am 7pm

8pm

9pm

10pm 11pm

Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 1/7. (R) Great Performances.CC Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin. (R) See Daytime Schedule. Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC The Last Great Pharaoh. Ramses II defeats the Hittites at Kadesh, leading to a new period of stability and growth. He embarks on the most ambitious building program the world has ever seen, including the construction of the Valley of the Kings. Part 3/3. Billy the Kid: American Experience. CC Born to impoverished Irish immigrants, the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid led a hardscrabble life in a lawless corner of New Mexico until an ambitious sheriff gunned him down in 1881. American Experience deconstructs the myths that have grown up around this Western icon. Frontline.CC A Perfect Terrorist. Frontline investigates the mysterious circumstances behind American citizen David Coleman Headley’s rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to master plotter of the 2008 Mumbai attack. Charlie Rose.CC NOVA.CC Deadliest Earthquakes. (R) See 1/4 at 9pm.

11 W e dn e sday

12am Frontline.CC A Perfect Terrorist. (R) 1am Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC The Last Great Pharaoh. Part 3/3. (R) 2am Billy the Kid: American Experience. CC (R) 3am Martin Luther.CC The Reluctant Revolutionary. Part 2/2. (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 2/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC Kangaroo Mob. As human development encroaches on their habitat, a mob of street smart kangaroos move into Australia’s capital city. A group of ecologists document the activities of mob leader, Black Spot, kangaroo mother, Madge, and her two young joeys. 8pm NOVA.CC Bombing Hitler’s Dams. In 1943, a squadron of Lancaster bombers destroyed two gigantic dams in Germany’s industrial heartland with a revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis. NOVA recreates the engineering challenges faced by Wallis and the pilots. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Teaching Channel.CC Youth Radio; Guided Reading; CCSS: High School.

January / February 2012

12 T h u r sday

Januar y 9pm In Performance at the White House. CC Stevie Wonder in Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize. President Barack Obama presents the Second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Stevie Wonder. 10pm Studio A Presents.CC Studio A in Concert: Wil Maring & Robert Bowlin. 10:30 DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis.CC This film documents the essential contributions of African Americans to Chicago’s growth – from Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, who is considered the “Father of Chicago,” to the establishment of the first Black community in the 1840s, to the election of the nation’s first Black President, Barack Obama.

12am Nature.CC Kangaroo Mob. (R) 1am NOVA.CC Bombing Hitler’s Dams. (R) 3am Billy the Kid: American Experience. CC (R) 4am Egypt’s Golden Empire.CC The Last Great Pharaoh. Part 3/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 15/16. 8pm Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? Road to Resistance; The New Generation. See spotlight on this page. Parts 1-2/5. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Order of Leopold; Women’s Sufferage; Art of Animation.

13 F r iday

12am This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 15/16. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? Road to Resistance; The New Generation. Parts 1-2/5. (R) 3am NOVA.CC Bombing Hitler’s Dams. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 2/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC (NEW) 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

14 S atu r day

12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 1am Great Performances.CC Let Me Down Easy. 3am Frontline.CC A Perfect Terrorist. (R) 4am This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 15/16. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Lawrence Welk Show.CC Top Songs from Broadway Musicals. 8pm Globe Trekker.CC Papua New Guinea. The trekkers explore New Britain Island, the largest in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, along with the township of Rabaul and the beautiful island of Bougainville. 9pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead. A cleaning woman is killed by a brutal blow to the head, and her lodger James Bentley (Joe Absolom) is sentenced to hang for the murder. Poirot (David Suchet) suspects something is amiss and joins forces with a crime novelist to save Bentley from the gallows.

INDEPENDENT LENS: HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG?

Thu, 1/12-2/2, 8pm • Photo: Ann Andrén / Nordic Afric a Institute This five-part series chronicles the international movement of citizen activists who fought for 30 years to bring down South Africa’s brutal system of apartheid. In part one, young people in the West join a movement to isolate South Africa after a bloody suppression of protestors in Soweto. 10:30 Austin City Limits.CC Arcade Fire. 11:30 Official Best of Fest.CC Laughs. This episode reviews the films Dutch Bird, a comedy about a lonely widower, and Our Wonderful Nature, a German story about the love lives of some of God’s tiniest creatures.

15 S unday

12am NOVA.CC Bombing Hitler’s Dams. (R) 2am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? Road to Resistance; The New Generation. Parts 1-2/5. (R) 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 1pm Great Performances.CC Let Me Down Easy. Playwright Anna Deavere Smith performs the true stories of an eclectic range of people confronting the price and politics of health. (R) 3pm See Daytime Schedule. 6pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 1/7. (R) See 1/8 at 8pm. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas (Rob James-Collier) in charge. Meanwhile, Lavinia (Zoe Boyle) and Sir Richard’s (Iain Glen) secret comes out. Branson (Allen Leech) seizes his chance to strike a blow for Ireland. Part 2/7.

16 M o nday

12am WSIU InFocus (R) 12:30 Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: A Study in Pink. 2am Great Performances.CC Let Me Down Easy. (R) 4am Nature.CC Kangaroo Mob. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 3/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Tampa, FL. Part 3/3. 9pm In Performance at the White House. CC A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host this music special from the East Room of the White House celebrating the music of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm NOVA.CC Bombing Hitler’s Dams. (R) See 1/11 at 8pm.

17 T u e sday 1am

Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 3/3. (R) 2am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 2/7. (R) 3am Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: A Study in Pink. (R) 4:30 Sky Island.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Custer’s Last Stand: American Experience.CC On June 26, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and his soldiers were defeated by Sitting Bull, the politically savvy leader of the Plains Indians, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. This film reveals how the charismatic son of a blacksmith ricocheted from triumph to disaster, from battlefield heroism to impetuous escapade, until his death on the windswept plains of the West.

January / February 2012

Januar y 5am 7pm 7:30 8pm

See Daytime Schedule. Washington Week.CC WSIU InFocus Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 3/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

9pm Frontline.CC Nuclear Aftershocks. On March 11, 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex. Miles O’Brien examines the implications of the accident for the future of nuclear energy worldwide. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Girls on the Wall.CC A group of incarcerated teenage girls perform a musical based on their lives.

21 S atu r day

18 W e dn e sday

12am Frontline.CC Nuclear Aftershocks. (R) 1am Custer’s Last Stand: American Experience.CC (R) 3am In Performance at the White House. CC A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement. (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Tulsa, OK. Part 3/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC Broken Tail: A Tiger’s Last Journey. See spotlight on this page. 8pm NOVA.CC 3D Spies of WWII. Alarmed by rumors about advanced rockets and missiles being developed by the Nazis, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant minds from British universities and Hollywood studios to pore over air photos and target hidden Nazi bases for bombing raids. 9pm Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Sperm Whale. Veterinary scientist Mark Evans and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg dissect a sperm whale to reveal the secrets of this 45-foot deep-sea giant. Part 1/6. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Teaching Channel.CC Group Dynamics in 3rd Grade Math; Decimals; What Fraction of This Shape is Red?; My Favorite No; Mentoring.

19 T h u r sday

12am Nature.CC Broken Tail: A Tiger’s Last Journey. (R) 1am NOVA.CC 3D Spies of WWII. (R) 2am Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Sperm Whale. Part 1/6. (R) 3am Custer’s Last Stand: American Experience.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 16/16. 8pm Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? From Selma to Soweto. Only a decade removed from the height of its own civil rights movement, the U.S. becomes a key battleground as African Americans lead a grassroots movement to force the country to reverse its policies towards South Africa. Part 3/5.

Nature: Broken Tail: A T iger ’s L ast Journey

1/18, 7pm• Photo: Nanak Dhingra Irish cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson tells the story of Broken Tail, the most charismatic tiger cub ever seen in Ranthambore, one of India’s best protected tiger reserves. Broken Tail abandoned his sanctuary and went on the run, moving through farmland and scrub until he was killed by a train nearly 200 miles away. His story reveals the fate of the few surviving tigers in India. 9pm Expressions. Anthony Spinazola; Chris Scamehorn. Najjar AbdulMusawwir, an Associate Professor of Art at SIU Carbondale and host of this new weekly arts series, talks with nationally-recognized motorcycle artist, Anthony Spinazola of Cobden, Ill., and innovative ceramicist, Chris Scamehorn, of Makanda. (NEW) 9:30 Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s.CC Whitey Johnson (Blues). Gary Nicholson performs as his alternate persona “Whitey Johnson” at Hippie Jack’s Americana Music Festival in Overton County, Tenn. (NEW) 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Prohibition Business Card; St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Shotgun; Circus Guest FDR.

20 F r iday

12am This Old House Hour.CC Bedford Project, Part 16/16. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? From Selma to Soweto. Part 3/5. (R) 2am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? The Bottom Line. Part 4/5. 3am Frontline.CC Nuclear Aftershocks. (R) 4am In Performance at the White House. CC A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement. (R)

12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 1am Great Performances at the Met.CC Anna Bolena. 4:30 Ribbon of Sand.CC 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Lawrence Welk Show.CC 200 Years of American Music. 8pm Globe Trekker.CC Central China. Megan McCormick visits with famous acrobats in Shanghai, learns about the silk trade in Suzhou, travels by train through the Yellow Mountains, fishes in the Yangtze River, and visits the caves at Dazu. 9pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: A Study in Pink. When an unidentified woman, dressed all in pink, turns up dead in an abandoned building, Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) must use the science of deduction to catch the killer. (R) 10:30 Austin City Limits.CC Fleet Foxes; Joanna Newsom. 11:30 Official Best of Fest.CC Love. Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead introduce the Academy Award-nominated Tangi Agentini, a story about an office worker who learns the Tango in hopes of wooing a girl. One Lonely Lost Umbrella Seeks Companion tells the story of a boy, a girl, and an umbrella. Part 1/2.

22 S unday

12am NOVA.CC 3D Spies of WWII. (R) 1am Frontline.CC Nuclear Aftershocks. (R) 2am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? From Selma to Soweto. Part 3/5. (R) 3am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? The Bottom Line. Part 4/5. (R) 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 1pm Great Performances at the Met.CC Anna Bolena. Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. (R) 4:30 See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 2/7. (R) See 1/15 at 8pm.

January / February 2012

8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Isobel (Penelope Wilton) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird (Christine Lohr) starts a soup kitchen, and Matthew (Dan Stevens) and William (Thomas Howes) embark on a perilous patrol behind German lines. Part 3/7. 9pm The Horsemen Cometh.CC The Horsemen Cometh follows the world’s only P-51 Mustang formation aerobatic team as they harness the grace and power of the legendary “Cadillacs of the Sky.” The film documents the journey of three renowned air show pilots as they attempt to tame these vintage fighters and showcase their heritage at air shows around the world. 10pm alt.news 26:46. Episode details unavailable at press time. 10:30 Adirondacks.CC The largest park in the lower 48 states, Adirondack Park sprawls across six million acres in Upstate New York. This film tells the story of the Adirondacks through a series of passionate characters and explores the delicate relationship between progress and preservation.

23 M o nday

12:30 Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: The Blind Banker. 2am Custer’s Last Stand: American Experience.CC (R) 4am Nature.CC Broken Tail: A Tiger’s Last Journey. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 1/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Houston, TX. Part 1/3. 9pm Alaska: America’s Wildest Refuge. CC Tucked into a remote corner of Alaska, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a place where wilderness is experienced on an epic scale. From forested lowlands in the south to the towering mountains of the Brooks Range and north to the coastal plains, this film presents the region’s rugged natural beauty from an ecological and historical perspective. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm NOVA.CC 3D Spies of WWII. (R)

Januar y 4am

Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 1/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Saluki Basketball. SIUC Men vs. Bradley, at Carbondale. LIVE. 9pm Frontline.CC The Meth Epidemic. Frontline investigates the ongoing meth problem in America, and it’s devastating impact on families and communities. In Oregon, making pseudoephedrine a prescription drug has led to significant improvement. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Stanford Roundtable (2011): Education Nation 2.0.CC PBS host Charlie Rose joins a distinguished panel of luminaries to tackle the question of how to improve our troubled school system and provide a better future for our nation’s greatest resource – our kids.

25 W e dn e sday 12:30 1am 2am 3am

4:30 5am 7pm

8pm

9pm

24 T u e sday

12am American Masters.CC Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune. 1:30 Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 3/7. (R) 2:30 Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: The Blind Banker. (R)

10pm 11pm

WSIU InFocus (R) Geronimo: American Experience.CC Wyatt Earp: American Experience.CC American Masters.CC Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune. Sky Island.CC (R) See Daytime Schedule. Nature.CC Fortress of the Bears. Some 1,700 brown bears are part of a unique circle of life that has played out for centuries in Tongass National Forest, located on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska. Beginning in August, millions of salmon return to spawn, providing a feast for the bears, eagles, orcas, and sea lions. But this year, for the first time, the salmon fail to arrive and the bears get a bitter taste of what the future may hold. NOVA.CC Mystery of a Masterpiece. In October 2009, a striking portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress made world news headlines. Originally sold two years before for around $20,000, the portrait is now thought to be an undiscovered masterwork by Leonardo da Vinci worth more than $100 million. How did cutting edge imaging analysis help tie the portrait to Leonardo? Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Monster Python. Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg meet with experts in the Florida Everglades, where giant Burmese pythons are thriving and threatening some native species with extinction. Part 2/6. Charlie Rose.CC Teaching Channel.CC Breaking Routine in 3rd Grade ELA; Monster Match; Poetry Open Mic; Kick Me; ADHD in the Classroom.

26 T h u r sday

12am Nature.CC Fortress of the Bears. (R) 1am NOVA.CC Mystery of a Masterpiece. (R) 2am Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Monster Python. Part 2/6. (R) 3am Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 1/3. (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Houston, TX. Part 1/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 1/10. (NEW PROJECT). 8pm Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? The Bottom Line. The most effective tactic in globalizing the fight against apartheid was the grassroots boycott and divestment campaign that targeted Western corporations doing business with South Africa. Part 4/5. (R) 9pm Expressions John Medwedeff; Fran Jaffe. Najjar Abdul-Musawwir talks with nationally-known sculptor and metalsmith John Medwedeff of Murphysboro, Ill., and acclaimed natural canvas painter Fran Jaffe of Anna. 9:30 Jammin at Hippie Jack’s.CC Ray Wylie Hubbard (Blues/Country/ Southern Rock). Ray Wylie Hubbard performs music from his most recent album A. Enlightenment, B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Confederate Soldiers; Hollywood and Native Americans; Harlem.

27 F r iday

12am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 1/10. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? Free at Last. Part 5/5. 2am Frontline.CC The Meth Epidemic. (R) 3am Geronimo: American Experience. CC (R) 4am Nature.CC Fortress of the Bears. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 1/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

28 S atu r day

12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R)

Januar y 1am Great Performances.CC Bennett Duets 2. 2:30 American Masters.CC Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune. (R) 4am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 1/10. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Lawrence Welk Show.CC Memories of Nat “King” Cole. 8pm Globe Trekker.CC World War II in Europe. Our Trekkers visit many of the European sites that played a major role in World War II. From the forests of Compiegne in northern France to the island of Crete, this episode will lead you on a haunting journey of discovery. Locations visited include Nuremberg, Vienna, Dunkirk, the Italian town of Anzio, the Normandy beaches, Dresden, Berlin, and Auschwitz. 9pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: The Blind Banker. When a banker is found dead inside his locked apartment, Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) follow clues that lead to an underground crime gang. But who is the leader pulling the strings? (R) 10:30 Austin City Limits.CC Florence + The Machine; Lykke Li. 11:30 Official Best of Fest.CC Love. Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead introduce three acclaimed films about love – one from the U.S. entitled No Parking, the Australian film Love on Track, and England’s Mr. Thornton’s Change of Heart. Part 2/2.

29 S unday

12am NOVA.CC Mystery of a Masterpiece. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? Free at Last. Part 5/5. (R) 2am Great Performances.CC Bennett Duets 2. (R) 3:30 Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past.CC 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 1pm Great Performances.CC Bennett Duets 2. In celebration of his 85th birthday, the legendary Tony Bennett released the critically acclaimed Duets II, which followed his Grammy-winning Duets CD, released in honor of his 80th birthday. In this music special, Bennett performs with Lady Gaga, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, and Amy Winehouse, the latter in her final performance before her untimely death. (R)

2:30 The Whisper – The Silent Crisis of Ovarian Cancer.CC Ovarian cancer survivor and host Sharon Blynn shares her amazing journey from diagnosis to empowerment against staggering odds. Blynn is the founder of the Bald is Beautiful campaign (baldisbeautiful.org), which aims to help women embrace every part of their journey towards healing with self-love, empowerment, and a deep knowing that their beauty and femininity radiate from within. 3pm See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 3/7. (R) See 1/22 at 8pm. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. In the climactic battle of the war, Matthew (Dan Stevens) and William (Thomas Howes) go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera (Maria Doyle Kennedy) plays a cruel endgame with Bates (Brendon Coyle) and Anna (Johanna Froggett). Daisy (Sophia McShera) faces the most difficult test of her life. Part 4/7. 9pm Classic Gospel.CC The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash’s lifelong love of gospel music is told in a music documentary that features great musical performances punctuated by remembrances from Cash’s son, John Carter Cash, and close friends. 10pm Studio A Presents. Studio A in Concert: Hotbed. Hotbed is an eclectic band from the Carbondale area whose sound reflects a combination of R&B, bluegrass, and rock ‘n’ roll. 10:30 American Masters.CC Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune. One of the most politically active singersongwriters to emerge in the 1960s, Phil Ochs was inspired by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, but also by Elvis Presley and John Wayne. He was a journalism student in college, which informed his witty and topical lyrics. A cohort of Bob Dylan and Abbie Hoffman, his ultimate disillusionment with the government and several of his heroes – and a familial tendency to bi-polar disease – led to his suicide in April 1976. (R)

30 M o nday

12am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 4/7. (R) 1am The Whisper – The Silent Crisis of Ovarian Cancer.CC (R) 1:30 Binge.CC 2am Great Performances.CC Bennett Duets 2. (R) 3:30 Nature.CC Fortress of the Bears. (R)

January / February 2012

4:30 Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 2/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Houston, TX. Part 2/3. 9pm Secrets of the Dead.CC Sinking Atlantis. Five thousand years ago, the Minoans, Europe’s first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were the first Europeans to use writing, and their technologically advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for Greek myths about Theseus, Icarus, and the Minotaur. Yet in their heyday, the Minoans were wiped from the pages of history. Sinking Atlantis explores – and discounts – all the usual theories about the disappearance of the Minoans – from a massive volcano that buried them in ash to Greek invaders who conquered them. Archeologist Sandy MacGillivray finds startling evidence of a massive tsunami that struck the island. Was this the origin of the myth of Atlantis? 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm NOVA.CC Mystery of a Masterpiece. (R) See 1/25 at 8pm.

31 T u e sday

12am Secrets of the Dead.CC Sinking Atlantis. (R) 1am Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 2/3. (R) 2am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 4/7. (R) 3am Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: The Great Game. 4:30 Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Saluki Basketball. SIUC Men vs. UNI, at Cedar Falls. LIVE. 9pm Frontline.CC Post Mortem. Frontline investigates the declining rate of autopsies. As a result, not only do murderers go free and innocent people go to jail, but the crisis in death investigation in America is also a threat to public health. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm To Be Heard.CC Three teens from the South Bronx struggle to change their lives after enrolling in a poetry class for at-risk youth. As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love, friendship, frustration, and hope, the teens emerge as accomplished, self-aware artists who use their creativity to alter their circumstances.

January / February 2012

Black History Month Specials

1 W e dn e sday

12am Frontline.CC Post Mortem. (R) 1am Jesse James: American Experience. CC 3am Secrets of the Dead.CC Sinking Atlantis. 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 2/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 12pm Illinois Lawmakers.CC State of the State 2012. (TENTATIVE) 1pm See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom. Legend paints it as a solitary, bloodthirsty killer that can take down prey as large as moose. But there is another image of the wolverine that is just beginning to emerge – one that is far more complex than its reputation suggests. 8pm NOVA.CC Ice Age Death Trap. In a race against developers in the Rockies, archaeologists uncover a unique site packed with astonishingly preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window on the vanished world of the Ice Age. 9pm Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Great White Shark. Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg uncovers the amazing array of senses the great white shark possesses, including the ability to detect the electro-magnetic field given off by other creatures. Part 3/4. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Illinois Lawmakers.CC State of the State 2012. (R) (TENTATIVE)

2 T h u r sday

12am Nature.CC Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom. (R) 1am NOVA.CC Ice Age Death Trap. (R) 2am Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Great White Shark. Part 3/4. (R) 3am Frontline.CC Post Mortem. (R) 4am Annie Oakley: American Experience. CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 3/10. 8pm Independent Lens.CC Have You Heard from Johannesburg? Free at Last. The apartheid regime in Pretoria crumbles under pressure from a united popular uprising inside its borders and crushing international pressure to reform. Nelson Mandela is freed from prison and in 1990 is elected president of a democratic South Africa. Part 5/5. (R)

Februar y 9pm Expressions. Fern Logan; Mary Pachikara. Najjar Abdul-Mussawir chats with internationally acclaimed photographer, Fern Logan, of Carbondale, Ill. and the talented watercolor artist originally from Kerala, India, Mary Pachikara, now of Murphysboro. 9:30 Jammin at Hippie Jack’s.CC The Steeldrivers (Bluegrass). This group of seasoned veterans blend bluegrass, country, soul, and other contemporary influences in a performance from their newest album Reckless. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Portrait of George Washington; Revolutionary War Poem; Revolutionary War Cannon.

3 F r iday

12am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 3/10. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. 2am Nature.CC Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom. (R) 3am NOVA.CC Ice Age Death Trap. (R) 4am Jesse James: American Experience. CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 2/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

4 S atu r day

12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 1am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Time Machines. Part 1/3. 2am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Putting on the Tail Fins. Part 1/3. 3am Secrets of the Dead.CC Sinking Atlantis. (R) 4am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 3/10. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Lawrence Welk Show.CC Memories of Nat “King” Cole. (R) 8pm Globe Trekker.CC Deep South U.S.A. Ian hikes through the Smoky Mountains, then travels to Asheville, North Carolina for a music festival. In Atlanta, Ian explores the Freedom Walk and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthplace. Near Mobile, Alabama, he attends a Civil War re-enactment and a reunion of the Tuskegee Airmen.

9pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock: The Great Game. Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) must solve perplexing and dangerous puzzles in order to catch a mysterious villain. (R) 10:30 Austin City Limits.CC Wilco. 11:30 Official Best of Fest.CC Love VII. Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead showcase one man’s approach to a first date in Seattle’s Full Disclosure before traveling to Ireland for Lucky Escape.

5 S unday

12am NOVA.CC Ice Age Death Trap. (R) 1am Frontline.CC Post Mortem. (R) 2am Independent Lens.CC Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. (R) 3am Antiques Roadshow.CC Houston, TX. Part 2/3 (R) 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 1pm Against All the Odds. This program reveals the courage, community, and spirit of East St. Louis, America’s only all-Black city. Here, the American Dream took a wrong turn and White flight left an entire city without resources for 30 years. 2pm Tavis Smiley Report.CC Too Important to Fail. Tavis Smiley examines one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today – the increased dropout rate among black teenage males. 3pm See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 4/7 (R) See 1/29 at 8pm. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. As the war nears its end, Downton’s aristocrats and servants put their lives back together. A mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation. Part 5/7. 9pm Faubourg Trémé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans.CC New Orleans newspaperman Lolis Eric Elie leads a tour of Faubourg Trémé, arguably the oldest black neighborhood in America and the birthplace of jazz. 10pm Studio A Presents. The Hops. 10:30 Independent Lens.CC Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. This film tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bates reaped the rewards of instant fame, but paid dearly for it. (R) 11:30 Expressions. Fern Logan; Mary Pachikara. (R) See 2/2 at 9pm.

6 M o nday

12am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 5/7. (R) 1am Annie Oakley: American Experience. CC (R) 2am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Time Machines. Part 1/3. (R) 3am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Putting on the Tail Fins. Part 1/3. (R) 4am Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Great White Shark. Part 3/4. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 3/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Houston, TX. Part 3/3. 9pm Underground Railroad: The William Still Story.CC Extraordinary people risked their lives to help fugitive slaves escape via the clandestine Underground Railroad. Among them was William Still of Philadelphia, a free black man who accepted delivery of transported crates containing human “cargo.” This film reveals some of the dramatic, lesser-known stories behind this humanitarian enterprise, and explores key Canadian connections, including the surprising fate of former slaves who crossed the border to “Freedom’s Land.” 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm NOVA.CC Ice Age Death Trap. (R) See 2/1 at 8pm.

7 T u e sday

12am Underground Railroad: The William Still Story.CC (R) 1am Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 3/3. 2am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 5/7. (R) 3am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Time Machines. Part 1/3. (R) 4am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Putting on the Tail Fins. Part 1/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Freedom Riders: American Experience.CC In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students – many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university – decided to risk everything by boarding buses and riding together through the South.

Februar y 9pm Frontline.CC Episode details unavailable at press time. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance.CC In 1958, the Commonwealth of Virginia led other Southern states in refusing the U.S. Supreme Court’s mandate to integrate its public schools in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Several counties “locked down” or closed their public schools altogether r ather than allow black students into all-white schools. Locked Out sheds light on this dark moment in history.

8 W e dn e sday

12am Frontline.CC (R) 1am Freedom Riders: American Experience.CC (R) 3am Underground Railroad: The William Still Story.CC (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 3/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 5pm River Region Evening Edition.CC 7pm Nature.CC Raccoon Nation. Are human beings, in an effort to outwit raccoons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success? Scientists from around the world share their thoughts and work to help explore this scientific theory. 8pm NOVA.CC Separating Twins. This is the incredible story of Trishna and Krishna, twin girls born joined at the head. Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, they had little chance of survival, until they were taken to Australia by an aid worker. After two years battling for life, the twins are ready for a series of delicate operations, which will prepare them for the ultimate challenge: a separation surgery that will allow them to live separate lives. 9pm Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Big Cats. From the outside, lions and tigers look very different, but once their skins are removed, even the experts find it hard to tell them apart. Biologist Simon Watt comes face to face with a liger – a cross between a lion and a tiger — proof of the two species’ similarity. Richard Dawkins explains the evolutionary arms race between predators and prey. Part 4/4. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Teaching Channel.CC Time Management in 7th Grade Science; Exploring Garden Ecosystems; Dichotomous Key; Density; Differentiating Instruction.

January / February 2012

9 T h u r sday

12am Nature.CC Raccoon Nation. (R) 1am NOVA.CC Separating Twins. (R) 2am Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Big Cats. Part 4/4. (R) 3am Freedom Riders: American Experience.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 4/10. 8pm Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Time Machines. Performer, historian, and collector Michael Feinstein travels crosscountry to explore the 20th-century American popular music songbook. Contemporary scenes of Feinstein onstage, backstage, and foraging in attics and flea markets are interwoven with archival footage, creating a hybrid of live performance, personal biography, and cultural history. Part 1/3. (R) 9pm Expressions. Robert Ketchens. Robert Ketchens, renowned painter and social justice activist originally from New Orleans, chats with host Najjar Abdul-Mussawir. 9:30 Jammin at Hippie Jack’s.CC Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time (Acoustic/Bluegrass/Country). Larry Cordle performs with Lonesome Standard Time at the Americana Music Festival in Overton County, Tenn. The band has been awarded song of the year by the International Bluegrass Music Association on two separate occasions, garnered two Grammy nominations for best bluegrass album, and landed #1 slots on the Bluegrass and Americana charts. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver.

10 F r iday

12am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 4/10. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. 2:30 Frontline.CC (R) 3:30 Underground Railroad: The William Still Story.CC (R) 4am A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot and the Sound of Change.CC 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Eugene, OR. Part 3/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC 10pm Need to Know.CC

January / February 2012

Februar y

10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

11 S atu r day

12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 1am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Lost and Found. Part 2/3. 2am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Best Band in the Land. Part 2/3. 3am Antiques Roadshow.CC Houston, TX. Part 3/3. (R) 4am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 4/10. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 10:30 Sewing with Nancy: Sewing A to Z.CC Nancy shares tips that will save you time, simplify construction, make sewing more enjoyable, and achieve professional results. 12pm Saluki Basketball. SIUC Men vs. Indiana State, at Terre Haute. LIVE. 2pm Bob Ross: The Happy Painter.CC Beloved painter Bob Ross rose from humble beginnings to an American pop-culture icon. Close friends and family members recount Ross’ gentle demeanor and unwavering dedication to wildlife, and disclose little-known facts about his hair, his fascination with fast cars, and more. 3:30 Celtic Woman – Believe!CC See spotlight on this page. 5:30 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D.CC (R) See 1/1 at 5pm. 7pm Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2.CC In October 2010, the legendary musical Les Misérables celebrated its 25th birthday. To mark the occasion, the show’s producer, Cameron Mackintosh, staged this extraordinary concert at the O2 Arena in London with cast members from London’s Queen’s Theatre and from the Original 1985 London cast. 11pm Suze Orman’s Money Class.CC (R) See 1/1 at 3pm.

12 S unday

1am 3am

Celtic Woman – Believe!CC (R) Independent Lens.CC The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. (R) 4:30 Washington Week.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 9:30 Scholastic Hi-Q.CC East Richland (Olney) vs. Mater Dei (Breeze). (R) 10am Joel Harper’s Firming After 50.CC Celebrity personal trainer Joel Harper demonstrates how to tone and firm with his no equipment, complete body workout.

CELTIC WOMAN – BELIEVE!

2/11, 3:30pm • Photo: Jason Fobar t Internationally renowned for alluring stage productions and songs of heartwarming inspiration, the singing sensation Celtic Woman presents a new chapter of musical enchantment. This dazzling production, filmed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. features a 20-piece orchestra, the seven-piece Celtic Woman Band, a 16-piece Atlanta Bagpipe Band, lush vocal harmonies from the 10-member Aontas Choir, and a 30-member children’s choir. 11am Healthy Hormones: Brain / Body Fitness.CC Nearly half of those over 50 suffer from hormone imbalance, leading to weight gain, depression, and loss of vitality. Fitness trainer Teresa Tapp and best-selling author Mary Shomon discuss the impact of hormones on health and natural ways to balance hormones, lose weight, and reduce inflammation. 12pm See Daytime Schedule. 1:30 Brenda Watson: The Road to Perfect Health.CC (R) See 1/1 at 1pm. 3:30 Classic Gospel Special – A Tent Revival Homecoming.CC Filmed on the grounds of the Billy Graham Library, this old-fashioned tent revival brings together 140 gospel greats to sing the songs that have transformed countless lives. Guests include The Oak Ridge Boys, George Beverly Shea, The Isaacs, Elvis’ Imperials, Cliff Burrows, and The Gaither Vocal Band. 5:30 Victor Borge: Comedy In Music!CC This new Victor Borge television special features his recently rediscovered funniest and most memorable skits. It includes archival footage from the Andy Williams Show and Perry Como Show and touching reminiscences by Borge’s five children.

7pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 5/7. (R) See 2/5 at 8pm. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. The Spanish flu strikes Downton, disrupting one match, hastening another, and transforming the fortunes of all. Mary (Michelle Dockery), Sybil (Jessica BrownFindlay), and Robert (Hugh Bonneville) each confront a moment of truth, while Anna (Joanna Froggatt) and Bates (Brendon Coyle) know a moment of joy. Part 6/7. 10pm Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone. CC Based on Dyer’s newest book Excuses BeGone!, this program shows how we can change habituated ways of thinking that limit our beliefs in who we can be in the world and what we can achieve.

13 M o nday 1am 3am 4am 5am 7pm 8pm 9:30 11:30

Brenda Watson: The Road to Perfect Health.CC (R) Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Lost and Found. Part 2/3. (R) Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Best Band in the Land. Part 2/3. (R) See Daytime Schedule. Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 1/3. Celtic Thunder Heritage.CC (R) See 1/1 at 11:30pm. Celtic Woman – Believe!CC (R) See 2/11 at 5:30pm. Healthy Hormones: Brain/Body Fitness.CC (R) See 2/12 at 11am.

14 T u e sday

12:30 Suze Orman’s Money Class.CC (R) See 1/1 at 3pm. 2:30 Rick Steves’ Europe with Abandon!CC 3am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 6/7. (R) See 2/12 at 8pm. 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Slavery by Another Name.CC This Sundance Film Festival selection for 2012 explores the little-known story of the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted into the 20th century. Laurence Fishburne narrates. 8:30 Expressions. Robert Ketchens. (R) See 2/9 at 9pm. 9pm Frontline.CC The Interrupters. A group of former gang leaders in Chicago try to “interrupt” shootings and protect their communities from the violence they themselves once committed. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC

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12am Frontline.CC The Interrupters. (R) 2am Tupperware! American Experience.CC 3am Inside Nature’s Giants.CC Big Cats. Part 4/4. (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 1/3. 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC The Himalayas. The Himalayan mountain system is the planet’s highest and home to the world’s highest peaks. Nature explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of this mountain chain, starring the mysterious snow leopard. 8pm NOVA.CC Extreme Cave Diving. Follow the charismatic Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into Blue Holes – underwater caves that formed during the last ice age when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today. With an interdisciplinary team of climatologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists, Broad investigates the hidden history of Earth’s climate as revealed by finds in this spectacularly beautiful “alternate universe.” 9pm Cave People of the Himalaya. CC Everest climber and thrill seeker, Pete Athans, returns to the Himalayas with Dr. Mark Aldenderfer in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. There they will risk their own safety to reveal astonishing evidence of a previously unknown, 1500-year-old death ritual high in the Himalayan caves. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Teaching Channel.CC 8th Grade Math; Rube Goldberg Contraptions; Project Earth Game; Poetry Workstations; Classroom Management.

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Nature.CC The Himalayas. (R) NOVA.CC Extreme Cave Diving. (R) Cave People of the Himalaya.CC (R) Frontline.CC The Interrupters. (R) See Daytime Schedule. This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 5/10. 8pm Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Lost and Found. Part 2/3. (R) 9pm Expressions. Robin Haller; Kyle Kinser. Robin Haller, fabric artist from Carbondale, Ill. and Kyle Kinser, wood artist and cabinetmaker from Makanda, share their unique work and experiences with Najjar AbdulMussawir.

Februar y

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! INSPEC TOR LEWIS, II

Sat, 2/18-3/24, 9pm • Photo: Robert Day / ITV Kevin Whately (photo, right) returns as the much-loved Oxford policeman Inspector Lewis, along with Laurence Fox as Lewis’ young partner DS Hathaway. As the relationship between the two develops, new sides to the inimitable duo emerge. In part one, Lewis and Hathaway investigate a perplexing series of murders involving stolen books and a gambling addiction group. 9:30 Jammin at Hippie Jack’s.CC Abigail Washburn (Bluegrass/ Folk/Indie). Illinois-born Abigail Washburn performs music from her recent album City of Refuge at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. The clawhammer banjo player, singer, and songwriter creates a unique musical sound combining Appalachian bluegrass and folk with Chinese balladry. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop.

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12am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project; Part 5/10. (R) 1am Independent Lens.CC More Than a Month. 2am U.S. Health Care: The Good News.CC 3am Frontline.CC The Interrupters. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 1/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

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12am Washington Week.CC (R) 12:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 1am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Saloon Singer. Part 3/3. 2am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC A New Step Every Day. Part 3/3. 3am Tupperware! American Experience. CC (R) 4am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project; Part 5/10. 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Lawrence Welk Show.CC Mardi Gras. 8pm Globe Trekker.CC Nigeria. Adela Ucar kicks off her visit in the capital of Lagos, an electric city with a vital night life. Next she journeys to Yoruba Land in the southwest, thought to be the site of the Queen of Sheba’s tomb. Adela later encounters a rare mountain gorilla in Nigeria’s eastern highlands. 9pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Inspector Lewis II: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea. See spotlight on this page. Part 1/6. 10:30 Austin City Limits.CC Steve Martin; Sarah Jarosz. 11:30 Official Best of Fest.CC Love IX. Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead show us how love can be found in unexpected places with USA’s The Delivery and Academania!, as well as Picket Fenced-In from the Land Down Under.

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12am NOVA.CC Extreme Cave Diving. (R) 1am U.S. Health Care: The Good News.CC (R) 2am Independent Lens.CC More Than a Month. (R) 3am Frontline.CC The Interrupters. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 1pm Between Two Rivers. This film presents a dramatic and moving picture of Cairo, Illinois and its people. Filmed over a four-year period by artists Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan, Between Two Rivers combines vivid cinematography with historic film clips from 1969’s Cairo: City in Turmoil. 2:30 A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot and the Sound of Change.CC Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot blazed a trail as the first black female principal player in a major symphony orchestra. Pilot’s professional journey is used to explore the increasing racial diversity and shift in attitudes toward musicians of color in the classical music world. (R)

January / February 2012

3pm U.S. Health Care: The Good News. CC One small community in the Colorado oil patch near the Utah border delivers the highest value-forthe-money health care in the United States. How do they do it? Could other communities do it, too? (R) 4pm See Daytime Schedule. 6pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 6/7. (R) See 2/12 at 8pm. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. In the finalé, the family gathers at Downton Abbey for Christmas. Part 7/7. 10pm alt.news 26:46.CC Details unavailable at press time. 10:30 Independent Lens.CC More Than a Month. Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, takes his campaign to end Black History Month across the country, offering insights into race and equality in a “post-racial” America. (R) 11:30 Expressions. Robin Haller; Kyle Kinser. (R) See 2/16 at 9pm.

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12am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 7/7. (R) 2am Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC A New Step Every Day. Part 3/3. (R) 3am Slavery by Another Name.CC (R) 4:30 Sky Island.CC 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 2/3. 8pm Clinton: American Experience.CC From draft dodging to the Dayton Accords, from Monica Lewinsky to a balanced budget, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement. This film recounts a career full of accomplishment and scandal and a presidency that would define the transformative period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11. Part 1/2. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm NOVA.CC Extreme Cave Diving. (R) See 2/15 at 8pm.

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12am Clinton: American Experience.CC Part 1/2. (R) 2am Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 2/3. (R) 3am Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 7/7. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Clinton: American Experience.CC Part 2/2. See 2/20 at 8pm. 9pm Frontline.CC Episode details unavailable at press time.

Februar y 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey.CC Director Abby Ginzberg’s riveting film transports viewers through the inspiring life and work of Thelton Henderson, the first black attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Kennedy Justice Department and one of the first African-American federal judges in the United States.

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12am Frontline.CC (R) 1am Clinton: American Experience.CC Part 2/2. (R) 3am Clinton: American Experience.CC Part 1/2. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 12pm Illinois Lawmakers.CC Govenor’s Budget Address. (TENTATIVE) 1pm See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC Ocean Giants: Giant Lives; Deep Thinkers; Voices of the Sea. Whales and dolphins remain a constant source of fascination. But how much do we really know about them? These intelligent creatures may appear to be totally alien to us, but their mental ability, group communication, and the recent discovery that dolphins have individual names prove they are much more like us than previously thought. Parts 1-3/3. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Illinois Lawmakers.CC Govenor’s Budget Address. (R) (TENTATIVE)

10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm History Detectives.CC Psycho Phone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob.

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12am This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 6/10. (R) 1am POV.CC Racing Dreams. 2:30 A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot and the Sound of Change.CC (R) 3am TBA. Details unavailable at press time. 4am TBA. Details unavailable at press time. 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Washington Week.CC 7:30 WSIU InFocus 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 2/3. (R) 9pm Moyers & Company.CC 10pm Need to Know.CC 10:30 Charlie Rose.CC 11:30 Newsline.CC

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12am Nature.CC Ocean Giants: Giant Lives; Deep Thinkers; Voices of the Sea. Parts 1-3/3. (R) 3am Clinton: American Experience.CC Part 2/2. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 6/10. 8pm Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.CC Saloon Singer. Part 3/3. (R) 9pm Expressions. Episode details unavailable at press time. 9:30 Jammin at Hippie Jack’s.CC Abigail Washburn with Bela Fleck (Bluegrass/Folk/Indie). Widely acknowledged as one of the world’s most technically proficient banjo players, Bela Fleck has won a recordsetting 11 Grammys. In 2005, Fleck undertook several new projects, including coproducing Song of the Traveling Daughter, the debut album by the innovative young banjo player, Abigail Washburn.

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Washington Week.CC (R) Need to Know.CC (R) Great Performances.CC Memphis. A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot and the Sound of Change.CC (R) This Old House Hour.CC Rhode Island Project, Part 6/10. (R) See Daytime Schedule. Lawrence Welk Show.CC Salute to New York City. Globe Trekker.CC Food Hour: Morocco. Ben starts his culinary adventures with lunch at the camel market in Casablanca, learns to cook “harira” (the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast) in the imperial city of Fes, lives with a nomadic family in the high dunes of the Western Sahara, and fishes for his dinner in the port of Essaouira. Masterpiece Mystery!CC Inspector Lewis II: Music to Die For. The worlds of no-rules boxing, Oxford dons, and Cold War intrigue surround the death of a prominent don. Consequences of the investigation hit Lewis (Kevin Whately) surprisingly close to home. Part 2/6. Austin City Limits.CC Robert Earl Keen; Hayes Carll. Official Best of Fest.CC Animation. Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead present five awardwinning short animated films.

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1-4am TBA. Details unavailable at press time. 4am Washington Week.CC (R) 4:30 Need to Know.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule.

Februar y 1pm Great Performances.CC Memphis. The Tony Award-winning Memphis tells the story of a 1950s-era white DJ named Huey Calhoun (Chad Kimball), whose love of music transcends racial lines and airwaves. 3:30 See Daytime Schedule. 6pm Masterpiece Classic.CC Downton Abbey II. Part 7/7. (R) See 2/19 at 8pm. 8pm Masterpiece Classic.CC The Old Curiosity Shop. This classic Dickens novel is brought to life with an allstar cast that includes Sir Derek Jacobi, Toby Jones, Zoe Wanamaker, and Gina McKee. The production follows the virtuous Little Nell Trent (Sophie Vavassuer) and her shop-owner grandfather (Jacobi) as they encounter tragic misfortunes that lead to the loss of their beloved curiosity shop. 9:30 Expressions. (R) 10pm Studio A Presents. Rip Lee Pryor. 10:30 POV.CC Racing Dreams. Fondly described as Talladega Nights meets Catcher in the Rye, Racing Dreams chronicles a year in the life of three tweens who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers. Though they aren’t old enough for driving licenses, Brandon, Josh and Annabeth race extreme go-karts at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour. (R)

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12am Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White – The History of Modern Southern Literature.CC Tell About the South (1915-1940). 1am In Performance at the White House. CC A Broadway Celebration. 2am POV.CC Racing Dreams. (R) 3:30 A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot and the Sound of Change.CC (R) 4am In Performance at the White House. CC A Broadway Celebration. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 3/3. 8pm Antiques Roadshow.CC Los Angeles, CA. Part 1/3. 9pm American Masters.CC Cab Calloway: Sketches. “Hi de hi de hi de ho ...,” the popular refrain from “Minnie the Moocher” was his signature song, and Harlem’s Cotton Club was his home stage. A singer, dancer, and band leader, Cab Calloway was an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. His back glide dance step is the precursor to Michael Jackson’s moonwalk, and his scatting lyrics can be found in today’s hip-hop and rap. Calloway was the first black musician to tour the segregationist South.

10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White – The History of Modern Southern Literature.CC Let Freedom Ring (1963-Present). This film explores the lives and works of Walker Percy, William Styron, Ernest Gaines, Alice Walker, Reynolds Price, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Alex Haley, Clyde Egerton, Albert Murray, Margaret Walker, George Garrett, Pat Conroy, and Mary Lee Settle in the context of the rapidly changing postCivil Rights Movement South.

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12am American Masters.CC Cab Calloway: Sketches. (R) 1am Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 3/3. (R) 2am Masterpiece Classic.CC The Old Curiosity Shop. (R) 3:30 In Performance at the White House. CC A Broadway Celebration. (R) 4:30 A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot and the Sound of Change.CC (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm The Amish: American Experience. CC This film explores the insular religious community whose intense faith and adherence to 400-year-old traditions have both captivated and baffled Americans for a century. 9pm Frontline.CC Episode details unavailable at press time. 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm 300 Miles to Freedom.CC On June 4, 1844, John W. Jones and four of his companions escaped slavery in Leesburg, Virginia and headed north. This film chronicles their journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad and Jones’ remarkable life as a free man in Elmira, New York. When Jones arrived in Elmira, he was a twenty-seven-year-old illiterate with $1.46 in his pocket. He died in 1900 as a wealthy, literate, respected member of the community.

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12am Frontline.CC (R) 1am The Amish: American Experience. CC (R) 3am American Masters.CC Cab Calloway: Sketches. (R) 4am Antiques Roadshow.CC Pittsburgh, PA. Part 3/3. (R) 5am See Daytime Schedule. 7pm Nature.CC Echo: An Elephant to Remember. This film examines the life of Echo, the matriarch of a remarkable herd of elephants, using archival footage and interviews with the researchers who studied the herd.

January / February 2012

Welcome, TV Underwriters! Please join us in thanking the following underwriters who recently began, renewed, or expanded their partnerships to make public television possible.

Ashley Furniture HomeStore Carbondale, IL

B & A Travel Service

Carbondale and Marion, IL

Calico Country Sew & Vac West Frankfort & Carbondale, IL Paducah, KY

COUNTRY Financial Bloomington, IL

F-W-S Countertops, Carbondale, IL

Giant City Lodge Makanda, IL

Lowe’s

Carbondale, IL

Stevens Floral Gifts & Framing Marion, IL

For a complete list of WSIU sponsors and information about sponsoring WSIU programming, visit us online at www.wsiu.org or call (618) 453-4286. 8pm NOVA.CC Japan’s Killer Quake. NOVA combines authoritative on-thespot reporting, personal stories of tragedy and survival, and compelling eyewitness videos for a unique look at the science behind Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake. 9pm An Evening with Valerie Simpson. CC Gwen Ifill interviews Valerie Simpson, who for more than 40 years wrote hit-making songs with her husband, the late Nick Ashford. Ashford & Simpson’s classic songs include “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” and “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing.” 10pm Charlie Rose.CC 11pm Teaching Channel.CC 8th Grade E.L.A.; Probability of Dependent and Independent Events; Fruit Haiku; Elapsed Time; The Formal Observation.

January / February 2012

Dr. Makhdoom sums up his belief in WSIU as a matter of trust and quality. “I know that what I see and hear on WSIU is unbiased – it’s information I can trust,” he says.

Shown: The Carbondale location of Southern Illinois GI Specialists. Photo: Katrina Stackhouse.

r. Zahoor A. Makhdoom and his team at Southern Illinois GI Specialists have served the region since 2000. One of only two gastrointestinal specialists serving the Southern Illinois area, his goal is to make available the same quality of services and technology found in urban centers such as Chicago and St. Louis. Dr. Makhdoom is a longtime supporter of WSIU. He currently underwrites many programs on WSIU Public Television, and also helps to sponsor NPR and local news programs on WSIU Radio. His family watches and listens to WSIU regularly. He states that he supports public broadcasting not only because of the value it brings every day to his own family, staff members, and patients, but also as an investment in education for the entire region.

t’s 1969, and WSIU is in the midst of a growth spurt. Just one year earlier – on August 19, 1968 – the station expanded its presence into east-south central Illinois with the launch of WUSI-TV 16 in Olney, bringing educational programming to viewers from Effingham to Terre Haute. National Educational Television (NET) is in the process of transitioning to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and new programs are being created rapidly (and sometimes dying just as quickly). Among WSIU’s program offerings of the day: Kaleidoscope, a weekly variety series that aired Wednesday nights at 10pm, with few exceptions, live. Here, we share a story about the unique dilemmas of our predecessors!

“My wife and I have confidence in everything we see and hear from WSIU. We know that our children can watch or listen at any time, and it will be safe and educational for them. The programming on WSIU is so interesting that it quickly becomes a habit – it’s addictive! My oldest child is driving now and keeps WSIU Radio on in his car. My youngest child is pre-school age, and we even have the PBS Kids apps on our mobile phones for him.” A board-certified physician of internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Makhdoom specializes in gastrointestinal problems such as acid reflux, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, chronic liver disease, and more. His work has been recognized through several national awards. These include a 2010 patients’ choice award as one of “America’s Most Compassionate Doctors” and a 2010 award from the Consumers’ Research Council of America as a top gastroenterology doctor. In addition to traditional treatment options, Southern Illinois GI Specialists offers a wide array of new technologies that are

THE SAGA OF SMOKEY THE COW On a cold December day in 1969, in Kaleidoscope producer Charles Hall’s office, assistant producer Linda Cohen is trying to explain that – yes – a live cow-milking demonstration has been scheduled with Smokey the Cow to illustrate how cow-milking, along with other traditional skills, has fallen victim to mechanization. Uneasy with the idea of hosting a bovine in the TV studio, Hall is not appeased when former producer Scott Kane reassures him that Smokey is well-behaved and will be accompanied by her owner, who has asked to show one of the program’s regulars how to milk the cow. Claiming he’s “too much of

less invasive than traditional approaches. These new methods include nonsurgical hemorrhoid treatments and a “virtual colonoscopy” colorectal cancer screening that uses non-invasive computer CT scans to avoid the sedation and pain of traditional colonoscopy, where appropriate. Other new technologies include a “smart pill” to detect PH and motion changes to diagnose movement disorders of the stomach, small bowel, and colon -- muscle and nerve disorders that historically may have been mislabeled as IBS. His Carbondale office also now includes a JCC-accredited office-based endoscopy facility, offering selected endoscopy and colonoscopy services for patients who are unable to go to a hospital for scopes. In addition to his SIGI Specialists group, Dr. Makhdoom works with Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro, and Herrin Hospital. For more information, contact Dr. Makhdoom’s office at (618) 549-8006, visit the SIGI offices in Carbondale on West Diann (off Striegel Road), or in Herrin on Park Avenue. You may also learn more online at www.sigis-carbondale.com.

a city boy,” host Charles T. Lynch, General Manager of WSIU Radio, passes the cowmilking role to announcer George Brunner, who is not yet aware of what he’s been volunteered to do. Then a new challenge emerges…the studio is double-booked for two live segments to accommodate another program. “How can I backlight a cow and a singer?” laments studio supervisor Al Kraus. Kraus is assured that the singer will be taped, so lights can be shifted for Smokey’s milking session while the taped segment is airing. Outside, it’s snowing. Will Smokey sweeten the challenges of live TV by giving them ice cream instead? Editors note: Photos of Smokey the Cow in WSIU-TV’s studios have not yet been found in our photo archives. If you can help, send an email to monica.tichenor@wsiu.org!

January / February 2012

B L AC K H I S TO RY MO NT H 2 012 *All programs not listed due to space constraint. See highlighted BHM listings, pp. 10-21. Friday, January 6

Sunday, February 5 (cont’d)

8pm • Great Performances: Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel & the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin

10:30 • Independent Lens: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Sunday, January 8

9pm • Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

1pm • The Céladon Affair – Under These Same Stars 10:30 • Independent Lens: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Thursdays, January 12 February 2 8pm • Independent Lens: Have You Heard From Johannesburg

Sunday, January 15 1pm • Great Performance: Let Me Down Easy: Anna Deavere Smith 9pm • In Performance at the White House: Stevie Wonder 10:30 • DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis

Monday, January 16 9pm • In Performance at the White House: Civil Rights Era Music

Thursday, February 2 9pm • Expressions: Fern Logan

Sunday, February 5 1pm • Against All Odds 2pm • Tavis Smiley Report: Too Important to Fail 9pm • Faubourg Trémé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Monday, February 6

Tuesday, February 7 7pm • Freedom Riders: American Experience 11pm • Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance

Tuesday, February 14 7pm • Slavery by Another Name 9pm • Frontline: The Interrupters

Sunday, February 19 1pm• Between Two Rivers 2:30pm • A Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson Pilot & the Sound of Change 10:30 • Independent Lens: More Than a Month

SIU and the Carbondale Public Library have partnered to host a series of film screenings through “Community Cinema,” a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings and discussion of films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Independent Lens. “Community Cinema” is taking place in 95 cities nationwide, and brings together leading organizations, community members, and public television stations to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time. Film screenings will be held at the Carbondale Public Library, 405 West Main, on Saturdays at 2:30pm from January-May. Discussion and refreshments will follow. Contact Vickie Devenport at (618) 453-6148 or vickie. devenport@wsiu.org to learn more. Visit the “Community Cinema” online at www.itvs.org/engagement.

Tuesday, February 21 11pm • Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey

Sunday, February 26 1pm • Great Performances: Memphis

Monday, February 27 9pm • American Masters: Cab Calloway Sketches

Tuesday, February 28 11pm • 300 Miles to Freedom

January 28 • Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Daisy Bates was a complex and largely forgotten heroine of the civil right movement who led the charge to desegregate the allwhite Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

February 25 • More Than a Month

Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His journey explores the contradictions and complexity of relegating an entire group’s history to one month.

March 31 • Revenge of the Electric Car

n celebration of the remarkable life and service of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., WSIU is pleased to partner with SIU Multicultural Programs and Services and the African American Museum of Southern Illinois to host two film screenings of the documentary American Experience: Freedom Riders. The screenings are scheduled as follows: Monday, January 23, 7pm • Ohio Room, SIU Student Center Saturday, February 4, 2:30pm • African American Museum of Southern Illinois, University Mall in Carbondale *Of special note: Former Freedom Rider, Ernest “Rip” Patton, who was a 21-year-old Tennessee State University student and drum major in the University’s marching band during the early 1960s, has been invited to the February 4th screening. His attendance has not been confirmed.

Go behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to learn about the global resurgence of electric cars. Ralph Tate, Director of SIU’s School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies in the College of Applied Arts and Sciences, will provide an up-closeand-personal view of the electric car that he and his father built.

April 28 • Hell and Back Again

U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his young wife to fight pain, addiction, and the terrifying normalcy of life at home. Due to the graphic nature of this film, it is not recommended for viewing by young children.

May 26 • Strong!

Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound UA Olympic weightlifter prepares for the 2008 games in Beijing, she struggles with injury, self-confidence, and body image.

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Jan/Feb 2012 • Vol. 31, No. 4 4-14265-02 WSIU Public Television Communications Building 1003 - Mail Code 6602 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1100 Lincoln Drive Carbondale IL 62901

Wednesday, January 4

Tuesday, January 31

7pm • SIU Men vs. Bradley (away) Repeats 10pm on WSIU WORLD 8.2/16.2

7pm • SIU Men vs. Northern Iowa (away) Repeats 10pm on WSIU WORLD 8.2/16.2

Tuesday, January 24

Saturday, February 11

7pm • SIU Men vs. Bradley (home) Repeats 10pm on WSIU WORLD 8.2/16.2

12pm • SIU Men vs. Indiana State (away) Repeats 3pm on WSIU WORLD 8.2/16.2

NOTE: Schedule is subject to change. Check.wsiu.org/salukis for updates as they become available.

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