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MAY 2016 • VOL. 35, NO. 11
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WSIU Friends Board
R.J. Robertson, Jr., President, Murphysboro; Andrew Staff, Vice-President, Carbondale; Martha Cropper, Secretary, Murphysboro; Mary Ann Kellerman, Cape Girardeau, MO; Carol Burns, Kristin Gregory, Robin Haller, Candis Isberner, Barbara Lesar, Sumera Mahkdoom, Scott McClatchey, Greg Petrowich (Ex-officio), Rebecca Pirmann, Emil Spees, Marleigh Stewart, Susan Tulis, Carbondale; Niki Alvarado, Kristina Benson, Du Quoin; Mike Ruiz, Herrin; Tom Britton, Jean Pulliam, Makanda; Andrea Brown, Marion; Lane Hudgins, Susie Phillips, Murphysboro.
WSIU WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL SPRING MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IN APRIL WSIU Radio Operations Manager and Pledge Director Lisa Morrisette (foreground) supervises while SIU President Randy Dunn (right) and WSIU Executive Director, Greg Petrowich (left) talk with listeners about the value of public broadcasting. Photo: Katrina Stackhouse.
WSIU RADIO listeners contributed more than $14,000 during our SPRING 2016 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE April 4-8, 2016. Funds raised will help to offset WSIU’s $256,000 programming fee this year. Thank you to the 30 volunteers who braved the microphone to host live pledge breaks during the week-long fundraiser! In addition to providing financial support, WSIU’s on-air drives also connect the station personally with listeners across the region. “We often hear poignant stories from listeners about the positive impact of WSIU on their lives,” says WSIU Radio General Manager, Jeff Williams. “I was especially touched by one listener, who said he was 1,000 miles from home, caring for family in southern Illinois, and that WSIU was his ‘calm’. His experience reinforces our commitment to improving the lives of our listeners.” Thank you to everyone who helped make our Spring Membership drive a success. WSIU is Powered by You!
WSIU RADIO STAFF FINALISTS IN STATE AWARDS
Congratulations to WSIU Radio’s Brad Palmer (above left) and Benjy Jeffords (right) who are finalists in the annual ILLINOIS ASSOCIATED PRESS AWARDS. Watch for results in the next issue of Previews. Palmer is a finalist for Best Sports Feature for his 2015 story about IHSA Concussion rules, along with one local school working to protect players (http://news.wsiu.org/ post/wsiu-infocus-high-school-football-begins-emphasisconcussions#stream/0). Jeffords is a finalist for both Best Videography (TV) and Best Hard News Feature (Radio) for a multi-platform story on storm shelters that are built in southern Illinois. (http://news.wsiu.org/post/safe-sheds-above-groundtornado-shelters#stream/0). Photos: Pearl Franz. T.J. Price.
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March May Highlights Highlights
NEW SEASON Illinois Lawmakers host Jak Tichenor (right) discusses the Illinois budget impasse with Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno (left) and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (center). Photo: Todd Pilon, WTVP.
STATE LAWMAKERS CONTINUE
SEARCH FOR BUDGET SOLUTION Fridays 7:30pm May 6-June 3 ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS is back to update viewers on efforts to end the state’s nearly year-long budget crisis. The series airs Fridays at 7:30pm in May and early June. “Illinois’ human services safety net is hanging in shreds,” says series host Jak Tichenor. “Illinois community colleges and public universities are running on fumes as Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and the Democratic majorities in the General Assembly butt heads over closing a budget gap that numbers in the billions and grows daily without an agreement.” “Ninety percent of the state’s budget is being spent on autopilot because of court orders and administrative sleight of hand,” Tichenor continues, “but the fact remains that Illinois is spending at the rate of $38-billion despite revenues of only $32-billion after the state’s temporary income
tax increase expired at the end of 2014.” Governor Rauner insists the General Assembly pass his business-friendly “Turnaround Agenda” to improve the state’s economy before raising taxes, but Democrats say middle class families will suffer because of his policies.
About Illinois Lawmakers
Founded in 1986, ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS is television’s longest running continuing coverage of the Illinois General Assembly and is a joint production of WSIU-TV, WTVP Peoria, and Illinois Public Media (WILL Urbana-Champaign). Capitolfax.com publisher Rich Miller and Illinois Public Radio Statehouse Bureau Chief Amanda Vinicky are regular contributors to the series, as are legislative leaders, lawmakers, and policy analysts.
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GENEALOGY ROADSHOW Follow a diverse cast of participants from Albuquerque, Miami, Houston, Boston, Providence, and Los Angeles on an emotional journey that uses history and science to uncover fascinating family stories. Photo: Craig Bailey.
NEW ON WSIU RADIO
WSIU LISTENING PROJECT Benton Library May 21, 10am-2pm
The city of Benton, Ill. is gearing up for its Centennial Anniversary and to mark this special occasion, WSIU Radio invites you to participate in THE LISTENING PROJECT, our local version of the StoryCorps series. Visit Kevin Boucher at WSIU’s booth at the Benton Library to share a personal recollection, a historical remembrance about Benton, Franklin County, or the library, or a topic of your choosing! Your recording may be featured on WSIU at a later date. Participants will receive a CD of their recording. Sign up now by contacting Becky Lewis at the library at (618) 453-7902.
POVERTY SERIES
What is poverty? How is it calculated? And what does it mean to be poor? In a local four-part series, we’ll explore how this one word can mean very different things when it comes to education, food/health, housing, and more. The series will air weekly in May, but the final broadcast schedule was unavailable at press time. Stay tuned for details or contact Jennifer Fuller at (618) 453-6245, jennifer.fuller@wsiu.org to learn more.
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May Highlights
WSIU Brings Sesame Street Everyday Heroes to Cedarhurst
Over 1,300 people from several states joined WSIU at CEDARHURST CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Mt. Vernon, Ill. for SESAME STREET EVERYDAY HEROES CLUB. And what a beautiful day it was!
Are You Ready to
Countdown to Summer? Summer is coming, but that doesn’t mean learning has to end! In addition to broadcasting new programs from Thomas & Friends, Arthur, and Nature Cat, plus the premiere of Odd Squad: The Movie in August, WSIU will present PBS KIDS activities and educational materials to keep kids learning and exploring all summer long! WSIU and the Southern Illinois Coalition for Children and Families will participate in Reddy Freddy Nights on Wednesdays at Rent One Ballpark in Marion, Ill. We’ll hand out Super Summer Fun Books, Summer Reading Charts, Summer Adventure Activity Books, and more. We’ll also host activities and distribute materials, including Odd Squad ‘You Be the Agent’ items, at area libraries and Farmers’ Markets. Watch for updates in upcoming issues of Previews or contact us at (618) 453-5595.
Families took photos with walk around characters Elmo and Abby Cadabby, watched the Sesame Street movie The Cookie Thief and made Cookie Monster masks, colored an outdoor mural, made magic wands, played with sidewalk chalk, hula hoops, and musical instruments, fished at a Rubber Ducky pond, explored art and the outdoors, and more. Sponsor Joseph Hudgins Orthodontics demonstrated healthy dental habits and distributed Sesame Street Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me DVDs. Sponsor SIU Credit Union taught kids how to be fiscally fit, handed out free piggy banks, and hosted a fun photo backdrop for families. Many thanks to Joseph Hudgins Orthodontics and the SIU Credit Union for their generous support, to Cedarhurst Center for the Arts for providing the location and helping to orchestrate the event, and to the WSIU, SIU, and community volunteers who helped with preparations, checked-in families, handed out materials, worked at activity stations, took photographs, posted social media announcements, and helped guide guests throughout the day. You helped to create magical memories for everyone!
Parents!
Post your summer adventures, discoveries, and more to social media with the hashtag #MyFavoriteSummer. Find more summer learning resources at PBSParents.org/Summer!
Photos: Monica Tichenor & T.J. Price
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May Primetime Listings | WSIU HD 1 Sunday
Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Centralia vs. O’Fallon. Point Taken.CC Host Carlos Watson invites the public to debate key topics in this new weekly series. 6pm Great British Baking Show.CC Bread. On the menu: bread sticks, English muffins, and outrageous loaves of bread. Part 2/10. 7pm Call the Midwife.CC The Turners reassess their lifestyles as they fight for respiratory health for patients. A new mother’s past wreaks havoc on her family. Part 5/8. 8pm Grantchester Season 2 On Masterpiece.CC Sidney seeks oblivion. His friend Sam seeks forgiveness. A dead girl’s parents seek revenge. Amanda seeks Sidney. Part 6/6. 9pm Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece. CC A former employee is laid to rest. Kitty and Frank reach an understanding. Grove confronts Tilly. Part 6/9. 10pm Masterpiece Mystery!CC Sherlock 2: The Reichenbach Fall. As Moriarty’s diabolical plot to “get Sherlock” unfolds, a tabloid reporter reveals the shocking truth about the great detective. Part 3/3. 11:30 PBS Previews –The Best of Drama.CC See a preview of upcoming dramas, including Churchill’s Secret, The Tunnel, and Dancing on the Edge, plus new seasons of Wallander, Endeavour, and Inspector Lewis. 5pm 5:30
2 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC Omaha. Part 3/3. Antiques Roadshow.CC Detroit. Part 3/3. Independent Lens.CC My Nazi Legacy. The sons of two Nazi war criminals reflect on their fathers’ character and crimes, and on the price of forgiveness. 10:30 Film School Shorts.CC Choices. A clerk at a Libyan police station must choose sides when a tortured prisoner asks him for help. A woman from an impoverished community in the Philippines tries to sell her orphaned granddaughter to an American couple. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm 9pm
3 Tuesday 7pm
Janis Joplin: American Masters.CC Get to know Janis Joplin in the first in-depth celebration of the iconic rock singer. 9pm Frontline.CC Benghazi in Crisis. Feras Kilani reports from war-torn Benghazi, birthplace of Libya’s uprising and now besieged by ISIS and warring militias. 10pm Point Taken.CC 10:30 Beyond Geek.CC Junk Car Racing. Nate Lake joins the ultimate endurance race with $500 cars – the 24 Hours of LeMons. Part 1/6. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC
4 Wednesday 7pm
Nature.CC The Last Orangutan Eden. Follow a band of orangutans in Northern Sumatra that use tools, share food, forage together, and create a distinct culture.
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NOVA.CC Operation Lighthouse Rescue. Engineers race to rescue a historic Martha’s Vineyard lighthouse from certain doom. 9pm NOVA.CC Petra – Lost City of Stone. Follow an archaeologist and sculptors to learn how the people of ancient Petra, now modernday Jordan, built their city of stone. 10pm Globe Trekker.CC Food Hour: Ireland. Bobby samples oysters in Galway, fishes for salmon in Connemara, and plays a tune with The Chieftains in Westport. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 8pm
5 Thursday
Antiques Roadshow.CC Omaha. Part 3/3. (R) Grantchester Season 2 On Masterpiece.CC Will Gary go to the gallows? Will Geordie go to prison? Are Sidney and Geordie’s crime-fighting days over? The case of a suspicious death takes a surprising turn. Part 5/6. 9pm Grantchester Season 2 On Masterpiece.CC Part 6/6. (R) See 5/1 at 8pm. 10pm Expressions.CC Tanya Gadbaw; Erich Neitzke. Meet husband-and-wife team Tanya Gadbaw, a painter, and Erich Neitzke, a printmaker specializing in silkscreen and relief printmaking. 10:30 PBS Previews –The Best of Drama.CC (R) See 5/1 at 11:30pm. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm
6 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week with Gwen Ifill.CC Illinois Lawmakers.CC Spring Session 2016. Jazz.CC Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945). Innovators take jazz in startling new directions in the U.S. In Europe, jazz is banned by the Nazis. Part 7/10. 10pm Pacific Heartbeat.CC Waiting for John. If you had never seen an airplane, would you think it was a miracle when one arrived? This film examines the John Frum Movement, a unique religion born after the American military landed on a remote island in the South Pacific during WWII. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC
7 Saturday 5pm
Johnny Carson – King of Late Night: American Masters.CC American Masters explores the career, complexities, and contradictions of television’s biggest star. 7pm Father Brown.CC The Deadly Seal. Father Brown is told, under the seal of confession, that Bishop Talbot will be assassinated the next day. Part 14/15. 8pm Wolf Hall On Masterpiece.CC With Anne pregnant again and away from court, Henry begins to notice Jane Seymour. Part 5/6. 9pm Song Stage Illinois.CC Margaret Bianchetta vs. Kenny Jamison. 9:30 Night of the Proms.CC Tears for Fears; Simply Red; Remy Van Kesteren; Nile Rodgers & Chic. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC Gary Clark Jr.; Courtney Barnett.
11pm Live from the Artists Den.CC Marina and the Diamonds.
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Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Murphysboro vs. Fairfield. 5:30 Expressions.CC Tanya Gadbaw; Erich Neitzke. (R) See 5/5 at 10pm. 6pm Great British Baking Show.CC Desserts. The 11 remaining bakers make trifle, Floating Islands, and petits fours. Part 3/10. 7pm Call the Midwife.CC See how social pressure and shame affect two women’s decisions. Part 6/8. 8pm Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece.CC The White Lioness. The case of a missing Swede in South Africa leads Wallander down a dangerous path. Part 1/3. 9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece. CC The Whiteleys deal starts to look bad. A reporter confronts Jimmy. Grove undertakes a good deed. Part 7/9. 10:30 Johnny Carson: American Masters.CC (R) See 5/7 at 5pm. 5pm
9 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC Cleveland. Part 1/3. Independent Lens.CC Peace Officer. Explore the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the eyes of a former Utah sheriff. 10:30 Film School Shorts.CC Lives in Limbo. A young couple struggles to define their romance amidst Saigon’s underground motorcycle racing scene. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm
10 Tuesday
Independent Lens.CC The Armor of Light. An Evangelical anti-abortion activist and the mother of a teenage shooting victim form an unlikely alliance. 10pm Point Taken.CC 10:30 Beyond Geek.CC Battle Games. The Dark Ages meets Middle Earth as Sage Michael engages in a Tolkien-worthy battle. Part 2/6. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
11 Wednesday
Nature.CC Nature’s Perfect Partners. Learn how sea and land animals collaborate to solve complex problems and stay alive. 8pm NOVA.CC Bombing Hitler’s Supergun. Engineers, archaeologists, and WWII historians investigate Hitler’s plan to house a bank of “superguns” in a massive underground complex in northern France. 9pm Nazi Mega Weapons.CC Blitzkrieg. In the first years of WWII, Germany crushed its enemies in a series of offensives coined “Blitzkrieg” or “Lightning War.” 10pm Globe Trekker.CC Puerto Rico. Zay visits San Juan, the El Yunque National Forest, and the Camuy River Caves National Park. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
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May Primetime Listings | WSIU HD 12 Thursday
Antiques Roadshow.CC Cleveland. Part 1/3. (R) Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Burghley House. Visit the home of William Cecil, the political brain and iron fist behind the throne of Elizabeth I. Part 1/2. 9pm Expressions.CC Paul Lorenz. Chicago native and Paducah artist Paul Lorenz combines painting, drawing, and sound with the logic and reason of architecture. 9:30 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece.CC The White Lioness. Part 1/3. (R) See 5/8 at 8pm. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm
13 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week with Gwen Ifill.CC Illinois Lawmakers.CC Spring Session 2016. Jazz.CC Risk (1945-1955). Jazz splinters into different camps. Part 8/10. 10pm Pacific Heartbeat.CC Splinters. In the 1980s, an Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea. Twenty years later, surfing is now a pillar of village life. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC
14 Saturday 5pm
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.CC Meriwether Lewis and William Clark begin their legendary twoyear exploration of the West. Part 1/2. 7pm Father Brown.CC The Owl of Minerva. A fugitive takes sanctuary in St. Mary’s and asks for help. Part 15/15. 8pm Wolf Hall On Masterpiece.CC Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second queen, Anne Boleyn. Part 6/6. 9pm Song Stage Illinois.CC Round Two: Erin Jo vs. Frankie B. 9:30 Night of the Proms.CC Golden Earring; Andrea Bocelli and John Miles; Al Jarreau; Roxette. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC Kendrick Lamar. 11pm Live from the Artists Den.CC Gary Clarke, Jr.
15 Sunday 5pm 5:30 6pm 7pm
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Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Cumberland vs. Carbondale. Expressions.CC Paul Lorenz. (R) Great British Baking Show.CC Pies and Tarts. The bakers whip up fruit pies, English custard tarts, and phyllo pie. Part 4/10. Call the Midwife.CC Witness Dr. Turner’s excitement about the contraceptive pill, Patsy’s struggles to help a transient woman, and Sister Evangelina’s return. Part 7/8. Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece.CC A Lesson In Love. A knife-slashed corpse takes Wallander on a chase for the victim’s missing daughter. Part 2/3. Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece. CC The Whiteleys’ troubles lead Jimmy and Mr. Crabb to take a big risk. Part 8/9.
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10:30 Carol Burnett: The Mark Twain Prize.CC Julie Andrews, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and Tina Fey are among the guests who honor the 2013 winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
16 Monday
Antiques Roadshow.CC Cleveland. Part 2/3. Antiques Roadshow.CC Baton Rouge. Part 1/3. Independent Lens.CC Dogtown Redemption. Meet street recyclers who fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Oakland, California. 10pm inCommon with Mike Leonard.CC Time. Host Mike Leonard looks back on his 32 years as an NBC-TV correspondent. 10:30 Film School Shorts.CC Playing with Power. A young lady of the evening in 1930s Shanghai must decide how far she is willing to go to exact vengeance. A 13-year-old boy gets caught up in a treacherous game of power and pride with a landowner’s son. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm 9pm
17 Tuesday
Genealogy Roadshow.CC Albuquerque. Trace a woman’s tie to a Native-American code talker and a man’s link to a comic book heroine. Part 1/7. 8pm Secrets of the Dead.CC Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb. Will an amateur archaeologist’s theory lead to the lost tomb of legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra? 9pm Frontline.CC The Secret History of ISIS. Get the inside story of the creation of ISIS and learn how the U.S. missed the many warning signs. 10pm Point Taken.CC 10:30 Beyond Geek.CC 8-Bit of Fun. Dan Reynoso transforms outdated computers into musical instruments. Part 3/6. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
18 Wednesday
Nature.CC Jungle Animal Hospital. Witness the day-to-day drama at one of the world’s wildest hospitals in the Guatemalan jungle. 8pm Genius By Stephen Hawking.CC Can We Time Travel? Join Stephen Hawking as he challenges a three-person team to determine if time travel is possible. Part 1/6. 9pm Genius By Stephen Hawking.CC Are We Alone? See why the team has their minds blown when they try to work out the likelihood of alien life. Part 2/6. 10pm Globe Trekker.CC Top 10 South American Adventures. The trekkers travel to Guyana, Venezuela, Columbia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
19 Thursday 7pm
Antiques Roadshow.CC Cleveland. Part 2/3. (R)
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Great Houses with Julian Fellowes.CC Goodwood House. Learn how the Goodwood House owes its existence to a love affair between a king and a spy. Part 2/2. 9pm Expressions.CC Details unavailable at press time. 9:30 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece.CC A Lesson In Love. Part 2/3. (R) See 5/15 at 8pm. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC
20 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm
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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill.CC Illinois Lawmakers.CC Spring Session 2016. Jazz.CC The Adventure (1955-1960). As R&B and rock erode jazz’s audience, the music nonetheless enjoys great creativity. Part 9/10. Jazz.CC A Masterpiece by Midnight (1961-Present). Jazz becomes divided into “schools,” and the question of what is jazz and what isn’t rages. Part 10/10.
21 Saturday 5pm
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.CC Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean and explore the Columbia, Snake, and Clearwater rivers. Part 2/2. 7pm Father Brown.CC The Man in the Shadows. Father Brown and Felicia find themselves embroiled with MI5. Part 1/15. 8pm Poldark On Masterpiece.CC Poldark returns to Cornwall after the American Revolution and finds wrenching change. Part 1/7. 9pm Song Stage Illinois.CC Paula Polfliet vs. Michael Downing. 9:30 Night of the Proms.CC Seal; UB40; Simple Minds. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC Foo Fighters. 11pm alt.news 26:46.CC Pac-Man and Pets. Explore Level 257, a Pac-man inspired restaurant, a Pet Expo in St. Louis, a short film, and more. 11:30 Bluegrass Underground.CC Chip Taylor. (R)
22 Sunday
Scholastic Hi-Q.CC Johnston City vs. South Central. Expressions.CC TBA. (R) Great British Baking Show.CC Biscuits and Traybakes. The eight remaining bakers create traybakes, classic tuiles, and biscuit towers of epic proportions. Part 5/10. 7pm Call the Midwife.CC Dr. Turner tries to prevent further infant deformities, while Nonnatus House copes with a tragedy and celebrates a wedding reception. Part 8/8. 8pm Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece.CC The Troubled Man. With his memory failing, Wallander draws on primal instincts to crack an old submarine mystery. Part 3/3. 9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 On Masterpiece. CC The store’s 20th anniversary sale approaches. What’s Harry to do? Part 9/9. 11:30 Secrets of Selfridges.CC Uncover hidden stories about the London department store created by retail genius Harry Selfridge.
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May Primetime Listings | WSIU HD Antiques Roadshow.CC Cleveland. Part 3/3. Antiques Roadshow.CC Baton Rouge. Part 2/3. POV.CC The Return. After California reformed its controversial “Three Strikes” law in 2012, the reintegration of thousands of “lifers” began. 10:30 Film School Shorts.CC Responsible Parties. A hurricane pulls a couple out of their comfort zone and a man tries to prove his parenting abilities to his pregnant girlfriend. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC
7pm 8pm 9pm
24 Tuesday
Genealogy Roadshow.CC Miami. Trace stories about Native, Cuban, Filipino, and African-American forebears and a criminal ancestor. Part 2/7. 8pm Secrets of the Dead.CC Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings. Follow a team of scientists exploring royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. 9pm Frontline.CC Business of Disaster. Frontline and NPR lead an investigation into who profits when disaster strikes. 10pm Point Taken.CC 10:30 Beyond Geek.CC Floating to Space. Nate Lake reaches for the final frontier with a group that has spent 30 years trying to get to space in a balloon. Part 4/6. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
25 Wednesday
Nature.CC Meet the Coywolf. Unravel the mysteries of the coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf. 8pm Genius By Stephen Hawking.CC Why Are We Here? Follow the team’s truly mindbending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? Part 3/6. 9pm Genius By Stephen Hawking.CC Where Did The Universe Come From? Hawking leads a journey of discovery featuring race cars, ice-skaters, balloons, and running tracks. Part 4/6. 10pm Globe Trekker.CC Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroads. Ian Wright goes on an eye-opening and hair-raising train journey across the Caribbean island of Cuba. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
26 Thursday
Antiques Roadshow.CC Cleveland. Part 3/3. (R) In Their Own Words.CC Queen Elizabeth II. Follow Queen Elizabeth II’s remarkable life, from her youth to her reign of over 60 years. 9pm Expressions.CC Details unavailable at press time. 9:30 Wallander Season 4 On Masterpiece.CC The Troubled Man. Part 3/3. (R) See 5/22 at 8pm. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm 8pm
GENIUS By Stephen Hawking
27 Friday 7pm 7:30 8pm
Washington Week with Gwen Ifill.CC Illinois Lawmakers.CC Spring Session 2016. The Highwaymen: American Masters. CC Discover the story behind the outlaw country music supergroup of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. 9pm Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize.CC Enjoy an all-star tribute to singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, the 2015 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. 10:30 Ribbon of Sand.CC This film profiles the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a slim line of shifting sand in the open Atlantic. (R) 11pm Charlie Rose.CC
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1964: American Experience.CC The Beatles. Muhammad Ali. The Civil Rights Movement. Explore the year that ushered in the 1960s as we remember them. 7pm Father Brown.CC The Curse of Amenhotep. After Sir Raleigh’s new bride insists on seeing his Egyptian mummy, her dead body is found in a locked room. Part 2/15. 8pm Poldark On Masterpiece.CC Determined to open his risky copper mine, Poldark seeks backers. Part 2/7. 9pm Song Stage Illinois.CC Kenny Jamison vs. Slow Down Scarlett. 9:30 Night of the Proms.CC James Blunt; Deborah Harry; Charlie Siem; Meat Loaf. 10pm Austin City Limits.CC James Taylor. 11pm Soundstage.CC Toby Keith.
Photo: Bigger Bang.
23 Monday
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29 Sunday
Scholastic Hi-Q.CC O’Fallon vs. Murphysboro. 5:30 Expressions.CC TBA. (R) 6pm Great British Baking Show.CC Sweet Dough. Bakers make tea loaves, Swedish cinnamon buns, German schnecken, and French brioches. Part 6/10. 7pm National Memorial Day Concert.CC Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna co-host the 27th broadcast honoring the service and sacrifice of the U.S. military and their families. 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert.CC (R) See tonight at 7pm. 10pm American War Stories: Vietnam.CC Escalation. Episode one focuses on the growing U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia from the mid-1950s through 1965. Part 1/3. 11pm American War Stories: Vietnam.CC Turning Point. Part two recounts the growth of American forces to over 500,000 troops by 1968 and how the U.S. underestimated its enemy. Part 2/3. NOTE: Episode three, Drawdown, follows at midnight. 5pm
30 Monday 7pm
Antiques Roadshow.CC Baton Rouge. Part 3/3.
Photo: Cornell Capa
Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking presents three ordinary people with a series of physical and mental challenges to show them how to think like a genius.
Ted Talks.CC War and Peace. Fighters, journalists, psychologists, and others reflect on the profound impact of war. 9pm POV.CC Of Men and War. At The Pathway Home in California, a first-of-its-kind PTSD treatment center, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan resolve to stop the damage. 10:30 Film School Shorts.CC It’s in the Blood. A woman travels to Ireland to meet the father who left her before she was born. Beautifully rendered cardboard sets and characters reveal an astonishing voyage of immigration, love, and WWII. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 8pm
31 Tuesday
Genealogy Roadshow.CC Houston. Investigate a re-enactor’s Texas roots and find out if a black man’s ancestors fought for the Confederacy. Part 3/7. 8pm Secrets of the Dead.CC Jamestown’s Dark Winter. Follow forensic anthropologists as they excavate the early American colony and uncover dark secrets. 9pm Frontline.CC The Fantasy Sports Gamble. Frontline and the New York Times join forces to investigate fantasy sports and online sports betting. 10pm Point Taken.CC 10:30 Beyond Geek.CC WW2 Re-Enactors. Get a glimpse of what it was like to serve in WWII. Part 5/6. 11pm Charlie Rose.CC 7pm
previews
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Celebrate the End of School With Arthur! Weekdays 2pm May 23-27
Enjoy all new Arthur episodes in May, including The Last Day, an end-of-school episode with a guest appearance by B.J. Novak from The Office. Watch for news about WSIU’s Summer Learning events at regional libraries!
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