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THE GUIDE

The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT

BUDDY GUY THE BLUES CHASE THE BLUES AWAY

TUE JULY 27 9:00 PM

July 2021 ALSO INSIDE On WFMT, enjoy music infused and enriched with the styles of jazz, blues, pop, and folk music by American composers William Grant Still, William Russo, and Duke Ellington throughout the month.

From the President & CEO

The Guide

Dear Member,

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Chicago occupies a well-known place in music history, launching iconic artists from many genres. This month on WTTW, we bring you a new American Masters profile of the legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy, who turns 85 this month. His music helped to define Chicago’s West Side sound, and throughout his storied career, he has influenced everyone from Jimi Hendrix to John Mayer. Discover his story in more depth than ever before, and read our interview with the film’s director and executive producer on page 4. WTTW continues the celebration of the arts in July with In Their Own Words: Chuck Berry; Classic Albums episodes focusing on the making of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Queen’s A Night at the Opera; Great Performances’ exploration of the roots of Latin jazz; and Gloria Estefan’s tour of Brazil’s music scene. On wttw.com, learn the history of Alligator Records, a label that has been carrying on the legacy of Chicago blues through artists such as Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, and CTA bus driver-turned-musician Toronzo Cannon. Also, meet The Chosen Few DJs, who helped popularize the made-in-Chicago genre of dance music and continue to share it each summer in Jackson Park. On WFMT this month, enjoy music from the Ravinia Festival and the Grant Park Music Festival, starting off with its Independence Day Salute. And because the world of classical music has long been infused and enriched with the styles of jazz, blues, pop, and folk music, we’ll present works by diverse composers including many Americans – Still, Russo, Ellington – plus Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Piazzolla, and many more. Listening to Singers will feature an ensemble that combines Monteverdi’s Baroque sounds with modern-day swing and tango, and Introductions welcomes back Chicago’s own Mariachi Herencia de México. On wfmt.com, find an in-depth list of classical music that was inspired by the blues, including works by Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, and Aaron Copland; innovative versions of classics by Mozart, Dvorak, and Ravel that explore where jazz and classical intersect; and recordings by the late Chicago singer Valerie Wellington, who showcased her artistry in opera before switching over to blues. We hope you are enjoying summer – and music – in Chicago! Sincerely,

Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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WTTW Listings

4 Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase

14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid 17 Do it Yourself Saturdays

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19 At-a-Glance

WTTW Digital Channel Highlights

20 WFMT Listings

WTTW Kid Grid

31 Sponsors

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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) July 2021 Volume 35, Number 277

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The 1900 Island

Professor T

Icon: Music Through the Lens

In The 1900 Island, four families go back in time to the start of the 20th century in a rural fishing community. On the island of Llanddwyn in northwest Wales, can these modern adventurers step up to the challenge of living in 1900s Britain?

An all-new British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name. Professor Jasper Tempest is obsessed with cleanliness, structure, and order. But his genius for solving crimes means he constantly has to get his hands dirty.

Featuring irreverent interviews with some of the most famous music photographers, musicians, and music journalists, this series is an eyeopening thrill ride that captures what it was like on both sides of the camera.

Fridays beginning July 9, 8:00 pm

Sundays beginning July 11, 9:00 pm

Fridays beginning July 16, 9:00 pm

See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.

Photo: Rick Steves’ Europe (www.ricksteves.com)

In the Spotlight

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) Two years into World War I, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war – or avoid it. 10:30 Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 2 Rick Steves

Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe Join Rick on a tour of four of Europe’s most intriguing and surprising islands: Malta, Capri, Orkney, and Skye. This untraditional island-hopping adventure skips the hot sun and tiki drinks, but comes with remote beaches, Crusader castles, prehistoric wonders, windswept slopes, and salty traditional island lifestyles.

Thursday, July 1 10:30 pm

Thursday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: The Impression [R] 1:00 Mr. Tornado: American Experience [R] 2:30 Frontline: Neo-Nazis and the Far Right [R] 3:30 Prideland [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico [R] 1:30 NOVA: First Horse Warriors [R] 2:30 Wonders of Mexico: Forests of the Maya (Part 1 of 3) [R] 3:30 The Lavender Scare [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s 8:30 Norman Lear: American Masters Discover how the prolific creator of All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Good Times effected social change through his programs and activism. 10:00 Mary Tyler Moore: a Celebration View dozens of classic TV and movie clips and hear comments from Moore’s co-stars… and Moore herself. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 Chavis Chronicles 1:30 Great British Baking Show: Sweet Dough [R] 2:30 Austin City Limits: Jackie Venson/Mavis Staples with Bonnie Raitt 3:30 Independent Lens: The People vs. Agent Orange 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Learning to Take a Leap MORNING 6:00-9:30 WTTW Kids 9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Water – Nature’s Life Force 10:00 This Old House: Scandinavia (Part 1) 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Lafourche Parish – Belton Family Home Place 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Crete – Mother of the Mediterranean

Portugal’s Heartland 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Food Around the World EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Wrong Shape Leonard Quinton is found hanging in the conservatory. When Father Brown realizes that he could not have committed suicide, the

In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Mark Reinstein Alamy Stock Photo

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Cured and Smoked 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Flavor of Roasted Coffee 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Fare 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vegetarian Makeovers 3:30 How She Rolls: This Was Not Part of the Plan 4:00 A Chef’s Life: The Buttermilk Belt 4:30 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s See Fri. July 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe:

A Capitol Fourth 2021 Celebrate our country’s 245th birthday with a star-studded musical extravaganza. The 41st edition of America’s Independence Day celebration features performances by top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical, and Broadway, capped off with patriotic classics and a spectacular fireworks display over the Washington, DC skyline.

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The Blues Chase the Blues Away An Interview with the Creators of Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away By Daniel Hautzinger

uddy Guy, the son of Louisiana sharecroppers, arrived in Chicago in 1957 at 11:26 at night – “for some reason, I can’t never forget that,” the blues legend says in the upcoming American Masters documentary Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away, which premieres Tuesday, July 27 at 9:00 pm on WTTW, three days before his 85th birthday. Over decades without commercial success, Guy devoted himself to the blues, influencing the development of rock as well as numerous guitarists, from Eric Clapton, Santana, and Stevie Ray Vaughan to John Mayer, Gary Clark, Jr., and Kingfish. Eventually, he would win Grammy Awards and perform at the White House, and carry on the Chicago blues tradition of his idols Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, including at his club Buddy Guy’s Legends. We discussed the film with one of the documentary’s

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directors, Matt Mitchener, and executive producer Sheira Rees-Davies. The Guide: Why did you want to make a documentary about Buddy Guy right now? Matt Mitchener: Buddy’s story is a remarkable one that we felt hadn’t gotten its full due. He’s been in the background of a million other big artists and the blues, and inspired rock ‘n’ roll, and everyone’s favorite guitarist’s favorite guitarist is Buddy Guy. Especially because he’s getting up there in age, it felt like the time to get his full story on the record. Sheira Rees-Davies: He’s one of the last iconic blues artists left. You think about the greats, the B.B. Kings and Muddy Waters, and very few are left, and Buddy is right up there.

Photo: Courtesy of Gallery Victor Armendariz and the Art Shay Archive

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The Guide: What made you choose to have him narrate the documentary?

We really try to magnify perspectives and decide to tell stories with purpose.

The Guide: What makes Buddy Guy an “American Master”?

Mitchener: Nobody can tell his life like he can. He’s also such a nice, humble, and funny guy, a great storyteller. He spent half the time in every interview talking about how he doesn’t deserve to be there and still doesn’t think he’s good enough to be a professional musician. Putting it in anybody else’s words would have felt disingenuous.

The Guide: Do you have any connection to Chicago or the blues specifically?

Mitchener: Buddy is probably the quintessential example of an American Master. He has a quintessential American story, growing up in the South and migrating north to Chicago. He came from nothing and grew up Black in America. He didn’t have a career where he was nobody and then all of a sudden he was a massive star. He never really truly blew up, he was always up a little bit, then down, then up a little further, then down, influencing all these people who had much bigger careers than he had. But he just kept at it, kept working at it, and mastered the craft – taught himself on a crappy little two-string guitar.

The Guide: I’m curious about the stylistic choices – intercutting paintings and archival footage as he tells the story of his life. Mitchener: When we first started the project, we had planned to go on tour with Buddy and film a whole bunch of different things. When COVID hit, we obviously couldn’t do that. So we started to piece together the story before we had the visuals to match. Rees-Davies: We were going to spend more time with him in Lettsworth, Louisiana [his birthplace]. Because of COVID, we had a much more limited amount of access. Therefore, we used a lot more archival material than initially we were going to.

Mitchener: I grew up in Oak Park, went to high school there, went to college in New York, and then I just moved back to Chicago in August. This was the first project I’ve worked on since I moved back. I always knew about Buddy Guy’s Legends club, always knew Buddy Guy as a Chicago blues guy to a degree, but not nearly as much as I have come to over the course of this project, so I feel fortunate for that. The Guide: Do you have a favorite performance or track by Buddy Guy after working on this project? Mitchener: My favorite song is probably “I Smell a Rat.” It just opens with this maybe three-minute long, crazy guitar solo, and then he goes into this really simple Buddy storytelling. It’s just great: super simple, but it’s Buddy being Buddy, and his personality comes through in the way he sings it.

In that sense, it is the American story. Buddy worked his ass off and kept at it, despite never having massive success. He couldn’t put his guitar down if he wanted to. And nonetheless, now he has his own club in Chicago and is revered by everybody. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Mitchener: We embraced that, and the paintings that were so great and evocative of the era, and thought it gave a unique visual touch to a story that largely took place in past eras. The Guide: What in your backgrounds influenced you to make this documentary? Rees-Davies: Music is at our heart, at our DNA. We’ve produced everything from music videos to feature documentaries to commercials, branded content. We’ve been working together for close to seven years now at Scheme Engine, the production company started by Matt [and others]. We focus on women and minority representation at Scheme Engine, and our roster is made up of directors, in-house creative, producers, editors, and composers.

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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights

Downing of a Flag Saturday, July 17 & 24, 11:00 am

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules

Shelter Me (Marathon) Saturday, July 31, 1:00 pm

WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Jane Goodall

Legacy List (Marathon) Sunday, July 11, 11:00 am

WTTW Create WTTW Create is our how-to and lifestyle programming channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW Create is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW Create programming airs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.

This series is all about our homes and the hidden treasures, heirlooms and the precious memories attached to those items. As millions of Baby Boomers downsize their own homes or settle the estates of family members, they will discover the most important museum in the world is in their family home.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Host Matt Paxton

America ReFramed: The Area Tuesday, July 20, 8:00 pm

WTTW World WTTW World features public media’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW World is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.

When Deborah Payne discovered that her neighborhood was being demolished to make way for a freight yard, she vowed to be “the last house standing.” The Area is the five-year odyssey of her South Side Chicago community, where more than 400 Black American families are being displaced.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Producer and activist Deborah Payne

Wild Kratts: Cats and Dogs Friday, July 16, 6:00 pm

WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. The WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 is on Comcast digital channels 368 and on RCN channel 39.

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WTTW Prime

An uplifting film series that celebrates shelter pets and the people who help them. Watch hopeful stories such as war veterans with PTSD that begin healing after being paired up with shelter dogs; inmates that learn new skills by training shelter dogs to become service animals; shelter dogs that become police K9s; stories about cat and rabbit adoptions; and the incredible work country music icon Emmylou Harris is doing to help homeless pets and at-risk youth in Nashville.

Pictured: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

While on the African savanna, Martin and Chris observe lots of wild cats and dogs interacting with each other. Soon, Wild Kratts kids are calling in from all over to ask about cats and dogs and whether they’re like their own pets. The bros – Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy – race to save the wild cats and dogs and protect them.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: The Kratts get face to face with wild dogs

WTTW Prime

This film focuses on the Confederate battle flag and its impact on the people, politics, and perceptions of South Carolina and beyond. Through firsthand interviews featuring various perspectives and a wealth of historical footage, learn about the symbol’s controversial relationship with the Palmetto State, its true meaning, and how an unspeakable tragedy served as the catalyst for its long-debated removal.

Photo: Tim Dominick, The State

These digital channels are available with digital cable or over the air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedule.

POV: The Neutral Ground Monday, July 5, 9:30 pm New Orleans’ fight over confederate monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause.

POV: Landfall Monday, July 12, 10:00 pm Puerto Rico struggles after Hurricane María while outside investors descend, not to bail out communities, but to cash in.

POV: Stateless Monday, July 19, 10:00 pm The complex politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the electoral campaign of young attorney Rosa Iris.

POV: Mayor Monday, July 26, 10:00 pm The Christian mayor of Ramallah faces challenges from the Israeli occupation. How do you run a city with no country?

search begins for a murderer. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 3 of 8) Neville is left perplexed when a lottery winner is found dead, but her body then disappears. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit A workers’ compensation claim is not as straightforward as it first seems. 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) See Thurs. July 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 4 Independence Day EARLY MORNING 12:30 Rick Steves Europe Awaits [R] 2:30 Rick Steves: The Alps 4:30 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen [R] 6:00 Rick Steves Europe Awaits [R]

AFTERNOON 12:00 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America a whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats including the Erie Canal and Eads Bridge, the Holland Tunnel and Hoover Dam. 1:00 10 Streets that Changed America Tour 10 streets that changed the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. 2:00 10 Buildings That Changed America Host Geoffrey Baer takes a journey across America to highlight 10 groundbreaking works of art and engineering. 3:00 10 Parks That Changed America Explore parks from Savannah’s elegant squares to a park built over a Seattle freeway to New York’s High Line. 4:00 10 Towns That Changed America Visit influential towns across the country from Greenbelt, Maryland, and Seaside, Florida, to Riverside, Illinois, and Levittown, New York. 5:00 10 Modern Marvels That Changed America See 12:00 pm. [R] EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 A Capitol Fourth 2021 8:30 A Capitol Fourth 2021 [R] 10:00 The Great British Baking Show: Pastry 11:00 Austin City Limits: Residente

Monday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Wrong Shape See Sat. July 3 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 3 of 8) See Sat. July 3

at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit See Sat. July 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Norman Lear: American Masters See Fri. July 2 at 8:30 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport (Part 5 of 6) Finds include an Edward Bannister oil, 1979 Tage Frid stools, and a Tiffany & Co. sapphire & diamond ring. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Kansas City Finds include an autographed Time cover collection, an 18th-century Flambé Meiping vase, and a 1957 Roy Rogers contest prize. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport (Part 6 of 6) Finds include 1958 & 1960 M.C. Escher lithographs, a gold & amethyst necklace, and a 2003 Sam Zell automaton. 9:30 POV: The Neutral Ground 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

POV: The Neutral Ground This film documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four Confederate monuments. But when that removal is halted by death threats, CJ sets out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America.

Monday, July 5 9:30 pm Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Rovira

New this month:

8:00 Classical Rewind Experience the beauty, romance, and power of musical masterpieces in this joyride through the world of classical hits. 9:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks Filmmakers Burns and Dayton Duncan reveal fascinating behind-thescenes stories about the making of the series. 11:00 Pritzker Military Presents Author David Stahel discusses his book, Retreat from Moscow, about the German Winter Campaign between 1941 and 1942.

Photo: Courtesy of Gusto Moving Pictures

In the Spotlight MORNING

Tuesday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:30 A Capitol Fourth 2021 [R] 2:00 Mary Tyler Moore: a Celebration See Fri. July 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 10 Parks That Changed America See Sun. July 4 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 5:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Children of the Revolution Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony, and Ana Navarro investigate the political choices of their fathers, discovering sometimesunexpected heritage. 9:00 The Latino Experience (Part 1 of 3) 10:00 Frontline: Fire in Paradise 11:00 BBC World News

Caro (Erica Adams) with her boyfriend Javi (Ray Tezanos)

The Latino Experience Explore a broad collection of experiences, perspectives, and points of view through a variety of short films that highlight the diversity of the Latino/a/x community and illuminate the vibrancy of the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Tuesdays, July 6, 13, and 20, 9:00 pm

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Kid Grid Monday-Friday Mornings 5:30 Wild Kratts 6:00 Arthur 6:30 Nature Cat 7:00 Molly of Denali 7:30 Hero Elementary 8:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 8:30 Wild Kratts 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Donkey Hodie 10:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious

Afternoons Dinosaur Train Clifford the Big Red Dog Sesame Street Donkey Hodie Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Nature Cat Let’s Go Luna Molly of Denali

Wednesday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Kansas City See Mon. July 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport (Part 6 of 6) See Mon. July 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 POV: The Neutral Ground See Mon. July 5 at 9:30 pm. [R] 3:30 10 Streets that Changed America See Sun. July 4 at 1:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

Saturday Mornings Sesame Street Pinkalicious & Peterrific Elinor Wonders Why Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Donkey Hodie Curious George Wild Kratts

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

Sunday Mornings 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Clifford 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Molly of Denali 9:00 Hero Elementary 9:30 Odd Squad

Photo: Courtesy of Fred Rogers Productions

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11:30 Amanpour and Company

4:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Arthur

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Wild Florida Florida is home to beaches, coral reefs, and the Everglades wetland, but a growing human population and abandoned exotic pets are threatening this wild paradise. 9:00 NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists developed their own promising cancer vaccines. Can they team up with U.S. partners to make them available to all? 10:00 Wonders of Mexico: Mountain Worlds (Part 2 of 3) Discover an amazing diversity of life and culture in Mexico’s great chain of mountains, the Sierra Madre. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Children of the Revolution See Tues. July 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Latino Experience (Part 1 of 3) See Tues. July 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: Fire in Paradise See Tues. July 6 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 10 Towns That Changed America See Sun. July 4 at 4:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour

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In the Spotlight

The 1900 Island In this four part-series, four families go “back in time” to the start of the 20th century in a rural fishing community. On the island of Llanddwyn in northwest Wales, can these modern adventurers step up to the challenge of living in 1900s Britain?

Fridays beginning July 9 8:00 pm

7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas in charge. Meanwhile, Lavinia and Sir Richard’s secret comes out, and Branson seizes his chance to strike a blow for Ireland. 9:30 Rick Steves Special: Fascism in Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe – taking millions of people with it. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Wild Florida See Wed. July 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope See Wed. July 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Wonders of Mexico: Mountain Worlds (Part 2 of 3) See Wed. July 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 10 Monuments That Changed America Geoffrey Baer tours original American monuments and tells the surprising stories behind them. 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 The 1900 Island (Part 1 of 4) In part one, the families venture out in a fierce storm to take possession of their new island home. They must adapt quickly to their new way of life but bad weather, lack of experience, and limited rations lead to hunger and frustration. 9:00 Great Performances: Gloria Estefan – Sangre Yoruba 10:30 Beyond the Canvas: Modern Mexico Hear from some of Mexico’s most prominent figures as they highlight their country’s emergence as a global arts center and share how some of Mexico’s innovators are surviving amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

1:00 Chavis Chronicles 1:30 To be announced MORNING 7:00-9:30 WTTW Kids 9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Nature Centered 10:00 This Old House: Scandinavia (Part 2) 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: St. Martin Parish – Crawfish Capital 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Centaur’s Kitchen – Preserving Nature’s Bounty AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Roast Beef and Potatoes 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: The Improbable Grill 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Arctic Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Weeknight Italian 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Middle East Favorites 3:30 How She Rolls: Farm to Table 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Have Yourself Some Moonshine

4:30 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Travel Skills – Cruising 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Charleston, South Carolina

In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of © Mainstreet Pictures LTD

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Man in the Tree When Lady Felicia finds a stripped and injured man stuck up a tree, Sid is implicated as the perpetrator. Can Father Brown prove his innocence? 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 4 of 8) a sandfly bite lands Neville in the hospital, where a nurse takes her own life during a night shift. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: The Chameleon’s Dish a teen, having repeatedly dreamed of a murdered woman and concerned that it’s a premonition, asks Frank and Lu to keep him out of trouble. 10:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) See Thurs. July 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Nicola Walker

Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (New Season!) Stars Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar are back as the crime-solving duo DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan for a fourth season of this intriguing British detective series.

Sundays beginning July 11 8:00 pm 2021

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Ben Miller as Professor T

Professor T (New Series!) Professor Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller) is obsessed with cleanliness, structure, and order. But his genius for solving crimes means he constantly has to get his hands dirty, helping the police to crack their most difficult cases. In episode one, Professor T is persuaded by a former student, now a police detective, to help her apprehend a serial rapist.

Sundays beginning July 11, 9:00 pm

AFTERNOON 12:30 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) When human remains are found buried near a London motorway, Cassie and Sunny attempt to identify them. 1:25 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) The search for what happened to Hayley begins as the team travel down to Middenham to meet her family. 2:15 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Cassie and Sunny interview the four male occupants of the holiday home over the millennium, whose accounts are fairly consistent. 3:10 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Cassie and Sunny suspect that the men colluded in lying about their version of events for that evening, but why? 4:05 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) Cassie and Sunny finally get closer to some truth about the night Hayley disappeared, and the case takes a devastating turn for Cassie. 5:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Under the glare of media spotlights, the team race to find evidence to prove the identity of Hayley’s killer. EVENING

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Sunday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced MORNING 5:00-8:00 To be announced 8:00 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) Crime-solving duo Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan encounter a waterlogged suitcase containing the remains of a man 25 years after he disappeared. 9:30 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) The victim’s life comes into focus. Sara’s scandalous past is revealed and Colin is blackmailed. Marion, a pediatric cancer nurse, joins the list of suspects. 11:00 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) Tessa, Sara, Colin, and Marion each have a motive-but also an alibi. On the verge of getting romantic with Sunny, Cassie has a revelation.

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6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley: The Golden Age (Part 3 of 3) Lucy arrives in the Edwardian era and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction between the Wars. She tells the extraordinary story of the first celebrity murderer of the 20th century – Dr. Crippen; investigates how the murder mystery novel reached a peak of popularity in the hands of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers; and explores how the genre was eclipsed by new rivals, including the “hard-boiled” novels of Graham Greene. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) 9:00 Professor T: Anatomy of a Memory (Part 1 of 13) 10:00 The Great British Baking Show: Quarter-Final 11:00 Austin City Limits: Rufus Wainwright

Monday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Man in the Tree See Sat.

July 10 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 4 of 8) See Sat. July 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: The Chameleon’s Dish See Sat. July 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: Gloria Estefan – Sangre Yoruba See Fri. July 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Beyond the Canvas: Modern Mexico See Fri. July 9 at 10:30 pm. [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charlotte Finds include Spanish earrings and a dragonfly brooch, a Carleton Watkins Yosemite album, and an 1840 Alfred J. Miller painting. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories 1 9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories 2 10:00 POV: Landfall 11:30 BBC World News

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mechanic helps a boy fix his mother’s car. A pregnant MBA student’s due date and exam date conflict, forcing her to make a choice. 10:00 Frontline: Power of the Fed 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charlotte See Mon. July 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories 1 See Mon. July 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories 2 See Mon. July 12 at 9:30 pm. [R] 2:30 POV: Landfall See Mon. July 12 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley: The Golden Age (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. July 11 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. July 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Professor T: Anatomy of a Memory (Part 1 of 13) See Sun. July 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

Photo: Courtesy of Lawrence Cendrowic

In the Spotlight

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: The Eye of the Beholder Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares the family histories of director Alejandro G. Inarritu, iconoclastic performance artist Marina Abramovic, and painter Kehinde Wiley. 9:00 The Latino Experience (Part 2 of 3) a young girl makes an image-altering decision. A Guatemalan truck driver and pastor copes with the pandemic. A mystical

POV: Landfall This film tells the story of Puerto Rico’s recovery after the devastation of Hurricane María. As the island grapples with a devastated infrastructure and multi-billion dollar debt, outside investors descend – not to bail out communities, but to cash in. The next generation of Puerto Ricans find themselves at an inflection point: when the world falls apart, what does a just recovery look like?

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6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Super Hummingbirds Enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds through high-speed cameras and breakthrough science. For the first time, See them mate, fight, and raise families. 9:00 NOVA: Meteor Strike a 7,000 ton asteroid fell to earth near Russia’s Ural mountains. NOVA teams up with impact scientists as they hunt for debris and clues to the meteor’s origin and makeup. 10:00 Wonders of Mexico: Burning North (Part 3 of 3) The animals of natural wonders of two great deserts, the Sonoran and Chihuahuan, are highlighted. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: The Eye of the Beholder See Tues. July 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Latino Experience (Part 2 of 3) See Tues. July 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: Power of the Fed See Tues. July 13 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley: The Golden Age (Part 3 of 3) [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen. Matthew and William embark on a perilous patrol behind German lines. 9:30 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned historian, author, and filmmaker. Features appearances by guests seen in Gates’ work including Jodie Foster, Ken Burns, Jelani Cobb, and LL Cool J. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Super Hummingbirds See Wed. July 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 NOVA: Meteor Strike See Wed. July 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Wonders of Mexico: Burning North (Part 3 of 3) See Wed. July 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The 1900 Island (Part 1 of 4) See Fri. July 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 The 1900 Island (Part 2 of 4) As the families enter their second week, the weather finally turns in their favor and the men head out to sea hoping for a successful catch. But the fragile sense of community starts to fray as rivalries and hunger take their toll on the adults. 9:00 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On Camera (Part 1 of 6) 10:00 Great Performances: Roots of Latin Jazz Celebrate the rhythms of Latin music with the Raices Jazz Orchestra and performances by Grammy-winning artists, including Richard Bona and Anaadi. Hosted by Sheila E. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 Chavis Chronicles 1:30 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Open, Steady, and Patient MORNING 6:00-9:30 WTTW Kids 9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Sunshine Flowers 10:00 This Old House: Scandinavia (Part 3) 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: St. Martin Parish – Crawfish Capital 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Athens Rising AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pie 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Maryland Crab Feast 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Hay Smoked Salmon 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated:

Brunch Favorites 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vietnamese Every Day 3:30 How She Rolls: Warm and Buttery on the Inside 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Blueberries and Boiling Over 4:30 Check, Please! Ricobene’s, Bento Box, Chicago Magic Lounge 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Greek Islands – Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Central North Island, New Zealand EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Eye of Apollo When the Church of Apollo comes to Kembleford, Susie is drawn to their charismatic leader Kalon. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 5 of 8) a celebrated concert pianist is murdered one night in his studio. Catherine’s friendship with the victim’s family puts her in unexpected danger. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Rascal Cook When a dead rat makes an appearance on Hiverna restaurant’s menu, head chef Len Tekler suspects someone is trying to prevent him from winning Arden Restaurant of the Year. 10:00 Professor T: Anatomy of a Memory (Part 1 of 13) [R] 11:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) [R]

Sunday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) See Thurs. July 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 To be announced MORNING 7:00-10:30 WTTW Kids 10:30 Julia Child: Best Bites Celebrate the first lady of cooking with Martha Stewart, Jacques Pepin, Vivian Howard, Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Andres, Eric Ripert, Rick Bayless, and more. AFTERNOON 12:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 12:35 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Chicken or the Egg? Hosts Bridget Lancaster and

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In the Spotlight EVENING

Paul McCartney and John Lennon by Terry O’Neill

Icon: Music Through the Lens This six-part series takes a fascinating journey through the history and cultural impact of music photography. The first episode looks at what defines an iconic image, as we meet some of music photography’s greatest names.

Fridays beginning July 16 9:00 pm

Julia Collin Davison make the best Charcoal-Grilled Barbecued Chicken Kebabs. Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Julia to a tasting of sparkling water, and test cook Elle Simone makes simple Curry Deviled Eggs. 1:10 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Comfort Food Test cook Erin McMurrer shows Julia a simplified recipe for Ground Beef and Cheese Enchiladas. Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Bridget to a tasting of 6-inch flour tortillas. Finally, test cook Keith Dresser reveals the secrets to perfect Grilled Flank Steak Tacos. 1:45 from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Picnic Party Test cook Dan Souza and Julia teach demonstrate how to make the ultimate Grilled Chicken Thighs. Tasting expert Jack Bishop then challenges Bridget to a fresh mozzarella tasting, and gadget critic Lisa McManus reviews popsicle molds. Next, test cook Keith Dresser makes Bridget a foolproof Italian Pasta Salad. 2:20 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

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Rosa Iris on the Campaign trail

POV: Stateless This documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.

Monday, July 19 10:00 pm

2:55 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:25 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Childhood Favorites, Grown Up Elle Simone shows Bridget a new way to make Classic Sloppy Joes. Equipment expert Adam Ried reviews kitchen sponges, and science expert Dan Souza explains why cookie size matters. 4:00 Old St. Patrick’s: a Chicago Renaissance Story Mike Leonard recounts how the west Loop’s St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, known to residents as Old St. Pat’s, transformed from an empty church in a declining neighborhood into a Chicago hub of worship, culture, social life, education, and service. 5:00 inCommon with Mike Leonard: Crossroads In Ireland, Mike explores how life can change dramatically at the crossroads of old and new. EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets Take an 12

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exclusive tour of London’s most extraordinary palaces as Lucy takes viewers behind the velvet ropes into each building’s most secret places. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Cassie and Sunny identify four potential suspects who trained as police officers. They have no luck finding the rest of the body and decide to go public with the discovery of Walsh’s remains. 9:00 Professor T: a Fish Called Walter (Part 2 of 13) When a blameless librarian is poisoned at a reception at the Museum, Professor T is called upon to help narrow down the list of possible suspects. 10:00 The Great British Baking Show: Semifinals 11:00 Austin City Limits: Khalid/Mac Demarco

Monday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Eye of Apollo See Sat. July 17 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. July 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Rascal Cook See Sat. July 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On Camera See Fri. July 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine George Clooney receives the 2021 Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award. MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Omaha 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories – Out of This World 1 Treasures include NASA Space Program autographed photos; a Star Trek treatment, script, and letters; and a celestial indicator made around 1872. 9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories – Out of This World 2 Explore the universe of space-themed treasures including an E. & G. W. Blunt celestial globe from around 1864, a 1963-1967 Pearl Tucker NASA archive, and Japanese

Spaceman & Robot toys. 10:00 POV: Stateless 11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets See Sun. July 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. July 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Professor T: a Fish Called Walter (Part 2 of 13) See Sun. July 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 In Their Own Words: Pope Francis 9:00 The Latino Experience (Part 3 of 3) An artist longs to paint a hillside community green. A single mother and veteran takes a new job that triggers her PTSD. A woman’s deceased parents return to help her during the pandemic. A family grapples with politics during a holiday dinner. 10:00 Frontline: Leaving Afghanistan 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

group of scientists who make surprising discoveries. 9:00 NOVA: Asteroid – Doomsday or Payday? While NASA plans an ambitious mission to return samples from a potentially hazardous asteroid, would-be asteroid miners are dreaming up their own program to scout for potential profit. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps Follow experts as they determine exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:30 In Their Own Words: Pope Francis See Tues. July 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Latino Experience (Part 3 of 3) See Tues. July 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: Leaving Afghanistan See Tues. July 20 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 inCommon with Mike

In the Spotlight Credit: Courtesy of Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Photo: Courtesy of the NFB

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Wednesday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Omaha 1:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories – Out of This World 1 See Mon. July 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories – Out of This World 2 See Mon. July 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 POV: Stateless See Mon. July 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: The Serengeti Rules Explore some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth with a pioneering

Pope Francis visits with President Obama

In Their Own Words: Pope Francis Learn what experiences led an Argentinean man named Jorge Bergoglio to the highest office in the Catholic Church. Taking the name Francis, he is the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European and first Jesuit priest to be named pope.

Tuesday, July 20 8:00 pm

Leonard: Crossroads See Sun. July 18 at 5:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

July 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps See Wed. July 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The 1900 Island (Part 2 of 4) See Fri. July 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) In the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera plays a cruel endgame with Bates and Anna. Daisy faces the severest test of her life. 9:30 Classical Rewind See Sun. July 4 at 8:00 am. [R] 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 The 1900 Island (Part 3 of 4) In their third week, the community seems at its most fragile as different priorities and approaches to life start to take shape. 9:00 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On the Road (Part 2 of 6) The trailblazers of music photography paint a picture of life on the tour bus. 10:00 Classic Albums: Queen – a Night at the Opera 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: The Serengeti Rules See Wed. July 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Asteroid – Doomsday or Payday? See Wed.

Saturday 24 Credit: Queen Productions, Ltd.

In the Spotlight

Queen’s Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and Brian May

Classic Albums: Queen – a Night at the Opera Learn about Queen’s fourth album, A Night at the Opera, released in late 1975 – a mix of hard rock, pop, opera, music hall camp, and traditional folk, utilizing multilayered guitars, crunching riffs, vocals harmonies, piano flourishes, a harp, a ukulele, and no synthesizers.

Friday, July 23 10:00 pm

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 Chavis Chronicles 1:30 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Becoming Your Best Self MORNING 6:00-9:30 WTTW Kids 9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Bloom Happy 10:00 This Old House: Scandinavia (Part 4) 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Lafayette Parish – Epicenter of Cajun Cuisine 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Aegean Cuisine AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Raichlen’s Rules – Desserts 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Campfire Fish 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Spring Dinner for Company 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: All-New Italian

In the Spotlight 3:30 How She Rolls: Recipe for Success 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Shrimp Sells 4:30 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals I 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Quebec City, Canada EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Bride of Christ When two nuns die in mysterious circumstances, Father Brown investigates with the aid of an eager young fan of detective novels. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 6 of 8) Neville must solve a mystery from the past that unlocks the truth of who murdered a concert pianist and why. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators: Ill Met By Moonlight Lady Tania discovers that her rebellious daughter Mia is missing, along with a precious necklace. 10:00 Professor T: a Fish Called Walter (Part 2 of 13) [R] 11:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) [R]

Sunday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) See Thurs. July 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 To be announced MORNING 7:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 To be announced AFTERNOON 1:00 Great Performances at the Met: Joyce DiDonato in Concert The American mezzo-soprano is accompanied by Carrie-Ann Matheson on piano and the chamber music ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro. 2:00 Journeys Through the Finger Lakes Hear stories of the cultural landscape, seminal moments, and visionary icons that make up the rich tapestry of this extraordinary place. 3:00 Prehistoric Road Trip: Welcome to Fossil Country (Part 1 of 3) Travel with Emily Graslie through billions of years of Earth’s history to meet some of its earliest life forms. 4:00 Prehistoric Road Trip: We Dig Dinosaurs (Part 2 of 3) Cruise with Emily into the Cretaceous, when

Musa Hadid

POV: Mayor Musa Hadid is the Christian mayor of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority. As he tries to keep his city running, his job is made increasingly difficult by the Israeli occupation of his home. This film asks with humor and quiet outrage: how do you run a city if you don’t have a country?

Monday, July 26 10:00 pm

astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet. 5:00 Prehistoric Road Trip: Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts (Part 3 of 3) As she drives closer to the present day, Emily discovers surprising truths written in the fossil record. EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Secrets of Royal Travel: Secrets of the Royal Train Climb aboard for an inside look at Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s mobile home away from home. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Cassie and Sunny interview four suspects, who all deny knowing the victim. Boulting discovers Walsh was cautioned three weeks before his death. Collier finds the rest of Walsh’s body. 9:00 Professor T: Tiger Tiger (Part 3 of 13) Professor T becomes embroiled in a hostage situation, but his unconventional negotiating tactics do not go down well with the police. 10:00 The Great British Baking Show: The Final 2021

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