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Do it Yourself Saturdays
by WTTW | WFMT
9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 10:00 Ask This Old House 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 How She Rolls 4:00 A Chef’s Life 4:30 Check, Please! 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
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New Scandinavian Cooking, Ringerike in East Norway
11:00 Austin City Limits: The War and Treaty/Ruthie Foster
Monday 26
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The
Bride of Christ See Sat. July 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 6
of 8) See Sat. July 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Met By Moonlight See Sat. July 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On the Road
(Part 2 of 6) See Fri. July 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Classic Albums: Queen –
a Night at the Opera See Fri. July 23 at 10:00 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 Savannah Finds include a wedding dress from about 1798, a 1912 Ivan Khlebnikov jewelry casket, and a George William Sotter oil.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories –
Women’s Work 1 Treasures include a Ruth Muskrat Bronson archive, a Girls Pro Baseball League collection, and a 1933 Margaret Bourke-White photograph.
9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories –
Women’s Work 2 Finds include a Madam C.J. Walker beauty book, Jackie Cochran-signed photos and WASP Wings, and a Maria Koogle needlework.
10:00 POV: Mayor 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 27
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Secrets of Royal Travel: Secrets of the Royal
Train See Sun. July 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 3
of 6) See Sun. July 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Professor T: Tiger Tiger
(Part 3 of 13) See Sun. July 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 In Their Own Words: Chuck Berry 9:00 American Masters: Buddy Guy – The Blues Chase the Blues Away 10:30 Beyond the Canvas: Black
Lives Matter The musical ensemble Ranky Tanky, singer Rhiannon Giddens, and others share their belief in the power of music to honor the past and inspire the future.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 28
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow:
Vintage Savannah See Mon. July 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American
Chuck Berry in Amsterdam, 1976
In Their Own Words: Chuck Berry
Take a riveting ride on the Chuck Berry train, exploring the life of the man behind the music. By blending “hillbilly” music with R&B and writing impactful lyrics, Berry birthed a renaissance in popular music that we now call rock ‘n’ roll.
Tuesday, July 27 8:00 pm
Buddy Guy, 1966
Dive into the career of the legendary blues guitarist, a pioneer of Chicago’s West Side sound and major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Featuring new performances and interviews with John Mayer, Carlos Santana, and more.
Tuesday, July 27 9:00 pm
Credit: Courtesy of © BBC/Paul Williams ocean’s creatures light up.
Uncover new archaeological evidence that suggests the legend of King Arthur started in a trading village in 5th-century Britain.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Jaguar, South/Central America
Super Cats: A Nature Miniseries – Extreme Lives
Meet the planet’s ultimate cats in this new miniseries from Nature. Cheetahs are the fastest animal on land. A snow leopard searches for a mate in the Himalaya. The Canada lynx lives farther north than any cat. An African leopard fights to raise a cub in the worst drought in decades.
Wednesday, July 28 8:00 pm
Stories – Women’s
Work 1 See Mon. July 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: American Stories –
Women’s Work 2 See Mon. July 26 at 9:30 pm. [R] 2:30 POV: Mayor See Mon. July 26 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Super Cats: A Nature Miniseries – Extreme
Lives Meet the planet’s ultimate cats. Cheetahs are the fastest animal on land. A snow leopard searches for a mate in the Himalaya. The Canada lynx lives farther north than any cat.
9:00 NOVA: Creatures of Light
NOVA and National Geographic take a dazzling dive to explore how and why so many of the
Thursday 29
EARLY MORNING 12:30 In Their Own Words:
Chuck Berry See Tues. July 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
the Blues Away See Tues. July 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Beyond the Canvas: Black
Lives Matter See Tues. July 27 at 10:30 pm. [R]
3:30 1900 Island (Part 3
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5
of 7) As the war nears its end, Downton’s aristocrats and servants put their lives back together. A mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation.
9:30 Rick Steves Europe Awaits
Rick Steves shares vivid and unforgettable visits to European favorites that he’d love to visit when we can travel again.
11:30 BBC World News
Friday 30
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Super Cats: A Nature Miniseries – Extreme
Lives See Wed. July 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 NOVA: Creatures
of Light See Wed. July 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost
Kingdom See Wed. July 28 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe:
European Festivals I [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 The 1900 Island (Part 4
of 4) At the start of their fourth week, the four modern families face their last days on the 1900 Island. But as the outside world comes calling, modern mechanization hits their rural idyll, and there is a rude awakening for the residents.
9:00 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On the Record
(Part 3 of 6) Explore the photography used on record sleeves from jazz and early rock ’n’ roll, from the Beatles and Pink Floyd to Blur and Dizzee Rascal.
10:00 Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 31
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: Lather, Rinse, Repeat
MORNING 6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House: Scandinavia (Part 5) 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Acadia Parish – Rice Central 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: You Say Tomato, I Say Domata
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: a Trip to the Big Easy 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue Health Food 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Roasted Coastal Lamb & Dried Kelp 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: How Braise Everything 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Greek Kitchen 3:30 How She Rolls: How She Road Trips 4:00 A Chef’s Life: R-E-S-PE-C-T the Butterbean 4:30 Check, Please! Heritage, El Solazo, Fulton Market Kitchen 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals II 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Dutchess County, Hudson Valley, NY EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Devil’s
Dust Father Brown joins the search when a girl believed to be radioactive goes missing overnight.
8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 10, Part 7 of 8)
a stag party goes awry when the host of their fishing trip is found harpooned on a beach the next morning.
Outrageous Fortune Lawyer George Gonzalo seeks out Frank and Lu to help a client with a difference: he’s a dog.
10:00 Professor T: Tiger Tiger
(Part 2 of 13) [R]
11:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on
Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) [R]
In the Spotlight
Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac –Rumours
The creation of Fleetwood Mac’s wildly successful 11th studio album Rumours, recorded in large part in California in 1976, was marked by interpersonal strife and hedonistic behavior among all five band members. This is the definitive story of the making of an album that has earned its place in the pantheon of rock music history.
