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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
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WTTW Prime
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.
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Downing of a Flag
Saturday, July 17 & 24, 11:00 am
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. Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
WTTW Prime
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shelter Me (Marathon)
Saturday, July 31, 1:00 pm
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. Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Jane Goodall
Legacy List (Marathon) Sunday, July 11, 11:00 am
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
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
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
New this month:
POV: The Neutral Ground
Monday, July 5, 9:30 pm
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.
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] MORNING 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.
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]
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]
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
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]
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
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
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.
