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America’s Test Kitchen
Returning for a new season, Bridget Lancaster and Julia Colin Davison and their test cooks deconstruct recipes and reveal the test kitchen’s secrets to foolproof cooking at home. In the premiere, learn to make the ultimate Caramel-Espresso Yule Log. Saturday, January 7, 2:30 pm
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Pioneers of Television
This nostalgic celebration of classic TV and its biggest celebrities melds original cast interviews with hilarious clips. The series covers late-night hosts, comedians, primetime soaps, crime dramas, barrier-breaking entertainers, and variety shows. Thursday, January 26, 7:00 pm
Frontline: Putin and the Presidents
Vladimir Putin clashed with American presidents in his quest to rebuild the Russian empire. Over five administrations, examine the miscalculations and missteps of America’s leaders, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Tuesday, January 31, 9:00 pm
In the Spotlight
Photo: Courtesy of GBH
MORNING 6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: Pandora’s Box (Part 1 of 6)
The sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her, but the case was already closed by the police.
11:15 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Black Witch Moth (Part 2
of 6) A valuable sketch by Charles Darwin is stolen.
Another surprise appraisal
Antiques Roadshow
Season 27 of the popular antiques appraisal series kicks o at the Filoli Estate & Gardens in Woodside, California, moving on to Santa Fe, New Mexico’s Museum Hill; Cheekwood Estate & Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee; Idaho Botanic Garden in Boise; and the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Watch as fabulous – and sometimes unlikely – finds are unearthed by appraisers at each of these distinctive locations.
Mondays beginning January 2, 8:00 pm
(moves to 7:00 pm on January 23)
Sunday 1
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Music Videos That
Shaped the ’80s [R]
1:30 United in Song: A New
Year’s Eve Special [R]
3:00 American Oz: American
Experience [R]
5:00 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Michael Crupain AFTERNOON 12:30 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: A Pauper’s Grave (Part 3
of 6) Eliza is forced into hiding when she is the prime suspect in a series of break-ins at city morgues.
1:45 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: Angel of Inferno (Part 4 of 6)
Eliza is hired to solve a case of blackmail in the shady world of Victorian medicine.
3:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: Quarter to Midnight
(Part 5 of 6) A famous mystery writer is at the center of Eliza’s latest investigation.
4:15 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Proposal (Part 6
of 6) While Eliza and the Duke struggle with their relationship, private investigator Nash is shot.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Rick Steves Best of The Alps 7:00 Great Performances: From Vienna – The New Year’s
Celebration 2023 Ring in 2023 with this classical music celebration from the opulent Musikverein hosted by actor Hugh Bonneville.
8:30 All Creatures Great and
Small: The Next Chapter Go behind the scenes with the popular veterinarian and his menagerie of animal patients.
10:00 Music Videos That
Shaped the ’80s [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: The Mirror in Which I Look at Myself (Part 9 of 13)
Monday 2
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Austin City Limits: Jon Batiste 1:30 Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin
Prize for Popular Song [R] 3:30 POV: Unapologetic [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 5:30 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations – Kristalina Georgieva
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids 4:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Havana Weeknights 4:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters 5:00 BBC World News Outside Source 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 10 Homes That Changed
America Visit homes throughout American history that transformed residential living.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli
(Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1928 English sterling silver horse, a 1907 Pairpoint pu y owl lamp, and a 1967 Ansaldo Poggi viola.
9:00 Inventing Improv: A Chicago
Stories Special Explore the life and legacy of Viola Spolin, the social-workerturned-theater guru known as The Mother of Improv.
10:00 Independent Lens: Children
of Las Brisas In an impoverished Venezuela neighborhood, the power of music is put to the test for El Sistema national youth orchestra.
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 3
1:00 Great Performances: From Vienna – The New Year’s
Celebration 2023 See Sun. Jan. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Austin City Limits: Jon
Batiste See Mon. Jan. 2 at 12:30 am. [R]
3:30 Groucho & Cavett:
American Masters [R]
5:00 10 Homes That Changed
America See Mon. Jan. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
In the Spotlight
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Finding Your Roots
Join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for season nine of this engaging series that uncovers the surprising ancestral stories of cultural trailblazers, this season including Jim Acosta, Carol Burnett, Jamie Chung, Brian Cox, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Je Daniels, Angela Davis, Viola Davis, David Duchovny, Tony Gonzalez, Jeh Johnson, Van Jones, Richard Kind, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Manganiello, Tamera Mowry, Niecy Nash, Edward Norton, Julia Roberts, and Danny Trejo.
