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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
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.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Saturday, August 14 and 21 at 8:00 pm
This film by Ken Burns chronicles the life and career of boxer Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of the 20th century. Johnson ultimately lost his title in a bout in Cuba in 1915, after fleeing the United States following his federal conviction for allegedly violating the Mann Act, a Progressive-Era law intended to crackdown on commercialized vice but used against Johnson to create an example against, to quote the prosecutor, “the evils of miscegenation.” Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Jack Johnson
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.
Craft in America Marathon
Sunday, August 22 at 11:00 am
The Peabody Award-winning series explores America’s creative spirit through the language and traditions of handmade arts, and will take you on a journey to the artists, origins, and techniques of American craft. Each episode features stories from diverse regions and cultures, blending history with living practice and exploring issues of identity, ritual, philosophy, and creative expression. Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: A life-size figure sculpted by Cristina Córdova
Doc World: Road Runners
Sunday, August 1 at 10:00 pm
In Montego Bay, Jamaica, three athletes from Spot Valley High School prepare to compete in the island’s greatest sporting event: Champs. This special follows the students over a year while highlighting the historic and contemporary issues of the island. See what it means to grow up in Jamaica, and learn why these young athletes are striving for success that could determine the rest of their lives. Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: A member of the Spot Valley High School team
Molly of Denali: Molly and the Great One
Friday, August 20 at 6:00 pm
Molly learns about Grandpa Nat’s dream to climb to the top of Denali in honor of the first person to do so, real-life Alaska native Walter Harper. Molly tries to get Grandpa and her father to climb North America’s highest mountain! Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Molly of Denali
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow:
Vintage Portland See Mon. Aug. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut:
Treasure Fever, Part 1 See Mon. Aug. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut:
Treasure Fever, Part 2 See Mon. Aug. 2 at 9:30 pm. [R] 2:30 POV: Pier Kids See Mon. Aug. 2 at 10:00 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 Nature: Super Cats – Cats in Every Corner 9:00 NOVA: Emperor’s Ghost
Army Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China was buried in a mausoleum with approximately 9,000 terracotta statues. Investigate how and why the life-sized figures were made.
10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Viking
Warrior Queen Join a team of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female warrior buried inside.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 5
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots:
Freedom Tales See Tues. Aug. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Jesse Owens: American
Experience See Tues. Aug. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Fight: American
Experience See Tues. Aug. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 The 1900 Island
(Part 4 of 4) [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 6
of 7) The Spanish flu strikes Downton, disrupting one match, hastening another, and transforming the fortunes of all.
10:30 Aretha Franklin
Remembered Celebrate the legendary Queen of Soul and the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with her greatest hits from television appearances.
Friday 6
EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Nature: Super Cats – Cats
in Every Corner See Wed. Aug. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 NOVA: Emperor’s Ghost
Army Emperor See Wed. Aug. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Secrets of the Dead:
Viking Warrior Queen See Wed. Aug. 4 at 10:00 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 Agatha and the Truth
of Murder Join the crime writer during her 11-day disappearance in 1926 as she investigates the murder of Florence Nightingale’s goddaughter. Christie’s involvement in the case influenced her later work.
10:00 Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon 11:00 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On the Cover (Part 4
of 6) Discover the uncensored and never-before-heard stories behind the amazing photographs that graced the front pages of music magazines.
Saturday 7
EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2:00 The Chavis Chronicles
2:30 This Land is Your Land Take a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music. The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host. 4:00 This Land is Your Land [R]
MORNING 5:30 Yoga in Practice: I Like Who I Become When I Try 6:00 Easy Yoga for Diabetes with Peggy Cappy 7:00 Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen, MD 8:30 Julia Child: Best Bites
Celebrate the first lady of cooking with renowned chefs who share personal insights as they screen Julia’s most beloved episodes.
10:00 Ask This Old House: Garbage Disposal, Concrete Wall 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: St. Landry Parish – Prairie Sampler 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Beans for Humanity
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Comfort Food Done Right 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Planet Steak 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Burning Sweet Desire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Taste of Brazil 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Secret Italian Recipes 3:30 How She Rolls: Thanksgiving 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 1 4:30 Check, Please! Ricobene’s, Bento Box, Chicago Magic Lounge 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Best of Sicily 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: The Food Special
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Face
of Death After a murder at the Kembleford charity treasure hunt, general suspicion falls upon a bereaved man who wants revenge.
8:00 Death in Paradise
(Season 10, Part 8 of 8) A man confesses to murdering his boss despite being unable to remember what happened.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The
Play’s the Thing A man suspects his wife of having an affair and employs Frank and Lu to find proof.
10:00 Professor T: Mother
Love (Part 4 of 13) [R]
11:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on
Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) [R]
Sunday 8
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on
Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Easy Yoga for Diabetes
with Peggy Cappy See Sat. Aug. 7 at 6:00 am. [R]
3:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate
Retirement Guide Join the acclaimed personal finance expert for essential A serval, South Africa
Nature: Super Cats –Cats in Every Corner
Discover how cats have conquered the world, thriving in almost every landscape on Earth, from fishing cats in the wetlands of Asia, to a pregnant jaguar in Costa Rica, to margays in Central American treetops, to a swamp tiger on the Indian shore.
Wednesday, August 4 8:00 pm
Roger Waters
Listen as all four band members tell the story behind one of the greatest albums ever made. Pink Floyd’s masterpiece, 1973s The Dark Side of the Moon, broke records when it sold more than 30 million copies and spent 740 weeks on the U.S. charts.
