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Do it Yourself Saturdays
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Midsomer Murders: The Incident at Cooper
Hill (Part 1 of 2) Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hotspot Cooper Hill. When a local forest ranger suffers a strange death, the visiting UFO spotters are convinced aliens are responsible. DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson unearth suspicions, betrayals, and long-buried secrets in their search for the truth.
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8:42 Midsomer Murders: The Incident at Cooper Hill (Part 2 of 2) 9:32 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 28
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
In the Spotlight
Photo: Courtesy of Lorian Reed-Drake
Lucy Worsley as Anne Boleyn
Join Lucy for the inside story of the English Reformation. Was Henry VIII’s desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn the real reason for England’s split from Catholic Europe? Or was a secret political agenda really at work?
Sunday, August 29 7:00 pm
1:00 The Chavis Chronicles 1:30 Father Brown: The Blue
Cross See Sat. Aug. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Beware
the Ides of March See Sat. Aug. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Death in Paradise (Season 9,
Part 2 of 8) See Sat. Aug. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Sicilian Delights 5:00 Chicago Tonight:
The Week in Review [R]
MORNING 5:30 Yoga in Practice: The Sweetness of Learning to Let Go – Restorative Yoga 6:00-10:00 To be announced 10:00 Ask This Old House: Flickering Lights, Brick Stairs 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Avoyelles Parish – Smack Dab in the Middle 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Taste the Music – The Aromatic Cuisine of the Asian Minor Greeks
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Charm City ’Que 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Fairytale Land 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Better Breakfast 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Indian Classics at Home 3:30 How She Rolls: How She Rolls 4:00 A Chef’s Life: The Fish Episode, Y’all 4:30 Check, Please! Pelago, Spinning J, Raisu 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Scotland’s Highlands 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Samantha’s Tips for Making Travel Count
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Celestial
Choir A mysterious saboteur tries to keep Kembleford from winning the Three Counties choir competition.
8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: No
More Cakes and Ale Eddie Dogberry is violently assaulted when he accosts three thieves attempting to steal his quad bike. Frank and Lu must track down the sole eyewitness. 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
Christopher Kimball
Photo: Edvin Cobaj/Nouveau Productions LLC
Rita Moreno performs “The Wizard and I”
WICKED in Concert
Original Wicked headliners Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel host this intimate all-star concert version of the famed musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, the story of Elphaba and Glinda, two young women whose journey continues to inspire young and old, in every culture, and in all walks of life.
Sunday, August 29 8:00 pm
9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 9,
Part 3 of 8) Jack’s romance with Anna blossoms while he and the rest of the team investigate the mysterious death of a cyclist.
10:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on
Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:20 Downton Abbey Season 3 on
Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 26 at 9:20 pm. [R]
Sunday 29
EARLY MORNING 12:40 Ken Burns: The
National Parks [R]
2:10 Chicago’s Western Suburbs: From Prairie
Soil to Prairie Style [R]
4:30 Fox River Valley and
Chain ‘O’ Lakes [R]
MORNING 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 7:32 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Chicken or the Egg?
Hosts Bridget Lancaster and 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.
8:04 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.
8:36 America’s Test Kitchen 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.
9:08 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 9:40 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 10:12 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.
11:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Meet Your Army, First Army
Leaders The oldest and longest-established field army of the United States Army, First Army, will talk about its mission, Total Force Partnership, and discuss the way ahead to build the next generation of leaders.
AFTERNOON 12:00 Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja in Concert
Recorded in October 2020, the soprano-tenor pair perform popular arias and duets in the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy, including works by Verdi, Bizet, Rossini, and others. Soprano Angel Blue hosts. 1:00 Ken Burns: Hemingway See Mon. Aug. 16 at 10:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Great Performances: Broadway – Beyond the
Golden Age This insider’s history of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s features backstage stories and reminiscences from a cornucopia of stars, touching on many classic shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin,’ Chicago, and 42nd Street.
4:30 Underground Railroad: The
William Still Story [R]
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Henry VIII’s Reformation 8:00 Wicked in Concert
10:00 Wicked in Concert [R]
Monday 30
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The
Celestial Choir See Sat. Aug. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: No
More Cakes and Ale See Sat. Aug. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 9,
Part 3 of 8) See Sat. Aug. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer
Night Concert 2021 See Fri. Aug. 27 at 9:32 pm. [R] 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Scotland’s Highlands [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: Churchill Downs Racetrack
(Part 1 of 3) Finds include a Twin Spires painted roof slate from about 1895, a 1943 Picasso ink-onpaper and 1963 letter, and an art deco brooch.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack
(Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1966 MGM Grinch figure, a Georgian & Victorian mourning jewelry collection, and a Larson Bros. symphonic harp mandolin.
10:00 POV: The Song of the
Butterflies Indigenous painter Rember Yahuarcani is one of the last surviving members of the White Heron clan of the Uitoto Nation in Peru. He returns home to his community to visit his father, a painter, and his mother, a sculptor, and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company EARLY MORNING 12:30 Midsomer Murders: The Incident at Cooper
Hill (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Aug. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:12 Midsomer Murders: The Incident at Cooper
Hill (Part 2 of 2) See Fri. Aug. 27 at 8:42 pm. [R] 2:01 Wicked in Concert [R]
3:30 Austin City Limits: The Best of Spoon
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 Generation 9/11 10:00 Native America: Nature
to Nations Explore lost cities in Mexico, a temple in Peru, a potlatch ceremony in the Pacific Northwest, and a tapestry of shell beads whose story inspired our own democracy.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
In the Spotlight
Ronald Milam, Jr.
Generation 9/11
This documentary marks the 20th anniversary of the Twin Tower attacks by following children – now teens – born to fathers who perished in the disaster. An estimated 108 unborn children lost their fathers in the attacks and this film follows some of them, weaving together various milestones in their lives.
