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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.
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Inside the Vatican
Saturday, December 25 at 8:00 pm
Filmed over the course of one year, this film offers the viewer unprecedented access to one of the most important places in the Christian world. Nestled in the city of Rome, the Vatican is the headquarters of the Catholic Church and an independent city-state.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Inside the Vatican
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.
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
Thursday, December 30 at 7:00 pm
This sweeping documentary goes well beyond the boundaries of the past. With some of the world’s greatest scholars on Islam providing historical context and critical perspective, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet tells of intrigue and faith, revolutionary ideas and bitter persecution, brutal war and brilliant diplomacy in an arid desert where tribal allegiance was often the only protection.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places (Marathon)
Saturday, December 4 at 9:00 am
Stamp your culinary passport with Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places. Join the James Beard Award-winning chef as she creates easy, enticing meals inspired by her travels to Greece, Spain, Austria, Italy, and California Wine Country.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Joanne Weir
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.
America Reframed: Late Blossom Blues
Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00pm
Born in Mississippi, Leo “Bud” Welch’s recording and touring career begins at the age of 81. With the support of his dedicated manager, veteran Vencie Varnad, Leo’s Blues career takes him to festivals across the South and all the way to Austria. With just a handful of Bluesmen left in America, this film offers a glimpse into the daily life of one of America’s musical treasures.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Leo “Bud” Welch
Nature Cat: A Nature Carol
Friday, December 24 at 7:00 pm
In the tradition of the Dickens holiday classic, Nature Cat is visited by the spirits of Nature Past (Daisy), Present (Squeeks), and Future (Hal) on Christmas Eve. Don’t miss this beloved children’s holiday special.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Photo: Frank Sinatra Enterprises
Frank Sinatra
Join Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and their families for this joyful holiday special filmed in 1967. Songs include “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Silent Night,” and many more. With special guest Sammy Davis, Jr.
Saturday, December 4 9:00 am
of births, deaths, love stories, faith, and family. Go behind the scenes at Nonnatus House for interviews with the cast and crew.
11:10 BBC World News 11:40 Country Music: Live at the
Ryman Join celebrated musicians for a concert celebrating Country Music by Ken Burns. Hosted by Burns and featuring performances and appearances by Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, and more.
Saturday 4
EARLY MORNING
1:40 Brain Fitness Program See Wed. Dec. 1 at 12:30 am. [R]
3:30 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD 5:00 Retire Safe & Secure with
Ed Slott for 2021 Ed Slott makes talking about taxes fun! And he’s put together a gift package that has everything you’ll need to get YOUR plan, not the government plan.
MORNING 7:00 Rick Steves Europe Awaits
Rick Steves shares vivid and unforgettable visits to European favorites – offbeat, romantic, or just good for the soul – that he’d love to visit when we can travel again.
9:00 The Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas
Show Join Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and their families for this joyful holiday special filmed in 1967. With special guest Sammy Davis, Jr.
10:30 America’s Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Special
Cast members count down the series’ 20 most popular recipes and look back on moments from the show’s two decades on air.
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Beef,
Dressed Up Test cook Christie Morrison shows Bridget Lancaster how to make perfect SpiceCrusted Steaks.
12:35 Cook’s Country: The Perfect
Cake Christie Morrison and Julia Collin Davison reveal the steps to making a showstopping Blueberry Jam Cake.
1:10 Sara’s Weeknight Meals:
Holiday Sides The winter is full of big family meals where you really have to be on your game to get food on the table all at once. Sara shows a little love to the unsung heroes of the big meal, the sides.
1:45 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: All Chocolate, All the Time
Bridget and Julia uncover the secrets to making the perfect Boston cream pie. Test cook Erin McMurrer makes the ultimate chocolate sheet cake with milk chocolate frosting.
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated:
Brunch at Home Bridget and Julia uncover the secrets to making foolproof eggs Benedict at home. Test cook Dan Souza makes a showstopping German pancake. 3:00 Chicago from the Air Host Geoffrey Baer narrates a sweeping bird’s-eye tour of the city and beyond, sharing his signature “I never knew that” facts on the journey. From this thrilling new perspective, trace the remnants of long lost trails and roads, see the ways industry literally re-shaped our region, and discover how Chicago truly lives up to its motto, “City in a Garden.”
4:30 Beyond Chicago
from the Air [R]
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Great Performances: Unforgettable, with Love – Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King
Cole Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Natalie Cole’s landmark concert. Recorded in 1992, this performance from Pasadena, California is a loving tribute to the music of her father.
8:30 Il Volo: Tribute to Ennio
Morricone The vocal trio Il Volo pays tribute to Maestro Ennio Morricone, the Academy Award-winning film composer.
10:00 Count Basie: Through His
Own Eyes This revealing biography, told in Count Basie’s own words, uncovers for the first time the private passions and ambitions that inspired the world-famous bandleader and pianist.
11:30 Rick Steves Europe
Awaits See 7:00 am. [R]
Sunday 5
EARLY MORNING 1:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate
Retirement Guide Join the acclaimed personal finance expert for essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.
3:30 Deepak Chopra: Becoming
Metahuman Become happier, more joyful and energetic with a simple three-step process that helps us access a field of infinite possibilities.
5:00 Easy Yoga for Diabetes with
Peggy Cappy Learn how yoga and the right diet can improve health and have a positive impact on life with diabetes.
MORNING 6:00 Easy Yoga for Arthritis
with Peggy Cappy Peggy demonstrates movements to help increase mobility for people who are challenged by arthritis or stiffness due to age or injury.
7:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)
(Part 1 of 6) This episode portrays the earliest Africans, both slave and free, who arrived on these shores.
10:04 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Age of Slavery (1800-
1860) (Part 2 of 6) This episode illustrates how Black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution.
11:11 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Into the Fire (1861-1896) (Part 3 of 6)
This episode examines the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction’s Natalie Cole
Great Performances: Unforgettable with Love
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Natalie Cole’s landmark concert. Recorded in 1992, this performance from Pasadena, California is a loving tribute to the music of her father.
Saturday, December 4 7:00 pm
Il Volo’s Ignazio Boschetto
Il Volo: Tribute to Ennio Morricone
The vocal trio Il Volo - Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto, and Piero Barone – pay tribute to Maestro Ennio Morricone, the Academy Award-winning composer who having scored more than 500 films, including La Cage aux Folles, The Untouchables, and Cinema Paradiso.
