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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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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.
Seaside Hotel Season 2
Friday, January 7 at 8:00 pm
It’s the next summer, and the residents of the hotel are back for more seaside shenanigans. Because Amanda refuses to tell the truth that could exonerate Morten, Morten is still on the run, leaving Fie alone with a broken heart. Amanda is as sullen as ever, as her father has forced her to spend the summer once again in the hotel.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Rosalinde Mynster as Fie
Roadfood
Thursday, January 13 at 7:30 pm
Re-discover America’s regional culture through its iconic dishes. Host Misha Collins explores a uniquely American dish in each episode. Meeting local cooks, pit-masters, bakers, cafe owners, and proprietors of local eating establishments, Misha explores the roots of a dish through these modern culinary folk artisans.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Misha Collins
Pati’s Family and Friends
Saturday, January 15 at 9:00 am
Experience Pati Jinich’s nostalgia for the foods that nurtured her childhood in Mexico as she whips up family and fan-favorite recipes, including big brunch enchiladas, chorizo hamburgers, a chocolate crepe tower, and more!
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Pati Jinich
America ReFramed: Detroit 48202
Tuesday, January 11 at 7:00 pm
Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route explores the rise, demise, and contested resurgence of America’s “motor city” through a multi-generational choir of voices who reside in mail carrier Wendell Watkins’s work route. Archival footage and oral histories convey the impetus behind the African American migration up north to push against the boundaries of racial and economic segregation.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Pictured: Wendell Watkins
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
Friday, January 7 at 6:00 pm
When Curious George meets Kayla, a magician’s homesick elephant, he decides to help her visit her brothers and sisters in California. But when the magician’s dogged security chief, Danno Wolfe, becomes convinced that George has masterminded an elephant-’napping, he begins an all-out investigation to track down the missing pachyderm.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Photo: Courtesy of WBGH, © WGBH 2021
A new season of surprises
Antiques Roadshow
(New Season!)
Join us for the premiere of season 26 of this popular series that captures tales of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains, and long-lost items salvaged from attics and basements, brought by viewers to iconic locations where experts reveal the fascinating truths about these finds.
Mondays, 8:00 pm
Morning (Part 8 of 10) The brutal murder of a famous British author and antibullfighting campaigner brings Max and Miranda to Cazador.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets: Highclere Castle
Mary visits the real-life Downton Abbey and takes to the estate kitchen.
7:00 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8)
Phileas Fogg bets a fortune that he can circle the Earth in no more than 80 days. He enlists a new valet and attracts a persistent reporter.
8:00 Downton Abbey Movie
The feature film follows the Crawley family and their staff as they prepare for the most important moment of their lives: a royal visit from the King and Queen of England. The momentous occasion will unleash scandal, romance, and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance. [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 11:00 Austin City Limits: Foo Fighters EARLY MORNING 12:00 Midsomer Murders: Harvest
of Souls (in 2 parts) See Sat. Jan. 1 at 8:29 pm. [R]
1:31 Halifax: Retribution
(Part 1 of 8) See Sat. Jan. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Mallorca Files: Honour Among Thieves (Part 1
of 10) See Sun. Jan. 2 at 11:00 am. [R]
3:20 Mallorca Files: King of the
Mountains (Part 2 of 10) See Sun. Jan. 2 at 11:50 am. [R]
4:05 Mallorca Files: The Oligarch’s Icon (Part 3
of 10) See Sun. Jan. 2 at 12:40 pm. [R]
5:00 Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover [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 Antiques Roadshow: Wadsworth Mansion (Part 1
of 3) Highlights include a Helen Hayes Verdura for Chanel cuff bracelet, a 1917 Boston Red Sox calendar, and a 1904 Gandhi handwritten letter. Which is valued at $150,000?
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bonanzaville (Part 1 of 3)
Travel to Bonanzaville in West Fargo and watch as the owner is floored by the $500,000-$700,000 appraisal of his treasure.
10:00 Independent Lens: People’s
Republic of Desire Meet a generation of young people in China who have come of age online, where virtual relationships are replacing real-life connections.
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 4
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8)
See Sun. Jan. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: The Night Before Christmas
(Part 7 of 7) [R]
3:30 Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets: Highclere
Castle See Sun. Jan. 2 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Hidden
in the Genes Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels solve family mysteries, illuminating both history and their own identities.
9:00 Finding Your Roots: Children
of Exile Henry Louis Gates, Jr. retraces the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raul Esparza, whose families fled their homelands.
10:00 Frontline: American
Insurrection Frontline investigates the rising threat of far-right violence in America. With ProPublica, this film exposes the individuals and ideologies behind a wave of crimes, culminating in the attack on the Capitol
11:30 BBC World News
Wednesday 5
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Wadsworth Mansion
(Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Bonanzaville (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens: People’s
Republic of Desire See Mon. Jan. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Treasure Fever (Part 1 of 2)
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: Living Volcanoes
Uncover the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes.
9:00 NOVA: High-Risk High-Rise 10:00 Sinking Cities: Miami
(Part 4 of 4) Discover how engineers and planners might protect Miami from rising seas and violent storms.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 6
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Hidden
in the Genes See Tues. Jan. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frontline: American
Insurrection See Tues. Jan. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Dresden
and Leipzig [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Finding Your Roots
(New Season!)
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is back for an eighth season of this fascinating series. Join us for ten new episodes showcasing guests who have excelled in a wide array of fields, each with ancestral stories that touch on the human experience and bring insight into how they became the trailblazers they are today.
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of civil rights progress and backlash, the 2021 Capitol riot, and beyond. Explore the impact of voter rights and a civics curriculum on engaged and informed citizens.
