Monday

Photo: CAAM and First Kitchen Media.

Chef Tu David Phu

Bloodline

This is an intimate profile of Vietnamese-American chef Tu David Phu and the evolution of his culinary aesthetic - borne from a bloodline that traces back through childhood and his family’s unspoken history of war. The film follows Tu as he returns home to Oakland, California after competing on the cooking series Top Chef.

Friday, May 7 8:30 pm

4:00 The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience

Examine the origin, history, and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Rise of the Nazis: Politics

(Part 1 of 3) Follow the chain of events that propels Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government. After leading a failed coup in 1923, he turns the Nazis into a legitimate, mainstream party.

8:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: Empty Promises (Part 5 of 8)

Martha uses dinner-table tactics to help Norway. The first lady gives Martha unusual lessons in public speaking. The president gets on dangerous ground with Martha.

9:00 World on Fire on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7)

Harry and his unit reach Dunkirk, with the odds stacked against them.

10:00 The Great British Baking Show: Cakes (Part 1 of 10)

Meet the 13 bakers who make simple sandwich cakes in the Signature challenge, angel food cakes in Mary’s Technical challenge, and all things chocolate in the Showstopper.

11:00 Austin City Limits: John Prine

Monday 3

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The

Eye of Apollo See Sat. May 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 Death in Paradise

(Season 10, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Mallorca Files: Sour

Grapes (Part 5 of 10) See Sat. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 International Jazz Day 10th

Anniversary Celebration [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight:

Black Voices [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 9:00 Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir - American Masters 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 4

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Rise of the Nazis: Politics

(Part 1 of 3) See Sun. May 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: Empty

Promises (Part 5 of 8) See Sun. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:30 The Chinese Exclusion Act:

American Experience See Sun. May 2 at 4:00 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 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Laughing on the Inside

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides comedians Lewis Black and Roy Wood, Jr. with accounts of hardship in their family trees which may have led them to each find humor in adversity.

9:00 Philly D.A. (Part 4 of 8)

LaTonya “T” Myers lands her dream job fighting for probation reform, but any slip-up could send her back to prison.

10:00 Frontline: Escaping Eritrea

Wednesday 5

EARLY MORNING

12:30 Antiques Roadshow See Mon. May 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir - American

Masters See Mon. May 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:30 World on Fire on Masterpiece (Part 5

of 7) See Sun. May 2 at 9:00 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 8:00 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (Part 2

of 3) Follow Greta’s journey from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to Poland, where she speaks with miners who have lost their jobs. She also visits the UK, where she meets with one of her inspirations - Sir David Attenborough.

9:00 NOVA: Hindenburg - The New Evidence 10:00 Human: The World Within -

Pulse (Part 2 of 6) Dive into the world of an ice climber, a bus driver, a woman in labor, and a senior dance club to show how the human heart and the circulatory system power our physical and emotional lives.

11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 6

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots:

Laughing on the Inside See Tues. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Philly D.A. (Part 4 of 8) See Tues. May 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Frontline: Escaping

Eritrea See Tues. May 4 at 10:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Mr. Tornado: American

Experience See Sun. May 2 at 3:00 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 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2

of 4) Mary entertains three suitors, including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event. Downstairs, the shocking former life of Carson, the butler, is unmasked.

10:00 Baseball: The Capital of Baseball (Part 7 of 9)

Rare newsreel film and interviews celebrate the glorious heyday of New York City baseball with some of its most memorable moments.

Friday 7

EARLY MORNING 12:30 BBC World News 1:00 Amanpour and Company 2:00 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

(Part 2 of 3) See Wed. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Human: The World Within -

Pulse (Part 2 of 6) See Wed. May 5 at 10:00 pm. [R]

4:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

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 Check, Please!

In the Spotlight

Richard Armitage and Rosalind Eleazar

Great Performances: Uncle Vanya

Experience Anton Chekov’s masterpiece in this Olivier Award-nominated West End production adapted by Conor McPherson starring Toby Jones and Richard Armitage from London’s Harold Pinter Theater.

Friday, May 7 9:00 pm