Do it Yourself Saturdays

9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House 11:00 Simply Ming 11:30 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 New Scandinavian Cooking 4:00 A Chef’s Life 4:30 Check, Please! 5:00 Travel Detective

J Schwanke visits with Taryn Nance, who integrates herbs as a healing way of life.

Thursday 26

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots:

Breaking Silences See Tues. May 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Plague at the Golden Gate:

American Experience See Tues. May 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Japan with Sue Perkins

(Part 2 of 2) See Sun. May 22 at 6:00 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 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2,

Part 6 of 6) The season finale.

8:30 Jay’s Chicago: Life Stories

Jay explores a mystery: who is that little girl in dozens of century-old negatives found in a Chicago attic?

9:00 Czechs in Chicago: Home

in the Heartland [R]

10:30 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 27

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Equus – Story of

the Horse: Origins See Wed. May 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Ice Age Footprint See Wed. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Colombia: Wild and Free – From the Pacific to the

Andes (Part 2 of 2) See Wed. May 25 at 10:00 pm. [R]

3:30 The Fall: Night Darkens the Streets (Season 2,

Part 2 of 6) See Sat. May 21 at 10:31 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 Chicago Stories: Downtown

Disasters Hear the stories of two very different disasters that occurred in the heart of Chicago’s Loop 90 years apart: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire and the Great Loop Flood of 1992.

9:00 Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim 10:30 Beyond the Canvas: Art, Innovated 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 28

EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The

Week in Review 7H

5:00 Chicago Tonight: The

Week in Review [R]

MORNING 5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflowers and Honeybees 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Birds of a Feather 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals I 10:00 This Old House: Saratoga Springs – Secret Gardens 10:30 Ask This Old House: Replacing a Toilet Seat, Full Mortise Lockset Repair 11:00 Simply Ming: Dr. William Li 11:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Italian Lunchbox 1:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Lesvos Spirit 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Indian Feast 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Back to Grilling Basics 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Turkish Kitchen 3:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Southwards Along the Coast 4:00 A Chef’s Life: A Food Truck and a Pear Tree 4:30 Check, Please! Libanais, S.K.Y., Federales 5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden

Gems of St. Kitts Peter introduces his hidden gems of St. Kitts. Plus, learn which nations are the least

In the Spotlight

Katrina Lenk

Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim

This documentary explores the legacy of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical Company. Filmed over two years, the program takes an inside look at the process bringing the reimagined genderswapped production to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a cast including Tony and Grammy winner Katrina Lenk and two-time Tony and two-time Grammy winner Patti LuPone.

Friday, May 27 9:00 pm

Photo: Courtesy of Bill Rector, WSIU

Bill Rector in uniform

Shrapnel Down: My Korean War Story

In 1952, Gunner’s Mate Bill Rector was serving on the USS Los Angeles during the Korean War. Using an 8mm camera, Bill documented his war experiences, including battles during the Blockade of Wonsan. This film offers a glimpse into the story of one American war veteran as seen through the lens of his own camera.

Sunday, May 29 3:30 pm

Photo: Courtesy of Capital Concerts

Color Guard at US Capitol

National Memorial Day Concert 2022

WTTW brings you America’s national night of remembrance. The multiaward-winning event honors the military service of all our men and women in uniform, their families, and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Sunday, May 29 7:00 and 8:30 pm

English-proficient, and a hotel with a past in Istanbul.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Father Brown: The Enigma

of Antigonish Father Brown investigates staff at the local health spa when an exemployee is found murdered.

8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11,

Part 8 of 8) When a prestigious chess match ends in murder, the team must work out how and why the killing was carried out.

9:00 To be announced

Sunday 29

EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial

Williamsburg (Part 3 of 3) [R]

MORNING 6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat: The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu 11:00 Pritzker Military Presents: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown

Soldier When the Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General Pershing selected eight of America’s most decorated veterans to serve as Body Bearers.

AFTERNOON 12:00 Misty Experiment: The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi

Minh Trail This film reveals the story of a covert reconnaissance U.S. Air Force squadron during the Vietnam War.

1:00 They Volunteered for This: Merrill’s Marauders

Narrated by Tom Brokaw, this documentary focuses on Merrill’s Marauders, who fought in Burma in 19441945 under the legendary General Frank Merrill.

2:00 Remember Pearl Harbor

Narrated by actor Tom Selleck, this film chronicles the personal stories of veterans and citizens who witnessed the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941.

3:30 Shrapnel Down: My Korean War Story 4:00 Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest

Generation During World War II, troops would look up and say, “Here come the Sky Blossoms,” about paratroopers rushing to their aid.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend EVENING 6:00 American Veteran: The

Mission (Part 2 of 4) Military life shapes servicemen and women in profound, unexpected ways. Hosted by Senator Tammy Duckworth.

7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2022 8:30 National Memorial Day

Concert 2022 [R]

10:00 Chicago Tonight:

Black Voices [R]

10:30 Chicago Tonight:

Latino Voices [R]

11:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2,

Part 6 of 6) [R]

11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Life

Stories [R]

Monday 30

MEMORIAL DAY

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Leon Bridges/Khruangbin 1:00 Father Brown: The Enigma

of Antigonish See Sat. May 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11,

Part 8 of 8) See Sat. May 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Great Performances: Keeping Company

with Sondheim See Fri. May 27 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R]

5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of

Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chicago’s first and oldest Mexican-American parish, lost 12 young men in the Vietnam War during a brutal five-year period.

8:30 Antiques Roadshow:

Musical Scores Get ready for some rockin’, rollin’, and Roadshow with this collection of best musical moments.

9:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 3 of 3)

Uncover West Coast wonders such as a Pablo Picasso “Grand Oiseau Vert” pot, an Ottoman zarf made around 1875, and a Tiffany Studios “Bookmark” desk set from around 1924.

10:30 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company EARLY MORNING 12:30 National Memorial Day

Concert 2022 [R] 2:00 Remember Pearl Harbor See Sun. May 29 at 2:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest

Generation See Sun. May 29 at 4:00 pm. [R] 5:00 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: Dreaming of a New Land

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg, and Kal Penn the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears.

9:00 Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March 10:00 Frontline: Police on Trial

Investigate the Minneapolis police in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters from the Star Tribune.

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

In the Spotlight

San Franciscans march against anti-Asian violence.

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate and explores the struggles and triumphs of AAPI communities.

Tuesday, May 31 9:00 pm