The Guide | October 2016 by WTTW

Air Check Dear Member, October brings back new seasons of audience favorites and some exciting debut programming. Check, Please! returns for its 16th season, and you can catch in on WTTW11 or on wttw.com/checkplease. Chicago Tonight, our cross-platform newsmagazine, will bring you wide-ranging coverage of every aspect of the upcoming election with live candidate forums, top-flight political reporting, and a comprehensive online voters’ guide. And we’re excited to premiere two all-new specials: an electrifying Soundstage concert to broadcast on PBS stations across the country featuring chart-topping singer/songwriter Regina Spektor, whom you may know as the singer/songwriter of the theme for the popular Netflix series Orange is the New Black; and a new cross-platform special, Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention with Geoffrey Baer, which will reveal the fascinating history – and future – of one of Chicago’s most popular tourist destinations. Tune in for the television documentary, and visit wttw.com/navypier for a mobile video tour of the Pier with Geoffrey as guide, an historical timeline, an analysis of the sustainability aspect of the development project, a library of webexclusive videos, and a place where you can share photos and memories of your family’s time on Navy Pier. On WTTW11 and wttw.com, Poldark and Indian Summers continue on Sunday evenings, and new this month, an engaging series that was a big hit in the U.K. – The Durrells on Corfu. Do You Speak Chopin? will follow pianists in a prestigious international competition, and debuts on WTTW11/wttw.com and as a radio documentary on 98.7WFMT/wfmt.com. PBS NewsHour serves up live coverage and analysis of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, and several specials recall crucial elections of the past. Meet a girls’ soccer team from Chicago’s South Side endeavoring to stay In the Game, Nature takes us into the worlds of Super Hummingbirds and Africa’s Gentle Giants, NOVA traces human evolution, and Frontline presents more incisive reporting on ISIS. For something completely different, Evanston native Bill Murray receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, American Masters focuses on television trailblazer Norman Lear, and we get a backstage pass to the making of Broadway’s hottest show, Hamilton. On 98.7WFMT and wfmt.com, our long-standing partnership with Lyric Opera of Chicago continues as Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines co-host live presentations of Wagner’s Das Rheingold – opening night of the new Lyric season – and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. We’ll welcome back the star of Das Rheingold, bass-baritone Eric Owens, for new editions of Eric on Opera on Saturday afternoons, and singers from Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center for a new season of studio recitals. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and his San Francisco Symphony are back with a new season on Thursday nights. And Kerry Frumkin welcomes two extraordinary quartets for live Impromptus during October: the award-winning young players of the Calidore String Quartet, and the internationally-renowned Danish String Quartet, both visiting Chicago this fall. Listen on 98.7WFMT, wfmt.com, or through our Apple and Android apps, and find new stories covering the world of classical music and the arts on our website at wfmt.com every day. Thank you for your continuing support. Sincerely,

Dan Schmidt President & CEO

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17 Do it Yourself Saturdays

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19 At-a-Glance

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20 Radio Listings

WTTW Kid Grid

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ON THE COVER: Geoffrey Baer on Navy Pier. Photo: Bill Richert 2

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MEMBER CONNECTIONS Ear Taxi Festival Audience Event WHAT The Ear Taxi Festival is a six-day musical joyride through the Ear Taxi Festival Snapshot on creative landscape of emerging and established composers, perWFMT forming ensembles, and sound installation artists. You’re invited to be part of the audiWHERE ence for a one-hour PianoForte Studios snapshot of this excit1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago ing festival. The festival focuses WHEN on new music that is Friday, October 7, 12:00 pm composed in the classical traditions of acoustic and electronic music. Most of the festival composers and musicians live in the Chicago area. Admission to this concert is free. For program information, visit Seth Boustead pianofortefoundation.org.

Free Screening: Count Me In WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, invites you to the free premiere of the local documentary film, Count Me In. At a time when voter frustration is mounting, there’s finally a good news story about money and voting. Count Me In highlights WHAT an innovative experiment in direct democracy that gives ordinary Free Premiere Screening & Chicagoans direct say over local public projects and Discussion – Count Me In monies. Pioneered in Chicago, particiWHERE Chicago Cultural Center patory budgeting is 78 East Washington Street in rapidly spreading Chicago across the country. This film shows resiWHEN dents pitching ideas Saturday, October 15, 2:00 pm for street repairs, bike lanes, and community gardens. Projects get researched, proposals crafted, and at the end, the entire community is invited to vote. For more information, visit wttw.com/events.

Meet Nature Cat at Fall Festival! Nature Cat

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Nature Cat at Fall Festival

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River Trail Nature Center 3120 Milwaukee Avenue in Northbrook

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Sunday, October 16, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join the Forest Preserves of Cook County and walk-around PBS Kids character Nature Cat as we celebrate the season with a special day of autumn fun. There will be storytelling, beekeeping demonstrations, pumpkin painting, honey, hay rides, and more! Nature Cat will be on hand to share in the festivities, take pictures, and will bring a fun WTTW kids project! Admission is free; there are small fees for some activities, or bring non-perishable food items to donate to The Greater Chicago Food Depository in exchange for activity tickets. 1 item=1 ticket. For more information, visit wttw.com/events.

An Evening at Navy Pier with Geoffrey Baer

WHAT You’re invited to a very special event to be among the first to view Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention – a Screening, Meet & Greet, and new cross-platform special with Geoffrey Baer, which will reveal the fascinating history and future of one of Reception with Geoffrey Baer Chicago’s most popular destinations. You’ll preview the documentary, enjoy snacks and refreshments, meet Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention Geoffrey Baer, and stand by as we broadcast live on WTTW11 from Geoffrey Baer Navy Pier at the close of the event. WHERE Tickets are $15, and WTTW members and Navy Pier friends Navy Pier’s Aon Grand Ballroom 600 E. Grand Avenue in Chicago receive $5 off reservations. Seats for this exclusive event will go very quickly, so reserve your spot right away! WHEN Important Note: To receive this special offer when reserving Thursday, October 27 tickets at wttw.com/events: 7:30 pm: Screening of Navy Pier: WTTW current members should use promo code: A Century of Reinvention WTTWMEMBER 8:30 pm: Meet & Greet, Reception, and Live Broadcast Navy Pier friends should use the promo code: PIERFRIEND Please note that there are no physical tickets for this event. Your online confirmation will grant you entrance to the event, and we will have your name and number of seat reservations on a door list on October 27. Tickets will go very quickly. For more information and to reserve your spot today, visit wttw.com/events. In October, we’ll also launch wttw.com/navypier – an immersive site featuring a mobile video tour of the Pier with Geoffrey as guide, an historical timeline, a look at the sustainability aspect of the Pier’s redevelopment, web exclusive videos, and a place where you can share photos and memories of your family’s time on Navy Pier!

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MEMBER PERKS Dance Center Offers 2-for-1 Tickets for Nora Chipaumire

2-for-1 Tickets to “Oliver!” The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) open their 36th season with the Tony Award-winning musical Oliver! with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Bringing the beloved Charles Dickens novel to life, this wild adventure through Victorian England spotlights the young orphaned Oliver Twist navigating London’s underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family, and, most important, love. When a boy named the Artful Dodger picks up Oliver on the street, he brings him to join a gang of child pickpockets, led by the conniving but charismatic Fagin. When Oliver is falsely accused of a theft he didn’t commit, a kind and wealthy gentleman rescues him, to the dismay of Fagin’s violent sidekick, Bill Sykes. Caught in the middle is the warmhearted Nancy, who is trapped under Bill’s thumb, but desperate to help Oliver. Performances of Oliver! take place October 21-November 13, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey, at Marshfield just west of Ashland, in Chicago. Free parking is available in two lots. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, to any performance by sending an email to: tickets@saintsebastianplayers.org and mentioning code WTTW. For information, visit saintsebastianplayers.org.

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago welcomes choreographer-performer Nora Chipaumire with her most recent artistic investigation of the black body, Africa, and the self – portrait of myself as my father – co-commissioned by the Dance Center. Performed by Chipaumire, Senegalese dancer Kaolack (who danced with Compagnie Jant-Bi for many years) and Shamar Watt, the evening-length portrait considers the African male through the lens of cultural traditions, colonialism, Christianity, liberation struggles— and how these ideas might impact the African family and society on a global scale. The work takes place within a boxing ring and invites the audience to sit close as well as at a distance in witnessing the performance. Performances are October 2022 at 7:30 pm at the Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Seating for these performances is general admission. WTTW members may purchase two tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, for any performance by calling (312) 369-8330 and using the code 24828. For more information, visit colum.edu/dancecenterpresents.

$10 Off Tickets to THE BARDY BUNCH WTTW Members have the exclusive opportunity to receive $10 off tickets to THE BARDY BUNCH: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady, beginning a limited engagement September 15 at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport Avenue in Chicago. It is 1974. We join the Bradys and the Partridges just after the ABC Network ceased airing their chronicles. It was a summer when these beloved TV families, no longer under America’s watchful eye, met on a collision course in a blood-soaked, vengeance-fueled, lust-filled crossover episode of Shakespearean proportions. To redeem this special offer, please call (773) 325-1700 or visit TheBardyBunch.com and use code WTTW10 when purchasing tickets. Offer expires 11/13/2016.

2-for-1 Tickets to New Philharmonic’s “An Evening with Gershwin” Enjoy Gershwin’s unique mix of classical and jazz styles with his “Rhapsody in Blue” for piano and the orchestra’s “An American in Paris” at the McAninch Arts Center. One hundred voices, orchestra, an award-winning pianist, and two soloists unite in the riveting songs from Porgy and Bess including “Summertime,” “I Got Plenty O’Nuttin,” “Bess You Is My Woman Now,” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” This special concert features the 100-voice Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus. WFMT members receive 2-for-1 admission to New Philharmonic’s An Evening with Gershwin by calling call (630) 942-4000 and using code WFMT. This performance takes place Saturday, October 22 at 7:30 pm at the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Farwell Boulevard in Glen Ellyn.

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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11

Independent Lens: Best of Enemies

Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election

The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece

In 1968, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr. changed TV news forever with their explosive political debates. Live and unscripted, conservative Buckley and leftist Vidal riveted viewers as a new era in contentious public discourse was born.

This film chronicles the close 1976 race between incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford and Democratic candidate and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. It was the last time the country wasn’t polarized in the manner it is today.

Louisa Durrell and her four headstrong children, ages 11 to 21, arrive penniless on the bucolic Greek island of Corfu in 1935. They soon fall in with the locals and a menagerie of animals.

Monday, October 3, 9:00 pm

Thursday, October 13, 9:00 pm

Premieres Sunday, October 16, 7:00 pm

See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.

Saturday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 1:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 1:30 Nightly Business Report 2:00 Tavis Smiley 2:30 Charlie Rose

In the Spotlight

Frédéric Chopin

Do You Speak Chopin?

This new documentary from awardwinning filmmaker Marian Marzynski follows several young pianists as they compete in the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, called by many the “Chopin Olympics.” The film also explores how Chopin’s influence still impacts the daily lives of residents and visitors to the city. The radio version of this film will air on 98.7WFMT on Wednesday, October 5 and Monday, October 10 at 10:00 pm.

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Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016 [R] Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: The Invisibles [R] Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R]

MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Eggs 10:30 A Chef’s Life: Peas, Please 11:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Teeny Kitchen 11:30 Ask This Old House: Nick Offerman, Pipe Shelf AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Surf and Turf Goes Regional 12:30 Simply Ming 1:00 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef – Seafood Extravaganza 1:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Off the Beaten Path in Playa Del Carmen [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Spa Cuisine Gets a Makeover 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: New York Natives 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Legumes 3:30 Martha Bakes: Frangipane 4:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] 4:30 Wild Travels Segments in this episode include: A library half in Canada, half in the U.S.A. (Vermont); a professional golf ball diver (Florida); Krishna’s palace of gold (West Virginia); and more. 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Florence – Heart of the Renaissance 5:30 The Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Cruise Ship Ghosts EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill [R]

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Doc Martin: Perish Together as Fools Martin is shocked to find Louisa and Aunt Joan knocking at his door before his office has opened. Louisa has had a medical scare and wants Martin’s reassurance that everything is fine. 8:00 Father Brown: The Maddest of All One of Father Brown’s former parishioners, Felix Underwood, comes stumbling through the village dressed only in a hospital gown. He says one word – “murder!” – before dying. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 2 of 8) DI Humphrey Goodman and his team are perplexed by the seemingly random killing of a stand-in on a film set. 10:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) Still plagued by the death of his ex-wife, Luther returns to work to face a surreal case of a masked murderer. 11:00 Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 9) [R]

Sunday 2 EARLY MORNING 1:00 Contenders: 16 for ’16 – Romney/Dukakis, The Technocrats (Part 3 of 8) [R] 2:00 American Umpire [R] 3:00 Finding Your Roots with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Our People, Our Traditions [R] 4:00 Forces of Nature: Color (Part 2 of 4) [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Baby Makes 3: Natural Wonders 11:30 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly: Oahu – Horseback Riding, Lei-Making, Culture On this stunning Hawaiian island, Colleen and her family learn how to make the traditional lei, take a horseback ride through the Kualoa Ranch, and attend a Starlight Lu‘au.

In the Spotlight

William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal

Independent Lens: Best of Enemies In 1968, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. changed TV news forever with their explosive political debates. Live and unscripted, conservative Buckley and leftist Vidal riveted viewers as a new era in contentious public discourse was born.

Monday, October 3, 9:00 pm

AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Campeche – Tale of a Pirate City 1:00 Latino Americans: Pride and Prejudice (Part 5 of 6) Witness the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California. 2:00 Latino Americans: Peril and Promise (Part 6 of 6) Latino Americans become the largest

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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights These digital channels are available with digital cable or over-the-air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedules. NOVA: Great Human Odyssey

Wednesday, October 5, 9:00 pm

Walk in the footsteps of our ancient ancestors as scientists trace the paths that led us out of Africa and around the world. From snowy Siberia to remote Pacific islands, discover how humans survived and thrived in every corner of the planet.

WTTW11 in HD Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can watch WTTW11 in high-definition by tuning to channel 11-1. Cable or satellite viewers can locate WTTW11 in highdefinition on the on-screen menu.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Rare male initiation ceremony in Papua, New Guinea

World Dancesport Grandslam Series

Tuesdays, 9:00 pm

This competition attracts the world’s best dancers to compete for the most prestigious titles and prize money in the world of dance. Combining athleticism and artistry, the 12 best dance couples perform Latin and Standard styles of dance, from the samba, cha cha cha, rumba, and paso doble to the waltz, tango, slow foxtrot, and quickstep – all in the hopes of being crowned champion.

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.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Two of last year’s competitors

Fall Into Harvest

Sunday, October 30, 11:00 am

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.

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Autumn is in full swing and what better way to spend it than with us. Fall into the harvest with P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home and Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook to give you the freshest ingredients ad and ideas for your rustic meals.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: P. Allen Smith

America ReFramed: We Like It Like That

WTTW World WTTW WORLD features public television’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.

Tuesday, October 4, 7:00 pm

This film tells the story of Latin boogaloo music in New York City. It is a product of the melting pot and a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South Bronx, and Brooklyn.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Band performing Latin boogaloo

Generation STEM

Saturdays, 4:00 pm

WTTW Vme WTTW Vme is our Spanish language channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. WTTW Vme is on Comcast digital channels 368 and 629, Dish Network channels 846 and 9414, DirectTV channel 440, and RCN channel 39.

This series explores the exciting world of technology and tells the stories of students, teachers, and professionals in STEM careers.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: STEM careers are very diverse, including jobs in finance and biochemistry.

October On-Demand Picks on demand

WTTW on Demand Find WTTW on Comcast on Demand.

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America’s Test Kitchen Check, Please! Chicago Time Machine Chicago Tonight Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless

Pictured: Rick Bayless

In the Spotlight

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Willie Velasquez

Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice Meet the charismatic pioneering activist Willie Velasquez, whose rallying cry of “su voto es su voz” (your vote is your voice) started a grassroots movement that transformed the nation’s political landscape, and paved the way for the growing power of the Latino vote.

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and youngest growing sector of the American population. Frontline: The Choice 2016 [R] PBS NewsHour Weekend Keeping Up Appearances

EVENING 6:00 Do You Speak Chopin? 7:00 Poldark Revealed In its first season, Poldark took audiences by storm. Now, join the cast and crew on set to uncover the real-life stories behind the history, books, and characters, and learn what makes Ross Poldark such an unforgettable, much-loved hero. 8:00 Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 9) George tries plan B against Ross. Jud pays a steep price for treachery. Francis has a meeting of minds with his cousin. Demelza breaks difficult news. 9:00 Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 10) Sooni confronts Aafrin and receives a shock. Madeline tries to line up a key ally for Ralph. Lord Hawthorne’s interest in Leena deepens dangerously. 10:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] 10:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Oct. 1 at 4:30 pm. [R] 11:00 Chicago Time Machine (Part 1 of 4) [R] 11:30 Film School Shorts: Daily Grind

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Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill

PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – Vice Presidential Debate The PBS NewsHour presents live coverage, from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, of the 90-minute debate between the vice presidential candidates, Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, followed by analysis. The program is co-anchored by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff.

Tuesday, October 4, 8:00 pm

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Paul Simon 1:00 Doc Martin: Perish Together as Fools See Sat. Oct. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Maddest of All See Sat. Oct. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 2 of 8) See Sat. Oct. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) See Sat. Oct. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Legumes [R] 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Super-Duper MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Knoxville (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include a collection of personal letters from Amelia Earhart to the guest’s aunt; Joseph Delaney drawings, circa 1950, purchased for

$20 each and now valued at $2,000 to $3,000; and two Jacob Maentel watercolors, circa 1835, that are appraised for $60,000 to $80,000. 9:00 Independent Lens: Best of Enemies 10:30 Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice 11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Poldark Revealed See Sun. Oct. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 10) See Sun. Oct. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – 2016 Vice Presidential Debate 10:00 Contenders: 16 for ’16 – Hart/Jackson, The Visionaries (Part 4 of 8) Examine the stories of the charismatic Sen. Gary Hart and Rev. Jesse Jackson, forward-leaning aspirants determined to tackle the biggest foreign policy and domestic issues of the day. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report

Chukchi girl of Arctic Russia

NOVA: Great Human Odyssey Walk in the footsteps of our ancient ancestors as scientists trace the paths that led us out of Africa and around the world. From snowy Siberia to remote Pacific islands, discover how humans survived and thrived in every corner of the planet.

Wednesday, October 5, 9:00 pm

Wednesday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Knoxville (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Do You Speak Chopin? See Sun. Oct. 3 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 1 of 4) [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Forces of Nature: Motion (Part 4 of 4) The forces of nature have kept Earth on the move since it was formed billions of years ago. Though we can’t feel the motion, we experience the consequences. 9:00 NOVA: Great Human Odyssey 11:00 BBC World News

Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor: A Soundstage Special Experience the artistry of awardwinning singer-songwriter Regina Spektor (writer/performer of the Grammy-nominated Orange Is the New Black main theme), in this magical concert special taped in WTTW’s Grainer Studio. Backed by a lush string section, Spektor sits down at the piano to share tracks from her new release, Remember Us to Life, and other beloved hits from her previous bestselling albums.

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Arthur Odd Squad Wild Kratts Ready Jet Go! Nature Cat Curious George Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sesame Street Peg + Cat Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends

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Cat in the Hat Sesame Street Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid Super Why Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Nature Cat Arthur

Super Why Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Nature Cat Cat in the Hat Arthur Arthur Curious George Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Odd Squad Wild Kratts Wild Kratts

Super Why Caillou Cyberchase WordGirl Martha Speaks Peg + Cat Arthur Curious George Nature Cat Ready Jet Go! Odd Squad Wild Kratts

11:30 Nightly Business Report Photo: Kartemquin Films

Thursday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice See Mon. Oct. 3 at 10:30 pm. [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: Best of Enemies See Mon. Oct. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids

This film directed by Peabody awardwinner Maria Finitzo (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, 5 Girls) follows the ups and downs of a girls’ soccer team to reveal the very real obstacles that low-income students confront in their quest for higher education.

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Dream On

WordGirl Sundays at 6:30 am

In the Spotlight

America ReFramed: In the Game

Host John Fugelsang

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Regina Spektor: A Soundstage Special 9:00 America ReFramed: In the Game 10:30 Film: Radical Grace When the Vatican reprimands U.S. nuns – citing their “radical feminism” – three fearless nuns risk their place in the Church to follow another higher calling: social justice.

Friday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News

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Chicago Tonight [R] Nightly Business Report Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose Forces of Nature: Motion (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. Oct. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] Chicago Tonight [R]

In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of the United States in 1831 came to define the country as a place where anyone, of any background, could climb the ladder of economic opportunity. Fugelsang explores whether Tocqueville’s vision is alive and well today, or whether George Carlin was right when he famously quipped, “It’s the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

Friday, October 7, 10:00 pm

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 2 of 4) 8:00 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice In honor of the show’s 15th anniversary, some top Chicago chefs were asked to choose some of their favorite eateries that have been featured on the show in previous years. 8:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Ceviches Gone Wild The Caribbean Sea provides exquisitely fresh fish, a bounty perhaps best translated on the plate through ceviche. 9:00 Getting Ahead This documentary follows Tavis Smiley as he

Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill

PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – Second Presidential Debate The PBS NewsHour presents live coverage, from Washington University in St. Louis, of the second Presidential Debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, followed by analysis. Co-anchored by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff.

Sunday, October 9, 8:00 pm

2016

OCTOBER

In the Spotlight travels to Northern California, where minimum wage increases have been in place for at least a year, and offers a look at the real impact of higher wages on communities, businesses, and employees. 10:00 Dream On 11:30 BBC World News

Saturday 8

Frontline: Confronting ISIS Frontline presents this in-depth investigation of the U.S.-led efforts to degrade and destroy ISIS. Reporting from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey, the film examines the successes, failures, and challenges of the fight, as ISIS loses ground in the region but strikes out abroad.

Tuesday, October 11, 9:00 pm

Nature: Super Hummingbirds With high speed camerawork and breakthrough new science, we enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds as never before. And for the first time, we see them mate, lay eggs, fight, and raise families in intimate detail. They are great athletes, tender mothers, brave in combat, and up for any challenge. They are the smallest and most brilliant birds on earth.

Wednesday, October 12, 8:00 pm 10

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2016

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 NOVA: Great Human Odyssey See Wed. Oct. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Wild Travels [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Perfect Roasted Chicken 10:30 A Chef’s Life: Stand By Your Cabbage 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Big Family Breakfast 12:30 Simply Ming 1:00 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef – Gluten-Free Favorites 1:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Ceviches Gone Wild See Fri. Oct. 7 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pizza and Cookies Go Gluten-Free 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Hearty Start to the Day 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Shrimp 3:30 Martha Bakes: White Bread 4:00 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice See Fri. Oct. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Wild Travels Segments in this episode include: A brewpub inside a Catholic Church (Pennsylvania); Tabanero Cigar Factory (Florida); Glessner Studies of Unexplained Death (Maryland); and more. 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 5:30 The Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Alternatives to Commercial Jets EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:00 Doc Martin: Driving Mr. McLynn Martin sees Mr. and Mrs. McLynn behaving oddly

in the village, and makes an astonishing diagnosis. 8:00 Father Brown: The Pride of the Prydes The grand opening of Pryde Castle ends in disaster when a guide is struck by an arrow. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 3 of 8) The murder of a gigolo brings the team into contact with the social elite of Saint Marie, and proves particularly hard-hitting for Fidel. 10:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) Luther must rescue Ripley, abducted by Cameron, in time to prevent Cameron’s final murderous set piece. 11:00 Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 9) [R]

Sunday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Independent Lens: Best of Enemies [R] 1:30 Contenders: 16 for ’16 – Hart/Jackson, The Visionaries [R] 2:30 Getting Ahead See Fri. Oct. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Dream On See Fri. Oct. 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Family Ingredients: Hawai’i – Poi Hawaiian cuisine is blazing its way into kitchens across America with exciting flavors and ingredients. 11:30 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly: Oahu – Surfing, History, and Movie Set Tours Colleen and her family take advantage of Kualoa Ranch’s Movie Set Tour and see where they shot the films Jurassic Park and 50 First Dates. AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice [R] 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Champoton – Chachi’s Kitchen 1:00 Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role in Anthony Minghella’s critically acclaimed 2006 production. Roberto Alagna sings Lieutenant Pinkerton. 4:00 Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice [R] 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 Keeping Up Appearances EVENING 6:00 Frontline: The Choice 2016 [R] 8:00 PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – Presidential Debate 10:00 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice [R]

10:30 Regina Spektor: A Soundstage Special See Thurs. Oct. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 11:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Oct. 8 at 4:30 pm. [R]

Monday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: James Bay/Rhiannon Giddens 1:00 Doc Martin: Driving Mr. McLynn See Sat. Oct. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Pride of the Prydes See Sat. Oct. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 3 of 8) See Sat. Oct. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) See Sat. Oct. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Shrimp [R] 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: The Best of Garden Home – Cooking

In the Spotlight

Jimmy Carter

Feeling Good About America: 1976 Election In 1976, the year of the Bicentennial, Americans pulled together to select a new president who could help close the book on the Watergate scandal. This film chronicles the race between incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford and Democratic candidate and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, exploring Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon and Carter’s primary strategy in a crowded field, and discusses how the 1976 Presidential election was the last time in which the country wasn’t polarized in the manner it is today.

Thursday, October 13, 9:00 pm

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Nightly Business Report Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose America ReFramed: In the Game See Thurs. Oct. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] Rick Steves’ Europe [R] Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids

Catherine De Orio

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Contenders: 16 for ’16 – Goldwater/Reagan, The Conservatives 9:00 Frontline: Confronting ISIS 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report

Check, Please!

Wednesday 12

The premiere of season 16 of WTTW’s popular local restaurant review series, hosted by Catherine De Orio. Watch she presides over new groups of guestreviewers as they compare notes on a wide variety of local Chicago area eateries, and visit the Check, Please! website for videos, blogs, recipes, tweets, a searchable database of restaurants by cuisine, price range, and location – everything for the dedicated local foodie.

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 POV: From This Day Forward See Mon. Oct. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

Friday, October 14, 8:00 pm

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Knoxville (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a third edition of Gone With the Wind with a false inscription, and signed Muhammad Ali training shoes that are appraised for $15,000 to $20,000. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include a Laurel and Hardy “Swiss Miss” horn that was used as a prop in their 1930 film, and a Thomas Hart Benton oil on tin, circa 1950, that is appraised for $125,000. 10:00 POV: From This Day Forward Sharon Shattuck’s father came out as transgender, living as Trisha. Her mother stayed with him. Now Sharon wants to understand how the family survived intact. 11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Super Hummingbirds 9:00 NOVA: Super Tunnel Follow an army of engineers and designers as they tackle the complex challenge of building Crossrail, a massive new subterranean railway deep beneath the streets of London. 10:00 WWII Mega Weapons: The Tunnels of Okinawa 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report

Thursday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Frontline: Confronting ISIS See Tues. Oct. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Wild Travels [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election Assassinations, racial unrest, nationwide riots, and an endless war in Vietnam put the nation on

edge and produced an historic three-way presidential election where all the candidates were deeply flawed. This documentary tells the unforgettable story of 1968. 9:00 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election 10:00 Frontline: The Choice 2016 [R]

Friday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:30 Nightly Business Report 2:00 Tavis Smiley 2:30 Charlie Rose 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Knoxville (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 3 of 4) 8:00 Check, Please! Boston Fish Market, Charlatan, Bar Pastoral The 16th season premiere. Catherine De Orio welcomes three more guest-reviewers to talk about their chosen restaurants: talent manager Alicia James, who loves Boston Fish Market in Des Plaines; attorney Alex Dravillas, who recommends Charlatan in West Town; and artist Adam Thomas, whose choice is Bar Pastoral in the Lakeview neighborhood. 8:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Cooking Like a Local Hartwood is one of Mexico’s most in-demand restaurants. Here, chef Eric Werner explains the farm-totable supply chain that brings ingredients into Hartwood’s unique live-fire kitchen. 9:00 Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends 11:30 BBC World News

Saturday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 WWII Mega Weapons: The Tunnels of Okinawa [R] 3:30 NOVA: Super Tunnel

4:30 5:00

Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Alternatives to Commercial Jets [R] Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R]

MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: 10:30 A Chef’s Life: Cabbage’s Last Stand 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: A Taste of Tennessee 12:30 Simply Ming 1:00 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef – Fun in the Kitchen 1:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Cooking Like a Local See Fri. Oct. 14 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Southeast Asian Specialties 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Hearty Fall Feast 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Chicken 3:30 Martha Bakes: Never Enough Cookies 4:00 Check, Please! Boston Fish Market, Charlatan,

In the Spotlight

Patti Austin

Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends This all-star concert salutes the Grammys’ Lifetime Achievement, Trustee, and Music Educator award winners, including Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, John Cage, and more.

Friday, October 14, 9:00 pm 2016

OCTOBER

In the Spotlight to the jet-setting world of airline pilots and cabin crew when an air stewardess is discovered murdered. 10:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 3 of 4) As Luther’s affection for Jenny grows so does his determination to protect her and help her back on her feet. 11:00 Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election See Thurs. Oct. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 16

Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler (3-Part Series) Laurence Rees looks at how Adolf Hitler formed a connection with millions of German people and in the process, this seemingly unlikely figure generated a level of charismatic attraction almost without parallel. Dispelling the myth that Hitler somehow hypnotized a nation, the first episode looks at how his alleged “charisma” played a key role in his success as a leader.

Sunday, October 16, 23, and 30, 6:00 pm

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Bar Pastoral See Fri. Oct. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] Wild Travels Segments in this episode include: a drive-in church service (Florida), the Main Street Museum’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Vermont), and the entire White House in miniature at the President’s Hall of Fame (Florida). Rick Steves’ Europe The Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Rating Your Tour Guide

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:00 Doc Martin: The Departed Martin is in London to meet with Robert Dashwood, who is leading the selection process for the prestigious London surgeon’s job that he has applied for. 8:00 Father Brown: The Shadow of the Scaffold When convicted killer Violet is given a temporary reprieve from the gallows, she begs Father Brown to prove her innocence. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 4 of 8) DI Goodman and his team are introduced 12

OCTOBER

2016

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election See Thurs. Oct. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Contenders: 16 for ’16 – Goldwater/Reagan, The Conservatives [R] 2:00 Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends See Fri. Oct. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 3 of 4) [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Family Ingredients: Okinawa – Soki Soba 11:30 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Boston Fish Market, Charlatan, Bar Pastoral [R] 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Ancient Maya 1:00 Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux The last opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, stars Sondra Radvanovsky as Elizabeth I and features Matthew Polenzani, Elina Garanca, and Mariusz Kwiecien. 4:00 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election [R] 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 Keeping Up Appearances EVENING 6:00 Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler (Part 1 of 3) 7:00 The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) 8:00 Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) 9:00 Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 10) Lord Hawthorne wants Adam arrested. Alice and Aafrin’s affair teeters on exposure. A marriage descends into sadism. The dead and presumed dead return. 10:00 Check, Please! Boston Fish Market, Charlatan, Bar Pastoral [R]

10:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Oct. 15 at 4:30 pm. [R] 11:00 Concert to Face Addiction In October of 2015, tens of thousands of people came to the National Mall in Washington D.C. for an incredible night of music to raise awareness for addiction, which affects 45 million Americans and their families.

Monday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters 1:00 Doc Martin: The Departed See Sat. Oct. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Shadow of the Scaffold See Sat. Oct. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 4 of 8) See Sat. Oct. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 3 of 4) See Sat. Oct. 15 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Chicken [R] 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Crystal Bridges, American Dreams MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include a Babyland Rag topsy-turvy doll, ca. 1905, composed of both a Babyland Rag doll and a Steiff bear, and Robert E. Lee’s own map of critical battle areas around Richmond, worth $50,000 to $100,000. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a NASA “Mercury 7” signed photo, ca. 1960; an 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed document, given to the guest’s great-great-great-uncle by Abraham Lincoln and valued at $50,000 to $75,000; and a Tiffany & Co. gold necklace, circa 1875, appraised for $55,000 to $60,000. 10:00 POV: Hooligan Sparrow Follow Hooligan Sparrow and other activists across southern China seeking justice for schoolgirls allegedly sexually abused by their principal. Named enemies of the state, the activists face interrogation and prison. The filmmaker is a target, too. 11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 10) See Sun. Oct. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Contenders: 16 for ’16 – Perot/Nader, The Independents 9:00 Tesla: American Experience 10:00 Frontline: Terror in Europe 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report

In the Spotlight

The Durrells

The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece (New Series) Keeley Hawes stars as an intrepid widow who decamps from dreary England in 1935 to a sun-dappled Greek island with her four recalcitrant children ages 11 to 21 – Gerry, Leslie, Margo, and Larry – and the family dog, Roger. In the series premiere, the family arrives penniless on Corfu and soon fall in with the locals and a menagerie of animals. The series is based on the My Family and Other Animals books by Gerald Durrell.

Sunday, October 16, 7:00 pm

In the Spotlight

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Frontline: Terror in Europe See Tues. Oct. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] Tesla: American Experience See Tues. Oct. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] Wild Travels [R] Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids

Nikola Tesla

Tesla: American Experience Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla’s vision that paved the way for today’s wireless world.

Tuesday, October 18, 9:00 pm

Wednesday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 POV: Hooligan Sparrow See Mon. Oct. 17 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – 2016 Presidential Debate 10:00 Nature: My Congo As a successful wildlife cameraman, Djenguet is returning to his homeland in the Congo to reveal the beauty and majesty of his country and the people within. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report

Thursday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism This documentary, narrated by actor Jim Caviezel, explores the role played by Pope John Paul II in the fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe. 9:30 Globe Trekker: Poland Megan McCormick discovers the rich folklore and history of Poland. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report

Friday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Nature: My Congo See Wed. Oct. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Boston Fish Market, Charlatan, Bar Pastoral [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 4 of 4) 8:00 Check, Please! Nico Osteria, Little Bad Wolf, Greenhouse Inn Host Catherine De Orio welcomes three guest-reviewers who compare notes about their chosen restaurants: real estate executive Christine Torres, who recommends Gold Coast eatery Nico Osteria; teacher William Ferguson, whose choice is Little Bad Wolf in Edgewater; and radio show host Molly Cavanaugh, who loves Greenhouse Inn at the Misericordia Home in Rogers Park. 8:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Love of Live Fire Cooking In Yucatan, cooking over fire is a way of life. Rick meets up with chef Juan Pablo Loza, who ignites the wood-fire grill for

octopus with local pineapple. He then returns to Lena Brava, his new all wood-fire restaurant in Chicago, to make poc chuc, a traditional citrusy grilled spicy pork dish. 9:00 Great Performances: Hamilton’s America 10:30 Great Performances: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek Live! Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga team up for a special concert from the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New York City, performing selections from their collaborative classic jazz recording, Cheek to Cheek. 11:30 BBC World News

Saturday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism See Thurs. Oct. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Globe Trekker: Poland See Thurs. Oct. 20 at 9:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R]

Scene from Hamilton

Great Performances: Hamilton’s America This new documentary goes behind the scenes to follow the creation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pop culture Broadway phenomenon Hamilton and elaborate on the history behind it. Included are interviews with Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, Questlove, Jimmy Fallon, Nas, Stephen Sondheim, and more.

Friday, October 21, 9:00 pm

MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 10:30 A Chef’s Life: Rabbit 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: The Devil Made Me Do It 12:30 Simply Ming 1:00 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef – Healthy and Delicious, Part 1 1:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Love of Live Fire Cooking See Fri. Oct. 21 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Great Grilled Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Spanish Chicken and Israeli Couscous 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Onions 3:30 Martha Bakes: Pizza Dough 4:00 Check, Please! Nico Osteria, Little Bad Wolf, Greenhouse Inn [R] 4:30 Wild Travels Segments in this episode include: incredible contraptions at the Inventor’s Expo (Pennsylvania), the Museum of Everyday Life – this year featuring dust!

Norman Lear

Norman Lear: American Masters Discover how the prolific creator of All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Good Times effected social change through his groundbreaking sitcoms and activism. Hear from performers George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Jon Stewart, Russell Simmons, and others on how his work resonated with them and influenced their careers.

Tuesday, October 25, 9:00 pm 2016

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Ask This Old House

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Check, Please!

Forces of Nature

Heiress and Her Chateau

Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election

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Chicago Time Machine

Return to the Wild

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Chicago Tonight

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America ReFramed

Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece

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Rick Steves

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Last Tango in Halifax

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Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece

America ReFramed

Death in Paradise

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PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report - 2016 Vice Presidential Debate

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Forces of Nature On Story

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Poldark Revealed

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Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention

What Love Is: The Duke Pathfinders 50

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In the Spotlight cover up Toby’s death and appease a suspicious Baba. He must also protect Jenny from any further harm. 11:00 Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) [R]

Sunday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Great Performances: Hamilton’s America See Fri. Oct. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Contenders: 16 for’16 – Perot/Nader, The Independents [R] 2:30 Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. Oct. 16 at 6:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Frontline: Terror in Europe [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 4 of 4) [R]

Nature: Giraffes – Africa’s Gentle Giants What does it take to relocate a herd of wild giraffes in Africa? One man, his family, and a band of enthusiastic helpers are about to find out. Their journey will take them across the wild heart of Uganda, crossing the mighty Nile River. The size of this operation cannot be underestimated, particularly when your cargo is so precious. That’s because these are no ordinary giraffes, they are in fact the world’s rarest.

MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Family Ingredients: Tahiti – Poisson Cru 11:30 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

(Vermont), and Harvesting spider webs for fine art (Vermont). Rick Steves’ Europe The Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Decline and Fall of Air Service to U.S. Cities

AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Nico Osteria, Little Bad Wolf, Greenhouse Inn [R] 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Izamal – Gold and God 1:00 Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl. Sir Richard Eyre’s new production, conducted by Fabio Luisi, is set in the 1940s. 3:30 Great Performances: Hamilton’s America [R] 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 Keeping Up Appearances

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:00 Doc Martin: Midwife Crisis Martin meets Portwenn’s new midwife, Molly, who will be looking after Louisa. Martin is dismissive of her profession, and the two of them do not hit it off. 8:00 Father Brown: The Mysteries of the Rosary The disappearance of an old friend sends Father Brown and Sid on a quest to find the mythical Lannington Rosary. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 5 of 8) When the dead body of the Commerce Minister for Saint-Marie is found, the Honore police department must enter the world of politics. 10:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 4 of 4) Luther’s personal and professional life spirals out of control as he tries to

EVENING 6:00 Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler (Part 2 of 3) In this second episode, Laurence Rees looks at the peak of Adolf Hitler’s popularity in Germany throughout the 1930s, and his decision to invade France in 1940. 7:00 The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) At wits’ end, Louisa orders her children to put food on the table. Larry bites the bullet and goes hunting – bad idea. Meanwhile, Margo, Leslie, and Gerry pursue their various love interests. 8:00 Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 9) 9:00 Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 10) Naresh executes a diabolical plan. Aafrin tries desperately to stop it. Ralph finally puts two and two together. Simla’s populace turns out innocently for a picnic.

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10:00 Check, Please! Nico Osteria, Little Bad Wolf, Greenhouse Inn [R] 10:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Oct. 22 at 4:30 pm. [R] 11:00 Chicago Time Machine (Part 4 of 4) [R] 11:30 Film School Shorts: Aspirations The stopmotion short Bottle details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle. In Glory Days, Jack, a recovering alcoholic and divorced father of two, has to look after his kids on New Year’s weekend. Then Lea chronicles the life of a delusional actress with an affinity for burning bridges.

Monday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Florence + The Machine/Andra Day British sensation Florence + The Machine blazes through songs from her latest LP, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. San Diego’s Andra Day sings tunes from her soulful debut, Cheers to the Fall. 1:00 Doc Martin: Midwife Crisis See Sat. Oct. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Mysteries of the Rosary See Sat. Oct. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 3, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. Oct. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 4 of 4) See Sat. Oct. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Onions [R] 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: All About the Bugs

Boston Red Stockings, appraised at $1,000,000. 10:00 POV: Thank You for Playing When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife document their emotional journey with a video game, “That Dragon, Cancer.” It evolves from a cathartic exercise into an acclaimed work of art. 11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Indian Summers Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 10) See Sun. Oct. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids

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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: The Boomer Years The “Baby Boom” of the mid-20th century created a generation of people who grew up witnessing the rise of television, space exploration, and rock ‘n’ roll. In celebration of the “Boomer Years,” the Roadshow is looking back with nostalgia at some vintage treasures from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include an unpublished Art Spiegelman book proposal for a sequel to his quotation book Whole Grains, and an archive of rare baseball cards with a handwritten letter from the 1871-1872

Geoffrey Baer

Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention Navy Pier celebrates its 100th birthday this year with a dramatic facelift and a new Ferris wheel. It hosts more visitors each year than any other tourist spot in the Midwest. But for the majority of the Pier’s 100 years, it was a white elephant. In this all-new WTTW special, Geoffrey Baer traces the Pier’s dramatic history from underused shipping terminal, to military training center, to university, to rough-edged concert venue, and now, top tourist attraction.

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Do it Yourself Saturdays 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 10:30 A Chef’s Life 11:00

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Ask This Old House

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Hubert Keller’s Secrets of a Chef