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Do it Yourself Saturdays
9:00 Step it Up with Steph 9:30 Conscious Living 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Flavor of Poland 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:00 A Chef’s Life 4:30 Check, Please! 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
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Lidia Bastianich, Saturdays at 11:00 am
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tearjerkers 9:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Kooky & Spooky Celebrate Halloween with thrilling and chilling finds, like a rag doll nicknamed Chucky, a nightmarish Leonora Carrington painting, and an eye-catching Bride of Frankenstein pressbook.
10:00 POV: Things We Dare Not Do 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 26
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 10,
Part 4 of 8) See Sun. Oct. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Grantchester Season 6 on Masterpiece (Part
4 of 8) See Sun. Oct. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Baptiste Season 2 on
4:00 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival
Food Hall, Club Lucky [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: No
Irish Need Apply Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.
9:00 American Veteran: The
Calling (Part 1 of 4) As recruits take the oath to serve, they leave the civilian world to become a soldier, sailor, marine, airman or woman. This is the start of their transformation. Narrated by TV host and former Marine Drew Carey.
10:00 Frontline: Salt Lake City Police Reform 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 27
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow:
Tearjerkers See Mon. Oct. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow:
Kooky & Spooky See Mon. Oct. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 POV: Things We Dare
Not Do See Mon. Oct. 25 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe:
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Season of the Osprey 9:00 NOVA: The Universe (Part 1 of 5) 10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lady Sapiens 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 28
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: No
1:30 American Veteran: The
2:30 Frontline: Salt Lake City
Police Reform See Tues. Oct. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Fatal Shot: Brainwashed
Assassins See Thurs. Oct. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 1
of 9) A working-class prime minister is elected and old attitudes start to change. Robert is snubbed by the village. Baxter tells all, and Edith plays with fire.
of 9) Rose hits on a strategy to get a radio in the house. Sarah tutors Daisy. An art historian arrives. Anna makes a difficult purchase.
Auschwitz, and Warsaw [R]
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 29
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Season of the
Osprey See Wed. Oct. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 NOVA: The Universe
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Scott Yoo
Go inside the mind of a genius as host Scott Yoo and fellow musicians undertake a recording of Beethoven’s most personal music at a historic Berkshires manor to explore the composer’s brilliant career where they are visited by some unexpected guests.
Friday, October 29 9:00 pm
(Part 1 of 5) See Wed. Oct. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Secrets of the Dead:
Lady Sapiens See Wed. Oct. 27 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Solidarnosc: How Solidarity
Changed Europe [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 The Indian Doctor: The Arrival (Season 1, Part 1
of 5) High-flying Delhi graduate Dr. Prem Sharma and his wife Kamini first move to the U.K. after being wooed by dreams of riches and glamour, only to find themselves residing in a small Welsh mining village. While Prem strikes up new friendships and settles into life in the Valleys, Kamini wants them to leave as soon as possible.
9:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This - Beethoven’s Ghost 10:00 One Voice: The Songs
We Share - Country Once deemed the folk music of working-class Americans, country music has reached unprecedented popularity, both in the United States and around the globe. This episode explores this singularly American art form and its rich musical history.
10:30 One Voice: The Songs We Share - American Roots
This episode explores the many cultures and traditions across our country that came together to create what we know as American popular music - indigenous music, folk, spirituals, and more.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 30
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 The Chavis Chronicles 1:30 Finding Your Roots: No
Irish Need Apply [R]
2:30 American Veteran: The
Calling (Part 1 of 4) [R]
3:30 Austin City Limits: Sarah
Jarosz/Billy Strings [R]
Auschwitz, and Warsaw [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Meadow
MORNING 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Conscious Living: The Detox Diaries 9:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan 10:00 This Old House: Concord, Dormer Day 10:30 Ask This Old House: Smart Doorbells, Recessed Lights 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Flavor of Poland: Poznan, Gniezno
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Grilling with Wood 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Trip to Rome 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Getting to the Roots 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Pretty in Peach 4:30 Check, Please! Libanais, S.K.Y., Federales 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Cairo 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Midsomer Murders: Habeas
Corpus (Part 1 of 2) When wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster’s body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed. DCI John Barnaby, DS Charlie Nelson, and new Forensic Pathologist Dr. Kam Karimore are drawn into a macabre world of bodysnatching as they seek to identify the villain.
7:50 Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Part 2 of 2) 8:40 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – See
Thyself, Devil! When a washed-up rock star thinks the Devil is trying to kill him, Frank and Lu find themselves in a race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. 9:30 Death in Paradise The team enters the world of surfing when DI Goodman is convinced that there’s more to the murder of a surf instructor than meets the eye. Dwayne works hard to impress the new sergeant.
10:30 To be announced
Sunday 31
EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced 5:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD
MORNING 7:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War
Enjoy an in-depth overview of the iconic documentary that includes video clips and interviews.
AFTERNOON 12:00 To be announced 3:00 The Great Chicago Quiz
Show with Geoffrey Baer In this four-part series, Geoffrey Baer poses challenging multiple-choice questions to contestants who compete via Skype from a wide variety of locations in Chicago and the suburbs.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Animals Reunited From dogs to lions, there is a special bond between humans and their pets, and separation is always traumatic. This program shares reunion tales from around the world.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 10,
Part 5 of 8) With Sister Hilda away on a refresher course, Sister Julienne steps in to carry out home visits. The new Pupil Midwives settle in. An overly protective mother struggles to cope with her daughter’s teenage pregnancy and frustrates Pupil Midwife Nancy.
Will and Geordie investigate a bank robbery, which sees Geordie unexpectedly cross paths with an old friend from his army days.
9:00 Baptiste Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) 10:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R]
In the Spotlight
Geoffrey Baer
The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer
Join host Geoffrey Baer as he poses challenging multiple-choice questions to a diverse group of viewers who compete via Skype from a wide variety of locations in the city and suburbs. Watch as they vie for bragging rights across the categories of history and politics, architecture and geography, arts and culture, business, and sports, and visit wttw.com/ quiz to take the quiz yourself!
