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THE GUIDE

The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT

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September 2021 ALSO THIS MONTH

In tribute to Muhammad Ali, WFMT will air a November 1975 Studs Terkel interview with Ali from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and publish an interview on September 21 with Jahlil Beats, composer of the score for MUHAMMAD ALI, on wfmt.com.

From the President & CEO

The Guide

Dear Member,

The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625

This month, I am excited to announce the premiere of MUHAMMAD ALI, a new film by Ken Burns that follows the life of one of the most consequential men of the 20th century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated billions of fans with his combination of speed, agility, and power in the ring. At the height of his fame, Ali challenged Americans’ racial prejudices, religious biases, and notions about what roles celebrities and athletes play in our society. You may know that Ali was a Chicago South Side resident from roughly the mid-1960s through the late 1970s, a defining period in his life. WTTW will explore the watershed moments with a companion website (wttw.com/ali) featuring an image gallery in partnership with the Chicago History Museum; a Q&A with the filmmakers; a photo essay by Chicago architecture expert Lee Bey tracing Ali’s footsteps in Chicago; an interview with Ali’s biographer Jonathan Eig, a native Chicagoan who outlines ways that the city shaped Ali before and during his time here; and the storied history of boxing in Chicago. Also, join us for two related virtual events: in partnership with the Chicago History Museum, we’ll host a preview and discussion focusing on Ali’s time in Chicago, his life and legacy, and the intersection of sports, race, and politics; and an event and performance in partnership with PBS Books featuring New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander, co-writer of the biographical novel Becoming Muhammad Ali. Visit wttw.com/events for more information and to register. In tribute to Muhammad Ali, WFMT will air a November 1975 Studs Terkel interview with Ali from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and publish an interview on September 21 with Jahlil Beats, composer of the score for MUHAMMAD ALI, on wfmt.com. And join us for a virtual Classical Conversation on September 9 featuring composer D.J. Sparr and librettist/ lead Solomon Howard for the opera Approaching Ali, a one-act chamber opera with music by Sparr and libretto by Mark Campbell and Davis Miller. The discussion will focus on the creation of the work and the challenges in portraying one of the most popular people in the world. Register at wfmt.com/events. I hope you will explore Muhammad Ali’s life and legacy with us this month, and don’t forget to tune in to watch the miniseries beginning on Sunday, September 19 at 7:00 pm. As always, thank you for your support. Sincerely,

Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

Inside the Guide WTTW Listings

16 Do it Yourself Saturdays

Q&A with Jonathan Eig

19 At-a-Glance

WTTW Digital Channel Highlights

20 WFMT Listings

WTTW Kid Grid

31 Sponsors

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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) September 2021 Volume 35, Number 279

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Daily Television Programming •

Programming Subject to Change Without Notice

Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11

America ReFramed: The Area Follow the odyssey of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, where more than 400 Black families are being displaced by a multi-billiondollar freight company. As their community is being torn apart, residents maintain friendships and traditions while fighting for respect.

Sandra Day O’Connor: The First – American Experience

NOVA: The Cannabis Question

Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor as the Supreme Court’s first female justice in 1981. During her 25 years on the Court, she was the critical swing vote on some of the 20th century’s most controversial cases.

NOVA joins scientists and experts around the country to ask: What are the risks cannabis poses to the developing adolescent brain? Does heavy cannabis use impair intelligence, increase psychosis, or put future generations at risk for addiction?

Monday, September 13, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, September 29, 9:00 pm

Sunday, September 12, 5:00 pm

See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.

4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Henry VIII’s Reformation [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 1 of 3) [R] 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 2 of 3) [R] 3:30 POV: The Song of the Butterflies [R]

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

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In the Spotlight

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The Future of Work This three-part series probes the seismic upheavals transforming how Americans make their livelihoods today, exploring the roots of these changes and addressing how colleges or vocational training are preparing the next generation of U.S. workers. How will businesses, communities, and governments respond to this latest revolution? And will the American Dream – the good life attained through hard work and upward mobility – survive these upheavals?

Wednesdays, September 1-15, 10:00 pm

6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – Survival Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive. Cockatoos turn to vandalism, boxer crabs hold anemones hostage, sloths become filthy, puff adders have an “invisibility cloak” to hide themselves, and chimps use violence to stay in power. 9:00 NOVA: Nature’s Fear Factor When top predators disappeared from Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, other animals fell into unusual patterns. Now scientists are reintroducing wild dogs to restore the park’s “landscape of fear” and with it, the natural balance of the ecosystem. 10:00 The Future of Work: The New Industrial Revolution (Part 1 of 3) Explore disruptions to the world of work – AI, robotics, globalization, labor practices. The pandemic is a new driver of change, with unemployment flipping from lowest in 50 years to highest in a century. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Generation 9/11 [R] 2:30 Native America: Nature to Nations [R] 3:30 Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja in Concert [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 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) The Crawley family faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants. New evidence turns up in a baffling case. 9:15 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) Things go badly amiss at Downton Abbey. Robert and Cora are not speaking. The servants are shunning Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Bates takes a gamble. 10:35 Secrets of the Royal Kitchens If you’ve ever wondered what is in the Royal refrigerator, this documentary dishes out the truth. Take a deliciously entertaining romp through the kitchens of the world’s most famous family. 11:30 BBC World News

Friday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – Survival See Wed. Sept. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 NOVA: Nature’s Fear Factor See Wed. Sept. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Future of Work: The New Industrial Revolution (Part of 3) See Wed. Sept. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Samantha’s Tips for Making Travel Count [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 7:59 Midsomer Murders: Breaking the Chain (Part 1 of 2) An international cycling

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Great Performances: Yannick – An Artist’s Journey This film tells the story of Canadianborn conductor Yannick NézetSéguin as he rises from a child prodigy to one of the most acclaimed and sought-after music directors of his generation. He is currently music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Friday, September 3 9:35 pm competition comes to the Midsomer village of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find themselves drawn into a ruthlessly competitive world of blackmail, bribery, and bloodshed where winning comes at any cost. 8:48 Midsomer Murders: Breaking the Chain (Part 2 of 2) 9:35 Great Performances: Yannick – An Artist’s Journey This film tells the story of Canadian-born conductor

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After a shocking loss of the Heavyweight title to Leon Spinks, with swollen eyes Muhammad Ali faces the press conference after the fight. Las Vegas, NV. February 15, 1978.

Q&A with Jonathan Eig

Muhammad Ali biographer and consulting producer By DANIEL HAUTZINGER From September 19-22 (7:00 pm on September 19 and 8:00 pm on September 20-22), Ken Burns tells the story of “the greatest of all time” with a four-part documentary, MUHAMMAD ALI. Written and co-directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon, the film takes on the life of a man both lauded and vilified in and out of the ring – for his boxing championships, opposition to the Vietnam War, and involvement with the Nation of Islam.

Ali’s most recent biographer, Chicagoan Jonathan Eig, served as a consulting producer on the documentary. 4

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We spoke to him about Ali, the boxer’s time in Chicago, and his significance today. The Guide: Why did you want to write a biography of Muhammad Ali? Jonathan Eig: I think he’s one of the most important and fascinating figures of the twentieth century, certainly the second half of it. He captured so much of what made America fascinating in his lifetime. His story is about race, it’s about religion, it’s about protest, it’s about rebellion – all of it in one guy.

The Guide: What is the significance of Chicago in Ali’s story? Eig: Ali lived here for some of the most important years of his career. You could say that he had his racial awakening here, because it’s when he began to box as an amateur and in traveling to Chicago for the first time, he saw that the rest of America was different [than Louisville]. There was more mixing of the races in the North than there was in the South. He heard the preaching of Elijah Muhammad and read [the Nation of Islam newspaper] Muhammad Speaks, and his eyes began to open.

Eig: After he refused to fight in Vietnam, every town and city in the country was putting out a statement saying, “We don’t want Ali to fight here.” He was planning to fight Ernie Terrell in Chicago, and that got canceled because Illinois didn’t want to offer even a tacit acknowledgment that he was a legitimate heavyweight champion.

The Guide: You also point to Chicago as the place where Ali reached adulthood as well as national stardom. How did that happen? Eig: He says he lost his virginity in Chicago, so that’s a big deal. But it’s also a place where he started to get national attention. He loved those two things a lot: sex and media attention. But to be serious about it, Chicago was really where he began to find a national stage and to realize that he could be special. He was still in high school [when he first came to Chicago for the Golden Gloves tournament], and he was cocky, but he didn’t know yet whether he was special as a boxer. And there’s reason to believe that he was not. A lot of people were skeptical: he was too small to be a heavyweight; he didn’t really have great technique. He was determining whether he could compete on that national level. When you combine that awakening with the discovery of the Nation of Islam and a record that he brought home called “A White Man’s Heaven Is a Black Man’s Hell,” it’s clear that he began to think differently about what it means to be a Black man in America, and he became a little bit more cynical about that. Those are two of the most important moments in his life. The Guide: Ali’s career not only took off in Chicago; it also ran into a roadblock here.

Jonathan Eig He still stayed in Chicago. He bought a house across the street from Elijah Muhammad. He bought an apartment building on the South Side. He tried to open up a small restaurant. He could have owned the town. He could have opened a chain of boxing gyms. He could have opened a nice steakhouse downtown. He never did any of those things. The Guide: Why is it a good time to revisit the story of Ali with this documentary? Eig: First of all: he was probably the greatest athlete of the twentieth century. And enough time has gone by that we can evaluate not only his career as a boxer, but to look at what he meant to the country. We’re still fighting so many of the battles that Ali fought over our prejudices when it comes to race and religion. Ali took a stand against those things when it was really unpopular; he risked his entire career to do so. The fact that those issues are still so vital today and that he was fighting way out in front of the curve on those things makes his story really

relevant and even stronger today. The Guide: You ended your biography with a story about Ali quietly helping someone during Martin Luther King, Jr.’s campaign for fair housing in Chicago. Why did you choose that as a postscript? Eig: Stories like that are everywhere. I can’t go to a party or sit on a plane next to somebody without hearing stories about their encounters with Ali. It seems like everybody has a story of meeting Ali somewhere and him doing these magical things. When he saw somebody with a flat tire on the side of the road, he would stop and suddenly there’d be two hundred people helping to change the tire because Ali was there. I talked to somebody not long ago who told a story of being in a restaurant with a sister had just had a massive operation and was wrapped in bandages. Ali spotted this little girl and came over and sat at the table with her and paid all of this attention to her because she was obviously having a rough time. Ali was unbelievably gracious and eager to give of himself. He was so generous with his time and money. He just genuinely loved people and needed to feel their energy. That’s a really important part of understanding Ali: that he could be incredibly selfish at times, but he always gave more than he took. The reason I wanted to end the story with that is that Ali’s life was very dark at times. He wrecked three marriages. He didn’t pay as much attention to his children as he would have liked to. He boxed too long and underwent a significant brain trauma that left him in terrible shape. I wanted to leave the reader with one last little bit of magic. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. Explore the MUHAMMAD ALI companion website: wttw.com/ali AUGUST 20212021 SEPTEMBER

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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights

Open a Book, Open the World: The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival Sunday, September 12 at 6:00 pm

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules

Pati’s Food and Fiesta Sunday, September 18 at 11:00 am WTTW Create kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with a special marathon of Pati’s Mexican Table! Join chef Pati Jinich on her culinary adventures through Mexico as she encounters, then recreates, authentic south-of-the-border dishes.

WTTW Create

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules

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.

Pictured: Pati Jinich, Pati’s Mexican Table

Gullah Roots Sunday, September 19 at 10:00 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.

Gullah Roots dives deep into the Gullah Geechee community and its ties with West Africa, educating viewers about Gullah heritage including spiritual, musical, and artistic traditions. This film examines the challenges many in that community face today and the progress they have made since the first homecoming to Sierra Leone 30 years ago.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Baindu Jabati and Natasha Robinson

Arthur’s First Day Monday, September 6 at 6:00 pm It’s a new school year and Arthur is moving into the 4th grade. On Labor Day, see how he and his friends Buster and D.W. navigate new teachers, new friends, and new adventures in this special one-hour movie.

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.

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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.

Enjoy highlights from this year’s National Book Festival with a celebratory sense of renewal. The many new works featured this year remind us of how books provide a lifeline in hard times and how they often enrich our lives with new possibilities. This special is hosted by LeVar Burton.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Arthur’s First Day

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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/schedule.

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In the Spotlight Louisiana: Toledo Bend Lake Country 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Flavor of Poland: Krakow

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Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Lucy Worsley takes viewers on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the Spanish Armada to the French Revolution, we learn how the story is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation, and mythology.

Sundays, September 5 and 12, 7:00 pm Yannick Nézet-Séguin as he rises from a child prodigy to one of the most acclaimed and sought-after music directors of his generation. He is currently music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 11:32 BBC World News

Saturday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:30 The Chavis Chronicles 2:00 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

MORNING 5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Garden Paradise 6:00 The Transformational Power of Yoga 7:00 Easy Yoga for Diabetes with Peggy Cappy 8:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Sleepless Nights 9:30 Conscious Living: Busting Loose in Berlin 10:00 Ask This Old House: Rethinking a Garden 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Wicked in Concert Celebrate the iconic hit Broadway musical with this all-star concert version featuring songs from the beloved score, including “The Wizard and I,” “Defying Gravity,” “Popular,” “Wonderful,” “No Good Deed,” “For Good,” and “As Long As You’re Mine.” 9:00 Agatha and the Midnight Murders Discover Agatha Christie’s plan to sell a manuscript that kills off her famous detective Hercule Poirot. Struggling with money and under investigation by tax authorities in America and the UK, Agatha must come up with an enormous sum. 11:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) See Thurs. Sept. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices

Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage American Masters

Saturdays, 6:00 pm

Pati’s Mexican Table Saturdays, 3:30 pm

Kitchenistas Saturday, September 18, 5:00 pm

Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage American Masters Sunday, September 19, 2:00 pm

Sunday, September 19, 7:00 pm

Great Performances: John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway Sunday, September 19, 8:30 pm

POV: América Sunday, September 19, 9:30 pm

POV: The Infiltrators Sunday, September 19, 10:30 pm

Wonders of Mexico

Voces on PBS: The Pushouts

Sunday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Saturday, September 25, 10:00 pm

POV: Stateless

Voces on PBS: Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno

Canvasing the World with Sean Diediker: Southern Patagonia

Saturday, September 25, 11:00 pm

Sunday, September 26, 10:00 pm

Sunday, September 26, 11:30 pm

PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE

Sunday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:15 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) See Thurs. Sept. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:30 To be announced

MORNING 8:30 Classical Rewind Experience the beauty, romance, and dramatic power of musical masterpieces in this visual and auditory joyride through the world of classical hits. 10:00 Agatha and the Truth of Murder [R]

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12:00 Cook’s Country: Grilled Chicken, Two Ways 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue on a Budget 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Tuscan Villa Pizza 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Updated Italian 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Quick Pasta 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Obviously, It’s Pecans 4:30 Check, Please! Robert’s Pizza & Dough, Entente, Red Hot Ranch 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Scotland’s Islands 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Budapest, Hungary

Monday-Friday Mornings 5:30 Wild Kratts 6:00 Arthur 6:30 Nature Cat 7:00 Molly of Denali 7:30 Hero Elementary 8:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 8:30 Wild Kratts 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Donkey Hodie 10:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious

Afternoons 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00

Dinosaur Train Clifford the Big Red Dog Sesame Street Donkey Hodie Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

2:30 Nature Cat 3:00 Let’s Go Luna 3:30 Molly of Denali 4:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Arthur

Saturday Mornings 6:00 Molly of Denali 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Hero Elementary 7:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Sunday Mornings 8:00 Donkey Hodie 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Arthur

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EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War Follow Lucy as she reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son. Was this really an era of elegance and regal splendor, or an age of radicalism and revolution? 8:00 Guilt on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 2) Returning intoxicated from a wedding, Jake and Max run down an old man and decide to tell no one. Their cover-up quickly snowballs in complexity, as the detective closes in on damaging evidence. Sheila adds a new wrinkle to the case. 10:00 The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass 4 Watch Mary and Paul re-create bakes from the final weeks. Paul makes a wheat-free crusty rye loaf and sweet and savory pretzels. Mary makes Sussex Pond pudding and choux pastry religieuse, and puts her own twist on the classic opera cake. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Sarah Jarosz/Ray Wylie Hubbard Enjoy the roadhouse rock

Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives

Guilt on Masterpiece “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup,” goes the old saying. But that doesn’t stop brothers Max and Jake, played by Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives, from committing more and more serious crimes to hide their culpability after crashing into an elderly pedestrian during an inebriated drive home from a wedding. This new fourpart “black comedy” is written and created by Neil Forsyth.

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of legendary Texas songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard. The veteran troubadour plays favorites and songs from his collaborative album Co-starring.

Monday 6 Labor Day EARLY MORNING 12:00 Midsomer Murders: Breaking the Chain (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 3 at 7:59 pm. [R] 1:00 Midsomer Murders: Breaking the Chain (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 3 at 8:48 pm. [R] 2:00 To be announced

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 Haymarket: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle In this local Labor Day special, learn what happened when a Chicago workers’ protest rally turned deadly when a bomb was thrown into the ranks of police in May of 1886, resulting in a trial and

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In the Spotlight AFTERNOON 12:00 Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar Travel to the deserts of Iraq for an epic archaeological dig, where the famous crime writer unravels a series of mysterious murders. Lyndsey Marshal stars as Agatha Christie and Jonah Hauer-King is Max Mallowan, the archaeologist vying for her affection. 2:00 Agatha and the Midnight Murders See Sat. Sept. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Corporate Welfare: Where’s the Outrage? A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg This program examines the many ways government support of big business can harm small businesses and communities, and often fails to meet the intended goal. 5:00 The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs One of the most prominent socialists in American history, Eugene V. Debs emerged as a passionate labor leader when he led the nationwide Pullman strike in 1894 and later helped establish the U.S. Socialist Party. This film explores the political legacy of this controversial and influential progressive. Actor Danny Glover narrates.

In the Spotlight

In this local Labor Day special, learn what happened when a Chicago workers’ protest rally turned deadly when a bomb was thrown into the ranks of police in May of 1886, resulting in a trial and execution of presumably innocent workers’ rights activists.

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execution of presumably innocent workers’ rights activists. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 1 of 3) From the stunning grounds of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, watch a heartwarming valuation of a $125,000 family treasure. 10:00 POV Shorts: Where I’m From Two short films: A Debtor’s Prison and Public Money. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War See Sun. Sept. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Guilt on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. Sept. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Secrets of the Royal Kitchens See Sun. Sept. 5 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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

Wednesday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Haymarket: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle See Mon. Sept. 6 at 7:30 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Sept. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Kings George III and IV & The Napoleonic War [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Scotland’s Islands [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON

and extreme, far beyond any practical need? 10:00 The Future of Work: Futureproof (Part 2 of 3) How can we predict job growth, training needs, and the role of education to prepare for the work of the future? What are the challenges and consequences of the pandemic and their effects on America’s racial and economic disparities? 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Frontline: America After 9/11 See Tues. Sept. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Native America: Cities of the Sky (Part 3 of 4) See Tues. Sept. 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 1 of 3) [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 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) Change arrives in a big way for several key characters at Downton Abbey. A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled and new plots hatched. 10:30 Secrets of the Royal Servants Historian Kate Williams illustrates life at Buckingham Palace through the eyes of those who see the royals in a way no one else does: the royal servants. 11:30 BBC World News

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

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – The Mating Game As this episode of Nature reveals, getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior from promiscuous prairie dogs, to backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques, and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry. 9:00 NOVA: Extreme Animal Weapons Explore the secrets that underlie nature’s battleground. Every animal has some kind of weapon, whether claws or horns, fangs or stings. But why are some armaments huge

12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – The Mating Game See Wed. Sept. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 NOVA: Extreme Animal Weapons See Wed. Sept. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Future of Work: Futureproof (Part 2 of 3) See Wed. Sept. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Check, Please! Robert’s Pizza & Dough, Entente, Red Hot Ranch [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

Frontline: America After 9/11 Frontline’s investigative team reveals the secret history of two decades defined by what happened on that fateful Tuesday in September 2001. Drawing on new interviews and one of the richest archives in television, this film will reveal how the 9/11 attacks ushered in an era of fear, mistrust, and division in America, and how the choices made after the attacks reshaped our world and our democracy.

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Haymarket: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle

In the Spotlight EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Frontline: America After 9/11 Frontline’s investigative team reveals the secret history of two decades defined by what happened on that fateful Tuesday in September 2001. Drawing on new interviews and one of the richest archives in television, this film will reveal how the 9/11 attacks ushered in an era of fear, mistrust, and division in America, and how the choices made after the attacks reshaped our world and our democracy. 10:00 Native America: Cities of the Sky (Part 3 of 4) Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities. Scientists explore some of the world’s largest pyramids and 3D-scan a lost city of monumental mounds on the Mississippi River, as native elders reveal ancient powers of the sky. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

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Gunnison’s Prairie Dogs

Nature: Natural Born Rebels The Mating Game As this episode of Nature reveals, getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior from promiscuous prairie dogs, to backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques, and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry.

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Deborah Payne

America ReFramed: The Area When Deborah Payne discovered that her neighborhood was being demolished to make way for a freight yard, she vowed to be “the last house standing.” This film follows the five-year odyssey of a South Side Chicago community, highlighting the continued expropriation of Black wealth and the strength of local, grassroots resistance.

Sunday, September 12 5:00 pm

7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 7:59 Midsomer Murders: A Dying Art (Part 1 of 2) Art comes to the picturesque Midsomer village of Angel’s Rise with the opening of a new sculpture park. But when its launch is marred by murder, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to get creative to crack the case where art imitates death, and everything has a deeper meaning. 8:47 Midsomer Murders: A Dying Art (Part 2 of 2) 9:30 Sweet Home Chicago Blues: Celebrating 50 Years of Alligator Records This once-in-a-lifetime concert features performances from four of Alligator Records’ most popular artists: Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, Grammy-nominated vocalist Shemekia Copeland, slide guitarist Lil’ Ed Williams, and guitarist and songwriter Toronzo Cannon. The label’s founder and president Bruce Iglauer hosts, sharing behind-the-scenes stories about discovering Chicago’s brightest blues stars. 11:00 BBC World News

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EARLY MORNING 12:40 9/11 Inside the Pentagon On September 11, 2001, Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. What happened behind the walls of the Pentagon is a largely untold chapter in history. 20 years later, survivors and first responders shed light on that tragic day. 1:40 Midsomer Murders: A Dying Art (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 10 at 7:59 pm. [R] 2:30 Midsomer Murders: A Dying Art (Part 2 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 10 at 8:47 pm. [R] 3:30 The Future of Work: Futureproof (Part 2 of 3) [R]

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 The Chavis Chronicles 1:30 Great Performances: Yannick – An Artist’s Journey See Fri. Sept. 3 at 9:35 pm. [R] 3:30 Austin City Limits: Sarah Jarosz/Ray Wylie Hubbard See Sun. Sept. 5 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Budapest, Hungary [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Island Sunset

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6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Balancing Act 9:30 Conscious Living: Escape to Bali 10:00 Ask This Old House: Spring Projects – Paint, Prune, Spigots 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Flavor of Poland: Warsaw

4:30-8:00 To be announced 8:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Pritzker Military Presents Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston is the Army Chief of Staff’s personal adviser on matters affecting the enlisted force, and travels throughout the Army to observe training and interact with soldiers and their families. 11:30 Lives Well Lived Encompassing more than 3,000 years of experience, forty people aged 75 to 100 years old share their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life.

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Sustainable Seafood 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Amalfi Lemons 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Italian Classics 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Turnips – The Roots 4:30 Check, Please! Giant, Blossom Café, Saucy Porka 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Glasgow and Scottish Passions 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: The Florida Keys and Key West

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Frontline: America After 9/11 [R] 9:00 Great Performances at the Met: Verdi’s Requiem - The Met Remembers 9/11 10:40 Generation 9/11 [R]

400 Black American families are being displaced. While their neighborhood is literally being torn apart, residents maintain friendships and traditions while fighting for respect and compensation they deserve. Through their experiences, the film weaves a complex story about the continued expropriation of Black wealth and the strength of local, grassroots resistance.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution Join Lucy as she explores how the spontaneous February 1917 popular uprising was the real Russian revolution that swept the Czar from power, not the famed October event in the history books. 8:00 Guilt on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 2) Spurred by Angie, Jake probes Max’s control of his finances. Jake also grows suspicious of Angie. Roy tightens the screws on Max by

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AFTERNOON 12:30 To be announced 2:00 Great Performances at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert The soprano performs in this special concert recorded in February 2021 at the Baroque Library in Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany accompanied by Julien Quentin on piano. The program includes arias from Verdi’s Aida and Il Trovatore; Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, and the rarely performed Le Villi. 3:00 Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Mass Enjoy Ravinia Festival’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s theater piece starring Tony Award-winning baritone Paulo Szot and featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Marin Alsop conducts. 5:00 America ReFramed: The Area When Deborah Payne discovered that her neighborhood was being demolished to make way for a freight yard, she vowed to be “the last house standing.” This is the story of the five-year odyssey of her South Side Chicago community, where more than

Sandra Day O’Connor

Sandra Day O’Connor: The First – American Experience During her 25 years on the Supreme Court, O’Connor was the critical swing vote on cases involving some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues, and she was the tiebreaker on Bush v. Gore. Forty years after her confirmation, explore the story of a pioneering woman who both reflected and shaped an era.

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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 2 of 3) Finds include Stephen King first editions from 1974-1977, an Ilya Schor silver plate, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany oil, circa 1870. Which is valued at $100,000-$150,000? 9:00 Sandra Day O’Connor: The First – American Experience When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor as the Supreme Court’s first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. During her 25 years on the Supreme Court, O’Connor was the critical swing vote on cases involving some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues, and she was the tiebreaker on Bush v. Gore. Forty years after her confirmation, explore the story of a pioneering woman who both reflected and shaped an era. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

threatening Jake. With facts surrounding Walter’s death increasingly in question, Max risks all to come out on top. 10:00 The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass 1 Learn from Mary how to make classic Madeira cake and frosted walnut cake. Paul makes hazelnut and orange biscotti and technically tricky arlettes. Mary closes the show with the retro classic Black Forest gateau. 11:00 Austin City Limits: The Very Best of John Prine Savor an hour of stirring performances from the late singer/songwriter John Prine’s episodes of Austin City Limits.

Monday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow:

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Frontline: Boeing’s Fatal Flaw Frontline conducts an investigation of Boeing’s flawed 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people. With The New York Times, revealing the commercial pressures, flawed design, and failed oversight behind the creation of Boeing’s fastest selling plane.

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12:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution See Sun. Sept. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Guilt on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Sept. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Lives Well Lived See Sun. Sept. 12 at 11:30 am. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Grandparents and Other Strangers Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actor Andy Samberg and author George R. R. Martin solve some family mysteries when DNA detective work uncovers new branches of their family trees. 9:00 Frontline: Boeing’s Fatal Flaw Frontline conducts an investigation of Boeing’s flawed 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people. With The New York Times, revealing the commercial pressures, flawed design, and failed oversight behind the creation of Boeing’s fastest selling plane. 10:00 Native America: New World Rising (Part 4 of 4) Discover how resistance, survival, and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages

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In the Spotlight encoded in Aztec manuscript, and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Sept. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Sandra Day O’Connor: The First – American Experience See Mon. Sept. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution See Sun. Sept. 12 at 7:00 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 Nature: Remarkable Rabbits There are more than 100 domestic and wild kinds of rabbits and hares, from snowshoe hares to Flemish giants. Despite their remarkable ability to reproduce, many wild rabbits are in danger of being eradicated. 9:00 NOVA: Bat Superpowers The bat is at the top of the COVID-19 contamination chain, but also the object of fantasies. A consortium of international researchers is trying to unravel the secrets of this little animal’s superpowers, and determine whether they are transposable to humans. 10:00 The Future of Work: Changing Work, Changing Workers (Part 3 of 3) Do businesses need offices? Is a 9-5 workday valid? Does the nation need a drastic rethinking of the social safety nets? Does America face a “post-work” era, or increased inequities in how we make our livings? 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Grandparents and Other Strangers See Tues. Sept. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Frontline: Boeing’s Fatal Flaw See Tues. Sept. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Native America: New World Rising (Part 4 of 4) See Tues. Sept. 14 at 10:00 pm. [R]

Ashley Shaw

Great Performances: The Red Shoes Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairytale from acclaimed director-choreographer Matthew Bourne with this Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation starring Ashley Shaw, Adam Cooper, Dominic North, and Michaela Meazza.

Friday, September 17 9:30 pm 3:30 Austin City Limits: The Very Best of John Prine See Sun. Sept. 12 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7) The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey. New romances flare up and a crisis unfolds. 10:10 Secrets of the Royal Jewels Take a close look at the tiaras, earrings, rings, and neckpieces that make up the royal collection, and hear the incredible stories behind them. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Remarkable Rabbits See Wed. Sept. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Bat Superpowers See Wed. Sept. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Future of Work: Changing Work, Changing

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In the Spotlight director-choreographer Matthew Bourne with this Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation starring Ashley Shaw, Adam Cooper, Dominic North, and Michaela Meazza. 11:30 BBC World News

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Christy Coleman

How the Monuments Came Down In the summer of 2020, demonstrators filled the streets to protest against systemic racism in response to the murder of George Floyd. This documentary reveals the historic roots of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond, Virginia, uncovering how Confederate monuments came to shape the city’s landscape and why protestors demanded they come down.

Sunday, September 19 3:30 pm

Workers (Part of 3) See Wed. Sept. 15 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 America ReFramed: The Area See Sun. Sept. 12 at 5:00 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: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 7:59 Midsomer Murders: Saints and Sinners (Part 1 of 2) The discovery of a Saint’s bones at an archaeological dig causes a stir in the village of Midsomer Cicely. But when the leader of the dig is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson soon realize that it’s not only skeletons that have been long buried in the hallowed ground. 8:47 Midsomer Murders: Saints and Sinners (Part 2 of 2) 9:30 Great Performances: The Red Shoes Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairytale from acclaimed 12

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12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:30 The Chavis Chronicles 2:00 Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Mass See Sun. Sept. 12 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Great Performances at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Peaceful Wood Glen

MORNING 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Weight Loss Right Now 9:30 Conscious Living: The Many Faces of the Divine 10:00 Ask This Old House: Ultimate Garage Workshop 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Flavor of Poland: Rzeszow

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Social Distance Tailgating 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Costa Brava Tapas 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: New Flavors on the Grill 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Turnips – The Greens 4:30 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House 5:00 Kitchenistas This Latina-led movement works to raise the health, wellbeing, and resilience of the community, revealing how a range of small advocacy actions over time leads to big changes.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Queen Bee Father Brown investigates the mysterious death of a beekeeper. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The

Offered Fallacy Relieved to finally have a client, Frank and Lu visit Emelia Merchant about her missing husband, but she seems to think they’ve met before. 9:00 Death in Paradise Jack faces a life-changing decision while investigating the murder of a man found dead in a boat. 10:00 Guilt on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 2) [R]

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MORNING 10:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 10:33 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Chicken or the Egg? Hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison make the best Charcoal-Grilled Barbecued Chicken Kebabs. Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Julia to a tasting of sparkling water, and test cook Elle Simone makes simple Curry Deviled Eggs. 11:06 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Comfort Food Test cook Erin McMurrer shows Julia a simplified recipe for Ground Beef and Cheese Enchiladas. Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Bridget to a tasting of 6-inch flour tortillas. Finally, test cook Keith Dresser reveals the secrets to perfect Grilled Flank Steak Tacos. 11:39 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Picnic Party Test cook Dan Souza and Julia demonstrate how to make the ultimate Grilled Chicken Thighs. Tasting expert Jack Bishop then challenges Bridget to a fresh mozzarella tasting, and gadget critic Lisa McManus reviews popsicle molds. Next, test cook Keith Dresser makes Bridget a foolproof Italian Pasta Salad.

AFTERNOON 12:12 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 12:45 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 1:18 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Childhood Favorites, Grown Up Elle Simone shows Bridget a new way to make Classic Sloppy Joes. Equipment expert Adam Ried reviews kitchen sponges, and science expert Dan Souza explains why cookie size matters. 2:00 Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage – American Masters Discover the life and career

of Raul Julia, the charismatic, award-winning actor and humanitarian known for versatile roles on stage and screen, from Shakespearean plays to The Addams Family. 3:30 How the Monuments Came Down In the summer of 2020, demonstrators filled the streets to protest against systemic racism in response to the murder of George Floyd. This documentary reveals the historic roots of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond, Virginia, uncovering how Confederate monuments came to shape the city’s landscape and why protestors demanded they come down. 5:00 In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali Follow Muhammad Ali’s path from a gym in Louisville to boxing successes, conversion to Islam, opposition to the draft, exile from the ring, comeback fights, Parkinson’s disease, and his inspirational re-emergence at the Atlanta Olympics.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) Boxer Cassius Clay rises up the amateur ranks to win gold at the 1960 Olympics. He turns professional, sharpening his boxing skills and honing his genius for selfpromotion. In 1964, he upsets Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion. 9:30 Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) [R] 11:30 In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali [R]

Monday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Queen Bee See Sat. Sept. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Offered Fallacy See Sat. Sept. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: The Red Shoes See Fri. Sept. 17 at 9:30 pm. [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Muhammad Ali Round Two: What’s My Name?

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(1964-1970) Cassius Clay publicly joins the Nation of Islam and takes the name Muhammad Ali. When he refuses induction into the Army, he is stripped of his title and forced into exile. After three years, he returns to the ring, but he’s lost a step. 10:00 Muhammad Ali Round Two: What’s My Name? (1964-1970) [R]

Tuesday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [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 Muhammad Ali Round Three: The Rivalry (1970-1974) Muhammad Ali battles his fiercest rival Joe Frazier, and the U.S. government, as he attempts to regain the heavyweight title. He first loses to and then defeats Frazier, but to become champion again, he will have to beat George Foreman. 10:00 Muhammad Ali Round Three: The Rivalry (1970-1974) [R]

Wednesday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Muhammad Ali Round Two: What’s My Name? (1964-1970) [R] 3:30 Midsomer Murders: Saints and Sinners (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 17 at 7:59 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 Muhammad Ali Round Four: The Spell Remains (19742016) Muhammad Ali shocks the world by defeating George Foreman, winning back the heavyweight title and becoming the most famous man on earth. After retiring in 1981, he travels the world spreading his Islamic faith, and becomes a symbol of peace and hope. 10:00 Muhammad Ali Round Four: The Spell Remains

(1974-2016) [R]

Thursday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Muhammad Ali Round Three: The Rivalry (1970-1974) [R] 3:30 Midsomer Murders: Saints and Sinners (Part 2 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 17 at 8:47 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 4 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) Six months after Matthew’s death, family and servants try to cure Mary and Isobel of their deep depression. Meanwhile, O’Brien causes a final crisis. 10:30 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned, respected, and popular historian, author, and filmmaker.

Friday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Muhammad Ali Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016) [R] 3:30 In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali See Sun. Sept. 19 at 5:00 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: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Midsomer Murders: Harvest of Souls (Part 1 of 2) The annual harvest fair and the daredevil riders of the Wall of Death come to Midsomer village. When the owner of an equestrian center is trampled by his horse, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to unravel a complex feud from the past, where nothing is what it seems. 8:44 Midsomer Murders: Harvest of Souls (Part 2 of 2) 9:32 Sammy Davis, Jr.: American Masters Explore the entertainer’s vast talent and journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America.

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Muhammad Ali talks with the press

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:30 The Chavis Chronicles 2:00 Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage – American Masters See Sun. Sept. 19 at 2:00 pm. [R] 3:30 How the Monuments Came Down See Sun. Sept. 19 at 3:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Ocean Mist

MORNING 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Working From Home 9:30 Conscious Living: Ready, Set, Go! 10:00 Ask This Old House: Kitchen Upgrades 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Flavor of Poland: Bialystok

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Little Italy 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Paella in Spain 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Latin Summer Favorites 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Chicken Lickin 4:30 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza E Pasta 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Austrian and Italian Alps 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Father Brown: The Scales of Justice Father Brown races to save Bunty from the hangman’s noose when she is tried for murder. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Nothing Will Come of Nothing Compulsive gambler Lorenzo Foyle disappears, and Lorenzo’s pregnant wife Ava approaches Frank and Lu, desperate to find him. 9:00 Death in Paradise New arrival DI Neville Parker gets more than he bargained

Muhammad Ali: A Film by Ken Burns This four-part film follows the life of a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated the world with his combination of speed, agility, and power in the ring, and his charm, wit, and outspokenness outside of it. At the height of his fame, Ali challenged Americans’ racial prejudices and religious biases, and inspired people worldwide with his message of pride and self-affirmation.

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for when investigating the mysterious death of a young woman at the unveiling of a luxury timeshare resort. 10:00 Voces on PBS: The Pushouts Meet Victor Rios, a high school dropout and former gang member-turned-awardwinning professor, author, and expert who works with young people who have been “pushed out” of school for reasons beyond their control. 11:00 Voces on PBS: Adios Amor – The Search for Maria Moreno The discovery of lost photographs sparks a search for Maria Moreno, an eloquent migrant mother of 12 who became an outspoken leader for farmworker rights.

Sunday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America See Thurs. Sept. 23 at 10:30 pm. [R]

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