Do it Yourself Saturdays

9:00 Step it Up with Steph 9:30 Conscious Living 10:00 Ask This Old House 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 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 New Scandinavian Cooking 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 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Photo: Courtesy of American Public Television

Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana

Photo: Courtesy of American Public Television Photo: Courtesy of American Public Television

MORNING 8:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 To be announced

AFTERNOON 12:00 To be announced 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING 6:00 Islands Without Cars:

Fabulous Food Tour Because food is the portal into culture, this special episode of Islands Without Cars celebrates the unique cuisine specific to many of the islands this series has explored, from the Adriatic Sea to Galway Bay and from California’s Pacific Coastline to Europe’s North Sea.

6:28 Call the Midwife Holiday

Special Everyone at Nonnatus House looks forward to a traditional holiday, but nothing goes quite to plan.

8:00 Elizabeth is Missing on

Masterpiece Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson stars as feisty grandmother Maud Horsham, a woman desperately trying to solve two mysteries as she declines ever deeper into dementia, in this adaptation of Emma Healey’s acclaimed novel.

10:00 Chicago Tonight:

Black Voices [R]

10:30 Chicago Tonight:

Latino Voices [R]

11:00 Austin City Limits: Sharon Van Etten/Lucy Dacus

Sharon Van Etten performs songs from her acclaimed LP Remind Me Tomorrow, while Lucy Dacus highlights her album Historian.

Monday 27

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The Scales

of Justice See Sat. Sept. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]

12:50 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Nothing Will Come

of Nothing See Sat. Sept. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:40 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]

2:35 Midsomer Murders: Harvest

of Souls (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]

3:20 Midsomer Murders: Harvest

of Souls (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Sept. 24 at 8:44 pm. [R]

4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe:

Austrian and Italian Alps [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 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden

& Library (Part 3 of 3) Finds include 1820 J.J. Audubon portraits, a Ming Dynasty Xiwangmu figure, and Ric Binkley science fiction illustrations, circa 1950. Learn which is $80,000-$150,000.

9:00 Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special (Part 1

of 2) Trace the rise of William Randolph Hearst, who built the nation’s largest media empire by the 1930s. Born into one of America’s wealthiest families, he used his properties to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself.

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

Tuesday 28

EARLY MORNING 12:29 Call the Midwife Holiday

Special See Sun. Sept. 26 at 6:28 pm. [R]

2:00 Elizabeth is Missing on

Masterpiece See Sun.

In the Spotlight

William Randolph Hearst posing with Marion Davies

Citizen Hearst: American Experience

In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst’s media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations, and 13 magazines. Perhaps best known as the inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and his lavish castle in San Simeon, Hearst transformed the media’s role in American life and politics. The two-part film is based on David Nasaw’s critically acclaimed biography The Chief.

Monday, September 27 and Tuesday, September 28, 9:00 pm

In the Spotlight

Jimmy Carter

In Their Own Words: Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter’s journey from poor, rural peanut farmer to become the 39th president of the United States is a tale of faith, determination, and humanity.

Tuesday, September 28 8:00 pm

Photo: Courtesy of ALAMY Sept. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]

4:00 Islands Without Cars:

Fabulous Food Tour See Sun. Sept. 26 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 In Their Own Words:

Jimmy Carter The intimate and inspiring story of a long-shot outsider who fought his way to the top office in the world, beat the odds against him again and again, and never looked back in his quest to better the lives of millions. Jimmy Carter’s journey from poor, rural peanut farmer to become the 39th president of the United States is a tale of faith, determination, and humanity.

9:00 Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special

(Part 2 of 2) Follow William Randolph Hearst’s continued rise to power and expansion into Hollywood. The model for Citizen Kane, he had a decades-long affair with actress Marion Davies, built an enormous castle at San Simeon, and forever transformed modern media.

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

Wednesday 29

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden

& Library (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Sept. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special

(Part 1 of 2) See Mon. Sept. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Voces on PBS: The

Pushouts See Sat. Sept. 25 at 10:00 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 In Their Own Words: Elon

Musk He was a multimillionaire by the time he reached the age of 31. Elon Musk is one of a new breed of what The New York Times called “thrillionaires,” high-tech entrepreneurs who are using their newfound wealth to help turn science-fiction dreams into reality.

9:00 NOVA: The Cannabis

Question NOVA joins scientists and experts around the country to explore the risks cannabis poses to the developing adolescent brain, whether heavy use impairs intelligence, increases psychosis, or even puts future generations at risk for addiction. As cannabis becomes socially accepted, scientists are racing to understand the long-term health consequences.

10:00 Fatal Shot: From One Death,

Many The assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin have something key in common: these political assassinations triggered war, genocide, and the deaths of countless others.

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

Thursday 30

EARLY MORNING 12:30 In Their Own Words:

Jimmy Carter See Tues. Sept. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special

(Part 2 of 2) See Tues. Sept. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R] Elon Musk

In Their Own Words: Elon Musk

He was a multimillionaire by the time he reached the age of 31. Elon Musk is one of a new breed of what The New York Times called “thrillionaires,” high-tech entrepreneurs who are using their newfound wealth to help turn science-fiction dreams into reality.

Wednesday, September 29, 8:00 pm

3:30 Voces on PBS: Adios Amor – The Search for

Maria Moreno See Sat. Sept. 25 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 2

of 8) The fates of several characters converge at a glittering house party. Gregson impresses Robert, and Anna faces trouble.

9:15 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part

3 of 8) Love is in the air at Downton Abbey, and darker emotions too, as Mary, Edith, Tom, and Anna each struggle with a dilemma.

10:30 Rick Steves Island Hopping

Europe Join Rick on a tour of four of Europe’s most intriguing and surprising islands: Malta, Capri, Orkney, and Skye.

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