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DECEMBER 2009
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Musical Season
Tune in for WXXI’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three-night marathon. The marathon kicks off, and concludes with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live, hosted by Paul Schaffer, and featuring highlights from induction ceremonies. Throughout the three nights, you’ll have a chance to win a weekend trip to Cleveland in April 2010 to the visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, where Roy Orbison, Leonard Cohen, and Paul Simon are inducted. Transportation, hotel and admission included! Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Mon., Dec. 7 at 8 p.m., and Wed., Dec. 10 at 9:30 p.m. Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night Mon., Dec. 7 at 9:30 p.m.
EASTMAN THEATRE RENOVATION
Executive Staff Norm Silverstein, President & CEO Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President & General Manager Jeanne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio Kent Hatfield, Vice President, Technology & Operations Elissa Orlando, Vice President, Television WXXI Board of Trustees Officers Sergio Esteban, Chair Diana Kurty, Vice Chair Steven Swartout, Treasurer Beth Ela Wilkens, Secretary
Leonard Cohen: Live in London - Tues., Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Tues., Dec. 8 at 9:30 p.m. Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles - Wed., Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.
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Also this month, enjoy a sneak peek at WXXI’s latest production: Eastman Theatre: Restoring a Masterpiece. The film documents the Theatre’s restoration, provides unique insights into the Eastman’s history, and commemorates Eastman Theatre as a place where great talent is nurtured.
SNEAK PEEK!!
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Restoring a Masterpiece Wednesday, December 2 @ 8pm
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Big Big World
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Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company HomeworkHotline
Nick Stellino
Avec Eric
Rick Steves’
Burt Wolf
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment /Luxury
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W RLD To the Contrary
European Journal Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith
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Nature The Desert Lions
Charlie Rose
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
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WordGirl
Electric Company HomeworkHotline
Lidia’s Italy
Perfect Day
Scandinavian...
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
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W RLD McLaughlin 1/1 McLaughlin Group AfroPop The Fighting Spirit
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Big Big World
Barney
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AfroPop Desert Bayou
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AfroPop Ten Days in Africa
5:30pm Katie Brown
Charlie Rose
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Electric Company HomeworkHotline
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Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Nick Stellino
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Burt Wolf
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment /Luxury
Closer to Truth Scientific American Frontiers
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NOVA Saved By the Sun
Scientific American Frontiers
Charlie Rose
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Fetch!
Cyberchase
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Electric Company Biz Kid$
Rick Steves
Classical Destin... Garden Home
This Old House
Hometime
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Lidia’s Italy
Spain... On the Road Again
W RLD Think Tank
Second Opinion
American Experience New Orleans
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Joan Weir
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Lidia’s Italy
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Perfect Day
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Moment of Luxury Christina Cooks Jewish Cuisine
Nature The Desert Lions
(12p) National Parks: America’s Best Idea
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The National Parks : America’s Best Idea
W RLD NOVA Saved By the Sun
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Cultivating Life
Faubourg Treme: Black New Orleans Charlie Rose
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(12p) Ameirca’s Home Cooking: One Skillet create Daisy Cooks!
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History Detectives
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Scandinavian...
Rick Steves
Mexico One Plate Paint, Paper, Crafts Daisy Cooks!
History Detectives
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Sewing with Nancy: 12 Easy Sew Bags
Bill Moyers Journal
For Your Home
Equitrekking
4:00pm
Rick Steves’ Iran
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Scientific American Frontiers
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Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics The 60s For Your Home
Katie Brown
Global Voices Rules of the Game
AfroPoP “The Fighting Spirit”
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
Latin View
La Plaza
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Electric Company HomeworkHotline
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Spain... On the Road Again
Rick Steves
Rudy Maxa
Garden Home
This Old House
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W RLD Inside Washington Religion & Ethics Citizen Tanouye
TUESDAY DECEMBER 8
Hometime
Prange & Pearl Harbor
Nature The Dragon Chronicles
Charlie Rose
Cultivating Life
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company HomeworkHotline
Nick Stellino
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Burt Wolf
Open Road
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment /Luxury
Forgotten War
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create Mexico One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD To the Contrary
European Journal Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency
Charlie Rose
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Super Why!
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Curious George
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Martha Speaks
Super Why!
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Curious George
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Super Why!
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Curious George
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Curious George
Martha Speaks
NOVA Saved By the Sun
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Curious George
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Martha Speaks
Super Why!
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Curious George
6:30pm Super Why!
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W RLD Forgotten War
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Smart
AfroPop Ten Days in Africa
Ask/Old House
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Wishbone
Victory Garden
WordGirl
Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Yankee Workshop
NOVA Saved By the Sun
Scientific American Frontiers
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Washington Week Need to Know Wishbone
WordGirl
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Bill Moyers Journal
Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics
Rick Steves
P. Allen Smith
Classical Dest.
This Old House
Faubourg Treme: Black New Orleans NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Christina Cooks Jewish Cuisine
For Your Home
Nature The Desert Lions
Wishbone
WordGirl
History Detectives
History Detectives
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Three Tenors Christmas
Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart Equetrekking
Wishbone
WordGirl
NOW on PBS
McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal
Rick Steves
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P. Allen Smith
10:30pm Ask/Old House
Global Voices Rules of the Game
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live
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Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night
Rick Steves’ European Christmas
Prange & Pearl Harbor
Nature The Dragon Chronicles
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
Citizen Tanouye
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WordGirl
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BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Washington Week Justice: What’s the Right Thing
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Lawrence Welk Musical Memories Doo Wop 50
Super Why!
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Eastman Theatre: Restoring a Mast.
Martha Speaks
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NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Great Performances Andrea Bocelli and David Foster: My Christmas
Martha Speaks
Andre Rieu Live in Dresden: Wedding at the Opera
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Yankee Workshop
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OpenRoad
Nature The Desert Lions
AfroPop Desert Bayou
Scientific American Frontiers
SATURDAY DECEMBER 5 (cont.) Rick Steves’ Iran
Rick Steves
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W RLD Faubourg Treme: Black New Orleans American Experience New Orleans
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Victory Garden
WordGirl
Wishbone
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
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Eastman Theatre: Restoring a Mast. The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
AfroPop The Fighting Spirit
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Wishbone
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Martha Speaks
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
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Pioneers of Television Variety
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
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Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics The 60’s
Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith
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Curious George
Martha Speaks
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Leonard Cohen Live in London Wishbone
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency
10:30pm
Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
WordGirl
Lidia’s Italy: Simple and Delicious Recipes
Forgotten War
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company HomeworkHotline
Lidia’s Italy
Perfect Day
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Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
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W RLD McLaughlin 1/1 McLaughlin Group AfroPop Black To Our Roots
THURSDAY DECEMBER 10
Independent Lens Between Folds
Frontline The Madoff Affair
5:30pm Katie Brown
Charlie Rose
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Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company HomeworkHotline
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Open Road
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
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create Mexico/One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD Scully/World
Closer to Truth Scientific American Frontiers
FRIDAY DECEMBER 11
NOVA Volcano Above The Clouds
Scientific American Frontiers
5:30pm
Charlie Rose
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company Biz Kid$
create Simply Ming
Lidia’s Italy
Spain... On the Road Again
Rick Steves
Rudy Maxa
Garden Home
This Old House
Hometime
W RLD Think Tank
Second Opinion
Spartans Part 1 of 3
Spartans Part 2 of 3
Spartans Part 3 of 3
Charlie Rose
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Alone in the Wilderness
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W RLD NOVA Volcano Above the Clouds
SUNDAY DECEMBER 13 1:00pm
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Heart Healthy Yoga
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Lidia’s Italy
W RLD AfroPop Black to Our Roots
MONDAY DECEMBER 14 1:00pm Big Big World
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Sewing w. Nancy Garden Home
Katie Brown
Nature The Dragon Chronicles
History Detectives
Amer. Woodshop Holiday Table
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5:30pm Lumber Jack...
One Stroke Paint Katie Brown
History Detectives
Food Trip
Scientific American Frontiers
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The Big Band Years
Magic Moments: The Best of 50’s Pop
Perfect Day
Garden Home
Scandinavian...
Bill Moyers Journal
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Ask/Old House
5:30pm
For Your Home
Katie Brown
Global Voices Death of a Shaman
AfroPop Desert Bayou
Latin View
La Plazza
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Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Lidia’s Italy
Spain... On the Road Again
3:30pm
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Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Rick Steves
Rudy Maxa
Garden Home
This Old House
Hometime
W RLD Inside Washington Religion & Ethics Jerusalem: Center of the World
TUESDAY DECEMBER 15
Cultivating Life
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Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone! create Katie Brown
5:30pm
Nature Shark Mountain
Charlie Rose
Cultivating Life
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Open Road
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
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W RLD To the Contrary
European Journal Christian Revolution Part 1 of 2
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16
Christian Revolution Part 2 of 2
Beyond Theology
Charlie Rose
5:30pm
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Lidia’s Italy
Perfect Day
Scandinavian...
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
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create Cook’s Country
W RLD McLaughlin 1/1 McLaughlin Group AfroPop Moving to the Beat
THURSDAY DECEMBER 17
Independent Lens Herb and Dorothy Scientific American Frontiers
Charlie Rose
5:30pm Katie Brown
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Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Open Road
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
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create Mexico/One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD Scully/World
Closer to Truth Scientific American Frontiers
NOVA Volcano Spy Factory
Scientific American Frontiers
Charlie Rose
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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9 6:00pm
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BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Super Why!
Curious George
W RLD Frontline The Madoff Affair
Martha Speaks
AfroPop Black To Our Roots
THURSDAY DECEMBER 10 6:00pm
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Super Why!
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Curious George
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
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Super Why!
Equitrekking
7:00pm
Super Why!
7:30pm
Frontline The Madoff Affair
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop
Wishbone
NOVA Saved By the Sun
Scientific American Frontiers
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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10:00pm
NOVA Volcano Above the Clouds
6:30pm
6:30pm Super Why!
W RLD Nature Shark Mountain
7:30pm
Curious George
6:30pm Super Why!
W RLD Beyond Theology
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Super Why!
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Super Why!
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
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WordGirl
Katie Brown
10:30pm One Stroke Paint.
Nature The Dragon Chronicles
Scientific American Frontiers
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8:00pm
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10:00pm
8:30pm
9:30pm
Rick Steves
Wishbone
WordGirl
NOW on PBS
McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal
Equitrekking
8:00pm
8:30pm
P. Allen Smith
10:30pm Ask/Old House
Global Voices Death of a Shaman
9:00pm
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Rudy Maxa
Garden Smart
This Old House
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Martha Speaks
Wishbone
WordGirl
Rick Steves
Nature Shark Mountain
History Detectives
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OpenRoad
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop
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Curious George
Martha Speaks
Christian Revolution Part 1 of 2
8:00pm
WXXI Viewers’ Choice (Visit WXXI.org to see what it is!) Wishbone
WordGirl
Rick Steves
Christian Revolution Part 2 of 2
Beyond Theology
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
Garden Smart
Ask/Old House
EVENING
7:00pm
7:30pm
Curious George
Martha Speaks
AfroPop Moving to the Beat
8:30pm
9:30pm
Christmas w/ Mormon Tab. Choir... Great Performances at the Met Tosca Wishbone
WordGirl
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Independent Lens Herb and Dorothy AfroPop Hip Hop Revolution
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
EVENING
7:00pm
7:30pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
9:00pm
Jerusalem: Center of the World
THURSDAY DECEMBER 17 6:00pm
8:00pm
This Old House
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Martha Speaks
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
W RLD AfroPop Hip Hop Revolution
History Detectives
American Masters Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
7:30pm
Curious George
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16
create Sid/Science Kid
P. Allen Smith
Rudy Maxa
Kenny Rogers: The Journey
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
6:30pm
Rick Steves
WordGirl
EVENING
7:00pm
TUESDAY DECEMBER 15
6:00pm
Wishbone
EVENING
7:00pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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10:30pm
The National Parks: America’s Best...
Amer. Woodshop Holiday Table
MONDAY DECEMBER 14
create Sid/Science Kid
9:30pm
Bill Moyers Journal
Wishbone
Washington Week Justice: What’s the Right Thing
6:00pm
8:30pm
Washington Week Need to Know
Spartans Part 2 of 3
Martha Speaks
W RLD WealthTrack
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WordGirl
Curious George
Super Why!
create Sid/Science Kid
8:30pm
The Journey of Man
Great Performances Eric Clapton Crossroads...
create Sid/Science Kid
6:00pm
Ask/Old House
Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter
Beautiful World with Jim Brickman
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Garden Smart
The Lawrence Welk Show Winter
SUNDAY DECEMBER 13 6:00pm
Rick Steves
EVENING
6:30pm
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
WordGirl
10:30pm
Independent Lens Between Folds
Martha Speaks
Spartans Part 1 of 3
(5:30 p) Lumber Jack Sky Pilot
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10:00pm
Wishbone
Martha Speaks
7:30pm
Curious George
SATURDAY DECEMBER 12
create Sid/Science Kid
9:30pm
EVENING
6:30pm
W RLD History Detectives
6:00pm
9:00pm
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
8:30pm
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Scientific American Frontiers
FRIDAY DECEMBER 11 6:00pm
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6:30pm
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Curious George
Martha Speaks
Scientific American Frontiers
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
This Old House Hour Newton Cent.. Antiques Roadshow ...Remembers Globe Trekker Galleons, Pirates... Wishbone
WordGirl
NOVA The Spy Factory
Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Scientific American Frontiers
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
FRIDAY DECEMBER 18
AFTERNOON
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Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
create Simply Ming
Lidia’s Italy
Spain... On the Road Again
Rick Steves
Rudy Maxa
Garden Home
This Old House
Hometime
W RLD Think Tank
Second Opinion
Secrets of the Dead The Killer Flu
Anatomy of a Pandemic
Hold Your Breath
Charlie Rose
4:00pm
/
SATURDAY DECEMBER 19 1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
Garden Smart
Simply Ming
Test Kitchen
Nick Stellino
Second Opinion P. Allen Smith
Katie Brown
Holiday Table
Scandanavian... Katie Brown
/
W RLD NOVA The Spy Factory
SUNDAY DECEMBER 20
Nature Shark Mountain
3:30pm Smart Travels
History Detectives
5:00pm
5:30pm
Doc Martin
4:30pm
Travelscope
Rick Steves
Art Workshop
Taste / Louisiana Daisy Cooks!
Holiday Table
History Detectives
Scientific American Frontiers
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
Life (Part 2)
Second Opinion NY Wine & Table Sewing/Nancy
Woodwright
MotorWeek
CityWise
Katie Brown
This Old House
Ask/Old House
Lidia’s Italy
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
Katie Brown
/
create Cook’s Country
W RLD AfroPop Moving to the Beat
MONDAY DECEMBER 21
2:00pm
2:30pm
Perfect Day
Scandinavian...
Bill Moyers Journal
Global Voices Beyond the Border
AfroPop Black to Our Roots
Latin View
La Plaza
5:30pm
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Lidia’s Italy
Spain... On the Road Again
Rick Steves
Rudy Maxa
Garden Home
This Old House
Hometime
/
create Simply Ming
W RLD Inside Washington Religion & Ethics Adirondacks
TUESDAY DECEMBER 22
Nature Christmas in Yellowstone
Charlie Rose
Cultivating Life
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
/
create Mexico/One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD To the Contrary
European Journal Battle of Hood and Bismarck
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 1:00pm Big Big World
/
create Cook’s Country
Battle of Hood and Bismarck
Odyssey of Captain Healy
Charlie Rose
3:00pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
AFTERNOON
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Lidia’s Italy
Gourmet’s Adv.
Scandinavian...
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
W RLD McLaughlin 1/1 McLaughlin Group AfroPop Welcome to Nollywood
THURSDAY DECEMBER 24
3:30pm
Independent Lens Helvetica
4:30pm
AfroPop Mix
5:30pm Katie Brown
Charlie Rose
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
/
create Mexico/One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD Scully/World
Closer to Truth Scientific American Frontiers
FRIDAY DECEMBER 25 1:00pm
1:30pm
Christmas w/ Mormon Tab. Choir
/
NOVA The Last Great Ape
Scientific American Frontiers
3:00pm
4:00pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
Christmans at Belmont
3:30pm
Faith Hill Joy to the World
Katie Brown
Holiday Table
W RLD Think Tank
Second Opinion
American Masters Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built
SATURDAY DECEMBER 26
Scandanavian... Katie Brown
Smart Travels
4:30pm
Art Workshop
Holiday Table
5:00pm
5:30pm
Heidi 4 Paws: A Furry Tale Taste / Louisiana Daisy Cooks!
American Masters Marvin Gaye
Charlie Rose
4:00pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
Travelscope
Rick Steves
Holiday Table
Burt Wolf
AFTERNOON
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
Garden Smart
Simply Ming
Test Kitchen
Nick Stellino
Second Opinion P. Allen Smith
Smart Travels
Taste/Louisiana Christina Cooks Katie Brown
Taste/Louisiana Katie Brown
W RLD NOVA The Last Great Ape
Charlie Rose
Michael McDonald This Christmas
1:00pm create Holiday Table
5:30pm
AFTERNOON
create Travelscope
/
Cultivating Life
AFTERNOON
1:00pm create Travelscope
5:30pm
Nature Christmas in Yellowstone
3:30pm
History Detectives
4:30pm
Doc Martin Burt Wolf
History Detectives
Scientific American Frontiers
FRIDAY DECEMBER 18 6:00pm
EVENING
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
Super Why!
/
Curious George
W RLD Hold Your Breath
Secrets of the Dead The Killer Flu
SATURDAY DECEMBER 19 6:00pm
Martha Speaks
8:00pm
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FOR MORE HOLIDAY PROGRAMING, VISIT WXXI.ORG/HOLIDAY
8:30pm
7:00pm
Super Why!
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
7:30pm
Curious George
6:30pm
BBC World News New York Now
/
Martha Speaks
NOVA The Spy Factory
SUNDAY DECEMBER 20 6:00pm
Wishbone
Rick Steves
P. Allen Smith
WordGirl
Anatomy of a Pandemic
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
6:30pm Super Why!
W RLD Nature Christmas in Yellowstone
W RLD Odyssey of Captain Healy
6:30pm
/
W RLD AfroPop Mix
Super Why!
/
Super Why!
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
Curious George
Martha Speaks
Adirondacks
6:30pm
7:30pm
Curious George
Martha Speaks
Battle of Hood and Bismarck
/
Super Why!
W RLD American Masters Marvin Gaye
7:30pm
Curious George
6:30pm
Antiques Roadshow create Sid/Science Kid
/
Super Why!
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
10:00pm
9:30pm Equitrekking
P. Allen Smith
10:30pm Ask/Old House
Global Voices Beyond the Border
9:00pm
9:30pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
Antiques Roadshow Big & Little
Great Performances Dance in America: San Fran. Ballet’s Nutcracker
Wishbone
Rick Steves
WordGirl
Rudy Maxa
Garden Smart
This Old House
Nature Christmas in Yellowstone
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm
8:30pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
NOVA The Last Great Ape
Michael McDonald This Christmas
Independent Lens Between the Folds
Wishbone
Rick Steves
Victory Garden
WordGirl
OpenRoad
Yankee Workshop
Battle of Hood and Bismarck
Odyssey of Captain Healy
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
Garden Smart
Ask/Old House
.
Martha Speaks
8:30pm
9:30pm
National Christmas Tree Lighting
Great Performances La Boheme
Wishbone
WordGirl
Rick Steves
Independent Lens Helvetica
AfroPop Mix
8:00pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
Equitrekking
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
EVENING
7:00pm
7:30pm
Curious George
Martha Speaks
Scientific American Frontiers
8:30pm
Faith Hill Christmas Special Wishbone
WordGirl
10:00pm
10:30pm
Christmas w/ Mormon Taber. Choir Christmas at St. Olaf Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop
NOVA The Last Great Ape
Scientific American Frontiers
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm
EVENING
7:00pm
7:30pm
Curious George
8:30pm
Washington Week Need to Know
Martha Speaks Wishbone
WordGirl
American Masters Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built
SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 6:00pm
9:00pm
8:30pm
EVENING
7:00pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
8:00pm
EVENING
7:00pm
FRIDAY DECEMBER 25 6:00pm
History Detectives
8:30pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
History Detectives
8:00pm
7:30pm
AfroPop Welcome to Nollywood
6:30pm
Nature Shark Mountain
10:30pm
EVENING
7:00pm
THURSDAY DECEMBER 24 6:00pm
Holiday Table
Scheewe Art
McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
Smart Travels
NOW on PBS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 6:00pm
Katie Brown
Rick Steves
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Super Why!
WordGirl
Fine Romance
WordGirl
TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 6:30pm
Wishbone
9:30pm
As Time Goes By Fresh Fields
Wishbone
Martha Speaks
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
/
10:00pm
9:00pm Keeping Up
Curious George
MONDAY DECEMBER 21
create Sid/Science Kid
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Masterpiece Classic Cranford Pt. 1 of 2
Washington Week Justice: What’s the Right Thing
6:00pm
This Old House
Hold Your Breath
Nature Christmas in Yellowstone
W RLD WealthTrack
/
Rudy Maxa
OnStage Watkins and the Rapiers
Super Why!
create Sid/Science Kid
10:30pm
EVENING
7:00pm
create Sid/Science Kid
6:00pm
10:00pm
McLaughlin Group NOW on PBS
Antiques Roadshow ...Remembers Lawrence Welk Christmas Reunion Sherlock Holmes Cardboard Box
/
9:30pm
Bill Moyers Journal
EVENING
6:30pm
create Sid/Science Kid
9:00pm
Washington Week Need to Know
9:30pm
Bill Moyers Journal Katie Brown
Smart Travels
10:30pm
McLaughlin Group NOW on PBS Scheewe Art
Holiday Table
American Masters Marvin Gaye
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
10:00pm
EVENING
9:00pm
9:30pm
Lawrence Welk Tribute/Bing Crosby Sherlock Holmes
7:00pm
7:30pm
Keeping Up...
As Time Goes By Fresh Fields
As Time Goes By
Curious George
Taste/Louisiana
Christina Cooks Katie Brown
Burt Wolf
Martha Speaks
NOVA The Last Great Ape
8:00pm Wishbone
8:30pm WordGirl
Nature Christmas in Yellowstone
History Detectives
History Detectives
10:30pm
SUNDAY DECEMBER 27
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
Life (Part 2)
Second Opinion NY Wine & Table Sewing/Nancy
Woodwright
MotorWeek
CityWise
Katie Brown
This Old House
Ask/Old House
Lidia’s Italy
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
Katie Brown
/
create Cook’s Country
2:00pm
W RLD AfroPop Welcome to Nollywood
MONDAY DECEMBER 28
2:30pm
Gourmet’s Adv.
Scandinavian...
Bill Moyers Journal
AfroPop Moving to the Beat
Latin View
La Plaza
5:30pm
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Lidia’s Italy
Spain... On the Road Again
Rick Steves
Rudy Maxa
Garden Home
This Old House
Hometime
/
create Simply Ming
W RLD Inside Washington Religion & Ethics Documenting the Face of America
TUESDAY DECEMBER 29
At Close Range with National Geo. Nature Drakensberg
Charlie Rose
Cultivating Life
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Open Road
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
/
create Mexico/One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD To the Contrary
European Journal Millie Benson
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30
American Masters Louisa May Alcott
Virginia Lee Burton
5:30pm
Charlie Rose
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Lidia’s Italy
Gourmet’s Adv.
Scandinavian...
Rick Steves
Equitrekking
Garden Home
Ask/Old House
For Your Home
/
create Cook’s Country
W RLD McLaughlin 1/1 McLaughlin Group Abstinence...
THURSDAY DECEMBER 31
Independent Lens Scenes from a Parish
Independent Lens Knocking
5:30pm Katie Brown
Charlie Rose
AFTERNOON
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
Big Big World
Barney
Caillou
Curious George
Fetch!
Cyberchase
Arthur
WordGirl
Electric Company AngelinaBallerina
Winemakers
Avec Eric
Rick Steves
Open Road
Victory Garden
Yankee Workshop Woodsmith Shop Moment/Luxury
/
create Mexico/One Plate Julia & Jacques
W RLD Scully/World
Closer to Truth NOVA What Darwin Never Knew
DAYTIME
M O R N I N G S
O N
Scientific American Frontiers
T V
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5:30pm
Charlie Rose
To get overnight schedules and complete listings, visit WXXI.org
w As this is a pledge month, there may be disruptions in the Daytime & Late Night Schedules.
WEEKDAYS 6:00
Global Voices Estilo Hip Hop
Biz Kid$ (Mon-Wed)|ATW (Thu/Fri)
6:30
Between the Lions
7:00
Arthur
SATURDAY Earth Revealed
SUNDAY Second Opinion
7:30
Sesame Street Martha Speaks
8:00
Curious George
Arthur
Thomas & Friends
8:30
Sid the Science Kid
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Bob the Builder
9:00
Super Why!
WordGirl
Make Way for Noddy
9:30
Dinosaur Train
Hometime
Clifford the Big Red Dog
This Old House
The Electric Company
Ask This Old House
Biz Kid$
10:00
Sesame Street 10:30
Sesame Street
11:00
Clifford the Big Red Dog
New Yankee Workshop
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
11:30
WordWorld
Ciao Italy
Inside Washington
Noon
Super Why!
Lidia’s Italy
To the Contrary
12:30
Dragon Tales
Victory Garden
Need to Know
For Night Owls W E E K N I G H T S 11:00p Worldfocus 11:30p Charlie Rose 12:30a Tavis Smiley S A T U R D AY S 11:00p Dr. Who 12:00a Austin City Limits S U N D AY S 11:00p In the Life 12:00a Soundstage
SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
BBC World News New York Now
/
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EVENING
7:30pm
8:00pm
WordGirl
Rick Steves
NOW on PBS
McLaughlin Group Bill Moyers Journal
8:00pm
8:30pm
Martha Speaks
7:00pm
Super Why!
7:30pm
Curious George
Martha Speaks
Documenting the Face of America
TUESDAY DECEMBER 29 7:00pm
Super Why!
W RLD Virginia Lee Burton
7:30pm
/
6:30pm Super Why!
10:30pm
Rick Steves
This Old House
WordGirl
Rudy Maxa
Garden Smart
At Close Range with National Geo. Nature Drakensberg
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
8:00pm
10:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
NOVA What Darwin Never Knew
Independent Lens Scenes/Parish
Wishbone
Victory Garden
WordGirl
Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Virginia Lee Burton
Yankee Workshop
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
A Girl’s Life
P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Wishbone
Rick Steves
Curious George
Martha Speaks
WordGirl
Abstinence...
Independent Lens Scenes from a Parish
Equitrekking
Independent Lens Knocking
10:00pm
10:30pm
Garden Smart
Ask/Old House
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
EVENING
6:30pm
7:00pm
Super Why!
Curious George
W RLD Scientific American Frontiers
WEEKDAY
10:00pm
EVENING
7:30pm
8:00pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
/
9:30pm
Wishbone
American Masters Louisa May Alcott
THURSDAY DECEMBER 31
create Sid/Science Kid
9:00pm
Tour/Singer Castle
Millie Benson
7:00pm
W RLD Independent Lens Knocking
6:00pm
Global Voices Estilo Hip Hop
American Masters Louisa May Alcott
Martha Speaks
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer create Sid/Science Kid
Ask/Old House
Antiques Roadshow Jackpot!
Curious George
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30 6:00pm
P. Allen Smith
EVENING
6:30pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
/
Equitrekking
EVENING
6:30pm
BBC World News Nightly Business NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
create Sid/Science Kid
10:30pm
Wishbone
MONDAY DECEMBER 28
6:00pm
10:00pm
Curious George
Washington Week Justice: What’s the Right Thing
W RLD Nature Drakensberg
9:30pm
Masterpiece Classic Cranford Pt.2 Poirot Minister Kidnapped...
W RLD WealthTrack
/
9:00pm
Nature Drakensberg
Super Why!
create Sid/Science Kid
8:30pm
OnStage James Moody
create Sid/Science Kid
6:00pm
FOR MORE HOLIDAY PROGRAMING, VISIT WXXI.ORG/HOLIDAY
9:00pm
9:30pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
American Masters Carol Burnett
Wishbone
Victory Garden
Martha Speaks f
NOVA What Darwin Never Knew
M O R N I N G S
8:30pm
Live from Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve
O N
WordGirl
Rick Steves
OpenRoad
Scientific American Frontiers
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c reate
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Yankee Workshop
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
C A B L E
4 3 3
6:00a
Sewing with Nancy (Mon. & Fri.) f Scheewe Art Workshop (Tues. & Thurs.) Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel (Wed.)
10:00
Garden Smart (Mon. & Wed.) Victory Garden (Tues. & Thurs.) P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home (Fri.) f
6:30
Donna Dewberry Show (Mon. & Fri.) f Best of the Joy of Painting (Tues. & Thurs.) Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places (Wed.)
10:30
This Old House (Mon. & Fri.) f New Yankee Workshop (Tues. & Thurs.) Ask This Old House (Wed.)
7:00
Simply Ming (Mon. & Fri.) f Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless (Tues. & Thurs.) Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen (Wed.)
11:00
Hometime (Mon. & Fri.) f Woodswright’s Shop (Tue. & Thurs.) For Your Home (Wed.)
7:30
Lidia’s Italy (Mon., Wed., Fri.) f Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home (Tues. & Thurs.)
8:00
Spain...On the Road Again (Mon. & Fri. one hour long) f Nick Stellino Cooking (Tues. & Thurs.) Winemaker begins 12/10 Perfect Day (Wed.) Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth begins 12/23
11:30
Cultivating Life (Mon. & Fri.) f Moment of Luxury (Tue. & Thurs.) Katie Brown Workshop (Wed.)
8:30
Spain...On the Road Again (Mon. & Fri. continued) f Avec Eric (Tues. & Thurs) New Scandinavian Cooking (Fri.) f
Noon
Sewing with Nancy (Mon. & Fri.) f Scheewe Art Workshop (Tues. & Thurs.) Lap Quilting/G. Bonesteel (Wed.) Knit & Crochet Today begins 12/16
9:00
Rick Steves’ Europe (Mon. - Fri) f
9:30
Rudy Maxa (Mon. & Fri.) f OpenRoad (Tues. & Thurs.) Equitrekking (Wed.)
12:30p Donna Dewberry Show (Mon. & Fri.) Best of the Joy of Painting (Tues. & Thurs.) Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places (Wed.)
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25TH WILL FEATURE VARIOUS HOLIDAY-THEMED PROGRAMS
AM1370 PROGRAMMING Monday-Friday 5:00
HD 91.5-2
Saturday
Sunday
Legislative Gazette/ Capital Connection
A World of Possibilities
Inside Europe
The State We’re In
Only a Game
Speaking of Faith
Weekend Edition with Scott Simon
Weekend Edition with Liane Hansen
Car Talk
Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!
6:00 6:30 7:00 8:00
Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne
and local host Alex Crichton Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WJSL-FM 90.3 and WXXI-FM HD-2
and local host Jen Markham
9:00 10:00 11:00
The Diane Rehm Show 1.800.433.8850
and local host Brad Smith
Car Talk Whad’Ya Know?
NOON 1:00 2:00
1370 Connection
with Bob Smith 585.263.9994
Talk of the Nation
A Prairie Home Companion
A Season’s Griot
Marketplace Money Perspectives with Curt Smith
Whad’Ya Know? Radio Hour
Wilson (pictured) hosts this annual
1.800.989.TALK 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00
The Tavis Smiley Show All Things Considered with Melissa Block, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel and local host Rachel Ward
Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WJSL-FM 90.3, and WXXI-FM HD-2
The Splendid Table Living on Earth
All Things Considered with Debbie Elliott
All Things Considered with Debbie Elliott
Latino USA This American Life
6:30
Marketplace
7:00
Fresh Air
8:00
Tell Me More
9:00
Monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday
Need to Know Mostly Jazz with Tom Hampson
Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me Perspectives w/ Curt Smith Car Talk This American Life Splendid Table
10:00
Acclaimed storyteller Madafo Lloyd
Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
one-hour special that captures the tales and traditions of African-American and African peoples. Featuring stories told to, for and about children, it presents traditional and original works of poetry, music and prose that speak to the institution of family. With folktale, song and poetry, Wilson and friends put
On the Media Technation
the spotlight on youth: love for them, responsibility to them, and ways adults can sometimes not see them. Favorite features also return, including the show’s
Riverwalk Jazz
The Changing World
poet laureate, Beverly Fields Burnette, who delights all with an original
Jazz from Lincoln Center
1370 Forum
Weekend Radio
Le Show
composition.
1370 Connection 11:00 Mid. to 5a
BBC World Service
BBC World Service
BBC World Service
A Season’s Griot airs Sunday, December 27 at 10 p.m., and Friday, January 1 at 1 p.m. and 11 p.m.
1370 Connection Forums & AM 1370 Specials America Abroad, Marketplace Presents: The Climate Race airs Sunday, December 6 at 10 p.m. As the scientific questions over climate change settle, the fight over the globe’s economic transformation is only just beginning. How are the realities of climate change already altering our world? Hanukkah Lights airs Sunday, December 13 at 10 p.m., and Tuesday, December 15 at 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. A perennial NPR favorite for nearly two decades, acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah stories written expressly for Hanukkah Lights. Hosted by NPR’s Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.
Jazz Piano Christmas XX airs Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m. Hear solo performances and duo combos playing original interpretations of our favorite holiday classics. Artists include Dr. Billy Taylor, Ramsey Lewis, Patricia Barber, Eldar, and Robert Glasper. Felix Contreas hosts. Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites airs Sunday, December 20 at 10 p.m., and Thursday, December 24 at 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. Featuring stories from the NPR archives that touch on the meaning of Christmas, guests David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk and others tell stories of the season. Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol airs Thursday, December 24 at 1 pm and 11 pm Master comedian Jonathan Winters presents a distinctive reading of Dickens’ holiday classic.
CLASSICAL 91.5 PROGRAMMING Monday-Friday 6:00 7:00 8:00
Morning Show
Saturday
Sunday
Classical 24
Classical Music
Cadenza with Chris Van Hof
Performance Today with Fred Child
Classical Music with Julia Figueras
1:00
Live From Hochstein with Chris Van Hof (Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.)
Sunday Baroque Classical Music
with Marianne Carberry
with Mindy Ratner
3:00
Classical Music
Houston Opera/ Metropolitan Opera (start and end times vary)
From the Top
6:00
8:00 9:00
Holiday Specials Exploring Music
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with Bill McGlaughlin
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with Scott Blankenship
An Evensong Celebration of the Life of Richard Gladwell airs Sun., Dec. 26 at 6 p.m. Choirs from nine local churches, the Rochester Oratorio Society, Madrigalia, and the Emerald Brass Quintet joined together to pay tribute to Richard Gladwell. The complete order of the service can be found at WXXI.org/whv.
Weekend Music Series Saturdays at 1 pm – Houston Opera (12/5) Met Opera (12/12-26) 12/5 Rossini: La Cenerentola (in Italian) 12/12 (12:30) Puccini: Il Trittico 12/19 Offenbach: Les Contes D’Hoffmann (HD Theater simulcast) 12/26 Strauss: Elektra
With Heart & Voice
Thistle & Shamrock
(see below)
10:00 11:00
New York Philharmonic
with Chris Van Hof
5:00
7:00
Saint Paul Sunday Classical Music
2:00
4:00
With Heart and Voice
Fascinatin’ Rhythm w/ Michael Lasser
10:00
Noon
with John Andres
with Brenda Tremblay
9:00
11:00
HD 91.5-1
Music of the 21st Century with Chris Hickey
Classical Music
with Scott Blankenship
Sundays at 3 pm – New York Philharmonic 12/6 Liszt: Les Préludes Elgar: In the South Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo & Juliet 12/13 Honegger: Symphony No.2 for String Orchestra and Trumpet Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica 12/20 Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Ravel: Piano Concerto Debussy: La Mer 12/27 Handel: Messiah
Classical 91.5 Syndicated Orchestral Series at 8:00 p.m. Mondays – San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 12/7 Haydn: Te Deum for the Empress Maria Theresa; Symphony No. 100, Military; Mass in Time of War 12/14 Tchaikovsky/arr. Stravinsky: Bluebird Pas de Deux from The Sleeping Beauty Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 12/28 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 4 Tuesdays – The Freeway Series 12/1 Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for Violin & Harp Kodály: Duo for Violin & Cello Mozart: String Quartet, Hunt 12/8 Jolivet: Song of Linus Boulez: Memorial Stravinsky: Octet Debussy: Sacred & Profane Dances Dukas: from La Peri Messiaen: O Sacrum Convivium; of the Celestial City Daniel-Lesur: Song of Songs 12/15 Mozart: Oboe Quartet Barber: String Quartet Boccherini: Oboe Quintet Schubert: String Quartet, Death and the Maiden 12/29 Chin: Romance for Cello and Orchestra Gulda: Cello Concerto (1980) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Wednesdays – Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 12/2 Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, Little Threepenny Music Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
12/9 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral Antheil: A Jazz Symphony Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps 12/16 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Roy Harris: Symphony No. 3 12/23 (9:00pm) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1; Overture to Don Giovanni 12/30 R. Strauss: Serenade; Metamorphosen, A Study for 23 Solo Strings Holst: The Planets Thursdays – BP Chicago Symphony Orchestra 12/3 Bernstein: Overture to Candide; Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra 12/10 Verdi: Ave Maria, Laudi alla Vergine Maria and Te Deum from Four Sacred Pieces Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection 12/17 Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 Rouse: Rapture Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Winter Daydreams; Excerpts from The Nutcracker 12/31 Dvorák: Symphony No. 3; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 7
Fridays – APM Symphony Cast 12/4 Schuman: Symphony No. 3 Glazunov: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet FantasyOverture 12/11 Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 12/18 Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Berlioz: La mort de Cléopâtre Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique 12/25 Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas 1-3) Classical 91.5 brings you many holiday specials in December. Here are just a few: 12/6 at 1 p.m. RPO Holiday Pops 2008 12/9 at 12:10 p.m. Live from Hochstein: A Cup of Good Cheer with Madrigalia 12/14 at 12 p.m. Chanukah in Story and Song 12/16 at 12 p.m. Happy Joyous Chanukah 12/25 at 4 p.m. RPO Messiah 2008 12/24 at 10 a.m. Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols 12/31 at 10 p.m. A Night of Smiles with Mordecai Lipshutz For a complete holiday list, visit WXXI.org/holiday
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