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1 MONDAY 7:00 Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White

provides valuable insights on combating the physical signs and consequences of aging.

8:00 Great Performances "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2018" Ring in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic, at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of conductor Riccardo Muti and featuring favorite Strauss Family waltzes accompanied by the dancing of the Vienna City Ballet.

9:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. Dr. Amen talks about how you can improve your memory and even rescue it if you think it's headed for trouble.

11:30 Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White 12:00 Age Reversed with Miranda Esmonde-White 12:30 Arts District a

2 TUESDAY 7:00 Finding Your Roots "Unfamiliar Kin" Actors

Fred Armisen and Christopher Walken and musician Carly Simon each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them—redefining how they see themselves.

8:00 Influenza 1918: American Experience Examine the social ramifications of the 1918 flu epidemic that killed 675,000--more than those killed in all the major wars of the 20th century—and how it affected those who lived through it.

9:00 Frontline "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" Hear the little-known story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted after the financial crisis.

10:30 Insight with John Ferrugia "Trumped: Rural Rebellion" a

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News "News" 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe

3 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature "Snow Monkeys" In the frigid valleys

of Japan's Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place.

8:00 NOVA "Invisible Universe Revealed" Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope.

9:00 Aurora - Fire in the Sky Examine legends about the origins and meaning of the aurora, the colorful glow that often brightens the night sky in Earth's polar regions.

10:00 To Catch A Comet Watch this compelling documentary that details the complexities and challenges of the 10-year, four-million-mile journey of the European Space Agency's spacecraft Rosetta as it chased down and landed on a comet in a history-making feat.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Growing A Greener World "The Compost

Peddlers (Austin, TX)"

4 THURSDAY 7:00 Spirit of Colorado "Animals" 7:30 Colorado Experience "Aviation" a Our

viewers choice award. Explore Colorado’s legacy of aviation and meet the inspiring individuals who have shaped the industry.

8:00 Lost Sea Expedition 8:30 Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine

"From Apocalypse to Heresies" In this episode, the city of Jerusalem is rocked by war.Host Jonathan Phillips travels to Patmos Island where John was exiled and visits the cave where John wrote the most enigmatic book of the New Testament, Revelation.

9:30 Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine "Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs" Host Jonathan Phillips treks to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today.

10:30 Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine "Constantine" In the final episode, host Jonathan Phillips explains how Rome exerted its fullest effort to eradicate Christianity.

11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Colorado Experience "Aviation" a

5 FRIDAY 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Washington Week Special Edition 8:00 Colorado Experience "Aviation" a 8:30 Arts District a Pueblo’s outdoor

attraction called Neon Alley, a collection of neon art owned and shared by a local resident. PLUS, an unemployed actor finds his niche as a home sales party host; a metal sculptor; the art of Japanese Butoh dance theatre.

4:30 Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer 5:00 Priscilla's Yoga Stretches 5:15 Priscilla's Yoga Stretches 5:30 Classical Stretch: By Essentrics 6:00 Wild Kratts

Odd Squad: Odd Squad: Agents of Change (1/18) 6:30 Wild Kratts

Odd Squad: Odd Squad: Agents of Change (1/18) 7:00 Ready Jet Go!

Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/18) 7:30 Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/18) 8:00 Nature Cat

Odd Squad: Odd Squad: Agents of Change (1/16) Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/22)

8:30 Curious George Odd Squad: Odd Squad: Agents of Change (1/16) Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/22)

9:00 Curious George Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman (1/1)

9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman (1/1)

10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman (1/1)

10:30 Splash and Bubbles Eat Fat Get Thin with Dr. Mark Hyman (1/1)

11:00 Sesame Street Suze Orman: Financial Solutions for You (1/1)

11:30 Super Why! Suze Orman: Financial Solutions for You (1/1)

Noon Dinosaur Train Suze Orman: Financial Solutions for You (1/1)

12:30 Peg + Cat Suze Orman: Financial Solutions for You (1/1)

1:00 Sesame Street Brain Fit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, M.D. and Tana Amen, R.N. (1/1)

1:30 Curious George Brain Fit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, M.D. and Tana Amen, R.N. (1/1)

2:00 Odd Squad Brain Fit: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain with Daniel Amen, M.D. and Tana Amen, R.N. (1/1) Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/22)

2:30 Nature Cat Odd Squad: The Movie (1/18) Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/22)

3:00 Nature Cat Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. (1/1) Odd Squad: Agents of Change (1/16) Odd Squad: The Movie (1/18)

3:30 Wild Kratts Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. (1/1) Odd Squad: Agents of Change (1/16) Odd Squad: The Movie (1/18)

4:00 Wild Kratts Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. (1/1) Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/16, 18)

4:30 Odd Squad Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. (1/1) Matchwits (1/15, 22, 29) a Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (1/16, 18)

5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Nightly Business Report 6:00 PBS NewsHour

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JANUARY 2018

9:00 Great Performances "Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!" Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga team up for a special concert from the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City.

10:00 Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs Get out your tissues and experience what The New York Times called "an emotional firestorm" as the award-winning television and Broadway star brings down the house with his acclaimed cabaret show.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News

6 SATURDAY 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 MotorWeek 1:00 Great Performances "Tony Bennett & Lady

Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!" 2:00 Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs 3:00 Live From Lincoln Center "NY Philharmonic

New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway" 5:00 Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah

Bansemer "The Honey Jar" 5:30 Best of the Joy of Painting "Early Autumn" 6:00 Wild Kratts "Bandito: The Black Footed

Ferret" 6:30 Wild Kratts "Where The Bison Roam" 7:00 Ready Jet Go! "Asteroids, Meteors, and

Meteorites/Mindy's Meteorite Stand" 7:30 Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

"Help with Kelp/Treetop Tom" 8:00 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Flower

Power" 8:30 Quilt in a Day "Quatrefoil & Cups and

Saucers" 9:00 Sewing with Nancy "Favorite Scarves to

Sew, Part 1" 9:30 Father Knows Food "Colt's Play Date" 10:00 Martha Bakes "Bakery-Style Cookies" 10:30 Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Sweets" 11:00 Sara's Weeknight Meals "Best Loved Italian

Recipes" 11:30 Cook's Country "The Italian-American

Kitchen" 12:00 America's Test Kitchen from Cook's

Illustrated "Italian Vegetarian" 12:30 Ellie's Real Good Food "Great Grains" 1:00 Pati's Mexican Table 1:30 Lidia's Kitchen "A Special Occasion" 2:00 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.

3:00 Antiques Roadshow "Knoxville, Hour One" Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Ken Farmer head to the Museum of Appalachia to discuss Appalachian musical instruments.

4:00 Samantha Brown's Places to Love "Houston, Texas"

4:30 The This Old House Hour Richard connects steel piping. Tom makes a jig for the shingled flair detail and shows how to install replacement windows.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show "Broadway Musicals (1971)" A Champagne salute to Broadway musicals, this show features the great songs from 'The Sound of Music", and "My Fair Lady".

7:00 As Time Goes By 7:30 As Time Goes By 8:00 Death In Paradise "An Artistic Murder" The

murder of a local gigolo brings DI Goodman and his team into contact with the social elite of Saint-Marie. For Fidel this proves to be a particularly hard hitting case as the death of his old school friend forces him to face up to some past mistakes.

9:00 Midsomer Murders "The Glitch" 9:50 Midsomer Murders "The Glitch" 10:40 Bluegrass Underground "Rhonda Vincent &

The Rage" 11:10 Austin City Limits "Father John Misty/The

Black Angels"

7 SUNDAY 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory 1:00 Front and Center "Liam Gallagher" 2:00 Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "South Korea

- A Winter Journey" 2:30 Rick Steves' Europe "Rick Steves' Europe:

The Making Of" 3:00 Globe Trekker "North East England" 4:00 NOVA "Invisible Universe Revealed" 5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "A Young

Pianist/Costa's Music Behind-The-Scenes" 5:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "The Tiger

Family Grows/Daniel Learns About Being A Big Brother"

6:00 Curious George "The Truth About George Burgers/Curious George in the Dark"

6:30 Curious George "The Clean, Perfect Yellow Hat/Bee Is for Bear"

7:00 Nature Cat "Lights Out for Sea Turtles/Nature Art"

7:30 Wild Kratts "Crocogator Contest" 8:00 Wild Kratts "The Amazing Creature Race" 8:30 Odd Squad "Oscar Strikes Back" 9:00 Odd Squad "Oscar Strikes Back" 9:30 Biz Kid$ "Where Is My Allowance?" 10:00 This Old House "Tommy's Flair for Flares" 10:30 Dream of Italy "Venice" 11:00 Nature "Snow Monkeys" 12:00 NOVA "Invisible Universe Revealed" 1:00 Prohibition "A Nation of Drunkards" Since

the early years of the American Republic, alcohol has been embedded in the fabric of American culture. But by 1830, the average American over 15 years old consumes nearly seven gallons of pure alcohol a year, three times as much as we drink today.

3:00 Prohibition "A Nation of Scofflaws" In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor. This episode examines the problems of enforcement, as millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.

5:00 Spirit of Colorado "Animals" 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 Father Brown "The Star of Jacob" Canon Fox (Roger May) pays a visit to inform Father Brown (Mark Williams) and Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) that the Duke of Frome, John Langton (Ray Coulthard) will be attending Christmas Mass at St Mary's.

7:00 Victoria On Masterpiece "The Queen's Husband" At loose ends in a foreign land, Albert finds a noble cause. Victoria gets her way at court and resorts to a folk cure in the bedroom.

8:00 Victoria On Masterpiece "Engine of Change" With a child on the way, Victoria must choose a regent in case she dies during childbirth. The Tory party disputes her choice, but she and Albert turn the tables with the aid of the latest in 19th-century technology.

9:00 Victoria On Masterpiece "Young England" On the verge of delivering her first child, Victoria spurns advice and ventures among her subjects, attracting the devoted and demented alike. Miss Skerrett and Francatelli reach their decisive moment.

10:00 Victorian Slum House "The 1860s" Follow participants as they move into an 1860s tenement made up of sparse rooms, a shared water pump and outdoor privies. They seek to make a living by matchbox making, wood turning and the rag trade, work once done by their impoverished forebears.

11:00 Victorian Slum House "The 1870s" Witness a dire economic depression heightened by the arrival of Irish migrants seeking work. Daily, the slum dwellers toil to fulfil clothing orders and make artificial flowers for factories.

12:00 Father Brown "The Star of Jacob"

8 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow "Harrisburg, Hour

One" Celebrate ROADSHOW's new season with a first-time visit to Harrisburg.Treasures include a Pennsylvania Dutch coffeepot, an 1892 H.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow "Knoxville, Hour Two" In Knoxville, Tennessee, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L.Walberg and appraiser Francis J.

9:00 Independent Lens "Unrest" Follow filmmaker Jennifer Brea's struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and meet others coping with this often-devastating and little-understood condition in this intimate documentary.

10:30 Growing Bolder "A Masterclass In Active Longevity"

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Arts District a

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9 TUESDAY 7:00 Finding Your Roots "Puritans and Pioneers"

Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors through American conflicts - the Civil War and the American Revolution, all the way back to the Puritan establishment.

8:00 Into The Amazon: American Experience Discover the remarkable story of the perilous 1914 journey of Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the dark and deadly heart of the Amazon rainforest. .

10:00 Secrets of the Dead "The Lost Diary of Dr.Livingstone" To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Dr.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe

10 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature "Yosemite" Yosemite Valley is a land

forged in wildfire and sculpted by water, the delicate balance of these two elements are essential to the creatures and trees that call this land their home. But with climates changing and temperatures rising, the Sierras are under siege.

8:00 NOVA "Black Hole Apocalypse - Part 1 and 2" PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA programs demystify science and technology and highlight the people involved in scientific pursuits.

10:00 Hawking Stephen Hawking is one of the most recognizable people on the planet, a superstar of the scientific world. But although Hawking is an iconic figure, who is the man behind the image?

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Growing A Greener World "The Green Bronx

Machine: The Power of a Classroom Farm (Bronx, NY)"

11 THURSDAY 7:00 Spirit of Colorado "Ranch Life" 7:30 Colorado Experience "Settling The Sand

Dunes" a Experience the rich history of the Great Sand Dunes National Park , from cattle ranching to a wetland sanctuary see why this National Historic Landmark is a Colorado gem.

8:00 Lost Sea Expedition 8:30 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways "Railroad

to Mandalay" 9:10 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways "Crossing

The Andes"

10:00 Canadian Rockies By Rail Canadian Rockies by Rail takes viewers along for a trip through the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies, exploring some of the most stunning scenery in the world.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Spirit of Colorado "Ranch Life"

12 FRIDAY 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 PBS Previews: The Best of the PBS Indies 8:00 Colorado Experience "Settling The Sand

Dunes" a 8:30 Arts District a The Denver Children’s

Choir is a non-profit that offers music instruction to a select group of schools which don’t have it and gives kids a chance to lift their voices in song. PLUS, landscape painting in the Catskill Mountains; a museum devoted to art about workers; a semi-pro tap dance team entertains in Ohio.

9:00 Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song A PBS music special featuring an all-star tribute to singer and songwriter Tony Bennett, the 2017 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

10:30 Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

13 SATURDAY 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 MotorWeek 1:00 Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress

Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 2:30 Tom Jones: A Soundstage Special Event 3:30 Girls in the Band 4:30 Everyone Has A Place 5:00 Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah

Bansemer "Mountain Lake, Part 1" 5:30 Best of the Joy of Painting "Wayside Pond" 6:00 Wild Kratts "Lemur Legs" 6:30 Wild Kratts "Lemur Stink Fight" 7:00 Ready Jet Go! "Sunspot and the Great Red

Spot/Uncle Zucchini Babysits" 7:30 Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Big

Cats/Fantastic Flour" 8:00 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Washington

Was Here" 8:30 Quilt in a Day "Gothic Barn" 9:00 Sewing with Nancy "Favorite Scarves to

Sew, Part 2" 9:30 Father Knows Food "Morning Ritual" 10:00 Martha Bakes "Naturally Gluten-Free" 10:30 Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Cooking

with Grains" 11:00 Sara's Weeknight Meals "Beantown" 11:30 Cook's Country "Straight from So-Cal" 12:00 America's Test Kitchen from Cook's

Illustrated 12:30 Ellie's Real Good Food "Desserts with

Benefits"

1:00 Pati's Mexican Table 1:30 Lidia's Kitchen "The Roast" 2:00 The Great British Baking Show "Masterclass

2" Paul demonstrates how to make soda bread and then bakes baguettes. Mary makes cappuccino creme brulees and Spanische windtorte.

3:00 Antiques Roadshow "Harrisburg, Hour One" Treasures include a Pennsylvania Dutch coffeepot, an 1892 H. F. Farny painting, and a Rene Lalique necklace. Which is valued at $200,000-$300,000 during an emotional appraisal?

4:00 Samantha Brown's Places to Love "Bern Region, Switzerland"

4:30 The This Old House Hour Kevin visits a home with pine trim, Richard reviews the mechanical wall and Mauro repairs holes in old plaster.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show "200 Years of

American Music - Part 1 (1976)" Lawrence and his Musical Family tell the history of America from folk songs to pop tunes.

7:00 As Time Goes By 7:30 As Time Goes By 8:00 Death In Paradise "Ye of Little Faith" DI

Goodman and his team are introduced to the jet-setting world of airline pilots and cabin crew when an air stewardess is discovered murdered. Will Humphrey and his team manage to unravel the mysteries at the heart of this seemingly impossible murder?

9:00 Midsomer Murders "Small Mercies" 9:50 Midsomer Murders "Small Mercies" 10:40 Bluegrass Underground "Conor Oberst" 11:10 Austin City Limits "Jason Isbell & The 400

Unit/Amanda Shires"

14 SUNDAY 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory 1:00 Front and Center "CMA Songwriters Series

Presents: Luke Combs and Kane Brow" 2:00 Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "Hungary,

Austria and Germany - Sampling the Danube's Delights"

2:30 Rick Steves' Europe "Burgundy: Profound France"

3:00 NOVA "Black Hole Apocalypse - Part 1 & 2" 5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Cellist Yo-Yo-

Ma/How People Make Bass Violins" 5:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "No Red

Sweater for Daniel/Teacher Harriet's New Hairdo"

6:00 Curious George "Housebound!/Curious George Rides A Bike"

6:30 Curious George "The All-Animal Recycled Band/The Times of Sand"

7:00 Nature Cat "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills/Nature Cat and Mr.Hide"

7:30 Wild Kratts "Golden Bamboo Lemur" 8:00 Wild Kratts "Tenrec Treasure Hunt" 8:30 Odd Squad "O Is for Opposite/Agent

Oksana's Kitchen Nightmares"

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9:00 Odd Squad "O Is for Opposite/Agent Oksana's Kitchen Nightmares"

9:30 Biz Kid$ "Escape The Box" 10:00 This Old House "Time for Trim" 10:30 Dream of Italy "Bologna" 11:00 Nature "Yosemite" 12:00 NOVA "Black Hole Apocalypse - Part 1 and 2" 2:00 Prohibition "A Nation of Hypocrites"

Support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s as the playfulness of sneaking around for a drink gives way to disenchantment with its glaring unintended consequences. By criminalizing one of the nation's largest industries, the law has given savvy gangsters a way to make huge profits, and as they grow in power, rival outfits wreak havoc in cities across the country.

4:00 Joseph Smith: American Prophet Millions of people around the world know him, yet this frontier prophet of the early 1800s found little honor and eventual martyrdom at the hands of an angry mob in his own country. Who was this Joseph Smith and what was it about his remarkable life story, which inspired such impassioned rancor or unflinching loyalty?

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Father Brown "The Labyrinth of the

Minotaur" An intruder enters Lady Felicia's bedroom, snapping on the light to reveal her niece Bunty. She's gone on the run after being photographed with a married man - can she stay with her favourite aunt?

7:00 Victoria On Masterpiece "Young England" 8:00 Victoria Season 2 On Masterpiece "A

Soldier's Daughter / The Green-Eyed Monster" New mother Victoria is impatient to return to ruling, while Albert attempts to protect her from the news regarding British soldiers in Afghanistan. Victoria is pregnant again and her equilibrium is threatened by Albert's friendship with Ada Lovelace.

10:00 Victorian Slum House "The 1880s" Despite high unemployment and intolerable conditions, people flock to London, desperate for work. When curious upper-class visitors are permitted to visit the slum as tourists, the participants realize how precarious their situation truly is.

11:00 Victorian Slum House "The 1890s" Enter the 1890s, when mass manufacturing and social reform offer a bit of hope for some of the residents, while others are plagued by a water shortage that dashes hopes for a promising laundry business.

12:00 Father Brown "The Labyrinth of the Minotaur"

15 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow "Harrisburg, Hour Two"

Travel to Harrisburg for finds including a Charles "Heinie" Wagner Red Sox archive, Carl Schweninger oil, "The Artist's Studio," ca. 1850, and a 1975 "Yellow Submarine" jacket made for Karen Carpenter.

8:00 Independent Lens "I Am Not Your Negro" Watch a film that envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a revolutionary and personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

9:30 The March This documentary examines the 1963 March on Washington, its history and how it nearly did not take place.

10:30 Growing Bolder "The Unexpected Path to a Happy, Bold Life"

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Arts District a

16 TUESDAY 7:00 Finding Your Roots "Black Like Me" Bryant

Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux discover a tapestry of the unexpected in their ancestry, revealing slaves and free people of color, Civil War legacies and forgotten European origins.

8:00 The Secret of Tuxedo Park: American Experience Explore the life of the unknown Wall Street tycoon, Alfred Lee Loomis, who led a double life as a scientist and whose secret lab in upstate New York helped develop the radar technology that would alter the course of history in World War II.

9:00 Frontline "Rape on the Night Shift" Investigate the abuse of immigrant women working in the janitorial industry. The film examines allegations of abuse across the janitorial industry, and how companies fall short in dealing with the problem.

10:00 Insight with John Ferrugia "Rescuing The Innocent"

10:30 Insight with John Ferrugia "Traded and Trafficked"

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe

17 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature "Arctic Wolf Pack" Discover the white

wolf, one of the most hardened predators on the planet, in Ellesmere Island's unforgiving ice and snow. In a fight for survival, these roaming hunters must travel far from the den to feed their cubs, putting them at risk.

8:00 NOVA "Building Wonders: Hagia Sophia - Istanbul's Ancient Mystery" Istanbul's magnificent Hagia Sophia has survived on one of the world's most active seismic faults, which has inflicted a dozen devastating earthquakes since Hagia Sophia was built in 537 AD. As Istanbul braces for the next big quake, a team of architects and engineers is investigating Hagia Sophia's seismic secrets.

9:00 Understanding The Opioid Epidemic The program will trace the history of how the nation got into this situation and provide possible solutions and directions for dealing with the crisis.

10:00 Insight with John Ferrugia "Opioid Babies" a

10:30 Frontline "Chasing Heroin" Facing a heroin epidemic, America is experimenting with radical new approaches to the drug problem.

12:00 Frontline "Chasing Heroin" 12:30 Growing A Greener World "Native and

Invasive Plants & Certified Wildlife Habitats"

18 THURSDAY 7:00 Insight with John Ferrugia "Protecting the

Vulnerable" a 7:30 Colorado Experience "Mountain Biking"a

Explore the exciting world of mountain biking that has been dazzling thrill-seekers since 1891 and is now a major force of recreation and tourism.

8:00 Lost Sea Expedition 8:30 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways "One Way

Ticket to Siberia" 9:10 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways "Slow Train

to Guantanamo Bay" 10:00 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Grand Tour

Lifelong traveler and train buff Jeff Wilson journeys through several cities and towns in Switzerland by train, including Zurich, St.Gallen, Gstaad and Montreux, to take in the sights and learn about the local history and traditions of each destination.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Insight with John Ferrugia "Protecting the

Vulnerable" a

19 FRIDAY 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Washington Week Special Edition 8:00 Insight with John Ferrugia "Protecting the

Vulnerable" a 8:30 Arts District a “Ride a Tree” features the

custom wood bicycles designed and crafted by a Colorado woodcarver. PLUS, inside a poetry slam competition; jewelry art; musician Bela Fleck.

9:00 Lorraine Hansberry: American Masters Explore the life and work of the “A Raisin in the Sun” playwright and activist who played a significant role in the civil rights movement.LaTanya Richardson Jackson narrates.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News

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20 SATURDAY 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 MotorWeek 1:00 Lorraine Hansberry: American Masters 3:00 American Masters "Althea" 4:30 One Night In March 5:00 Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah

Bansemer "Mountain Lake, Part 2" 5:30 Best of the Joy of Painting "Waves of Wonder" 6:00 Wild Kratts "Liturgusa Krattorum" 6:30 Wild Kratts "Panda Power Up!" 7:00 Ready Jet Go! "Space Junk/Scientific Sean" 7:30 Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

"Jumping on the Moon/Sneezy Riders" 8:00 Matchwits 2018 (3300's) a 8:30 Quilt in a Day "Corn and Beans & Hens and

Chicks" 9:00 Sewing with Nancy "10-20-30 Minutes to

Recycle Jeans, Part 1" 9:30 Father Knows Food "Couples Grill" 10:00 Martha Bakes "Breads & Rolls" 10:30 Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Corn" 11:00 Sara's Weeknight Meals "Double Down" 11:30 Cook's Country "Plenty of Garlic and Parm" 12:00 America's Test Kitchen from Cook's

Illustrated 12:30 Ellie's Real Good Food "Keeping It Real" 1:00 Pati's Mexican Table 1:30 Lidia's Kitchen "Weeknight Dinner" 2:00 The Great British Baking Show "Masterclass

3" Mary demonstrates her sugar-free carrot cake before making an apricot frangipane tart. Paul shows the correct way to make the Cypriot flaounas, and makes a game pie with hot water crust pastry followed by lime and passion fruit Charlotte Russe.

3:00 Antiques Roadshow "Harrisburg, Hour Two" 4:00 Samantha Brown's Places to Love

"Brooklyn, New York" 4:30 The This Old House Hour Liz makes a

stained glass window and Kevin tours a flooring factory.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show "200 Years of

American Music - Part 2 (1976)" On this second part of Lawrence's salute to the Bicentennial Guy and Ralna sing "Love Nest", and "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You".

7:00 As Time Goes By 7:30 As Time Goes By 8:00 Death In Paradise "Political Suicide" DI

Goodman and his team are drawn into the world of politics when Saint-Marie's scandalized Commerce Minister is discovered dead. Out of the blue, Camille's father turns out to have a link to the victim and she is forced to confront the fact that her dad could be the murderer.

9:00 Midsomer Murders "The Creeper" 9:50 Midsomer Murders "The Creeper" 10:40 Bluegrass Underground "Don Bryant & The

Bo Keys" 11:10 Austin City Limits "Herbie Hancock"

21 SUNDAY 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory 1:00 Front and Center "Mike + The Mechanics" 2:00 Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "The Cook

Islands - Cultural Paradise" 2:30 Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" 3:00 Globe Trekker "Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway

2, USA" 4:00 NOVA "Building Wonders: Hagia Sophia -

Istanbul's Ancient Mystery" 5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Ella Jenkins

& Hand Rhythm Games" 5:30 Odd Squad: The Movie 6:00 Odd Squad: The Movie 7:00 Odd Squad: World Turned Odd World 8:00 Wild Kratts "Stars of the Tides" 8:30 Odd Squad "Xs and Os/Dr.O No" 9:00 Matchwits 2018 (3300's) a 9:30 Biz Kid$ "A World Without Taxes" 10:00 This Old House "Homeowners Pitch In" 10:30 Dream of Italy "Florence" 11:00 Nature "Arctic Wolf Pack" 12:00 NOVA "Building Wonders: Hagia Sophia -

Istanbul's Ancient Mystery" 1:00 Time Scanners "St. Paul's Cathedral"

Structural engineer Steve Burrows takes his team of laser-scanning experts to St. Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London.

2:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw A Yellowstone winter is a brutal one. With temperatures that plunge down to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit the wildlife has to find strategies to survive.

3:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw Our cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in Yellowstone, and Spring brings many new challenges. While the brutal cold temperatures and deep snow of winter have gone, the weather is still erratic and there's the impending danger of the Thaw.

4:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw It's summer in Yellowstone, and with soaring temperatures and drought comes the risk of wildfires. All the water from 'The Thaw' has flowed away and a lack of rain has left the ground tinder dry.

5:00 Insight with John Ferrugia "Protecting the Vulnerable" a

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Victoria Season 2 On Masterpiece "A

Soldier's Daughter / The Green-Eyed Monster" 8:00 Victoria Season 2 On Masterpiece "Warp

and Weft/The Sins of the Father" Discontent is growing in the country; an unexpected grief finally forces Victoria to put childish things away. Despite the healthy birth of an heir, she's paralyzed by an inexplicable sorrow.

10:00 Victorian Slum House "The 1900s" Observe the social changes the slum dwellers face as they move into the 20th century. A few families prosper, but others continue to face the poverty endemic in Britain.

11:00 Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service Her Majesty's Secret Service, or MI6 as it is known, is the world's most legendary spy agency, thanks to the James Bond stories. Set up in 1909 as the Secret Service Bureau, the existence of MI6 was not formally acknowledged until 1994 - which goes a long way toward understanding the modus operandi of this government agency.

12:00 Victoria Season 2 On Masterpiece "A Soldier's Daughter / The Green-Eyed Monster"

22 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow "Harrisburg, Hour

Three" Learn more about vintage and antique items in Harrisburg, such as the 1963-1968 NASA archive of Pearl Tucker, a painted "Bucher" box made around 1800, and a Randy Gumpert baseball archive.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow "Manor House Treasures" Features extraordinary objects from across the pond - and beyond - that would fit right in any stately homes of the rich and powerful, including a Lord Byron cellarette and portrait, ca. 1810; a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, ca. 1915, that was gifted to the caretakers of an estate; and a Louis Comfort Tiffany necklace, ca. 1905, that belonged to the owner's wealthy great-grandmother and is appraised for $75,000 to $100,000.

9:00 Independent Lens "The Force" Go deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, Missouri, and an explosive scandal.

10:30 Growing Bolder "On The Edge and in the Moment"

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23 TUESDAY 7:00 We'll Meet Again "Children of WWII" A

Japanese-American woman sent to an internment camp hopes to find a childhood friend, and a survivor from a Jewish ghetto searches for the child of the couple who befriended him.

8:00 Frontline "Exodus: The Journey Continues" The intimate stories of refugees and migrants, caught in Europe's tightened borders. Amid the ongoing migration crisis, the film follows personal journeys over two years, as countries become less welcoming to those seeking refuge.

10:00 Insight with John Ferrugia "Protecting the Vulnerable" a

10:30 Insight with John Ferrugia "Colorado Refugees: A New Beginning" a

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 To The Contrary with

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24 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature "Animal Misfits" Alongside the

fastest, strongest, smartest animals are nature's misfits, odd, bizarre and unlikely creatures that at first glance seem ill-equipped for survival.

8:00 NOVA "Petra - Lost City of Stone" More than two thousand years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the bone-dry desert of what is now Jordan. An oasis of culture and abundance, the city was built by wealthy merchants whose camel caravans transported incense and spices across hundreds of miles from the Arabian Gulf.

9:00 Secrets of the Dead "Scanning The Pyramids" Travel with the scientific team granted unprecedented access by the Egyptian government to solve a 4,500-year-old mystery: what lies within the Great Pyramid at Giza.

10:00 Egypt's Treasure Guardians Follow a select group of individuals determined to bring Egypt back from the brink: to discover more of the country's history, keep its heritage safe and persuade tourists to visit the country again.

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Growing A Greener World "Controlling

Garden Pests, Diseases, and Weeds Organically (Atlanta, GA)"

25 THURSDAY 7:00 America's Forests with Chuck Leavell

"Colorado" 7:30 Colorado Experience "Denver Mountain

Parks" a Take a trip to the parks that make up the unique Denver Mountain Park system and meet the pioneers who preserved these parks for tourists and Coloradans alike.

8:00 Lost Sea Expedition 8:30 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways "The Great

Japanese Train Ride" 9:10 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways "The

Railway That Created Canada" 10:00 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic

Showcases the construction marvels and visual splendors of the Swiss rail system, world-class mainlines, stunning scenic routes, and beautiful cog trains. From Zurich International, Jeff boards the Intercity Line at the airport train station and heads east.

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"Colorado"

26 FRIDAY 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Washington Week Special Edition 8:00 Colorado Experience "Denver Mountain

Parks" a

8:30 Arts District a The Portal Project connects Colorado with dozens of locations around the world, for cultural exchange. PLUS, a young classical musician builds a community music center in Cincinnati; making art with mathematics; preserving Phillipine dance traditions.

9:00 Great Performances at the Met "Norma" Hear Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa, and Joseph Calleja as Pollione in Bellini's masterpiece. Carlo Rizzi conducts Sir David McVicar's production, set in a Druid forest where nature rules.

27 SATURDAY 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 MotorWeek 1:00 Great Performances at the Met "Norma" 4:00 Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service 5:00 Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah

Bansemer "The Guitar Maker" 5:30 Best of the Joy of Painting "Pretty Autumn

Day" 6:00 Wild Kratts "Red Panda Rescue" 6:30 Wild Kratts "Spirit Bear" 7:00 Ready Jet Go! "The Mindysphere/Lone Star" 7:30 Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

"Manatees and Mermaids/The Last Chocolate"

8:00 Matchwits 2018 (3300's) a 8:30 Quilt in a Day "Gambrel Roof Barn" 9:00 Sewing with Nancy "10-20-30 Minutes to

Recycle Jeans, Part 2" 9:30 Father Knows Food "Grad Party" 10:00 Martha Bakes "Rethinking Cake" 10:30 Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Eat Your

Greens" 11:00 Sara's Weeknight Meals "Arkansas Eats" 11:30 Cook's Country "Badger State Favorites" 12:00 America's Test Kitchen from Cook's

Illustrated 12:30 Ellie's Real Good Food "Veggie Love" 1:00 Pati's Mexican Table 1:30 Lidia's Kitchen "A Dinner Party" 2:00 The Great British Baking Show "Masterclass

4" Mary makes a tennis cake based on a Victorian recipe and Paul makes two types of cream horns. Mary shows how to be precise and perfect with mokatines and Paul comes to grips with an epic construction in choux pastry: Religieuse a l'Ancienne.

3:00 Antiques Roadshow "Harrisburg, Hour Three"

4:00 Samantha Brown's Places to Love "Shanghai, China"

4:30 The This Old House Hour Norm installs an old door and Tom puts in the corner cabinet. A stone wall is installed in pre-made sections.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show "The Italian Show (1966)" Aladdin, the show's resident Italian, acts as the host for much of this show - and he does it with humor and verve.

7:00 As Time Goes By 7:30 As Time Goes By 8:00 Death In Paradise "The Early Bird" When

a bird-watcher is discovered murdered in the Saint-Marie jungle, the team have a particularly puzzling conundrum to solve. Is the traditionally quiet and calm world of bird-watching more cut-throat than it appears?

9:00 Midsomer Murders "The Great and the Good"

9:50 Midsomer Murders "The Great and the Good"

10:40 Bluegrass Underground "Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors"

11:10 Austin City Limits "Run The Jewels"

28 SUNDAY 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory 1:00 Front and Center "Beth Hart" 2:00 Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "Peru - The

Amazon and Beyond" 2:30 Rick Steves' Europe "Barcelona and Catalunya" 3:00 Globe Trekker "Tough Trains: The

Transcontinental Railroad, USA" 4:00 NOVA "Petra - Lost City of Stone" 5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "The Empire

Brass Quintet/Creative Ideas" 5:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel and

O's Road Trip/Daniel's Puppet Plan" 6:00 Curious George "A Bridge to Farm/Monkey

Fever" 6:30 Curious George "Curious George, Spy

Monkey/Castle Keep" 7:00 Nature Cat "The Shell Game/Heron Food

Blues" 7:30 Wild Kratts "Box Turtled In!" 8:00 Wild Kratts "Animals Who Live to Be 100

Years Old" 8:30 Odd Squad "My Better Half/The Confalones" 9:00 Matchwits 2018 (3300's) a 9:30 Biz Kid$ "Debt: The Good, The Bad, & The

Ugly" 10:00 This Old House "Salvage Helps The Bottom

Line" 10:30 Best of Rocky Mountain PBS 12:00 Best of Rocky Mountain PBS 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Victoria Season 2 On Masterpiece "Warp

and Weft/The Sins of the Father" 8:00 Victoria Season 2 On Masterpiece "Entente

Cordiale" Victoria decides to try her hand at foreign relations, and takes the royal court on an adventure to France, stepping toe to toe with the cunning King of the French, Louis Philippe.

9:00 Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents 10:00 Best of Rocky Mountain PBS 12:00 Painting and Travel

with Roger & Sarah Bansemer "Roses of the Biltmore Estate"

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12:30 Priscilla's Yoga Stretches 12:45 Priscilla's Yoga Stretches

29 MONDAY 7:00 Best of Rocky Mountain PBS

30 TUESDAY 7:00 We’ll Meet Again “Rescued from Mount St.

Helens “ Join Ann Curry for the reunions of people whose lives crossed during the deadly eruption. Mindy searches for a scientist’s family to tell them how he saved her life, and Sue wants to find the helicopter pilot who rescued her from near-certain death.

8:00 Triangle Fire: American Experience On March 25th, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York’s Greenwich Village.

9:00 Frontline “North Korea’s Deadly Dictator “Who killed Kim Jong-un’s half brother and what it reveals about the leader and his regime. Amid nuclear tensions, the film examines claims the North Korean leader ordered the assassination, and sheds light on his intentions and capabilities.

10:00 Insight with John Ferrugia “Marijuana In Colorado: The State of High” a

10:30 Colorado Experience “Denver Mountain Parks” a

11:00 Amanpour On PBS 11:30 BBC World News 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe

31 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Animals with Cameras, A Nature

Miniseries Witness the secret lives of animals as never before, as this three-part series uncovers truly unprecedented behavior. See a side of the animal kingdom where human cameramen can't go when animals become the cinematographers.

8:00 NOVA "The Impossible Flight" Follow two intrepid pilots as they take on the greatest aviation adventure of our time, overcoming countless challenges as they construct and fly the first solar-powered airplane around the world.

10:00 Great Escape - The Reckoning Many of us are familiar with the story of The Great Escape, when 76 airmen broke out of a German prisoner of war camp during World War II in a dramatic bid for freedom. But its chilling sequel, in which 50 Allied airmen were captured and then murdered by the Gestapo on the orders of a vengeful Adolf Hitler, is largely unknown.

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