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PRIMETIME

October 2019

PRIMETIME

October 2019

Wild MetropolisOctober 2, 10 pm

A family of otters travels through Singapore.Photo courtesy of Bernard Seah

primetime

2 OCTOBER 2019

Brandon Ogden/PBS

Retro Report on PBSRetro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Hosted by journalist Celeste Headlee and artist Masud Olufani, and featuring ‘New Yorker’ humorist Andy Borowitz, each episode offers viewers a fresh perspective on current headlines, revealing their unknown—and often surprising—connections to the past.

Tuesday, October 8, 9pm OPB

1 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ NOVA The Planets: Ice Worlds (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Secrets of the Dead Scanning the Pyramids. Scientists explore what lies within the Great Pyramid at Giza. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ POV Inventing Tomorrow. See the world’s largest gathering of high school scientists. (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB Frontline The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Follow the rise of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the murder of ‘Washington Post’ columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

(Also Fri 11pm OPB+)

9:30 OPB+ ForEveryone.Net Discover new threats to Internet access. (Also Sun 4:30pm)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

11:00 OPB North Korea: Inside the Hermit Kingdom Rare footage sheds light on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story (Also Thu 2am)

11:30 OPB Bright Lights Little City The unlikely history of a small-town theater. (Also Thu 4:30am)

2 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am)

| OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century Johannesburg (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature Octopus: Making Contact. A professor studies a pet octopus. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace Go inside the grandiose Hampton Court. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Inside the Megafire. Scientists investigate the deadly megafires of 2018. (Also Sun 11am) | OPB+ Secrets of Her Majesty’s Secret Service Uncover the shadowy world of British espionage. (Also Fri 1am)

10:00 OPB Wild Metropolis Residents. Cities provide unexpected havens for wildlife.

(Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Blue Sky Metropolis Wings. Learn how aerospace was central to the growth of California. (Also Fri 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ The Dictator’s Playbook Idi Amin. Idi Amin built a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. (Also Fri 2am)

3 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am)

| OPB+ This Old House Hour Net Zero Comes Together/Closet Door (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Staff Picks. The creators of Art Beat remember some of their favorite stories from Oregon’s incredible arts community. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Some Kind of Spark Follow a music mentoring program at Juilliard.

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Food From the Wild. Forage for truffles and other surprising bounty. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Vera Blood and Bone. Human remains are discovered in a slaughterhouse. (Also Sun 2am)

9:30 OPB+ BSO 360

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 4am)

10:30 OPB Masterpiece Endeavour, Season 3: Ride. Suspended, Morse begins his own covert investigation. (Also Sun 3:30am)

11:00 OPB+ DW Global 3000

11:30 OPB+ Asian American Life (Also Sat 2:30am)

4 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Blue Sky Metropolis Wings (R-Also Sun 11am)

8:00 OPB The Coroner The Drop Zone. Jane’s fear of heights is put to the test. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Joseph Pulitzer (Also Sun 12pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Downton Abbey: Season 4, Pts 4&5. Thomas finds a new ally. (Also Mon 2am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Miniaturist, Pt 3. Nella takes charge of the household. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (R-Also Mon 2am)

5 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House (Also Mon 6pm)

| OPB+ Marathon Dream of Italy, continued (until 8pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 3

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Southern Ocean: South Georgia Island (Also Sun 9:30am)

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profound France (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Doc Martin Blade on the Feather. Portwenn and Port Carran compete in a gig race. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home

9:00 OPB Father Brown The Devil You Know. An officer dies at a bowling match. | OPB+ Austin City Limits Gary Clark, Jr. (Also Sun 5am)

10:00 OPB Professor T The Trial. A man is accused of killing his boss. | OPB+ In Jackson Heights Follow daily life within a diverse New York community.

11:00 OPB The Tunnel: Sabotage Ep 3. Karl makes a major breakthrough.

6 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions The Beach Vacation, Pt 2

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals 1

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Staff Picks (R) | OPB+ Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow Eps 1&2. Adventurers traverse the mighty Colorado River.

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Food From the Wild (R)

weekdaysMONDAY - FRIDAY

5:30 OPB BBC World News

6am OPB Classical Stretch (M/F); Sit & Be Fit (Tu/Th); Yoga (W) | OPB+ Lifestyles

6:30 OPB Kids Programs (until noon)

7am OPB+ Newsline (NHK From Japan)

7:30 OPB+ Sit & Be Fit (M/W/F); Classical Stretch (Tu/Th)

8am OPB+ Sewing & Knitting

8:30 OPB+ Life in Bloom (M); Quilting (Tu/W/Th/F)

9am OPB+ Painting

10am OPB+ Woodworking

10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until noon)

Noon OPB Painting | OPB+ Second Opinion (M); Garden to Table (Tu); Family Travel (W); Destination Craft (Th); Make it Artsy (F)

12:30 OPB Food & Cooking | OPB+ Growing Bolder (M); Black- ademics/Journeys in India (Tu); Make 48 (W); Journeys in Japan (Th); Ask This Old House (F)

1pm OPB+ DW News

1:30 OPB Travel | OPB+ DW: The Day

2pm OPB Kids Programs (until 6pm) | OPB+ Newsline (NHK From Japan)

2:30 OPB+ BBC World News America

3:00 OPB+ News & Public Affairs

3:30 OPB+ Nightly Business Report

4pm OPB+ PBS NewsHour

5pm OPB+ Travel

5:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until 7pm)

6pm OPB Home Repair (M/Tu); Travel (W/Th/F)

6:30 OPB Nightly Business Report

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weekdays

3 OCTOBER 2019

OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels

R = Repeat within a weekRepeats are on original channel unless notedFull schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules

= Program premiere = Watch online at watch.opb.org

Programs are subject to change

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 3, Ep 1. Louisa persuades her children to make changes. (Also Sun 10/13 12am)

8:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 4, Ep 2. Leslie ponders fatherhood.

(Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World, Eps 1 – 3 (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 5, Ep 2. Demelza and the children become caught in a dangerous web. (Also Tue 2am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Press: Death Knock. This new drama explores today’s turbulent media landscape. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece My Mother and Other Strangers, Pt 1. Rose meets Captain Dreyfuss. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Impossible Builds The Scorpion Tower

7 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am) |

OPB+ Chasing Shackleton Ep 1. Track Sir Ernest Shackleton’s boat journey across the Southern Ocean. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow The Gen X Years (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Pearl River Delta: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong (Also Sun 7pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Oregon’s Black Pioneers. Uncover the largely unknown history of Oregon’s black pioneers. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie Salt (Also Sun 6pm OPB+)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience The Oystermen. The Northwest’s oyster industry dates back to the gold rush. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Voces on PBS Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB POV America. Diego returns home to care for his grandmother.

(Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Skindigenous Philippines /Alberta (Also Wed 2am)

8 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Gems (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Hollywood Royalty. Featuring actors Isabella Rossellini and Anjelica Huston. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Life on the Reef Ep 1 (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB Retro Report on PBS Eps 1&2. See callout on page 2. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ Magical Land of Oz Land (Also Sun 4pm)


11:00 OPB Frontline On the President’s Orders. The story of President Duterte’s campaign against drug users in the Philippines. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ Our Kids: Narrowing the Opportunity Gap I’m Special (Also Thu 2am)

9 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am)

| OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century Berlin (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature The Serengeti Rules. Surprising discoveries transform our understanding of nature and ecology. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Secrets of Highclere Castle Visit the real Downton Abbey. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA The Day the Dinosaurs Died. Scientists excavate the site where an asteroid struck Earth millions of years ago. (Also Sun 11am) | OPB+ Secrets of Althorp: The Spencers Take a personal tour around the Spencer family’s manor. (Also Fri 1am)

10:00 OPB Wild Metropolis Commuters. Animals commute in and out of cities to survive. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Blue Sky Metropolis The Big Chill. The Cold War funds the growth of Los Angeles. (Also Fri 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Artbound That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles (Also Fri 2am)

10 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ This Old House Hour (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Path Revealed. Chris Cole integrates bicycle mechanics into moving sculptures. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Oceans of Pink Breast cancer survivors find community in dragon boat racing. (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Lower Owyhee River. Explore a geologic wonderland. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Vera Black Ice. Vera is called to the scene of a car crash. (Also Sun 2am) | OPB+ And Now We Rise: A Portrait of Samuel Johns (Also Sat 1am)


10:30 OPB Masterpiece Endeavour, Season 3: Arcadia. A woman dies seemingly of a tummy bug. (Also Sun 3:30am)

11:00 OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

primetime

4 OCTOBER 2019

Greg Davis

Oregon Art Beat & Oregon Field Guide Return in JanuaryArt Beat and Field Guide will return in January with brand-new episodes that capture our region’s extraordinary beauty and culture. Follow along on Facebook for behind-the-scenes photos and stories.

11:00 OPB The Tunnel: Sabotage Ep 4. Laura receives a disturbing package. | OPB+ POV Memories of a Penitent Heart. A filmmaker excavates the story of her uncle’s death. (Also Sun 1am)


| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Pt 1

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals 2

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Path Revealed (R) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie Salt (R- Sat 6pm OPB)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Lower Owyhee River (R)

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 3, Ep 2. Aunt Hermione dies. (Also Sun 10/20 12am) | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Pearl River Delta: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong

8:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 4, Ep 3. Louisa meets Spiros’ wife. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World, Eps 4 – 6 (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 5, Ep 3. Ross helps Ned, but at a cost. (Also Tue 2am)


11 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12:05am)

| OPB+ Blue Sky Metropolis The Big Chill (R-Also Sun 11am)

8:00 OPB The Coroner Perfectly Formed. Jane uncovers a family secret. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Will Rogers and American Politics How a rope-twirling Cherokee cowboy became a powerful political voice. (Also Sun 12pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Downton Abbey: Season 4, Pts 6&7. Mary and Blake come together. (Also Mon 2am)

9:30 OPB+ On Story Revisiting Westerns: A Conversation With Walter Hill Scott Frank (Also Mon 1:30am)


11:00 OPB+ Frontline On the President’s Orders (R-Also Mon 2am)

11:10 OPB Thou Shalt Not Kill Ep 1. Chief Inspector Valeria Ferro solves puzzling crimes. (Also Mon 4:10am)


| OPB+ Marathon Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen, continued (until 8pm)


6:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 4

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Ethiopia: The Omo Valley (Also Sun 9:30am)

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Doc Martin All My Trials. Martin stops practicing the week before his hearing. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Reconnecting Roots Eps 1&2. Have Americans lost anything to the tides of progress? (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Father Brown The Dance of Death. A dancer is murdered. | OPB+ Austin City Limits Maggie Rogers (Also Sun 5am)

10:00 OPB Professor T The Legacy. A businessman vanishes. | OPB+ POV Brimstone & Glory. Experience the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico. (Also Sun 12am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Press: Pure. Holly helps Leona investigate a lead. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece My Mother and Other Strangers, Pt 2. Emma finds a new suitor. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Impossible Builds Europe in the Desert

14 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ Chasing Shackleton Ep 2. One man attempts to navigate the Southern Ocean with only a sextant and compass. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 9 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Hong Kong: Quest for the Dragon (Also Sun 7pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience State of Jefferson. The history of an enduring urban-rural divide. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie Tea: Culture, Celebration, Commerce and Cuisine (Also Sun 6pm OPB+)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Sam Hill. The story of a man who had a great dream for the Pacific Northwest. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Voces on PBS Porvenir, Texas (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour &

Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB POV The Feeling of Being Watched. A journalist investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab American neighborhood. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Skindigenous Indonesia/British Columbia (Also Wed 2am)

15 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) |

OPB+ NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Metals (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Off the Farm. Featuring actors Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Life on the Reef Ep 2 (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB Retro Report on PBS Eps 3&4. Learn why crime witnesses fail to act. President Trump takes on the press with a time-tested strategy. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ Magical Land of Oz Ocean (Also Sun 4pm)


11:00 OPB Frontline Supreme Revenge. Inside the no-holds-barred war for control of the Supreme Court. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) |

SATURDAYS 6-10am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

News, Politics & Business

10am OPB Gardening | OPB+ Marathons Dream of Italy (10/5); Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen (10/12); Articulate With Jim Cotter (10/19); Trails to Oishii Tokyo (10/26)

11am OPB Sewing & Quilting

1pm OPB Cooking

3pm OPB Motorweek

3:30 OPB Woodworking

4:30 OPB Home Repair

SUNDAYS 6-9am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

Lifestyles

9am OPB Travel | OPB+ This Old House Hour

10am OPB Nature | OPB+ City in the Sky (10/6, 10/13, 10/20); Follow the Water (10/27)

11am OPB NOVA | OPB+ Blue Sky Metropolis

Noon OPB Great Performances The Riddle of Bach (10/6); Handel: Italian Style (10/13); Grammy Salute (10/20); Bel Canto (10/27) | OPB+ American Masters Joseph Pulitzer (10/6); Ursula K. Le Guin (10/20); Tyrus Wong (10/27); Will Rogers and American Politics (10/13)

1pm OPB Great Performances Scarlatti: Man Out of Time (10/6); Hispanic Heritage Awards 2019 (10/13) | OPB+ John Glenn: A Life of Service (10/13); American Masters Alice Waters (10/23)

1:30 OPB+ Orchard House (10/6); Legends of Airpower Amelia Earhart (10/27)

2pm OPB Great Performances NYC Ballet Symphony in C (10/6); Tribute to Toussaint (10/13); Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs (10/20) | OPB+ The Whole Truth

2:30 OPB+ Between the Lines

3pm OPB News & Public Affairs (until 6pm) | OPB+ POV Inventing Tomorrow (10/6); Life on the Reef (10/13, 10/20, 10/27)

4pm OPB+ Magical Land of Oz (10/13, 10/20, 10/27)

4:30 OPB+ ForEveryone.Net (10/6)

weekENDs

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OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Ursula K. Le Guin (Also Mon 10pm OPB)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Downton Abbey: Season 4, Pt 8. Rose meets the Prince of Wales. (Also Mon 2am)

9:30 OPB+ Oregon Art Beat Discovering Beverly Cleary. Celebrate the beloved children’s book author. (Also Mon 1:30am)


10:35 OPB Thou Shalt Not Kill Ep 2. A murdered man’s children seem to be hiding something. (Also Mon 4:05am)

11:00 OPB+ Frontline Supreme Revenge (R-Also Mon 2am)

11:30 OPB On Story Deconstructing Jane Austen (Also Mon 3:35am)


| OPB+ Marathon Articulate With Jim Cotter, continued (until 6:30pm)


6:00 OPB Confucius was a Foodie Salt (R)

6:30 OPB+ From the Wings: The Live Art Story Children with varying abilities create a performance.

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu (Also Sun 9:30am)

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona and Catalunya (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB A Place To Call Home Own Worst Enemy. A local youth disrupts Inverness’s Anzac Day ceremony.

(Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Reconnecting

Roots Eps 3&4. Are we in the midst of a communication epidemic? (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Father Brown The Cat of Mastigatus. A girl is found left for dead. | OPB+ Austin City Limits Steve Earle & The Dukes: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Also Sun 5am)

10:00 OPB Professor T Murder by Numbers, Pt 1. Consecutive murders point to a serial killer. | OPB+ POV The Return. In 2012, California citizens voted to shorten prison sentences. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB The Tunnel: Sabotage Ep 5. Elise struggles to face her past.

11:30 OPB+ POV Shorts Money Rules (Also Sun 1:30am)

OPB+ Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist Graduate students race to publish their research. (Also Thu 2am)

16 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century San Francisco Bay Area (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature Undercover in the Jungle. A film crew journeys to the Amazon rainforest.

(Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Secrets of Chatsworth A survey of Chatsworth’s 500-year history. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Why Bridges Collapse. Across the U.S. and Europe, thousands of bridges are structurally deficient. (Also Sun 11am) | OPB+ Secrets of Westminster Enter a world of intrigue and tradition. (Also Fri 1am)

10:00 OPB Wild Metropolis Survivors. As cities grow, animals are displaced. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Blue Sky Metropolis A Space Odyssey. The triumphant and tragic Space Race unfolds. (Also Fri 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Artbound Desert X (Also Fri 2am)

17 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |


8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat The Fine Art of Craft. Warm Springs weaver Kelli Palmer creates intricate baskets. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ The Italian Americans La Famiglia/Becoming Americans. Follow the evolution of Italian Americans from the late-19th century to today. (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Willamette Falls. What does the future of Oregon’s largest waterfall look like? (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Vera Home. A quiet suburban life takes a dark turn. (Also Sun 2am)


10:30 OPB Masterpiece Endeavour, Season 3: Prey. An au pair disappears. (Also Sun 3:30am)



18 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Blue Sky

Metropolis A Space Odyssey (R-Also Sun 11am)

8:00 OPB The Coroner Those in Peril. Jane suspects foul play when a lifeboat crew member drowns. (Also Mon 1am) |

6 OCTOBER 2019

primetime

American Masters Rothko: Pictures Must Be MiraculousFrom Oregon Art Beat Producer Eric Slade, this new documentary explores the life of Mark Rothko: the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement.

Monday, October 28, 9pm OPB

10:00 OPB American Masters Ursula K. Le Guin. The remarkable life of late author Ursula K. Le Guin. (R-Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB POV Blowin’ Up. A team works to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Skindigenous Samoa/Newfoundland (Also Wed 2am)


OPB+ NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Power (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Family Reunions. Featuring hip hop legends Sean Combs and LL Cool J. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Life on the Reef Ep 3 (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB Retro Report on PBS Eps 5&6. Learn how texting could reduce suicides. Understand the roots of newborn testing. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ Magical Land of Oz Human (Also Sun 4pm)


11:00 OPB Frontline Zero Tolerance. How Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice Follow a team of dedicated scientists working to land on Mars. (Also Thu 2am)

23 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ State of the Art (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature Okavango: River of Dreams: Paradise. An injured lioness is left for dead. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Pts 1&2. Relive the royal wedding that changed history. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Look Who’s Driving. Learn how driverless cars work. (Also Sun 11am)

10:00 OPB Life From Above Moving Planet. Cameras in space capture our planet’s most powerful movements. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Blue Sky Metropolis Back to the Future. Tech billionaires launch space companies in California. (Also Fri 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Artbound Electric Earth: The Art of Doug Aitken (Also Fri 2am)

24 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |


8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Then and Now. Photographer Robert Adams documents environmental changes. (Also Sun 6pm)

| OPB+ The Italian Americans Loyal Americans/The American Dream (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Alpha Farm. Visit one of the nation’s oldest continuously operating communes. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Vera Darkwater. Vera looks to a rural community when a teenager is found dead. (Also Sun 2am)


10:30 OPB Masterpiece Endeavour, Season 3: Coda. A grisly murder causes a shakeup.



25 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Blue Sky

Metropolis Back to the Future (R-Also Sun 11am)

8:00 OPB The Coroner The Beast of Lighthaven. A journalist seeks out a big cat. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Tyrus Wong (Also Sun 12pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Downton Abbey: Season 5, Eps 1&2. Edith plays with fire. (Also Mon 2am)



| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Pt 2

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat The Fine Art of Craft (R) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie Tea: Culture, Celebration, Commerce and Cuisine (R-Also Sat 6pm OPB)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Willamette Falls (R)

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 3, Ep 3. Louisa attends Aunt Hermione’s burial. (Also Sun 10/27 12am) | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Hong Kong: Quest for the Dragon

8:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 4, Ep 4. Spiros’ increased presence delights Louisa. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope, Science For 150 years, the Mayo Clinic has met the changing demands of healthcare. (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 5, Ep 4. Ross hopes for the Despards’ return. (Also Tue 2am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Press: Don’t Take My Heart, Don’t Break My Heart. Holly investigates a powerful business tycoon. (Also Tue 3am) | OPB+ Restoration Neon Iconic neon signs are restored. (Also Tue 2am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece My Mother and Other Strangers, Pt 3. Nurse Tillie comes to the rescue. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Impossible Builds The Floating House

21 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ Chasing Shackleton Ep 3. Injury and bad weather threaten the team’s mountain trek. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Virginia Beach, Hr 2 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Assam India: Quest for the One-Horned Rhinoceros (Also Sun 7pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Fern Hobbs and the Snake River Showdown. In 1914, Fern Hobbs set out to shut down a lawless town—on orders from Oregon’s governor. (Also Wed

2am) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie Huaiyang (Also Sun 6pm OPB+)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Abigail Scott Duniway. Duniway was a champion of women’s suffrage. (Also Wed 2:30am)

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11:00 OPB Thou Shalt Not Kill Ep 3. A man reports his pregnant wife missing. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline Zero Tolerance (R-Also Mon 2am)


| OPB+ Marathon Trails to Oishii Tokyo, continued (until 8pm)


6:00 OPB Confucius was a Foodie Tea: Culture, Celebration, Commerce and Cuisine (R)

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Australia: Arnhemland and the Kimberley (Also Sun 9:30am)

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona and Catalunya

8:00 OPB A Place To Call Home Fallout. Sarah tries to persuade Leah to return home.

(Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Reconnecting Roots Eps 5&6. America was built on the shoulders of horses. (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Father Brown The Flower of the Fairway. A brash American opens a golf club. | OPB+ Austin City Limits H.E.R. (Also Sun 5am)

10:00 OPB Professor T Murder by Numbers, Pt 2. Annelies meets a murder victim’s widow. | OPB+ POV Swim Team. Teens on the autism spectrum form a swim team. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB The Tunnel: Sabotage Ep 6. The connection between Elise and Eryka intensifies.

11:30 OPB+ POV Shorts Hindsight is 20/20 (Also Sun 1:30am)


| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Do the Right Thing

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Sicilian Delights

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Then and Now (R) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie Huaiyang (R)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Alpha Farm (R)

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 3, Ep 4. Larry’s friend Gigi visits. | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Assam India: Quest for the One-Horned Rhinoceros (R)

8:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 4, Ep 5. The residents of Corfu are excited about a visit from the king of Greece.

(Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Ancient Skies (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 5, Ep 5. Morwenna tackles her grief. (Also Tue 2am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Press: Magic. ‘The Post’ is banned from Downing Street’s press conferences. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece My Mother and Other Strangers, Pt 4. Captain Dreyfuss tries to thwart advances from Rose’s sister. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Hawking Behold the life of Stephen Hawking.

28 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am)

| OPB+ Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji 2018 Watch Asia’s biggest trail-running race. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Virginia Beach, Hr 3 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Richard Bangs’ Adventures With Purpose Morocco: Quest for the Kasbah (Also Wed 12am)

9:00 OPB American Masters Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous. See callout on page 6. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Confucius was a Foodie The Origin of ‘Cuisine’ (Also Wed 1am)

10:00 OPB Oregon Experience Reed. Since its founding, Reed College has faced a wide range of public opinion. (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB Independent Lens Made in Boise. Follow four surrogates in Boise, Idaho, during their pregnancies. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Skindigenous Hawaii/Seattle (Also Wed 2am)


OPB+ Doing the Reptile Rumba From the Rainforest of Ranomafana Erik Callender visits classrooms with exotic animals. (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin. Featuring Fred Armisen, Christopher Walken and Carly Simon. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ NOVA The Impossible Flight (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB Retro Report on PBS Eps 7&8. Uncover the story behind new AIDS hot spots. Then learn how sex-ed programs are informed by past failures. (Also Thu 2am)


11:00 OPB Frontline Targeting El Paso. How El Paso, Texas, became an immigration testing ground and then a target. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice (Also Thu 2am)

30 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) |

OPB+ Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King King combines figurative sculpture with stop-frame animation techniques. (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature Okavango: River of Dreams: Limbo. Discover the landscape and wildlife of the ‘Middle River.’ (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Margaret: The Rebel Princess Pts 1&2. Princess Margaret’s life reflected the changing world of the mid-20th century. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Secrets of the Sky Tombs. Explorers probe high-altitude caves. (Also Sun 11am)

10:00 OPB Life From Above Colorful Planet. See the most powerful colors on our planet. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Military Medicine: Beyond the Battlefield Learn about military medical advances. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ Artbound La Raza (Also Fri 2am)

31 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |


8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Halloween Chill. This makeup artist creates monsters for TV, film and more. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ American Masters Edgar Allan Poe (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Friends of Trees. Once a neighborhood cooperative, Friends of Trees has grown into a regional tree-planting powerhouse. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Inspector Morse The Dead of Jericho. Inspector Morse’s talent for solving murders is only matched by his penchant for life’s finer things. (Also Sun 2am)

9:30 OPB+ Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You’ll Have the Sky Understand one of the 20th century’s best-loved writers. (Also Sat 1:30am)


11:00 OPB Masterpiece Endeavour, Season 4: Game. Morse hunts for a serial killer. (Also Sun 3:45am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)


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Frontline For SamaThis intimate and visceral documentary follows a mother’s experience during the Syrian war, as she determines whether to flee or stay.

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Fern Hobbs and the Snake River ShowdownOctober 21, 9pm

Cartoon of Fern Hobbs arriving in Copperfield, Oregon. Image courtesy of Oregon Historical Society, OrHi 87606.

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