Tavis Smiley Joins the WNET Family
Weeknights at 12 midnight
thirteen.org/tavis
FEbruary 2011
SiNcE ThE dEbuT of his national, nightly talk show in 2004, Tavis Smiley has engaged
and enlightened audiences with programs featuring guests ranging from Sidney Poitier
and Carol Burnett to Bill Moyers and President Barack Obama. And now, in 2011, as he
embarks on his 20th anniversary in broadcasting, he will continue his award-winning
program through a new co-production partnership with WNET.ORG.
THIRTEEN spoke with Smiley to celebrate this exciting new partnership.
Q: In 2009, Time magazine
named you one of “The
World’s 100 Most Influential
People.” If you could use
your influence to resolve
one issue in the world, what
would it be?
a: In a word, poverty. The
gap between the “have
gots” and the “have nots”
continues to grow in this
country. I shudder to think
of what will ultimately
happen if we continue to
ignore the plight of the
poor and the weak work-
ing class here in America.
Read the complete
interview at
thirteen.org/tavis
Q: Given the challenges
facing public television
today, why does public
television still matter?
a: Put simply, there are
certain questions that
don’t get asked if we
don’t ask them; certain is-
sues that don’t get raised
if we don’t raise them; and
certain persons who will
not get profiled if we don’t
profile them. I believe pub-
lic television is at its best
when we challenge folk
to reexamine the assump-
tions they hold, help them
to expand their inventory
of ideas, and introduce
Americans to each other.
Q: What are your favorite
places to visit in New York?
a: Wow, there are so many!
I always try to check in on
my friend Wynton Marsalis
at Jazz @ Lincoln Center. If
something’s jumping off at
Dizzy’s or The Blue Note, I
start begging for tickets.
New York is such a great
sports town, so I always
check who has a home
game before I arrive to see
if I can sneak in a game or
two. And, of course, there’s
always a Broadway show to
see. But most importantly,
I schedule nightly, intimate
dinner parties with friends
all over the city at my fa-
vorite restaurants.
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5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PrEmiErE Pioneers of Television: “Crime Dramas” Remembering The Rockford Files, Dragnet, Columbo, Mission: Impossible, Police Woman, and more. REPEATS
EARLY THu 3RD, 12:30AM
AND FRI 4TH, 9:30PM.
9:00 Frontline Episode TBA 10:00 PrEmiErE Independent Lens: “For Once in My Life” Severely
disabled musicians show their talents in the Spirit of Goodwill Band. REPEATS
EARLY THu 3RD, 2:30AM.
11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS WED 2ND, 1:30PM.
2/02 Early WEdNESday am 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS WED 2ND, 1PM. 1:00 Reel 13 Indies: “Re-public of Love” (2003)
2:40 Antiques Roadshow REPEATS EARLY SuN 6TH, 5AM. [R]
3:40 The Greely Expedition:American Experience REPEATS SAT 5TH, 3PM.
4:40 Timeless: A National Parks Odyssey
2 WEdNESday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PrEmiErE NOVA scienceNOW: “How Does the Brain Work?” understanding how the brain processes information. REPEATS
EARLY FRI 4TH, 12:30AM AND
EARLY MON 7TH, 12:30AM.
9:00 PrEmiErE NOVA: “Making Stuff Cleaner” Batteries grown from viruses, solar cells that create hydrogen, and other
new materials. REPEATS
EARLY FRI 4TH, 1:30AM.
10:00 PrEmiErE The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green Solving our dependence on fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy sources. REPEATS EARLY FRI 4TH, 2:30AM
AND SuN 6TH, 11:30PM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS THu 3RD, 1:30PM.
2/03 Early ThurSday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS THu 3RD, 1PM.
12:30 Pioneers of TelevisionSEE TuE 1ST, 8PM. REPEATS
FRI 4TH, 9:30PM. [R]
1:30 Frontline Episode TBA 2:30 Independent Lens SEE TuE 1ST, 10PM. [R]
4:00 P.O.V.
3 ThurSday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook: “Putting On the Tail Fins” Feinstein travels the country, performing hits from the 1950s and 60s, in this celebration of American popular song. (PART 1 OF 3) REPEATS EARLY
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EvENiNg aNd NighT9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: The Point of Vanishing” The murder of a criminal leads Lewis and Hathaway to a prominent Oxford don. REPEATS EARLY SAT 5TH, 2AM.
10:30 PrEmiErE Searching for Buxton A young African-American looks for his roots in a long-dead Iowa coal mining town. REPEATS EARLY SAT 5TH,
5:30AM; EARLY WED 9TH,
2:30AM; AND EARLY THu 10TH,
5AM. U!
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 4TH, 1:30PM.
2/04 Early Friday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS FRI 4TH, 1PM.
12:30 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 2ND, 8PM. REPEATS
EARLY MON 7TH, 12:30AM. [R]
1:30 NOVA SEE WED 2ND,
9PM. [R]
2:30 The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green SEE WED 2ND,
10PM. REPEATS SuN 6TH, 1:30PM.
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3:30 Curious: “Survival”/ “Mind Brain Machine” REPEATS EARLY MON 7TH,
1:30AM.
4 Friday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 5TH, 9AM.
8:30 PrEmiErE Need to Know With broadcast journalist Alison Stewart and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham.
9:30 Pioneers of Television: “Crime Dramas” SEE TuE 1ST,
8PM. [R]
10:30 PrEmiErE Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critic Christy Lemire (Associated Press) and special guests. REPEATS
EARLY SAT 5TH, 3:30AM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS MON 7TH, 1:30PM.
2/05 Early SaTurday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS
MON 7TH, 1PM.
12:30 Theater Talk With hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel.
1:00 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook SEE THu 3RD, 8PM. REPEATS
SuN 6TH, 12:30PM. [R]
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! SEE THu 3RD, 9PM. [R]
3:30 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies SEE FRI 4TH,
10:30PM. [R]
4:00 Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey—Part 4”
5 SaTurday
6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appear-ances Hyacinth attends a country house sale. 8:30 As Time Goes By Jean and Lionel survive an evening with Penny. 9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “The Pink Panther” (1963) Inspector Jacques Clouseau on the trail of a jewel thief. With Peter Sellers, David Niven and Robert Wagner. REPEATS EARLY SuN 6TH,
12:55AM.
11:00 PrEmiErE Reel 13 Indies: “He Died With a Felafel in His Hand” (2001) The meaning of life through apartment shares on Australia’s East Coast. REPEATS EARLY SuN 6TH,
2:55AM AND EARLY WED 9TH,
12:30AM.
2/06 Early SuNday am 12:50 PrEmiErE Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers via online voting. REPEATS EARLY
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12:55 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 5TH, 9PM. [R]
2:55 Reel 13 Indies SEE
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6:00 Masterpiece Classic: “Emma” Romola Garai (Atonement) as a young woman whose attempts to play Cupid go disastrously awry. Based on Jane Austen’s delightful romance. (PART 1 OF 3) REPEATS
EARLY SAT 12TH, 1AM.
8:00 Masterpiece Classic: “Emma” Emma feels the tug of romance—in the direction of dashing Frank Churchill. (PART 2 OF 3)
REPEATS EARLY SAT 12TH, 3AM.
9:00 Masterpiece Classic: “Emma” Jane Austen ties up the tangled affairs of Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith and Jane Fairfax. (PART 3 OF 3) REPEATS EARLY
SAT 12TH, 4AM.
10:00 PrEmiErE Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime Examines the controversial First Lady and her partnership with Ronald Reagan. REPEATS
EARLY TuE 8TH, 4:30AM AND
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11:00 PrEmiErE In the Life The acclaimed LGBT newsmagazine. 11:30 The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green SEE WED 2ND,
10PM. [R]
2/07 Early moNday am 12:30 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 2ND, 8PM. [R]
1:30 Curious [R]
3:30 To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey [R]
4:30 Chautauqua: An American Narrative [R]
7 moNday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PrEmiErE Antiques Roadshow In San Diego, experts appraise an original Hortus Eystettensis, the botanical guide published in 1613. (PART 3 OF 3) REPEATS
EARLY SuN 13TH, 4:40AM.
9:00 Reagan: American Experience: “Lifeguard” The influence of family, religion and anti-communism on the life of Ronald Reagan. (PART 1 OF 2) REPEATS EARLY
WED 9TH, 3AM AND EARLY
MON 14TH, 12:30AM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS TuE 8TH, 1:30PM.
2/08 Early TuESday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS TuE 8TH, 1PM.
12:30 Nature: “Clever Monkeys” REPEATS SAT 12TH,
5PM.
1:30 Masterpiece Classic: “Sense and Sensibility” (PARTS 1-2 OF 2) [R]
4:30 Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime SEE
SuN 6TH, 10PM. REPEATS EARLY
MON 14TH, 2:30AM. [R]
8 TuESday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PrEmiErE Pioneers of Television: “Local Kids’ TV” Romper Room, Time for Beany, and other programs that shaped the childhoods of millions. REPEATS EARLY THu 10TH,
12:30AM AND FRI 11TH, 9:30PM.
9:00 Frontline Episode TBA
10:00 PrEmiErE Independent Lens: “When I Rise” A gifted university of Texas music student struggles against racism to achieve international success in opera. REPEATS EARLY
THu 10TH, 2:30AM AND
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11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS WED 9TH, 1:30PM.
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2:30 Searching for Buxton SEE THu 3RD, 10:30PM. REPEATS
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3:00 Reagan: American Experience SEE MON 7TH,
9PM. REPEATS EARLY MON 14TH,
12:30AM. [R]
5:00 Travelscope [R]
9 WEdNESday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PrEmiErE NOVA scienceNOW: “How Smart Are Animals?” How well can we understand brain activity in animals? REPEATS
EARLY FRI 11TH, 1AM.
9:00 PrEmiErE NOVA: “Making Stuff Smarter” Host David Pogue looks into smart materials and machines that can respond, change and even learn. REPEATS EARLY
FRI 11TH, 2AM AND SuN 13TH,
7PM.
10:00 PrEmiErE NOVA: “Smartest Machine on Earth” A crack team from IBM races to finish the world’s smartest com-puter—backing it against
human competition from Jeopardy. REPEATS EARLY
FRI 11TH, 3AM AND SuN 13TH,
11:30PM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS THu 10TH, 1:30PM.
2/10 Early ThurSday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS THu 10TH, 1PM.
12:30 Pioneers of Television SEE TuE 8TH, 8PM. REPEATS
FRI 11TH, 9:30PM. [R]
1:30 Frontline Episode TBA 2:30 Independent Lens SEE TuE 8TH, 10PM. REPEATS
SAT 12TH, 1PM. [R] U!
3:30 Masterpiece Classic: “Persuasion” [R]
5:00 Searching for Buxton SEE THu 3RD, 10:30PM. [R] U!
10 ThurSday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
8:00 PrEmiErE Great Performances at the Met: “Boris Godunov” René Pape leads the cast in a new production of Mussorgsky’s epic spectacle capturing the hope and suffering of a nation. Valery Gergiev conducts.
11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 11TH, 1:30PM.
2/11 Early Friday am 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS FRI 11TH, 1PM.
1:00 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 9TH, 8PM. [R]
2:00 NOVA SEE WED 9TH,
9PM. REPEATS SuN 13TH, 7PM.
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3:00 NOVA SEE WED 9TH,
10PM. REPEATS SuN 13TH,
11:30PM. [R]
4:00 P.O.V.
11 Friday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 12TH, 9AM.
8:30 PrEmiErE Need to Know With broadcast journalist Alison Stewart and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham. 9:30 Pioneers of Television: “Local Kids’ TV” SEE
TuE 8TH, 8PM. [R]
10:30 PrEmiErE Roger Ebert Presents At the Mov-ies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critic Christy Lemire (Associated Press) and special guests. REPEATS
EARLY SuN 13TH, 4:10AM AND
EARLY TuE 15TH, 5AM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS MON 14TH, 1:30PM.
2/12 Early SaTurday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS MON 14TH, 1PM.
12:30 Theater Talk With hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel.
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1:00 Masterpiece Classic: “Emma” (PARTS 1-3 OF 3)
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5:00 Shipping Out: The Story of America’s Seafaring Women
12 SaTurday
6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth longs to be in a musical. 8:30 As Time Goes By Jean pays Lionel a surprise visit in London. 9:00 PrEmiErE Reel 13 Classics: “The Pink Panther
Strikes Again” (1976) Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is on the trail of his ex-boss, out to destroy the world. REPEATS EARLY
SuN 13TH, 12:35AM.
10:45 Reel 13 Indies: “On Broadway” (2007) A Boston playwright stages a production in the back of an Irish pub. REPEATS EARLY
SuN 13TH, 2:20AM AND
WED 16TH, 12:30AM.
2/13 Early SuNday am 12:30 PrEmiErE Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers via online voting. REPEATS
EARLY SuN 13TH, 4:05AM.
12:35 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 12TH, 9PM. [R]
2:20 Reel 13 Indies SEE
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EARLY WED 16TH, 12:30AM. [R]
4:05 Reel 13 Shorts SEE
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4:10 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies SEE FRI 11TH,
10:30PM. REPEATS EARLY
TuE 15TH, 5AM. [R]
4:40 Antiques Roadshow SEE MON 7TH, 8PM. [R]
13 SuNday
7:00 NOVA SEE WED 9TH,
9PM. [R]
8:00 PrEmiErE Nature: “The Himalayas” The world’s highest mountains are home to diverse species,
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EARLY TuE 15TH, 1AM AND
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9:00 PrEmiErE Masterpiece Classic: “Any Human Heart” A man makes his precarious way through the 20th century as a writer, lover, art dealer, and spy. With Matthew McFayden and Gillian Anderson. (PART 1 OF 3) REPEATS EARLY
TuE 15TH, 2AM.
10:30 PrEmiErE Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century How mobile devices and digital media are transforming the way young people communi-cate and learn. REPEATS
SAT 19TH, 1PM.
11:30 NOVA SEE WED 8TH,
10PM. [R]
2/14 Early moNday am 12:30 Reagan: American Experience SEE MON 7TH,
9PM. [R]
2:30 Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime SEE SuN 6TH, 10PM. [R]
3:30 History Detectives [R]
4:30 History Detectives [R]
14 moNday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 PrEmiErE Antiques Roadshow Found in Des Moines, a pair of 1963 and 1966 Green Bay Packers signed footballs. (PART 1
OF 3)
9:00 Reagan: American Experience: “An American Crusade” Ronald Wilson Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century—and one of the most controversial. (PART 2 OF 2) REPEATS EARLY
WED 16TH, 3AM AND EARLY
MON 21ST, 12:30AM.
11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS TuE 15TH, 1:30PM.
2/15 Early TuESday am 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS TuE 15TH, 1PM.
1:00 Nature SEE SuN 13TH,
8PM. REPEATS SAT 19TH, 5PM.
[R]
2:00 Masterpiece Classic SEE SuN 13TH, 9PM. [R]
3:30 Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs [R]
5:00 Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies SEE FRI 11TH,
10:30PM. [R]
15 TuESday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Pioneers of Television: “Late Night” Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and other players in late-night TV’s formative years. REPEATS
EARLY THu 17TH, 12:30AM AND
FRI 18TH, 9:30PM.
9:00 Frontline Episode TBA 10:00 Independent Lens: “Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene” The story of America’s original shock jock. Narrated by Don Cheadle. REPEATS EARLY THu 17TH,
2:30AM. U!
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS WED 16TH, 1:30PM.
2/16 Early WEdNESday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS WED 16TH, 1PM.
12:30 Reel 13 Indies SEE
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2:15 Program to Be Announced 3:00 Reagan: American Experience SEE MON 14TH,
9PM. REPEATS EARLY MON 21ST,
12:30AM. [R]
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5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report
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12:30AM AND SAT 19TH, 4PM.
9:00 PrEmiErE NOVA: “Crash of Flight 447” Pilots, engineers and safety experts piece together the circumstances of the 2009 tragedy. REPEATS EARLY
FRI 18TH, 1:30AM AND SuN 20TH,
7PM.
10:00 NOVA: “The Deadliest Plane Crash” Investigates the collision of two Boeing 747 airliners on an airport runway that killed 583 people. REPEATS EARLY
FRI 18TH, 2:30AM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS THu 17TH, 1:30PM.
2/17 Early ThurSday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS THu 17TH, 1PM.
12:30 Pioneers of Television SEE TuE 15TH, 8PM. REPEATS
FRI 18TH, 9:30PM. [R]
1:30 Frontline Episode TBA 2:30 Independent Lens SEE TuE 15TH, 10PM. [R] U!
3:30 Eyes on the Prize: American Experience [R] U!
17 ThurSday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook: “Best Band in the Land” The role of popular song in wartime America. (PART 2 OF 3)
REPEATS EARLY SAT 19TH, 1AM
AND SuN 20TH, 12:30PM.
9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Miss Marple, Series IV: Murder Is Easy” Miss Marple investigates a mysterious string of “accidents” in a village. REPEATS EARLY
SAT 19TH, 2AM.
10:30 PrEmiErE The Unforgettable Hampton Family This African American family overcame poverty and prejudice to establish successful careers in music. REPEATS EARLY
FRI 18TH, 5AM. U!
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS FRI 18TH, 1:30PM.
2/18 Early Friday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS FRI 18TH, 1PM.
12:30 NOVA scienceNOW SEE WED 16TH, 8PM. REPEATS
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1:30 NOVA SEE WED 16TH,
9PM. REPEATS SuN 20TH, 7PM.
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2:30 NOVA SEE WED 16TH,
10PM. [R]
3:30 Great Performances: “Harlem in Montmartre” [R] U!
5:00 The Unforgettable Hampton Family SEE
THu 17TH, 10:30PM. [R] U!
18 Friday
5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week REPEATS SAT 19TH, 9AM.
8:30 PrEmiErE Need to Know With broadcast journalist Alison Stewart and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham. REPEATS SuN 20TH, 6PM.
9:30 Pioneers of Television: “Late Night” SEE TuE 15TH,
8PM. [R]
10:30 PrEmiErE Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies Film reviews and more with Ebert, critic Christy Lemire (Associated Press) and special guests. REPEATS EARLY SuN 20TH,
5:20AM.
11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS MON 21ST, 1:30PM.
2/19 Early SaTurday am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS MON 21ST, 1PM.
12:30 Theater Talk With hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel. 1:00 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook SEE THu 17TH, 8PM. REPEATS
SuN 20TH, 12:30PM. [R]
2:00 Masterpiece Mystery! SEE THu 17TH, 9PM. [R]
3:30 Masterpiece Classic: “Small Island” Naomie Harrisplays a young ambitious Jamaican woman thrust into the grit of 1940s post-war London. (PART 1 OF 2) U!
5:00 Morgan Lacrosse Story The nation’s first and only college lacrosse team at a historically black institution. U!
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EvENiNg aNd NighT19 SaTurday
6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appear-ances Hyacinth longs to star in Emmet’s musical.
8:30 As Time Goes By Lionel’s agent is keen on Jean.
9:00 PrEmiErE Reel 13 Classics: “The Color Purple” (1985) A Southern black woman (Whoopi Goldberg) struggles to find her identity after suffering years of abuse in this film based on Alice Walker’s novel. With Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. REPEATS
EARLY SuN 20TH, 1:10AM. U!
11:40 Reel 13 Indies: “Lake Tahoe” (2008) The story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in a small town. Directed by Fernando Eimbcke. REPEATS
EARLY SuN 20TH, 3:50AM AND
WED 23RD, 12:30AM.
2/20 Early SuNday am 1:05 PrEmiErE Reel 13 Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers via online voting. REPEATS EARLY
SuN 20TH, 5:15AM.
1:10 Reel 13 Classics SEE SAT 19TH, 9PM. [R] U!
3:50 Reel 13 Indies SEE
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6:00 Need to Know SEE
FRI 18TH, 8:30PM. [R]
7:00 NOVA SEE WED 16TH,
9PM. [R]
8:00 PrEmiErE Nature: “Broken Tail: A Tiger’s Last Journey” The life and death of a charis-matic tiger cub reveals the fate of India’s last surviving tigers. REPEATS
EARLY TuE 22ND, 12:30AM
AND SAT 26TH, 5PM.
9:00 PrEmiErE Masterpiece Classic: “Any Human Heart” A man makes his precarious way through the 20th century in various identities. From the William Boyd novel. (PART 2 OF 3) REPEATS EARLY
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5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Pioneers of Television: “Sitcoms” Profiles the stars and shows that pioneered the sitcom, including I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners. REPEATS EARLY THu 24TH,
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