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Paris the Luminous Years: Toward the making of the modern

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This hoLidaY season, thiRtEEN

takes you to Paris, Vienna, and other cit-

ies around the world—without the stress

of travel delays or cancelled flights!

first stop: the City of lights, courtesy

of veteran filmmaker Perry Miller adato.

her new documentary, Paris The Lumi-

nous Years: Toward the Making of the

Modern (wed 15th, 9 p.m. on thiRtEEN

and sun 19th, 3:30 p.m. on wliw21;

featured on this month’s cover), explores

the unique role Paris played as a major

center and catalytic force in the creation

of the modern arts from 1905 to 1930.

Great Performances travels to los

angeles for Celebracíon! Gustavo

Dudamel and the LA Phil With Juan

Diego Flórez (wed 29th, 9 p.m.;

pictured above), a gala evening of bel

canto arias and latin american can-

ciones. andrea bocelli, David foster,

Natalie Cole, and special guests share

the spotlight in a Great Performances

Christmas special (thu 2nd, 8 p.m.).

and Dance in America twirls into the

holiday scene with San Francisco

Ballet’s Nutcracker (thu 23rd, 9 p.m.).

finally, ring in the new year in grand

New york style as Live From Lincoln

Center presents New York Philharmonic

New Year’s Eve (fri 31st, 8:30 p.m.) with

host alec baldwin and pianist lang lang.

and you don’t need a passport to enjoy

Great Performances’ annual New Year’s

Celebration from Vienna (sat Jan 1st,

8 p.m.), hosted by Julie andrews.

whether you’re enjoying the comforts

of home or traveling abroad, we’re

pleased to bring you programs that

help you connect with friends and

family during the most wonderful time

of the year.

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5:30 BBC World News6:00 NJN News6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 American Masters: “Lennon NYC” a revealing look at John lennon’s life in New york with yoko Ono and their son sean during the 1970s.

10:00 Member Favorites

12/02 earLY ThursdaY am12:00 Member Favorites

2 ThursdaY

5:30 BBC World News6:00 NJN News6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Great Performances: “Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas in Concert” foster and the tenor superstar perform holiday hits with Natalie Cole, Mary J. blige, the Muppets, and others. REPEats wED 22ND, 9PM

aND EaRly fRi 24th, 1:30aM.

10:00 Premiere Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul the English rock guitarist and special guests, taped live at New york’s iridium jazz club. 11:30 Charlie Rose

12/03 earLY FridaY am 12:30 Tavis Smiley1:00 Member Favorites

3 FridaY

5:30 BBC World News6:00 NJN News6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour8:00 Washington Week8:30 Premiere Need to Know with broadcast journalist alison stewart and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. 9:30 Member Favorites

12/04 earLY saTurdaY am12:00 Member Favorites

4 saTurdaY

5:30 Member Favorites

12/05 earLY sundaY am12:00 Member Favorites

5 sundaY

7:30 Nature: “Humming-birds: Magic in the Air” New discoveries about hummingbird biology, their remarkable aerial abilities, and amazing survival skills. REPEats sat 11th, 5PM.

9:00 Member Favorites

12/06 earLY mondaY am12:00 Member Favorites

6 mondaY

5:30 BBC World News6:00 NJN News6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour8:00 Member Favorites

12/07 earLY TuesdaY am12:00 Member Favorites

7 TuesdaY

5:30 BBC World News6:00 NJN News6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour8:00 Member Favorites

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evening and nighT6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Great Performances: “Peter & the Wolf” suzie templeton’s Oscar-winning animated interpretation of Prokofiev’s beloved musical story. REPEats

EaRly fRi 10th, 12:30aM

aND suN 12th, 12:30PM.

9:00 Member Favorites sEE wED 8th, 1PM. [R]

12/09 earLY ThursdaY am12:00 Member Favorites

9 ThursdaY 5:30 BBC World News6:00 NJN News6:30 Nightly Business Report7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Premiere Houdini the life, career, and Jewish roots of the legendary magician, escape artist, and hungarian immigrant. REPEats suN 12th, 11PM.

8:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Miss Marple, Series V: The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side” a fan consumes a poisoned daiquiri at a benefit thrown by a hollywood star. REPEats

EaRly sat 11th, 12:30aM.

10:00 Rock Prophecies Rock photographer Robert M. knight remembered by his subjects —Jeff beck, slash, santana, ZZ top, and others. REPEats EaRly

sat 11th, 5aM aND EaRly

MON 13th, 2aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats fRi 10th, 1:30PM.

12/10 earLY FridaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats fRi 10th, 1PM.

12:30 Great Performances sEE wED 8th, 8PM. REPEats

suN 12th, 12:30PM. [R]

1:30 Masterpiece Classic: “David Copperfield” REPEats EaRly tuE 14th, 1:30aM.

5:00 Travelscope

10 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 11th, 9aM.

8:30 Premiere Need to Know with broadcast journalist alison stewart and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. REPEats

suN 12th, 6PM.

9:30 American Masters: “Bob Dylan: No Direction Home” Dylan’s early years and his explosive arrival in 1961 New york. Directed by

Martin scorsese. (PaRt 1 Of 2)

REPEats suN 12th, 12MiD.

11:30 Charlie Rose REPEats MON 13th, 1:30PM.

12/11 earLY saTurdaY am 12:30 Masterpiece Mystery sEE thu 9th, 8:30PM. [R]

2:00 Masterpiece Classic sEE thu 9th, 8:30 P.M. [R]

5:00 Rock Prophecies sEE thu 9th, 10PM. REPEats

EaRly MON 13th, 2aM. [R]

11 saTurdaY

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials (1995) hyacinth organizes, directs and stars in a local pageant titled Our Town in the Civil War.8:30 As Time Goes By Complications abound at Judith and alistair’s wedding.9:00 Premiere Reel 13 Classics: “Topkapi” (1964) a pair of lovers (Melina Mercouri, Maximilian schell) recruit amateurs to steal a dagger from the topkapi Palace Museum in istanbul. REPEats EaRly suN 12th,

1:05aM.

11:10 Reel 13 Indies: “Falling Angels” (2003) three sisters come of age in a wildly dysfunctional family in this black comedy set in the 1960s. REPEats

EaRly suN 12th, 3:15aM aND

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evening and nighT12/12 earLY sundaY am 1:00 Reel 13 Shorts short films selected by thiRtEEN viewers. REPEats

EaRly suN 12th, 5aM.

1:05 Reel 13 Classics sEE sat 11th, 9PM. [R]

3:15 Reel 13 Indies sEE

sat 11th, 11:10PM. REPEats EaRly

wED 15th, 12:30aM. [R]

5:00 Reel 13 Shorts [R]

12 sundaY

6:00 Need to Know sEE fRi 10th, 8:30PM. [R]

7:00 NOVA: “Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero” Mankind’s quest to master extreme cold. (PaRts 1-2 Of 2) REPEats

EaRly MON 13th, 4aM.

8:00 Nature: “The Desert Lions” the unique pride of lions inhabiting the Namib Desert on africa’s wild skeleton Coast. REPEats

EaRly tuE 14th, 12:30aM

aND sat 18th, 5PM.

9:00 Great Performances: “Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nut-cracker” a dazzling inter-pretation of the holiday story, set during the city’s 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition. REPEats thu 23RD, 9PM aND

sat 25th, 11aM.

11:00 Houdini sEE thu 9th,

8PM. [R]

11:30 Premiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “Death” Death and afterlife explained and expressed through the art of various cultures.

12/13 earLY mondaY am 12:00 American Masters sEE fRi 10th, 9:30PM. [R]

2:00 Rock Prophecies sEE thu 9th, 10PM. [R]

3:00 Independent Lens 4:00 NOVA sEE suN 12th,

7PM. [R]

5:00 Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers

13 mondaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Antiques Roadshow san antonio treasures include memorabilia from a 1957 buddy holly concert in liverpool. (PaRt 3 Of 3)

REPEats EaRly wED 15th,

2:20aM.

9:00 Dolley Madison: American Experience Eve best stars as the “first first lady,” who created a political and social style for the young nation. REPEats EaRly wED 15th,

3:20aM; sat 18th, 2:30PM

aND EaRly MON 20th, 4aM.

10:30 Premiere In the Life the acclaimed lgbt newsmagazine. REPEats

EaRly wED 15th, 4:50aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats tuE 14th, 1:30PM.

12/14 earLY TuesdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats tuE 14th, 1PM.

12:30 Nature sEE suN 12th,

8PM. REPEats sat 18th, 5PM.

1:30 Masterpiece Classic [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe

14 TuesdaY

5:30 BBC World News

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6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 NOVA: “Hunting the Hidden Dimension” the dramatic discovery of fractals by a group of pioneering mathematicians. REPEats EaRly thu 16th,

12:30aM aND suN 19th, 7PM.

9:00 Frontline: “Close to Home” Clients at an upper East side hair salon discuss survival in hard economic times. REPEats EaRly thu 16th,

1:30aM.

10:00 Premiere Indepen-dent Lens: “45365” life in Middle america: a close-up view of the small town of sidney, Ohio. REPEats EaRly

thu 16th, 2:30aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats wED 15th, 1:30PM.

12/15 earLY WednesdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats wED 15th, 1PM.

12:30 Reel 13 Indies sEE sat 11th, 11:10PM. [R]

2:20 Antiques Roadshow sEE MON 13th, 8PM. [R]

3:20 Dolley Madison: American Experience sEE MON 13th, 9PM. REPEats

sat 18th, 2:30PM aND EaRly

MON 20th, 4aM. [R]

4:50 In the Life sEE MON 13th,

10:30PM. [R]

15 WednesdaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Premiere Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Natalie Cole Natalie Cole and David McCullough join the renowned choir for its annual concert from salt lake City. REPEats EaRly fRi 17th,

12:30aM; thu 23RD, 8PM;

EaRly sat 25th, 12:30aM;

aND sat 25th, 10aM.

9:00 Premiere Paris the Luminous Years: Toward the Making of the Modern Paris as catalyst to modernity. Perry Miller adato’s film spotlights Picasso, hemingway, Josephine baker, and other revolutionary artists. REPEats EaRly fRi 17th,

1:30aM; suN 19th, 12:30PM; aND

EaRly MON 20th, 2aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats thu 16th, 1:30PM.

12/16 earLY ThursdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats thu 16th, 1PM.

12:30 NOVA sEE tuE 14th,

8PM. REPEats suN 19th, 7PM.

[R]

1:30 Frontline sEE tuE 14th,

9PM. [R]

2:30 Independent Lens sEE tuE 14th, 10PM. [R]

3:30 Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times

16 ThursdaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere National Christmas Tree Lighting 2010 the annual ceremony, in its 88th year, signals the start of the holiday season across america. REPEats

EaRly sat 18th, 1:30aM aND

EaRly sat 25th, 1:30aM. [R] 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Miss Marple, Series V: The Secret of Chimneys” a coded message is discovered in the pocket of a dead count. Julia Mckenzie stars. REPEats

EaRly sat 18th, 2:30aM aND

EaRly tuE 21st, 3:30aM.

10:30 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs highlights from a king tut exhibit at the Museum of art in fort lauderdale. REPEats

suN 19th, 2:30PM aND

suN 19th, 11PM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats fRi 17th, 1:30PM.

12/17 earLY FridaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats fRi 17th, 1PM.

12:30 Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Natalie Cole sEE wED 15th, 8PM.

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aND sat 25th, 10aM. [R]

1:30 Paris the Luminous Years: Toward the Making of the Modern sEE wED 15th, 9PM. REPEats

suN 19th, 12:30PM aND EaRly

MON 20th, 2aM. [R]

3:30 Great Performances: “Harlem in Montmartre”

5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe REPEats sat 18th, 7aM.

17 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 18th, 9aM.

8:30 Premiere Need to Know with broadcast journalist alison stewart and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. REPEats

suN 19th, 6PM.

9:30 American Masters: “Bob Dylan: No Direction Home” the evolution of Dylan’s style in 1965-1966—as america becomes mired in war. (PaRt 2 Of 2) REPEats

EaRly MON 20th, 12MiD.

11:30 Charlie Rose REPEats MON 20th, 1:30PM.

12/18 earLY saTurdaY am 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEats MON 20th, 1PM.

1:00 Theater Talk 1:30 National Christmas Tree Lighting 2010 sEE thu 16th, 8PM. REPEats

EaRly sat 25th, 1:30aM. [R]

2:30 Masterpiece Mystery! sEE thu 16th, 9PM. REPEats

EaRly tuE 21st, 3:30aM. [R]

4:00 Ken Burns American Stories

18 saTurdaY

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Lidia’s Italy 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials (1991) who is kissing hyacinth under-neath the mistletoe? 8:30 As Time Goes By Jean teaches lionel a lesson about trust. 9:00 Premiere Reel 13 Classics: “The Night They Raided Minsky’s” (1968) a religious dancer (britt Ekland) joins a burlesque show and invents the striptease. REPEats EaRly

suN 19th, 12:20aM.

10:45 Premiere Reel 13 Indies: “Mona” (2008) two 35-year-old men going backwards in life meet a vibrant 23-year- old woman. REPEats EaRly

suN 19th, 2:05aM aND EaRly

wED 22ND, 12:30aM.

12/19 earLY sundaY am 12:15 Reel 13 Shorts short films selected by thiRtEEN viewers. REPEats EaRly suN 19th,

3:35aM. [R]

12:20 Reel 13 Classics sEE sat 18th, 9PM. [R]

2:05 Reel 13 Indies sEE

sat 18th, 10:45PM. REPEats

EaRly wED 22ND, 12:30aM. [R]

3:35 Reel 13 Shorts [R]

4:00 Ken Burns American Stories

19 sundaY

6:00 Need to Know sEE fRi 17th, 8:30PM. [R]

7:00 NOVA sEE tuE 14th,

8PM. [R]

8:00 Nature: “Wild Balkans” the fascinat-ing inhabitants and bewitching ecosystems of the balkan peninsula. REPEats EaRly tuE 21st,

12:30aM aND sat 25th, 5PM.

9:00 Masterpiece Contemporary: “Endgame” a real-life political thriller about the end of apartheid in south africa. with william hurt, Derek Jacobi, and Clarke Peters (The Wire). REPEats

EaRly tuE 21st, 1:30aM.

11:00 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs sEE thu 16th,

10:30PM. [R]

11:30 Premiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “Domestic Life” art for home use—from furniture and tapestries to bowls and baskets.

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12/20 earLY mondaY am 12:00 American Masters sEE fRi 17th, 9:30PM. [R]

2:00 Paris the Luminous Years: Toward the Making of the Modern sEE wED 15th,

9PM. [R]

4:00 Dolley Madison: American Experience sEE MON 13th, 9PM. [R]

20 mondaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere Antiques Roadshow: “Naughty or Nice” treasures include a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot. REPEats EaRly

wED 22ND, 2aM aND sat 25th,

3PM.

9:00 Premiere Independent Lens: “The Calling” follows seminary students from the Muslim, Catholic, Evangelical Christian, and Jewish worlds. (PaRt 1 Of 2) REPEats EaRly

wED 22ND, 3aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats tuE 21st, 1:30PM.

12/21 earLY TuesdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats tuE 21st, 1PM.

12:30 Nature sEE suN 19th,

8PM. REPEats sat 25th, 5PM.

[R]

1:30 Masterpiece Contem-porary sEE suN 19th, 9PM. [R]

3:30 Masterpiece Mystery! sEE thu 16th, 9PM. [R]

5:00 From the Top at Carnegie Hall

21 TuesdaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 NOVA: “Arctic Dinosaurs” Researchers tunnel into the permafrost of alaska’s North slope to rediscover a lost world. REPEats EaRly thu 23RD,

12:30aM aND suN 26th, 7PM.

9:00 Premiere Indepen-dent Lens: “The Calling” Muslim, Catholic, Evangeli-cal Christian, and Jewish seminarians embark on their life path in a secular and cynical era. (PaRt 2 Of

2) REPEats EaRly thu 23RD,

3aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats wED 22ND, 1:30PM.

12/22 earLY WednesdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats wED 22ND, 1PM.

12:30 Reel 13 Indies sEE sat 18th, 10:45PM. [R]

2:00 Antiques Roadshow sEE MON 20th, 8PM. REPEats

sat 25th, 3PM. [R]

3:00 Independent Lens sEE MON 20th, 9PM. [R]

5:00 From the Top at Carnegie Hall

22 WednesdaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Secrets of the Dead: “Battle for the Bible” the dramatic story of the English bible—and the way it changed western history. REPEats EaRly

fRi 24th, 12:30aM aND

sat 25th, 8aM.

9:00 Great Performances: “Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas in Concert” sEE thu 2ND, 8PM.

REPEats EaRly fRi 24th,

1:30aM. [R]

10:30 Premiere European Christmas Markets Visit charming markets in the medieval towns of germany, france, and switzerland. REPEats

EaRly thu 23RD, 1:30aM; EaRly

fRi 24th, 3aM; EaRly sat 25th,

5:30aM aND EaRly MON 27th,

5aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats thu 23RD, 1:30PM.

12/23 earLY ThursdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats thu 23RD, 1PM.

12:30 NOVA sEE tuE 21st,

8PM. REPEats suN 26th, 7PM.

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1:30 European Christmas Markets sEE wED 22ND,

10:30PM. REPEats EaRly

fRi 24th, 3aM; EaRly sat 25th,

5:30aM; aND EaRly MON 27th,

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2:00 Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell3:00 Independent Lens sEE tuE 21st, 9PM. [R]

5:00 From the Top at Carnegie Hall

23 ThursdaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Natalie Cole sEE wED 15th, 8PM.

REPEats EaRly sat 25th,

12:30aM aND sat 25th, 10aM. [R]

9:00 Great Performances: “Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker” sEE suN 12th,

9PM. REPEats sat 25th,

11aM. [R]

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats fRi 24th, 1:30PM.

12/24 earLY FridaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEats fRi 24th, 1PM.

12:30 Secrets of the Dead sEE wED 22ND, 8PM. REPEats

sat 25th, 8aM. [R]

1:30 Great Performances sEE thu 2ND, 8PM. [R]

3:00 European Christmas Markets sEE wED 22ND,

10:30PM. REPEats EaRly

sat 25th, 5:30aM aND EaRly

MON 27th, 5aM. [R]

3:30 Ballet Shoes 5:00 From the Top at Carnegie Hall

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5:30 BBC World News 6:00 New Jersey Capitol Report with Steve Adubato & Rafael Pi Roman 6:30 Nightly Business Report

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8:30 Premiere Need to Know with broadcast journalist alison stewart and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. REPEats

suN 26th, 6PM.

9:30 Premiere Christmas Concert Special With Jessica Simpson and Special Guests the pop star is joined by sister ashlee, willie Nelson and other artists at New york’s Roseland ballroom. REPEats

sat 25th, 1PM.

10:30 Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration the phenomenal irish ensemble in an evening of glittering holiday favorites. 11:30 Premiere Bucknell Candlelight Christmas the Rooke Chapel Choir and Rooke Chapel Ringers perform uplifting sacred music and familiar carols.

12/25 earLY saTurdaY am 12:30 Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Natalie Cole

sEE wED 15th, 8PM. REPEats

sat 25th, 10aM. [R]

1:30 National Christmas Tree Lighting 2010 sEE thu 16th, 8PM. [R]

2:30 Michael McDonald—This Christmas: A Sound-stage Special Event 3:30 Christmas at Belmont 4:30 Rick Steves’ European Christmas REPEats sat 25th,

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6:00 Colameco’s Food Show 6:30 Nonna Tell Me a Story: Lidia’s Christmas Kitchen lidia bastianich shares holiday recipes and traditions.7:00 The This Old House Hour

8:00 Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials (1993) hyacinth buys tickets for a holiday cruise on the QE2.

9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Elmer Gantry” (1960)this Oscar winner about religious fervor in small-town america stars burt lancaster and Jean simmons. REPEats EaRly

suN 26th, 1:25aM.

11:30 Premiere Reel 13 Indies: “Around” (2008) a dark comedy about making it in New york. by writer/director David spaltro. REPEats EaRly

suN 26th, 3:55aM.

12/26 earLY sundaY am 1:20 Reel 13 Shorts short films selected by thiRtEEN viewers. REPEats EaRly

suN 26th, 5:40aM. [R]

1:25 Reel 13 Classics sEE sat 25th, 9PM. [R]

3:55 Reel 13 Indies sEE sat 25th, 11:30PM. [R]

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6:00 Need to Know sEE fRi 24th, 8:30PM. [R]

7:00 NOVA sEE tuE 21st,

8PM. [R]

8:00 Nature: “Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns” filmmaker ginger kathrens chronicles the lives of horses living wild and free in the mountains of Montana. REPEats EaRly

tuE 28th, 12:30aM.

9:00 Premiere Master-piece Contemporary:

The ciTY conceaLed explores the hidden remains,

overlooked spaces, and unseen corners of New york.

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“Framed” a reserved cura-tor is responsible for the secret storage of priceless paintings in rural wales. REPEats EaRly tuE 28th, 1:30aM.

10:30 History Detectives an inscription on a rock in Phoenix may indicate spanish explorers arrived in america earlier than records show. 11:30 Premiere Art Through Time: A Global View: “Writing” the complex and dynamic interplay between images and words, reflected in islamic and Japanese calligraphy.

12/27 earLY mondaY am 12:00 Ken Burns AmericanStories: “Frank Lloyd Wright”3:00 Leonardo’s Dream Machines5:00 European ChristmasMarkets sEE wED 2ND,

10:30PM. [R]

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5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: “Trash to Treasure” Valuabletreasures rescued from rubbish heaps, dumpsters and demolition sites. REPEats EaRly wED 29th,

12:30aM.

9:00 Premiere AmericanMasters: “Glenn Gould: Genius Within” a new look at the celebrated pianist, with interviews and insights that dispel

the myths and miscon-ceptions surrounding his eccentricities.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats tuE 28th, 1:30PM.

12/28 earLY TuesdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 Nature sEE suN 26th,

8PM. [R]

1:30 Masterpiece Contem-porary sEE suN 26th, 9PM. [R]

3:00 J.M.W. Turner [R]

3:30 Ken Burns American Stories

28 TuesdaY 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Premiere NOVA: “Secrets Beneath the Ice” scientists use a state-of-the-art drilling probe to investigate ice shelf melting in antarctica. REPEats EaRly

thu 30th, 12:30aM.

9:00 Frontline Episode tba 10:00 Premiere Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story the philan-thropist was a mechanical genius and a pioneer in adult education. REPEats

EaRly thu 30th, 2:30aM.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats wED 29th, 1:30PM.

12/29 earLY WednesdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 Antiques Roadshow sEE MON 27th, 8PM. [R]

1:30 American Masters sEE MON 27th, 9PM. [R]

3:30 Ken Burns American Stories 5:00 Before Rosa: The Unsung Contribution of Sarah Mae Flemming

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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 Tavis Smiley Reports: “Dudamel: Conducting a Life” an extraordinary look at the life and artistry of gustavo Dudamel, the l.a. Philharmonic’s charismatic conductor. REPEats EaRly fRi 31st,

12:30aM.

9:00 Premiere Great Performances: “Celebración! Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil With Juan Diego Flórez” the los angelesPhilharmonic and the superstar tenor perform bel canto arias and latin american songs at the walt Disney Concert hall. REPEats EaRly fRi 31st,

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evening and nighT1:00 Charlie Rose REPEats thu 30th, 1:30PM.

12/30 earLY ThursdaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 NOVA sEE tuE 28th,

8PM. [R]

1:30 Frontline Episode tba 2:30 Mechanic to Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story sEE tuE 28th, 10PM. [R]

3:30 Ken Burns American Stories

30 ThursdaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJN News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea” hot on the trail of the killer of a brilliant Oxford art student. 9:30 Masterpiece Mystery!: “Inspector Lewis, Series II: Music to Die For” the worlds of no-rules boxing, Oxford dons and Cold war intrigue surround a prominent don’s death.

11:00 Charlie Rose REPEats fRi 31st, 1:30PM.

12/31 earLY FridaY am 12:00 Tavis Smiley 12:30 Tavis Smiley Reports sEE wED 29th, 8PM. [R]

1:30 Great Performances sEE wED 29th, 9PM. [R]

3:30 Ken Burns American Stories

31 FridaY

5:30 BBC World News 6:00 TBA 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Premiere Live From Lincoln Center: “New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve With Lang Lang” Ring in the new year with the New york Philharmonic in an all-tchaikovsky program featuring pianist lang lang. alec baldwin hosts.

10:30 Carole King—James Taylor Live at the Trouba-dour the two folk legends reunite in celebration of the 50th anniversary of

the legendary los angeles club. 11:30 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live highlights from 24 years of induction ceremonies at the Rock hall of fame.

1/01 earLY saTurdaY am 12:30 Great Performances: “The Police Certifiable” 1:30 Great Performances: “Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: In Concert From Madison Square Garden” 2:50 Rock Prophecies sEE thu 9th, 10PM. [R]

3:50 Roy Orbison & Friends—A Black and White Night 4:50 The Who at Kilburn 1977

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6:00 Member Favorites (4th);

Sit and Be Fit (11th, 18th);

Carols for Christmas (25th)

6:30 Travelscope (11th, 18th)

7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe (11th, 18th); Rick Steves’ European Christmas (25th)

7:30 Smart Travels—Europe (11th, 18th) [R]

8:00 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack (4th, 11th, 18th);

Secrets of the Dead [R] (25th)

8:30 New Jersey Capitol Report (11th, 18th)

9:00 Washington Week [R]

(11th, 18th); Picturing Mary (25th)

9:30 John McLaughlin’s One-on-One (11th, 18th)

10:00 One-on-One With Steve Adubato (11th, 18th);

Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (25th)

10:30 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (11th, 18th)

11:00 New York NOW (11th,

18th); Great Performances: “Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker” [R] (25th)

11:30 To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (11th, 18th)

12:00 Richard Heffner’s Open Mind (11th, 18th)

12:30 Caucus: New Jersey (11th, 18th)

1:00 Ken Burns American Stories: Thomas Jefferson (PaRts 1-2 Of 2) (11th); DOHA Debates (18th); Christmas Concert Special With Jessica Simpson (25th)

2:00 Storied Life of Millie Benson (18th); National Christmas Tree Lighting [R]

(25th)

2:30 Dolley Madison: Amer-ican Experience [R] (18th)

3:00 Antiques Roadshow [R] (25th)

4:00 Globetrekker (11th,

18th, 25th)

5:00 Nature: “Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air” [R] (11th);

“The Desert Lions” [R] (18th);

“Wild Balkans” [R] (25th)

6:00 Colameco’s Food Show (11th, 18th, 25th)

6:30 Lidia’s Italy (11th, 18th);

Nonna Tell Me a Story: Lidia’s Christmas (25th)

sundaYs

12:00 Sunday Arts 12:30 Member Favorites (5th); Great Performances: “Peter and the Wolf” [R]

(12th); Paris: The Luminous Years: Toward the Making of the Modern [R] (19th); Ken Burns American Stories: “Thomas Hart Benton” (26th)

1:30 Byron Janis Story (12th)

2:00 Picturing Mary [R] (26th)

2:30 Art Through Time: A Global View (12th); Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (19th)

3:00 Roadtrip Nation (12th,

19th, 26th)

3:30 Simply Ming (12th, 19th,

26th)

4:00 Mexico—One Plate at a Time (12th, 26th) Runaway Chef (19th)

4:30 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way (12th,

19th, 26th) 5:00 Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen (12th, 19th, 26th)

5:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly [R] (12th, 19th,

26th)

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Live From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve With Lang Lang

Alec Baldwin hosts

the gala evening of

Tchaikovsky favorites.

Fri 31st, 8:30 p.m.

Join kids cLub ThirTeen at the brooklyn Museum for

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Ballerina screening, a Nutcracker performance and more.

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