January 2020Program Guide

Country Music, the 8-part fi lm by Ken Burns returns to the schedule. Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the twentieth century.

Binge-watch the entire series with ValleyPBS Passport. For more information, email members@valleypbs.org

A NIGHT OF LAUGHSTuesday, January 7th

10:00pm The Mark Twain Prize: Dave Chappelle

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Dave Chappelle. The special includes documentary footage with Dave Chapelle at his childhood high school the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in DC. This program is rate TV-MA.

JANE AUSTEN’S FINAL UNFINISHED WORK - FINISHED!

Sundays starting January 12th

9:00pm Masterpiece SanditonExperience Jane Austen’s last, fragmented work, where entrepreneurs, love interests, legacy hunters, hypochondriacs and medical mountebanks come together at a struggling resort aimed to be the next fashionable playground in early 1800s England. Rose Williams and Theo James star in the eight-hour series.

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News & Public AffairsMonday - Friday

5:00pm BBC World News 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour12:00am Amanpour and Company* 1:00 Nightly Business Report* 1:30 NHK Newsline*

Saturday & Sunday 6:00pm PBS Newshour Weekend

Spotlight on AgSunday

10:30am Market to Market11:00 America’s Heartland11:30 California Bountiful12:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag

Cooking, Travel & How-ToSaturdays

11:00am Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places11:30 America’s Test Kitchen12:00pm Cook’s Country12:30 California’s Gold 1:00 Outside Beyond the Lens 1:30 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton 2:30 Rick Steves Europe 3:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 3:30 Martha Bakes 4:00 Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless 4:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street TV 5:00 This Old House 5:30 This Old House

Wednesday, January 1 7:00pm Valley’s Gold 7:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 8:00 Nature Animal Reunions9:00 Great Performances From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration10:30 American Masters Bob Hope12:30am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 2 7:00pm California’s Golden Fairs Amador County Fair7:30 California’s Golden Parks Stanford Mansion8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E29:00 New Tricks S4: E7 Father’s Pride10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S3: E3 Prey11:30 You Are Cordially Invited 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 3 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 California’s Gold S.S. Catalina8:30 Antiques Roadshow Politically Collect 19:00 Country Music The Rub (Beginnings 1933) Pt. 1/811:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Saturday, January 4 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love 1:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens 1:30 The Best of ValleyPBS 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 7:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love 11:00 Masterpiece Mrs. Wilson Pt. 3/312:00am Masterpiece The Miniaturist Pt. 3/3

Sunday, January 5 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love 12:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 12:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens 7:00 Father Brown S5: E11 The Sins of Others8:00 Pride and Prejudice Pt. 5/69:00 Pride and Prejudice Pt. 6/610:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Monday, January 6 7:00pm Robin Williams Remembered A Pioneers of Television Special 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum9:00 American Experience McCarthy11:00 Norman Mineta and his Legacy An American Story 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, January 7 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 8:00 Finding Your Roots Homecomings9:00 Frontline Targeting El Paso 10:00 The Mark Twain Prize Dave Chappelle11:30 POV Midnight Traveler

Wednesday, January 8 7:00pm Valley’s Gold 7:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 8:00 Nature The Whale Detective9:00 NOVA The Planets: Inner Worlds10:00 NOVA Meteor Strike 11:00 Aurora: Fire in the Sky 12:00am Amanpour and Company

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Thursday, January 9 7:00pm California’s Golden Fairs Marin County Fair7:30 California’s Golden Parks Wrigley Botanic8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E39:00 New Tricks S4: E7 Big Topped10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S3: E4 Coda11:30 Variety Studios: Actors on Actors 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 107:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 California’s Gold FDR’s Boat8:30 Antiques Roadshow Politically Collect 29:00 Country Music Hard Times (1933-1945) Pt. 2/811:00 Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize 12:30am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, January 11 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love1:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens 1:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 7:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Sunday, January 12 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love12:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 12:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens 7:00 Father Brown S5: E12 The Theatre of the Invisible8:00 Masterpiece Howards End Pt. 1/49:00 Masterpiece Sanditon Pt. 1 & 211:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Monday, January 13 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Homecomings8:00 Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum9:00 Frontline America’s Great Divide: Obama to Trump Pt. 1/2

11:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Tuesday, January 14 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 8:00 Finding Your Roots This Land is My Land9:00 Frontline America’s Great Divide: Obama to Trump Pt. 2/211:00 The Democracy Rebellion: A Reporter’s Notebook with Hedrick Smith 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 157:00pm Valley’s Gold 7:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 8:00 Nature Hippos: Africa’s River Giants9:00 NOVA The Planets: Jupiter10:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Oman – Desert Canyon11:00 Earth’s Natural Wonders Extreme Wonders Pt. 1/312:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 16 7:00pm California’s Golden Fairs San Diego County Fair7:30 California’s Golden Parks San Onofre State Beach

SUNDAYS STARTING JANUARY 12TH

8:00pm Masterpiece Howards End Follow two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world in this fresh take on E.M. Forster’s masterpiece.

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8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E49:00 New Tricks S1: E110:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S4: E1 Game 11:30 Variety Studios: Actors on Actors 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 17 7:00pm Washington Week7:30 Firing Line 8:00 California’s Gold Upper Newport Bay8:30 Antiques Roadshow Newport9:00 Country Music The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953) Pt. 3/811:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Oman – Desert Canyon12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, January 18 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators S1: E3 This Promised End 8:00 Midsomer Murders The Sleeper Under the Hill Pt. 1 & 29:30 Miss Marple S1: E8 A Murder is Announced 10:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 1/611:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 2/612:30am California’s Golden Fairs San Diego County Fair

Sunday, January 19 10:00am Inside California Education 10:30 Market to Market 11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California’s Bountiful 12:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 12:30 California’s Golden Parks San Onofre State Beach1:00 NOVA The Planets: Jupiter2:00 Call the Midwife S6: E53:00 Call the Midwife S6: E64:00 Call the Midwife S6: E75:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend

5:30 Outside Beyond the Lens 6:00 Great Performances Movies for Grownups with AARP The Magazine8:00 Masterpiece Howards End Pt. 2/49:00 Masterpiece Sanditon Pt. 310:00 Vienna Blood Pt. 1/611:00 Resistance Pt. 1/612:00am Thou Shalt Not Kill Pt. 1/12

Monday, January 20 7:00pmn Finding Your Roots This Land is My Land8:00 Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum9:00 Antiques Roadshow Treasures on the Move10:00 No Passport Required Los Angeles11:00 California’s Gold Hollywood Sign12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, January 21 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens 7:30 California’s Gold World War II8:00 Finding Your Roots Beyond the Pale9:00 Secrets of the Dead Bombing Auschwitz10:00 Frontline 11:00 Independent Lens Accept the Call12:30am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 227:00pm Valley’s Gold

7:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 8:00 Nature Wild Way of the Vikings9:00 NOVA The Planets: Saturn10:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Greenland – Frozen Frontier11:00 Earth’s Natural Wonders Wonders of Water Pt. 2/312:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 23 7:00pm California’s Golden Fairs Calaveras County Fair7:30 California’s Golden Parks Yosemite Falls8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E59:00 New Tricks S1: E210:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S4: E2 Canticle 11:30 Variety Studios: Actors on Actors 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 24 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 California’s Gold Newport Boats8:30 Antiques Roadshow Newport9:00 Country Music I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953-1963) Pt. 4/811:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Greenland – Frozen Frontier12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, January 25 6:30pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture

Mondays starting January 20th

9:00pm No Passport Required

Join Chef Marcus Samuelsson on an inspiring journey across the U.S. to explore and celebrate the wide-ranging diversity of immigrant traditions and cuisine woven into American food and culture.

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7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators S1: E4 This Rough Magic8:00 Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag Pt. 1 & 29:30 Miss Marple S1: E10 At Bertram’s Hotel10:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 3/611:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 4/612:30am California’s Golden Fairs Calaveras County Fair

Sunday, January 26 10:00am Inside California Education 10:30 Market to Market 11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California’s Bountiful 12:00pm American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 12:30 California’s Golden Parks Yosemite Falls1:00 NOVAThe Planets: Saturn2:00 Call the Midwife S6: E83:00 Call the Midwife S7: E14:00 Call the Midwife S7: E25:00 Call the Midwife S7: E36:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside Beyond the Lens 7:00 Father Brown S5:13 The Tanganyika Green8:00 Masterpiece Howards End Pt. 3/49:00 Masterpiece Sanditon Pt. 410:00 Vienna Blood Pt. 2/611:00 Resistance Pt. 2/612:00am Thou Shalt not Kill Pt. 2/12

Monday, January 27 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Beyond the Pale8:00 Antiques Roadshow Bonanzaville9:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk10:00 No Passport Required Houston11:00 Secrets of the Dead Bombing Auschwitz12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, January 28 7:00pm Outside Beyond the Lens7:30 California’s Gold Preserving the Past8:00 Finding Your Roots Secrets & Lies9:00 American Experience Ruby Ridge10:00 Frontline New American Nazis 11:00 Independent Lens The First Rainbow Coalition12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 297:00pm Valley’s Gold 7:30 American Grown: My Job Depends on Agriculture 8:00 Nature The Cheetah Children9:00 NOVA The Planets: Ice Worlds10:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Suriname – Lost World11:00 Earth’s Natural Wonders Living Wonders Pt. 3/312:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 30 7:00pm California’s Golden Fairs Nevada County Fair7:30 California’s Golden Parks Movie Beach8:00 Death in Paradise S6: E69:00 New Tricks S1: E310:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S4: E3 Lazaretto11:30 Variety Studios: Actors on Actors 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 31 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 California’s Gold Buried Treasures8:30 Antiques Roadshow Newport9:00 Country Music The Sons and Daughters of America (1964-1968) Pt. 5/811:00 Expedition with Steve Backshall Suriname – Lost World12:00am Amanpour and Company

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January 2020Program Guide