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1KPBS-TV Programming Schedule – December 2020

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Tuesday, December 17:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Summer in the City: When a body

is found in a young man’s trunk, the case brings the ladies to the city’s upper crust.

8:00 KPBS Expect A Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic

“Expect a Miracle,” is the dual story of the AIDS crisis in San Diego and Fraternity House - the only hospice in North San Diego county that took patients near death to give them a safe place to die with dignity and love.

KPBS 2 Grantchester Season 4 On MASTERPIECE

Episode Four: When Will asks for Geordie’s help with a family matter, Geordie is surprised to discover where Will really grew up: a house filled with secrets and lies.

9:00 KPBS POV Memories of a Penitent Heart: A

filmmaker investigates her uncle Miguel’s death during a time when AIDS was synonymous with sin.

KPBS 2 Endeavour Season 6 On MASTERPIECE

Apollo: A car accident proves to be murder, leading Endeavour to investigate suspects in the Oxford

astrophysics department and a TV puppet studio.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Covid’s Hidden Toll: A revealing

look at how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers.

10:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Baja Med Cuisine: Today we find

ourselves in the Valle de Guadalupe at “El Esperanza” restaurant, owned by Chef Miguel Angel Guerrero. Chef Miguel is known for his Baja Mediterranean cuisine or

“Baja Med” for short. 11:00 KPBS Survival Guide for Pain-Free

Living with Peggy Cappy Easy-to-do stretches and other

yoga moves that can help relieve pain are demonstrated.

KPBS2 KPBS Evening Edition

Wednesday, December 27:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 7, Episode 8: When the

lead guitarist of a popular reggae band is murdered, Jack and his team must crack a cold case that has haunted the Commissioner for years before they can arrest the killer.

8:00 KPBS Life from Above Moving Planet: Cameras in space

capture footage of the greatest and most powerful movements on our planet.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Hour Two: Explore

Salt Lake City with ROADSHOW for hidden treasures like a Cartier Art Deco diamond bracelet, a Zee Wo Silver & Cinnabar cutlery set, ca. 1920, and a 1959 Number 1 Barbie doll and accessories. Which is valued for up to $100,000?

Expect A Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.


9:00 KPBS 2 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.

9:30 KPBS NOVA Dog Tales: Researchers reveal how

humans tamed fearsome canines over tens of thousands of years.

10:00 KPBS 2 Asian Americans Breaking Ground: Asian Americans

is a five-hour film series told through intimate personal stories. The series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.

11:00 KPBS Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White

Learn how to keep your mind sharp and your body active as you age using gentle daily movement.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

Thursday, December 37:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NATURE The Cheetah Children: For nearly

two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother’s dedication in raising them.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

We drop in for a visit to Wisteria Candy Cottage in San Diego’s back country; see the North County home made famous by the Civil war hero who lived there, and hear a railroad love story “About San Diego”. Lots more too!

KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead Abandoning The Titanic: Join

a team of investigators as they search for the identity of the captain of a “mystery ship” that turned away from the “unsinkable” Titanic in its darkest hour, abandoning thousands of lives to the icy waters and their deaths.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Balboa Park: The Garden Fair:

Balboa Park, it’s the jewel of the city yet few plants in its gardens are native. On the 100th anniversary of the Exposition, Nan Sterman discovers the hands that helped shape the landscape and how their choices influence how San Diego grows.

9:00 KPBS Historic Places with Elsa Sevilla: California’s History

California’s History: The encounter between the Indigenous People of the Kumeyaay Nation and the European settlers will mark 250-years (July 17th, 2019).

KPBS 2 NOVA Wonders Can We Build A Brain?: Decode

the latest advances in artificial intelligence. AI can interpret emotions, play games, even act as personal companions. How does it actually work-and is it truly intelligent? And are we handing over too much power to machines?

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Chapultepec, Zocalo, & Coyoacan:

Visit the Chapultepec park and castle, and the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City.


10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Oblong Murders: Jones

goes undercover at the Oblong Foundation after one of the cult’s young members disappears.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE The American Boy Who Survived

ISIS: The story of an American boy taken by his mother to the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. A special report three years in the making investigating how the family ended up in Syria, and what happened when they came home to the United States.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos,

and Rhodes: Rick island-hops through the Aegean, sampling the Greek getaways of Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes.

Friday, December 47:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 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 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 American Masters Keith Haring: Street Art Boy:

Explore the definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring who blazed a trail through the art scene of ‘80s New York and revolutionized the worlds of pop culture and fine art. The film features previously unheard interviews with Haring.

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin The Admirer: Louisa discovers

she has a rival for Doc Martin’s affections, a glamorous divorcee and hotel owner.

KPBS2 Basquiat: American Masters

Discover the anonymous graffiti artist turned rock star of the early ‘80s art scene in New York whose work ultimately commanded millions. It took less than a decade for the accountant’s son from Brooklyn to rise to dizzying heights.

10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators

O Thou Invisible Spirit of Wine: When paranormal activity is reported in a Tudor pub, old family feuds are brought to a head and it looks like Frank and Lu have another mystery on their hands.

10:30 KPBS2 Theatre Corner Dule Hill and Daniel J. Watts: We

sit down with actors Dule Hill (Psych, The West Wing) and Daniel J. Watts (Hamilton) at the Geffen Playhouse to discuss their roles in the hit new musical, “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole”.

11:00 KPBS Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy

Peggy Cappy shows how to relieve stress and ease anxiety with yoga and special breathing techniques.


Saturday, December 56:00PM KPBS Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story

of Black Colleges and Universities: The pivotal role historically black colleges and universities have played in America is explored.

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

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7:00 KPBS 2 Abba Forever — A Celebration

Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band members themselves. Featuring a greatest hits soundtrack including “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia!,” the program includes original interviews and rare archival footage.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Ghosts: The horrors of war haunt

Frankie as she attempts to solve the murders of several ex-officers.

8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall: The far

southwest of England is a world unto itself, with a persistent Cornish culture. Rick Steves explores a world of flowers springing from towering hedges, a tin-mining heritage going back to biblical times, and more!

9:00 KPBS Abba Forever — A Celebration

Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band members themselves.

KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie The Last Dragon (1985): In New

York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. Stars Taimak, Vanity, and Christopher Murney.

10:30 KPBS Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story

of Black Colleges and Universities: The pivotal role historically black colleges and universities have played in America is explored.

11:00 KPBS 2 Rick Steves Special The Story of Fascism In Europe: In

this one-hour special, Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe - taking millions of people with it.

12:30AM KPBS Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White

Learn how to keep your mind sharp and your body active as you age using gentle daily movement.

KPBS 2 Independent Lens Won’t You Be My Neighbor?:

Celebrate the legacy of icon Fred Rogers in a film from Academy Award winner Morgan Neville. Beamed daily into American homes, Rogers and his cast of puppets and friends spoke simply and directly to children about some of life’s weightiest issues.

Sunday, December 66:00PM KPBS Life 201 with Adiel Gorel Adiel Gorel offers a roadmap for

better living so viewers can make the most of their adult years.

6:30 KPBS 2 Abba Forever — A Celebration

Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band members themselves. Featuring a greatest hits soundtrack including “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia!,” the program includes original interviews and rare archival footage.

7:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England: Rick Steves

visits Winston Churchill’s birthplace at Blenheim Palace and polishes his pub etiquette.


8:00 KPBS Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Train: Climb

aboard for an inside look at the lavish history of the luxurious British Royal Train.

KPBS 2 Nature The Cheetah Children: For nearly

two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother’s dedication in raising them.

9:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode One: An encore

presentation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel. A coach accident brings Charlotte to Sanditon, where she meets Tom and Sidney Parker. More Jane Austen titles are streaming in KPBS Passport. Visit kpbs.org/austen to become a member and get access to KPBS Passport.

KPBS 2 NOVA Secrets of the Forbidden City:

Discover the ingenious engineering

of Beijing’s Forbidden City, the power center of imperial China for nearly 500 years. Discover how the design of this vast complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks.

10:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Two: Aiming to seal a

match for her nephew Edward, Lady Denham hosts a pineapple party for an heiress.

KPBS 2 Nazi Mega Weapons V2 Rocket: The first ever long-

range rockets were designed and built by the Nazis in a network of top-secret research labs, underground silos and hi-tech launch pads. This is the story of how scientist Werner von Braun heralded the birth of ballistic missiles and laid the technological foundations for the space race.

11:00 KPBS Lawrence Welk - Milestones & Memories

Stars from the Lawrence Welk Show sing, dance and play their hearts out in this reunion concert.

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12:00AM KPBS 2 Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy

Discover how to relieve stress with yoga and special breathing techniques. Using simple strategies that can be added to a daily routine, Peggy shows how to calm the nervous system and ease symptoms of anxiety, including tensions, tightness and pain.

Monday, December 77:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Secrets of the Forbidden City:

Discover the ingenious engineering of Beijing’s Forbidden City, the power center of imperial China for nearly 500 years. Discover how the design of this vast complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour One: Journey to

The Big Easy for hidden treasures like a diamond bracelet and a Van Cleef & Arpels ring.

KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

We drop in for a visit to Wisteria Candy Cottage in San Diego’s back country; see the North County home made famous by the Civil war hero who lived there, and hear a railroad love story “About San Diego.” Lots more too!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Balboa Park: The Garden Fair:

Balboa Park, it’s the jewel of the city yet few plants in its gardens are native. On the 100th anniversary of the Exposition, Nan Sterman discovers the hands that helped shape the landscape and how their choices influence how San Diego grows

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Newport, Part 5: An Edward

Bannister oil, 1979 Tage Frid stools and more interesting items are appraised.

KPBS 2 Historic Places with Elsa Sevilla: California’s History

California’s History: Find out what life was like at the San Diego Royal Presidio after 1770. Historic documents and a new alternate reality video shows the Presidio like never before. This episode dives further into the encounter between the Indigenous People of the Kumeyaay Nation and the Spanish settlers in 1769.

9:30 KPBS Independent Lens Charm City: Citizens, police and

government officials cope with the consequences of violence in Baltimore.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Chapultepec, Zocalo, & Coyoacan:

Visit the Chapultepec park and castle, and the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City.

10:00 KPBS 2 Front and Center Santana IV - Live at the House of

Blues in Las Vegas: Captured on stage together for the first time since 1973, the original Santana band featuring Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Michael Carabello, and Michael Shrieve take the stage at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.

11:00 KPBS San Diego: Above and Beyond

Tour the spectacular San Diego region from the air and learn about the history of the region. Then dive below the waves for a view of the underwater world near San Diego’s famous beaches.



Tuesday, December 87:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Healing Hands: Protecting a faith-

healer unexpectedly takes the ladies into Toronto’s fledgling jazz scene. Guest Starring: Emmanuel Kabongo (21 Thunder, Teenagers), Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek, Lars and the Real Girl).

8:00 KPBS The Queen and the Coup Learn how Queen Elizabeth II was

deployed in a plot to overthrow Iran’s last democracy.


Episode Five: While Will struggles with a decision that will determine his future, the violent death of a young man becomes conclusive proof to Geordie that the country’s gone to the dogs.

9:00 KPBS Stella - A History of War The story of Stella Andrassy, who

fled the Red Army invasion of Hungary in 1945, is chronicled.


Confection: A triple murder exposes the secrets of a village in the grip of deadly rumors.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Growing Up Poor in America:

Children and their families navigate issues of poverty, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.

10:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Swiss Winery & Malva: Today, we

explore a quaint little winery nestledin the hills of Valle de Guadalupe. Then, we head to Malva where we meet Chef Roberto Alcocer.

11:00 KPBS Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living with Peggy Cappy

Easy-to-do stretches and other yoga moves that can help relieve pain are demonstrated.


Wednesday, December 97:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 1: When a

passenger is stabbed on the express bus to Honore, Jack and his team are baffled. No one left their seat, so how on earth did they commit murder?

8:00 KPBS Beyond A Year In Space Astronaut Scott Kelly’s last day

in space, his return to Earth and astronaut training are featured.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour One: Journey to

The Big Easy for hidden treasures like a diamond bracelet and a Van Cleef & Arpels ring, Mardi Gras Comus Krewe parade float watercolors from 1892, and Keith Haring subway graffiti art from around 1980. One of these is worth up to $95,000!

9:00 KPBS 2 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.

9:30 KPBS NOVA Cat Tales: Did humans ever

domesticate felines? Science sheds light on a relationship that predates history

10:00 KPBS 2 Asian Americans A Question of Loyalty: Asian

Americans is a five-hour film series told through intimate personal stories. The series casts a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.


11:00 KPBS Rick Steves Special European Festivals: Rick visits

Europe to celebrate top festivals, each one rich with tradition, great food and fun.


Thursday, December 107:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature Snow Bears: Set against the

magical backdrop of the Arctic, NATURE “Snow Bears” is a dramatized story based on the extraordinary adventures and life-changing journey of newborn polar bear cubs as they leave the safety of their den for the first time.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

We take a look at The San Diego Flume, an amazing water project from a century ago. We visit a most unlikely place for historical photographs in Del Mar. A 1940s police movie on “How To Blockade The City”, “Guess The Year!”; much more, too!

KPBS 2 Ornament of the World The Ornament of the World tells

the story of a remarkable time in history when the Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Big Trees: Giants Among Us:

On this episode, Host Nan Sterman searches out some of the champion trees listed on the California Big Tree Registry and learns from experts on why it’s important to recognize and sustain these giants among us.


California’s History: San Diego, California is established 250-years ago. Find out why California’s Missions are romanticized during the late 1800s and why the Indigenous People’s history is overshadowed.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Pyramids, Xochimilco Boats, and

Tacuba: We see the Teotihuacan pyramids, take a boat ride through the Xochimilco Canals, and eat at Cafe Tacuba.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Sleeper Under The Hill: The

gruesome discovery of a farmer’s eviscerated body in an ancient stone circle is investigated.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Growing Up Poor in America:

Children and their families navigate issues of poverty, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

Friday, December 117:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 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 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Articulate with Jim Cotter Larger Than Life: Ellen Reid has a

lot to say. The music of this softly spoken Pulitzer Prize-winning composer speaks volumes, even when it means confronting her own worst experiences.



8:30 KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Alimi Ballard and Michelle Bradley:

We catch up with actor Alimi Ballard (Queen of the South, Numb3rs) and opera singer Michelle Bradley.

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin The Holly Bears A Prickle: While on

their first date, Doc Martin makes an inappropriate remark and Louisa ends their affair.

KPBS 2 Craft In America Storytellers: Meet artists who use

narrative to communicate personal and universal truths. Featuring artist Nicholas Galanin, Julie Schafler Dale, Linda J. Mendelson, George Rodriguez and Christina Bothwell.

10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators

Teach Me, Dear Creature: Frank and Lu delve into the ultra-competitive world of private tutoring, while a reunion with an old RADA mate presents Sebastian with a choice about his future which could change everything for the agency.

KPBS 2 Craft In America Democracy: Explore how craft

is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles. Featuring Robert L. Lynch, Sammy Little, Smithsonian Institution museums, Harvey Pratt, the Veterans History Project, Eudorah Moore and Berea College Student Craft.

11:00 KPBS Rick Steves Special The Story of Fascism In Europe:

Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe.


Saturday, December 126:00PM KPBS Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy Rick delves deep into the Italian

heartland — the place where la dolce vita is a way of life. From hill towns to harbors, and from vino rosso to Giotto, savor the good life in the Italian heartland.


Special Report 7:00 KPBS 2 Fleetwood Mac:

The Dance Celebrate the greatest hits from

the best-selling album Rumours in this intimate concert recorded in 1997. Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks perform “Don’t Stop,” “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain” and more.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Anastasia: Frankie is hired to

protect a girl who claims to be a Russian princess from political foes. New Episode.

9:00 KPBS Fleetwood Mac: The Dance The band performs “Don’t Stop,”

“Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain” and more in an intimate 1997 concert.

KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Dick (1999): Two girls wander away

from a White House tour and meet President Nixon. Stars Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, and Dan Hedaya.

10:30 KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Alimi Ballard and Michelle Bradley:

We catch up with actor Alimi Ballard (Queen of the South, Numb3rs) and opera singer Michelle Bradley.


11:00 KPBS Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy Rick delves deep into the Italian


KPBS 2 America ReFramed There Are Jews Here: Follow the

untold stories of four once thriving American Jewish communities that are now barely holding on. An affecting portrait of people who are doing their part to keep the Jewish spirit alive, There Are Jews Here celebrates religious diversity in small-town America.

12:30AM KPBS 2 Our American Family: The Mays

The first half of the 1900’s represents the last era of American life that, for most families, began largely unchanged from the generations that came before.

Sunday, December 136:00PM KPBS Change Your Brain, Heal

Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD Discover practical steps to help you

feel happier, sharper and more in control of your own destinies.

KPBS 2 Fleetwood Mac: The Dance

Celebrate the greatest hits from the best-selling album Rumours in this intimate concert recorded in 1997. Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks perform “Don’t Stop,” “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain” and more.

8:00 KPBS Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Flight: The

British Royal family’s history with air travel, from 1936 to today, is examined.

KPBS 2 NATURE Snow Bears: Set against the

magical backdrop of the Arctic, NATURE “Snow Bears” is a dramatized story based on the extraordinary adventures and life-changing journey of newborn polar bear cubs as they leave the safety of their den for the first time.

9:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Three: Young Stringer

presses Tom for pay owed his builders, currently toiling under dangerous conditions.

KPBS 2 NOVA Bird Brain: Long mocked as empty-

headed, birds hide surprisingly acute intelligence. But just how smart are they? As scientists test avian aptitude with brainteasers, discover how the genius of birds is leading us to rethink our basic notions of intelligence.

10:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Four: Lord Babington

courts Esther. Charlotte and Sidney clash over Miss Lambe’s meeting with Otis.

KPBS 2 NOVA Rise of the Rockets: Marvel at a

new era of space exploration and accessibility, thanks to NASA’s return to crewed spaceflight, as well as private companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and technologies that make rockets cheaper and more powerful than ever.


11:00 KPBS Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy Rick delves deep into the Italian


KPBS 2 Independent Lens The Judge: Take a rare glimpse into

Shari’a law (Islamic law), an often misunderstood legal framework for Muslims, told through the eyes of the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s religious courts.

12:30AM KPBS 2 POV Shorts There’s No Place Like Home:

Portraits and stories from people who live life on the margins.

Monday, December 147:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Rise of the Rockets: Marvel at a

new era of space exploration and accessibility, thanks to NASA’s return to crewed spaceflight, as well as private companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and technologies that make rockets cheaper and more powerful than ever.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour Three: Fabulous

finds include an “Andy Warhol” portrait by Jamie Wyeth and Chinese wine vessel from 1795.


We take a look at The San Diego Flume, an amazing water project from a century ago. We visit a most unlikely place for historical photographs in Del Mar. A 1940s

Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir featuring Kelli O’Hara, Dec. 14 at 9 p.m.

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police movie on “How To Blockade The City”, “Guess The Year!”; much more, too!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Big Trees: Giants Among Us: In

this episode, we search out some of the champion trees listed on the California Big Tree Registry.

9:00 KPBS Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir featuring Kelli O’Hara

Celebrate the holidays with Kelli O’Hara, Richard Thomas and the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.


California’s History: California’s first city was founded 250-years ago. Learn about the impact of Spanish colonization on the Indigenous People of the Kumeyaay Nation.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Pyramids, Xochimilco Boats, and

Tacuba: Today we see the famous Teotihuacan Pyramids located just outside Mexico City, take a trip to the Xochimilco Canals, and visit a famous restaurant “Cafe Tacuba” where we sample some traditional Mexican plates.

10:00 KPBS Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights

William Shatner, Lainie Kazan, authors, rabbis and others explore the evolution of Hanukkah.

KPBS 2 Front and Center Gary Clark Jr.: Grammy and Blues

Music Award-winner Gary Clark Jr. performs material from his new album “This Land,” including the album’s title track and “The Guitar Man.”

11:00 KPBS Love Wins Over Hate Six individuals who went from

agents of anger and bigotry to advocates for empathy are profiled.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News

Tuesday, December 157:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Out of Focus: Frankie and Trudy

go undercover on a silent movie set to solve a seemingly impossible murder. Guest Starring: Laura Vandervoort (Smallville).

8:00 KPBS Ella Wishes You A Swingin’ Christmas, with Vanessa Williams

Ella Fitzgerald’s iconic album of holiday classics is presented by the American Pops Orchestra.


Episode One: When a student from an all-female college is found dead, Will and Geordie must infiltrate the murky world of campus politics and university drinking societies to find the killer.

9:00 KPBS Christmas at Belmont Traditional carols, classical

masterworks, world music and great seasonal favorites are performed.


Deguello: The collapse of a tower block reveals a clue that may uncover the truth behind the crime that has haunted Endeavour and the team.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Return from ISIS: The story of an

American boy taken by his mother to the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. A special report three years in the making investigating how the family ended up in Syria, and what happened when they came home to the United States.


10:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Tito’s Tacos and Stray Cats: Jorge

gets his seafood fix at Tito’s Tacos in Tijuana. This fish taco joint is known for its fresh catch and generous sized portions. Then, he heads down the coast to see what a group of expats are doing for Baja’s stray felines.

11:00 KPBS Roadtrip Nation: A Single Mom’s Story

Three single mothers driven to succeed meet other single mothers and learn their inspiring stories.


Wednesday, December 167:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 2: DI Jack

Mooney and the team enter a nest of vipers when zoo owner Xander Shepherd is poisoned by a tranquiliser dart in the middle of the zoo grounds, leaving the family-run business in turmoil.

8:00 KPBS NATURE Animal Odd Couples: Unlikely

cross-species relationships, such as a chimp bottle-feeding a tiger cub, are examined.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Hour Three: Fabulous

finds in NOLA include an “Andy Warhol” portrait by Jamie Wyeth from around 1975, a Chinese gold-splashed bronze wine vessel dating to about 1795, and a 1904 English Smith & Son tourbillon pocket watch. Which is valued at $75,000?

9:00 KPBS NOVA Einstein’s Quantum Riddle:

Physicists capture light from across the universe in a bid to prove quantum entanglement.

KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots The Vanguard: Author Ta-Nehisi

Coates, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and author and activist Janet Mock see their basic assumptions about their families challenged, placing their ancestors - of all colors - into the greater context of black history.

10:00 KPBS Nova Wonders What’s The Universe Made of?:

Peer into the deepest unknowns of the universe to explore mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

KPBS 2 Asian Americans Good Americans: Asian Americans

is a five-hour film series told through intimate personal stories. The series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.

11:00 KPBS NOVA Wonders Can We Build A Brain?: Advances

in artificial intelligence are explored. Are we handing over too much power to machines?

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News

Thursday, December 177:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NATURE Animal Odd Couples: Uncover the

variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside these fiery natural phenomena.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s


About San Diego Winter Holiday Show: We locate

San Diego’s little-known official Christmas Tree; check out how the Holidays were celebrated in San Diego in years gone by; discover the rocky beginnings of what came to be called “December Nights” in Balboa Park, and more!

KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead Gangster’s Gold: Join three groups

of treasure hunters, armed with modern technology and newly uncovered clues, as they set out to find the lost treasure of notorious Prohibition-era gangster Dutch Schultz and solve an 85-year-old mystery.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Flowers and Floats - The Rose

Parade: Pasadena California’s annual Rose Parade is world famous for spectacular floats covered in petals, seeds, leaves, grasses, and bark. We follow Cal Poly Pomona and Luis Obispo college students who build the Universities’ 68th annual float.


The First People of the Kumeyaay Nation: Join Host Elsa Sevilla on an exploration of Kumeyaay community knowledge, the difference between Kumeyaaay North & South, and more on the influence of the Spanish on Kumeyaay territory.

KPBS 2 NOVA Wonders What’s The Universe Made of?:

Peer into the deepest unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Join physicists on their quest to uncover the identity of these elusive components, and their epic battle over the fate of the universe.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Tepoztlan, Tepoznieves, and

Mexican Food: We visit Tepoztlan, just south of Mexico City, we try their ice cream, and lastly visit a restaurant in Tijuana.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag: A VAT

inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider and Barnaby and Jones investigated.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Return from ISIS: The story of an

American boy taken by his mother to the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. A special report three years in the making investigating how the family ended up in Syria, and what happened when they came home to the United States.


Friday, December 187:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots The Vanguard: Author Ta-Nehisi

Coates, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and author and activist Janet Mock see their basic assumptions about their families challenged, placing their ancestors - of all colors - into the greater context of black history.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Articulate with Jim Cotter Finding: The Multitudes of Gish

Jen - Gish Jen has spent a lifetime navigating internal cultural conflicts, yet the best-selling novelist has found peace with a personal East/West divide that could serve as a model for all.



8:30 KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Mark Christopher Lawrence and

L. Peter Callender: Theatre Corner sits down with actor/comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck, The Pursuit of Happyness) and artistic director L. Peter Callender.

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Nowt So Queer: Portwenn is

buzzing with the news of the engagement of Dr. Martin and Headmistress Louisa Glasson.

KPBS 2 Ella Wishes You A Swingin’ Christmas, with Vanessa Williams

Enjoy an evening celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s entire iconic album of holiday classics presented by the American Pops Orchestra. Featuring appearances by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Norm Lewis, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Nova Payton, Dave Detwiler and Morgan James.

10:00 KPBS Doc Martin Happily Ever After: Martin has the

dilemma of finding a replacement vicar three hours before his wedding to Louisa.

KPBS 2 Christmas Carols with Lucy Worsley

Discover the fascinating and often-surprising history of our most beloved carols, as popular historian Lucy Worsley uncovers their hidden stories.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Willie K: Legendary Willie K shares

his mastery of guitar, ukulele, and vocals across an island-steeped set of Hawaiian blues and classic rock songs.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS2 BBC World News

Saturday, December 196:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Christmas: Lawrence joins the gang

for “Jingle Bells.” “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” is performed by Guy and Ralna.


Special Report 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Minehead Railway Station 1: The

team are at Minehead station, where a bracelet made from jewels once owned by the last of the Romanovs is brought along for valuation.

KPBS 2 Rick Steves European Christmas

Rick visits friends and families in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy to reveal their customs and practices of the holiday season. RICK STEVES’ EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS offers a colorful, musical celebration of Christmas across Europe.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow A Crow Christmas Carol: Still

dealing with grief after his tragic loss, Will gets inspired by a ghostly traveler to use his setup for Christmas Carol to save Green’s soul for Christmas by making him face his past, present and future with the help of his troupe.

8:10 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries The Old Switcheroo: An old rival

turns up selling antiquities and Frankie and the team try to prove it’s all a scam. New Episode.


9:00 KPBS Judy Collins - Winter Stories Folk singer Judy Collins, Jonas

Fjeld and Chatham County Line perform emotionally evocative songs.

KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Oliver! (1968): After being sold to

a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. Stars Mark Lester, Ron Moody, and Shani Wallis.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor:

Ramesses II’s magnificent temple at Abu Simbel and other highlights of Egypt are explored.

11:00 KPBS Professor T Cuberdo: Daan and Annelies

investigate a number of fatalities that are linked to eating poisoned sweets.

Sunday, December 206:00PM KPBS Father Brown The Eye of Apollo: Father Brown

must solve the murder and break Kalon’s spell over Susie before she leaves with him following baptism into his church.

KPBS 2 Rick Steves European Christmas


7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Out of Focus: Frankie and Trudy

go undercover on a silent movie set to solve a seemingly impossible murder.

8:00 KPBS Christmas Carols with Lucy Worsley

Discover the fascinating and often-surprising history of our most beloved carols, as popular historian Lucy Worsley uncovers their hidden stories.

KPBS 2 NATURE Animal Odd Couples: Uncover the

variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside these fiery natural phenomena.

9:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Five: Young Stringer

threatens a worker boycott of the annual cricket match with Sanditon’s gentlemen.

KPBS 2 NOVA Einstein’s Quantum Riddle:

Quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology from networks to code breaking, but first we need to know it’s real. Join physicists as they capture light from across the universe in a bid to prove Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance.”

10:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Six: Charlotte and Sidney

comb the London underworld to find Miss Lambe and Tom tries to save Sanditon.

KPBS2 NOVA Wonders What’s The Universe Made of?:

Peer into the deepest unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Join physicists on their quest to uncover the identity of these elusive components, and their epic battle over the fate of the universe.


11:00 KPBS Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors

Lucy Worsle traces Jane Austen’s life as she explores the novelist’s homes and holiday apartments.

KPBS 2 Same God A few years ago Dr. Larycia

Hawkins, a black female professor at a prominent Christian college, wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslim women and said that Christians and Muslims worship the “same God.” The global firestorm that followed exposed the rifts among evangelicals over race, Islam, religious and academic freedom...and Donald Trump.

Monday, December 217:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Einstein’s Quantum Riddle:

Quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology from networks to code breaking, but first we need to know it’s real. Join physicists as they capture light from across the universe in a bid to prove Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance.”

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Hour One: Interesting

items include Joe Strummer’s boots from 1979 and a 1941 Grant Wood “March” lithograph.


Winter Holiday Show: Holiday Show. We locate San Diego’s little-known official Christmas Tree, discover the rocky beginnings of what came to be called “December Nights” in Balboa Park, and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Flowers and Floats - The Rose

Parade: Pasadena California’s annual Rose Parade is world famous for spectacular floats

covered in petals, seeds, leaves, grasses, and bark. We follow Cal Poly Pomona and Luis Obispo college students who build the Universities’ 68th annual float.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Hour Two: Fantastic finds

include a 1965 NASA Corned Beef archive and a 1918 WWI peach can label letter.


The First People of the Kumeyaay Nation: The First People of the Kumeyaay Nation have lived in the region for 12-thousand years and beyond, yet we still have a lot to learn about their civilization.. Learn more about their culture in the new Season of Historic Places.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Tepoztlan, Tepoznieves, and

Mexican Food: We visit Tepoztlan, just south of Mexico City, we try their ice cream, and lastly visit a restaurant in Tijuana.

10:00 KPBS Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

This documentary tells the story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants who wrote popular Christmas music.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Willie K: Legendary Willie K shares

his mastery of guitar, ukulele, and vocals across an island-steeped set of Hawaiian blues and classic rock songs.

11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Rumble: The Indians Who

Rocked The World: Discover how Native American musicians have transformed American blues, jazz and rock.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News


Tuesday, December 227:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Whisper Sisters: When an innocent

child is shot, Frankie and Trudy investigate the dangerous world of bootlegging. Guest Starring: William Melling (Harry Potter films), Grace Lynn Kung (Star Trek: Discovery).

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots All in the Family: Radio host Joe

Madison receives startling family news. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. learns his DNA story.


Episode Two: A deadly hit-and-run in Grantchester leads Will and Geordie to a dysfunctional pair of brothers and a hidden garden, while their own home lives are tested by tricky family members.

9:00 KPBS Secrets of the Dead King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom:

Archaeological evidence may connect the legend of King Arthur to a 5th-century trading village.

KPBS 2 Endeavour Season 7 On MASTERPIECE Oracle: As Morse sees in the new year — 1970 — at an opera house in Venice, a murder in Oxford puts Thursday on a quest to find the man responsible. Returning home, Morse makes a new acquaintance, and old friendships show signs of strain.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Fire In Paradise: Survivors and first

responders discuss the Camp Fire, the most destructive in California history.

11:00 KPBS West Is Burning THE WEST IS BURNING focuses on

the state of forests in the western U.S., examines the history of forest management, and explores

litigation that has contributed to the current conditions and the catastrophic fires plaguing the region.


Wednesday, December 23

7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 3: DI Jack

Mooney and the team are mystified when Catrina McVey, the presenter of TV holiday programme Hot Shots, is found washed up on the shore near her Paradise Bay hotel.

8:00 KPBS NATURE Snowbound: Animals of Winter:

Travel across the snow globe to meet penguins, bison and more animal survivors of winter.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Hour One: Travel to sunny

Orlando for fantastic finds like Joe Strummer’s boots, ca. 1979, Ned Hanlon championship pins and cufflinks, ca. 1895, and a 1941 Grant Wood “March” lithograph. Learn which is appraised for $ 200,000!

9:00 KPBS NOVA Pluto and Beyond: The New

Horizons spacecraft attempts to fly by Ultima Thule, an object four billion miles from Earth.

KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Immigrant Nation: Actors Scarlett

Johansson, Paul Rudd and John Turturro, all with immigrant parents, gain greater understanding of the unique challenges their ancestors faced by way of prejudice and poverty at home and abroad.

10:00 KPBS NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?: Astronomers and

engineers use telescopes, probes and robots to hunt for life on worlds near and far.


KPBS 2 Asian Americans Generation Rising: Asian

Americans is a five-hour film series told through intimate personal stories. The series casts a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played

11:00 KPBS NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?: Discover

the breakthroughs in genetic engineering enabling scientists to create and manipulate DNA.


Thursday, December 247:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NATURE Snowbound: Animals of Winter:

Travel across the snow globe with wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan to meet animal survivors of winter, from the penguins of Antarctica to the Arctic fox and the bison of Yellowstone.

8:00 KPBS Rick Steves Special European Christmas: Customs and

practices of the holiday season are explored in England, France, Switzerland and more.

KPBS 2 Ornament of the World The Ornament of the World tells

the story of a remarkable time in history when the Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences.

9:00 KPBS Christmas at Belmont Traditional carols, classical

masterworks, world music and great seasonal favorites are performed.

Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2020, Dec. 25 at 9 p.m.

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10:00 KPBS All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas together during World War I.

KPBS 2 The Night Before Christmas Carol

Filmed in the spirit of a classic BBC-style presentation, actor David zum Brunnen portrays Charles Dickens — and seventeen other familiar characters from the ghostly classic, A Christmas Carol.


Friday, December 257:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Rick Steves Special Rick Steves’ European Christmas:


8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Christmas Carols

with Lucy Worsley Discover the fascinating and often-

surprising history of our most beloved carols, as popular historian Lucy Worsley uncovers their hidden stories.


9:00 KPBS Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2020

It is December 1965. Everyone at Nonnatus House is looking forward to traditional celebrations with all the trimmings, but nothing goes quite to plan.

KPBS 2 Hedy Lamarr: American Masters

Discover the story of the most beautiful woman in the world, who was also an ingenious inventor. Her pioneering work helped revolutionize modern communication, including WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth.

10:32 KPBS Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2019

Mother Mildred and the Nonnatus House team go to the Outer Hebrides due to a nursing shortage.


Winter Holiday Show:We locate San Diego’s little-known official Christmas Tree, check out how the Holidays were celebrated in San Diego in years gone by, discover the rocky beginnings of what came to be called “December Nights” in Balboa Park, and more!


Saturday, December 266:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show New Years: The Welk Band plays

the “Champagne Waltz” and the Lennon Sisters reminisce with “May You Always.”

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report


7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Nymans 1: In the magnificent

setting of Nymans garden near Crawley, an axe which was reputedly used by Mallory for his 1922 Everest expedition is brought for valuation.

KPBS 2 Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller

Join Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, George Lucas, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Sam Waterston, Doris Kearns Goodwin and more for a tribute to the acclaimed filmmaker and an exclusive look at the upcoming production THE VIETNAM WAR.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Food of Love: Will has invented an

amazing new dramatic form: the musical! He needs the help of a great songwriter.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Last Dance: The team investigates

a kidnapping gone wrong at the Palais Royale and races to save the victim. New Episode.

9:00 KPBS Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee

The life of musical legend Peggy Lee is showcased through vintage interviews and performances.

KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Tommy (1975): A

psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult. Stars Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, and Oliver Reed.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Ethiopia: A Development Story:

Rick Steves uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty.

Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas, Dec. 27 at 8 p.m.

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11:00 KPBS Professor T Ring of Fire: A student suffers

injuries as the result of an arson attack and several people may have motives.

KPBS 2 America ReFramed Agents of Change: Examine

the racial conditions on college campuses across the U.S., focusing on two seminal protests: San Francisco State in 1968 and Cornell University in 1969.

Sunday, December 276:00PM KPBS Father Brown The Bride of Christ: Two nuns die

of cyanide poisoning, the first in front of Father Brown and the second while Inspector Valentine is investigating the first death.

KPBS 2 Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller

Join Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, George Lucas, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Sam Waterston, Doris Kearns Goodwin and more for a tribute to the acclaimed filmmaker and an exclusive look at the upcoming production THE VIETNAM WAR.

7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Whisper Sisters: When an innocent

child is shot, Frankie and Trudy investigate the dangerous world of bootlegging.

8:00 KPBS Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas

Lucy Worsley discovers that much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas has Tudor origins.

KPBS 2 NATURE Snowbound: Animals of Winter:

Travel across the snow globe with wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan to meet animal survivors of winter, from the penguins of Antarctica to the Arctic fox and the bison of Yellowstone. Snow looks

magical, but it’s a harsh reality to these animals.

9:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Seven: With the approach

of Sanditon’s regatta, the success of the resort hangs in the balance.

KPBS 2 NOVA Pluto and Beyond: Join the mission

as the New Horizons spacecraft attempts to fly by NASA’s most distant target yet. Since it explored Pluto in 2015, New Horizons is zooming toward Ultima Thule, an object four billion miles from Earth.

10:00 KPBS Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Episode Eight, Season Finale:

Romance, jealousy and betrayal fill the air on On the night of the Midsummer Ball.

KPBS 2 NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?: Join astronomers

and engineers on a hunt for life on worlds near and far. Discover the next generation of telescopes, probes and robots that are getting us one step closer to answering one of humanity’s biggest questions: Are we alone?

11:00 KPBS Tale of Two Sisters Queen Elizabeth II & Princess

Margaret: The real Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, beyond the royal splendor, are profiled.

KPBS 2 Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain

This film takes viewers on an epic journey back into one of the most captivating and important periods of world history — a centuries-long period when Muslims, Christians and Jews inhabited the same far corner of Western Europe and thrived.


Monday, December 287:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Pluto and Beyond: Join the mission

as the New Horizons spacecraft attempts to fly by NASA’s most distant target yet. Since it explored Pluto in 2015, New Horizons is zooming toward Ultima Thule, an object four billion miles from Earth.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Hour Three: A Chinese

gold-splashed bronze vase and 1946 Einstein-signed photo and prints are appraised.

KPBS 2 Homeless Chorus Speaks Chronicle the efforts of musicians

and homeless advocates Nina Deering and Steph Johnson to bring people off the streets and into a small San Diego church where they have formed a community of people who share a love of music.

9:00 KPBS Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain Explore Vernon Jordan’s, one

of the most influential African American thought leaders, rise from the segregated South, his tenure as the head of several civil rights organizations, and his current position as a partner at a corporate law firm and financial behemoth Lazard.

KPBS 2 Love Wins Over Hate LOVE WINS OVER HATE explores

the personal transformations of six individuals who went from agents of anger and bigotry to advocates for empathy and inclusivity.

10:00 KPBS Boss: The Black Experience In Business

African American entrepreneurship, the backbone of the nation’s economic growth, is showcased.

KPBS 2 Front and Center lovelytheband: Alt-pop trio

lovelytheband takes the stage

at SIR Studios in Los Angeles, performing the record-breaking single “Broken” off their debut album “Finding It Hard to Smile” as well as “These Are My Friends” and their current single, “Maybe, I’m Afraid.”


Tuesday, December 297:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Ties That Bind: Searching for a

missing friend of Mary’s leads Frankie and Trudy to Chinatown - and murder. Guest Starring: Melanie Scrofano (Wynona Earp) , Russell Yuen (Blood and Water, Arrival), and Grace Lynn Kung ( Star Trek: Discovery).

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots This Land Is My Land: Henry Louis

Gates Jr. reveals the unexpected family trees of Queen Latifah and actor Jeffrey Wright.


Episode Three: A date at the cinema turns sour for Will when the projectionist is murdered during a screening, while a shadowy figure from Jack Chapman’s past comes back to haunt him and Mrs. C.

9:00 KPBS American Masters Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to

Page: The life and legacy of the author of the best-selling “Little House” series are explored.


Raga: A clash between rival gangs results in tragedy. Initial investigations lead Morse and Thursday to the door of a familiar face. Then tragedy strikes a second time when an Indian restaurant’s customer disappears and a shocking murder is discovered.


10:30 KPBS Orchard House: Home of Little Women

The 350-year-old home in Concord, Massachusetts where Little Women was written is highlighted.

11:00 KPBS The Book Makers An eclectic group of book artists

focus on what books should become in the digital age.


Wednesday, Wednesday 30

7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 4: In the wake of

his father’s death, Benedict Dacre rules the roost at the Paradise Skies Coffee plantation - but all is not plain sailing.

8:00 KPBS NATURE Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo:

Buffalo and wolves engage in epic life and death dramas across the Wood Buffalo National Park.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Hour Three: Learn more

about items discovered at the Orlando ROADSHOW, such as 1946 Einstein-signed photo and prints, an Agassiz pendant watch, ca. 1905, and a Chinese gold-splashed bronze vase, ca. 1850. Can you guess which is the big find of the night?

9:00 KPBS NOVA The Impossible Flight: Two intrepid

pilots attempt to construct and fly the first solar-powered airplane around the world.

KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots This Land Is My Land: Henry Louis

Gates, Jr. reveals the unexpected family trees of entertainer Queen Latifah and actor Jeffrey Wright, redefining their sense of the black experience — and challenging preconceptions about America’s past.

10:00 KPBS 2 Asian Americans Breaking Through: The impact of

Asian Americans during the turn of the millennium in the United States is explored.

11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip: Home

renovation expert Jonathan Scott aims to flip the switch on how Americans access power.


Thursday, December 317:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS2 NATURE Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo:

Uncover the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside these fiery natural phenomena.

8:00 KPBS United In Song: Celebrating The Resilience of America

Say goodbye to 2020 with a concert celebrating the irrepressible strength of Americans. From the enormity of COVID-19 to the presence of social injustice, this special evening brings us together in the pursuit of our uniting as one America.

KPBS 2 Age of Nature Awakening: Discover how a new

awareness of nature is helping to restore ecosystems from Panama to China to Mozambique. See how innovative actions are being taken to repair man-made damage and restore reefs, rivers, animal populations and more.


9:00 KPBS 2 Maya Angelou: American Masters

Journey through the prolific life of the I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings author and activist who inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought. Features new interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Common, the Clintons, and others.

9:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Flowers and Floats - The Rose

Parade: Pasadena California’s annual Rose Parade is world famous for spectacular floats covered in petals, seeds, leaves, grasses, and bark. We follow Cal Poly Pomona and Luis Obispo college students who build the Universities’ 68th annual float.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders A Sacred Trust: Barnaby and Jones

investigate the cloistered world of Midsomer Priory when a nun is murdered.


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