*Country Music Marathon Episodes 1 – 4: Sunday, Sept. 22, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. & noon – 6 p.m. Episodes 5 – 8: Sunday, Sept. 29, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. & noon – 6:30 p.m.

This Monthon Nashville Public Television

Weekday Schedule

AM 5:00 Classical Stretch 5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr 6:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:30 Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Let’s Go Luna! 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood10:00 Sesame Street10:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific11:00 Dinosaur Train11:30 Cat in the Hat

PM12:00 Sesame Street12:30 Splash and Bubbles 1:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 1:30 Let’s Go Luna! 2:00 Nature Cat 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:00 Molly of Denali 3:30 Odd Squad 4:00 Odd Squad 4:30 Arthur 5:00 NPT Favorites 6:00 PBS NewsHour

Weekend Schedule*

September 2019

Saturday

5:00 Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood 5:30 Splash and Bubbles 6:00 Sesame Street 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Let’s Go Luna! 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Best of Sewing with Nancy 9:30 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom10:00 Garden Smart10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire11:00 Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

12:00 America’s Test Kitchen12:30 Cook’s Country Kitchen 1:00 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations 1:30 Sara's Weeknight Meals 2:00 Pati’s Mexican Table 2:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 3:00 Best of Joy of Painting 3:30 American Woodshop 4:00 Classic Woodworking 4:30 This Old House 5:00 Ask This Old House 5:30 Make48 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville

Sunday

5:00 Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood 5:30 Splash and Bubbles 6:00 Sesame Street 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Let’s Go Luna! 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Tennessee’s Wild Side 9:30 Volunteer Gardener10:00 Tennessee Crossroads10:30 Nature11:30 Washington Week

12:00 To the Contrary12:30 Firing Line 1:00 Bare Feet in NYC with Mickela Mallozzi 1:30 Dream of Italy 2:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 2:30 Roadtrip Nation 3:00 Weekends with Yankee 3:30 Travels with Darley 4:00 America’s Heartland 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Keeping Appearances

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7:00 Country Music: Live at the Ryman Recorded in March 2019, featuring Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam. 9:00 Country Music: Live at the Ryman11:00 POV Farmsteaders.

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Hour 2. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Hour 3. 9:00 POV Grit. A teenager rallies her neighbors after their village is submerged in a mud tsunami. 10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Carole King: American Masters

7:00 Finding Your Roots Southern Roots. 8:00 The Feud: American Experience The real story behind the bloody battle between the Hatfields and McCoys. 9:00 Frontline Flint’s Deadly Water. A two-year investigation into the crisis.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Fats Domino: American Masters

7:00 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth New Frontiers. Once mobile, animals face new challenges. 8:00 NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Gems. 9:00 Magical Land of Oz Human. Australia’s wildlife adapts to human encroachment.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Austin City Limits Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Country Music: Live at the Ryman10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters

7:00 Barnegie Hall Richard Leigh. 7:30 The Songwriters Wayne Kirkpatrick. 8:00 Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage – American Masters 9:30 Next Door Neighbors Between Two Worlds. 10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Front and Center Robby Krieger and Friends.

7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:00 Keeping Appearances 8:30 Still Open All Hours 9:00 A Place to Call Home All That Glitters. Regina is released from the asylum.10:00 A Place to Call Home The Edge of Reason.11:00 Professor T The Legacy.

7:00 Country Music The Rub (Beginnings – 1933). The premiere episode of the Ken Burns series covers the spread of “hillbilly music” via recordings and radio. Also, country music’s first big stars: the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. 9:00 Country Music The Rub.11:00 Music Row: Nashville’s Most Famous Neighborhood

7:00 Country Music Hard Times (1933 – 1945). Nashville becomes the heart of the Country Music industry. The rise of singing cowboys, Texas Swing and the Grand Ole Opry’s Roy Acuff. 9:00 Country Music Hard Times. 11:00 BBC World News11:30 Reel South The Last Barn Dance.

7 :00 Country Music The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 -1953). Bluegrass and Hank Williams. 9:00 Country Music The Hillbilly Shakespeare.11:00 BBC World News11:30 Workin’ Man Blues The Dust Bowl roots of California country music.

7:00 Country Music I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953 -1963). Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley; Ray Charles; Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound. 9:00 Country Music I Can’t Stop Loving You.11:00 BBC World News11:30 David Holt’s State of Music Bryan Sutton and Rhiannon Giddens.

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 DeFord Bailey: A Legend Lost One of the first solo stars of the Opry, this African American musician faded from history for decades. 8:30 An Opry Salute to Ray Charles 10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Reel South Honky Tonk Heaven.

7:00 Barnegie Hall Best of: Bonus Tracks. 7:30 The Songwriters Craig Wiseman. 8:00 Great Performances Now Hear This – Vivaldi: Something Completely Different. 9:00 Voces on PBS The Pushouts. Students who’ve been “pushed out” of school.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Front and Center Chris Janson.

7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:00 Keeping Appearances 8:30 Still Open All Hours 9:00 A Place to Call Home Do Not Go Gently. A trip to Canberra.10:00 A Place to Call Home Demons of the Dark. Douglas finally knows the truth.11:00 Professor T Murder by Numbers, Part 1.

7:00 Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Episode 1. Ruth Wilson portrays her own grandmother in this story about a woman discovering many surprises upon her husband’s death. 8:00 Mrs. Wilson Episode 2. 9:30 Mrs. Wilson Episode 3.10:00 An Opry Salute to Ray Charles11:30 PBS Previews: Country Music

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Hour 3. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Hour 1. 9:30 POV Farmsteaders. Returning home to save the family dairy farm.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Journey of the Whooping Crane

7:00 Mine Wars: American Experience The battle to unionize coal workers in the early 20th century. 9:00 Frontline Trump’s Trade War.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Her Voice Carries The stories of five women told through murals by Sarah Rutherford.

7:00 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth Testing Limits. The youngsters branch out. 8:00 NOVA Rise of the Superstorms. 9:00 Magical Land of Oz Ocean. Australia’s surrounding seas.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Austin City Limits Zac Brown Band.

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Charley Pride – I’m Just Me: American Masters 9:00 Music Row: Nashville’s Most Famous Neighborhood10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart At-risk students keep journals.

7:00 Barnegie Hall Jon Randall. 7:30 The Songwriters Byron Hill. 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center Odyssey Chamber Music Society in Greece. 9:30 Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Front and Center Lovelytheband.

7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:00 Keeping Appearances 8:30 Still Open All Hours 9:00 A Place to Call Home Own Worst Enemy. Season 5.10:00 A Place to Call Home Fallout. Sarah and George argue about religion.11:00 Professor T The Trial. A man is accused of killing his boss.

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Animal Babies: First Year on EarthWednesday, Sept. 4 & 11, at 7 p.m.

A Place to Call HomeSaturdays at 9 & 10 p.m., Sept. 7 – Oct. 12

DeFord Bailey: A Legend LostThursday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m.

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Raúl Juliá: American MastersFriday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m.

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7:00 The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece Louisa turns the villa into a guesthouse as the fourth and final season begins. 8:00 Poldark on Masterpiece Ross returns to the capital; George struggles as the fifth and final season begins. 9:00 NPT Favorites 11:00 POV Grit.

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Hour 3. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Virginia Beach, Hour 1. 9:00 POV The Silence of Others. Survivors of the 40- year dictatorship of Spain’s Gen. Franco.10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 BBC World News11:30 North Korea: Inside the Hermit Kingdom

7:00 Secrets of the Dead Scanning the Pyramids. 8:00 Frontline The Crown Prince. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Mystery of the Mountain: Hidden in Plain View

7:00 Nature Octopus: Making Contact. An Alaskan professor studies his pet. 8:00 NOVA 9:00 Wild Metropolis Residents. Animals in urban environments.10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 BBC World News11:30 Austin City Limits Buddy Guy.

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Soundbreaking Painting with Sound. 9:00 Austin City Limits Willie Nelson.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Roadtrip Nation: Rerouting

7:00 Country Music The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968). Country music reflects a changing nation via Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard and Charley Pride. 9:00 Country Music The Sons and Daughters of America.11:00 Reel South Two Trains Runnin’.

7:00 Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972). Country music responds to the Vietnam War: Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan and the Byrds. 9:00 Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken?11:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Re-Evolution: The Cuban Dream

7:00 Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983). Mainstream success for Dolly Parton; Hank Williams Jr. and Rosanne Cash in their own right; Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings launch the “Outlaw” movement. 9:30 Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?

7:00 Country Music Don’t Get Above Your Raisin (1984 -1996). “New Traditionalists” keep country true to its roots; Johnny Cash returns. 9:00 Country Music Don’t Get Above Your Raisin.11:00 BBC World News11:30 David Holt’s State of Music Dom Flemons; David Holt.

7:00 Tennessee Crossroads 7:30 Volunteer Gardener 8:00 Soundbreaking The Art of Recording. 9:00 ACL Presents: Americana 17th Annual Honors10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last of Summer Wine11:00 Reel South Shake ´Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell.

7:00 Bluegrass Underground Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. 7:30 David Holt’s State of Music Bryan Sutton and Rhiannon Giddens. 8:00 Great Performances Now Hear This: The Riddle of Bach. 9:00 VOCES Adios Amor – The Search for Maria Moreno.10:00 BBC World News10:30 Last Summer Wine11:00 Front and Center The Head and the Heart.

7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 8:00 Keeping Appearances 8:30 Still Open All Hours 9:00 A Place to Call Home The Anatomy of His Passing. 10:00 A Place to Call Home Cloud Break. Inverness prepares for the annual open day.11:00 Professor T Murder by Numbers, Part 2.