season premiere sun oct 3 | 8p

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Alma’s Way on PBS KIDS Grantchester American Masters: on Masterpiece Rita Moreno

OCT 2021 | vol. 23 no. 10A SERVICE OF CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA

VIEWER GUIDE

SEASON PREMIERE

SUN Oct 3 | 8p

Call the Midwife SEASON PREMIERE SUN Oct 3 | 8pIt’s 1966, and it’s a testing time for the midwives. But there’s excitement, too, as the women’s rights movement intensifies. With Trixie’s help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House out of its financial quandary. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little less spiritual if she’s to really connect with the local women.

Grantchester SEASON PREMIERE SUN Oct 3 | 9pIt’s 1958, and trouble is brewing in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. Reverend Will Davenport relishes his role as a firebrand vicar, but the very role he loves puts him at odds with his own ideals when Leonard is caught up in a scandal. With new crimes around every corner, and morality and legality at odds, it’s going to take all of Will’s skill and empathy to navigate these choppy waters and help the ones he loves.

Baptiste SEASON PREMIERE SUN Oct 17 | 10pRetired detective Julien Baptiste delves into Budapest’s corrupt underworld to find a British Ambassador’s family who’ve gone missing on a skiing holiday in the Hungarian mountains. Ambassador Emma Chambers (Fiona Shaw) is a character who is thrust into the crosshairs of Baptiste’s most complex case to date, as he hunts for her husband and two sons.

Before We Die SEASON PREMIERE SUN Oct 17 | 11p In this compelling thriller, follow police detective Hanna Svensson as she works to take down a criminal network. Season Two has her questioning, how far will she go for the truth? From Walter Presents, in Swedish with English subtitles.

Cover photo courtesy of Neal Street Productions. Smaller photos courtesy of PBS KIDS,

Masterpiece on PBS, MGM Media Licensing.

Photos page 2, top to bottom, courtesy of Neal Street Productions,

Masterpiece on PBS, PBS.

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1 FRIDAY

a.m.5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMSp.m.

12:00 The Great British Baking Show Continental Cakes. (S1 EP 6/10) (R)

1:00 In Their Own Words Elon Musk. (R)

2:00 Life from Above Moving Planet. (EP 1/4) (R)

3:00 NOVA: The Cannabis Question (R)

4:00 Father Brown The Tower of Lost Souls. (S8 EP 10/10) (R)

4:50 Our Shared Table From Bee to Table. (R) ✪

5:00 BBC World News Today 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 8:00 Father Brown

The Man in the Shadows. (S3 EP 1/15) (R)

9:00 The Kennedy Center at 50

11:00 Amanpour & Company

2 SATURDAY

a.m. 5:00 To the Contrary with

Bonnie Erbe 5:30 Consuelo Mack

WealthTrack 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate

Retirement Guide (R)p.m.

1:00 Rick Steves’ Fascism in Europe (R)

2:30 NOVA: The Planets Inner Worlds. (R)

4:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Uncovering AmericaCelebrates the life and work of the fi lmmaker and literary scholar. (R)

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope South Korea - A Winter Journey. (R)

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Hour 3. (R)

8:00 Vera Changing Tides. (S5 EP 1/4) (R)

9:30 The Bletchley Circle - San Francisco Fog of War. (EP 7/8) (R)

10:30 American Masters: Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (R) HH

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51 Years, 100 Reasons to GiveWith decades of captivating dramas, trusted news shows and imaginative science programs, there are dozens of reasons to watch

— and love — KCTS 9. Join us October 5 as we celebrate the 51st anniversary of PBS. We've set a goal to raise $125,000 to ensure the programs you have come to love and rely on will always have a home on KCTS 9.

Make your gift today — go to KCTS9.org/GivingDay to help deliver more of the programs you and our community care about!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It TUE Oct 5 | 9p

Discover how Rita Moreno defi ed her humble upbringing and racism to become one of a select group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winners. Explore her 70-year career with new interviews, clips of her iconic roles and scenes of the star on set today.

La Frontera with Pati Jinich FRI Oct 15 | 9p

Savor the sights, sounds and fl avors of the U.S.-Mexico border alongside acclaimed chef Pati Jinich.

VOCES FRI Oct 15 | 10p

The premiere episode, "Letters to Eloisa,” profi les Cuban writer José Lezama Lima, considered one of the most infl uential fi gures in Latin American literature.

September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Look for this symbol (HH) throughout the guide to fi nd programs with a focus on Hispanic Heritage, or fi nd shows online at KCTS9.org/HispanicHeritage

courtesy of Rita Moreno.

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Impossible Builds WEDNESDAYS | Oct 6 & 13 | 8p New episodes continue this month, beginning with

“Skinny Skyscraper” on October 6. This documentary off ers an access-all-areas pass to witness construction of the skinniest skyscraper ever to make it off the drawing board. On October 13, “Ice World” tells the story of China’s incredible Ice World that will transform37 acres of subtropical quarry into a subzero ski resort.

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6 WEDNESDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

p.m. 12:00 Pati’s Mexican Table

Los Mariachis. HH 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen

SEASON PREMIERE 1:00 Finding Your Roots with

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. To the Manor Born. (R)

2:00 American Masters: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (R) HH

4:00 Antiques Roadshow Extraordinary Finds 2. (R)

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Wonders of Mexico

Burning North. (EP 3/3) (R) HH

8:00 Impossible Builds: Skinny SkyscraperArchitects and engineers in Manhattan are redefi ning how much land it takes to support a skyscraper. (Repeats 10/8 at 2p and 10/10 at 5a)

9:00 NOVA: Particles Unknown (Repeats 10/8at 3p and 10/10 at 11a) See back cover.

10:00 Life from Above Colorful Planet. (EP 2/4) (R)


4 MONDAY


p.m. 12:00 Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street TelevisionPortuguese Classics.

12:30 Dining with the Chef 1:00 Great Performances at

the Met: Radvanovsky & Beczala in ConcertWorld-famous soprano-tenor pair perform arias and duets.

2:00 Rick Steves’ Andalucia: The Best of Southern Spain (R) HH

3:00 Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. (R)

4:00 Call the Midwife (S10 EP 1/8) (R)


5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow

Recut (R) 7:30 Antiques Roadshow

Recut (R) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow

Extraordinary Finds 2. (Repeats 10/6 at 4p and 10/9 at 7p)

9:00 Escape to the Chateau Glamping. (S5 EP 1/7) (R)

10:00 Escape to the Chateau In the Attic. (S5 EP 2/7) (R)

10:50 Our Shared Table Bigger Than a Coff ee Shop, Part 1. (R) ✪


5 TUESDAY


p.m. 12:00 The Hook (R) 12:30 Simply Ming Meuniere.

(R) 1:00 VOCES on PBS: Adios

Amor - The Search for Maria Moreno (R) HH

2:00 Great Performances: Roots of Latin Jazz (R) HH

3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators The Chameleon’s Dish. (S1 EP 8/10) (R)

4:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (S6 EP 1/8)


5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe

Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland. (R)

7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod and Trad. (R)

8:00 Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. To the Manor Born. (R)

9:00 American Masters: Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go for It(Repeats 10/6 at 2p) See page 3. HH


OCT 3–9what to watch3 SUNDAY

a.m. 5:00 In Their Own Words

Elon Musk. (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 NOVA: The Cannabis

Question (R) p.m. 12:00 Life from Above Moving

Planet. (EP 1/4) (R) 1:00 The Brain Fitness

Program (R) 2:30 Aretha Franklin

Remembered (My Music) (R)

3:59 Downton Abbey Season 6 on

Masterpiece (EP 9/9) (R) 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside: Beyond the

Lens Death Valley National Park.

7:00 Sanditon on Masterpiece (S1 EP 1/8) (R)

8:00 Call the Midwife (S10EP 1/8) Sister Julienne and Dr. Turner clash over whether to provide a private care service. (Repeats 10/4 at 4p) SEASON PREMIERE

See page 2. 9:00 Grantchester (S6 EP 1/8)

SEASON PREMIERE See page 2.

10:30 Design in Mind: On Location with James Ivory (R)

11:00 Professor T Queen Olivia. (S3 EP 12/13)

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9 SATURDAY



WealthTrack 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS11:00 Eat Your Medicine: The

Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD (R)

p.m. 1:00 Aging Backwards 3 with

Miranda Esmonde-White (R)

2:00 Soul Legends (My Music)(R)

4:00 Great Performances: An Intimate Evening with David Foster (R)


Travelscope Hungary, Austria and Germany - Sampling the Danube’s Delights. (R)

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Extraordinary Finds 2. (R)

8:00 Vera Old Wounds. (S5 EP 2/4) (R)

9:30 The Bletchley Circle - San Francisco In for a Pound. (EP 8/8) (R)

10:30 POV: Fruits of LaborAshley, a Mexican-American teenager, must become the breadwinner when ICE raids threaten her family. HH

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8 FRIDAY


p.m. 12:00 The Great British Baking

Show Pastries. (S1 EP 7/10) (R)

1:00 America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill

2:00 Impossible Builds: Skinny Skyscraper (R)

3:00 NOVA: Particles Unknown (R)

4:00 Father Brown The Man in the

Shadows. (S3 EP 1/15) (R) 5:00 BBC World News Today 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with


The Curse of Amenhotep. (S3 EP 2/15) (R)

9:00 The 34th Hispanic Heritage Awards HH

10:00 Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles Sopranos Ailyn Perez, Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard perform favorite arias. (Repeats 10/11 at 1p)


7 THURSDAY

a.m.5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMSp.m.

12:00 Cook’s Country Summer Berry Desserts.

12:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s IllustratedBistro Classics at Home. (R)

1:00 Los Hermanos/The Brothers A geopolitical chasm forces two Cuban brothers to shelve a dream of playing music together. HH

2:30 Vera Changing Tides. (S5 EP 1/4) (R)

4:00 Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest, Part 2. (S16 EP 3/5) (R)


5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 This Old House Concord,

New England Cape. 7:30 Ask This Old House

Two-Prong Outlet, Deck Stair Rail.

8:00 Midsomer Murders The Flying Club, Part 1. (S16 EP 4/5) (R)

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators The Rascal Cook. (S1 EP 9/10) (R)

10:00 Vienna Blood Queen of the Night, Part 1. (S1 EP 3/6) (R)


Alma’s Way HH SERIES PREMIERE MON Oct 4 | 8:30a The engaging modern-day series stars 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a proud, confi dent Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Bronx with her parents and younger brother, Junior, as well as a diverse group of close-knit and loving friends, family and community members. The series premieres Monday, October 4, and new episodes will air all month long.

Check KCTS9.org/Schedulefor dates and times of all our wonderful children’s programs.

Los Hermanos/The Brothers HHTHU Oct 7 | 1p Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers, violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo, live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. The fi lm tracks their parallel lives in New York and Havana, their poignant reunion and their momentous fi rst performance together.

courtesy of Melissa Bunni Elian.

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Big Dreams in Umatilla WED Oct 13 | 7p At fi rst glance, people could dismiss Umatilla, Oregon. Look a little closer, and you'll fi nd a school superintendent who refuses to see limits, a community that invests in its schools and kids who excel when given the opportunity. This is a story about a robotics team and how it united a town and taught its kids they should reach for the stars.courtesy of Blue Chalk Media.

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p.m. 12:00 Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street TelevisionIsrael New and Old.

12:30 Dining with the Chef 1:00 Great Performances at

the Met: Three Divas at Versailles (R)

2:00 Escape to the Chateau Glamping. (S5 EP 1/7) (R)

3:00 Escape to the Chateau In the Attic. (S5 EP 2/7) (R)




Extraordinary Finds. (R) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow

Modern Icons. (Repeats 10/13 at 4p and 10/16 at 7p)

9:00 Escape to the Chateau Parkour & Turret. (S5 EP 3/7) (R)

10:00 Escape to the Chateau Peak Summer. (S5 EP 4/7) (R)

10:50 Our Shared Table Bigger Than a Coff ee Shop, Part 2. (R) ✪


12 TUESDAY


p.m. 12:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Creole Kitchen Secrets. SEASON PREMIERE

12:30 Simply Ming Wings and Tempura. (R)

1:00 Oceans of Pink (R) HH 2:00 Eliades Ochoa: Live at

La Casa de La Trova HH 3:00 Shakespeare &

Hathaway - Private Investigators The Rascal Cook. (S1 EP 9/10) (R)

4:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (S6 EP 2/8) (R)



Highlights of Paris: Eiff el and Monet to Creme Brulee. (R)

7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges and Brussels. (R)

8:00 Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Shirts on Their Backs. (R)

9:00 FRONTLINE (Repeats 10/13 at 2p)

10:00 Raising the Future: The Child Care Crisis The burden costly child care places on families and new ways of providing childcare are explored. (Repeats 10/13 at 3p)


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p.m. 12:00 Pati’s Mexican Table

Escaramuza. HH 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:00 Finding Your Roots

with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Shirts on Their Backs. (R)

2:00 FRONTLINE (R) 3:00 Raising the Future: The

Child Care Crisis (R) 4:00 Antiques Roadshow

Modern Icons. (R) 5:00 BBC World News

Outside Source 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Big Dreams in Umatilla

(Repeats 10/19 at 2p) 8:00 Impossible Builds:

Ice World (Repeats 10/15at 2p, 10/17 at 5a) See page 4.

9:00 NOVA: Arctic Drift(Repeats 10/15 at 3p and 10/17 at 11a) See back cover.

10:00 Life from Above Patterned Planet. (EP 3/4) (R)


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what to watch OCT 10–10 SUNDAY

a.m. 5:00 Impossible Builds:

Skinny Skyscraper (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS11:00 NOVA: Particles

Unknown (R) p.m. 12:00 Life from Above Colorful

Planet. (EP 2/4) (R) 1:00 Change Your Brain, Heal

Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD (R)

3:00 Ultimate Pet Health Guide with Dr. Gary Richter (R)

4:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Between the Pages (R)

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside: Beyond

the Lens California’s Foothills.


8:00 Call the Midwife (S10 EP 2/8) Sister

Frances fi nds herself in a tricky situation when a pregnant woman confi des in her. (Repeats 10/11 at 4p)

9:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (S6 EP 2/8) (Repeats 10/12 at 4p)

10:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets (R)

11:00 Professor T The Reveal. (S3 EP 13/13)

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15 FRIDAY


p.m. 12:00 The Great British Baking

Show Advanced Dough. (EP 8/10) (R)

1:00 Polka Across America 2:00 Impossible Builds: Ice

World (R) 3:00 NOVA: Arctic Drift (R) 4:00 Father Brown The Curse

of Amenhotep. (S3 EP 2/15) (R)



The Invisible Man. (S3 EP 3/15) (R)

9:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Miles from Nowhere (EP 1/2) Chef Pati Jinich explores places and food from El Paso and Juarez to Big Bend National Park. (Repeats 10/18 at 1p) HHSee page 3.

10:00 VOCES on PBS: Letters to Eloisa HH See page 3.


14 THURSDAY


p.m. 12:00 Cook’s Country

Carne Guisada and Enchiladas.

12:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s IllustratedSalmon Steaks Done Right. (R)

1:00 A Journey Through Breast Cancer (ST)

2:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys Pennsylvania, South Dakota, New Hampshire. (R)

2:30 Vera Old Wounds. (S5 EP 2/4) (R)



5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 This Old House

Concord, Saving What We Can.

7:30 Ask This Old House Durable Landscape, Cutting Board.


9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators Ill Met By Moonlight. (S1 EP 10/10) (R)

10:00 Vienna Blood Queen of the Night, Part 2. (S1 EP 4/6) (R)


Stream the Mayoral Debates with KCTS 9THURSDAYS | Oct 14 & 28 | 7p

Who will take the helm and lead the city of Seattle as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic? The top two candidates for mayor of Seattle — current City Council President M. Lorena González and former City Council President Bruce Harrell — will address this question this fall when the Washington State Debate Coalition hosts two debates at the KCTS 9/Crosscut studios.

The fi rst debate will be held October 14 and will focus primarily on public safety. A second debate is scheduled for October 28, with a focus on the economy. Both events will be streamed live on KCTS9.org

courtesy of Genna Martin/Crosscut and Jen Dev/Crosscut.

16 SATURDAY



WealthTrack 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 The Longevity Paradox

with Steven Gundry, MD(R)

p.m. 12:30 Il Divo: Timeless - Live in

Japan (R) 2:00 The Carpenters: Close to

You (My Music Presents)(R)

3:30 Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20Years (R)


Travelscope The Cook Islands - Cultural Paradise. (R)

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Modern Icons. (R)

8:00 Vera Muddy Waters. (S5 EP 3/4) (R)

9:30 Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece (EP 1/4) (R)

10:30 Independent Lens: Cured LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards.

11:30 Becoming Johanna (R)

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Seaside Hotel

Binge Seasons Two and Three of this favorite foreign-language program, only on KCTS 9Passport. At Andersen’s Seaside Hotel by the North Sea dunes, drama continues to unfold as guests and staff return for another summer of shenanigans. From Walter Presents, in Danish with English subtitles. Coming to broadcast in 2022.

To stream more foreign-language programs, visit KCTS9.org/Walter

20 WEDNESDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Pati’s Mexican

Table Tradition and Innovation. HH

12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:00 Finding Your Roots with

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Anchored to the Past. (R)

2:00 American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller(R)

3:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut American Stories, Part 1. (R)

4:00 Antiques Roadshow Best Bargains. (R)


5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Nature: Sex, Lies and

Butterfl ies (R) 8:00 Nature: My Garden of a

Thousand Bees (Repeats 10/22 at 2p and 10/24 at 5a)

9:00 NOVA: Edible Insects(Repeats 10/22 at 3p and 10/24 at 11a) See back cover.

10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Magellan’s CrossingFerdinand Magellan set sail and completed the fi rst circumnavigation of the earth 500 years ago. (Repeats 10/24 at noon and 10/26 at 2p) SEASON PREMIERE


18 MONDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street TelevisionMilk Street Vegetarian.

12:30 Dining with the Chef 1:00 La Frontera with Pati

Jinich: Miles from Nowhere (EP 1/2) (R)

2:00 Escape to the Chateau Parkour & Turret. (S5 EP 3/7) (R)

3:00 Escape to the Chateau Peak Summer. (S5 EP 4/7) (R)




Mansion Masterpieces. (R)

8:00 Antiques Roadshow Best Bargains. (Repeats 10/20 at 4p and 10/23 at 7p)

9:00 Escape to the Chateau Cafe Grandma. (S5 EP 5/7) (R)

10:00 Escape to the Chateau Harvest Time. (S5 EP 6/7) (R)


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OCT 17–23what to watch19 TUESDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Snacks for Dinner. 12:30 Simply Ming Frites. (R) 1:00 Hearts of Glass 2:00 Big Dreams in Umatilla

(R) 3:00 Shakespeare &

Hathaway - Private Investigators Ill Met By Moonlight. (S1 EP 10/10) (R)




Provence: Legendary Light, Wind and Wine. (R)

7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera: Uniquely Chic. (R)

8:00 Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Anchored to the Past. (R)

9:00 American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller(Repeats 10/20 at 2p)

10:30 Life After SightIndividuals with visual impairment refuse to let their disability rob them of life’s richness. (Repeats 10/21 at 1p)


17 SUNDAY

a.m. 5:00 Impossible Builds:

Ice World (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 NOVA: Arctic Drift (R)

p.m. 12:00 Life from Above

Patterned Planet. (EP 3/4) (R)

1:00 Build a Better Memory Through Science (R)

3:00 Il Volo: Ten Years (R) 4:30 Classical Rewind

(My Music) (R) 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside: Beyond the

Lens Iceland Photo Safari.


8:00 Call the Midwife (S10 EP 3/8) (Repeats 10/18 at 4p)


10:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (S2 EP 1/6) SEASON PREMIERE See page 2.

11:00 Before We Die (S2 EP 1/8) SEASON PREMIERE See page 2.

Happy Halloween! Get in the spirit of the season with chilling and thrilling mysteries streaming now on KCTS 9 Passport. From haunting stories like Dark Angel and The Woman in White; to fun detective series like Frankie Drake Mysteries and Miss Scarlet and The Duke; to gritty, suspenseful series like Flesh and Blood and Unforgotten, there’s a mystery for everyone looking to get in the Halloween spirit. Whatever you want to watch, KCTS 9 Passport has a treat for you.

Start streaming now at KCTS9.org/CrimeShows

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21 THURSDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Cook’s Country One-Pot

Meals. 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen

from Cook’s IllustratedBurgers and Chips. (R)

1:00 Life After Sight (R) 1:30 Signing Black in

America The history of Black American Sign Language. (R)

2:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys West Virginia. (R)

2:30 Vera Muddy Waters. (S5 EP 3/4) (R)

4:00 Midsomer Murders The Flying Club, Part 2. (S16EP 4/5) (R)



Fix the Foundation. 7:30 Ask This Old House

Hole Patches, Threshold Repair.

8:00 Midsomer Murders The Killings of Copenhagen, Part 1. (S16 EP 5/5) (R)

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators Outrageous Fortune. (S2EP 1/10) (R)

10:00 Vienna Blood The Lost Child, Part 1. (S1 EP 5/6) (R)


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22 FRIDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 The Great British

Baking Show Patisserie. (S1 EP 9/10) (R)

1:00 The Greatest Bond (R) 2:00 Nature: My Garden of a

Thousand Bees (R) 3:00 NOVA: Edible Insects (R) 4:00 Father Brown

The Invisible Man. (S3 EP 3/15) (R)



The Sign of the Broken Sword. (S3 EP 4/15) (R)

9:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: From Dos Laredos to Mars (EP 2/2) Chef Pati Jinich fi nds tight-knit family bonds in Laredo, Nuevo Laredo and Brownsville, Texas. (Repeats 10/25 at 1p) HH

10:00 The Food Flirts Pretzel Meets Chocolate. (R)

10:30 The Food Flirts Thailand Meets Tres Leches. (R)


Becoming Helen Keller TUE Oct 19 | 9p This documentary depicts the life and legacy of the great author, activist, lecturer and force for disability rights, Helen Keller. The fi lm reclaims Keller’s extraordinary story and historical importance, and illuminates how she became one of the 20th century’s human rights pioneers.courtesy of The Library of Congress.

23 SATURDAY



WealthTrack 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 Deepak Chopra:

The Spiritual Laws of Success (R)

p.m. 1:00 The Buddha (R) 3:30 Classical Rewind (My

Music) (R) 5:00 Rick Steves’ Heart of

Italy (R) 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s

Travelscope Peru - The Amazon and Beyond. (R)

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Best Bargains. (R)

8:00 Vera Shadows in the Sky. (S5 EP 4/4) (R)


10:30 POV: La Casa de Mama Icha Decades after moving to the United States to help her daughter, Mama Icha returns to Colombia. HH

WEDNESDAYS | 8p

My Garden of a Thousand Bees Oct 20 Martin Dohrn, a veteran wildlife cameraman and a bee enthusiast, decided to embark on a special challenge during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020: to fi lm all the bees he could fi nd in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England.

Season of the Osprey Oct 27Scores of eagles, hundreds of hawks, countless kites and falcons have all adapted form and behavior to fi t diverse habitats. But in all the world there is only one osprey.

courtesy of martin Dohrn/Passion Planet and Jacob Steinberg.

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26 TUESDAY


p.m. 12:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals

5 Ingredient Surf n’ Turf. 12:30 Wine First Mosel Valley.

SERIES PREMIERE 1:00 Rick Steves’ Rome (R) 2:00 Secrets of the Dead:

Magellan’s Crossing (R) 3:00 Shakespeare &

Hathaway - Private Investigators Outrageous Fortune. (S2 EP 1/10) (R)




Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz and Warsaw. (R)

7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary. (R)

8:00 Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. No Irish Need Apply. (R)

9:00 American Veteran: The Crossing (EP 1/4) (Repeats 10/27 at 2p) PREMIERE

10:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 Amanpour & Company

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• If you are age 70½ or older, make a tax-free gift through a Qualifi ed Charitable Distribution (QCD or IRA rollover) directly from your IRA to KCTS 9. It’s important that your IRA custodian make the QCD gift directly payable to Cascade Public Media/KCTS 9 to get favorable tax treatment.

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27 WEDNESDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Pati’s Mexican Table

Getting to the Roots. HH 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:00 Finding Your Roots with

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. No Irish Need Apply. (R)

2:00 American Veteran: The Crossing (EP 1/4) (R)

4:00 Antiques Roadshow Tearjerkers. (R)


5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 To the Ends of the Earth:

Birds of East Africa (R) 8:00 Nature: Season of the

Osprey (Repeats 10/29 at 2p and 10/31 at 5a) See page 9.

9:00 NOVA: The Universe (EP 1/5) PREMIERE See back cover.

10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lady Sapiens Incredible scientifi c investigations are piecing together the untold story of prehistoric women. (Repeats 10/31 at noon)


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25 MONDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street TelevisionThe Secrets of Amalfi .

12:30 Dining with the Chef 1:00 La Frontera with Pati

Jinich: From Dos Laredos to Mars (EP 2/2) (R)

2:00 Escape to the Chateau Cafe Grandma. (S5 EP 5/7) (R)

3:00 Escape to the Chateau Harvest Time. (S5 EP 6/7) (R)




Simply the Best. (R) 8:00 Antiques Roadshow

Tearjerkers. (Repeats 10/27 at 4p and 10/30 at 7p)

9:00 Antiques Roadshow Kooky & Spooky. (R)

10:00 Escape to the Chateau At Christmas. (S5 EP 7/7) (R)


24 SUNDAY

a.m. 5:00 Nature: My Garden of a

Thousand Bees (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 NOVA: Edible Insects (R)

p.m. 12:00 Secrets of the Dead:

Magellan’s Crossing (R) 1:00 History of Christianity

The First Christianity. (R) 2:30 History of Christianity

Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome. (R)

4:00 Downton Abbey Returns! (R)

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside: Beyond the

Lens Sailing to Catalina Island.


8:00 Call the Midwife (S10 EP 4/8) Nonnatus House awaits the arrival of new pupil midwives. Cyril and Lucille’s relationship blossoms. (Repeats 10/25at 4p)


10:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece(S2 EP 2/6)

11:00 Before We Die (S2 EP 2/8)

LEGEND (CC) With few exceptions, programs

are closed captioned. (ST) Spanish Translation (R) Repeat ✪ Crosscut/KCTS 9tm production

(S8 EP 5/8) Season 8, Episode 5 of 8

This guide is accurate at press time. Occasionally, KCTS 9 may change its schedule after the guide is printed. Up-to-date information is available at KCTS9.org/Schedule and in our free weekly newsletter KCTS 9 This Week – sign up now at KCTS9.org/Newsletters.

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29 FRIDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 The Great British

Baking Show The Final. (EP 10/10) (R)

1:00 Antiques Roadshow Kooky & Spooky. (R)

2:00 Nature: Season of the Osprey (R)

3:00 NOVA: The Universe (EP 1/5) (R)

4:00 Father Brown The Sign of the Broken Sword. (S3 EP 4/15) (R)


Margaret Hoover 8:00 Father Brown The Last

Man. (S3 EP 5/15) (R) 9:00 Great Performances:

Now Hear This: Beethoven: Inside the Mind of a Genius Host Scott Yoo and fellow musicians undertake a recording of Beethoven’s most personal music.

10:00 One Voice: The Songs We Share Country.

10:30 One Voice: The Songs We Share American Roots.


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30 SATURDAY



WealthTrack 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 5 Day Rapid Reset with

Dr. Kellyann (R)p.m.

1:00 The Brain Fitness Program (R)

3:00 Chuck Berry: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (R)

4:30 Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember (R)


Travelscope Armenia - Ancient History and Modern Traditions, Part 1. (R)

7:00 Antiques Roadshow Tearjerkers. (R)

8:00 Vera Dark Road. (S6 EP 1/4) (R)


10:30 POV: Things We Dare Not Do

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28 THURSDAY

a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. 12:00 Cook’s Country Italian-

American Comforts. 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen

from Cook’s IllustratedBake Sale Favorites. (R)

1:00 Resilience: Hope Lives Here

2:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys Canada and Utah. (R)

2:30 Vera Shadows in the Sky. (S5 EP 4/4) (R)

4:00 Midsomer Murders The Killings of Copenhagen, Part 1. (S16 EP 5/5) (R)



Solid Foundation. 7:30 Ask This Old House 8:00 Midsomer Murders The

Killings of Copenhagen, Part 2. (S16 EP 5/5) (R)

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators The Play’s the Thing. (S2 EP 2/10). (R)

10:00 Vienna Blood The Lost Child, Part 2. (S1 EP 6/6) (R)


American Veteran SERIES PREMIERE TUE Oct 26 | 9p This four-part series seeks to understand the powerful cultural identity that veterans from all fi ve branches of military service share, the often-transformative nature of their time in uniform and their commitment to an ideal of service that often goes beyond their active duty.

courtesy of Ronan Killeen.

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31 SUNDAY

a.m. 5:00 Nature: Season of the

Osprey (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 11:00 NOVA: The Universe

(EP 1/5) (R)p.m.

12:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lady Sapiens (R)

1:00 History of Christianity: Orthodoxy: From Empire to Empire (R)

2:30 History of Christianity: Reformation: The Individual Before God(R)

4:00 Country Pop Legends (My Music) (R)

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Outside: Beyond the

Lens The Sierra Scenic Byway & Creek Fire Impact.


8:00 Call the Midwife (S10 EP 5/8) Sister

Julienne steps in to carry out home visits, and the new Pupil Midwives settle in.

9:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (S6 EP 5/8)

10:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (S2 EP 3/6)

11:00 Before We Die (S2 EP 3/8)

Particles Unknown Oct 6Get to know the most common — yet most elusive and least understood — particle in the universe: the neutrino.

Arctic Drift Oct 13Join scientists on the most ambitious Arctic research expedition of all time. Facing hungry polar bears, perilous sea- ice cracks and brutal cold, the team strives to understand the forces that are changing the region.

WEDNESDAYS | 9p

Edible Insects Oct 20From crunchy cricket chips to nutty black soldier fl y grubs, leap across cultural and culinary boundaries to explore the insect food industry.

The Universe Oct 27 | FIVE-PART SERIES PREMIERE

Diamond Planets, zombie stars, black holes and more: The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one is its own incredible story to tell.

season premiere sun oct 3 | 8p

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