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DECEMBER 2019

From rock music legends to Broadway showstoppers, there’s no shortage of star power on Great Performances this month.

Start the month off with Kinky Boots (Sunday, December 1 at 9pm), the Tony Award-winning high-heeled hit musical about friendship and extraordinary shoes. With songs by pop icon Cyndi Lauper and a book by Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein, follow the story of two people with

seemingly nothing in common, but with a little compassion and a lot of understanding, embrace their differences to create an innovative (and wildly creative) business strategy. Have musical theater fever? Then catch Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 (Wednesday, December 4 at 8pm), celebrating the legendary production with a stellar cast including Alfie Boe, Nick Jonas, Lea Salonga, Colm Wilkinson, Norm Lewis and Ramin Karimloo.

Next, superstar John Legend and pop star Sara Bareilles (Broadway’s Waitress) light up the stage as Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (Sunday, December 15 at 7:30pm), the 2018 Emmy Award-winning live broadcast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical. Recounting the biblical story of the final weeks of Jesus’ life, it focuses on the relationship between Jesus and his betrayer, Judas.

Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon, who wowed audiences as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, plays Judas. The starry cast also includes rock legend Alice Cooper as King Herod, Norm Lewis (The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess) as Caiaphas, and Ben Daniels (The Crown) as Pontius Pilate. Filmed at the Marcy Armory in Brooklyn, this live broadcast captures the spirit of the original Tony-winning 1971 production and takes it to electrifying new heights.

Music lovers may also enjoy an encore of Hitman: David Foster and Friends (Sunday, December 15 at 10pm), which unites the chart-topping songwriter, producer and maestro to the stars with Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Katharine McPhee, Kenny G, Celine Dion and many more in this all-star concert.

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Tis the season for Call the Midwife to reunite all your favorites for the holidays! Mother Mildred and the Nonnatus House team head up to the remote yet idyllic Scottish island, the Outer Hebrides, in response to a nursing shortage. Navigating the terrain — wild seas, stormy skies, and some very disobedient sheep — they strive to keep up with the needs of the locals, operating in bleak conditions with limited access to water and electricity. This holiday special will surely whet your appetite for Season 9, which premieres in early 2020 on WLIW21!

CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL

PREMIERES SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 AT 9PM

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SUNDAY DECEMBER 1

12:00am Hip Hop Nutcracker at NJPAC: An ALL ARTS Presentation

2:00am 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

3:30am Straight from the Heart: Timeless Music from the 60s & 70s (My Music)

5:00am Make48 5:30am MotorWeek 6:00am Antiques Roadshow

Harrisburg, PA — Hour One 7:00am College Behind Bars

Parts One & Two 9:00am WLIW Arts Beat 9:30am MetroFocus 10:00am New York Now November 29-1, 2019 10:30am Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi

Romania 11:00am The Plastic Problem:

PBS NewsHour Presents 12:00pm Cook’s Country

Italian Comfort Food Classics 12:30pm Lidia’s Kitchen Trattoria Favorites 1:00pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1:30pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

Northern Spain 2:00pm Rick Steves’ Festive Europe 2:30pm Straight from the Heart:

Timeless Music from the 60s & 70s (My Music)

4:00pm Hip Hop Nutcracker at NJPAC: An ALL ARTS Presentation

6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Tom Lehrer —

Live In Copenhagen 1967 9:00pm Great Performances Kinky Boots 11:30pm 3 Steps to Incredible Health!

with Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

MONDAY DECEMBER 2

1:30am Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott 2019 3:00am Hip Hop Nutcracker at NJPAC:

An ALL ARTS Presentation 5:00am Asia Insight 5:30am Journeys In Japan 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Full Body Strengthening 6:30am Wild Kratts Fossa Palooza 7:00am Arthur

Carls Concerto/Too Much of a Good Thing 7:30am Cyberchase Space Waste Odyssey, Part 2 8:00am Molly of Denali

The Night Manager/Not So Permafrost 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

We are the Wright Brothers/ We are the Bronte Sisters

9:00am Sesame Street Mechanics In Space 9:30am Splash and Bubbles Splash’s Swim School/

Light at the End of the Tunnel 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Knights of the Pink Table/Music Mix Up 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas

Around The World 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Fixes Trolley/Problem Solver Daniel 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Neighbor Day 12:30pm Dinosaur Train

Tiny and the Crocodile/Meet The Grandparents 1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

Name That Sound/Fabulous Feathers 1:30pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Obviously, It’s Pecans 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm The Great British Baking Show

Christmas Masterclass 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus

7:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 8:00pm The Crimson Field Episode 1 9:00pm The Crimson Field Episode 2 10:00pmThe Crimson Field Episode 3 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

TUESDAY DECEMBER 3

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Independent Lens

Best and Most Beautiful Things 2:00am Independent Lens What Was Ours 3:00am The Bletchley Circle — San Francisco

Iron In War 4:00am Line of Separation 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics Posture 6:30am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 7:30am Cyberchase Housewarming Party 8:00am Molly of Denali

Ice Sculpture/Tale of the Totem 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Helen Keller/I Am Alexander Graham Bell 9:00am Sesame Street Dinosaur in the Laundromat 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Guess Who?/Sleepless Sleepover 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Amazing Sled Run/Frost Fairy 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

What’s the Big Idea?/Day of the Dead 11:00am Peg + Cat + Holidays 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Doesn’t Want to Go Potty/ Daniel Sits on the Potty

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Where Have All the Lizards Gone?/ Conductor’s Sleepover

1:00pm The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!

2:00pm Odd Squad Soundcheck/Double Trouble 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Turnips — The Roots

3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Father Brown The Face of the Enemy 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm NYC-ARTS 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm NYC-ARTS 8:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Dead Man’s Chest 9:00pm Father Brown The Devil You Know 10:00pmEastEnders 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Portillo Expedition:

Mystery on Bougainville Island 2:30am First Degree 3:00am Finding Your Roots with

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Stories We Tell 4:00am Finding Your Roots with

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Irish Factor 5:00am Amanpour and Company

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In the tradition of the Dickens holiday classic, Nature Cat is visited by the spirits of Nature Past (Daisy), Present (Squeeks) and Future (Hal) on Christmas Eve.

NATURE CAT: A NATURE CAROL Monday, December 2 at 1:30pm

Learn more at pbskids.org/naturecat

2:30pm A Chef’s Life Turnips — The Greens 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Call The Midwife 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm SciTech Now 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm SciTech Now 8:00pm Les Miserables 25th Anniversary

Concert at the O2

THURSDAY DECEMBER 5

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Antiques Roadshow

Harrisburg, PA — Hour Two 2:00am Native America New World Rising 3:00am Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Dead Man’s Chest 4:00am Father Brown The Devil You Know 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Back Pain Relief 6:30am Wild Kratts Lemur Stink Fight 7:00am Arthur The Wheel Deal/The Buster Report 7:30am Cyberchase Space Waste Odyssey, Part 1 8:00am Molly of Denali

Turn on the Northern Lights/Fiddlesticks 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Johann Sebastian Bach/I Am Marie Curie 9:00am Sesame Street Fixing X 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

The Kelp Needs Help/Mountain of Fire 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

The Legend of Pinkfoot/Flossie the Mossling 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

You Can’t Move the Moon/Lizardzilla! 11:00am Peg + Cat

The Pig Problem/The Mariachi Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

It’s Time to Go/ Daniel Doesn’t Want to Stop Playing

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Circle Time Squabble/ It’s Not Okay to Hurt Someone

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Dry Times at Pteranodon Terrace/ Big Misty Sea Fishing Contest

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Take A Walk/Cotton Patch

1:30pm Nature Cat Wild Batts!/No Bird Left Behind!

2:00pm Odd Squad Crime at Shapely Manor 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Chicken Lickin 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Dead Man’s Chest 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm The David Rubenstein Show:

Peer to Peer Conversations Colin Powell 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Earth’s Sacred Wonders 9:00pm Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas

Memories (My Music) 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

FRIDAY DECEMBER 6

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Great Performances Kinky Boots 3:30am Tom Lehrer— Live In Copenhagen 1967 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Yoga In Practice Opening to Self-Love 6:30am Wild Kratts The Real Ant Farm 7:00am Arthur

Buster Isnt Buying It/One Ornery Critter 7:30am Cyberchase Space Waste Odyssey, Part 2 8:00am Molly of Denali Mollyball/Visit Qyah 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Helen Keller/I Am Alexander Graham Bell 9:00am Sesame Street Dinosaur in the Laundromat 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

One Big Ocean: Parts 3 and 4 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

The Legend of Pinkfoot/Flossie the Mossling 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas

Around The World 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

King Daniel for the Day 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Line Leader Daniel/Neighborhood Jobs 12:30pm Dinosaur Train

Arnie Rides the Flatcar/Old Reliable 1:00pm The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About

Christmas! 2:00pm Odd Squad

The Curious Case of Pirate-Itis/Oscar the Couch 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Ramp-Ing Up to Spring 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm 800 Words

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5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5

on Masterpiece Episode Five 9:00pm To The Manor Born 9:31pm Hold The Sunset The Lemming Family 10:00pm800 Words 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

SATURDAY DECEMBER 7

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Washington Week 1:30am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2:00am The Crimson Field Episode 1 3:00am The Crimson Field Episode 2 4:00am The Crimson Field Episode 3 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Peg + Cat The Allergy Problem/

I Do What I Can: The Musical 6:30am Ready Jet Go! Total Eclipse of the Sunspot/

Sean’s Year In Space 7:00am Odd Squad Training Day 7:30am Arthur Buster Isnt Buying It/One Ornery Critter 8:00am Molly of Denali

Ice Sculpture/Tale of the Totem 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Winston Churchill/I Am Cleopatra 9:00am Earth’s Sacred Wonders 10:30am Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas

Memories (My Music Presents) 12:30pm Tom Lehrer — Live In Copenhagen 1967 2:00pm Kevin Belton’s New Orleans

Celebrations Oktoberfest 2:30pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire

Shoulder On 3:00pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

Television Milk Street Italian Classics 3:30pm Cook’s Country BBQ Brisket and Fritters 4:00pm Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Guest Susur Lee 4:30pm Pati’s Mexican Table 5:00pm This Old House Westerly | The Doors 5:30pm Ask This Old House 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics Long Adductor

6:30am Wild Kratts The Fourth Bald Eagle 7:00am Arthur Arthurs Toy Trouble/Spar for the Course 7:30am Cyberchase A Whale of a Tale 8:00am Molly of Denali

Berry Itchy Day/Herring Eggs Or Bust 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Mark Twain/I Am Abigail Adams 9:00am Sesame Street Mechanics In Space 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Small But Mighty/Washed Away 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Drawing Noses/Pinkalicious On Ice 10:30am Let’s Go Luna! The Big Dig/Amazing Man 11:00am Peg + Cat

The Clown Problem/The Ninja Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Loves Tigey/Daniel Needs Tigey at School 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Takes His Time/ Sometime’s It’s Good to Go Slow

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Solar Train/Birdwatching 1:00pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 2:00pm Odd Squad Trials and Tubulations

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Join hosts Gavin MacLeod ("The Love Boat") and Marion Ross ("Happy Days") for this festive, all-star special of favorite carols and popular standards. Performers include Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters and many more.

A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS (MY MUSIC) Premieres Sunday, December 8 at 7:30pm

6:30am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 7:30am Cyberchase A Murky Mystery In Mermaidos 8:00am Molly of Denali

Ice Sculpture/Tale of the Totem 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Winston Churchill/I Am Cleopatra 9:00am Sesame Street Bath Time for Blanky 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Deflated Dunk/Kelp Forest Keepers 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Amazing Sled Run/Frost Fairy 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

Lullaby for Baby Vlad/Space Is the Place 11:00am Peg + Cat The Allergy Problem/

I Do What I Can: The Musical 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel and O’s Road Trip/Daniel’s Puppet Plan 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel’s Friends Say No/ Prince Wednesday Doesn’t Want to Play

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Rocket Train Surprise Party/Cloudy with a Chance Of Fun

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Whatever Floats Your Boat/Building Bridges

1:30pm Nature Cat Daisy’s Wildflower Round-Up/ A Party for Squeeks!

2:00pm Odd Squad Training Day 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Eggs A Dozen Ways 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm The Great British Baking Show

Christmas Masterclass 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 8:00pm The Crimson Field Episode 4 9:00pm The Crimson Field Episode 5 10:00pmThe Crimson Field Episode 6 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

TUESDAY DECEMBER 10

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Independent Lens

Containment/Excerpt from Uranium Drive-In 2:30am Reel South 62 Days 3:00am The Bletchley Circle — San Francisco

Fog of War

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4:00am Secrets of Scotland Yard 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Arthritis Workout 6:30am Wild Kratts Golden Bamboo Lemur 7:00am Arthur

D.W., Queen of the Comeback/In My Africa 7:30am Cyberchase The Case of the Missing Memory 8:00am Molly of Denali First Fish/A-Maze-Ing Snow 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I am Florence Nightingale/ I am George Washington Carver

9:00am Sesame Street Four Furry Superheroes 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Small But Mighty/Washed Away 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Drawing Noses/Pinkalicious On Ice 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

The Big Squeeze/Meet the Presses 11:00am Peg + Cat The Play Date Problem/

The Blabberwocky Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel’s Very Different Day/ Class Trip to the Library

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Safety Patrol/Safety at the Beach

7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00pm The Bletchley Circle — San Francisco

Fog of War 8:50pm Hinterland Return to Pontarfynach - Part 1 9:38pm Hinterland Return to Pontarfynach - Part 2 10:30pm Live from the Artists Den Vance Joy 11:30pm Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara

SUNDAY DECEMBER 8

12:30am Bluegrass Underground Keb’ Mo’ 1:00am Speakeasy Sting and Shaggy 2:00am Live from the Artists Den Vance Joy 3:00am History Detectives Space Exploration 4:00am History Detectives

Iwo Jima Map, Copperhead Cane, Theremin 5:00am Make48 5:30am MotorWeek 6:00am Antiques Roadshow Harrisburg, Hour Two 7:00am College Behind Bars Parts Three & Four 9:00am WLIW Arts Beat 9:30am MetroFocus 10:00am New York Now December 6-8, 2019 10:30am Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi

Morocco 11:00am A Chef’s Life Holiday Special 12:00pm Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 12:30pm Lidia’s Kitchen Great Grains 1:00pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1:30pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

Co-Hosts In Portugal 2:00pm Les Miserables 25th Anniversary

Concert at the O2 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm A Classic Christmas (My Music) 9:30pm The Bee Gees One for All Tour —

Live In Australia 1989 11:30pm Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas

Memories (My Music)

MONDAY DECEMBER 9

1:30am Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2

5:30am Journeys In Japan 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Endurance and Power

12:30pm The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!

1:30pm Nature Cat Nature Cat’s Nature Stories/Pattern Problema

2:00pm Odd Squad No Ifs, Ands, Or Robots/Worst First Day Ever

2:30pm A Chef’s Life Eggs Two Dozen Ways 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Father Brown The Devil You Know 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm NYC-ARTS 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm NYC-ARTS 8:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Deadweight 9:00pm Father Brown The Dance of Death 10:00pmEastEnders 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Great Museums:

The Art of Islam at the Met and the Louvre

2:00am Earth’s Sacred Wonders 3:30am Sacred 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Hamstring Flexibility 6:30am Wild Kratts Panda Power Up! 7:00am Arthur Brain’s Brain/Brain Sees Stars 7:30am Cyberchase A Murky Mystery In Mermaidos 8:00am Molly of Denali

Bird in the Hand/Bye-Bye Birdie 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Johann Sebastian Bach/I Am Marie Curie 9:00am Sesame Street Bath Time for Blanky 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

The Greatest Treasure of All/Crabulous 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

The Legend of Pinkfoot/Flossie the Mossling 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

Wacky Washi/When the Bowl Breaks 11:00am Peg + Cat The Sam Problem/Mac the Fork 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel’s Bicycle/Katerina’s Magic Trick

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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic series

with favorite memories and special guests. This new documentary includes celebrity appearances, interviews with puppeteers and video clips of Sesame Street’s most unforgettable moments. SESAME STREET: 50 YEARS & STILL SUNNY! Premieres Wednesday, December 11 at 8pm

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12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Wants to Be Alone/Daniel’s Alone Space

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Adventure Camp: Zip Lining/Adventure Camp: Canyon Hiking

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Help with Kelp/Treetop Tom

1:30pm Nature Cat The Deal with Eels/Skip It! 2:00pm Odd Squad

Rise of the Hydraclops/O Is Not for Old 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Stop, Squash and Roll 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Call The Midwife 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm SciTech Now 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm SciTech Now 8:00pm Sesame Street: 50 Years & Still Sunny! 9:30pm John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

THURSDAY DECEMBER 12

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Jewish Film Showcase Carvalho’s Journey 2:30am Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 3:00am Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Deadweight 4:00am Father Brown The Dance of Death 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Toning the Waist 6:30am Wild Kratts Capture the Fishmobile 7:00am Arthur

Nicked by a Name/The Play’s the Thing 7:30am Cyberchase Fit to Be Heroes 8:00am Molly of Denali

Cabbagezilla/Name Game 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I am Florence Nightingale/ I am George Washington Carver

9:00am Sesame Street Astronaut Elmo 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Here Comes the Hammerhead/ Denny’s New Shell

10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific The Legend of Pinkfoot/Flossie the Mossling

10:30am Let’s Go Luna! You Froze My Shorts/What A Matryoshka

11:00am Peg + Cat + Holidays 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Firefighters at School/Daniel’s Doll 12:30pm Dinosaur Train

A Heck of a Neck/Gilbert Visits the Nest 1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

Flutter By Butterfly/Pretty In Pink 1:30pm Nature Cat

A Prickly Problem/A Shedtime Story 2:00pm Odd Squad Dance Like Nobody Is Watching/

Recipe for Disaster 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Pretty In Peach 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Deadweight 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm The David Rubenstein Show:

Peer to Peer Conversations Marillyn Hewson

6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Nature Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins

9:00pm Great Performances Hitman: David Foster and Friends

11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

FRIDAY DECEMBER 13

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am A Classic Christmas (My Music) 3:00am Great Performances

Hitman: David Foster and Friends 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Yoga In Practice The Art of Connection 6:30am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 7:30am Cyberchase Giving Thanks Day 8:00am Molly of Denali

Grandpa’s Drum/Have Canoe, Will Paddle 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Winston Churchill/I Am Cleopatra 9:00am Sesame Street

Four Furry Superheroes 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Deflated Dunk/Kelp Forest Keepers 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Sweet Pea Pixie/Pink Piper 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

Glocken Around the Clock/Good Knight 11:00am Peg + Cat

The Pizza Problem/ The Pizza Pirate Problem

11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Learns About Lizards/ Daniel Wonders About Trolley

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel’s Bicycle/Katerina’s Magic Trick

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Best Babysitter Ever/Plant A Tree

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Checking the Boxes/Batteries Not Included

1:30pm Nature Cat Woodpecker Picks A Place/Here Comes the Sun

2:00pm Odd Squad Oscar of All Trades/Swamps ‘n’ Gators

2:30pm A Chef’s Life Gettin’ Figgy with It 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm 800 Words 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

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8:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode Six

9:00pm To The Manor Born 9:31pm Hold The Sunset Damage Limitation 10:00pm800 Words 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

SATURDAY DECEMBER 14

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Washington Week 1:30am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2:00am The Crimson Field Episode 4 3:00am The Crimson Field Episode 5 4:00am The Crimson Field Episode 6 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Peg + Cat The Bermuda Triangle Problem/

The Breeze in the Branches 6:30am Ready Jet Go!

Potatoes On Mars/Bortron Leprechaun

Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth performs an eclectic repertoire of holiday songs from Broadway, Hollywood and more in the annual holiday celebration. CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR Premieres Wednesday, December 18 at 8pm

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7:00am Odd Squad The Odd Antidote/The One That Got Away

7:30am Arthur Francines Cleats of Strength/Little Miss Meanie

8:00am Molly of Denali Hot Springs Eternal/Tooeys Hero

8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum I Am Julia Child/I Am Neil Armstrong

9:00am Sesame Street: 50 Years & Still Sunny! 10:30am John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip 12:00pm The Bee Gees One for All Tour —

Live In Australia 1989 2:00pm Great Performances

Hitman: David Foster and Friends 4:00pm A Classic Christmas (My Music) 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00pm The Bletchley Circle — San Francisco

In for a Pound 8:50pm The Great Fire Episode 1 9:37pm The Great Fire Episode 2 10:23pm The Great Fire Episode 3 11:10pm The Great Fire Episode 4

SUNDAY DECEMBER 15

12:00am John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip 1:30am Ric Edelman’s Mind Over Money 3:00am Memory Rescue with

Daniel Amen, M.D. 5:00am Make48 5:30am MotorWeek 6:00am Great Performances

Hitman: David Foster and Friends 8:00am Growing Bolder’s Launchpad

to What’s Next 10:00am Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights 11:30am Nature

Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins 1:00pm Nature

Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind 2:30pm John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip 4:00pm Longevity Paradox with

Steven Gundry, M.D. 5:30pm Brooklyn Best 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend

7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Great Performances

Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert 10:00pmGreat Performances

Hitman: David Foster and Friends

MONDAY DECEMBER 16

12:00am Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, M.D.

1:30am Growing Bolder’s Launchpad to What’s Next

3:30am Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights 5:00am Asia Insight 5:30am Journeys In Japan 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Spine Strengthening 6:30am Wild Kratts Komodo Dragon 7:00am Arthur Mr. Ratburns Secret Identity/Besties 7:30am Cyberchase The Eye of Rom 8:00am Molly of Denali

Hot Springs Eternal/Tooeys Hero 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Julia Child/I Am Neil Armstrong 9:00am Sesame Street Walking The Dog 9:30am Splash and Bubbles Whitebeard/Coral Day 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Secret Sculpture/The Celebrator 10:30am Let’s Go Luna! Andy’s Big Show/Leo Moves It 11:00am Peg + Cat The Bermuda Triangle Problem/

The Breeze in the Branches 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel’s New Friend/Same and Different 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

The Baby Is Here 12:30pm Dinosaur Train

Rollin’ on the Riverboat: Part One/ Rollin’ on the Riverboat: Part Two

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Step This Way/Anything You Can Do

1:30pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm The Great British Baking Show

Christmas Masterclass 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm WLIW Arts Beat

8:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown

9:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece London Bridge Is Falling Down

10:00pmRoyal Wives at War 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

TUESDAY DECEMBER 17

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Independent Lens Attla 2:00am Reel South 120 Days 3:00am The Bletchley Circle — San Francisco

In for a Pound 4:00am Royal Wives at War 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Shoulder Pain Relief 6:30am Wild Kratts Tenrec Treasure Hunt 7:00am Arthur Carried Away/Dueling Detectives 7:30am Cyberchase Mother’s Day 8:00am Molly of Denali New Nivagi/Crane Song 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Leonardo Da Vinci/I Am Amelia Earhart 9:00am Sesame Street Honk If You Love Libraries 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

The Sand Is Grand/The Treasure Trove 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Pinkalicious/Glitterizer 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas

Around The World 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Miss Elaina Gets Hurt/Daniel Feels Better 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Gets Frustrated/Frustration at School 12:30pm Dinosaur Train

An Apatosaurus Adventure/Nature Art 1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

Biggest Bird/Drum Di Drum 1:30pm Nature Cat

The Glow Games/Have A Grape Day 2:00pm Odd Squad Odd Outbreak/The Perfect Lunch 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Prickly Business 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Father Brown The Dance of Death 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm NYC-ARTS 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus

7:30pm NYC-ARTS 8:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Murder A La Mode 9:00pm Father Brown The Cat of Mastigatus 10:00pmEastEnders 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer2:00am Great Performances

Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert 4:30am European Christmas Markets 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Relieve Neck Pain 6:30am Wild Kratts Wolf Hawks 7:00am Arthur Follow the Bouncing Ball/

Buster Baxter and the Letter From the Sea 7:30am Cyberchase Father’s Day 8:00am Molly of Denali Sukis Bone/Brand New Flag 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Mark Twain/I Am Abigail Adams 9:00am Sesame Street Walking the Dog

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9:30am Splash and Bubbles Here Comes The Hammerhead/ Denny’s New Shell

10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific School Rules/Scooterboy

10:30am Let’s Go Luna! Glocken Around the Clock/Good Knight

11:00am Peg + Cat The Wonderland Problem/ The Bat Mitzvah Problem

11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel’s Winter Adventure/ Neighborhood Nutcracker

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel’s Goldfish Dies/ Daniel’s Strawberry Seeds

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Hurricane at Pteranodon Terrace/ Rafting the Cretaceous

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Treehouse Handshake/The Big Pictures

1:30pm Nature Cat Soil Turmoil/Wisteria Hysteria 2:00pm Odd Squad Reindeer Games 2:30pm A Chef’s Life If You Can’t Beet Em... 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Call The Midwife 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm SciTech Now 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm SciTech Now 8:00pm Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Featuring Kristin Chenoweth 9:00pm The Ornament of the World 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

THURSDAY DECEMBER 19

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Jewish Film Showcase Ahead Of Time:

The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber 2:16am Jesus: Countdown to Calvary 3:10am Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Murder A La Mode 4:10am Father Brown The Cat of Mastigatus 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Full Body Toning 6:30am Wild Kratts Blue Heron 7:00am Arthur Maria Speaks/Postcards from Binky

7:30am Cyberchase Invasion of the Funky Flower 8:00am Molly of Denali

The Worm Turns/Little Dog Lost 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Leonardo Da Vinci/I Am Amelia Earhart 9:00am Sesame Street The Big Pretend Band 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Mayor for a Day/Oblo From Down Below 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Monkey Dance/Royal Peacock Dance 10:30am Let’s Go Luna! Where’s Luna?/Pulling Strings 11:00am Peg + Cat

The Ring Problem/The Wedding Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Playtime Is Different/ The Playground Is Different With Baby

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Is Jealous/Jealousy at the Treehouse

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Remember the Alamosaurus/Sunrise, Sunset

1:00pm The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!

2:00pm Odd Squad There Might Be Dragons/Dawn of the Read

2:30pm A Chef’s Life A Casserole Says Plenty 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Murder A La Mode 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm The David Rubenstein Show:

Peer to Peer Conversations Condoleezza Rice

6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Nature

Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind 9:00pm NOVA Animal Espionage 10:00pmJesus: Countdown to Calvary 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

FRIDAY DECEMBER 20

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Democratic Primary Debate:

PBS NewsHour (W.T.) 3:30am Longevity Paradox with

Steven Gundry, M.D. 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Yoga In Practice Where You Look Matters 6:30am Wild Kratts Praying Mantis 7:00am Arthur Arthur Unravels/All the Rage 7:30am Cyberchase Return to Sensible Flats 8:00am Molly of Denali Eagle Egg Hunt/Dream Tube 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Isaac Newton/I Am Golda Meir 9:00am Sesame Street

Wild Adventure On Sesame Street 9:30am Splash and Bubbles Whitebeard/Coral Day 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Snow Fairy/To Catch A Leaf 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

Stairway to Art Day/Melvini Madness 11:00am Peg + Cat

The Big Dig Problem/The Crayon Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Gets A Cold/Mom Tiger Is Sick 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel’s Winter Adventure/ Neighborhood Nutcracker

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Dinosaurs in the Snow/Cretaceous Conifers

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Balancing Act/Marvelous Marbles

1:30pm Nature Cat Snow Way to Keep Warm/ So You Think You Know Nature

2:00pm Odd Squad Olive and Otto In Shmumberland 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Honey, I’m Home! 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm 800 Words 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5

on Masterpiece Episode Seven 9:00pm To The Manor Born 9:31pm Hold The Sunset Doing A Bunk 10:00pm800 Words 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Washington Week 1:30am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2:00am Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown 3:00am Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

London Bridge Is Falling Down 4:00am Royal Wives at War 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Peg + Cat

The Fuzzball Problem/The Silliest Song Problem 6:30am Ready Jet Go! Holidays In Boxwood Terrace 7:00am Odd Squad Reindeer Games 7:30am Arthur Arthur Unravels/All the Rage 8:00am Molly of Denali

Tooth Or Consequences/Qyah Spy 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Catherine The Great/I Am Tomioka Tessai 9:00am Longevity Paradox with

Steven Gundry, M.D. 10:30am Great Performances

Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert 1:00pm Christmas with Daniel O’Donnell

A star-studded adaptation of one of Agatha Christie’s most famous works follows 10 strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to an isolated manor on Soldier Island. When members of the party start to mysteriously die, the others realize that a murderer is among them, and self-preservation becomes the only option. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Wednesday, December 25 from 8-11pm

SUNDAY DECEMBER 22

12:30am Austin City Limits Tom Waits 1:30am Bluegrass Underground Josh Ritter 2:00am Speakeasy Joe Elliott and David Fricke 3:00am History Detectives Lauste Film Clip/

Baker’s Gold/Transatlantic Cable 4:00am History Detectives

Andrew Jackson’s Mouth/Barton Letter/Spybook 5:00am Make48 5:30am MotorWeek 6:00am Antiques Roadshow

New Orleans, LA — Hour One 7:00am Antiques Roadshow

New Orleans, LA — Hour Two 8:00am Jesus: Countdown to Calvary 9:00am WLIW Arts Beat 9:30am MetroFocus 10:00am New York Now December 20-22, 2019 10:30am Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi

County Clare, Ireland 11:00am Lidia Celebrates America

Return of the Artisans 12:00pm Cook’s Country Beef, Dressed Up 12:30pm Lidia’s Kitchen Cultured Comforts 1:00pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1:30pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

Basque Country 2:00pm Rick Steves European Christmas 4:00pm Memory Rescue with

Daniel Amen, M.D. 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Il Volo: Ten Years 9:00pm Steven Page Trio — Live In Concert 10:30pm Memory Rescue with

Daniel Amen, M.D.

MONDAY DECEMBER 23

12:30am Christmas with Daniel O’Donnell 1:30am Il Volo: Ten Years 3:00am Steven Page Trio — Live In Concert 4:30am The Magic of Christmas In Alsace 5:00am Asia Insight 5:30am Journeys In Japan 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

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2:00pm Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Beignet Fest

2:30pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Chino-Latino

3:00pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Enchiladas and Molletes

3:30pm Cook’s Country Italian Comfort Food Classics

4:00pm Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Guest Joanne Chang

4:30pm Pati’s Mexican Table 5:00pm This Old House

Westerly | Tanks for the Propane 5:30pm Ask This Old House 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00pm Inspector Lewis Season 8

on Masterpiece One for Sorrow 9:30pm Inspector Lewis Season 8

on Masterpiece Magnum Opus 11:00pm Inspector Lewis Season 8

on Masterpiece What Lies Tangled

6:30am Wild Kratts Back In Creature Time — Go Dodo Go, Part 1

7:00am Arthur The Blizzard/The Rat Who Came to Dinner

7:30am Cyberchase A Reboot Eve to Remember 8:00am Molly of Denali

Tooth Or Consequences/Qyah Spy 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum I

Am Catherine the Great/ I Am Tomioka Tessai

9:00am Sesame Street Dinosaur in the Laundromat

9:30am Splash and Bubbles Chompy’s New Foods/Cloning Around

10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific Drawing Noses/Pinkalicious On Ice

10:30am Let’s Go Luna! Wacky Washi/When the Bowl Breaks

11:00am Peg + Cat The Fuzzball Problem/ The Silliest Song Problem

11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel’s Winter Adventure/ Neighborhood Nutcracker

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood The Tiger Family Grows/ Daniel Learns About Being A Big Brother

12:30pm Dinosaur Train One Big Frog/Caving with Vlad

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Pulling Together/Fact and Friction

1:30pm Nature Cat Man-Oh-Mangrove/Northern Lights Sights

2:00pm Odd Squad Reindeer Games 2:30pm A Chef’s Life They Call ‘em ‘bagas 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm The Great British Baking Show

Christmas Masterclass 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 8:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

Et In Arcadia 9:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

Foreign Bodies 10:00pmVictoria & Albert: The Wedding

Episode: 1 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

TUESDAY DECEMBER 24

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Independent Lens Supergirl 2:30am Reel South Divided City 3:00am Sherlock on Masterpiece

The Abominable Bride 4:32am Brooklyn Best 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Waist Slenderizing 6:30am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 7:30am Cyberchase Peace, Love, and Hackerness 8:00am Molly of Denali Culture Clash/Party Moose 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Zora Neale Hurston/I Am Charles Dickens 9:00am Sesame Street Sesame Friendship 9:30am Splash and Bubbles Whitebeard/Coral Day 10:00am Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas

Around The World 11:00am Peg + Cat + Holidays 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

A Storm in the Neighborhood/ After the Neighborhood Storm

12:30pm The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!

1:30pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Gone Clamming, Part I 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Father Brown The Cat of Mastigatus 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm NYC-ARTS 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm NYC-ARTS 8:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Marked for Murder 9:00pm Father Brown The Flower of the Fairway 10:00pmEastEnders 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Handel’s Messiah

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25

12:30am Christmas at Belmont 1:30am Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Featuring Kristin Chenoweth 2:30am St. Thomas Christmas: Comfort & Joy 3:30am The Magic of Christmas In Alsace

Learn more at pbs.org/show/no-passport-required

Join Chef Marcus Samuelsson on an inspiring journey across the U.S. to explore and celebrate the wide-ranging diversity of immigrant traditions and cuisine woven into American food and culture. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED Season 2 Premieres Thursday, December 26 at 8pm

4:00am The Ornament of the World 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Feet Strengthening 6:30am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas 7:30am Cyberchase Return to Sensible Flats 8:00am Molly of Denali Eagle Egg Hunt/Dream Tube 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am Zora Neale Hurston/I Am Charles Dickens 9:00am Sesame Street Dinosaur in the Laundromat 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

The End of the Ocean/Antarctic Ranger 10:00am Let’s Go Luna!:

Luna’s Christmas Around the World 11:00am Peg + Cat + Holidays 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Thinks of Others/ Daniel Thinks of What Margaret Needs

12:30pm The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!

1:30pm Nature Cat: A Nature Carol 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Holiday Special 3:30pm Inspector Lewis Season 8

on Masterpiece One for Sorrow 5:00pm Inspector Lewis Season 8

on Masterpiece Magnum Opus 6:30pm Inspector Lewis Season 8

on Masterpiece What Lies Tangled 8:00pm And Then There Were None Part 1 9:00pm And Then There Were None Part 2 10:00pmAnd Then There Were None Part 3 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

THURSDAY DECEMBER 26

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Sherlock on Masterpiece

The Abominable Bride 2:32am To The Manor Born 3:03am Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Marked for Murder 4:00am Father Brown

The Flower of the Fairway 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Connective Tissue 6:30am Wild Kratts Musk Ox Mania 7:00am Arthur Around the World In 11-Minutes/

Muffy and the Big Bad Blog 7:30am Cyberchase Snow Day to Be Exact

8:00am Molly of Denali Tooth Or Consequences/Qyah Spy

8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum I Am Isaac Newton/I Am Golda Meir

9:00am Sesame Street Rudy Rides the Bus 9:30am Splash and Bubbles Whitebeard/Coral Day 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Drawing Noses/Pinkalicious On Ice 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!:

Luna’s Christmas Around the World 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Time for Daniel/ There’s Time for Daniel and Baby Too

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood A Snowy Day/Tutu All The Time

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Don’s Winter Wish/Festival of Lights

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

1:30pm Nature Cat The Legend of Gold Gardens/Winter Dance Party

2:00pm Odd Squad Reindeer Games 2:30pm A Chef’s Life Gone Clamming, Part II 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Marked for Murder 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm The David Rubenstein Show:

Peer to Peer Conversations James A. Baker III

6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Treasures of New York The Jewish Museum 8:00pm No Passport Required Seattle 9:00pm In Defense of Food 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

FRIDAY DECEMBER 27

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am In Jackson Heights 4:10am Real Rail Adventures:

Swiss Winter Magic 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Yoga In Practice Remembrance 6:30am Wild Kratts Polar Bears Don’t Dance 7:00am Arthur The Last Day (Part 1 & 2) 7:30am Cyberchase When Penguins Fly

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8:00am Molly of Denali Berry Itchy Day/Herring Eggs Or Bust

8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum I Am Catherine The Great/I Am Tomioka Tessai

9:00am Sesame Street Elmo’s Happy Little Train 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Gush’s White Whale/Exreme Clean 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Amazing Sled Run/Frost Fairy 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

The Big Squeeze/Meet the Presses 11:00am Peg + Cat The Cold Camel Problem/

The Einstein Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel’s Winter Adventure/ Neighborhood Nutcracker

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Makes A Mistake/Baking Mistakes

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Crystal and King Benefit Concert: Part One and Two

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Amazing Eyes/Water Walkers

1:30pm Nature Cat Man-Oh-Mangrove/Northern Lights Sights

2:00pm Odd Squad O Is for Opposite/ Agent Oksana’s Kitchen Nightmares

2:30pm Chefs Marcus and Vivian: A Taste of What’s Next

3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm 800 Words 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5

on Masterpiece Episode Eight 9:10pm To The Manor Born

Grantleigh 9:40pm Mum Monday 10:10pm 800 Words 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

SATURDAY DECEMBER 28

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am Washington Week 1:30am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2:00am Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

Et In Arcadia 3:00am Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

Foreign Bodies 4:00am Victoria & Albert: The Wedding

Episode: 1 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Peg + Cat

The Compost Problem/ Raiders of the Lost Arch

6:30am Ready Jet Go! Souped-Up Saucer/ Pet Sounds

7:00am Odd Squad Rookie Night/Who Let the Doug Out?

7:30am Arthur The Last Day (Part 1 & 2) 8:00am Molly of Denali Mollyball/

Visit Qyah 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

We are the Wright Brothers/ We are the Bronte Sisters

9:00am Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D.

11:00am Steven Page Trio — Live In Concert 12:30pm Il Volo: Ten Years

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discovers that much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas — from carols to turkey, gift-giving to mistletoe and mulled wine — has surprising Tudor origins, rooted in devotion and charity.

LUCY WORSLEY’S 12 DAYS OF TUDOR CHRISTMAS Premieres Saturday, December 28 at 8pm

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2:00pm Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Neighborhood Fest

2:30pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Miami Spice

3:00pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television On the Road: Portland, Maine

3:30pm Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways

4:00pm Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Guest Dr. William Li

4:30pm Pati’s Mexican Table 5:00pm This Old House Westerly | The Doors 5:30pm Ask This Old House 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00pm Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of

Tudor Christmas 9:00pm Call The Midwife Holiday Special 10:30pm Foreigner Live at the Symphony 11:30pm Austin City Limits 6th

Annual Hall of Fame Honors

SUNDAY DECEMBER 29

12:30am Bluegrass Underground Lucero 1:00am Speakeasy Lenny Kravitz and Sean Lennon 2:00am Speakeasy

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke with Rob Tannenbaum

3:00am History Detectives Cromwell Dixon, Bartlett Sketchbook, & Duke Ellington Plates

4:00am History Detectives Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting

5:00am Field Trip with Curtis Stone Margaret River

5:30am MotorWeek 6:00am Antiques Roadshow Mansion Masterpieces 7:00am Cities of Light: The Rise and

Fall of Islamic Spain 9:00am WLIW Arts Beat 9:30am MetroFocus 10:00am New York Now December 27-29, 2019 10:30am Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi

The Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland 11:00am No Passport Required Seattle

12:00pm Cook’s Country Regional Italian American Favorites

12:30pm Lidia’s Kitchen Restaurant’s Greatest Hits 1:00pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1:30pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

Authentic Lisbon 2:00pm Doo Wop Generations (My Music) 4:30pm Deepak Chopra:

The Spiritual Laws of Success 6:00pm SciTech Now 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm John Denver: Country Boy 9:00pm Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live at Hyde Park 10:30pm Deepak Chopra:

The Spiritual Laws of Success

MONDAY DECEMBER 30

12:00am And Then There Were None Part 1 1:00am And Then There Were None Part 2 2:00am And Then There Were None Part 3 3:00am Call The Midwife Holiday Special 4:30am Mum Monday 5:00am Asia Insight 5:30am Journeys In Japan 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Hip & Glute Flexibility 6:30am Wild Kratts Snow Runners 7:00am Arthur D.W. On Ice/Spoiled Rotten! 7:30am Cyberchase Starlight Night 8:00am Molly of Denali Mollyball/Visit Qyah 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

We are the Wright Brothers/ We are the Bronte Sisters

9:00am Sesame Street Four Furry Superheroes 9:30am Splash and Bubbles

Pole-To-Pole, Parts 1 & 2 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific

The Legend of Pinkfoot/Flossie the Mossling 10:30am Let’s Go Luna!

Glocken Around the Clock/Good Knight 11:00am Peg + Cat

The Compost Problem/Raiders of the Lost Arch 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Snowflake Day! 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Gets Mad at Dad/ Daniel Gets Mad at His Friends

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Tiny’s Fishing Friend/Butterflies

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Dress Up Day/Bathtime

1:30pm Nature Cat Ice Is Nice/ Bird’s Eye View

2:00pm Odd Squad Rookie Night/ Who Let the Doug Out?

2:30pm A Chef’s Life What’s Your Beef?

3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of

Tudor Christmas 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm WLIW Arts Beat 8:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

A Show of Unity 9:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece

A Coburg Quartet 10:00pmVictoria & Albert: The Wedding

Episode: 2 11:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 31

12:00am Amanpour and Company 1:00am POV Midnight Traveler 2:30am Reel South Jonah Stands Up 3:00am No Passport Required Seattle 4:00am Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days

of Tudor Christmas 5:00am Amanpour and Company 6:00am Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

Stretch Your Spine 6:30am Wild Kratts Hammerheads 7:00am Arthur

Arthur’s First Sleepover/ Arthur’s New Year’s Eve

7:30am Cyberchase A Reboot Eve to Remember 8:00am Molly of Denali

Turn on the Northern Lights/Fiddlesticks 8:30am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

I Am George Washington/ I Am Susan B. Anthony

9:00am Sesame Street New Year’s Eve On Sesame Street

9:30am Splash and Bubbles The End of the Ocean/Antarctic Ranger

10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific The Legend of Pinkfoot/Flossie the Mossling

10:30am Let’s Go Luna! Andy’s Big Show/Leo Moves It 11:00am Peg + Cat The Election Problem/

The Littlest Chicken Problem 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Daniel Goes to Sleep/ Prince Wednesday Sleeps Over

12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel’s Winter Adventure/ Neighborhood Nutcracker

12:30pm Dinosaur Train Don’s Winter Wish/Festival of Lights

1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! The Skin I’m In/Fishy Washy

1:30pm Nature Cat Flight of the Firefly/Thunderstruck

2:00pm Odd Squad O Is Not for Over 2:30pm A Chef’s Life One Potato, New Potato 3:00pm Amanpour and Company 4:00pm Father Brown The Flower of the Fairway 5:00pm MetroFocus 5:30pm NYC-ARTS 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 7:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm NYC-ARTS

8:00pm Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Blood at the Wheel

9:00pm Father Brown The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau

10:00pmEastEnders 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Mike Nichols: American Masters