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December 2014 Vol. 38, No. 10Viewing Guide StaffAdam Schwartz Scott Witzke Editor DesignerWTIU StaffPerry Metz General ManagerPhil Meyer Station Manager

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Community Theatre of Terre Haute (#393)1431 S 25th StreetTerre Haute, IN (812) 232-7172ctth.org

Valid for 2-for-1 admission during the month; visit ctth.org for more info, subject to availability. Call (812) 232-7172 for more information.

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (#169)1230 North Delaware StreetIndianapolis, IN(317) 631-1888presidentbenjaminharrison.org

Valid for 2-for-1 admission during the month to enjoy the Harrison home’s beautiful holiday decorations; excludes Harrison Family Christmas and Candlelight Evening on Delaware Street.

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Knitting Daily

Cathlyn’s Korean Kitchen

Victory Garden’s Edible Feast

Nature

12/1Victor Borge’sTimeless Comedy

12/8Bird Tales

Body Electric(except 12/1)

Scrapbook Soup

Charlie Rose

WTIU Newsbreak

Focus on Europe

The Nightly Business Report

PBS NewsHour

Quilting Arts (except 12/25)

Taste of History

12/25Musical Journey of Christmas

Ask This Old House(except 12/25)

NOVA

12/4 Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decades

12/25Festival of Carols


12/25 Anderson University’s Candles and Carols

Best of Painting Wild Places

Charlie Rose

WTIU Newsbreak

Just Seen It


PBS NewsHour

Sewing with Nancy(except 12/19)

Lidia’s Kitchen

Beg 12/12The Jazzy Vegetarian

Woodright’s Shop

NOVA

12/5ClassicHollywood Musicals

12/12Robin Williams Remembered


Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Moyers and Co.5:30 Well Read

WTIU Newsbreak

Indiana Newsdesk


PBS NewsHour

It’s Sew Easy(except 12/17)

America’s Test Kitchen

This Old House

12/3 Downton Rediscovered

12/10 Smokin’ Fish

12/17A Chef’s Life Holiday Special

12/24Tales from the Royal Bedchamber


Best of the Joy of Painting

Charlie Rose

WTIU Newsbreak

Start Up


PBS NewsHour

11:30

12:00

12:30

1:00

2:00

2:30

5:00

5:55

6:00

6:30

7:00

Weekday Schedule

Fons & Porter’sLove of Quilting

Julia Child

Woodsmith Shop

Antiques Roadshow

12/250 Years with Peter, Paul & Mary


Beads, Baubles & Jewels (except 12/2)

Charlie Rose

WTIU Newsbreak

Religion & EthicsNewsWeekly


PBS NewsHour

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3-5pm See children’s lineup on page 8


This Month’s Highlights

NOVA:First Man on the MoonWednesday, December 3 at 9pm

NOVA presents an intimate portrait of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, through interviews with Armstrong’s family and friends. Explore his achievements as a Navy combat veteran and pioneer of high-speed flight and revisit the final moments of the Apollo 11 landing, when Armstrong brought the Eagle down safely with seconds to spare. This is an inspiring story of heroic risk-taking and humble dedication to advancing humanity’s adventure in space.

Classic Hollywood MusicalsMonday, December 1 at 8pm; Friday, December 5 at 1pm

Join Nick Clooney on a tour of the Golden Age of movie musicals sure to leave you singing for days. Excerpts from five Hollywood musicals—The Wizard of Oz, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Singin’ in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Viva Las Vegas—along with fascinating stories about how the movies were made.

Downton Abbey Rediscovered *Wednesday, December 3 at 1pm; Friday, December 5 at 8:30pm; Saturday, December 6 at noon; Friday, December 12 at 10:30pm; Friday, December 26 at 10:30pm; Sunday, December 28 at 7:30pm

Join Bernadette Peters to relive treasured moments from Downton Abbey’s first four seasons and get a tantalizing preview of what’s in store for the Crawleys and the staff in Season 5. Video clips, cast interviews and behind-the-scenes footage help answer some burning questions. Celebrate the joys, triumphs and intrigue taking place at Downton Abbey —upstairs and down.

A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen Saturday, December 6 at 9pm

Join some of the industry’s biggest names performing The Boss’ biggest hits. Highlights include Alabama Shakes; Elton John; John Legend; Mumford & Sons; Patti Smith playing her Springsteen partnership “Because the Night”; Sting; Neil Young; Zac Brown Band, Mavis Staples and more.

* Special event offer! p.13


This Month’s Highlights

Live from Lincoln CenterWednesday, December 31 at 8pm

Join us as we continue a broadcasting tradition, presenting the annual New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve celebration concert. This year’s gala rings in 2015 with George Gershwin favorites, featuring Dianne Reeves and Norm Lewis. Bramwell Tovey conducts.

Call The Midwife Holiday Special Thursday, December 25 at 8pm

Rehearsals for the Sunday School Christmas concert are underway, creating inconvenience for the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House. Two unmarried patients are dispatched to York Lodge, a badly-managed home for pregnant women. Chummy takes over running the facility after an outbreak of chicken pox there. Dr. Turner treats a destitute older couple, former residents of a mental hospital closed under the mental health reforms. As residents of Nonnatus welcome the new year, the question on everyone’s mind is, what will 1960 bring?

Sacred Journeys with Bruce FeilerTuesdays, December 16 - 30 at 8 and 9pm

Journey to the world’s most meaningful landscapes and rigorous religious pilgrimages. Join contemporary sojourners as they journey to sacred sites cherished by billions and visited annually by hundreds of millions of pilgrims. Each episode follows a modern-day pilgrim on a private spiritual journey. The series presents a comprehensive picture of the practice of pilgrimage in its varied expressions around the globe, over thousands of years.

A Chef’s Life Holiday SpecialTuesday, December 16 at 10pm

Join Chef Vivian Howard for a taste of the holidays as she serves up the best of her Southern cooking heritage and the Chanukah traditions of her husband Ben’s family. From a simple corned ham to an upscale oyster dressing, from humble Hoppin’ John to an elegant red velvet cake, sample one of the most charming and delicious holiday celebrations of the season.


Listings are accurate as of time of printing, but are subject to change.

1 Monday

8:00 Classic Hollywood: Musicals

The Wizard of Oz, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Singin’ in the Rain and more musicals are showcased. (r 12/5 1pm)

9:30 Antiques Roadshow H Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1. Appraisals include a 1950 Pablo

Picasso linocut and a pair of Ital-ian carved door panels from 1550. (r 12/3 2am; 12/5 3am; 12/7 4am; 12/7 5pm)

11:00 Tavis Smiley H11:30 Journal H

2 Tuesday

8:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American Masters H

Unprecedented access to Bing Crosby’s archives highlight this look at the popular singer and actor. (r 12/26 9pm; 12/27 2am; 12/28 1:30pm; 12/29 3:30am)

10:00 Indiana Motoring: Concours d’Elegance at French Lick

Travel in style to Southern Indiana and get an up-close look at some of the finest and most unique motor vehicles ever created. (r 12/7 noon)

Shelby Cobra.


3 Wednesday

8:00 Best of Birds H Celebrate the natural world with

some of the most memorable bird scenes from nature’s library.

9:00 NOVA H First Man on the Moon. An intimate portrait of Neil Arm-

strong features interviews with his family and friends. (r 12/4 2am; 12/5 5am; 12/6 3am; 12/7 1am; 12/8 4am)

10:30 Dr. Fuhrman’s End Dieting Forever!

Dr. Fuhrman discusses a lifestyle with nutrient-rich foods and reci-pes. (r 12/5 10pm; 12/7 3pm)


4 Thursday

8:00 The Texas Tenors: You Should Dream H

The Texas Tenors vocal group smoothly blends country, classical, Broadway, and gospel music. See page 13 for a special ticket opportunity. (r 12/6 3pm)

9:30 Joshua Bell Presents Musical Gifts

Celebrate the warmth, beauty, and magic of the holiday season with poet of the violin and Blooming-ton, Indiana native Joshua Bell.

(r 12/7 10:30am)

Joshua Bell.


5 Friday

8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill H

(r 12/6 1am; 12/7 5am) 8:30 Downton Abbey

Rediscovered Relive treasured moments from

the first four seasons and preview the upcoming season. See page 13 for special event offer. (r 12/6 noon; 12/12 10:30pm; 12/13 3:30am; 12/15 4:30am; 12/23 5:30am; 12/24 5am; 12/24 5:30am; 12/26 10:30pm; 12/28 7:30pm; 12/29 5am; 12/30 3:30am)


Repeat of 12/3 (r 12/7 3pm)11:30 Journal H

6 Saturday

10:30 Great Railway Journeys of Europe

12:00 Downton Abbey Rediscovered

Repeat of 12/5. (r 12/12 10:30pm; 12/13 3:30am; 12/15 4:30am; 12/23 5:30am; 12/24 5am; 12/24 5:30am; 12/26 10:30pm; 12/28 7:30pm; 12/29 5am; 12/30 3:30am)

1:30 Straight No Chaser – Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition

Journey through the decades of the pop songbook done with the unforgettable Straight No Chaser twist. See page 13 for special ticket opportunity.

3:00 The Texas Tenors: You Should Dream

Repeat of 12/4. 4:30 Fifty Years with Peter,

Paul and Mary Celebrate the trio that provided

America’s soundtrack for genera-tions.

6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend H

7:00 Best of ’50s Pop (My Music) H

Take a stroll down memory lane with the pop sounds of the 1950s.

9:00 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen H

See an all-star lineup performing Springsteen’s hits.

7 Sunday

10:30 Joshua Bell Presents Musical Gifts

Repeat of 12/4.12:00 Indiana Motoring:

Councours d’Elegance at French Lick

Repeat of 12/2. 1:00 Great Performances H Encores! Great Performances

at the Met. Unforgettable arias and duets feature Natalie Dessay, Placido Domingo, Renée Fleming, and others.


Repeat of 12/3.

H= Denotes a program new to WTIU.


5:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1. Repeat of 12/1. 6:30 PBS NewsHour

Weekend H 7:00 Doc Martin: Revealed Behind-the-scenes footage from

the newest Doc Martin series shot in Cornwall, England.

8:30 Viewer Choice H

8 Monday

8:00 Viewer Choice11:30 Journal H

9 Tuesday

8:00 Viewer Choice11:30 Journal H

10 Wednesday

8:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Jungle. Cameras penetrate layers of fur,

feathers, skin, and bone to reveal the amazing facts of animal engi-neering. DVS (r 12/11 1am; 12/12 4am; 12/13 midnight; 12/15 1pm)

9:00 NOVA 3D Spies of WWII. The untold story of the Allied air

photo intelligence that played a vital role in defeating Germany. DVS (r 12/11 2am; 12/11 1pm; 12/12 5am; 12/14 1am)

10:00 Nazi Mega Weapons U-Boat Base. The Germans built massive,

impenetrable concrete submarine pens for their lethal U-boat sub-marines. (r 12/11 3am; 12/14 4am)


11 Thursday

8:00 The Weekly Special (r 12/14 10:30am)

8:30 Bluegrass Underground H

Chip Taylor.

9:00 Robin Williams Remembered – A Pioneers of Television Special

This tribute to actor and comedian Robin Williams features one of his last full-length interviews. (r 12/12 2am; 12/12 1pm; 12/13 4am; 12/15 5am)

10:00 The National Christmas Tree Lighting 2014 H

Entertainers perform and the President and First Family light the National Christmas Tree. (r 12/14 4pm; 12/21 11:30pm; 12/25 3pm)


12 Friday


(r 12/13 1am; 12/14 5am) 8:30 Charlie Rose – The

Week H (r 12/13 1:30am; 12/14 5:30am) 9:00 Live from Lincoln

Center H Workshop: School of American

Ballet. The prestigious ballet academy’s

50th annual workshop features an all-Balanchine performance. (r 12/13 2am; 12/15 3am)


Repeat of 12/5. (r 12/13 3:30am; 12/15 4:30am; 12/23 5:30am; 12/24 5am; 12/24 5:30am; 12/26 10:30pm; 12/28 7:30pm; 12/29 5am; 12/30 3:30am)

11:00 Moyers & Company11:30 Journal H

13 Saturday

10:30 Rudy Maxa’s World H11:00 Globe Trekker DVS12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen

with Master Chefs (r 12/16 noon)12:30 Victory Garden’s

EdibleFEAST (r 12/15 12:30pm) 1:00 Woodsmith Shop H (r 12/16 12:30pm) 1:30 This Old House (r 12/17 12:30pm)

2:00 Ask This Old House (r 12/18 12:30pm) 2:30 Hometime H DVS 3:00 The Woodwright’s

Shop H DVS (r 12/19 12:30pm) 3:30 McLaughlin Group H 4:00 Indiana Newsdesk

Repeat of 12/12. 4:30 Inside Indiana

Business H Program from the IU Kelley School of Business.

5:30 Indiana Week in Review H


6:30 Joy of Music Christmas in Art and Music. 7:00 The Lawrence Welk

Show The Music of Harry Warren. 8:00 Keeping Up

Appearances 8:30 The Red Green Show H Homemade Cheese. 9:00 Austin City Limits Rodrigo y Gabriela.10:00 Song of the

Mountains H11:00 Live from the

Artists Den H Rodrigo y Gabriela.

14 Sunday

10:30 The Weekly Special Repeat of 12/11.

11:00 A Chef’s Life11:30 Growing a Greener

World H12:00 MotorWeek H12:30 Start Up 1:00 Rickover: The Birth

of Nuclear Power The man behind the first

nuclear-powered submarine and nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is profiled. DVS

3:00 Finding Your Roots Decoding Our Past. DNA analysis is used to delve

deeper into the families of Deval Patrick, Jessica Alba, and others. DVS

4:00 The National Christmas Tree Lighting 2014

Repeat of 12/11. (r 12/21 11:30pm; 12/25 3pm)

= WTIU / Locally-related programs


time Weekdays

6:30Curious George

12/17 & 12/25 A Very Monkey Christmas

7:30

8:30

9am

Peg + Cat

10am

Dinosaur Train12/25 Sugarplum Dreams

Sesame Street12/22-12/25

Elmo’s Christmas Countdown

11am

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

Cat in the Hat Knowsa Lot About That!

** The Friday Zone airs Fridays at 5:00

time Saturday time Sunday6am Barney & Friends Sid the Science Kid 6:307am Curious George Thomas & Friends

Super WHY!

Caillou 8am

Dinosaur Train9am

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

9:30Sesame Street

SciGirls10am

10am

The Friday Zone Dragonfly TVBiz Kid$

Angelina Ballerina 6:30 Peg + Cat6am

7am7:30

8am9am9:30

time Weekdays

1pm1:30 Thomas & Friends

2pm

2:30

3pm

4pm

4:30

Super WHY!

Peg + Cat

5pm

Arthur

Wild Kratts**

Sesame Street12/25

Elmo’s Chirstmas Countdown

Cat in the Hat Knowsa Lot About That!

Curious George12/17 & 12/25

A Very Monkey Christmas

noon

indianapublicmedia.org/kids

* The Friday Zone airs Fridays at 4:30

The Odd Squad *12/25 Sugarplum Dreams

3pm

4pm

Wild Kratts

4:30

Arthur12/25 Sugarplum Dreams The Odd Squad


5:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 1. After Matthew’s death, the family

and servants try to cure Mary and Isobel of their depression. DVS

7:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 2. The fates of several characters

converge at a glittering house party. Gregson impresses Robert. DVS

8:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 3. Love is in the air, and darker emo-

tions too, as Mary, Edith, Tom and Anna each face a dilemma. DVS (r 12/14 midnight; 12/16 3am)

9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 4. Can Bates learn what’s troubling

Anna? Thomas installs a new ally and Alfred takes up cooking. DVS (r 12/15 1am; 12/16 4am)

10:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 5.

Rose’s surprise party for Robert risks scandal. Mary meets an old suitor. Edith gets troubling news. DVS (r 12/15 2am; 12/16 5am)


15 Monday

8:00 Antiques Roadshow H Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 2. Appraisals include a collection of

1898 Mardi Gras invitations and Julia Child’s copper pans. (r 12/16 2am; 12/16 1pm; 12/21 5pm)

9:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour Three. Finds include a turn of the century

salesman’s sample canoe and a 1941 Martin guitar. (r 12/16 1am; 12/17 5am)

10:00 Journey to Planet Earth H

Extreme Realities. The link between extreme

weather events, climate change, and national security threats. (r 12/17 4am; 12/20 4am)


16 Tuesday

8:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler H

Lourdes. American military members visit

the Catholic shrine of Lourdes in southwest France in search of healing. DVS (r 12/17 1am; 12/18 4am; 12/21 3am; 12/21 3pm)


Shikoku. The Island of Shikoku in Japan

features a 750-mile Buddhist pilgrimage route, temples, and shrines. DVS (r 12/17 2am; 12/18 5am; 12/21 4am; 12/21 4pm)

10:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special H

Vivian Howard hosts her vision of the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and more. (r 12/17 3am; 12/17 1pm; 12/19 2am; 12/20 5pm)


17 Wednesday

8:00 Nature Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story. A look at the current state of lions

and the legacy of the popular book Born Free 50 years after its publication. DVS (r 12/18 1am; 12/19 3am; 12/20 midnight; 12/22 1pm)

9:00 NOVA Making Stuff Wilder. Robotic bees, viruses building

batteries, and more innovations inspired by life itself are explored. (r 12/18 2am; 12/18 1pm; 12/19 4am; 12/21 1am)

10:00 NOVA Making Stuff Colder. David Pogue explores ultracold

physics, cooling a warming planet, and cold science innova-tions. (r 12/18 3am; 12/19 5am; 12/19 1pm; 12/21 2am)


18 Thursday

8:00 The Weekly Special H (r 12/21 10:30am; 12/21 6:30pm)

8:30 Farm Holiday Special with Ian Knauer H

Learn new versions of classic family dishes like dried cranberry dressing and smoked-braised duck. DVS

Ian Knauer.

9:00 Globe Trekker H Globe Trekker Special: World War

I. DVS (r 12/20 11am)10:00 Tracks of

Imagination H The creative team of Applied

Imagination creates spectacular holiday and seasonal train dis-plays. (r 12/28 11pm)


19 Friday


(r 12/20 1am; 12/21 5am) 8:30 Charlie Rose –

The Week H (r 12/20 1:30am; 12/21 5:30am) 9:00 Christmas with

the Mormon Tabernacle Choir H

Soprano Deborah Voigt, actor John Rhys-Davies, and the Mor-mon Tabernacle Choir perform holiday favorites. (r 12/20 2am; 12/22 4am; 12/25 10pm; 12/26 3am; 12/28 4am)

10:00 Christmas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir

The rich choral music traditions of America and Norway are show-cased in Nidaros Dom cathedral. (r 12/20 3am; 12/22 5am)




6:30 The Weekly Special Repeat of 12/18.

7:00 Doc Martin H Remember Me. Martin and Louisa’s baby still

doesn’t have a name. P.C. Joe Penhale’s ex-wife Maggie visits.

8:00 Tales from the Royal Bedchamber H

Historian Lucy Worsley reveals the importance of the palace’s regal bedroom to past monarchs. (r 12/22 12:30am; 12/23 2am; 12/24 1pm)

9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 6. When Robert and Thomas make

a sudden trip, everyone’s life becomes more complicated. DVS (r 12/22 1:30am; 12/23 3am)

10:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 7. Robert and Thomas return from

America. Bates disappears for a day and Edith prepares to go abroad. DVS (r 12/22 2:30am; 12/23 4am)

22 Monday

8:00 Antiques Roadshow H The Boomer Years. Vintage treasures from the 1940s,

’50s, and ’60s, includes a 1956 Elvis “Love Me Tender” standee. (r 12/23 1pm; 12/28 5pm)

Mark L. Wahlberg.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow Phoenix – Hour One. A collection of Charles Schulz

Peanuts artwork and a 1797 Chippendale marriage chest are appraised. (r 12/23 1am)

10:00 Independent Lens The Trials of Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali’s battle to overturn

his prison sentence for refusing military service is examined. DVS (r 12/27 3:30am)

11:30 Journal H

23 Tuesday


Jerusalem. Jewish and Christian pilgrims visit

Israel. The Jesus Trail, Sukkot, and more are showcased. DVS (r 12/24 1am; 12/25 4am; 12/28 3pm)


Hajj. Millions of pilgrims gather outside

the city of Mecca for the annual five-day pilgrimage. DVS (r 12/24 2am; 12/25 5am; 12/28 4pm)

10:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First

Christians – Pax Romana/A Light to the Nations.

Explores the life of Jesus and depicts the origins of Christianity using historical evidence. DVS (r 12/24 3am)

24 Wednesday

8:00 Nature The Himalayas. Explores the diversity of wildlife

and habitats of this mountain chain, including the snow leop-ard. DVS (r 12/25 1am; 12/26 4am; 12/27 midnight; 12/29 1pm)

9:00 NOVA Building the Great Cathedrals. Hands-on experiments reveal

architectural secrets used to erect these soaring, glass-filled walls. DVS (r 12/25 2am; 12/26 5am; 12/28 1am)

10:00 NOVA Great Cathedral Mystery. Using period tools and tech-

niques, bricklayers build a mini version of the Duomo in Florence. (r 12/25 3am; 12/26 1pm; 12/28 2am)


20 Saturday

10:30 Rudy Maxa’s World H11:00 Globe Trekker Globe Trekker Special: World War

I. DVS Repeat of 12/18.12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen


EdibleFEAST H (r 12/22 12:30pm) 1:00 A Chef’s Life H 5:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday

Special Repeat of 12/16. 6:00 PBS NewsHour

Weekend H 6:30 Joy of Music H Christmas in Germany. 7:00 The Lawrence Welk

Show Christmas. 8:00 Keeping Up

Appearances 8:30 Vintage Red Green

Show H Maple Syrup. 9:00 Austin City Limits Tom Waits.10:00 Song of the

Mountains H11:00 Live from the

Artists Den H Lily Allen.

21 Sunday

10:30 The Weekly Special (r 12/21 6:30pm)


World H12:00 MotorWeek H12:30 Start Up 1:00 2014 ISSMA Marching

Band Finals H 3:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Lourdes. Repeat of 12/16. DVS 4:00 Sacred Journeys

with Bruce Feiler Shikoku. Repeat of 12/16. DVS 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 2. Repeat of 12/15.



25 Thursday

8:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special H

Rehearsals for the Sunday School Christmas concert create inconveniences for the nuns and nurses. (r 12/26 1am; 12/28 midnight; 12/30 2am)

9:30 Vicious H Holiday Special. Freddie and Stuart host a holiday

soiree. A wicked game of Truth or Dare brings up hidden truths. (r 12/26 2:30am; 12/28 7pm; 12/29 5:30am)

Ian McKellen as Freddie and Derek Jacobi as Stuart.

10:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Repeat of 12/19. (r 12/26 3am; 12/28 4am)


26 Friday


(r 12/27 1am; 12/28 5am) 8:30 Charlie Rose –

The Week H (r 12/27 1:30am; 12/28 5:30am) 9:00 Bing Crosby

Rediscovered: American Masters

Repeat of 12/2. (r 12/27 2am; 12/28 1:30pm; 12/29 3:30am)


Repeat of 12/5. (r 12/28 7:30pm; 12/29 5am; 12/30 3:30am)


27 Saturday

10:30 Rudy Maxa’s World H11:00 Globe Trekker Globe Trekker Special:

World War II. DVS12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen


EdibleFEAST H (r 12/29 12:30pm) 1:00 Woodsmith Shop H (r 12/30 12:30pm) 1:30 This Old House (r 12/31 12:30pm) 2:00 Ask This Old House (r 1/1 12:30pm) 2:30 Hometime DVS 3:00 The Woodwright’s

Shop DVS (r 1/2 12:30pm) 4:00 The Weekly Special

(r 12/28 10:30am; 12/28 6:30pm) 4:30 Inside Indiana

Business H 5:30 Indiana Week

in Review H Program from the IU Kelley School of Business.


6:30 Joy of Music Angels: Messengers of God

in Art & Music. 7:00 The Lawrence Welk

Show New Year’s. 8:00 Keeping Up

Appearances 8:30 Vintage Red Green

Show H Car Pool. 9:00 Austin City Limits Radiohead.10:00 Song of the

Mountains H11:00 Live from the Artists

Den H Jason Mraz.

28 Sunday

10:30 The Weekly Special (r 12/28 6:30pm)


World H

12:00 MotorWeek H12:30 Beyond Geek H 1:00 Driven to Ride H Since the 1870s, women have

shaped and pushed the boundar-ies of two-wheeled freedom.

1:30 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American Masters

Repeat of 12/2. (r 12/29 3:30am) 3:00 Sacred Journeys

with Bruce Feiler Jerusalem. Repeat of 12/23. DVS 4:00 Sacred Journeys

with Bruce Feiler Hajj. Repeat of 12/23. DVS. 5:00 Antiques Roadshow The Boomer Years. Repeat of 12/22. 6:00 PBS NewsHour

Weekend H 6:30 The Weekly Special

Repeat of 12/28. 7:00 Vicious Holiday Special. Repeat of 12/25. (r 12/29 5:30am) 7:30 Downton Abbey

Rediscovered Repeat of 12/5. (r 12/29 5am;

12/30 3:30am) 8:00 To Be Announced (r 12/31 1pm) 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 8. Lady Rose meets the Prince of

Wales and faces a dilemma. Trouble plagues Cora’s mother and brother. DVS (r 12/29 1:30am; 12/30 4am)

11:00 Tracks of Imagination Repeat of 12/18.

29 Monday

8:00 Antiques Roadshow H Manor House Treasures. A Louis Comfort Tiffany necklace

and more extraordinary objects from across the pond are show-cased. (r 12/30 1pm; 1/4 5pm)

9:00 Antiques Roadshow Phoenix – Hour Two. Items include a bronze maquette

by sculptor Henry Moore an abstract painting by Chuck Close. (r 12/30 1am; 12/31 5am)

H= Denotes a program new to WTIU. = WTIU / Locally-related programs


IU Symphonic ShowcaseWednesday, December 3 at 8pm

This program profiles professor and conductor David Effron with highlights from recent concerts. Selections include the IU Phil-harmonic with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley (concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) playing the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian, as well as music by Weber, Dvorák, and Sibelius. WFIU Music Director Joe Goetz hosts.

The Metropolitan OperaSaturday, December 6 at 1pm

The Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast season premieres with Bartlett Sher’s effervescent production of Rossini’s most popular opera, The Barber of Seville. Isabel Leonard is the feisty Rosina; Lawrence Brownlee is her conspiring flame, Almaviva; and Christopher Maltman is the omnipotent barber, Figaro. Michele Mariotti conducts.

A Chanticleer ChristmasThursday, December 25 at 10pm

A Chanticleer Christmas is a celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the San Francisco-based men’s choir. The program spans the globe and the centuries—from England in the 1300s to new arrangements of classic and contemporary carols to a Gospel medley of Christmas tunes. Music critic Jay Nordlinger has written, “The Chanticleer Christmas concert was the best concert of the entire season—not the entire Christmas season, but the entire music season.”

Isabel Leonard in The Barber of Seville.

W IUwfiu.org

Highlights

David Effron.

Chanticleer.

10:00 Independent Lens Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s

Journey. Filipino Arnel Pineda was plucked

from YouTube to become the front man for the rock band Journey.

11:30 Journal H

30 Tuesday

8:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler H Kumbh Mela. Explores the Hindu festival in

which pilgrims bathe where two sacred rivers meet. DVS (r 12/31 1am; 1/4 3pm)


Osun-Osogbo. African-American pilgrims attend

an annual festival in honor of the Yoruba goddess Osun in Nigeria. DVS (r 12/31 2am; 1/4 4pm)

10:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First

Christians (Pt.2). Explores the life of Jesus and de-

picts on the origins of Christianity using historical evidence. DVS (r 12/31 3am)

31 Wednesday

8:00 Live from Lincoln Center H

Gershwin Celebration at the New York Philharmonic.

The gala rings in 2015 with George Gershwin favorites, featur-ing Dianne Reeves and Norm Lewis. (r 1/1 1am)

10:00 Michael Feinstein New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room H

Entertainer Michael Feinstein performs with Darren Criss, Aaron Tveit, Christine Ebersole, and others. (r 1/1 3am; 1/1 1pm)




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UNDER THE DOME: A Celebration of Downton Abbey’s Season Five

Saturday and Sunday, January 3 and 4, 2015Formal Tea under the dome, Guided tour of historic West Baden Springs Hotel, Season Five Premiere Party with preview screening of Episode One, Overnight at Indiana’s number one hotel (bus transportation provided, meals not included)

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Best of Birds 12/3 8pm Best of Painting Wild

Places Thu 2:30pm

except 12/25Best of the Joy of Painting Wed 2:30pmBeyond Geek 12/28 12:30pm Bing Crosby Rediscovered:

American Masters 12/2 8pm; 12/26 9pm;

12/27 2am; 12/28 1:30pm; 12/29 3:30am

Bird Tales 12/8 1pm Biz Kid$ Sun 10amBluegrass Underground 12/11 8:30pm Body Electric Weekdays 6am, 2pm

except 12/1–12/5 and 12/25 6am only

Caillou Sun 7:30amCall the Midwife Holiday

Special 12/25 8pm; 12/26

1am; 12/29 midnight; 12/30 2am

Cathlyn’s Korean Kitchen Mon noonThe Cat in the Hat

Knows A Lot About Christmas!

12/25 8:30am The Cat in the Hat Knows

A Lot About That! Weekdays 8:30am

except 12/25Charlie Rose Tue–Sat 5pm & 12amCharlie Rose – The Week 12/6 1:30am; 12/12

8:30pm; 12/13 1:30am; 12/14 5:30am; 12/19 8:30pm; 12/20 1:30am; 12/21 5:30am; 12/26 8:30pm; 12/27 1:30am; 12/28 5:30am

Christmas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir

12/19 10pm; 12/20 3am; 12/22 5am

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

12/19 9pm; 12/20 2am; 12/22 4am; 12/25 10pm; 12/26 3am; 12/28 4am

Classic Hollywood: Musicals

12/1 8pm; 12/5 1pm Cook’s Country 12/17 noon; 12/24

noon; 12/31 noon Curious George Mon to Sat 6:30am,

7am except 12/2, 12/17, 12/25

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

12/17 6:30am; 12/25 6:30am

2014 ISSMA Marching Band Finals

12/21 1pm 50 Years with Peter, Paul

and Mary 12/2 1pm; 12/6

4:30pm A Chef ’s Life Sun 11am except 12/7;

12/20: 1 to 4:30pmA Chef ’s Life Holiday

Special 12/16 10pm; 12/17

3am, 1pm; 12/19 2am; 12/20 5pm

An American Mosque 12/14 11:30pm America’s Test Kitchen

from Cook’s Illustrated 12/3 noon; 12/10

noon Anderson University’s

Candles & Carols 12/25 2pm Angelina Ballerina:

The Next Steps Sat 6:30amAntiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 12/1 9:30pm; 12/3

2am; 12/5 3am; 12/7 4am, 5pm

Denver, Hour One 12/2 1am; 12/3 5am;

12/4 4am; 12/9 1am; 12/10 5am

Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 2 12/15 8pm; 12/16

2am, 1pm; 12/21 5pm Denver – Hour Three 12/15 9pm; 12/16

1am; 12/17 5am The Boomer Years 12/22 8pm; 12/23

1pm; 12/28 5pm Phoenix – Hour One 12/22 9pm; 12/23 1am Manor House Treasures 12/29 8pm; 12/30 1pm Phoenix – Hour Two 12/29 9pm; 12/30

1am; 12/31 5am; 12/9 2am, 1pm

Arthur Weekdays 4pm

except 12/25Ask This Old House 12/4 12:30pm; 12/11

12:30pm; 12/13 2pm; 12/18 12:30pm; 12/27 2pm

Austin City Limits 12/13 9pm; 12/20

9pm; 12/27 9pm Barney & Friends Sat 6amBeads, Baubles and Jewels Tue 2:30pm

except 12/2Best of 50s Pop

(My Music) 12/6 7pm

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Weekdays 9am, 9:30am except 12/25 9:30am only; Sat 8am, 8:30am

Dinosaur Train Weekdays 7:30am,

8:00am except 12/25; Sat 9:30am

Doc Martin 12/21 7pm Doc Martin: Revealed 12/7 7pm Downton Abbey

Rediscovered 12/3 1pm; 12/5

8:30pm; 12/6 noon; 12/12 10:30pm; 12/13 3:30am; 12/15 4:30am; 12/23 5:30am; 12/24 5am, 5:30am; 12/26 10:30pm; 12/28 7:30pm; 12/29 5am; 12/30 3:30am

Dr. Fuhrman’s End Dieting Forever!

12/3 10:30pm; 12/5 10pm; 12/7 3pm

Driven to Ride 12/28 1pm Elmo’s Christmas

Countdown 12/22 10am; 12/23

10am; 12/24 10am; 12/25 10am

Emery Blagdon and his Healing Machine

12/2 4am; 12/4 5am; 12/5 2am

European Christmas Markets

12/25 6pm Everyday Edisons 12/24 6pm; 12/31 6pm Farm Holiday Special with

Ian Knauer 12/18 8:30pm Festival of Carols 12/25 1pm Finding Your Roots 12/14 3pm Focus On Europe Mon 6pmFons & Porter’s Love of

Quilting Tue 11:30amThe Friday Zone Fri 4:30pm; Sat 10amFRONTLINE 12/28 3am From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians – Pax Romana/A Light to the Nations 12/23 10pm; 12/24

3am From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians – (Pt.2) 12/30 10pm; 12/31

3am; 12/10 3am; 12/14 2am

Globe Trekker 12/13 11am; 12/18

9pm; 12/20 11am; 12/27 11am

Great Performances at the Met

12/7 1pm Great Railway Journeys of

Europe 12/6 10:30am Growing a Greener World 12/14 11:30am; 12/21

11:30am; 12/28 11:30am

Hometime 12/13 2:30pm; 12/27

2:30pmIndependent LensThe Trials of Muham-mad Ali 12/1 1am; 12/22

10pm; 12/27 3:30am Don’t Stop Believin’ 12/2 2am, 5am; 12/6

4am; 12/7 2am; 12/10 4am; 12/12 3am; 12/14 3am; 12/29 10pm

Indiana Motoring: Concours d’Elegance at French Lick

12/2 10pm; 12/7 noon Indiana Newsdesk Fri 6pm except 12/26;

12/13 4pmIndiana Week in Review 12/13 5:30pm; 12/27

5:30pm In Julia’s Kitchen with

Master Chefs Tue and Sat noon

except 12/6Inside Indiana Business 12/13 4:30pm; 12/27

4:30pm It’s Sew Easy Wed 11:30am except 12/17The Jazzy Vegetarian 12/12 noon; 12/19

noon; 12/26 noon Joshua Bell Presents

Musical Gifts 12/4 9:30pm; 12/7

10:30am Journal Weekdays 11:30pm

except 12/23, 12/30Journey to Planet EarthExtreme Realities 12/15 10pm; 12/17

4am; 12/20 4am Joy of Music Sat 6:30pm except

12/6Katmai: Alaska’s Wild

Peninsula 12/2 4:30am; 12/4

5:30am; 12/8 5am Keeping Up Appearances 12/13 8pm; 12/20

8pm; 12/27 8pm Knitting Daily Mon 11:30amThe Lawrence Welk Show 12/13 7pm; 12/20

7pm; 12/27 7pm Lidia’s Kitchen 12/5 noon

A to Z



Live from Lincoln CenterCurtain Up: The School of American Ballet Work-shop Performances 12/12 9pm; 12/13

2am; 12/15 3am Gershwin Celebration at the New York Philharmonic 12/31 8pm Live from the Artists Den 12/13 11pm; 12/20

11pm; 12/27 11pm Masterpiece ClassicDownton Abbey Season 4, Part 1 12/8 midnight; 12/9

3am; 12/14 5pm; Downton Abbey Season

4, Part 2 12/8 2am; 12/9 5am;

12/14 7pmDownton Abbey Season 4, Part 3 12/14 8pm; 12/15

midnight; 12/16 3am Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 4 12/14 9pm; 12/15

1am; 12/16 4am Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 5 12/14 10pm; 12/15

2am; 12/16 5am Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 6 12/21 9pm; 12/22

1:30am; 12/23 3am Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 7 12/21 10pm; 12/22

2:30am; 12/23 4am Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 8 12/28 9pm; 12/29

1:30am; 12/30 4am McLaughlin Group 12/13 3:30pm; 12/27

3:30pm Michael Feinstein New

Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room

12/31 10pm MotorWeek 12/14 noon; 12/21

noon; 12/28 noon Moyers & Company 12/5 5pm; 12/12 5pm,

11pm; 12/19 5pm, 11pm; 12/26 5pm, 11pm

Musical Journey of Christmas

12/25 noon The National Christmas

Tree Lighting 2014 12/11 10pm; 12/14

4pm; 12/21 11:30pm; 12/25 3pm

Natural Heroes 12/4 6pm; 12/11 6pm;

12/18 6pm Nature 12/4 1am; 12/5 4am;

12/6 2am; 12/7 midnight; 12/8 3am

Moment of Impact: Jungle 12/10 8pm; 12/11

1am; 12/12 4am; 12/14 midnight; 12/15 1pm

Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story

12/17 8pm; 12/18 1am; 12/19 3am; 12/21 midnight; 12/22 1pm

The Himalayas 12/24 8pm; 12/25

1am; 12/26 4am; 12/28 midnight; 12/29 1pm; 12/1 4am

Nazi Mega WeaponsU-Boat Base 12/10 10pm; 12/11

3am; 12/14 4am Nightly Business Report Weekdays 6:30pm

except 12/31NOVABuilding the Great Cathedrals 12/1 5am; 12/10 9pm;

12/11 2am, 1pm; 12/12 5am; 12/14 1am 12/24 9pm; 12/25 2am; 12/26 5am; 12/28 1am

First Man on the Moon 12/3 9pm; 12/4 2am;

12/5 5am; 12/6 3am; 12/7 1am; 12/8 4am

Making Stuff Wilder 12/17 9pm; 12/18

2am, 1pm; 12/19 4am; 12/21 1am

Making Stuff Colder 12/17 10pm; 12/18

3am; 12/19 5am, 1pm; 12/21 2am

Great Cathedral Mystery 12/24 10pm; 12/25

3am; 12/26 1pm; 12/28 2am

Odd Squad Mon to Thu 4:30pm

except 12/25Paint This with Jerry

Yarnell Fri 2:30pmPBS NewsHour Weekdays 7pmPBS NewsHour Weekend 12/6 6:30pm; 12/7

6:30pm; 12/13 6pm; 12/14 11pm; 12/20 6pm; 12/21 6pm; 12/27 6pm; 12/28 6pm

Peg + Cat Weekdays 11am

except 12/17, 12/19, 12/25; Sun 6:30am

Peg + Cat + Holidays 12/17 11am; 12/19

11am; 12/25 11am Peter Pan from the

Milwaukee Ballet 12/3 3am Purdue 80th Anniversary

Christmas Show 12/25 5pm Quilting Arts 12/4 11:30am; 12/11

11:30am; 12/18 11:30am

The Red Green Show 12/13 8:30pm Religion & Ethics

Newsweekly Tue 6pmRickover: The Birth of

Nuclear Power 12/10 1am; 12/11

4am; 12/14 1pm Robin Williams

Remembered 12/11 9pm; 12/12

2am, 1pm; 12/13 4am; 12/15 5am

Rudy Maxa’s World 12/13 10:30am; 12/20

10:30am; 12/27 10:30am

Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler

Lourdes 12/16 8pm; 12/17

1am; 12/18 4am; 12/21 3am, 3pm

Shikoku 12/16 9pm; 12/17

2am; 12/18 5am; 12/21 4am, 4pm

Jerusalem 12/23 8pm; 12/24

1am; 12/25 4am; 12/28 3pm

Hajj 12/23 9pm; 12/24

2am; 12/25 5am; 12/28 4pm

Kumbh Mela 12/30 8pm; 12/31

1am Osun-Osogbo 12/30 9pm; 12/31

2am SciGirls Sun 9:30amScrapbook Soup Mon 2:30pmSecrets of Chatsworth 12/1 midnight, 3am;

12/2 3am; 12/3 1am; 12/4 3am; 12/7 3am

Sesame Street Mon to Sat 10am

except 12/22 to 12/25; Sat 9am

Sewing with Nancy 12/5 11:30am; 12/12

11:30am; 12/26 11:30am

Sid the Science Kid Sun 6amSky Island 12/5 2:30am; 12/8

5:30am Smokin’ Fish 12/10 1pm Song of the Mountains 12/13 10pm; 12/20

10pm; 12/27 10pm Start Up 12/3 6pm; 12/10 6pm;

12/14 12:30pm; 12/17 6pm; 12/21 12:30pm

Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decade – Holiday Edition

12/4 1pm; 12/6 1:30pm

Sugarplum Dreams 12/25 7:30am, 4pm Super WHY! Sun 8am; 8:30amTales from the Royal

Bedchamber 12/21 8pm; 12/22

12:30am; 12/23 2am; 12/24 1pm

Taste of History 12/4 noon; 12/11

noon; 12/18 noon Tavis Smiley Mon to Thu 11pm

except 12/8, 12/9, 12/22, 12/23, 12/29, 12/30

The Texas Tenors 12/4 8pm; 12/6 3pm This Old House Wed 12:30pm; 12/13,

12/17 1:30pmThe This Old House Hour Fri 1am except 12/26;

Sat 5amThomas & Friends Sun 7amTo Be Announced 12/28 8pm; 12/31 1pm Tracks of Imagination 12/18 10pm; 12/28

11pm Tribute to Bruce

Springsteen 12/6 9pm ViciousHoliday Special 12/25 9:30pm; 12/26

2:30am; 12/28 7pm; 12/29 5:30am

Victor Borge’s Timeless Comedy!

12/1 1pm Victory Garden’s

EdibleFEAST Mon and Sat 12:30pm

except 12/6Vintage Red Green Show 12/20 8:30pm;

12/27 8:30pm Washington Week with

Gwen Ifill Fri 8pm, Sat 1am, Sun

5amThe Weekly Special 12/11 8pm; 12/14

10:30am; 12/18 8pm; 12/21 10:30am, 6:30pm 12/26 6pm; 12/27 4pm; 12/28 10:30am, 6:30pm

Well Read Fri 5:30pmWild Kratts Weekdays 3pm,

3:30pm except 12/25Woodsmith Shop Tue 12:30pm; 12/13,

12/27 1pmThe Woodwright’s Shop Fri 12:30pm; 12/13,

12/27 3pm WordGirl Sun 9am


Due to printing and mailing deadlines, program schedules are subject to change.

TIU World (Ch. 30.2)

Evening Programming10:00 PBS NewsHour11:00 BBC World News America11:30 Nightly Business Report

1 Monday 6:00 Local USA Hunger in America 6:30 Film School Shorts Creature Comforts 7:00 POV Listening is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special 7:30 Independent Lens How to Survive a Plague 9:00 Local USA Hunger in America 9:30 Film School Shorts Creature Comforts

2 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts State of Indiana vs. Steven Hollin 7:00 Bird Tales 8:00 America Reframed The Pruitt-Igoe Myth 9:30 New Metropolis The New Neighbors

3 Wednesday 6:00 POV Homegoings 7:00 Crisis of Faith 7:30 First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty 9:00 POV Homegoings

4 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special Fall Freeze 6:30 Judy O’Bannon’s Foreign Exchange India 7:00 Global Health Frontiers: Dark Forest, Black Fly 8:00 Global Health Frontiers: Foul Water, Fiery Serpent 9:00 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Island of Warriors 9:30 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Mainstream, USA

5 Friday 6:00 Sky Island 6:30 Katmai: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula 7:00 Life of Muhammad The Seeker 8:00 Life of Muhammad The Holy Wars 9:00 Life of Muhammad The Holy Peace

6 Saturday 6:00 Global 3000 6:30 Scully/The World Show 7:00 Moyers & Company 7:30 Asia This Week 8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 8:30 McLaughlin Group 9:00 Charlie Rose – The Week 9:30 Focus On Europe10:00 Buddha

7 Sunday 7:00 Great Conversations Elaine Pagels and Gustav Niebuhr 8:00 Sky Island 8:30 Katmai: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula 9:00 Finding Your Roots Decoding Our Past10:00 Global Voices El General

8 Monday 6:00 Local USA Immigration: Home 6:30 Film School Shorts Strange Bedfellows 7:00 Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith 8:00 Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith 9:00 Local USA Immigration: Home 9:30 Film School Shorts Strange Bedfellows

9 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Chief Justice Randall Shepard 7:00 Smokin’ Fish 8:00 America Reframed Downeast 9:30 Seaside Story

10 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE The Madoff Affair 7:00 Independent Lens The New Black 8:00 Independent Lens All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts 9:00 FRONTLINE The Madoff Affair

11 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special Thanksgiving Tidings 6:30 Judy O’Bannon’s Foreign Exchange Serbia 7:00 NOVA 3D Spies of WWII 8:00 Nazi Mega Weapons U-Boat Base 9:00 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Our Private Idaho 9:30 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Island of Warriors

12 Friday 6:00 In My Lifetime 7:00 Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power 9:00 In My Lifetime

13 Saturday 6:00 Global 3000 6:30 Scully/The World Show 7:00 Moyers & Company 7:30 Asia This Week 8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 8:30 McLaughlin Group 9:00 Charlie Rose – The Week 9:30 Focus On Europe10:00 Amish: American Experience

14 Sunday 7:00 Great Conversations Chris Matthews 8:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Jungle 9:00 The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama The Beginning10:00 Global Voices Diamond in the Dunes11:00 Little League: A History

15 Monday 6:00 Local USA Immigration: on the Border 6:30 Film School Shorts Together Alone 7:00 Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam 8:00 Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam 9:00 Local USA Immigration: on the Border 9:30 Film School Shorts Together Alone

16 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Yao & Lin vs. State of Indiana 7:00 Global Voices Diamond in the Dunes 8:00 America Reframed Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek 9:30 Serving America: Memories of Peace Corps

17 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE Separate and Unequal 7:00 Independent Lens Soul Food Junkies 8:00 Cafeteria Man 9:00 FRONTLINE Separate and Unequal

18 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special 6:30 Judy O’Bannon’s Foreign Exchange Turkey 7:00 NOVA Making Stuff Wilder

8:00 NOVA Making Stuff Colder 9:00 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Native American Boomtown 9:30 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Our Private Idaho

19 Friday 6:00 Martin Luther Driven to Defiance/The Reluctant Revolutionary 7:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Lourdes 8:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Shikoku 9:00 Martin Luther Driven to Defiance/The Reluctant Revolutionary

20 Saturday 6:00 Global 3000 6:30 Scully/The World Show 7:00 Moyers & Company 7:30 Asia This Week 8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 8:30 McLaughlin Group 9:00 Charlie Rose – The Week 9:30 Focus On Europe10:00 The Amish Shunned: American Experience

21 Sunday 7:00 Great Conversations Rosanne Cash/Nick Spitzer 8:00 Nature Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story 9:00 The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama Among Believers10:00 Global Voices Before The Revolution11:00 Fire in the Forest: The Life and Legacy of the Ba’al Shem Tov

22 Monday 6:00 Local USA Caring at the End 6:30 Film School Shorts This Perfect World 7:00 Asian and Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America 9:00 Local USA Caring at the End 9:30 Film School Shorts This Perfect World

23 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Lyles vs. State of Indiana 7:00 Global Voices Before The Revolution 8:00 America Reframed Drivers Wanted 9:00 The Blueprint: The Story of Adventist Education


TIU ESPANOL (Ch. 30.4)

TIU Family (Ch. 30.3)

Due to printing and mailing deadlines, program schedules are subject to change.

24 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians – Pax Romana/A Light To The Nations 8:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt.2)

25 Thursday 6:00 The Weekly Special 6:30 Judy O’Bannon’s Foreign Exchange Moldova 1 7:00 NOVA Building the Great Cathedrals 8:00 NOVA Great Cathedral Mystery 9:00 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Politics of the New South 9:30 America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Native American Boomtown

26 Friday 6:00 Martin Luther The Reluctant Revolutionary 7:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Jerusalem 8:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Hajj 9:00 Martin Luther The Reluctant Revolutionary

27 Saturday 6:00 Global 3000 6:30 Scully/The World Show 7:00 Moyers & Company 7:30 Asia This Week 8:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 8:30 McLaughlin Group 9:00 Charlie Rose – The Week 9:30 Focus On Europe10:00 Jerusalem: Center of the World

28 Sunday 7:00 Great Conversations Billy Collins and Garrison Keillor 8:00 Nature The Himalayas 9:00 The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama A Leap of Faith10:00 Global Voices Ice People

29 Monday 6:00 Local USA Harnessing the Sun 6:30 Film School Shorts Holy Hipster 7:00 Beyond Theology: What Would Jesus Do? 8:00 Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer

Mondays and Fridays 6:00 This Old House 6:30 Martha Bakes 7:00 Simply Ming 7:30 Essential Pépin 8:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 8:30 Cook’s Country from America’s Kitchen 9:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food 9:30 Martha Bakes10:00 This Old House10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen

Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 Hometime 6:30 Martha Bakes 7:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 7:30 Baking with Julia 8:00 Chef’s Life Martha Stewart’s Cooking School (begins 12/4) 8:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 9:00 Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends 9:30 Martha Bakes10:00 Hometime 10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom (12/16)11:30 A Chef’s Life Martha Stewart’s Cooking School (begins 12/4)

Wednesdays and Sundays 6:00 Ask This Old House Globe Trekker (12/14) 6:30 Martha Bakes Globe Trekker (12/14) 7:00 Movable Feast with Fine Cooking Globe Trekker (12/14) 7:30 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Globe Trekker (12/14) 8:00 Wed: Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia Celebrates America (12/17) Sun: Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 8:30 Wed: Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Lidia Celebrates America (12/17) Sun: America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 Mike Colameco’s Real Food Sun: Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends 9:30 Martha Bakes10:00 Ask This Old House10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef (begins 12/31)11:00 Rudy Maxa’s World11:30 Wed: Lidia’s Kitchen Sun: Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

6 December 6:00 Katie Brown Workshop 6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 7:00 Donna Dewberry Show 7:30 Craft in America: Holiday 8:30 Christmas on the Danube 9:00 Travelscope 9:30 Katie Brown Workshop 10:00 Smart Travels – Europe with Rudy Maxa 10:30 Beads, Baubles and Jewels 11:00 Katie Brown Workshop11:30 European Christmas Markets

13 December 6:00 - Midnight Globe Trekker Marathon

20 December 6:00 Farm Holiday Special with Ian Knauer 6:30 Katie Brown Workshop 7:00 Alsatian Christmas Table with Chef Hubert Keller 8:00 Healthy Heritage Kitchen – Kwanzaa Edition 8:30 Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom 9:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 9:30 Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom 10:00 Heirloom Meals Christmas 11:00 Ciao Italia 11:30 Allen Smith’s Garden Home

27 December 6:00 Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom

6:30 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 7:00 Christina Cooks 7:30 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef 8:00 Ciao Italia 8:30 Katie Brown Workshop 9:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 9:30 Katie Brown Workshop 10:00 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef10:30 Katie Brown Workshop11:00 Ciao Italia11:30 Katie Brown Workshop

Saturdays 8:00 Comisario Rex 9:00 Good and Evil Bomb Girls (begins 12/27)10:00 El Barco Played (begins 12/27)11:00 Águila Roja

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Fridays 8:00 Cuéntame Cómo Pasó 9:00 Los Kennedy10:00 Jorge Gestoso Investiga 11:00 Red Band Society

9:00 Local USA Harnessing the Sun 9:30 Film School Shorts Holy Hipster

30 Tuesday 6:00 Indiana Courts Indiana Kentucky Electric vs. Save the Valley 7:00 W. L. Dow, Architect 8:00 America Reframed Lulu Sessions 9:30 Living Courageously: The Spirit of Women

31 Wednesday 6:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt.2) 8:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt.2)


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Tuesday – Saturday12:00 Charlie Rose

1 Monday 1:00 Independent Lens Muscle Shoals 3:00 Secrets of Chatsworth 4:00 Nature The Private Life of Deer 5:00 NOVA 3D Spies of WWII

2 Tuesday 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour One 2:00 Independent Lens Indian Relay 3:00 Secrets of Chatsworth 4:00 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 4:30 Katmai: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula 5:00 Independent Lens Indian Relay

3 Wednesday 1:00 Secrets of Chatsworth 2:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 3:00 Peter Pan from the Milwaukee Ballet 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour One

4 Thursday 1:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Hunters & Herds 2:00 NOVA First Man on the Moon 3:00 Secrets of Chatsworth 4:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour One 5:00 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 5:30 Katmai: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula

5 Friday 1:00 The This Old House Hour 2:00 Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine 2:30 Sky Island 3:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4 Part 1 4:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Hunters & Herds 5:00 NOVA First Man on the Moon

6 Saturday 1:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 1:30 Charlie Rose – The Week 2:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Hunters & Herds 3:00 NOVA First Man on the Moon 4:00 Independent Lens Indian Relay 5:00 The This Old House Hour

7 Sunday 1:00 NOVA First Man on the Moon 2:00 Independent Lens Indian Relay 3:00 Secrets of Chatsworth 4:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 5:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

8 Monday 2:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 2 3:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Hunters & Herds 4:00 NOVA First Man on the Moon 5:00 Katmai: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula 5:30 Sky Island

9 Tuesday 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour Two 2:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 3 3:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 1 5:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 2

10 Wednesday 1:00 Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power 3:00 FRONTLINE The Madoff Affair 4:00 Independent Lens All of Me 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour Two

11 Thursday 1:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Jungle 2:00 NOVA 3D Spies of WWII 3:00 Nazi Mega Weapons U-Boat Base 4:00 Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

12 Friday 1:00 The This Old House Hour 2:00 Robin Williams Remembered – A Pioneers of Television Special 3:00 Independent Lens All of Me 4:00 Nature Moment of Impact: Jungle 5:00 NOVA 3D Spies of WWII

13 Saturday 1:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 1:30 Charlie Rose – The Week 2:00 Live from Lincoln Center Workshop: School of American Ballet 3:30 Downton Abbey Rediscovered 4:00 Robin Williams Remembered – A Pioneers of Television Special

5:00 The This Old House Hour

14 Sunday 1:00 NOVA 3D Spies of WWII 2:00 FRONTLINE The Madoff Affair 3:00 Independent Lens All of Me 4:00 Nazi Mega Weapons U-Boat Base 5:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 5:30 Charlie Rose – The Week

15 Monday 1:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 4 2:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 5 3:00 Live from Lincoln Center Workshop: School of American Ballet 4:30 Downton Abbey Rediscovered 5:00 Robin Williams Remembered – A Pioneers of Television Special

16 Tuesday 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour Three 2:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 2 3:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 3 4:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 4 5:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 5

17 Wednesday 1:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Lourdes 2:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Shikoku 3:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special 4:00 Journey to Planet Earth Extreme Realities 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Denver – Hour Three

18 Thursday 1:00 Nature Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story 2:00 NOVA Making Stuff Wilder 3:00 NOVA Making Stuff Colder 4:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Lourdes 5:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Shikoku

19 Friday 1:00 The This Old House Hour 2:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special 3:00 Nature Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story

4:00 NOVA Making Stuff Wilder 5:00 NOVA Making Stuff Colder

20 Saturday 1:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 1:30 Charlie Rose – The Week 2:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 3:00 Christmas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir 4:00 Journey to Planet Earth Extreme Realities 5:00 The This Old House Hour

21 Sunday 1:00 NOVA Making Stuff Wilder 2:00 NOVA Making Stuff Colder 3:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Lourdes 4:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Shikoku 5:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 5:30 Charlie Rose – The Week

22 Monday 1:30 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 6 2:30 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 7 4:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 5:00 Christmas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir

23 Tuesday 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Phoenix – Hour One 2:00 Tales from the Royal Bedchamber 3:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 6 4:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 7 5:30 Downton Abbey Rediscovered

24 Wednesday 1:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Jerusalem 2:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Hajj 3:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: the First Christians – Pax Romana/A Light to the Nations 5:00 Downton Abbey Rediscovered

25 Thursday 1:00 Nature The Himalayas 2:00 NOVA Building the Great Cathedrals

3:00 NOVA Great Cathedral Mystery 4:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Jerusalem 5:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Hajj

26 Friday 1:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2:30 Vicious Holiday Special 3:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 4:00 Nature The Himalayas 5:00 NOVA Building the Great Cathedrals

27 Saturday 1:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 1:30 Charlie Rose – The Week 2:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American Masters 3:30 Independent Lens The Trials of Muhammad Ali 5:00 The This Old House Hour

28 Sunday 1:00 NOVA Building the Great Cathedrals 2:00 NOVA Great Cathedral Mystery 3:00 FRONTLINE 4:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 5:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 5:30 Charlie Rose – The Week

29 Monday 1:30 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 8 3:30 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American Masters 5:00 Downton Abbey Rediscovered 5:30 Vicious Holiday Special

30 Tuesday 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Phoenix – Hour Two 2:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 3:30 Downton Abbey Rediscovered 4:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 8

31 Wednesday 1:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Kumbh Mela 2:00 Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler Osun-Osogbo 3:00 FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians – (Pt.2) 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Phoenix – Hour Two


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Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American MastersTuesday, December 2 at 8pm; Friday, December 26 at 9pm; Sunday, December 28 at 1:30pm

Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977) was, without doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the 20th century. For more than three decades, through radio, film, television and records, he reigned supreme. This new documentary explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona.

American Masters was granted unprecedented access to the entertainer’s personal and professional archives, including never-before-seen home movies, Dictabelt recordings, photos and more. Narrated by Stanley Tucci, the film features new interviews with all surviving members of Crosby’s immediate family — wife Kathryn, daughter Mary and sons Harry and Nathaniel. The film reveals Crosby’s struggles with his first wife, Dixie Lee, and their sons Gary, Dennis, Phillip and Lindsay. Mary addresses accusations of abuse first published in Gary’s 1983 memoir, which tarnished their father’s legacy. Gary speaks candidly about both his and his mother’s

alcoholism as well as his difficulties with his father in a never-before-seen 1987 interview. Other new interviews include singers Tony Bennett and Michael Feinstein, record producer Ken Barnes, biographer Gary Giddins, and writers Buz Kohan and Larry Grossman, who both share the story behind Crosby’s Christmas special duet with David Bowie.

Thirty-seven years after his death, Crosby remains the most recorded performer in history with nearly 400 hit singles, an achievement no one — not Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley or the Beatles — has come close to matching. A brilliant entrepreneur, Crosby played an important role in the development of the postwar recording industry. As one of Hollywood’s most popular actors, he won the Oscar for 1944’s Going My Way and starred in the iconic “Road” films with Bob Hope.

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