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MondayDec. 28 11 p.m. CPTV

STORYTELLINGHighlights artists who use narrative to communicate

personal and universal truths.

The Peabody Award-winning series that explores America’s creative spirit through the

language and traditions of the handmade.

TuesdayDec. 1511 p.m. CPTV

DEMOCRACYExplores how craft

is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles.

TUE 1 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

Learn how to plan for and thrive in retirement.Bonamassa

NOVA - Mysteries of Sleep Scientists delve into the brain and discover the power of sleep.

Independent Lens - Unrest Follow Jennifer Brea’s struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Amanpour & Company P

WED 2 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that comes to life with music.

3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Discover how to eliminate the root cause of many painful conditions.

Change Your Brain...

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new freedoms but also perils to African Americans.


THU 3 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30What to Eat When With Dr. Michael Roizen P Dr. Roizen demystifies the intermittent fasting trend.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that comes to life with music.

Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony**

Ken Burns: Here and There Get an intimate look at the life and work of filmmaker Ken Burns.

Antiques Roadshow Find out which items are valued at $75,000.

Antiques Roadshow


FRI 4 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30New England Holiday Gardening With Charlie Nardozzi P

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned historian, author and filmmaker.

Joe Bonamassa: Royal Tea Live The blues rock guitarist performs at Nashville’s Ryman theater.

Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember Enjoy a nev-er-before-seen 1973 concert found in the Sony vaults.

Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece Tune in for the conclusion of this unconventional thriller about the perils of late-life romance.

Austin City Limits** P

SAT 5 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that comes to life with music.

Johnny Cash: A Night to Remember Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ** Learn how to plan for and thrive in retirement.

Durrells In Corfu Louisa Durrell and her four headstrong children arrive penniless on the island in 1935. They soon fall in love with the locals and a menagerie of animals.

Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album

SUN 6 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Lucy discovers that much of what we enjoy has Tudor origins.

Pasquale Esposito: Il Tempo Change Your Brain, ...

Nature - Equus: The Story of the Horse Explore the relationship between man and his noble steed. NOVA - Mysteries of Sleep**

MON 7 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Learn how to plan for and

thrive in retirement. Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Nature - Santa’s Wild Home Take an intimate look at life in Lapland.

Great British Baking Show - Christmas Masterclass Join Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood for tips on great holiday treats.

Euro Christmas Mkt

TUE 8 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30New England Holiday Gardening With Charlie Nardozzi

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance celebrates the renowned historian, author and filmmaker.

Master Your Future With Rajiv Nagaich**

NOVA - The Truth About Fat Explore fat’s impact on the body.

3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Learn how to eliminate the root cause of many painful conditions.


WED 9 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Nature - Santa’s Wild Home Take an intimate look at life in Lapland.

Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Celebrate the band’s bestselling album: Rumours.

Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You** P

Finding Your Roots Featuring radio host Joe Madison.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts a celebration of the renowned historian and filmmaker.


THU 10 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve A runaway hides in an abandoned theater that comes to life with music.

Peter Bence: Around the World P Ken Burns: The National Parks** Explore the beauty and grandeur of America’s national parks.

New England Holiday Gardening With Charlie Nardozzi

Craft in America - Holiday Artisans salute cherished traditions.

Antiques Roadshow - Junk in the Trunk 5 Unseen appraisals.


FRI 11 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30American Masters - Keith Haring: Street Art Boy P Explore the definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring.

American Masters - Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Follow the story of this art sensation.

SAT 12 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Celebrate the magic in this powerful reinvention of the groundbreaking show.

Fleetwood Mac: The Dance Celebrate the band’s bestselling album: Rumours.

Durrells in Corfu A string of mishaps, bad luck and bad moods threaten to end the Durrells’ idyllic life in Corfu. Very British Romance The seductive history of British romance.


Prime Time | December 13-18 Prime Time | December 19-24

Join us for Family Nights!From Curious George, Arthur andPinkalicious to Odd Squad and Wild Kratts, we’ve got fun for the whole family. Gather together to watch your favorite PBS Kids programs.

Find PBS KIDS Channel in your area at: ctpublic.org/findmychannel

Friday evenings starting at 6 p.m. on CPTV PBS Kids 24/7

ThinkalongTM is an easy-to-use online platform that helps teens learn how to judge valid sources, evaluate

media messages, and engage in informed, civil discourse. Thinkalong explores current issues using trusted sources from PBS, NPR and Connecticut Public.

It’s 100% free with no registration required.

Visit Thinkalong.org

Thinkalong is made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and our generous donors.

Teens consume mountains of online content.

Only some content can be trusted. Critical thinking can help them

distinguish facts from misinformation.

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SUN 13 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Ken Burns: Here and There Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years Alan Cumming

celebrates the iconic series that introduced genera-tions of viewers to the delights of British drama.

Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You**

Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the grandeur and beauty of America’s national parks.

Nature - Santa’s Wild Home Get an intimate look at life in Lapland, home to reindeer and wolverines.

Richard Bangs’ Ad...

MON 14 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Antiques Roadshow An Andy Warhol portrait and a 1795 Chinese wine vessel are appraised.

Antiques Roadshow A diamond bracelet is among the hidden treasures up for appraisal.

Fake or Fortune? P A family portrait attributed to Maria Cosway is investigated.

Craft in America Explore the creation of Hanukkah menorahs and lavish gingerbread houses.

Great British Baking Show Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood offer tips for enhancing your holiday baking.

Viewer’s Favorites Amanpour & Company P

TUE 15 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas With Vanessa Williams P

Finding Your Roots - Freedom Tales Featuring S. Epatha Merkerson and Michael Strahan.

Frontline Craft in America - Democracy P See how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles.

NOVA The genius of birds... NOVA Discover how birds understand the world around them.

Nature Helen Macdonald follows a family of goshawks in the wild.


WED 16 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Nature - Animal Odd Couples Unlikely relationships are explored.

NOVA - Einstein’s Quantum Riddle Physicists capture light from across the universe.

NOVA - Apollo’s Daring Mission Astronauts and engineers discuss the first mission to the moon.

Antiques Roadshow - New Orleans

Mark Twain’s Journey to Jerusalem Retrace his trip.

Ornament of the World Explore a time when Muslims, Jews and Christians shared a cultural identity that transcended their religious beliefs.


THU 17 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Seasoned P Join Marysol Castro and Chef Plum for a fun holiday food show.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - The Chameleon’s Dish

Call the Midwife Holiday Special The Nonnatus House visits South Africa to help a mission hospital.

This Old House

Craft in America Celebrate holiday crafters and traditions.

Antiques Roadshow - Junk in the Trunk 6 Unseen appraisals.

Rick Steves’ European Christmas


FRI 18 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Midsomer Murders Barnaby investigates after a man falls to his death.

Death in Paradise When a storm hits, the police station becomes a crime scene.

Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas...

Sun Studio Sessions

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC* (Start: 7:00 p.m.)

Twelfth Night P A shipwreck separates Viola from her brother, setting the stage for mistaken identity.

Austin City Limits - Kane Brown/Colter Wall P

SAT 19 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Call the Midwife Holiday Special * (Start: 7:30 p.m.) The midwives battle snow, ice and frozen pipes.

I Never Sang for My Father P A successful professor has a rocky relationship with his father.

Midsomer Murders - The Dark Rider Barnaby investigates the death of a man who saw a headless rider.

Durrells in Corfu The adventures continue as the bohemian Durrells fit right in with their Greek neighbors, except when they don’t!

Very British Romance Explore love in the Victorian era.

SUN 20 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Sanditon* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) Charlotte’s coach accident brings her to Sanditon, where she meets the Parker brothers.

Professor T. - Diamond P A jeweler’s family is taken hostage.

Nature Explore Austria’s Kalkalpen National Park.

Nature A wildlife cameraman shadows a cheetah family.

Nature Follow a family of goshawks in the wild.

NOVA - Bird Brain Explore the genius of birds.

MON 21 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Antiques Roadshow - Orlando Tune in to see which item is appraised at $200,000.

Antiques Roadshow - Orlando Fantastic finds abound in this episode.

Fake or Fortune? P A landscape attributed to Gainsborough, known for portraits, is investigated.

Seasoned Join Marysol Castro and Chef Plum for a fun holiday food show.

Seasoned* How to Cook at Christmas With Rory O’Connell Rory is back with delicious and imaginative dishes to get you through the holidays.


TUE 22 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Finding Your Roots - Grandparents and Other Strangers A. Samberg, G. Martin.

Good Nazi Major Karl Plagge protected more than 1,000 Jews in a Lithuanian labor camp.

Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross P Learn about the Holocaust survivor’s life and work.

Finding Your Roots - Grandparents and Other Strangers A. Samberg, G. Martin.

NOVA Explore the mystery of the Franklin expedition.

Secrets of the Dead Who cap-tained the ship that left the Titanic?

NOVA An ancient tablet upends the biblical story of Noah’s Ark.


WED 23 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Nature - Snowbound: Animals of Winter Travel across the globe to meet the survivors of winter.

NOVA - Pluto and Beyond The New Horizons spacecraft attempts to fly by Ultima Thule.

NOVA - Flying Supersonic Discover the history of the Concorde.

Antiques Roadshow - Orlando A $200,000 find is uncovered.

Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas

Secrets of the Dead Learn about the construction of Notre Dame.

Seasoned Marysol Castro and Chef Plum - holiday food show.


THU 24 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Little Women on Masterpiece Join the March sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy as they navigate life with the help of their mother, Marmee.

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir - Christmas Day Morning

Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir With Kell...

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring...

Christmas with the Tabernacle With Sutton Fos...


Prime Time | December 25-31

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Leadership Circle members are our most generous annual contributors. They are passionate about Connecticut Public and our vision to be an essential source for truth and ideas that connects the citizens of Connecticut to their communities and to the world.

Our Leadership Circle is a recognition society for donors who through their annual donations of $1,000 or more ensure that Connecticut Public remains the state’s trusted public media source for fact-based journalism, information, educational resources, and quality programming on TV, radio and digital platforms.

As special members, Leadership Givers have access to PBS Passport, advanced notice of special ticketed shows, concerts and other events, invitations to donor gatherings, and program screenings. They enjoy an “insider’s” perspective through our INPublic newsletter and access to INConversation events featuring CT Public personalities, media creators, and station leaders in topical conversations. It’s easy to join through a one-time gift or in monthly installments as a Connecticut Public Sustainer.

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Nick Donofrio believes in the power of education and hands-on learning. With a generous gift to Connecticut Public,

Nick established the Donofrio Media Internship. Donofrio Interns work alongside Connecticut Public media professionals gaining first-hand experience in areas ranging from journalism and broadcast production to digital content development and marketing. Nick is also a champion of community college as former Chairman of Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education. In an effort to marry these two areas of interest, the Donofrio Interns are selected from the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system in a partnership that also provides Donofrio Public Media scholarships to students. – Nick portrait, MITRE Photo

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FRI 25 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Call the Midwife Holiday Special * (Start: 7:30 p.m.) Mother Mildred and her sisters go to the Outer Hebrides for a nursing shortage.

Call the Midwife Holiday Special P It’s 1965 and the residents of Nonnatus House are looking forward to a traditional Christmas, but things go awry.

Great Performances - Harold Prince: The Director’s Life Celebrate Prince’s extraordinary career.

Great Performances - Fiddler: Miracle of Mira... (Start: 7:30 p.m.)

I Never Sang for My Father Follow the rocky rela-tionship between a college professor and his father.

Sun Studio Sessions

Austin City Limits - Khalid/Mac DeMarco

SAT 26 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Fake or Fortune? - A Landscape: Thomas Gainsborough**

Durrells in Corfu Aunt Hermione descends upon the family, making for an interesting visit. Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas

SUN 27 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Sanditon on Masterpiece* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) Entrepreneurs, love interests, legacy hunters, hypochondriacs and medical mountebanks abound at the struggling resort.

Professor T. P Jitske contends she knows who murdered her mother but won’t say.

Nature - Natural Born Hustlers Stand back as animals outwit predators, find or catch food and raise the next generation. Would they lie, cheat or steal to survive? Of course they would!

NOVA Explore the disappearance of the Franklin expedition.

MON 28 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Antiques Roadshow An Einstein signed photo and an Agassiz pen-dant watch are appraised.

Antiques Roadshow Tune in to see which items are valued between $200,000 and $300,000.

Fake or Fortune? P The classic veduta, attributed to Guardi and Marieschi, is investigated.

Craft in America - Storytellers Artists who use narrative to communicate are profiled.

Martha Bakes Test Kitchen Rick Steves’ Europe P

Samantha Brown

Expeditions With Steve Backshall - Greenland:...

Amanpour & Company

TUE 29 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30American Masters - Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page P Explore the life and legacy of the ‘Little House’ series.

American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women Meet the author who was free thinker with a literary double life.

Fake or Fortune? - A Venetian Scene: Guardi and Marieschi

NOVA Scientists attempt a space grab of an asteroid chunk.

To Catch a Comet A spacecraft orbiter tries to land on a comet.

NOVA Explore tech gleaned from the first moon mission.


WED 30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Nature Buffalo and wolves engage in epic life-and-death dramas.

NOVA - The Impossible Flight Two intrepid pilots attempt to build and fly the first solar-powered airplane around the world.

Antiques Roadshow - Orlando An Einstein signed photo is appraised.

Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Come along for an incredible journey of royal history and intrigue. Amanpour & Company P

THU 31 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece* (Start: 7:00 p.m.) The whiskey-drinking, jazz-loving Vicar Sidney Chambers and his friend Inspector Geordie Keating solve crimes in the small parish of Grantchester.

Garth Brooks: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Tune in for an all-star celebration of the music icon.

Smokey Robinson: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Samuel L. Jackson hosts an all-star celebration of the singer and songwriter.

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