OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2011

From the President’s Desk

Greetings!

PBS39 celebrated a very successful grand

opening thanks to all of you, our wonder-

ful viewers and supporters... and there is

more on the way this fall. PBS39 will take

you on journeys across the country and

into the universe.

Experience the tumultuous past of Amer-

ica’s “Great Experiment” with Ken Burns

and Lynn Novick’s PROHIBITION, take a

front row seat to timeless performances

with the PBS Arts Fall Festival, premier-

ing October 14th, or expand on your con-

cept of space and time with author and

physicist Brian Greene in NOVA “The Fab-

ric of the Cosmos,“ premiering November

12th.

Continue your journey with new stories

from MASTERPIECE featuring award-win-

ning actors, Emma Thompson, Alan Rick-

man and Bill Nighy, the prolific director

“Woody Allen” in AMERICAN MASTERS

and leading actors from AMERICA IN

PRIMETIME.

Don’t forget our emmy-award-winning

magazine program, Tempo InDepth will

feature “live” studio audiences beginning

October 6th. Visit tempo.wlvt.org to re-

serve your free seats for a show of choice.

Celebrate fall with us!

Patricia C. Simon

President & CEO, PBS39

OCT.11 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives

Wes Cowan opens the program with the story behind a rare Civil War pho-tograph.

9:00 CATHOLICISM: Amazed and Afraid - The Revelation of God Becomes ManFather Robert Barron illuminates and explains the conviction of the

Catholic Faith that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah, and the reve-lation of God become man. In Episode 1 the strange and dangerous words of Jesus of Nazareth set up the drama.

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

12 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: Dogs That Changed the

World, Part 2: Dogs by Design9:00 NOVA: Dogs Decoded

The remarkable bond between hu-mans and their dogs.

10:00 Through A Dog’s EyesExplores the human-canine bond through the moving stories of service dogs and the people whose lives they change.

13 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Raleigh, NC

(Hour 3)9:00 Make Em’ Laugh: The Funny Business

of America: Nerds, Jerks and Oddballs/Breadwinners and Homemakers

11:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Wynton Marsalis at 50

14 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up9:00 PBS Arts from Minnesota: Gilbert

and Sullivan’s HMS PinaforeDelight in this spectacular new pro-duction of the beloved Gilbert and Sullivan classic from the Guthrie

Theater, directed by the theater’sArtistic Director, Joe Dowling.

Weeknights on PBS39 6:00pm PBS Newshour 7:00pm Nightly Business Report 7:30pm/11:00pm Tempo InDepth

1 Saturday8:00 Keeping up Appearances9:00 As Times Go By10:00 Are you Being Served11:00 Waiting for God12:00 Austin City Limits:Mumford and

Sons/Flogging Molly

2 Sunday8:00 PROHIBITION: (Part 1 of 3)

A Nation of DrunkardsIn the mid-1800s, alcohol abuse is wreaking havoc on American fami-lies, and new groups — the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League form to push forProhibition. Part 1 repeats at 9:45pm

11:30 EASTENDERS12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe

3 Monday8:00 PROHIBITION: (Part 2 of 3)

A Nation of ScofflawsIn 1920, Prohibition goes into effect and millions of law-abiding Americansbecome lawbreakers overnight. Drys had hoped Prohibition would make the country a safer place, but the law has many victims. Part 2 repeats at 10:00pm

4 Tuesday8:00 PROHIBITION: (Part 3 of 3)

A Nation of HypocritesGangsters make huge profits and wreak havoc in cities across the country. By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition — the “Noble Experiment” — has failed. After the election of FDR in 1932, Prohibition is repealed.Part 3 repeats at 10:00pm

5 Wednesday8:00 Nature: Dogs That Changed the

World: The Rise of the DogDogs’ roles as guard, hunter, herder, hauler and spiritual protector. (Part 1)

9:00 Nova: Building the Great CathedralsA dazzling architectural journey inside those majestic marvels of Gothic architecture.

10:00 Nova: Quest For Solomon’s MinesNOVA and National Geographic em-bark on two cutting-edge field in-vestigations that illuminate the leg-end of Solomon.

6 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Raleigh, NC

(Hour 2)A circa 1800 eastern North Carolina bottle case on stand; an 1812 needlework sampler.

9:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Drunkards(Part 1 of 3) Repeat.

7 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up9:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Scofflaws

(Part 2 of 3) Repeat. Part 3 of 3 airsSunday, Oct. 3 at 3:00pm

8 Saturday8:00 See October 1st Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits:

Raphael Saadiq/Black Joe Lewis

9 Sunday7:00 Growing Hope Against Hunger -

Sesame Street Primetime SpecialBrad Pais-ley, Kimberly Williams and Elmo raise aware-ness about the widespread issue of hunger in the United States.

8:00 NATURE: Dogs That Changed the World - Dogs by DesignDetails the explosion of dog types into the roughly 400 breeds known today. (Part 2)

9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Inspector Lewis IV: The Gift of PromiseLewis and Hathaway work to unravel decades of the best-protected lies and secrets before a murderer strikesagain.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

10 Monday7:30 Tempo InDepth: On Second Thought

Program looks at medical secondopinions.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Raleigh, NC (Hour 3)A circa 1800 Virginia-made table withpurported ties to Thomas Jefferson; a pair of circa 1725 chairs.

9:00 The War of 1812With stunning re-enactments, evoca-tive animation and the incisive com-mentary of key experts, THE WAR OF 1812 presents the conflict that forged the destiny of a continent.

October p2

15 Saturday8:00 See October 1st Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits:Widespread Panic

16 Sunday8:00 In Performance at the White House:

A Tribute to Country Music9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Case Histo-

ries - Episode 1 - Join Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, The Patriot) as private investigator Jackson Brodie, the tough former soldier and policeman, as he comes to the rescue of Edin-0burgh’s bereaved, lost and dysfunc-tional.

11:00 Eastenders

17 Monday7:30 Tempo InDepth: A Tale of Two

Retirements8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City,

NJ (Hour 1)A Walt Whitman memoir inscribed bythe author; a late 19th-century bronzeand marble statue by French sculptor Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City, UT (Hour 2)A set of clubs once owned by George "Gix" Von Elm; a set of 18th-century Chinese white jade carvings.

10:00 Craft in America: FAMILYCRAFT IN AMERICA promotes originalhandcrafted work and inspires people to pursue their own creativity.

18 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives

Wes Cowan investigates a raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. Eduardo Pagán wonders why U.S. troopswere in Siberia during World War I.

9:00 CATHOLICISM: Greater Can BeThought - The Ineffable Mystery of GodFather Barron considers St. Anselm’s description of God as “that than which nothing greater can be thought,” and goes on to explain St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments which support the claim that God exists.

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

19 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: Radioactive Wolves

The historic nuclear accident at Cher-nobyl is now 25 years old. Filmmakersand scientists document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” surround-ing the remains of the reactor.

9:00 NOVA: Finding Life Beyond EarthTake a spectacular trip to distant realms of our solar system to discoverwhere secret forms of life may lie.

20 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City, NJ

(Hour 1)

9:00 Make Em’ Laugh; The Funny Business of America: The Knockabouts/The Ground Breakers

21 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up10:00 PBS Arts from Seattle: Pearl Jam

TwentyIn honor of Pearl Jam’s 20th anniver-sary, award-winning director and music journalist Cameron Crowe cre-ates a definitive portrait of the semi-nal band carved from over 1,200 hours of rarely and unseen footage.

22 Saturday8:00 See October 1st Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: The Decem-

berists/Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

23 Sunday8:00 NATURE: Radioactive Wolves9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Case

Histories – Episode 2The only witness to a drowning in the Firth of Forth, Jackson is on a des-perate search for the victim’s identity when he meets a crime novelist caught in a road rage incident.

11:00 Eastenders

24 Monday7:30 Tempo InDepth: Who the Cuts Hurt8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City

(Hour 2)A collection of Enrico Caruso memo-rabilia and a pair of heirloom box-wood and ivory figurines.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Milwaukee, WI (Hour 1)A 1952 Fender Esquire guitar; a late 19th-century child's sled in the shape of a swan.

10:00 A Long and Winding Road: The Blue Ridge Parkway

25 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives

A Civil War soldier’s letter, fabric from an aircraft that could be linked to Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky, and a 1950s comic book, "Negro Ro-mance."

9:00 CATHOLICISM: Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast - Mary The Mother of GodFather Barron masterfully correlates the Catholic Faith’s testimony to the revelation of God in Christ with the vivid practices of reverence offered to his Mother. Mary is explained as “an on-going presence, an actor in the life of the Church.”

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

26 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: Invasion of the Giant Pythons9:00 NOVA: Iceman Murder Mystery10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre

27 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City9:00 Make Em’ Laugh; The Funny Business

of America: Wiseguys and Smart-Alecks/Satire and Parody

28 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up9:00 PBS Arts from Miami: Miami City

Ballet Dances Balanchine & TharpWitness the grace and beauty of one of America’s finest dance companies, Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet, in a trio of signature works by George Bal-anchine and Twyla Tharp.

10:30 Great Romances: Hepburn & Tracy

29 Saturday8:00 See October 1st Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Steve Miller

Band/Preservation Hall Jazz Band

30 Sunday8:00 America In Primetime: Man of the

HouseLearn how the man of the house has evolved from king of the castle in early sitcoms to a more intricate, con-flicted figure in modern shows.

9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Case Histo-ries - Episode 3Jackson is injured in a train wreck andacquires a teenage sidekick who saveshis life and insists that he return the favor by finding her missing employer.

11:00 Eastenders

31 Monday7:30 Tempo InDepth: Bullying8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Unique Antiques9:00 Will Ferrell: The Kennedy Center

Mark Twain Prize 2011 for American HumorLaugh along with Will Ferrell’s friends and colleagues as they salute hishumor and accomplishments.

10:00 NOVA: The Elegant Universe: Part 2 -The Strings The ThingThe program opens with a whimsical scene in a movie theater in which the history of the universe runs back-wards to the Big Bang, the moment at which general relativity and quantum mechanics both came into play.

10 THURSDAY8:00 Vietnam War Stories

Veterans recount their experiences of the Vietnam War.

9:00 America in Primetime: The Crusader10:00 George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize

Entertainers honor the late George Carlin, recipient of the 11th Mark TwainPrize for American Humor, awarded posthumously.

11 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up9:00 PBS Arts From Chicago: Bill T. Jones:

A Good ManFollow award-winning director/choreo-grapher Bill T. Jones’ intense creative journey as he leads his company in

the creation of Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray, an original dance-theater piece.

12 SATURDAY8:00 See November 5th Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Randy Newman

13 SUNDAY8:00 America in Primetime: Independent

WomanWitness the transformation of women from model housewives to complex, and sometimes controversial, charac-ters.

9:00 Masterpiece: Contemporary - The Song of LunchTwo ex-lovers meet for lunch at their favorite haunt from years before. Will sparks reignite? Sex, temptation, guilt,and revenge are all on the menu.

10:00 David Suchet on the Orient Express: AMasterpiece Special

11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker Special: Great Natural

Wonders

1 TUESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: The World’s

Biggest Bomb9:00 CATHOLICISM: The Indispensable

Men: Peter, Paul and the Missionary AdventureFather Barron calls Peter and Paul “two indispensable men, the ones without whom the church never would have emerged and survived.”

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

2 WEDNESDAY8:00 NATURE: The Animal House

Why do some animals build structuresand others don’t? And how do ani-mals decide where to build?

9:00 NOVA: The Fabric of the CosmosWhat Is Space?Interweaving provocative theories, ex-periments, and stories with crystal-clear explanations and imaginative metaphors, The Fabric of the Cosmos promises to be the most compelling, visual, fun, and comprehensive pic-ture of modern physics ever seen on television.

10:00 NOVA: The Elegant Universe: Part 1 - Einstein’s DreamBestselling author and physicist Brian Greene offers a tour of this seeminglystrange. A three-hour Peabody Award-winning miniseries. Episode 1 introduces string theory and shows how modern physics, composed of two theories, are ferociously incom-patible.

3 THURSDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Unique Antiques9:00 American in Primetime: The Man of

the House10:00 Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize

An A-list cast of comedians salutes Bill Cosby, the 12th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The program includes clips of Cosby's career highlights.

4 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:00 PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Moun-

tains: Give Me A BanjoNarrated by Steve Martin, a banjoist himself, the film explores the roots of American music — the minstrel show, ragtime and early jazz, blues, old-time, folk, bluegrass and country.

5 SATURDAY8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As Time Goes By10:00 Old Guys

10:30 Are You Being Served?11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits:Miranda Lambert/

Jeff Bridges

6 SUNDAY8:00 America In Primetime: The Crusader

Delve into the increasingly grey area between right and wrong as televisionheroes confront internal demons whileseeking their own forms of justice.

9:00 Masterpiece: Contemporary - Page EightAn aging spy stumbles on an interna-tional scandal that could bring down the British government. But will it bring down his own career first? Bill Nighy stars, with Michael, Ralph Fi-ennes,and Rachel Weisz, who plays the agent's mysterious next-door neighbor. Written and directed by Sir David Hare.

11:00 Eastenders12:00 Globe Trekker: Bolivia

7 MONDAY7:30 Tempo InDepth: Veteran’s Tribute8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk

A new episode of never-before-seen appraisals from ROADSHOW’s 2011 season.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or NiceEnlivening the year-end holiday sea-son, this lineup of favorite appraisals from past seasons will satisfy everyone’s wish list.

10:00 Looking for LincolnThe program addresses outstanding questions — about race, equality, reli-gion and depression — by carefully interpreting the evidence provided by people who actually knew him. Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts.

8 TUESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Japanese

SupersubLearn how close the Japanese came to using an advanced submarine for an attack on the U.S.

9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Airmen and the HeadhuntersA spectacular long-lost story of hero-ism, perseverance, and ingenuity fol-lows the tale of lost WWII soldiers.

10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

9 WEDNESDAY8:00 NATURE: Jungle Eagle

Follow wildlife filmmaker Fergus Bee-ley and his team as they locate a nest and struggle to document the lives of the elusive harpy eagle in Venezuela’sOrinoco River jungle.

9:00 NOVA: Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of TimeWe waste it, save it, kill it, make it. Theworld runs on it. Yet, ask physicists what time actually is, and the answer might shock you: They have no idea.

NOV.

November p1

10:00 Tina Fey: The Mark Twain PrizeThe 2010 winner of The Kennedy Cen-ter Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

18 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Huddle Up9:00 PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women

Who RockThis performance documentaryvibrates with energy as it traces the indelible mark that amazing women musicians have made on America’s soundtrack.

10:30 In Performance at the White House: The Motown Sound

19 Saturday8:00 See November 5th Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Americana Music

Festival 2011

20 Sunday8:00 America In Primetime: The Misfit

Celebrate the unique characters who defied comic stereotypes and societal expectations to reflect America’sdiverse personalities.

9:00 American Masters: Woody AllenWoody Allen’s life and creative process, from his childhood and early career through to his most recent filmMidnight in Paris. (Part 1)

21 Monday7:30 Tempo InDepth: Terrific Teens8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City, NJ

A fanciful circa 1900 folk art sculp-ture; a 1934 New York Yankees team-signed baseball; and an early 20th-century painting by George Bellows.

9:00 American Masters: WoodyAllen (Part 2)

10:30 Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice

22 Tuesday8:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Deadliest

BattleGrasp the full impact of the horrific Battle of Stalingrad.

9:00 America In Primetime: The Misfit10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

23 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: American Eagle

Revel in the resurgence of the bald eagle.

9:00 NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse?Cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the onlyuniverse.

10:00 400 Years of the Telescope

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28 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI

Experts put more than antiques underthe magnifying glass – they also inves-tigate a shocking heist.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Denver, COA Dodger’s game-used jersey, worn bypitcher Don Drysdale; an heirloom17th-century Massachusetts armchair.

10:00 Unforgettable: The Korean WarKorean War veterans recount their memories of the conflict.

29 Tuesday8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Slave Ship Mutiny9:00 Vietnam War Stories10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

30 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: Why We Love Cats and Dogs9:00 NOVA: The Incredible Journey of the

Butterfly10:00 Through A Dog’s Eyes

14 Monday7:30 Tempo InDepth: Now I Lay Me Down

To Sleep8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tasty Treasures

A cornucopia of appetizing antiques and delectable collectibles; all about eating and drinking.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Simply the BestShowcases objects deemed the finest examples of their kind ever seen on Roadshow.

10:00 Looking for Lincoln

15 Tuesday8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Churchill’s

Deadly DecisionFind out why Churchill chose to sink the French fleet.

9:00 Nazi Hunt : Elusive JusticeInvestigate the 65-year effort to iden-tify, prosecute and punish the Nazi perpetrators of the Holocaust.

16 Wednesday8:00 NATURE: My Life As A Turkey

A chronicle of Hutto’s remarkable ex-perience of imprinting wild turkey eggs and raising the hatchlings to adulthood.

9:00 NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum LeapMIT’s Seth Lloyd, a pioneer of quan-tum computing, explains its applica-tions and revolutionary potential.

10:00 NOVA: The Elegant Universe: Part 3 -Welcome to the 11th DimensionPart 3 shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory.

17 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tasty Treasures9:00 America in Primetime: Independent

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