PBS: Viewers Like You. Thank You.

[DanaK]

Various press releases from and around the TCAs:

New Ken Burns film on Leonardo Da Vinci to be broadcast November 18 & 19:

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/leonardo-da-vinci-a-new-film-from-ken-burns-to-air-on-pbs-november-18-and-19-2024/

PBS announces ocean-focused programming as part of their Climate Change initiative:

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-shines-spotlight-on-vital-oceanfocused-programming/

Leslie Odom Jr is doing Broadway play "Purlie Victorious" as part of Great Performances:

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/broadways-purlie-victorious-starring-tony-winner-leslie-odom-jr/

PBS' science series Nova announces various 50th anniversary programming:

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/nova-announces-50th-anniversary-activities/

PBS announces 3 part doc series "Disco: Soundtrack to a Revolution", premiering in June

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/disco-soundtrack-of-a-revolution/

PBS Kids launches a civics content initiative for this year:

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-kids-launches-civics-content-initiative-in-2024/

 

 

 

 

 

[DanaK]

Further tidbits from the TCAs (via reporters tweeting stuff out), either from PBS president Paula Kerger's executive session going on right now or press releases

Ken Burns will be doing a 6 part doc series on the American Revolution that will premiere in Fall 2025

PBS will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Austin City Limits this year

Kerger is asked about balancing PBS Passport, PBS' in-house streaming subscription vs the Amazon add-on and other streaming services, she said they've established a system for shows getting royalties from Amazon. On the streaming options vs local stations, Kerger said they aren't in conflict and support each other. On making deals with streamers, it's important that for instance Youtube TV and Hulu subscribers pick up local stations' live feed, directly giving local stations more audiences

Regarding investigative series Frontline's success and longevity, Kerger said there's not one really left in the space except for maybe 60 minutes

Regarding celebrity hosts and what they bring to the show, Kerger said they think carefully about who they bring in and the host is usually passionate about the subject

Asked about what PBS is doing to diversify the documentary space, Kerger said 54% of creators on current programming come from underrepresented communities

[DanaK]

New Frontline episode "Crisis on Campus" coming this Spring. It's about the crisis of hate that has exploded on campus since the Israel-Hamas conflict started

[DanaK]

The Pressroom TCA page has the various press events/discussions happening today. You can click on the press release or individual topic for more information on what's coming up in the Spring and Summer

https://pressroom.pbs.org/events/tca/winter-2024-tca-press-tour

[DanaK]

Some Masterpiece bits:

- "Moonflower Murders", sequel series to Magpie Murders, is premiering this Fall

- "Alice & Jack" is a 6 episode series that will premiere Sunday March 17 at 10pm ET. Love story over the course of 15 years that stars Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleason

- "World on Fire" will  not be coming back for another season. One reason is that the BBC decided not to renew it

[ebk57]

10 hours ago, DanaK said:

Leslie Odom Jr is doing Broadway play "Purlie Victorious" as part of Great Performances:

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/broadways-purlie-victorious-starring-tony-winner-leslie-odom-jr/

I saw this on Broadway.  It's good.  Everyone should watch!

[Shrek]

On 2/10/2024 at 9:24 AM, DanaK said:

I overlooked a new program episode for February: "Nova:  Building the Eiffel Tower", Feb 14

There looks like there's going to be some real interesting programming coming in the next couple of months plus I look forward to whatever they announce at the TV Critics press tour this Tuesday Monday

 

I thought the Eiffel tower episode was very good & well worth a watch.

[DanaK]

Highlights for March:

Frontline: "Lethal Restraints" (investigating deaths from "less lethal" force by cops), March 12

"Dante: Inferno to Paradise" (abt the great 14th century poet; by Ric Burns), 2 episodes, Mar 18 and 19

POV: "Unseen" (re-imagines the accessibility of cinema), Mar 18

"Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros" (about a French family's restaurant with 3 Michelin stars for 50 years), Mar 22 (4 hours)

Independent Lens: "Greener Pastures" (about the health care crisis in rural America), Mar 25

American Experience: "The Cancer Detectives" (the history of the fight against cervical cancer), Mar 26

"The Invisible Shield" (the efforts of public health to increase lifespans and battle disinformation), 4 episodes, premieres Mar 26 then continues in April

Scripted:

"Call the Midwife", Series 13, 8 episodes, premieres Sunday Mar 17

Masterpiece: "Nolly" (from Doctor Who's Russell Davies and starring Helen Bonham Carter), 3 episodes, premieres Sunday Mar 17

Masterpiece: "Alice & Jack", 6 episodes, premieres Sunday Mar 17

As usual, check your local listings

[DanaK]

Frontline documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film at Sunday's awards show

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-frontline-wins-academy-award/

[DanaK]

On 2/22/2024 at 1:43 PM, DanaK said:

Highlights for March:

Frontline: "Lethal Restraints" (investigating deaths from "less lethal" force by cops), March 12

"Dante: Inferno to Paradise" (abt the great 14th century poet; by Ric Burns), 2 episodes, Mar 18 and 19

POV: "Unseen" (re-imagines the accessibility of cinema), Mar 18

"Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros" (about a French family's restaurant with 3 Michelin stars for 50 years), Mar 22 (4 hours)

Independent Lens: "Greener Pastures" (about the health care crisis in rural America), Mar 25

American Experience: "The Cancer Detectives" (the history of the fight against cervical cancer), Mar 26

"The Invisible Shield" (the efforts of public health to increase lifespans and battle disinformation), 4 episodes, premieres Mar 26 then continues in April

Scripted:

"Call the Midwife", Series 13, 8 episodes, premieres Sunday Mar 17

Masterpiece: "Nolly" (from Doctor Who's Russell Davies and starring Helen Bonham Carter), 3 episodes, premieres Sunday Mar 17

Masterpiece: "Alice & Jack", 6 episodes, premieres Sunday Mar 17

As usual, check your local listings

It looks like Frontline: Lethal Restraints got pushed in favor of a repeat and update of Boeing’s Fatal Flaw

[DanaK]

Highlights for April:

Independent Lens: "A Thousand Pines" (the hidden world of guest workers regrowing America's forests), April 1; "Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's" (3 people navigate their diagnosis), April 8; "The One with the Whale" (follows Bering Sea islanders who hunt whale for survival), April 23

"Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator" (3 episodes), premieres April 2

Nova: "Great American Eclipse", April 3

"A Brief History of the Future" (innovative ways to think about the future; 6 episodes), premieres April 3

American Masters: "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley" (about the conservative writer William H. Buckley), April 5

"Library of Congress Gershwin Prize: Elton John & Bernie Taupin" (special), April 8

"The Invisible Shield" continues with Part 2, April 9. Parts 3 and 4 (as well as Parts 1 and 2) can be  streamed on PBS.org

Nature: "Raptors: A Fistful of Daggers" (2 parts), premieres April 10

Next at the Kennedy Center: Season 2, Episode 4: "Ben Folds Presents: Declassified", April 12; Season 2, Episode 5: "Joshua Redman: Where Are We", April 19

Frontline: "Children of Ukraine" (looks at Ukrainian children taken to Russia during war), April 16; "Documenting Police Use of Force" (investigating deaths from "less lethal" force by cops), April 30

American Experience: "Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal" (about the 1970s Love Canal chemical disaster), April 22

"The Express Way with Dule Hill" (explores the transformative power of the arts, 4 episodes), premieres April 23

"Changing Planet, Season 3: Coral Special" (in 3rd year of 7 year project that looks at the Earth's most threatened ecosystems, examines the Maldives' coral reefs; 1 episode), April 24

"Art Happens with John Lithgow" (the transformative power of arts education), April 26

Scripted:

Masterpiece: Mr Bates vs. the Post Office (dramatization of UK Post Office scandal, 4eps), premieres April 7, plus a related documentary film set for April 28

Masterpiece: Guilt, Season 3 (final season; 4eps), premieres April 28

As usual, check your local listings

 

Edited March 29 by DanaK

[shok]

Thanks. Have my PVR now set for Elton John getting the Gershwin prize. 🙂

[DanaK]

Highlights for May:

Independent Lens: "Space: The Longest Goodbye" (Mars-bound astronauts prepare for isolation), May 6; "Tuba Thieves" (what is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen?), May 20

Nature: "Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons" (most famous bear in Yellowstone), May 8; "Saving the Animals of Ukraine", May 15; "Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone" (Ireland's Burren landscape), May 22

"Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story" (about a photographer's quest to document Asian American culture), May 13

Frontline: "A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro's Venezuela", May 14; "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" (about foreign adoption scandal), May 28

Nova: "Secrets in Your Data" (what happens to all the data we're shedding?), May 15; "Decoding the Universe: Cosmos" (traces the ground-breaking discoveries that have transformed our picture of the universe), May 22

"Pompeii: The New Dig" doc series (biggest excavation of Pompeii in a generation; 3 episodes), premieres May 5

American Experience: "The Riot Report" (about 1967 Kerner Commission report on riots in the inner cities that gave a shockingly unvarnished assessment on US race relations and was largely ignored), May 21

Great Performances: "Purlie Victorious" (starring Leslie Odom Jr), May 24; "Rogers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary" (concert of their music), May 31

"National Memorial Day Concert", May 26

Scripted series:

Masterpiece: "MaryLand" (3 episodes), premieres May 5

As usual, check your local listings

 

Edited April 26 by DanaK

[Trini]

If there is a topic for Great Performances, I couldn't find it. But I thought that this might be of interest to some:

'How PBS Captures Broadway Shows for Great Performances'

excerpts:

Quote

There is arguably no bigger expert on the art of filming a live performance than Horn, who has been a producer and director on Great Performances for over 40 years—making sure that audiences around the country have access to Broadway shows, operas, dance, and concerts for free. Horn has won four Emmys, and he’s worked with a who’s who of theatrical legends. Ask about any of them, and he’ll have an anecdote.

Quote

The first step is show selection. Horn admits it’s not as easy as going to a particular show and asking if PBS can film them. First, PBS has to make sure there’s enough in its budget to cover the costs, since the network also films concerts, dance, and operas. Filmed performances are one of the most expensive things that the network produces. Horn estimates that it costs around $1.5-$2 million to film a Broadway musical and $1-$1.5 million for a play (in London, the cost is “a little more than half” of that due to cheaper labor costs).

 

[proserpina65]

Now that Guilt is over with, it's going to be a long, dull summer on PBS, imo.

[DanaK]

14 hours ago, Trini said:

If there is a topic for Great Performances, I couldn't find it. But I thought that this might be of interest to some:

'How PBS Captures Broadway Shows for Great Performances'

excerpts:

 

No, no topic for Great Performances as far as I know, other than here. One can always be created if you think there's enough interest and if you don't know how, just say so and either a mod or one of us can create it. I'm not sure at the moment what subforum it would go under as it is both a documentary and a performance series, but we can easily ask the mods to figure that out

 

 

Edited May 30 by DanaK

[DanaK]

Highlights for June:

"Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution" (3 parts; abt rise and fall of Disco and celebrating its continuing legacy), premieres June 25. Note: Definitely check your local listings for this as your local station(s) could start it and repeat it earlier or later

Frontline: "Crisis on Campus" (about current crisis of protests on college campuses; this seems to have been postponed from earlier), June 11

"The Great American Recipe, Season 3" (8 episodes), premieres June 17

"Dynamic Planet" (4 episodes; how science, nature and tradition can prepare humanity for the future), premieres June 19

"Hope in the Water" (3 episodes; highlights those working towards a sustainable future for the planet), premieres June 19

"Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo" (6 half hour episodes with 2 episodes each week; explores diversity of US through lens of diverse standup comics), premieres June 21

POV: "King Coal" (complex history and future of coal industry), June 24

Scripted:

Professor T, Season 3, premieres June 16

Masterpiece: Grantchester, Season 9, premieres June 16

DI Ray, Season 2, premieres June 16

Be sure to check your local listings for additional programming and possibly different dates for the above programs

 

[DanaK]

FYI, a subcategory PBS Documentaries has been created under the parent category Nonfiction and Documentaries. This will allow we users to add subforums under that for various PBS docs and doc series. Existing PBS docs and doc series subforums will be moved under there as the mods have time. If you want to create a doc subforum but don’t know how you can ask a mod for help or say something here and one of us with experience can do it for you. I asked how to handle “Great Performances” since that’s a weird hybrid and a mod is looking into it

[DanaK]

On 5/29/2024 at 11:00 PM, Trini said:

If there is a topic for Great Performances, I couldn't find it.

To follow up, the mods have created a subcategory for Great Performances under Nonfiction and Documentaries -> PBS. For you and anyone else interested, you are free to decide what topics to create, whether just a general discussion thread, individual topics or perhaps season threads

[DanaK]

Highlights for July:

POV: "Hummingbirds" (filmmakers examine issues of immigration through their own friendship), Monday July 1; "Is Anybody Out There?" (loving oneself as a disabled person in an ableist world), Mon July 8; "Against the Tide" (impact of climate change on Mumbai's Koli fisherman), Mon July 29

“A Capital Fourth” (July 4-themed concert from DC), Thursday July 4

Voces: “From Here/From There” (about an undocumented immigration attorney), Tuesday July 9

“Gods of Tennis” (spotlights the titans of tennis from the golden age of Wimbledon; 3-part doc from the BBC), premieres Tuesday July 23

Frontline: "Two American Families: 1991-2024" (two families struggle to survive in a changing American economy), premieres Tuesday July 23

A Nova special presentation: “Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine” (spotlighting a region that highlights climate change; 3 parts), premieres Wednesday July 24

New Scripted:

“Endeavour”, Season 8 (appears to be 3 episodes), premieres Thursday July 25

“Cobra”, Season 3: Rebellion (6 episodes), premieres Thursday July 25

“Hotel Portofino” Season 3 (6 episodes), premieres Sunday July 28

Continuing from June: The Great American Recipe Season 3; Dynamic Planet; Hope in the Water; Roots of Comedy; Professor T, Season 3; Masterpiece: Grantchester, Season 9; DI Ray, Season 2

FYI, it looks like Frontline: South Korea's Adoption Reckoning may have been postponed previously, so look for it this month on your station.

Also: Your local PBS station, either with a feed from the national PBS or from the station itself, will likely cover the Republican National Convention, which runs July 15-18

As always, check your local listings and of course, check pbs.org and PBS Passport if you have it for things being streamed

 

Edited July 1 by DanaK
Added quotes to various titles

[DanaK]

FYI, the TCA Summer Press Tour starts tomorrow (July 10) and goes until July 17. It looks like PBS will be part of it, but there's been no actual schedule announced yet. I'll post it when that happens, along with PBS' TCA schedule and announcements of new programming

[Milburn Stone]

On 7/1/2024 at 12:37 PM, DanaK said:

“Endeavour”, Season 8 (appears to be 3 episodes), premieres Thursday July 25

Does a new season of Endeavour usually stream at the same time it begins airing?

[DanaK]

1 hour ago, Milburn Stone said:

Does a new season of Endeavour usually stream at the same time it begins airing?

Sorry, I don’t know

[proserpina65]

17 hours ago, Milburn Stone said:

Does a new season of Endeavour usually stream at the same time it begins airing?

It's not a new season.  The final season of Endeavour (season 9) aired in June 2023.

[DanaK]

Regarding the TCA Summer Press Tour, PBS put on their pressroom website that they will be presenting Monday (7/15) and Tuesday (7/16). Given the shortness of this press tour, I figured PBS would be just one day, so 2 is exciting and the journalists present always love PBS and its presentations

The link below shows you PBS' schedule over the 2 days and you can click on the links to get more information. Looks like some interesting stuff coming up

https://pressroom.pbs.org/events/tca/summer-2024-tca-press-tour

[DanaK]

Some new program announcements are starting to come in ahead of PBS's tour presentations

Citizen Nation doc series https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-announces-new-series-citizen-nation/

Deadlock special https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/gbhs-new-special-deadlock-encourages-civil-discourse-about-ethical-dilemmas/

[DanaK]

Lucy Worsley 3-part series "Holmes vs Doyle" https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-announces-lucy-worsleys-holmes-vs-doyle/

Firing Line special on voting systems https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/ahead-of-presidential-election-firing-line-special-examining-us-voting-systems-to-premiere-on-pbs/

[DanaK]

From various reporters at the TCA press tour:

Masterpiece's executive producer has confirmed All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 and Miss Scarlett Season 5 will be shown in 2025. Grantchester Season 10 will be on PBS next Summer

Also coming in 2025 will be the series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. PBS Masterpiece will rerun the original 2015 series in the Fall

New Masterpiece productions: Miss Austen about Jane and Cassandra Austen and a new Forsyte Saga reboot

Also, no executive session this time from PBS chief Paula Kerger due to a family obligation

 

Edited July 15 by DanaK

[DanaK]

Another doc https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-and-chautauqua-institution-announce-chautauqua-at-150-wynton-marsalis-all-rise/

[DanaK]

Per laughingplace.com, what's coming to PBS this Fall

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/entertainment/pbs-fall-2024-premiere-schedule/

[DanaK]

Preview of Masterpiece Mystery series this Fall

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/video/2024/07/14/video-masterpiece-mystery-fall-2024-preview-340010/20240714pbs01/

[proserpina65]

On 7/15/2024 at 12:50 PM, DanaK said:

a new Forsyte Saga reboot

Another one?  Seriously?  And more Lucy Worsley?  UGH.

[DanaK]

Highlights for August:

"Undivide Us" (from division, reclaim unison), August 5

POV: "Fauna" (explores the role of animal experimentation in advancement of modern medicine), August 5

Frontline: "Biden's Decision" (President Biden's rise to the presidency and his decision to withdraw from the election race), August 6

"Revival69: The Concert That Changed the World" (the event that made John Lennon decide to leave the Beatles), August 10

"A Boston (R)evolution" (examines a racially complicated city as it confronts its past and future), August 13

Voces: "Almost American" (about Salvadoran-American family caught up in immigration policy fight), August 26

American Masters: "Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames" (about iconic director), August 27

"Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover" (explores voting systems across the US and method to increase voter confidence), August 27

"Odysseus Returns" (archeologist explores an ancient tomb on a Greek island that might prove Homer's hero existed), August 28

Continuing from last month: COBRA, Season 3; The Great American Recipe, Season 3; Hotel Portofino, Season 3; Gods of Tennis; Nova: Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine

As usual, check your local listings

[DanaK]

One thing I forgot in the above is that PBS News will be covering the Democratic National Convention August 19-22

Edited July 31 by DanaK

[DanaK]

Highlights for September:
ABC Presidential Debate Simulcast, September 10

American Masters: "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined" (celebrated Latina writer), September 17

"Big Cats 24/7" (6 episodes; follows the big cats of the Okavango Delta in Botswana), premieres September 18 with the first 2 episodes

"Deadlock" (special aiming to facilitate civil dialogue in a period dominated by polarization),  September 20

"Crossroads: A Conversation with America" (town hall-style special moderated by Judy Woodruff exploring the issues of our divisions), September 23

POV: "Who's Afraid of Nathan Law?" (Hong Kong's most famous dissident), September 23

Frontline: "The Choice" (does a deep dive of presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump), Sep 24

"Voces: American Historia: The Untold Story of Latinos" (3 episodes; follows actor/producer John Leguizamo on his quest to uncover the history and often-overlooked contributions of Latino people), premieres September 27

Scripted:
Ridley, Series 2 (8 episodes)  - premieres September 15
Masterpiece: Moonflower Murders (6 episodes)- premieres September 15
Masterpiece: Van der Valk, Series 4 (3 2-part episodes) - premieres September 15

Continuing from last month: Hotel Portofino, Series 3; COBRA, Series 3

Remember to check your local listings

Edited August 21 by DanaK

[DanaK]

Highlights for October:

American Experience: "The American Vice President" (examining the purpose of the office of VP through the evolution of the 25th Amendment), October 1

"PBS Simulcast of CBS Vice President Debate", Oct 1

Nova: "The Solar System" (5 parts), premieres Oct 2

Secrets of the Dead: "Returning to Babylon" (Searching for Assyrian artifacts after ISIS occupation of Mosul), Oct 2; "Mozart's Sister" (about Mozart's older sister and collaborator), Oct 9; "The Herculaneum Scrolls" (scientists attempt to read ancient scrolls carbonized by Mt. Vesuvius eruption), Oct 16; "The Civil War's Lost Massacre" (search for the remains of Black soldiers massacred at the end of the war), Oct 23; "Field of Vampires" (uncovering the mystery behind the discovery of more than 50 "vampire" burials from 1650), Oct 30

POV: "In the Rearview" (abt Ukrainian refugees from Russia's invasion), Oct 7; "Twice Colonized" (about renowned Greenland indigenous human rights lawyer), Oct 14; "Tokyo Uber Blues" (confronting the gig economy's harsh truths), Oct 21

"Citizen Nation" (4 episodes, follows teens from around the US as they compete in civics competition), premieres Oct 8

"Next at the Kennedy Center, Season 3", premieres Oct 11

Frontline: "A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians", Oct 15; "American Voices 2024" (following the changing views and experiences of Americans from the 2020 election to today), Oct 29

Voces: "Latino Vote 2024" (focuses on key issues that will drive Latino turnout), Oct 22; "Our Texas, Our Vote" (inside the largest Latino voter registration mobilization in Texas history), Oct 28

Nature: "Silverback" (The Congo's critically endangered lowland gorillas), Oct 23; "Dracula's Hidden Kingdom" (looks at Romania's Transylvania and its wild animals), Oct 30

Scripted:

Masterpiece: "The Marlow Murder Club" (4 episodes), premieres Oct 27

Continuing from September: "Big Cats 24/7"; "American Historia"; "Ridley, Series 2"; "Moonflower Murders, Series 1"; "Van der Valk, Series 4"

Also, an interesting  digital series called "Weathered: Earth's Extremes" (6 half hour episodes) premieres October 2 on the PBS app, Youtube and possibly local PBS stations https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-presents-weathered-earths-extremes/

Be sure to check your local listings

 

 

 

[DanaK]

PBS has announced its arts programming for the Fall

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-shares-an-array-of-arts-programming-this-fall-on-americas-largest-stage/

[DanaK]

Nov highlights:

Election coverage, November 5

Nature: “San Diego: America’s Wildest City”, Nov 6; “Lions of the Skeleton Coast”, Nov 13; “Attenborough’s Life Journey”, Nov 20

Nova: “Decoding the Universe: Quantum”, Nov 6; “Building Stuff” (the role engineering plays in the world; 3 parts), premieres Nov 13

“Salute to Service 2024: A Veterans Day Celebration”, Nov 8

Independent Lens: “Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen”, Nov 11

American Experience: “American Coup: Wilmington 1898” (Whites massacre Blacks and take over city), Nov 12

Secrets of the Dead: “Lost Treasures of Angkor” (2 parts), premieres Nov 13

“Leonardo da Vinci” (about iconic 15th century polymath; 2 parts; by Ken Burns); Part 1 premieres Nov 18, 8-10pm ET, Part 2 premieres Nov 19, 8-10pm ET

Great Performances: “Patsy Cline: Walkin’ After Midnight”, Nov 22; “Henry Mancini:100 at the Hollywood Bowl”, Nov 29

POV: “The Body Politic” (follows Baltimore MD mayor Brandon Scott as he tries to reduce gun violence), Nov 25

Frontline: “China, the US and the Rise of Xi Jinpeng”, Nov 26

Scripted:

Father Brown, Series 11, Prem Nov 7

Sister Boniface Mysteries, Series 3, Prem Nov 7

Professor T, Series 2, Prem Nov 7

Masterpiece: Howards End, Series 1 (repeat), Nov 10

Continuing into Nov: Ridley Season 2, Masterpiece: Marlow Murder Club Season 1, Masterpiece: Wolf Hall, Season 1 (from 2005)

Remember to check your local listings

Edited October 29 by DanaK

[DanaK]

There will be no TCA Winter Press Tour in January because of deep contraction in Hollywood. I’m sure PBS will still get information out about programs to come, but I’ll miss all the tidbits we get from the reporters about the various PBS panels

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tca-canceled-tv-critics-winter-press-tour-1236053605/