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1 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule – February 2021

February Programming Schedule Listings are as accurate as possible at press time but are subject to change due to updated programming. For complete up-to-date listings, including overnight programs, visit kpbs.org/tv, or call (619) 594-6983.

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HERO ELEMENTARY XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE

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CURIOUS GEORGE DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD

THIS OLD HOUSE

ASK THIS OLD HOUSE

FIELD TRIP WITH CURTIS STONE

MILK STREET

AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN

COOK’S COUNTRY

PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE

CROSSING SOUTH

RICK STEVES EUROPE KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO HISTORIC PLACES

WITH ELSA SEVILLA PBS NEWSHOUR

WEEKEND FIRING LINE WITH

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KPBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT

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WASHINGTON WEEK

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Monday, February 1 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Great White Shark: New

Perspectives on an Ancient Predator

In this Emmy award-winning documentary witness, along with top divers,biologists and shark scientists, a pivotal moment in our understanding of the Great White.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Tucson 2021 Hour 2:

Blazing hot Tucson treasures include a Mexican charro saddle, Gaston Chaissac artwork and a 1956 Olympics USA Basketball memorabilia.

KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

Remembering Ted Williams, some “sweet” days of the minor league San Diego Padres... and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion How Water Flows: We take a look

at California’s water supply, where it comes from, where it goes to, it’s impact on habitats, and how it supplies the farms and gardens that feed us.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Black Americana:

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW honors Black History Month with the special episode Celebrating Black Americana.

KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places

Traditional Dishes: In this episode, we visit Japanese, Puerto Rican-Cuban, and Mexican restaurants, and a European bakery to learn about their recipes that have been handed down through generations

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South UTVs, Skateboards & Pasta: Go

on an Of-road adventure, meet a skateboard maker, and have a meal at Pasta y Basta in Rosarito.

10:00 KPBS Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening

The amazing story of music hall entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker is detailed.

10:00 KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up B-Side Players & Maren Parusel:

Groove out to the international set list of B-Side Players, a 9-piece latin global funk band. Then next up, the European fare of Maren Parusel.

11:00 KPBS Independent Lens 9to5: The Story of a Movement: Go

inside the inspiring movement for women’s workplace equality in the 1970s.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening, Feb. 1 at 10 p.m.


Tuesday, February 2 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour

KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries The Old Switcheroo: An old rival turns up selling antiquities and Frankie and the team try to prove it’s all a scam.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots No Irish Need Apply: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gafgan. KPBS 2 Miss Scarlet and the Duke On MASTERPIECE Mystery! Deeds Not Words: The Duke hires Eliza to spy on sufragettes. Going beyond instructions, she gets involved in a plot.

9:00 KPBS Roads to Memphis: American Experience The entwined stories of an assassin, James Earl Ray and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. KPBS 2 Vienna Blood The Last Seance, Part 2: Dr. Max Liebermann employs his psychoanalytic training to probe the’ minds of murder suspects.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE China’s Covid Secrets: The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. KPBS 2 Vienna Blood Queen of the Night, Part 1: Oskar asks Max to help investigate a grotesque series of murders in Vienna’s slums.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS Great Decisions in

Foreign Policy End of the Global Order: The U.S. developed the global order we know today. But the American appetite for multilateralism has since diminished. Can global cooperation endure in an era of nationalist retrenchment.

Nature: Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m.

KPBS 2 BBC World News

Wednesday, February 3 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour

KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 1: New Year’s Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home.

8:00 KPBS Nature Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains: Travel to the mountains of Chile to learn the secrets of the puma, the area’s most elusive predator. KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Tucson 2021 Hour 2: Tucson treasures include a Mexican charro saddle, Chaissac artwork and a 1956 Olympics USA Basketball memorabilia. Has the marketplace cooled since the ‘06 appraisal?


9:00 KPBS NOVA Beyond the Elements: Reactions:

Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.

KPBS 2 Jazz The True Welcome (1929-1935): As

swing dancing catches on across America, a new kind of big band jazz begins to emerge.

10:00 KPBS Europe’s New Wild The Missing Lynx: Across the

Iberian Peninsula rewilding eforts allow the rare Iberian lynx to fourish once again.

11:00 KPBS Africa’s Great Civilizations Origins/The Cross and the

Crescent: The origins of man and cultural and scientifc achievementson the African continent are explored.


Thursday, February 4 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature Pumas: Legends of the Ice

Mountains: Travel to the mountains of Chile to learn the secrets of the puma, the area’s most elusive predator.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

Whatever happened to the Ferryboat San Diego? And we remember a barn that was so much more than just a barn to people living in one North County community and much more!

KPBS2 Born to Explore Namibia: Land of the Cheetah:

Richard Wiese travels to Namibia to explore the most endangered cat in Africa -the cheetah.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Citrus: California’s Second Gold

Rush: We visit a “ living citrus museum” at the University of California Riverside, where there are 1,000 kinds of citrus, both historic and modern, and much more!

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places Black Pioneers: Find out who the

frst Black Pioneers were as they settled in San Diego in the early and mid-1800s.

KPBS 2 Arabia with Levison Wood Holy Lands: Writer Levison Wood

is in Jordan and visits Petra, one of the most impressive archaeological sites in the world. He then travels to Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Ensenada Beer Festival & Taco

Grande: We visit Mexico’s largest beer festival and scope out one of Tijuana’s fantastic taco stands.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Written in the Stars: An amateur

astronomer is killed by a blow to the head with a meteorite during an eclipse of the sun.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE China’s Covid Secrets: The untold

story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS Great Decisions

In Foreign Policy The Fight Over The Melting Arctic:

Great Decisions investigates the economic and geopolitical ambitions of Arctic powers both old and new.



Friday, February 5 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour

KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots No Irish Need Apply: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gafgan.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Articulate with Jim Cotter Paying It Forward: Marin Alsop is one of the world’s foremost conductors. British tenor Ian Bostridge is profled.

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report KPBS 2 Beyond The Canvas Happiness: The emotional motivation that pushes some artists to chase their dreams is thoughtfully explored.

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin The Departed: On the ride back from a job interview in London, one of Martin’s patients dies in the next seat. KPBS 2 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Gustavo and Friends: Enjoy “Swan Lake” with dancer Misty Copeland and more of Gustavo Dudamel’s favorite performances.

10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 5: In this frst episode of a two-part special, a shadow is cast over a small fshing community in the village of Belle Mer when their festival queen ‘Mama D’Mer’ Tiana, is murdered. KPBS 2 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Fireworks!: Performances by Katy Perry, Pink Martini and more are showcased. Music from Star Wars is featured.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up The Drowning Men / Candye Kane:

On this episode of Live at the Belly Up, The Drowning Men hit the stage. Then next up: the sultry, swinging blues of the late Candye Kane.


Saturday, February 6 6:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show The Southern Show: Songs from

the South include “Are You From Dixie,” “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Floors Castle 1: Fiona Bruce

presents from Floors Castle in south east Scotland. Items brought for valuation include a highly collectable watch and a rare book signed by JRR Tolkien.

KPBS 2 Celtic Thunder Ireland Celtic Thunder’s popular hits and

Irish and Celtic fan favorites of the last decade are highlighted.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Sign No More: Will and his friends

come to Stratford and Will hopes for some peace and quiet so he can write.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries 50 Shades of Greyson: New

episode. Mary’s job is threatened when she accuses Detective Greyson of hiding evidence.

9:00 KPBS Celtic Thunder: Ireland Celtic Thunder’s popular hits and

Irish and Celtic fan favorites of the last decade are highlighted.

KPBS 2 Vera Tuesday’s Child: DCI Vera Stanhope

investigates the death of a man whose remains were discovered in remote caves.


10:30 KPBS 2 Upstart Crow The Quality of Mercy: When Will’s savings go missing he’s forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival Robert Greene.

11:00 KPBS Professor T Attachment Issues: New episode. A woman’s body is found near where her car fell into a canal, but her injuries cause concern. KPBS 2 America ReFramed Vision Portraits: Acclaimed director Rodney Evans (Brother to Brother and The Happy Sad) takes viewers on a personal journey as he ponders how the deterioration of his vision will impact his life and work as a flmmaker.

Sunday, February 7 6:00PM KPBS Father Brown

The Maddest of All: Wearing only a hospital gown, Felix Underwood returns to the village and says ‘Murder’ before collapsing, apparently dead. At his funeral however the ‘corpse’ comes back to life but with a loss of memory.

7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries The Old Switcheroo: An old rival turns up selling antiquities and Frankie and the team try to prove it’s all a scam. KPBS 2 Rick Steve’s Special Rome, Eternally Engaging: The grand metropolis rich with exquisite art, vibrant culture and centuries of history is explored.

8:00 KPBS Miss Scarlet and the Duke On MASTERPIECE Mystery! Memento Mori: New episode. A photographer specializing in post-mortem portraits gets menacing messages from beyond the grave. KPBS 2 Nature Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains: Travel to the mountains of Chile to learn the secrets of

the puma, the area’s most elusive predator.

9:00 KPBS All Creatures Great and Small On MASTERPIECE Episode 5: New episode. James experiences an ethical plight involving Helen’s bull while volunteering at the Darrowby Show. KPBS 2 NOVA Beyond the Elements: Reactions: Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.

10:00 KPBS Long Song On MASTERPIECE Episode 2: New episode. The handsome overseer Robert arrives, sparking a bitter rivalry between July and her mistress. KPBS 2 Europe’s New Wild The Missing Lynx: Across the Iberian Peninsula rewilding eforts allow the rare Iberian lynx to fourish once again.

11:00 KPBS Driven to Abstraction The story of the $80 million forgery scandal in New York City that rocked the art world is detailed. KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots The Vanguard: Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, flmmaker Ava DuVernay and author and activist Janet Mock trace their roots.

Monday, February 8 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour

KPBS 2 NOVA Beyond the Elements: Reactions: Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Orlando Hour 1: See if Sunshine State appraisals still sparkle in the marketplace 14 years after ROADSHOW’s visit, including James McNeill Whistler artwork and more!


KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego Whatever happened to the Ferryboat San Diego? And we remember a barn that was so much more than just a barn to people living in one North County community. Guess The Year! and much more.

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Citrus: California’s Second Gold Rush: We visit a “ living citrus museum” at the University of California Riverside, where there are 1,000 kinds of citrus, both historic and modern, and much more!

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States, Part 1: Hidden treasures include a Kentucky sugar chest and a 1960 inscribed To Kill a Mockingbird. KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places Black Pioneers: Find out who the frst Black Pioneers were as they settled in San Diego in the early and mid-1800s.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Ensenada Beer Festival & Taco Grande: We visit Mexico’s largest beer festival and scope out one of Tijuana’s fantastic taco stands.

10:00 KPBS Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Marshall’s life in the years leading up to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling are explored. KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up The Drowning Men / Candye Kane: The Drowning Men hit the stage with special guest Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly. Then next up: the sultry, swinging blues of the late Candye Kane.

11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Women In Blue: Under the leadership of the Minneapolis Police Department’s frst female chief, women ofcers seek gender equity, redefning what it means to protect and serve. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition


KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Last Dance: The team investigates a kidnapping gone wrong at the Palais Royale and races to save the victim.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots The Shirts On Their Backs: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni. KPBS 2 Miss Scarlet and the Duke On MASTERPIECE Mystery! Memento Mori: A photographer specializing in post-mortem portraits gets menacing messages from beyond the grave.

9:00 KPBS American Experience Goin’ Back to T-Town: The history of Greenwood, a successful Black community in segregated Tulsa, is explored. KPBS 2 Vienna Blood Queen of the Night, Part 2: Max and Oskar are drawn into the sphere of nationalistic groups who despite Vienna’s immigrants.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Iraq’s Assassins: How Iranian-backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq. KPBS 2 A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley Episode One: Celebrate love with Lucy Worsley as she delves into the seductive history of British romance.


11:00 KPBS Codeswitching: Race and Identity in the Suburban Schoolhouse Personal stories from African-American students who were bused to suburban schools are shared. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition


KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 2: DI Jack Mooney and the team are put to the test when a celebrated artist is poisoned in her studio in confounding circumstances.

8:00 KPBS Nature Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas: Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions. KPBS2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Orlando Hour 1: See if Sunshine State appraisals still sparkle in the marketplace 14 years after ROADSHOW’s visit, including James McNeill Whistler artwork, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson-signed photos, and a Jonas Weber painted box.

9:00 KPBS NOVA Beyond the Elements: Indestructible: Host David Pogue explores the fantastic chemistry behind the everyday materials we depend on, and how the quest for durability can be balanced with products’ environmental impact. KPBS2 Jazz Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935-1937): Billie Holiday is showcased. A blues-soaked big band jazz style is set to further transform jazz.

10:00 KPBS Europe’s New Wild Return of the Titans: Travel to the Carpathian Mountains and beyond, where Europe’s most iconic species are thriving.

10:30 KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places Historic Theatres: In this emmy-nominated episode of San Diego’s Historic Places, Host Elsa Sevilla explores some of San Diego’s most historic and beloved theatres, including: The Balboa and its restored one-of-a-kind organ.

11:00 KPBS Africa’s Great Civilizations The Cross and the Crescent: The rise of Christianity and Islam are chronicles and African religious fgures are highlighted. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

Thursday, February 11 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour

KPBS 2 Nature Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas: Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego The Beatles 1965 visit to San Diego. The story behind one of the most famous photographs ever taken in San Diego. Our county’s “Blue Star” Highways. “Guess The Year” and much more! KPBS 2 Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities: The pivotal role historically black colleges and universities have played in America is explored.


8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Benefcial Insects: In this episode,

we explore the world of “good bugs” by visiting the pollinator garden at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum where children count bugs as part of a nation wide assessment of pollinators, and much more!

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places History of MCRD-San Diego:

Tour the various homes where the Marines lived in San Diego through wonderful black and white photos; from Balboa Park to their permanent home at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot near Pacifc Highway.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Hollywood Music & Crepes: Meet a

real-life hollywood music composer and try some wonderful desserts at Creperia Polanco.

KPBS 2 Fahema A child born in confict, Fahema

fed Ethiopia with her family at the age of fve during the Civil War. This is the story of a ‘caged spirit’ using dance to create a bridge between three very diferent cultures, creating a new place for herself in the world.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Death and the Divas: The murder of

a journalist has echoes of a 1960s horror flm starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Iraq’s Assassins: How Iranian-

backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq.


In Foreign Policy Competing Interests: The U.S. and

China In Africa: Great Decisions investigates Chinese-American competition in Africa.



KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots The Shirts On Their Backs: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Lidia Celebrates America A Salute to First Responders: Join Chef Lidia Bastianich on a trip across the country to visit those serving on the front lines. From coast to coast, Lidia follows dedicated frst responders, military and medical workers, and sees the prominent role food plays in their lives.

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Midwife Crisis: Martin meets the midwife who will be looking after Louisa and the two of them do not hit it of. KPBS 2 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Musica Sin Fronters (Music Without Borders): Vin Scully narrates “Lincoln Portrait” with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 6: In the second episode of this two-part special, the Honore police team are left stunned by another murder which is connected to the Tiana case. KPBS 2 Charley Pride: American Masters The life of Charley Pride sheds light on the complicated history of the American South and its music.


11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Stranger / Paul Cannon Band: San Diego’s premiere reggae band Stranger performs. Then, sing along to the warm, pop sounds of Paul Cannon Band. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

Saturday, February 13 6:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show

Love Songs: Mary Lou is the host. Bobby and Elaine dance to “Amor” and Anacani sings “Secret Love.” KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report

7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Helmingham Hall 1: Fiona Bruce and the team head to Helmingham Hall in Sufolk. Items include a medieval sword dredged from a pond and an Indian jewel dating back to a 1799 battle. KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre: The fve tiny port towns of Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore and Monterosso are visited.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow The Most Unkindest Cut of All: Will has decided to write a play about the life of Julius Caesar. Burbage is hogging the limelight.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Diamonds Are A Gal’s Best Friend: New Episode. A missing horse leads the team into the gardens of Toronto’s elite in pursuit of a jewel thief.

9:00 KPBS Kinks - Echoes of a World The Kinks’ infuential 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is explored. KPBS 2 Vera The Moth Catcher: DCI Vera Stanhope investigates a mysterious double murder in a remote country manor house.

10:30 KPBS 2 Upstart Crow The Green Eyed Monster: Things go very awry when Will tries to use a visiting Moorish Prince to impress the nobility.

11:00 KPBS Professor T The Conference: New Episode. Professor T refuses to appear as a speaker at the annual criminologist conference. KPBS 2 America ReFramed Pahokee: Four teens from low-income families reckon with their own self-worth in this sensitive documentary about growing up and getting out.

12:00AM KPBS Austin City Limits Allen Toussaint: New Orleans Legend: A vintage hour with the late New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, performing iconic gems from across his half-century career.


The Pride of the Prydes: Impoverished aristocrat Sir St John Pryde plans to sell estate land, which antagonizes his tenants led by left-wing Alan Archer.

6:30 KPBS 2 Kinks - Echoes of a World The Kinks’ infuential 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is explored.

7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Last Dance: The team investigates a kidnapping gone wrong at the Palais Royale and races to save the victim.

8:00 KPBS Miss Scarlet and the Duke On Masterpiece Mystery! Cell 99: New episode. Eliza stumbles upon a criminal enterprise while searching for the secrets to her father’s fate.


KPBS 2 Nature Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas: Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.

9:00 KPBS All Creatures Great and Small On MASTERPIECE Episode 6: New episode. Defying Siegfried, Tristan coaxes James to try a risky procedure to save a stricken cow. KPBS 2 NOVA Beyond the Elements: Indestructible: Host David Pogue explores the fantastic chemistry behind the everyday materials we depend on, and how the quest for durability can be balanced with products’ environmental impact.

10:00 KPBS Long Song On MASTERPIECE Episode 3: Finale episode. Facing labor unrest and fnancial ruin for the plantation, Robert’s sanity starts to unravel. KPBS 2 Europe’s New Wild Return of the Titans: Travel to the Carpathian Mountains and beyond, where Europe’s most iconic species are thriving.

11:00 KPBS Great Performances The Magic of Callas: Explore the legacy of superstar Maria Callas in this documentary detailing her comeback in 1964. KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Black Like Me: Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux learn unexpected facts about their ancestry.

12:00AM KPBS Midsomer Murders Death and the Divas: The murder of a journalist has echoes of a 1960s horror flm starring Midsomer’s own Stella Harris.

KPBS 2 Al Capone: Icon Celebrity gangster Al Capone’s enduring impact on American culture is explored.


KPBS 2 NOVA Beyond the Elements: Indestructible: Host David Pogue explores the fantastic chemistry behind the everyday materials we depend on, and how the quest for durability can be balanced with products’ environmental impact.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Orlando Hour 2: Learn how outstanding Orlando items have held up in the market since 2007, such as a Fern Isabel Coppedge oil, a Tifany Studios mosaic glass inkwell and an 1844 Presidential election political banner. KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego The Beatles 1965 visit to San Diego. The story behind one of the most famous photographs ever taken in San Diego. Our county’s “Blue Star” Highways. “Guess The Year” and much more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Benefcial Insects: In this episode, we explore the world of “good bugs” by visiting the pollinator garden at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, and more!


The Black Church - This is Our Story, This is Our Song, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States 2: Travel across America and back in time with appraisals for a Joseph Henry Sharp oil and more! KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places History of MCRD-San Diego: Tour the various homes where the Marines lived through wonderful black and white photos; from Balboa Park to their permanent home at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot near Pacifc Highway.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Hollywood Music & Crepes: Meet a real-life hollywood music composer and try some wonderful desserts at Creperia Polanco.

10:00 KPBS Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World Explore the life and career of one of our era’s greatest authors on race, history and economics. KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Stranger / Paul Cannon Band: Featuring a blend of reggae roots, rock and jazz, the band Stranger is recognized as one of San Diego’s

premiere reggae and world music acts. Then, sing along to the warm, pop sounds of the San Diego native Paul Cannon Band.

11:00 KPBS Heard Inspiring stories of people who grew up in America’s public housing projects are highlighted. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News


KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Radio Daze: Mary is acting in a radio drama, but she realizes the play is a cover for a heist.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots Write My Name in the Book of Life: Musician Pharrell Williams and flmmaker Kasi Lemmons uncover accounts of their enslaved ancestors. KPBS 2 Miss Scarlet and the Duke On MASTERPIECE Mystery! Cell 99: Eliza stumbles upon a criminal enterprise while searching for the secrets to her father’s fate.


9:00 KPBS Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Episode 1 of 2: The roots of African American religion, beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, are explored. Hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. KPBS 2 Vienna Blood The Lost Child, Part 1: Max and Oskar investigate a military school with barbaric traditions hidden from the outside world.

10:00 KPBS 2 A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley Episode Two: Travel back to the Victorian era with Lucy Worsley as she delves into the history of British romance.

11:00 KPBS Connected: A Search for Unity We Are Blood: Series premiere. Monty Moran, former CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill travels to six communities to fnd people with unique and often unheard perspectives on life, culture, the environment, politics, immigration and social media. On this episode, the Blood Tribe on the Blackfoot Nation is visited and the impact of cultural genocide is explored. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition


KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 3: Jack’s romance with Anna blossoms while he and the rest of the team investigate the mysterious death of a cyclist during a race.

8:00 KPBS NOVA Beyond the Elements: Life: Host David Pogue investigates the surprising molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive.

KPBS2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Orlando Hour 2: Learn how

outstanding Orlando items have held up in the market since 2007, such as a Fern Isabel Coppedge oil, a Tifany inkwell and an 1844 political banner.

9:00 KPBS Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

Episode 2 of 2: Discover how the Black church expanded to address social inequality and minister to those in need. Hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

KPBS 2 Jazz Swing: The Velocity of Celebration

(1937-1939): As the Great Depression deepens, jazz thrives. The saxophone emerges as an iconic instrument.

11:00 KPBS Africa’s Great Civilizations The Atlantic Age/Commerce and

the Clash of Civilizations: The transformation of north and west Africa from deserted lands into wealthy kingdoms is showcased.




KPBS 2 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth First Steps: Discover how the babies learn to understand their surroundings in environments around the globe.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego A visit to the town of Hortonville. Memories of early Mission Beach and the seawall there. Fatty Arbuckle in San Diego. The secret behind a strange street name in East County, and more! KPBS 2 Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Episode 1: The roots of African American religion, beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, are explored.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Bye Bye Grass: How to Remove Your Lawn: We visit several home gardens, each of which uses a diferent method to kill and/or remove their lawns, with the intent of replacing each with a waterwise landscape.

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places Logan Heights: Black and white photos and records show the early days of San Diego Padres Ted Williams and others who played for the Memorial 9 baseball team, and much more!

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Baja Blues Fest & Brews: Today, we get to experience the largest blues music festival in Mexico, the Baja Blues Fest. Then we take a quick trip over to Sin Fronteras Brewing, an oceanfront location serving the amazing beers available in the region.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Sicilian Defence: A serial killer strikes members of a chess club soon after a woman wakes up after being in a coma. KPBS 2 Amen! Music of the Black Church The optimism and authentic spiritual experience of African American gospel music are explored.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS Great Decisions In Foreign

Policy The World Health Organization: As Covid-19 has turned the WHO into a political fashpoint. Great Decisions explores how geopolitical rivalries are afecting public health and asks how the international community can prepare for the next pandemic.


KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Write My Name in the Book of Life: Musician Pharrell Williams and flmmaker Kasi Lemmons uncover accounts of their enslaved ancestors.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Dule Hill and Daniel J. Watts: We sit down with actors Dule Hill (Psych, The West Wing) and Daniel J. Watts (Hamilton) at the Gefen Playhouse to discuss their roles in the hit new musical, “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole”.

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report KPBS 2 Great Performances 42nd Street: A starry-eyed performer gets her big break on Broadway in this musical extravaganza.


9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Do Not Disturb: Martin deals with

the victim of an accident without hesitation, proving his blood phobia is cured.

10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 7: Saint Marie

mourns when radio legend Dezzie Dixon is murdered live on air, and Jack must unravel a complex mystery to fnd the culprit.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Stripes and Lines / Earl Thomas:

Stripes and Lines performs some of the most vital and progressive music in the indie rock genre. Then next up: experience a powerful jumpin’ rhythm and blues show when Earl Thomas reunites with his original bandmates, the Rhumboogies.


Saturday, February 20 6:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Songs By Johnny Mercer: Guy

Hovis is the guest. Lawrence and the gang salute Johnny Mercer on this show from 1976.

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Black Country Living Museum 2:

The roadshow returns to the Black Country Living Museum, where the day’s fnds include a rare antique revolver, jewels ft for a princess and a slice of motor-racing history.

KPBS 2 Moments to Remember: My Music

Legends of the late 50s and early 1960s pop era including Frankie Laine and the Four Aces perform.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Go On and I Will Follow: As the London Theatre Awards approach, a threat to Will’s family’s happiness is lurking in the wings.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Dealer’s Choice: New episode. Frankie and Trudy take a case from mob boss Bessie Starkman and Frankie gets accused of murder.

9:00 KPBS Moments to Remember: My Music Legends of the late 50s and early 1960s pop era including Frankie Laine and the Four Aces perform. KPBS 2 Vera The Sea Glass: When the body of a missing fsherman is found tangled in the nets of a North Sea trawler, Vera and the team delve into the lives of his family and a close-knit fshing community.

10:30 KPBS 2 Upstart Crow I Know Thee Not, Old Man: Will’s former school teacher invites himself to stay and Will confronts the demons of his childhood.

11:00 KPBS Professor T The Dna of a Murderer: New episode. Professor T’s classes prove popular, with students focking to them in increasing numbers.

11:00 KPBS 2 America ReFramed Baddddd Sonia Sanchez: In BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, Sanchez’s life unfolds in a documentary rich with readings and jazz-accompanied performances of her work.

12:00AM KPBS Austin City Limits Willie Nelson: American music legend Willie Nelson performs a set of hits and songs from his latest album My Way.



The Shadow of the Scafold: Violet Fernsley is due to hang for killing her violent husband Ivan but Father Brown believes in her innocence. KPBS 2 Moments to Remember: My Music Legends of the late 50s and early 1960s pop era including Frankie Laine and the Four Aces perform.

7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Radio Daze: Mary is acting in a radio drama, but she realizes the play is a cover for a heist.

8:00 KPBS Miss Scarlet and the Duke On MASTERPIECE The Case of Henry Scarlet: Finale episode. Eliza faces forgery, murder and false accusation as she gets to the bottom of her father’s death. KPBS 2 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth First Steps: Discover how the babies learn to understand their surroundings in environments around the globe.

9:00 KPBS All Creatures Great and Small On MASTERPIECE Episode 7: Finale episode. Siegfried hosts a Christmas Eve party, with an even bigger event to follow the next day. Helen accompanies James on an emergency house call. KPBS 2 NOVA Beyond the Elements: Life: Host David Pogue investigates the surprising molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive.

10:00 KPBS 2 Europe’s New Wild The Land of the Snow and Ice: Natives and conservation groups work to save an age-old reindeer migration in Lapland.

10:30 KPBS The Windermere Children Child survivors of the Holocaust are brought to an estate near England’s Lake Windermere to recuperate with the help of volunteer therapists. Without their families, they fnd kinship in each other and form bonds that give them hope for the future.

11:00 KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales: S. Epatha Merkerson and Michael Strahan learn stories that challenge assumptions about black history.


KPBS 2 NOVA Beyond the Elements: Life: Host David Pogue investigates the surprising molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Spokane Hour 1: Discover what Spokane fnds from Season 12 are worth now like a 1905 Spokane bird’s-eye view lithograph, Abraham Lincoln letters and more! KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego A visit to the town of Hortonville. Memories of early Mission Beach and the seawall there. Fatty Arbuckle in San Diego. The secret behind a strange street name in East County. “Guess The Year” and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Bye Bye Grass: How to Remove Your Lawn: We visit several home gardens, each of which uses a diferent method to kill and/or remove their lawns, with the intent of replacing each with a waterwise landscape.


400 Years of Taking a Knee, Feb. 22 at 10 p.m.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Harrisburg, Hour Three: The 1963-1968 NASA archive of Pearl Tucker and a painted Bucher box made around 1800 are appraised. KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places Logan Heights: Black and white photos and records show the early days of San Diego Padres Ted Williams and others who played for the Memorial 9 baseball team.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Baja Blues Fest & Brews: Today, we get to experience the largest blues music festival in Mexico, the Baja Blues Fest. Then we take a quick trip over to Sin Fronteras Brewing, an oceanfront location serving the amazing beers available in the region.

10:00 KPBS 400 Years of Taking the Knee Part 1 of 2: BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo narrates the many stories of black resistance to oppression.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Stripes and Lines / Earl Thomas:

Stripes and Lines performs some of the most vital and progressive music in the indie rock genre. Then next up: experience a powerful jumpin’ rhythm and blues show when Earl Thomas reunites with his original bandmates, the Rhumboogies.

10:45 KPBS Independent Lens Mr. Soul!: Celebrate SOUL!, the

public television variety show that shared Black culture with the nation.

11:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition



KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Emancipation Day: Civil rights hero Marcus Garvey hires the team to fnd donations that were taken from an orphanage.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots Country Roots: The diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash are explored. KPBS 2 Miss Scarlet and the Duke On MASTERPIECE The Case of Henry Scarlet: Eliza faces forgery, murder and false accusation as she gets to the bottom of her father’s death.

9:00 KPBS Voice of Freedom: American Experience The fascinating life of African American contralto opera singer Marian Anderson is explored. KPBS 2 Vienna Blood The Lost Child, Part 2: Suspicion at the military school falls on an elite group of cadets with a penchant for sadism.

10:00 KPBS 2 Secrets of Scotland Yard A look London’s police force sheds light on what it takes to become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.

11:00 KPBS Connected: A Search for Unity The Goodlands: Stories of resilience and redemption from the open air drug market in North Philadelphia are shared. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition


KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 4: Jack faces a life-changing decision whilst investigating the murder of a man found dead in a boat of the Saint Marie coast.

8:00 KPBS Nature The Cheetah Children: A wildlife cameraman shadows a cheetah family and details the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood. KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Spokane Hour 1: Discover what Spokane fnds from Season 12 are worth now like a 1905 Spokane bird’s-eye view lithograph, Abraham Lincoln letters and signed carte-de-visite, and a yellow diamond and platinum ring.

9:00 KPBS NOVA Mars 2020: Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. KPBS 2 Jazz Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945): As racial confict in America heats up, the center of jazz in NY moves from Harlem to 52nd Street.

10:00 KPBS Europe’s New Wild Europe’s Amazon: Discover how the habitats of the Danube Delta depend on a healthy river to continue growing.

11:00 KPBS Africa’s Great Civilizations Cities: The power of Africa’s greatest ancient cities, including Kilwa and Great Zimbabwe are explored. KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition



KPBS 2 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth Testing Limits: The new challenges baby animals face once they can get around on their own are highlighted.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego We become “street wise” about Pacifc Beach and University Heights; remember the City of East San Diego; play “Guess The Year” and much more! KPBS 2 Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Episode 2: Discover how the Black church expanded to address social inequality and minister to those in need.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion After The Lawn Is Gone -Waterwise Gardens: In this episode, we learn about planning a new waterwise garden, the features of a waterwise garden, and watch the process of waterwise garden installation.

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places History Center Hidden Treasures: Go behind the scenes and into the vaults at the San Diego History Center.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Fuego & Boules: Today we visit an amazing place in the wine country called Fuego Cocina Del Valle. Then, we meet Javier from Boules restaurant in Ensenada.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Schooled In Murder: A woman is crushed to death with a giant round of cheese at the home of the famous Midsomer Blue. KPBS 2 Jubilee Singers: Sacrifce and Glory: American Experience Jubilee Singers: Sacrifce and Glory: Discover how a group of former slaves saved their school by singing in the decade after the Civil War.


In Foreign Policy End of the Global Order?: Great Decisions asks whether global cooperation can endure in an era of nationalist retrenchment. KPBS 2 BBC World News


KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Country Roots: The diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash are explored.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Great Performances at the Met The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess: The American folk opera brings 1920s Charleston to life with a beloved score from George Gershwin.

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin The Wrong Goodbye: Martin is busy with patients on his last day in town. After a car accident, Louisa goes into labor.


10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 8, Episode 8: When a storm

hits Saint Marie, the Police Station becomes a crime scene. A man is found dead, locked inside, but how did he get in there - and how did the killer escape without touching any of the locks?

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Steve Poltz / Trouble in the Wind:

San Diego’s Steve Poltz delivers a fun, eclectic set of fan faves from his solo albums. Then Trouble in the Wind, a genre-mixing Carlsbad quartet, performs.


Saturday, February 27 9:30 AM KPBS The African Americans:

Many Rivers to Cross Series Marathon. This series

chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through fve centuries of historic events right up to present day.

6:00PM KPBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

Join the acclaimed personal fnance expert for essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement. With empathy, straight talk and humor, Suze provides information about key steps for anyone trying to achieve their “ultimate retirement.”

KPBS2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report 7:00 KPBS 2 Chuck Berry: Brown-Eyed

Handsome Man The Beatles, The Rolling Stones,

Bruce Springsteen and more perform favorite songs by Chuck Berry.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Now You See Her: New episode.

When a magician’s assistant is killed, Frankie goes undercover to fnd the culprit.

9:00 KPBS Chuck Berry: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and more perform favorite songs by Chuck Berry.

KPBS 2 Vera Blood and Bone: New episode.

Vera and her team are drawn into four more compelling cases; the body of a police ofcer discovered in an abattoir incinerator, a mysterious car crash, a suburban back-garden murder and the circumstances that led to the death of a teenage boy.

10:30 KPBS The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Series Marathon. This series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through fve centuries of historic events right up to present day.

11:00 KPBS 2 America ReFramed Where The Pavement Ends: Where

The Pavement Ends transports viewers to Missouri towns Kinloch and Ferguson, examining the shared histories and deep racial divides afecting both.


Sunday, February 28 9:30 AM KPBS Africa’s Great Civilizations Series Marathon. Journey with

Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to Kenya, Egypt and beyond as he discovers the origins of man, the formation of early human societies and more!

6:00PM KPBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

The personal fnance expert provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.

6:30 KPBS 2 Chuck Berry: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and more perform favorite songs by Chuck Berry.

8:00 KPBS Sense and Sensibility Episode One: From acclaimed

writer Andrew Davies comes an enchanting adaptation of Jane Austen’ classic novel about love and marriage.

KPBS 2 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth

Testing Limits: The new challenges baby animals face once they can get around on their own are highlighted.

9:00 KPBS The Miniaturist On MASTERPIECE

Episode One: See what happens when a teen bride’s new husband gives her an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet that is a miniature replica of their home-and seems to predict and unravel the future with unsettling precision.

KPBS 2 NOVA Mars 2020: Follow along as NASA

launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars.

10:00 KPBS Very British Murder The New Taste for Blood: The

impact of the Ratclife Highway Murders on the modern pre-occupation with murder is explored.

KPBS 2 Europe’s New Wild Europe’s Amazon: Discover how

the habitats of the Danube Delta depend on a healthy river to continue growing.

11:00 KPBS Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living

Learn how easy-to-do stretches and other yoga moves can help relieve pain. Peggy Cappy joins yoga and neuromuscular therapist Lee Albert to ofer efective strategies for alleviating symptoms and moving towards a pain-free life.

KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Homecomings: Sterling K. Brown,

Sasheer Zamata and Jon Batiste discover the places their ancestors called home.

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