April 2019Program Guide

On Monday, April 8th at 10pm meet rural doctors trying to care for their patients amidst a shortage of resources on Independent Lens: The Providers, brought to you locally by United Health Centers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________Nature’s Keepers: Sequoia Riverlands Trust is a locally produced special highlighting the work of the Sequoia Riverlands Trust and their work training Citizen Scientists. Watch it on Sunday, April 28th at 6:30pm

EASTER SUNDAY SPECIALSStarting at 9:30am on Sunday, April 21

9:30am Changing Seasons Chronicles a transitional year-in-the-life of famed farmer, slow food advocate, and sansei, David “Mas” Masumoto.

12:30pm Valley of Hope: The Armenian Journey from Terror to Triumph The stories of the victims of the Armenian genocide are told through interviews with survivors’ children and grandchildren.

3:00pm Silent Sacrifi ce: Stories of American Incarceration A documentary fi lm based on the experience of Japanese Americans before, during and after WWII in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.

6:30pm Rick Steves’ European Easter Taking you on a spring journey through Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Italy, and Greece.

3 NIGHT LIVE EVENT

Monday, April 29 - Wednesday, May 15:00pm Nature: American Spring LiveBroadcasting from our own backyard: Sequoia National Park, witness the change of seasons in real time. In iconic locations with varied ecosystems, a diverse group of researchers and citizen scientists investigate how a wide range of organisms respond to the coming of spring.

Catch encore airings at 8:00pm every night.

Don’t miss our local special: Nature’s Keepers on Sunday, April 28 at 6:30pm

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News & Public AffairsMonday - Friday

5:00pm Nightly Business Report 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour12:00am Amanpour and Company* 1:00 Nightly Business Report* 1:30 NHK Newsline*

Saturday & Sunday 6:00pm PBS Newshour Weekend

Spotlight on AgSunday

10:30am Market to Market11:00 America’s Heartland11:30 California Bountiful12:00pm Valley’s Gold

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Cooking, Travel & How-toSaturdays

11:00am Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food11:30 America’s Test Kitchen12:00pm Cook’s Country12:30 Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 2:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 3:00 Martha’s Cooking School 3:30 Martha Bakes 4:00 Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan 4:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street TV 5:00 This Old House 5:30 Ask This Old House

Monday, April 1 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Relatives We Never Knew We Had 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Hotel Del Coronado Pt. 3/3 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Des Moines Pt. 1/310:00 Autism: Coming of Age11:00 Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, April 2 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 Finding Your Roots The Eye of the Beholder9:00 The Central Park Five 11:00 Independent Lens Tres Maison Dasan 12:30am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, April 37:00pm Valley’s Gold Avocados7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Nature Forest of the Lynx 9:00 NOVA Emperor’s Ghost Army10:00 Secrets of the Dead Egypt’s Darkest Hour 11:00 Egypt’s Treasure Guardians12:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, April 47:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Death in Paradise S8: E1

9:00 Doc Martin S8: E2 Sons & Lovers10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 2/6 11:00 Secrets of the Six Wives Beheaded, Died Pt. 2/3 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, April 5 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Community Foundations8:00 The Great British Baking Show Biscuits Pt. 2/10 9:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Pt. 1/3 10:00 Great Performances at The Met La Traviata

Saturday, April 6 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Avocados7:00 Lawrence Welk Show April Showers8:00 Keeping Up Appearances8:30 As Time Goes By9:00 Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag Pt. 1 & 2 Non-standard length10:32 Masterpiece Inspector Lewis S8: E3 What Lies Tangled12:00am Secrets of Scotland Yard

Sunday, April 7 10:00am Inside California Education10:30 Market to Market

Fridays at 7:30pm - Insight with Mark Oppenheim

Insight is a series that highlights the work of nonprofi t organizations and leaders from across the Central Valley through a partnership with mOppenheim.tv and ValleyPBS.

April 5 - Episode 1: Community Foundations - Central Valley Community Foundation and Kern Community Foundation.

April 12 - Episode 2: Arts in the Central Valley - Merced County Arts Council, Fresno Art Museum, Arts Visalia and Kings Art Center

April 19 - Episode 3: Health Services - Valley Caregiver Resources and California Health Collaborative

April 26 - Episode 4: Family Services and Parental Support - All Dads Matter of Merced, First 5 Tulare County and ValleyPBS Ready to Learn

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11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California Bountiful 12:00pm Valley’s Gold Avocados 12:30 California’s Golden Parks1:00 NOVA Emperor’s Ghost Army2:00 A Walk in the Park with Nick Molle: Rivers of the Rockies 3:00 Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks 4:00 The Living Dream: 100 Years of Rocky Mountain National Park5:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Community Foundations6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter7:00 Father Brown The Crimson Feather8:00 Call the Midwife S8: E2 9:00 Masterpiece Mrs. Wilson Part 2/210:00 Masterpiece Unforgotten S3: E1 11:00 Jamestown S2: E612:00am Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service Windsor Pt. 1/4 Monday, April 8 7:00pm Finding Your Roots The Eye of the Beholder8:00 Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum Pt. 1/3 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Des Moines Pt. 2/3

10:00 Independent Lens The Providers brought to you locally by United Health Centers 11:30 RETURN: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, April 9 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello7:30 Rick Steve’s Europe8:00 Finding Your Roots All in the Family 9:00 Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Pt. 1/2 11:00 Slavery by Another Name12:30am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, April 107:00pm Valley’s Gold Unique Crops & Characters7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Nature The Egg: Life’s Perfect Invention9:00 NOVA Mystery of Easter Island10:00 Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet 11:00 The Best of Big Blue Live12:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, April 117:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Death in Paradise S8: E2 9:00 Doc Martin S8: E3 Farewell, My Lovely

10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 3/611:00 Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced, Beheaded, Survived Pt. 3/3 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, April 12 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Arts in the Central Valley8:00 The Great British Baking Show Bread Pt. 3/10 9:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Pt. 2/3 10:00 Walkin’ California Catalina Island 10:30 American Masters Joseph Pulitzer 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, April 136:30pm Valley’s Gold Unique Crops & Characters 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Hooray for Hollywood8:00 Keeping Up Appearances8:30 As Time Goes By 9:00 Midsomer Murders A Sacred Trust Pt. 1 & 2 Non-standard length 10:31 Murder on the Home Front12:30am Secrets of Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Sunday, April 14 10:00am Inside California Education10:30 Market to Market11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California Bountiful 12:00pm Valley’s Gold Unique Crops & Characters 12:30 California’s Golden Parks1:00 NOVA Mystery of Easter Island2:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw Pt. 1/33:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw Pt. 2/3 4:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw Pt. 3/35:00 Walkin’ California Catalina Island 5:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Arts in the Central Valley6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend

Monday, April 810:00pm Independent Lens: The Providers

Follow three “country doctors” in rural New Mexico -- the site of a physician shortage and an opioid epidemic -- who work at clinics that offer care for all, regardless of ability to pay.

Brought to you locally by United Health Centers.

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6:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter7:00 Father Brown The Lepidopterist’s Companion8:00 Call the Midwife S8: E39:00 Masterpiece Les Miserables Pt. 1/610:00 Masterpiece Unforgotten S3: E211:00 Jamestown S2: E712:00am Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service Inveraray and Holyrodhouse Pt. 2/4

Monday, April 15 7:00pm Finding Your Roots All in the Family8:00 Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum Pt. 2/39:00 Antiques Roadshow Manor House Treasures10:00 Frontline Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, April 16 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe8:00 Finding Your Roots Southern Roots 9:00 Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Pt. 2/211:00 Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, April 177:00pm Valley’s Gold Ag Energy: Electric Power 7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Nature Big Birds Can’t Fly9:00 NOVA Secrets of Noah’s Ark10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World The Telescope Pt. 1/6 11:00 How We Got to Now with Stephen Johnson Clean Pt. 1/612:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, April 187:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Death in Paradise S8: E39:00 Doc Martin S8: E4 Faith10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 4/6 11:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S5: E1 Muse12:30am Amanpour and Company

Friday, April 19 7:00pm Washington Week7:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Health Services in the Valley 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Easter Masterclass9:00 Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Pt. 3/310:00 Walkin’ California Yosemite10:30 American Masters Garry Winogrand 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, April 20 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 ValleyPBS Membership DriveSupport the Shows You Love

Sunday, April 21 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love9:30 Changing Seasons11:00 Rick Steves’ European Easter12:30pm Valley of Hope: The Armenian Journey from Terror to Triumph3:00 Silent Sacrifi ce: Stories of American Incarceration5:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Health Services in the Valley6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Rick Steves’ European Easter8:00 Call the Midwife S8: E49:00 Masterpiece Les Miserables Pt. 2/610:00 Masterpiece Unforgotten S3: E311:00 Jamestown S2: E812:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love

Monday, April 22 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Southern Roots8:00 Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum Pt. 3/3

Sundays starting April 14 at 9:00pm

Victor Hugo’s masterpiece comes to television in a six-part adaptation by multi award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies. Dominic West stars as fugitive Jean Valjean, with David Oyelowo as his pursuer Inspector Javert and Lily Collins as the luckless single mother Fantine.

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Where to Watch

ValleyPBS HDOffers signature PBS programs

and local productions.Channel 18.1 | Comcast 8

DirecTV 18 | Dish 18Spectrum 18

ValleyPBS Kids24/7 Children’s Programming

you love and trust. Channel 18.2 | Comcast 395Stream online: pbskids.org

ValleyPBS CreateSavor cooking, travel, home

improvement, gardening and crafting programs with weekend marathons.

Channel 18.3 | Comcast 396More online: createtv.com

ValleyPBS WorldEnjoy even more of

PBS’ Signature nonfi ction documentary, science and

news programming complemented by original content

from emerging producers.Channel 18.4 | Comcast 394

More online: worldchannel.org

9:00 Antiques Roadshow Des Moines Pt. 3/310:00 American Experience The Battle of Chosin12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, April 237:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 Boss: The Black Experience in Business brought to you locally by the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce 10:00 Frontline The Abortion Divide11:00 Independent Lens Charm City 12:30am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, April 247:00pm Valley’s Gold Bounty of the Sea7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Nature Sex, Lies and Butterfl ies9:00 NOVA Saving the Dead Sea 10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World The Airplane Pt. 2/6 11:00 How We Got to Now with Stephen Johnson Time Pt. 2/612:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, April 257:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Death in Paradise S8: E49:00 Doc Martin S8: E5 From the Mouths of Babes 10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester Pt. 5/6 11:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S5: E2 Cartouche 12:30am Amanpour and Company

Friday, April 26 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Insight with Mark Oppenheim Family Services and Parental Support 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Desserts Pt. 4/10 9:00 Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow Pt. 1/210:00 Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow Pt. 2/2 11:00 State of the Art 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, April 27 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love Sunday April 28 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love 5:30pm Insight with Mark Oppenheim Family Services and Parental Support6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Nature’s Keepers: Sequoia Riverlands Trust Locally produced 7:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love8:00 Call the Midwife S8: E59:00 Masterpiece Les Miserables Pt. 3/6 10:00 Masterpiece Unforgotten S3: E411:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Support the Shows You Love Monday, April 29 5:00pm Nature/American Spring Live Birth & Rebirth Pt. 1/3 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Walkin’ California Yosemite7:30 Nature’s Keepers: Sequoia Riverlands Trust Locally produced 8:00 Nature/American Spring Live Birth & Rebirth Pt. 1/3 Encore Airing9:00 Korea: The Never-Ending War 11:00 D-Day: The Price of Freedom 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, April 305:00pm Nature/American Spring Live Migration Pt. 2/3 6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Outside with Greg Aiello7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 Nature/American Spring Live Migration Pt. 2/3 Encore Airing9:00 The Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky 10:00 Frontline The Last Survivors11:00 Andes: Kingdoms of the Sky12:00am Amanpour and Company

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April 2019Program Guide