December 2011 NET NOW

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Rick Steves’ European Christmas, Celtic Thunder Christmas and More – pages 4 & 5 NET Looks to Omaha to Complete the Inspire Nebraska Campaign – page 12 & 13 Special NET Television Holiday Programming – back page

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The mission of NET is to enrich lives and engage minds by connecting communities and celebrating Nebraska with services that educate, entertain and enlighten.

Foundations ExEcutivE dirEctor and publishEr: Jeff Beckman

communications managEr: Mary Jane Winquest

Editor:Michelle DeRusha

associatE Editor: Pamela S. Thompson

multimEdia graphic dEsignEr: Kristi Koser

graphic dEsignEr: Diana Fujan NET Foundations for Television and Radio Board of Directorschair: John McPhail, Columbus

vicE chair: Margaret Hornady-David, Grand Island sEcrEtarY/trEasurEr: Rod Bates, Lincoln

asst. trEasurEr: Randal Hansen, Lincoln

Asst. sEcrEtarY: Jeff Beckman, Lincoln David Feingold, Lincoln Michael Winkle, Lincoln

board mEmbErs: Beverly A. Atkins, Dix Ardyce Bohlke, Hastings Dr. Ruth Brown, Johnson Lake Kenneth Cheloha, Lincoln Sandra Douglas, Omaha Dr. William Griffin, Omaha Bell Island, Gering Cara C. James, Omaha Bradley J. Krivohlavek, D.D.S., PC., Norfolk Roger Larson, Lincoln Roger Massey, Lincoln Don Pederson, Lincoln Pam Price, Grand Island Marilyn Rahmig, Scottsbluff Carol Russell, Omaha Margaret Sibbitt, Hyannis Sam Sidner, Lincoln Rita Stinner, Scottsbluff Glenn Van Velson, North Platte Brian Alexander Young, Omaha

contacts: NET Foundations for Television and Radio 1800 N. 33rd Street Lincoln, NE 68503 netNebraska.org/foundation

For inFormation call: 800-634-6788 or 402-472-6788 For programming inFormation call: 402-472-9333, ext. 217

Table of ConTenTs DeCeMbeR 2011

Letter from the NET Foundations Executive Director Page 2Upcoming Events Page 3December NET Television Program Highlights Page 4-5NET1 & NET-HD Primetime Television Listings Page 6-8NET1 & NET-HD Daytime Television Listings Page 8NET2 World & NET3 Create Television Highlights Page 9NET Radio Feature Stories Page 10-11 NET Radio Schedules Page 10Inspiring Nebraska: Omaha Campaign Events Page 12-13Donor Profile: MarySue Hormel Harris Page 14 Showcase: NET Television Special Holiday Programming Back Page

NET Now editorial staff members Diana Fujan and Pamela Thompson and Mind over Murder producer William Kelly accepted national public broadcasting awards for promotion and content production at the October National Educational Telecommunications Association conference in Kansas City.

neT now Magazine and neT Television Win neTa awards

Dear Friends,

Back in 2006 when I first started here at NET as Executive Director of the Foundations, I met one-on-one with all 39 NET Television and NET Radio Board of Directors from throughout the state. At the time, nearly every one of them asked me why NET wasn’t more actively engaged with our audience and the community in Omaha. Our board members were concerned that we weren’t focused enough on our largest market for viewers and members. And they were right.

Over the past several years we’ve begun to spread our footprint more broadly in the Omaha metro region. For example, we produced several Omaha-based documentaries, including the 2011 releases Standing Bear’s Footsteps and Rosenblatt: The Final Inning. We leased a new office this summer in west-central Omaha, were the media sponsor

for Jazz on the Green and we held four Inspire Nebraska Campaign events this fall to introduce Omaha friends to our plans for the future. We are also working hard with educators and business and community leaders to determine how NET’s mission can better serve Omaha.

More recently, we arranged two new partnerships, one with the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and the other with the Omaha World-Herald. We’ll share more details soon about our collaboration with KVNO, UNO’s public radio station, and with the Omaha World-Herald’s NEPrepZone, a statewide high school sports website that will expand NET’s ability to stream the NSAA State High School Championships to a broader audience via the web.

Rest assured, NET’s focus will always be on the entire state of Nebraska – we value every square inch of the state and every citizen. But we sure are excited about these new partnerships in Omaha and how they will benefit Nebraskans statewide.

Jeff Beckman with NET supporter Annie Bird, of Omaha, at the Omaha Inspire Campaign event.

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Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission

CHAIR: Dara Troutman, Lincoln

VICE CHAIR: J. Richard Shoemaker, Cambridge

ExECutIVE CommIttEE mEmbER: Dr. Kenneth Bird, Omaha

SECREtARY/tREASuRER: Rod Bates, Lincoln

ASSt. SECREtARY/tREASuRER: Randal Hansen, Lincoln

CommISSIoNERS: Dennis Baack, Lincoln Roger Breed, LincolnStan Carpenter, LincolnKim Dinsdale, Grand IslandSteve Seline, OmahaClay Smith, LincolnDarlene Starman, Lincoln

Trustees CouncilRichard W. Bailey, LincolnJames Beatty, OmahaAnn Beckenhauer-Wimmer and

George Wimmer, West PointArdyce and Jon Bohlke, HastingsSharon Brodkey, OmahaJack D. Campbell, LincolnDr. Michael Cartwright, WhitneyDonald and Judy Dworak, ColumbusJames Faimon, LincolnJames V. Griesen, LincolnAileen D. Gruendel, Ph.D., Grand Island Doris Harrington, Chadron Phil Heckman, Lincoln Dr. Donald Helmuth, Lincoln Alan Hersch, Lincoln Robert Krohn, Omaha Kathleen Lohr, Columbus James A. Mastera, Lincoln Richard Meyer, Scottsbluff Phyllis Narveson, Lincoln Robert L. Nefsky, Lincoln Ken Obermiller, Grand Island Ann Pickel, Omaha Jackie Rosenlof, Kearney Lynne K. Rustad, Lincoln DiAnna and Herbert Schimek, Lincoln Elaine Wolf, Albion Community Advisory CouncilJeff Beals, OmahaFred Clark, OmahaJane E. Griffin-Ciotti, LincolnMichael D. Guilliatt, CLU, CFP, FremontBryan Kinghorn, OmahaMele Mason, OmahaRichard T. McDougall, Esq., CTFA, YorkS. Scott Moore, OmahaMarilyn Peterson, CozadJeff Shaddock, McCookSue Weidner, Omaha

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DecemberNET Television Member DriveDecember 3-11 Tune in for concerts, specials programs and opportunities to pledge for unique experiences.

Coffee & Conversation: LionessThursday, December 156 p.m. NET 1800 North 33rd Street, LincolnFree and open to the public

An intimate look at war through the eyes of women on the front lines, as well as the U.S. combat policy that bans them from combat. Discussion to follow film.

Coffee & Conversation Film Festival Celebrating Women and Girls

Pray the Devil Back to Hell Tuesday, January 17 Peace Unveiled Wednesday, January 18 Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Thursday, January 19

January

Upcoming Events for neT Membership & Inspire Campaign

Visit netNebraska.org/members or call 800-634-6788 for details or questions about the events listed here.

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Saturday, December 33 p.m. CT on NET1/HD Join world traveler Rick Steves for a look at sacred, traditional, intimate family Christmas traditions around Europe. From England to Norway, Burgundy to Bavaria and Rome to the top of the Swiss Alps, locals brimming with holiday cheer celebrate Christmas in seven European countries. Pledge your support to NET Television and meet Rick Steves at NET's Studios and at Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum this March.

neT sports in December

All productions of

nebraska Men’s basketball

Alcorn State vs. Nebraska Saturday, December 17

Live at 7 p.m. CT on NET1/HD

Central Michigan

vs. Nebraska Tuesday, December 20 Live at 7 p.m. CT on

NET1/HD

nebraska Women’s basketball

South Dakota State

vs. Nebraska Wednesday, December 21

Live at 7 p.m. CT on NET 1/HD

This one-hour live pledge special features NET Sports highlights from the past year and offers you a one-time chance to support NET and do your holiday shopping or add to your sports memorabilia collection. Guests Trev Alberts, Johnny Rodgers and others will chat about Nebraska sports and

offer unique gifts, including Joba Chamberlain– signed baseballs; "The Catch" posters autographed by Matt Davidson and Scott Frost; footballs signed by the Nebraska Heisman winners and other collectibles.

big Red Wrap-Up

nebraska sports Collector's edition

Tuesday, December 6 7 p.m. CT on NET1/HD

Tuesday, December 6 8 p.m. CT on NET1/HD

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Ronan Tynan: More Than Magic Saturday, December 10 5:30 p.m. CT on NET1/HD Ronan Tynan performs across all musical genres, including rock ’n roll, opera, country and Irish ballads. Tynan brings down the house with songs like: Bruce Springsteen’s Into The Fire and U2’s All I Want Is You, along with crowd favorites like Hallelujah, Coming Home and, of course, Danny Boy. Pledge your support during this show, and we'll send you two tickets to see Ronan Tynan at the Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha in March!

Pbs arts fall festival Continues Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park Friday, December 28 p.m. CT on NET1/HD

Celtic Woman: believe Saturday, December 3 5 p.m. CT on NET1/HD For the first time ever a Celtic Woman concert is filmed in America. The extravagant production includes a full orchestra, the Celtic Woman Band, the Atlanta Pipe Band and lush vocal harmonies from the Aontas Choir and a 30-member children’s choir, all filmed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

The most popular Italian tenor in the world joins the New York Philharmonic, the Westminster Symphonic Choir and other special guests on Central Park’s Great Lawn for the PBS Arts Fall Festival Finale.

Saturday, December 3 9 p.m. CT on NET1/HD This performance features 14 Christmas favorites performed Celtic Thunder-style, including Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow, Silent Night and more.

Pledge your support to NET Television during this show, and to thank you, we’ll send you two tickets to meet the Celtic Thunder lads at the NET Studios in March!

Celtic Thunder Christmas



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Thursday • 12/1 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – America's Veterans:

A Musical Tribute 2011 8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow:

Madison, WI - Pt. 1 9:00 pm – Independent Lens:

Art & Copy 10:30 pm – Ted Kooser's Poetic World 11:00 pm – Consider This... 11:30 pm – John McLaughlin's

One on One

Friday • 12/2 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Washington Week 7:30 pm – Need to Know 8:00 pm – PBS Arts from New York:

Great Performances – Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

10:30 pm – Loopdiver: The Journey of a Dance

11:00 pm – Are You Being Served (hr)

saTurday • 12/3Special Daytime Pledge Programming

7:30 am – A to Z Guide to Healing Yourself! with Dr. Mark Stengler

9:00 am – Mayo Clinic Diet 10:30 am – Back Care Basics:

Yoga for the Rest of Us 11:30 am – 3 Steps to Incredible Health!

with Joel Fuhrman, MD 1:30 pm – Financial Fitness After 50!

with Paul Merriman 3:00 pm – Rick Steves' European

Christmas 5:00 pm – Celtic Woman – Believe 7:00 pm – 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 9:00 pm – Celtic Thunder Christmas 10:30 pm – Santana – Live at

Montreux 2011

Programming is subject to change. Visit netNebraska.org/television for daily listings and updates to the regular programming schedule.Programs are listed in Central Time.All programs are closed-captioned.

*NET Television/Local Program.

sunday • 12/4Special Daytime Pledge Programming

7:00 am – Financial Fitness After 50! with Paul Merriman

8:30 am – Rick Steves' European Christmas

10:30 am – Mayo Clinic Diet NooN – 3 Steps to Incredible Health!

with Joel Fuhrman, MD 1:30 pm – Back Care Basics:

Yoga for the Rest of Us 2:30 pm – Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy –

An American Masters Special 4:30 pm – Ronan Tynan:

More Than Magic 6:00 pm – PBS Arts from New York:

Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

8:30 pm – Celtic Woman – Believe 10:30 pm – Paul Simon: Live at Webster

Hall, New York

Monday • 12/5 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour

Special Pledge Programming 7:00 pm – Rick Steves' European

Christmas 9:00 pm – Celtic Thunder Christmas 10:30 pm – Joe Bonamassa Live from the

Royal Albert Hall

Tuesday • 12/6 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Big Red Wrap-Up

Special Pledge Programming 8:00 pm – Nebraska Sports

Collector's Edition 9:00 pm – 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 11:00 pm – Big Red Wrap-Up

Wednesday • 12/7 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour

Special Pledge Programming 7:00 pm – Celtic Woman – Believe 9:00 pm – Straight No Chaser – Songs

of the Decades 10:30 pm – Financial Fitness After 50!

with Paul Merriman

Thursday • 12/8 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour

Special Pledge Programming 7:00 pm – Victor Borge:

Comedy In Music! 8:30 pm – PBS Arts from New York:

Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

11:00 pm – Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us

Friday • 12/9 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour

Special Pledge Programming 7:00 pm – Celtic Thunder Christmas 8:30 pm – 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 10:30 pm – Mayo Clinic Diet

saTurday • 12/10Special Pledge Programming

7:30 am – 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, MD

9:00 am – 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, MD

10:30 am – Rick Steves' European Christmas

12:30 pm – Mayo Clinic Diet 2:00 pm – Celtic Thunder Christmas 3:30 pm – 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 5:30 pm – Ronan Tynan:

More Than Magic 7:00 pm – Moments to Remember 9:30 pm – Celtic Woman – Believe 11:30 pm – Jammin at Hippie Jack's:

Daddy: Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack, Pt. 2

sunday • 12/11 Special Pledge Programming

7:00 am – A to Z Guide to Healing Yourself! with Dr. Mark Stengler

8:30 am – Mayo Clinic Diet 10:00 am – 3 Steps to Incredible Health!

with Joel Fuhrman, MD 11:30 am – Rick Steves' European

Christmas 1:30 pm – Moments to Remember 4:00 pm – Human Nature Sings

Motown with Special Guest Smokey Robinson

5:30 pm – Victor Borge: Comedy In Music!

7:00 pm – Country Pop Legends 9:00 pm – Joe Bonamassa Live from

the Royal Albert Hall 10:30 pm – 3 Steps to Incredible Health!

with Joel Fuhrman, MD

Monday • 12/12 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow:

Madison, WI - Pt. 3 8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow:

Denver, CO - Pt. 3 9:00 pm – American Experience:

Victory in the Pacific 11:00 pm – Globe Trekker: Antarctica

neT1 / HD schedule

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Tuesday • 12/13 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Christmas with the Mormon

Tabernacle Choir with David Archuleta and Michael York

8:00 pm – L.A. Holiday Celebration 2010

9:00 pm – Frontline: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

11:00 pm – Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with David Archuleta and Michael York

Wednesday • 12/14 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Live from Lincoln Center:

George Balanchine's the Nutcracker

9:00 pm – NOVA: Mystery of the Megavolcano

10:00 pm – Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators

11:00 pm – NOVA (repeat)

Thursday • 12/15 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Marching Once More: 60

Years After the Battle of the Bulge

8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI - Pt. 3

9:00 pm – Independent Lens: Lioness 10:30 pm – Stratcom 9/11:

A Different Doomsday 11:00 pm – Consider This... 11:30 pm – John McLaughlin's

One on One

Friday • 12/16 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Gang Fight: Nebraska 7:30 pm – Stratcom 9/11:

A Different Doomsday 8:00 pm – Washington Week 8:30 pm – Need to Know 9:00 pm – PBS Arts from San Francisco:

Great Performances – The Little Mermaid

11:30 pm – Are You Being Served

saTurday • 12/17Special Daytime Pledge Programming

7:30 am – 7:00 pm: Best of NET/PBS Special NET Sports Programming

7:00 pm – Nebraska Men's Basketball: Alcorn State @ Nebraska

9:00 pm – Best of NET/ PBS Pledge

11:00 pm – Austin City Limits: Esperanza Spalding/Madeleine Peyroux

sunday • 12/18Special Pledge Programming

7:00 am – 7:00 pm: Best of NET/PBS 7:00 pm – Masterpiece Classic:

Downton Abbey - Part 1 8:30 pm – Masterpiece Classic:

Downton Abbey - Part 2 10:00 pm – European Christmas Markets 10:30 pm – Nebraska Stories 11:00 pm – Jammin at Hippie Jack's (hr):

Season Jam


Forever Young 8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow:

Big & Little 9:00 pm – When Farmers Were Heroes 9:30 pm – American Masters: Charles

& Ray Eames: the Architect and the Painter

11:00 pm – Globe Trekker: Barcelona City Guide

Tuesday • 12/20 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour

Special NET Sports Programming 7:00 pm – Nebraska Men's Basketball:

Central Michigan @ Nebraska

9:00 pm – Frontline: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

11:00 pm – Gang Fight: Nebraska 11:30 pm – Stratcom 9/11:

A Different Doomsday

Wednesday • 12/21 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour

Special NET Sports Programming 7:00 pm – Nebraska Women's

Basketball: South Dakota State @ Nebraska

9:00 pm – NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew

11:00 pm – Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone

Thursday • 12/22 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Lidia Celebrates America 8:00 pm – Christmas at Belmont 9:00 pm – Independent Lens:

Troop 1500

10:30 pm – Gang Fight: Nebraska 11:00 pm – Consider This... 11:30 pm – John McLaughlin's

One on One

Friday • 12/23 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Don't Touch That Dial! 8:00 pm – Washington Week 8:30 pm – Need to Know 9:00 pm – Christmas with the Mormon

Tabernacle Choir with David Archuleta and Michael York

10:00 pm – Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing

11:00 pm – Are You Being Served (hr)

saTurday • 12/24 6:00 pm – Lawrence Welk Show 7:00 pm – Great Romances of the

20th Century: Laurence Oliver & Vivien Leigh

7:30 pm – Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey - Part 1

9:00 pm – Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey - Part 2

10:30 pm – As Time Goes By 11:00 pm – Austin City Limits:

Tom Waits

sunday • 12/25 Special Holiday Programming

(see page 8 & 16 for details.) 6:00 pm – Prima Princessa Presents

The Nutcracker 7:00 pm – Nature: Christmas in

Yellowstone 8:00 pm – Masterpiece Classic:

Downton Abbey - Part 3 9:30 pm – Hollywood Christmas

with Mulberry Lane 10:30 pm – Nebraska Stories 11:00 pm – Jammin at Hippie Jack's (hr):

Season Jam


Phoenix, AZ - Pt. 1 8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow:

San Jose, CA - Pt. 1 9:00 pm – Note By Note – The Making

of Steinway L1037 10:00 pm – Dead Reckoning:

Champlain in America 11:00 pm – Globe Trekker: Nigeria



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NET1/HD Prime-time continued... neT1 / HD Daytime Program schedule

Monday-Friday 6:00 am – Clifford the Big Red Dog 6:30 am – Wild Kratts 7:00 am – Arthur 7:30 am – Martha Speaks 8:00 am – Curious George 8:30 am – Cat in the Hat Knows

a Lot About That! 9:00 am – Sesame Street 10:00 am – Super Why! 10:30 am – Dinosaur Train 11:00 am – Sid the Science Kid 11:30 am – Word World NooN – Super Why! 12:30 pm – Barney and Friends 1:00 pm – Caillou 1:30 pm – Sid the Science Kid 2:00 pm – Dinosaur Train 2:30 pm – Cat in the Hat Knows

a Lot About That! 3:00 pm – Curious George 3:30 pm – Martha Speaks 4:00 pm – Arthur 4:30 pm – WordGirl 5:00 pm – Wild Kratts 5:30 pm – The Electric Company

saTurday 6:00 am – America's Heartland 6:30 am – Market to Market 7:00 am – Market Journal

12/3,12/10 &12/17 – Pledge (p. 6-7) 7:30 am – Best of the Joy of Painting 8:00 am – Victory Garden 8:30 am – Garden Smart 9:00 am – This Old House 9:30 am – Ask This Old House 10:00 am – Hometime 10:30 am – Sewing with Nancy 11:00 am – Martha's Sewing Room 11:30 am – Fons & Porter's

Love of Quilting NooN – Quilting Arts 12:30 pm – Woodwright's Shop 1:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow

2:00 pm – Burt Wolf: What We Eat 2:30 pm – Taste This! 3:00 pm – Mexico – One Plate at a

Time with Rick Bayless 3:30 pm – Hubert Keller:

Secrets of A Chef 4:00 pm – America's Test Kitchen

from Cook's Illustrated 4:30 pm – Rick Steves' Europe 5:00 pm – This Old House Hour

sunday 6:00 am – Mister Rogers’

Neighborhood 6:30 am – Bob the Builder

12/4, 12/11 & 12/18 – Pledge (p. 6-7)Special Holiday Programs –12/25

6:00 am – Wordworld: The Christmas Star/Present for Dog

6:30 am – Clifford's Puppy Days 7:00 am � Curious George: A Very

Monkey Christmas 8:00 am – Shalom Sesame -

Chanukah: The Missing Menorah

8:30 am – Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

9:00 am – Dinosaur Train: Winter Wish/Festival of Lights

9:30 am – Sid The Science Kid: Sid's Holiday Adventure

10:00 am – Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

11:00 am – Christmas with the Annie Moses Band

NooN – Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing

1:00 pm – Christmas at Belmont 2:00 pm – Hollywood Christmas

with Mulberry Lane 3:00 pm – Prima Princessa Presents

The Nutcracker 4:00 pm – Christmas with the

Mormon Tabernacle Choir with David Archuleta and Michael York

5:00 pm – Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

6:00 pm – Prima Princessa Presents The Nutcracker

special neT Programming (check pages 6-8 for details)

Pledge – Saturdays/Sundays December 3-4, 10-11, & 17-18NET Sports – Mens & Womens Basketball - December 17, 20 & 21

Holiday Programs – Sunday, December 25

Tuesday • 12/27 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Botany of Desire

9:00 pm – Frontline: The Undertaking 10:00 pm – Good Food 11:00 pm – Don't Touch That Dial!

Wednesday • 12/28 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Nature: Arctic Bears 8:00 pm – NOVA: Extreme Ice 9:00 pm – NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice 10:00 pm – NOVA: Extreme Ice 11:00 pm – Nature: Arctic Bears

Thursday • 12/29 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – Once Upon A Christmas

Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri

8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow: Phoenix, AZ - Pt. 1

9:00 pm – Independent Lens: These Amazing Shadows

10:00 pm – Solomon Butcher: Frontier Photographer

11:00 pm – Consider This... 11:30 pm – John McLaughlin's

One on One

Friday • 12/30 6:00 pm – PBS Newshour 7:00 pm – NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice 8:00 pm – Washington Week 8:30 pm – Need to Know 9:00 pm – American Masters:

Troubadours: Carole King/ James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter

10:30 pm – Ragtime Cabaret 11:00 pm – Are You Being Served (hr)

saTurday • 12/31 6:00 pm – Lawrence Welk Show 7:00 pm – Live from Lincoln Center:

Bernstein and Gershwin 9:00 pm – Masterpiece Classic:

Downton Abbey - Part 3 10:30 pm – Coldplay New Year's Eve:

An Austin City Limits Special


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NET3 Create features popular home, how-to, travel and lifestyle series. Programming is subject to change. Visit netNebraska.org/television for daily listings & updates to the regular programming schedule. Programs are listed in Central Time.

sunday-Friday 6:00 am � Cooking and Travel 9:00 am � Home, Garden &

How-To NooN – Repeats am Cooking

and Travel 3:00 pm � Repeats am Home,

Garden & How-To 6:00 pm � Repeats am Cooking

and Travel 9:00 pm � Repeats am Home,

Garden & How-To Repeats schedule overnight

saTurday all-day specials

12/3 – Cooking specials 12/10 – Travel specials 12/17 – Cooking, Home &

Travel specials 12/24 – Cooking, Home &

Travel specials 12/31 – Cooking & Travel

specials

Cooking includes programs like:•Taste This!•New Scandinavian Cooking•Kimchi Chronicles•Lidia's Italy in America

...and more

Travel includes programs like:•Rudy Maxa's World•Travelscope•Globe Trekker

•Rick Steves’ Europe...and more

Home, Garden & How-To includes programs like:•Gary Spetz's Painting

Wild Places•European Christmas Markets•The Woodwright's Shop•P. Allen Smith's Garden

Home...and more

neT3 Create Program Highlights

neT2 World Program Highlights

daily neWs prograMs Monday-Friday

6:00 am – BBC World News 11:00 am – Tavis Smiley (hr) 4:00 pm – Charlie Rose 9:00 pm – PBS NewsHour 10:00 pm – Nightly Business

Report 11:00 pm – Charlie Rose

Check out many NET and local news and public affairs programs available online at netNebraska.org via podcasts and public media archive. NET2 World also offers live coverage of the Nebraska Unicameral, when it is in session. Programming is subject to change. Visit netNebraska.org/television for daily listings & updates to the regular programming schedule. Programs are listed in Central Time.

NET2 World brings you the best of PBS favorites like Nature (moNdays � 8 pM), History Detectives (Tuedays � 8 pM) and Frontline (WedNesdays � 8 pM), plus special documentaries, NET Television local productions and NET News features.

plus local & naTional specials in deceMber:

saTurday, 12/3 aT 9 & 10 pM: Paving the Way: The National Park-to-Park Highway

Thurdays, 12/15, 22 & 29

aT 5pM: Survival: Lives in the Balance

Get Creative with neT3 Create!These pledge specials and more in December will help you get creative in the kitchen and more.

Julie Child’s Memories: Bon Appetit!Saturday, December 3, 8 a.m. CT (repeats December 4 at 3 p.m. CT)

Laugh and learn how to cook the classics along with this retrospective, which highlights some of the most memorable episodes from Julia Child’s cooking series The French Chef.

America’s Home Cooking: One SkilletSaturday, December 3, 3 p.m. CT (repeats December 4 at 7 a.m. CT)

Whether slow-simmered or quickly sautéed, these hearty soups, stews and cheesy casseroles move from the stove to the table in one pan. Learn how to cook no-fuss

recipes like steak pizzaiola, skillet Reubens and apple skillet cobbler.

Eat and Cook Healthy with Dr. John La PumaSaturday, December 3, 1:30 p.m. CT (repeats December 4 at 10 a.m. CT)

Learn how to use culinary medicine – recipes and foods that prevent or control common health conditions without sacrificing taste.

Bob Ross: The Happy PainterSaturday, December 3, Noon CT (repeats December 4 at 11:30 a.m. CT and December 8 at 5:30 p.m. CT)

Bob Ross was one of the most iconic figures in public television, but

many viewers know very little about the man who painted “happy little trees.” Tune in to this hour-long documentary and learn about the painter behind

the palette.



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Monday-Friday 5:00 am – Morning Edition - Nebraska

News at 6:33, 7:06, 8:33 8:58 am – Writers Almanac 9:03 am – Morning Concert

Friday: Friday Live NooN – Midday Music

Thursday: All About Books at 12:04

1:00 pm – Afternoon Concert Friday: Classics by Request

4:00 pm – All Things Considered Nebraska News at 4:30, 5:30

6:30 pm – Fresh Air 7:30 pm – Performance Today - Friday:

Big Band Spotlight at 8:30 9:30 pm – Classical Music overnight

saTurday

7:00 am – Weekend Edition - Nebraska Humanities Story at 8:30

10:00 am – Car Talk 11:00 am – Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN – Marketplace Money 1:00 pm – The Splendid Table 2:00 pm – Being

3:00 pm – This American Life 4:00 pm – Weekend All Things

Considered 5:00 pm – A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm – The Thistle and Shamrock 8:00 pm – Early in the Evening (Jazz) 10:00 pm – Classical Music overnight

sunday

6:00 am – Millennium of Music 7:00 am – Being 8:00 am – Weekend Edition - Nebraska

Humanities Story at 9:30 10:00 am – Car Talk 11:00 am – A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm – Nebraska Concerts 3:00 pm – The Splendid Table 4:00 pm – Weekend All Things

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Considered 5:00 pm – American Routes 7:00 pm – The Verge 9:00 pm – Jazz overnight

Classics by Request RoadshowMore than 40 NET Radio fans turned out for the first-ever Classics By Request roadshow in mid-November at Concordia University, Nebraska in Seward. Guests enjoyed the opportunity to meet Classics By Request host Lora Black and to hear live music performed by Concordia faculty and students, as well as recorded pieces that were requested by listeners earlier this fall.

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neT fall Membership Drive sets a new RecordNET Radio’s Fall Membership Drive was a big success! Nearly 1,600 donors made pledges, mailed additional gifts and sponsored Member Match hours to make this our most successful on-air drive ever, totaling more than $270,000. Tickets to see Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me live next May at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln were a popular thank you gift during this year’s membership drive.

Friday Live host William Stibor kicked off the drive with a special 90-minute show broadcast from NET studios.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) theater professor Virginia Smith and musician Paul Amandes spoke about their musical adaptation of Ted Kooser’s book Local Wonders at the Lied Center in October.

UNL Professor of Piano Paul Barnes performed and offered an overview of the 200th birthday of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt.

Stibor also chatted with writer/director Joel Egger and Apollon representative Aubrey Mathews about Out of the Lips of Silence, an innovative collaborative project between Lincoln’s Haymarket Theatre and the Apollon, a new Omaha arts production center.

Guests also enjoyed live music by UNL choral ensembles, which performed selections from the upcoming Cocoa & Carols: Yuletide Family Festival to be held December 5 at UNL’s Kimball Hall.

Thank You!...to all the members who helped make this drive a tremendous success!

Above: Associate Director Tyler Rinne (left) and Managing Artistic Director Jamie Ulmer, both of the Community Players in Beatrice, with host William Stibor; UNL choral ensemble. Below: UNL choral ensemble & Paul Barnes perform.

If you still have errands to run, shopping to do, gifts to wrap and pies to bake, why not get it all done to the songs of the season on NET Radio?

The following is only a partial listing of holiday music on NET Radio in December. Visit netNebraska.org/radio for the complete list of special holiday programs.

Nebraska ConcertsFour Sundays in December, 1-3 p.m. CT

December 4: From December 2010 concerts, A Nebraska Brass Christmas and Christmas and All That Jazz with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra.

December 11: From a December 2010 concert, Star of the East with Dulces Voces and Lincoln Early Music Consort. Also, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) School of Music's December 2009 Cocoa & Carols: Yuletide Family Festival.

December 18: From a December 2010 concert, Dawn of Redeeming Grace with The Abendmusik Chorus, The Plymouth Brass and The Plymouth Ringers. Also, more holiday songs from the UNL School of Music.

December 25: From a December 2011 concert, Deck The Halls with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, featuring mezzo-soprano Adrienne Dickson.

Other Music Specials:A Festival of Nine Lessons and CarolsDecember 24, 9-11 a.m. CT Our annual live broadcast from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England.

Hanukah, The Festival of LightsDecember 20-28 Listen for music at various times to celebrate the holiday.

A Chanticleer ChristmasDecember 23, 1-2 p.m. CT Celebrate the season with the 12-voice San Francisco-based men's choir



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Inspire Nebraska Campaign honorary co-chairs Dr. William Griffin and Sharon Marvin Griffin hosted four campaign events on consecutive Thursdays in October at the Omaha Marriott Hotel, Creighton

University’s Harper Center ballroom (also co-hosted by NET Board Member and Creighton University Vice President of Information Technology Brian Young), Oak Hills Country Club and The Club at Indian Creek. About 40 NET supporters attended each event.

“Omaha needs to be better connected to the state, and as the one entity that bridges the entire state, NET helps us fulfill that role,” said Ken Bird, former superintendent of Omaha Public Schools and current CEO and president of Avenue Scholars in Omaha, who spoke at Oak Hills Country Club. “We have a huge gap to fill in educating Omaha’s children, and NET’s educational programming can help us do that. So let’s help make NET Television the best resource it can possibly be.”

NET General Manager Rod Bates discussed about the need to get kids ready to learn and referenced NET’s 12 hours of daily children’s programming that teaches preschoolers literacy, math and science and sparks their curiosity.

“I watched Sesame Street with my children and now enjoy Antiques Roadshow and The NewsHour,” said Sharon Marvin Griffin. “NET is essential because it gives us room to grow, room to think and room to learn. NET records our past so that we can be reminded of who we are and help us understand where we’re going,” she added.

NET is more than 92% of the way toward reaching its $25 million Inspire Nebraska Campaign goal. The Omaha metro is the last phase of the five-year campaign, with a goal of $3 million.

Campaign co-chair Jim Seacrest discussed how important the last few dollars of a statewide campaign are. “Join us,” he urged guests at the Creighton University event. “We’re going to complete this right.”

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From top to bottom: Campaign Chair Jim Seacrest with Honorary Chairs Sharon Marvin Griffin and William Griffin; NET General Manager Rod Bates with Marian Andersen; Linda Wiater with NET Omaha Development Director Bridget Robbins.

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Clockwise: Senator D. Paul Hartnett and Rod Bates; Kathleen Bermel, Bridget Robbins and Marge Hartnett; Commissioner of Education Roger Breed and Judy Breed; Tim Daugherty; William Griffin, John Sage, Sharon Marvin Griffin, Ron Hull and Ruth Sage; and NET Foundations board members Sandy Douglas, Cara James and Brian Young.



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There was one thing in particular about Bill Harris that caught MarySue Hormel

Harris’s attention when the two played in the McCook High School band. “He could hold a bass note on the tuba for more than a minute,” she remembers, “and he did it with a twinkle in his eye the whole time. I just thought that was simply amazing.”

Bill and MarySue were married 46 years before his untimely death last January, and it was their shared love of music and the arts that fueled such a long-lasting and harmonious union.

MarySue (who is the granddaughter of Benjamin Hormel, one of the founders of the Minnesota-based Hormel Foods), began teaching piano in her parent’s home at the age of 16. She later majored in music at Hastings College and did graduate work at the University of Michigan. After the couple married and moved to Lincoln to raise their two children, Ben and Elizabeth (Buff), MarySue taught music for more than 40 years out of her home studio. She retired in 1998 and later became a Christian Science practitioner in 2005. She still plays the piano and performs regularly with two performing arts groups in Lincoln, the Musical Art Club and the Morning Musical Review.

Bill, who graduated from McCook Community College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sang baritone in a quartet with his brothers, accompanied by MarySue on the piano. The quartet, which first began singing together for the

With music, culture and the arts and humanities such a central focus in their lives, it’s no surprise that Marysue and bill were devoted fans and supporters of neT Television.

“NET and PBS do such quality work – always top-notch,” says MarySue. “The history programs, the music programs – they just make me feel like I’m home.”

That respect and passion for public broadcasting prompted her recent $500,000 gift to establish the Bill Harris and MarySue Hormel Harris Fund for the Presentation of Cultural Programming. The gift will also support locally produced programs through the Ron Hull Fund for Telling Nebraska’s Stories.

“It’s a privilege to give to something I care so deeply about during my lifetime,” says MarySue, who has also supported her colleges and church, the Hormel Historic Home, the Music Teachers National Association, Lincoln’s Food Bank, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, the Lincoln City Libraries’ Lillian Polley Music Library, the Lincoln Public Schools Foundation and the University of Nebraska Foundation. “This gift to NET Television is just a no-brainer. It was born out of how we live and what our priorities are.”

celebration of Bill’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, was especially popular while Bill was mayor of Lincoln (1987-1991). “We did a lot of gigs,” recalls MarySue. “People always wanted to hear the quartet sing.” Bill also served as a state senator from 1983 to 1987.

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The malls are bustling and your gift list is growing…but have you thought about giving a gift to your favorite non-profit organization this year? A gift to NET Television or NET Radio directly supports the programs you love and respect, from favorites like Antiques Roadshow, NOVA and Big Red Wrap-Up to news shows like All Things Considered, classical music and programs like A Prairie Home Companion that you simply can’t find anywhere else. Don’t forget that the Charitable IRA Rollover provisions were extended through December 31, 2011, allowing taxpayers who are age 70½ or older to make gifts of up to $100,000 directly from their IRAs to qualified charities without having to declare the amount taken from the IRA as taxable income (however gifts made via the IRA Rollover are not eligible for a charitable income tax deduction). Visit the NET Foundations’ brand-new planned giving website – netNebraska.org/giftplanning – to find the tools and resources necessary to make informed giving decisions. Or call or email one of our Foundations staff members listed on pages 14 and 15.

Mixing traditional Irish music with covers of contemporary hits, Celtic Thunder charmed and delighted the sell-out audience that packed the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Friday, October 21, in a performance presented by NET Television. More than 1,400 NET members purchased concert tickets through NET, making the memorable concert event the most successful ever for NET membership.

NET Foundations Executive Director Jeff Beckman and NET Membership Director Jenny Herstein joined Lied Center Executive Director Bill Stephen on stage before the two-hour concert to introduce Celtic Thunder members Ryan Kelly, Emmet Cahill, Keith Harkin, Neil Byrne, George Donaldson and the newest member, 13-year-old Daniel Furlong.

Prior to the concert, 35 lucky NET members gathered outside the Lied’s Green Room for a special Q & A and photographic session with Furlong and Kelly.

Fans enjoyed the mix of Irish ballads with cover tunes by the Eagles, Harry Chapin, Billy Joel and Randy Newman. Highlights included Danny Boy, the stirring Ireland’s Call and Somewhere Over the Rainbow, performed solo by Furlong.

Tune in to NET Television in March 2012 for information on Celtic Thunder’s next scheduled Nebraska appearance, likely to be the fall of 2012.

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Celtic Thunder members Daniel Furlong (far left) and Ryan Kelly (far right) met fans Jim and Karen Winney of Seward at the Lied Center in October.


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Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir – 7 p.m. CT (repeats December 23 at 9 p.m. CT and December 25 4 p.m. CT) David Archuleta and Michael York join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for a concert in Salt Lake City featuring holiday songs and a reading of the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke.

Tune in for holiday kids’ specials – from Curious George and The Cat in the Hat to Dinosaur Train, Shalom Sesame and more – from 5 to 11 a.m. CT.

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir – 4 p.m. CT

Prima Princessa Presents The Nutcracker 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. CT This award-winning special for children features the cartoon fairy Prima Princessa as she takes a group of preschoolers on a magical adventure to see the Birmingham Royal Ballet perform The Nutcracker.

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas 5 p.m. CT George and the Man with the Yellow Hat struggle with gift buying and learn the true meaning of Christmas.

Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone 7 p.m. CT End the holiday on a quiet note with a breathtaking look at wintertime deep within America’s first national park.

F rom children’s Christmas specials to joyful music, NET Television offers plenty of programs to inspire holiday cheer (all programs broadcast on NET1/HD).

Christmas with the Annie Moses Band – 11 a.m. CT Classic Christmas songs and Annie Moses Band originals. Christmas at St. Olaf Noon CT This special showcases the artistry of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, featuring five of its renowned choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Christmas at Belmont 1 p.m. CT A holiday performance from students at the Belmont University School of Music in Nashville. A Hollywood Christmas with Mulberry Lane 2 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. CT The four Nebraska sisters are back to celebrate Christmas with a touch of old Hollywood glam.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25

L.A. Holiday Celebration 8 p.m. CT An encore music and dance special reflecting the cultural mosaic of Los Angeles from the 50th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration in 2009.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 Live from Lincoln Center George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 7 p.m. CT

Join the New York City Ballet for this quintessential holiday production and be transported to a magical place of toy soldiers, fairies and waltzing snowflakes.

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