January 2019Program Guide

Finding Your Roots returns Tuesday, January 8 at 8:00pm with Andy Samberg and George R. R. Martin._________________________________________________________________________________________________________Variety Studio: Actors on Actors has a stellar lineup for Season 9, including Lady Gaga with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emma Stone with Hugh Jackman, Viggo Mortensen with Chadwick Boseman and many more!_________________________________________________________________________________________________________Do Your Part by making a donation to support the programs you love.

Sundays starting January 139:00pm Masterpiece Victoria Season 3It is 1848, and revolution is breaking out across Europe. In Britain, one woman stands between order and chaos: Queen Victoria. The young but fearless monarch faces a crisis that threatens to end her reign.

ValleyPBS is celebrating Season 3 with a special Victoria Tea and Screening on January 6, 2019 at the Fresno Art Museum. Secure your seats now with a donation of $60 per ticket by calling 1-800-801-6500 or going online to valleypbs.org/victoriatea. Made possible by Sceptre and Sash.

The Doctor is In! Thursdays starting January 179:00pm Doc Martin Season 8 Doc Martin is back for an eighth season as Dr. Martin Ellingham and his wife, Louisa, are reunited in Portwenn with their infant son, James Henry. However, family life proves to be stressful. Will Martin and Louisa be able to cope? With special guest stars Sigourney Weaver, Art Malik, Kevin Doyle and more.

Win a trip to Cornwall! The ValleyPBS Travel Raffl e will be sending one lucky winner and a guest to England, complete with Doc Martin and Poldark tours. Learn more online: valleypbs.org/travelraffl e

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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

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Spotlight on AgSunday

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

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Cooking, Travel & How-to

Saturday, January 19& 26

11:00am Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food11:30 America’s Test Kitchen12:00pm Cook’s Country12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 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 This Old House

Tuesday, January 1 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Highlands8:00 We’ll Meet Again Escape from Cuba9:00 Great Performances From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 201910:30 Live from Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve with Renee Fleming12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 2 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Ag Energy: Electric Power7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Nature Fox Tales9:00 NOVA Pluto and Beyond10:00 American Masters Decoding Watson 11:30 American Experience Secret of Tuxedo Park 12:30am Amanpour and Company Thursday, January 3 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser8:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries Sorrow Songs9:00 Masterpiece Arthur & George Pt. 2/310:00 Masterpiece Endeavour Season 4: Harvest11:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Highlands12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 4 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 50 Years of Peter, Paul & Mary10:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love Saturday, January 5 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love 4:00pm 50 Years of Peter, Paul & Mary

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Valley’s Gold Ag Energy: Electric Power7:00 ValleyPBS Travel Raffl e Preview Show Enter to Win a Trip to England7:30 Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music and Laughter9:00 ‘70s Soul Superstars11:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Sunday, January 6 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love12:30pm Nature Snow Bears2:00 I Miss Downton Abbey3:30 ‘70s Soul Superstars6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Il Volo Notte Magica8:00 Masterpiece Victoria S2: E5 The King Over the Water9:00 Masterpiece Victoria S2: E6 The Luxury of Conscience10:00 Masterpiece Victoria S2: E7 Comfort & Joy11:30 ValleyPBS Travel Raffl e Preview Show Enter to Win a Trip to England Monday, January 7 7:00pm Secrets of Chatsworth 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall Pt. 19:00 Antiques Roadshow Chicago10:00 Pioneers of Television Superheroes11:00 Pioneers of Television Miniseries12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, January 8 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands8:00 Finding Your Roots New Season Grandparents and Other Strangers9:00 We’ll Meet Again The Fight for Women’s Rights

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10:00 USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter 11:30 Independent Lens My Country No More12:30am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 9 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Bounty of the Sea7:30 California’s Gold8:00 Nature Attenborough and the Sea Dragon9:00 NOVA Einstein’s Quantum Riddle10:00 The Dictator’s Playbook Kim Il Sung Pt. 1/611:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Atlantic Wall12:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 10 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser8:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries The Call of the Void9:00 Masterpiece Arthur & George Pt. 3/310:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S5: Muse11:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 11 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret

Hoover 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 29:00 Great Performances The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration10:30 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration 11:30 Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, January 12 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Sunday, January 13 5:00am ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love9:00 Masterpiece Victoria S3: E110:00 Victoria and Albert: The Wedding Pt. 1/211:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love

Monday, January 14 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Grandparents and Other Strangers8:00 Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall Pt. 29:00 ValleyPBS Membership Drive Do Your Part; Support the Shows You Love12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, January 15 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Glasgow and Scottish Passions 8:00 Finding Your Roots Mystery Men9:00 American Experience The Swamp 11:00 Independent Lens Rodents of Unusual Size12:00am Amanpour and Company Wednesday, January 16 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Leading California Ag7:30 California’s Gold8:00 Nature Equus: The Story of the Horse Pt. 1/29:00 NOVA Day the Dinosaurs Died10:00 The Dictator’s Playbook Saddam Hussein Pt. 2/611:00 Nazi Mega Weapons U-Boat Base12:00am Amanpour and Company

New Season Starts Tuesday, January 88:00pm Finding Your RootsThe acclaimed series returns with Professor Gates exploring the mysteries, surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular fi gures.

January 8: Grandparents and Other Strangers with Andy Samberg and George R.R. Martin

January 15: Mystery Men with Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams

January 22: Reporting on the Reporters with Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling

January 29: Dreaming of a New Land with Kal Penn, Sheryl Sandberg and Marisa Tomei

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Thursday, January 17 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser8:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries All She Leaves Behind9:00 Doc Martin S8: Mysterious Ways10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S5: Cartouche 11:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Glasgow and Scottish Passions 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 18 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 39:00 Great Performances Orphee et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago11:00 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors S9: E111:30 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors S9: E2 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, January 19 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Leading California Ag7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 200 Years of American Music8:00 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 As Time Goes By 9:00 Midsomer Murders Secrets & Spies Pt. 1 & 2 Non-Standard Length

10:37 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E112:00am Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E2

Sunday, January 20 10:00am Inside California Education10:30 Market to Market 11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California’s Bountiful 12:00pm Valley’s Gold Leading California Ag 12:30 California’s Golden Parks 1:00 NOVA Day the Dinosaurs Died2:00 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E13:30 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E24:30 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E35:30 Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter 7:00 Father Brown The Wrath of Baron Samdi8:00 Masterpiece Victoria S3: E19:00 Masterpiece Victoria S3: E210:00 Victoria and Albert: The Wedding Pt. 2/211:00 Call the Midwife S7: E312:00am Call the Midwife S7: E4

Monday, January 21 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Mystery Men

8:00 Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall Pt. 39:00 Antiques Roadshow Chicago10:00 Independent Lens Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World11:30 POV Shorts Positive Images12:00am Amanpour and Company

Tuesday, January 227:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England8:00 Finding Your Roots Reporting on the Reporters9:00 American Experience The Big Burn10:00 Frontline Coal’s Deadly Dust 11:00 Indepedent Lens Wildland 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 237:00pm Valley’s Gold Broccoli & Caulifl ower 7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Nature Equus: The Story of the Horse Pt. 2/29:00 NOVA Island Volcano10:00 The Dictator’s Playbook Benito Mussolini Pt. 3/611:00 Nazi Mega Weapons V-2 Rocket12:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 247:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries Measure Twice9:00 Doc Martin S8: Sons and Lovers10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour S5: Passenger11:30 Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England12:00am Amanpour and Company

Friday, January 25 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Andrea Bocelli - Landmarks Live in Concert A Great Performances Special

2-Part SpecialWednesday,January 16 & 238:00pm Nature Equus: Story of the HorseTravel around the world with anthropologist Niobe Thompson to uncover the history of mankind’s relationship with the horse. Discover the habits and biology of these majestic animals.January 16: Origins January 26: Chasing the Wind

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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. Family movie night brings big fun with Odd Squad: The Movie, Ready

Jet Go! Back to Bortron 7 and more specials from Odd Squad, Arthur, Wild Kratts, Nature Cat

and WordGirl. Channel 18.2 | Comcast 395Stream online: pbskids.org

ValleyPBS CreateSavor cooking, travel, home

improvement, gardening and crafting programs with weekend

marathons. This month, get help with your healthy eating resolutions with a Vegetarian

Delight January 5 & 6, warm up with a Soup-er Weekend January

12 & 13, chase the blues away with Winter In, Cruise Out January 19 & 20, and enjoy the sun and sand of

Just Beachy January 26 & 27.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 394More online: worldchannel.org

9:00 Great Performances Doubt from Minnesota Opera11:00 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors S9: E3 11:30 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors S9: E412:00am Amanpour and Company

Saturday, January 26 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Broccoli & Caulifl ower 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show The Italian Show8:00 Keeping Up Appearances8:30 As Time Goes By 9:00 Midsomer Murders The Glitch Pt. 1 & 2 Non-Standard Length10:36 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E311:30 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E412:30am Rick Steves’ Europe London: Historic and Dynamic

Sunday, January 27 10:00am Inside California Education10:30 Market to Market11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California’s Bountiful 12:00pm Valley’s Gold Broccoli & Caulifl ower 12:30 California’s Golden Parks 1:00 NOVA Island Volcano2:00 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E43:00 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E54:00 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E65:00 Masterpiece Downton Abbey S6: E76:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Articulate with Jim Cotter 7:00 Father Brown The Star of Jacob8:00 Masterpiece Victoria S3: E29:00 Masterpiece Victoria S3: E3

10:00 Tales from the Royal Wardrobe 11:00 Call the Midwife S7: E512:00am Call the Midwife S7: E6

Monday, January 28 7:00pm Finding Your Roots Reporting on the Reporters8:00 Antiques Roadshow Ca’ d’Zan9:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Independent Lens The King12:00am Amanpour and Company Tuesday, January 29 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon 8:00 Finding Your Roots Dreaming of a New Land9:00 American Experience Surviving the Dust Bowl10:00 Frontline Predators on the Reservation 11:00 Independent Lens Dawnland 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, January 307:00pm Valley’s Gold Ag Energy: Gas & Oil7:30 California’s Gold8:00 Nature Naledi: One Little Elephant9:00 NOVA First Face of America10:00 The Dictator’s Playbook Manuel Noriega Pt. 4/611:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Super Tanks12:00am Amanpour and Company

Thursday, January 31 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries First Dance9:00 Doc Martin S8: Farewell, My Lovely10:00 Masterpiece Endeavour Season 5: Colours11:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon12:00am Amanpour and Company

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January 2019Program Guide