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PBS Western Reserve • At-A-Glance

Key: M=Monday; T=Tuesday; W=Wednesday; TH=Thursday; F=Friday; S=Saturday; SU=Sunday; M-F=Monday through Friday; PMT=preempted

Airtimes of one-time-only specials are indicated by day and date; ongoing series by day-of-week only. Dates that a series is preempted (PMT) are indicated in parentheses.

 December 2023

Art and Antiques

Antiques Roadshow
8p & 9p M (PMT 12/4, 12/18 & 12/25); 1a & 2a T (PMT 12/5, 12/19 & 12/26); 2p M-F; 10p M 12/18; 3a T 12/19

The Best of the Joy of Painting
9a S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
5p TH; 3p SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31)

Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer
9:30a S  (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)



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Biography

British Comedies

The Goes Wrong Show
10p & 10:30p S 12/16–12/29; 2a & 2:30a SU 12/17–12/31

Keeping Up Appearances
6:30p S 12/16–12/30

 

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Business and Finance

Finance for the People with Paco de Leon
11:30p M 12/4; 10p W 12/6

Make48
9:30a SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31)

The Path to Happily Ever After with Rajiv Nagaich
9a SU 12/3; 1:30a M 12/4; 2:30a F 12/8

Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide
3a S 12/2; 11p T 12/5; 4a SU 12/10; 2:30p SU 12/31

 

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Children’s Programming

Alma’s Way
7:30a SU-F (PMT 12/8, 12/13 & 12/24–12/26)

Arthur
6:30a SU; 6a M-F (PMT 12/25)

Arthur’s Perfect Christmas
1p F 12/15, 6a W 12/20

Curious George
8:30a M-F (PMT 12/25 & 12/28)

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
7a F 12/8, 8:30a TH 12/14; noon F 12/22

Cyberchase
8a SU (PMT 12/31)

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9a M-F (PMT 12/14 & 12/25)

Donkey Hodie
11a M-F (PMT 12/25 & 12/29)

Elinor Wonders Why
noon M-F (PMT 12/22)

Hero Elementary
1p M-F (PMT 12/15, 12/19 & 12/27)

Infinite Art Hunt
8:30a SU (PMT 12/31)

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
6a SU

Molly of Denali
7a SU-F (PMT 12/8, 12/24–12/26 & 12/28)

Nature Cat
12:30p M-F (PMT 12/22 & 12/27)

Nature Cat: A Nature Carol
12:30p T 12/19

Odd Squad
6:30a M-F (PMT 12/20, 12/25 & 12/28)

Peg + Cat + Holidays
7a SU 12/24

Pinkalicious & Peterrific
11:30a M-F (PMT 12/25 & 12/29)

Rocket Saves the Day
7a T 12/26; 12:30p W 12/27; 6:30a TH 12/28; 11a F 12/29

Rosie’s Rules
9:30a M-F (PMT 12/21 & 12/25)

Sesame Street
10a M-F (PMT 12/21 & 12/25)

Sesame Street: The Nutcracker: Starring Elmo & Tango
10a W 12/6, TH 12/14, M 12/18, F 12/22 & W 12/27

Wild Kratts
8a M-F (PMT 12/25)

Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas
7:30a W 12/13; 9:30a TH 12/21; 8a TH 12/28

Work It Out Wombats!
10:30a M-F (PMT 12/25)

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
1:30p M-F (PMT 12/15)



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Cooking

25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
8p M 12/18; 1a T 12/19; 2p S 12/23

America’s Home Cooking: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking
11a S 12/9

America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4p S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 3p F

America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays
3p M 12/18; 5a SU 12/24   

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
11a S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

Ciao Italia
4:30p F (begins 12/29)

The Dookie Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
10a S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

How to Cook Well with Rory McConnell
4:30p F (ends 12/22)

In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs
4:30p  S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
3p  S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations
4p  F

Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle
4p M

Lidia’s Kitchen
10:30a S  (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

Monet’s Palate: A Gastronomic View of the Gardens of Giverny
3p M 12/25; 4a S 12/30

Moveable Feast with Relish
3:30p S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 3:30p W

New Scandinavian Cooking
4:30p M

Sara’s Weeknight Meals
3:30p F (begins 12/8)

Tastemakers
3p W



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Drama

Deadline
9p & 10p SU 12/10 & 12/17; 3a & 4a M 12/11 & 12/18

Doc Martin
8p TH (begins 12/14); 1a F (begins 12/15); 9p S (begins 12/16); 1a SU (begins 12/17); 5p W (begins 12/20)

Hope Street
9p TH (PMT 12/7); 2a F (PMT 12/8)

Masterpiece, Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Season 3 marathon
noon–7:30p SU 12/3

Persuasion
9p F 12/29; 2a S 12/30

Sense and Sensibility
8p S 12/16–12/30; midnight SU 12/17–12/31



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Health and Wellness

5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
3a W 12/6; 9a S 12/9; 3a SU 12/10

Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmond-White
10a S 12/9; 8a SU 12/31

Ancient Remedies with Dr. Josh Axe
2a F 12/1; 11:30p SU 12/3

The Brain-Gut Connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer
4:30a SU 12/3; 11a SU 12/10

Collagen Diet with Dr. Josh Axe
6a S 12/2; 1:30a SU 12/3; 1a TH 12/7; 9a SU 12/31

Dr. Fuhrman’s End Dieting Forever
4:30p SU 12/31

Getting Dot Older
4p TH (ends 12/7)

Just One Thing with Steven Gundry, MD
11a S 12/2; 2:30a T 12/5

Keto Diet with Dr. Josh Axe
11p TH 12/7

Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
7:30a S 12/2; 9a SU 12/10; 12:30p SU 12/31

Sages of Aging
5p M 12/11; 4a S 12/16

Wai Lana Yoga
5:30a S

Yoga in Practice
5a S

You, Happier with Daniel Amen, MD
11:30p F 12/8

Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
3a M 12/4; 11a SU 12/31

Your Fantastic Mind
12:30a F (PMT 12/1 & 12/8)



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The History Circle

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
8p SU 12/3, 12/10 & 12/17; 2a M 12/11 & 12/18

Agnes 50: Life After the Flood
5p T 12/5; 4a SU 12/17

Civilizations
5p SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31)

Finding Your Roots
8p T 12/19; 1a W 12/20; 1p SU 12/24

History Detectives
8a S (PMT 12/2)

Lincoln Is Crying: The Grifters, Grafters, and Governors of Illinois
11p SU 12/10; 5a M 12/11

My Grandparents’ War
1p SU 12/16–12/30

The Ohio & Erie Canal
4:30a M 12/11

The Queen: Anthology — A Life on Film
7p SU 12/10; 1a M 12/11; 5p W 12/13

Route 66: The Untold Story of the Mother Road
Noon SU (begins 12/17) (PMT 12/31)

Stark County Courthouse: 200 Years of History, Community and Justice
10:30p F 12/29; 3:30a S 12/30

We’ll Meet Again
5p F (begins 12/22)



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Holiday Programming

All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales
4:30a M 12/4

The American St. Nick
5p T 12/12; 5a M 12/18   

America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays
3p M 12/18; 5a SU 12/24   

Call the Midwife holiday specials
6:30p, 8p & 9:30p SU 12/24; 1:30a, 3a, 4:30a, 8p & 9:30p M 12/25; 1a & 2:30a T 12/26

Celebrate & Sing! Glory to the Newborn King!
10a M 12/25

Christmas at Belmont
midnight M 12/25

Christmas on the Danube
3:30p M 12/4; midnight M 12/11

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kelli O’Hara and Richard Thomas
2p SU 12/24

Clown by Quentin Blake
9:30p T 12/12; 2:30a W 12/13

Crane Candlelight Concert: Let It Shine!
8a M 12/25

Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa
2p S 12/30

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
7p SU 12/17; 1a M 12/18; 4a S 12/23

European Christmas Markets
3:30p M 12/11

George Perris — The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
11p SU 12/24

The Holidays at Murray State 2023
4a SU 12/24; 11a M 12/25

Hope College Christmas Vespers
6a M 12/25

The Magic of Christmas in Alsace
3p M 12/4

Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas
9p M 12/18; 2a T 12/19; 1a W 12/27; 8p T 12/26

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas
10:30a SU 12/3; 3:30a S 12/9

Next at the Kennedy Center, A New Year’s Eve Celebration
8p & 9p SU 12/31

The Nutcracker and the  Mouse King
9p T 12/26; 2a W 12/27

A Polka Christmas with the Chardon Polka Band
3p & 10p M 12/11; 3a T 12/12; 10:30p F 12/22; 3:30a S 12/23; 6p SU 12/24; 1a M 12/25

Repeat the Sounding Joy: A Concordia Christmas
7a M 12/25

Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir
8p T 12/12; 1a W 12/13; 9p F 12/22; 2a S 12/23

Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala
4a SU 12/31

The Thrill of Hope: A Concordia Christmas
9a M 12/25

USAF Band of Mid-America: Spirit of the Season
7:30p SU 12/3; 10:30p SU 12/10



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Home and Garden

The American Woodshop
4p T

Ask This Old House
noon S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 10:30a SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31); 3:30p T

Escape to the Chateau
2p SU (PMT 12/3 & 12/10) (ends 12/17); 5p F (ends 12/15)

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
4p W

MotorWeek
12:30p S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 11:30a SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31); 4:30p T

This Old House
11:30a S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 10a SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31); 3p T



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LuminUS: Stories About Us

Around Akron with Blue Green
1:30a & 3:30p F 12/1; 10:30p SU 12/17; 4:30a M 12/18; 6p S 12/23; 10:30p T 12/26; 3:30a W 12/27

Forum 360
5p & 5:30p M 12/4

Generations: Cuyahoga Valley  National Park
1p SU 12/17

The Ohio & Erie Canal
4:30a M 12/11

A Polka Christmas with the Chardon Polka Band
3p M 12/11; 10p M 12/11; 10:30p F 12/22; 3:30a S 12/23; 6p SU 12/24; 1a M 12/25

Stark County Courthouse: 200 Years of History, Community and Justice
10:30p F 12/29; 3:30a S 12/30

Studio C Sessions
8:30p F (begins 12/15); 1:30a S (begins 12/16)

The World According to Polka
11:30p F 12/1



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Music and Performance

60s Pop, Rock & Soul
8p S 12/9; 10p SU 12/31

Austin City Limits
11p S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 3a SU (PMT 12/3 & 12/10)

Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
9:30p SU 12/3

Bee Gees: One Night Only
9:30p T 12/5; 2:30p SU 12/10

Bryan Adams — Live at the Royal Albert Hall
1:30a S 12/2

Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert
8p M 12/4; 1p S 12/9

Cyndi Lauper Live ... At Last
10p M 12/4; 2:30a W 12/7

The Everly Brothers: Harmonies from Heaven
8:30p F 12/8

The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum
midnight & 9p S 12/2; 11:30p W 12/6

How Great Thou Art: A Sacred Celebration
midnight F 12/1

Joe Bonamassa: Tales of Time
8:30p F 12/1; 3a SU 12/3; 1a & 8p T 12/5

John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John — Two Strong Hearts
10:30p S 12/2

John Sebastian’s Folk Rewind
5p S 12/2; 1a W 12/6; 1:30a S 12/9; 12:30p SU 12/10

Lang Lang — Favourite Melodies
3:30p S 12/2

The Lawrence Welk Show
7p S (PMT 12/2)

Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2
3p S 12/9

Lookingglass Alice
9p F 12/15; 2a S 12/16

The New Divas: Live in Vienna
10p F 12/8; 1:30a SU 12/10

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
10p F 12/1; 9:30p TH 12/7

Roy Orbison & Friends — A Black and White Night
12:30p S 12/2; 8p TH 12/7; midnight SU 12/10; 6:30p SU 12/31

The Seven Ages of Elvis
10p S 12/9

Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad
7p S 12/2; 8p W 12/6; 4p SU 12/10

Studio C Sessions
8:30p F (begins 12/15); 1:30a S (begins 12/16)

This Land Is Your Land
2p S 12/2; midnight SU 12/3

The World According to Polka
11:30p F 12/1



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Nature

Generations: Cuyahoga Valley  National Park
1p SU 12/17

Great Yellowstone Thaw
10p W (begins 12/13); 3a TH (begins 12/14); 5p M (begins 12/18)

Nature
8p W (PMT 12/6); 1a TH (PMT 12/7)

Untamed
9a SU (begins 12/17) (PMT 12/31)



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News and Public Affairs

Amanpour and Company
11p M-F (PMT 12/1-12/8; 12/19); 4a T-F (PMT 12/20)

America at a Crossroads
9p T 12/19; 2a W 12/20

BBC News
6p & 6:30p M-F; midnight T-S (PMT 12/1-12/9)

Canada Files
12:30a M 12/11

The Chavis Chronicles
12:30a T (begins 12/26)

Democracy Now!
5a T–F

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
6:30p SU (PMT 12/3, 12/24 & 12/31)

Forum 360
5p & 5:30p M 12/4

Frontline
10p T 12/12 & 12/19; 3a W 12/13 & 12/20

Great Lakes Now
6p S 12/30

Life in the Heart Land
4p TH (begins 12/14)

Love and Respect with Killer Mike
12:30a T (PMT 12/5) (ends 12/19)

Mavericks
5a SU 12/17

PBS NewsHour
7p M-F

PBS News Weekend
5:30p S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

POV
11p SU 12/17

The State of Ohio
12:30a S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

Story in the Public Square
12:30a W (PMT 12/6)

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
5p S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9)

This Is America & The World
12:30a TH (PMT 12/7)

Washington Week with The Atlantic
8p F; 1a S (PMT 12/2 & 12/9); 6p SU (PMT 12/3, 12/24 & 12/31)



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Science and Technology

Human Footprint
6a S (begins 12/9)

Nova
9p W (PMT 12/6); 2a TH (PMT 12/7) 5p T (PMT 12/5 & 12/12)



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Sewing and Crafts

Craft in America, Celebration
5p W 12/6

Fit 2 Stitch
3p TH

Quilting Arts
3:30p TH



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Travel and Adventure

America’s Heartland
4:30p TH; 11a SU (PMT 12/3, 12/10 & 12/31)

Expedition with Steve Backshall
7a S (PMT 12/2)

Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special
9a S 12/2; 12:30a F 12/8

No Passport Required
2p S 12/16

The Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life
10:30p M 12/11; 3:30a T 12/12; 6p S 12/16

The Savoy
10p TH (begins 12/14); 3a F (begins 12/15); 4p SU (begins 12/17) (PMT 12/31)

Travels with Darley
4:30p W



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