August 2019Program Guide

Sunday, August 4th at 2:00pm Encore Airing- Reaching for the Stars: The Jose Hernandez Story ValleyPBS presents a 30-minute special to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The program tells the inspiring story of Central Valley Astronaut, Jose Hernandez.

EXPERIENCE A REVOLUTION OF PEACE, LOVE AND MUSIC

Tuesday, August 69:00pm Woodstock - Three Days that Definded a Generation: American Experience In August 1969, nearly half a million people gathered at a farm in upstate New York to hear music. It would become a legendary event, one that would define a generation and mark the end of one of the most turbulent decades in modern history.

The Saga Continues...

Sunday, August 18

6:00pm Downton Abbey Live! Downton Abbey, the award-winning series from Julian Fellowes, spanned 12 years of gripping drama centered on a great English estate on the cusp of a vanishing way of life. Join host Deborah Roberts, along with cast members and creators, for a celebration of the beloved series and a sneak peek at the upcoming feature film. Guests will reveal behind-the-scenes stories and preview clips from the film.

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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 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 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

Thursday, August 1 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Death in Paradise Murder from Above S7: E1 9:00 New Tricks Lottery CurseS2: E4 10:00 Grantchester S4: E3 11:00 Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Pt. 2/3 12:00am Amanpour and Co. Friday, August 2 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Pastry Pt. 7/10 9:00 Louisa May Alcott – The Woman Behind Little Women: American Masters 10:30 Ursula K. Le Guin: American Masters 11:30 Discovering Beverly Cleary 12:00am Amanpour and Company Saturday, August 3 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Leafy Greens 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Small Town, U.S.A. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators The Chameleon’s Dish Pt. 8/10 9:00 Midsomer Murders Small Mercies Pt. 1 & 2 10:30 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece Pt. 3/3

12:00am Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece Pt. 1/3 Sunday, August 4 10:00am Inside California Education 10:30 Market to Market 11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California Bountiful 12:00pm Valley’s Gold Leafy Greens 12:30 California’s Golden Parks 1:00 NOVA The Planets: Mars2:00 Reaching for the Stars: The Jose Hernandez Story 2:30 Downton Abbey S2: E6 4:30 Downton Abbey S2: E7 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 Father Brown The Honourable Thief S7: E108:00 Poldark S4: E7 9:00 Grantchester S4: E4 10:00 Jamestown S3: E7 11:00 Professor T The Mask Murders Pt. 7/13 12:00am Professor T The Go-Between Pt. 8/13 Monday, August 5 7:00pm Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators The Chameleon’s Dish Pt. 8/10 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Memphis 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Madison

Sunday, August 117:30pm Poldark Season 4 Finale

Elizabeth hopes to persuade George that Valentine is his child. Ross tries to mend things with Demelza. Dwight delivers the Warleggans a daughter and George tells Elizabeth of his knighthood. The Poldarks look to a new century of change together. Poldark returns on September 29th with the Season 5 premiere.

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10:00 Woodstock: 50 Years Later 11:00 Pete Seeger’s Legacy: If I Had a Hammer 12:00am Amanpour and Company Tuesday, August 6 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 8:00 Soundbreaking Going Electric 9:00 Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation – American Experience 11:00 POV The Distant Barking of Dogs 12:00am Amanpour and Company Wednesday, August 7 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Eggplant/Okra 7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Ancient Skies Our Place in the Universe Pt. 3/3 9:00 NOVA The Planets: Saturn Pt. 4/5 10:00 Blue Sky Metropolis Wings Pt. 1/4 11:00 Blue Sky Metropolis The Big Chill Pt. 2/4 12:00am Amanpour and Company Thursday, August 8 7:00pm ValleyPBS By You: Stories of our Community 7:30 California’s Gold 8:00 Death in Paradise The Stakes are High S7: E2 9:00 New Tricks Life ExpectancyS2: E5 10:00 Grantchester S4: E4 11:00 Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Pt. 3/3

12:00am Amanpour and Company Friday, August 9 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Quarter Final Pt. 8/10 9:00 Brandi Carlile in Concert – A Bluegrass Underground Special 10:00 Great Performances Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019 11:30 The Majesty of Music and Math 12:30am Amanpour and Company Saturday, August 10 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Eggplant/Okra 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Can’t Help Singing 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators The Rascal CookPt. 9/10 9:00 Midsomer Murders The Creeper Pt. 1 & 2 10:30 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece Pt. 2/3 12:00am Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece Pt. 3/3 Sunday, August 11 10:00am Inside California Education 10:30 Market to Market 11:00 America’s Heartland 11:30 California Bountiful 12:00pm Valley’s Gold Eggplant/Okra 12:30 California’s Golden Parks 1:00 NOVA The Planets: Jupiter 2:00 Downton Abbey S3: E1 4:00 Downton Abbey S3: E2 5:00 Downton Abbey S3: E3

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 ValleyPBS By You: Stories of our Community 7:00 Design in Mind: On Location with James Ivory 7:30 Poldark S4: E8 9:00 Grantchester S4: E5 10:00 Jamestown S3: E8 11:00 Professor T Motherly LovePt. 9/13 12:00 am Professor T The TrialPt. 10/13 Monday, August 12 7:00pm Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators R 8/10 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Fort Worth 9:00 Family Pictures USA North Carolina Pt. 1/3 10:00 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration 11:00 Robin Williams: Remembered: A Pioneers of Television Special 12:00am Amanpour and Company Tuesday, August 13 7:00pm Outside with Greg Aiello 7:30 Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 8:00 Family Pictures USA Detroit Pt. 2/3 9:00 Family Pictures USA Southwest Florida Pt. 3/3 10:00 Frontline Outbreak 11:00 POV Happy Winter 12:00am Amanpour and Company

Wednesday, August 14 7:00 pm Valley’s Gold Rice 7:30 California’s Gold

Sunday, August 119:00pm Grantchester Season 4 Finale

Will struggles with a decision that will determine his future and the violent death of a young man proves to Geordie that the country has gone to the dogs.

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8:00 NOVA Pluto and Beyond 9:00 NOVA The Planets: Ice Worlds Pt. 5/5 10:00 Blue Sky Metropolis A Space Odyssey Pt. 3/4 11:00 Blue Sky Metropolis Back to the Future Pt. 4/4 12:00am Amanpour and Company Thursday, August 15 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Death in Paradise Written in Murder S7: E39:00 New Tricks The Crazy Gang S2: E6 10:00 Grantchester R 8/11 S4:E5 11:00 Secrets of the Tower of London12:00am Amanpour and Company Friday, August 16 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 Tony Emmanuel: A Music Gone Public Special 9:00 Joe Bonamassa – British Blues Explosion Live 10:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 12:30am Live Better Now with Mimi Guarneri, MD

Saturday, August 175:00am Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich 7:00 3 Steps to Pain Free Living

9:00 10-Day Belly Slimdown with Dr. Kellyann 11:00 Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? With Mark Hyman, MD 1:00pm Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 3:00 Rick Steves’ Fascism in Europe 4:30 This Old House 40th Anniversary 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Moments to Remember 9:00 ABBA Forever: A Celebration 10:30 The Bee Gees One for All Tour Live in Australia 1989 12:30am PBS Previews: Country Music

Sunday, August 18 5:00am Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White 6:00 Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy 7:00 Live Better Now with Mimi Guarneri, MD 8:30 Feel Better Fast and Make it Last with Daniel Amen, MD 10:30 3 Steps to Pain Free Living 12:30pm Benise: Fuego! Spirit of Spain 2:00 Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 6:00 Downton Abbey Live! 7:30 Downton Abbey Live! Encore Presentation

9:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD 11:00 10-Day Belly Slimdown with Dr. Kellyann Monday, August 19 7:00pm ABBA Forever A Celebration 8:30 Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation: American Experience 11:00 3 Steps to Pain Free Living Tuesday, August 20 7:00pm PBS Previews: Country Music 8:00 John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind 10:00 Daryl Hall & John Oates Live in Dublin 11:30 Feel Better Fast and Make it Last with Daniel Amen, MD Wednesday, August 21 7:00pm Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to Success 8:30 Life from Above: Moving Planet 10:00 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich 12:00 AM 10-Day Belly Slimdown with Dr. Kellyann Thursday, August 22 7:00pm Downton Abbey Returns! 9:00 Downton Abbey Live! 10:30 Jesse Cook: Beyond Borders

Wednesday, August 217:00pm Nature: A Squirrel’s Guide to Success

The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on Earth. There are almost 300 species of squirrels that can glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes, and survive the coldest temperatures of any mammal. What is the secret to their success? Uncover the extraordinary abilities of these cheeky nut lovers as a filmmaker puts their problem-solving to the test.

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12:00am Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? With Mark Hyman, MD Friday, August 23 7:00pm Washington Week 7:30 John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind 9:30 Feel Better Fast and Make it Last with Daniel Amen, MD 11:30 Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy 12:30am Haylie Pomroy’s Metabolism Revolution!

Saturday, August 24 5:00am The Best of ValleyPBS 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 The Best of ValleyPBS Sunday, August 25 5:00am The Best of ValleyPBS 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 The Best of ValleyPBS

Monday, August 26 7:00pm The Best of ValleyPBS Tuesday, August 27 7:00pm The Best of ValleyPBS Wednesday, August 28 7:00pm PBS Previews: Country Music 8:00 The Best of ValleyPBS Thursday, August 29 7:00pm The Best of ValleyPBS Friday, August 307:00 Washington Week 7:30 Firing Line 8:00 The Best of ValleyPBS

Saturday, August 31 5:00am The Best ValleyPBS 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 The Best of ValleyPBS

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Beginning August 12Family Pictures USA

August 12 9:00pm North Carolina Discover how this historically rural state built on tobacco and textiles is rapidly changing. Entrepreneurs find a warm welcome in Durham, Native Americans come home to ancestral lands, and families separated by race and class work toward healing.

August 13 8:00pm Detroit Explore America’s comeback city through photos and personal stories shared by residents. From the influence of the auto industry to labor unions to the Motown sound, Detroit’s multilayered story is revealed via family narratives and memories.

August 13 9:00pm Southwest Florida Visit the Paradise Coast from Ft. Myers to the Everglades, home to ranchers, Native Americans and fishing communities. Explore cattle country in rural Florida and meet a family of migrant workers who now own the company that harvests the produce.

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August 2019Program Guide