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1 TUESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Henri Dauman: Looking Up The self-taught photographer’s finest work was defined by his love for New York. REPEATS 3RD, 1AM.

9:25 City of Joel In Monroe, New York, a land dispute erupts into a turf war. REPEATS 3RD, 2:25AM.

11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 2ND, 4PM.

9/02 EARLY WED AM 12:00 MetroFocus [R]

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Independent Lens: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” REPEATS 6TH, 7PM.

3:30 Migraine Solution

2 WEDNESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America

7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth: “First Steps” The basic tools for survival must be learned in the first three months of life. (Part 1 of 2) REPEATS 4TH,

1AM; 5TH, 7AM; AND 7TH, 3AM.

9:30 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth: “Testing Limits” Learning what it takes to survive in the wild. (Part 2 of 2) REPEATS

4TH, 2:30AM; 5TH, 8:30AM;

AND 7TH, 4:30AM.

11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 3RD,

4PM.

9/03 EARLY THU AM 12:00 MetroFocus [R]

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Henri Dauman: Looking Up SEE 1ST, 8PM. [R]

Premiere

Our productions

Aired earlier this month

To be announced

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To view the monthly program guide on our website, visit thirteen.org/schedule

and click on “Program Guide.”

AS BROADWAY THEATERS and other

performing arts venues remain closed due

to the pandemic, arts lovers everywhere

are exhaling a collective sigh of despair.

Great Performances is here to lift your

spirits with the sumptuous ballet film

Romeo and Juliet (Fri 11th, 9 p.m.) and a

new season of the globetrotting classical

music series Now Hear This (Fri Sept

18th-Oct 2nd, 9 p.m.).

Now Hear This, which premiered on

Great Performances in 2019, invites

viewers to travel the world with virtuoso

violinist Scott Yoo, Chief Conductor and

Artistic Director of the Mexico City Phil-

harmonic, as he chases the secret

histories of classical music masterpieces

in this miniseries that merges music,

storytelling, travel, and culture.

Each episode focuses on a great com-

poser, tracing the creation and lasting

impact of their masterpieces while

exploring little known or recently

discovered works and new music

they inspired. In Series 2, join

the Maestro as he meets

acclaimed virtuosos, local

musicians, music histori-

ans, and other charismatic

characters on his travels

through North America and

Europe, connecting the classics

to the contemporary—and enjoying the

culture along the way.

Yoo describes the series as “Anthony

Bourdain meets classical music.”

The first episode, Haydn: King of

Strings (Fri 18th, 9 p.m.), follows Yoo and

guest artists as they discover how com-

poser Joseph Haydn borrowed folk music

from Scotland, Hungary, and Austria to

create his famous “Emperor Quartet.”

Celebrate the work of Franz Schubert

with Yoo and promising young musicians in

The Schubert Generation (Fri 25th, 9 p.m.).

In Becoming Mozart (Fri Oct 2nd,

9 p.m.), Yoo and pianist Stewart Goodyear

visit Yoo’s Festival Mozaic in California,

where Goodyear directs an orchestra from

the piano while improvising Mozart solos.

A fourth episode on Beethoven will air

in 2021.

Also this month on Great Perfor-

mances, dance aficionados won’t want

to miss Romeo and Juliet (Fri 11th,

9 p.m.). The Royal Ballet’s William Brace-

well and Francesca Hayward portray

Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in this

“vibrant and sublime” (The Guardian)

film version of choreographer Kenneth

MacMillan’s ballet, set to Prokofiev’s

famous score and filmed on atmospheric

sets and locations in Budapest.

Great Performances: Now Hear This

and Romeo and Juliet will be avail-

able to stream following each

broadcast via the Great Perfor-

mances website (pbs.org/gperf)

and the THIRTEEN Explore

app (thirteen.org/explore).

Join the conversation on

social media using the hashtag

#GreatPerformancesPBS.

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City of Joel

Tue 1st, 9:25 p.m.

FIFTY MILES NORTH of New York City, in

the town of Monroe, the village of Kiryas Joel

is home to one of the country’s fastest-

growing Hasidic communities. When a plan

is created to expand the village to keep up

with its population growth, it sparks a turf

war with their secular neighbors. Hear from

people on all sides of the conflict, from reli-

gious zealots to dissidents, from rabbis to

those questioning their own faith.Major funding for Great Performances is provided by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, Rosalind P. Walter, the Irene Diamond Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Seton J. Melvin, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, The Lewis “Sonny” Turner Fund for Dance, Ellen and James S. Marcus, public television viewers and PBS.

MUSICAL JOURNEYS

Now Hear This host Scott Yoo

Romeo and Juliet

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9:30 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.—Uncovering America Celebrating the renowned historian, author and filmmaker. With host Courtney B. Vance. REPEATS 9TH, 1AM.

11:30 Memory Rescue With Daniel Amen, M.D. Know the 11 major risk factors that damage brain function.

9/07 EARLY MON AM 1:30 Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream [R]

3:00 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth (Parts 1-2 of 2) [R]

7 MONDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Antiques Roadshow REPEATS 7TH, 9PM.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 POV: “Portraits and Dreams” Revisiting photographs created by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s. REPEATS

10TH, 4AM. [R]

11:00 Amanpour and Company

9/08 EARLY TUE AM 12:00 MetroFocus [R]

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 The Collection on Masterpiece (Parts 5-7 of 7) 4:00 American Masters SEE 4TH, 9PM. [R]

8 TUESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 Inside the Savoy The 130-year history of the U.K.’s first-ever luxury hotel—a bastion of British hospitality. REPEATS

10TH, 1AM AND 10PM.

9:00 Frontline 10:00 Harbor From the Holocaust A Holocaust story of hope: 20,000 Jews found refuge in Shanghai during World War II. REPEATS 10TH, 3AM.

11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 9TH,

4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With

Steve Adubato 1:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.—Uncovering America SEE 6TH, 9:30PM. [R]

3:00 Deepak Chopra: Becoming Metahuman [R]

4:30 Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream [R]

9 WEDNESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 NOVA: “Human Nature” A breakthrough discovery called CRISPR gives us unprecedented control over the building blocks of life. REPEATS

11TH, 1AM.

10:00 Hacking Your Mind: “Living on Autopilot” Take a trip around the world to discover how you go through life on autopilot—and get an autopilot owner’s manual. (Part 1 of 4) REPEATS 11TH, 3AM.


4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Inside the Savoy SEE 8TH,

8PM. REPEATS 10TH, 10PM. [R]

2:00 Frontline 3:00 Harbor From the Holocaust SEE 8TH, 10PM. [R]

4:00 POV SEE 7TH, 10PM. [R]

2:25 City of Joel SEE 1ST,

9:25PM. [R]

4:00 Independent Lens: “Harvest Season”

3 THURSDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Red, White and Rock Celebrate America with Frankie Valli, The Righteous Brothers, Connie Francis, and a parade of pop oldies. REPEATS 5TH, 1AM.

10:30 Karamu: 100 Years in the House Celebrating Cleveland’s Karamu House—the oldest African-American theater in the United States. 11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 4TH, 4PM.

9/04 EARLY FRI AM 12:00 MetroFocus [R]

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth (Parts 1-2 of 2) SEE 2ND, 8PM. [R]

4:00 Shelter Me: “In Times of Need” 5:00 Shelter Me: “Hearts & Paws”

4 FRIDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus

6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line With Margaret Hoover REPEATS

5TH, 10AM.

9:00 American Masters: “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage” The charismatic actor’s life and career—from Shakespeare to The Addams Family. REPEATS 8TH, 4AM.

10:30 Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake More than 130 musicians gathered at Crater Lake National Park in July 2016 to perform the world premiere of a powerful new score. 11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 7TH, 4PM.

9/05 EARLY SAT AM 12:00 MetroFocus [R]

12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Red, White and Rock SEE 3RD, 8PM. [R]

3:30 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine [R]

5 SATURDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari

Sreenivasan. 6:30 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer

7:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise: “Out of the Shadows/Move On Up” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a personal journey through 50 years of African American history. (Parts 1-2 of 4) [R]

9:35 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise: “Keep Your Head Up/Touch the Sky” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores America’s changing racial landscape. (Parts 3-4 of 4) [R]

9/06 EARLY SUN AM12:30 Last of the Breed2:00 John Denver: Country Boy3:30 Deepak Chopra: Becoming Metahuman [R]

6 SUNDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan. 6:30 MetroFocus 7:00 Independent Lens: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The lessons, ethics, and legacy of television host Fred Rogers. [R]

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10 THURSDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Celebrate the show that turned the world on to the energy and passion of Irish music and dance. REPEATS 12TH, 1AM AND 4PM;

AND 13TH, 1:30PM.

10:00 Inside the Savoy SEE 8TH, 8PM. [R]


4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 NOVA SEE 9TH, 8PM. [R]

3:00 Hacking Your Mind SEE 9TH, 10PM. [R]

4:00 Jewish Film Showcase: “Carvalho’s Journey”

11 FRIDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line With Margaret Hoover REPEATS

12TH, 10AM.

9:00 Great Performances: “Romeo and Juliet” Experience a film of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet with dancers from The Royal Ballet. REPEATS 14TH, 2AM.


4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato1:00 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show [R]

3:00 Brain Secrets With Dr. Michael Merzenich [R]

12 SATURDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan. 6:30 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer 7:00 Professor T: “Past Imperfect” A series of attacks is carried out on SUVs. (Part 4 of 13) REPEATS 14TH, 4AM.

8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway—Private Investigators: “The Sticking Place” A community of allotment holders is threatened with eviction. (Part 3 of 10) REPEATS 14TH, 5AM.

9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Five Easy Pieces” (1970)

A dropout from upper-class America wanders as an oil rig worker while experiencing life in bars, motels, and other points of interest. REPEATS 13TH, 1:05AM.

10:45 Reel 13 Indies: “The Ghost Writer” (2010) A writer working on the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister uncovers dangerous secrets. With Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Olivia Williams. REPEATS 13TH, 2:50AM.

9/13 EARLY SUN AM 1:00 Reel 13 Shorts 1:05 Reel 13 Classics SEE

12TH, 9PM. [R]

2:50 Reel 13 Indies SEE

12TH, 10:45PM. [R]

13 SUNDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan.

6:30 MetroFocus 7:00 TBA

7:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets Behind the velvet ropes: an exclusive tour of the Tower of London, Hampton Court, and the treasure-filled Kensington Palace. REPEATS 16TH, 1AM

AND 19TH, 4:30PM.

9:00 Van der Valk on Masterpiece Two men are found murdered in Amsterdam the day a youth activist disappears. Is there a connection? (Part 1 of 3) REPEATS 15TH, 1AM.

11:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny confront a skeleton

buried in a cellar. (Part 1 of 6) REPEATS 15TH, 3AM.

9/14 EARLY MON AM 12:30 Austin City Limits: “The Raconteurs/Black Pumas” 1:30 Songs at the Center: “Emily Earle” 2:00 Great Performances SEE 11TH, 9PM. [R] 4:00 Professor T SEE 12TH,

7PM. [R]

5:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway—Private Investigators SEE 12TH, 8PM. [R]

14 MONDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Antiques Roadshow REPEATS 14TH, 9PM. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 POV: “Love Child”

Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show

Thu 10th, 8 p.m.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, seven minutes changed

the face of Irish dancing forever. The Eurovision Song

Contest interval act performance by Riverdance gave

millions of people an exciting glimpse of the future

of Irish dance. Celebrate the magic of this Grammy-

winning music and dance spectacular with this special

filmed live at the 3Arena in Dublin. Catapulting

Riverdance into the 21st century, it features a new

generation of dancers and musicians, including a

17-year-old fiddler from New Jersey.

Van der Valk on Masterpiece

Sun 13th-27th, 9 p.m.

BRILLIANT BUT CYNICAL inspector Piet van der

Valk (Marc Warren, Beecham House, The Good Wife)

solves baffling crimes in 21st-century Amsterdam in

this new series based on Nicolas Freeling’s legendary

crime thrillers. In the first episode, art, politics and

passion mix in a case that breaks in Piet’s new assis-

tant. Following up a lead, Piet’s sidekick, Lucienne

(Maimie McCoy, Wallander) courts death. Binge-watch

all three episodes the night of the premiere with

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With adultery punishable by death in Iran, a young couple makes the fateful decision to flee the country with their son. REPEATS 17TH, 4AM.

11:30 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 15TH, 4PM.


1:00 Van der Valk on Masterpiece SEE 13TH, 9PM. [R]

3:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece SEE 13TH,

11PM. [R]

4:30 The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece

15 TUESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Secrets of the Royal Jewels Close-up view of the tiaras, earrings, rings, and neckpieces that make up the royal collection. REPEATS

17TH, 1AM AND 20TH, 7PM.

9:00 Frontline 10:00 Building the American Dream Immigrant construction workers in Texas are seeking justice and equality in an industry rife with exploitation. REPEATS 17TH, 3AM. 11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 16TH, 4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With

Steve Adubato 1:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets [R]

2:30 Brain Secrets With Dr. Michael Merzenich [R]

4:30 Longevity Paradox With Steven Gundry, MD

16 WEDNESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Madagascar: Islands of Wonder The oldest and strangest island on Earth is home to unique wildlife. (Part 1 of 3) REPEATS 18TH, 1AM.

9:00 NOVA: “Secret Mind of Slime” Slime molds can navigate mazes, choose foods, and create networks. No brain required. REPEATS 18TH, 2AM.

10:00 Hacking Your Mind: “Weapons of Influence” Politicians, social media companies, and corporate marketers use big data to hack your autopilot decision-making system. (Part 2 of 4) REPEATS 18TH, 3AM.



12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Secrets of the Royal Jewels SEE 15TH, 8PM.

REPEATS 20TH, 7PM. [R]

2:00 Frontline

3:00 Building the American Dream SEE 15TH, 10PM. [R]

4:00 POV: “Love Child” [R]

17 THURSDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Tom Lehrer—Live in Copenhagen 1967 The satirist delights his audience with his brilliant parody songs. REPEATS 19TH, 1AM AND

3PM; AND 20TH, 12:30PM.

9:30 The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words In the summer of 1945, 300 Jewish orphans who survived the Holocaust began new lives in England’s Lake District. REPEATS 19TH, 1AM;

20TH, 2PM; AND 23RD, 1AM.



12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Madagascar: Islands of Wonder SEE 16TH, 8PM. [R]

2:00 NOVA SEE 16TH, 9PM. [R]

3:00 Hacking Your Mind [R]

4:00 The Amazing Human Body (Parts 1-2 of 3)

18 FRIDAY

5:00 BBC World News America

EVENING AND NIGHT

5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line With Margaret Hoover REPEATS

19TH, 10AM.

9:00 Great Performances: “Now Hear This, Series 2: Haydn: King of Strings” Haydn borrowed folk music from Scotland, Hungary and Austria to create his famous “Emperor Quartet.” With host Scott Yoo. REPEATS

21ST, 2AM.

10:00 Art in the

Twenty-First Century: “London” British history and modern upheaval collide in the works of today’s London artists. 11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 21ST,

4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words [R]

2:30 Longevity Paradox With Steven Gundry, MD [R]

4:00 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living

19 SATURDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan. 6:30 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer 7:00 Professor T: “Of Passion” On witnessing Van der Weyden’s poor teaching, Professor T reaches his wits’ end and comes up with a plan. (Part 5 of 13) REPEATS 21ST, 4AM.

8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway—Private Investigators: “A Serpent’s Tooth” A fatal accident in a carpet warehouse leads the owner’s daughter to suspect

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her own sisters. (Part 4 of 10) REPEATS 21ST, 5AM.

9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Postcards from the Edge” (1990) A substance-addicted actress (Meryl Streep) moves back in with her mother (Shirley MacLaine). Based on Carrie Fisher’s novel. REPEATS 20TH, 12:20AM.

10:45 Reel 13 Indies: “Beatriz at Dinner” (2017) A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client’s dinner party after her car breaks down. With Salma Hayek and John Lithgow. REPEATS 20TH, 2:05AM.

9/20 EARLY SUN AM 12:15 Reel 13 Shorts 12:20 Reel 13 Classics SEE

19TH, 9PM. [R]

2:05 Reel 13 Indies SEE

19TH, 10:45PM. [R]

3:35 Reel 13 Shorts [R]

3:40 Austin Film Festival: On Story 4:10 Antiques Roadshow [R]

20 SUNDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan. 6:30 MetroFocus 7:00 Secrets of the Royal

Jewels SEE 15TH, 8PM. [R]

8:00 Last Tango in Halifax Seven years into their marriage, Alan and Celia don’t see eye to eye. With Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi. (Part 1 of 4) REPEATS 21ST, 3AM.

9:00 Van der Valk on Masterpiece The murder of a young woman leads the team into a world of mysticism and drug addiction. (Part 2 of 3) REPEATS 22ND, 1AM.

11:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny dig deeper into Jimmy’s murder. (Part 2 of 6) REPEATS 22ND, 3AM.

9/21 EARLY MON AM 12:30 Austin City Limits: “Buddy Guy/August Greene” 1:30 Songs at the Center: “Doc Robinson/Alex Bevan” 2:00 Great Performances SEE 18TH, 9PM. [R] 3:00 Last Tango in Halifax SEE 20TH, 8PM. [R]

4:00 Professor T SEE 19TH,

7PM. [R]

5:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway—Private Investigators SEE 19TH,

8PM. [R]

21 MONDAY


8:00 Antiques Roadshow9:00 Antiques Roadshow: “Junk in the Trunk 6”

10:00 POV: “In My Blood It Runs” Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy, is a child-healer, a good hunter, and speaks three languages. But he is under threat from the police. REPEATS

24TH, 4AM.

11:00 Amanpour and Company REPEATS 22ND,

4PM.


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Van der Valk on Masterpiece SEE 20TH,

9PM. [R]

3:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece SEE

20TH, 11PM. [R]


22 TUESDAY


8:00 Witness Theater Three Holocaust survivors share their survival stories with Brooklyn teens in a unique program led by a drama therapist. REPEATS 24TH, 1AM.

9:00 Frontline: “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden” Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s life stories, and drive to be president.11:00 Amanpour and Company


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words [R]

2:30 Memory Rescue With Daniel Amen, MD [R]

4:30 Collagen Diet With Dr. Josh Axe

23 WEDNESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Borneo: Islands of Wonder Journey from Borneo’s coral reefs, through its lush jungles to its mountainous heart. (Part 2 of 3) REPEATS 25TH, 1AM.

9:00 NOVA: “How Writing Changed the World” The development of writing: the original information technology. (Part 1 of 2) 10:00 Hacking Your Mind: “Us vs. Them” The autopilot biases we all experience fuel our nation’s

divisions. Authoritarians can hack them—but we can overcome them. (Part 3 of 4) REPEATS 25TH, 3AM.



12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Witness Theater SEE

22ND, 8PM. [R]

2:00 Frontline 4:00 POV SEE 21ST, 10PM. [R]

24 THURSDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 American Masters: “Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” The entertainer’s vast talent and search for

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Last Tango in Halifax Season 4

Sun Sept 20th-Oct 11th, 8 p.m.

THE HEARTWARMING BAFTA-WINNING series about

a couple who rediscovers their love for each other

60 years after they first met returns for a fourth

season, starring Derek Jacobi (Vicious), Anne Reid

(Sanditon), Nicola Walker (Unforgotten), Sarah Lan-

cashire (The Paradise), and Timothy West (Gentleman

Jack). After seven years of marriage, Alan and Celia

discover that wedded bliss isn’t always blissful. Clash-

ing politics, Alan’s new job, a visiting brother, and a

wild local lad also create tension.MATT SQUIRE

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identity. REPEATS 26TH, 3:30PM;

27TH, 1PM; AND 30TH, 1AM.

10:30 Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice The 16th-century painter covered the walls of his native city with pictures that astounded his contemporaries. Narrated by Stanley Tucci. REPEATS

26TH, 1PM.



12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Borneo: Islands of Wonder SEE 23RD, 8PM. [R]

2:00 NOVA SEE 23RD, 9PM. [R]

3:00 Hacking Your Mind [R]

4:00 The Amazing Human Body (Part 3 of 3)

25 FRIDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 9:00 Great Performances: “Now Hear This, Series 2: The Schubert Generation” Host Scott Yoo collaborates with young musicians attempting to master the works of Schubert. REPEATS 28TH, 2AM.

10:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century: “Beijing” Beijing’s recent economic

boom has made it a hub for contemporary art. 11:00 Amanpour and Company


12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato1:00 Collagen Diet With Dr. Josh Axe [R]

3:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind With Daniel Amen, MD

26 SATURDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan. 6:30 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer 7:00 Professor T: “Diamond” A jeweler’s family is taken hostage. (Part 6 of 13) REPEATS

28TH, 4AM.

8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway—Private Investigators: “Thy Fury Spent” The opening of the new Shakespeare Centre is fraught with drama. (Part 5 of 10) REPEATS 28TH, 5AM.

9:00 Reel 13 Classics: “Brian’s Song” (1971) Based on the real-life bond between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers. REPEATS 27TH, 12:30AM.

10:20 Reel 13 Indies: “Wah-Wah” (2006) Ralph witnesses the disintegration of his parents’ marriage during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland in 1969. REPEATS 27TH, 1:50AM.

9/27 EARLY SUN AM 12:25 Reel 13 Shorts 12:30 Reel 13 Classics [R]

1:50 Reel 13 Indies [R]

3:55 Reel 13 Shorts [R]

4:00 Austin Film Festival: On Story 4:30 Antiques Roadshow [R]

27 SUNDAY

6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend With Hari Sreenivasan. 6:30 MetroFocus 7:00 Secrets of the Dead: “Van Gogh’s Ear” What really happened on December 23, 1888, in the French town of Arles. REPEATS 1ST, 2AM.

8:00 Last Tango in Halifax Ted’s arrival from New Zealand raises questions. Gillian has trouble with a giraffe. With Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi. (Part 2 of 4) REPEATS 28TH, 3AM.

9:00 Van der Valk on Masterpiece A fashion vlogger is murdered on his own live feed. (Part 3 of 3) REPEATS 29TH, 1AM.

11:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece The past catches up with suspects in Jimmy’s murder. (Part 3 of 6) REPEATS 29TH, 3AM.

9/28 EARLY MON AM 12:30 Austin City Limits: “Billie Eilish” 1:30 Songs at the Center: ”Don Schlitz” 2:00 Great Performances SEE 25TH, 9PM. [R] 3:00 Last Tango in Halifax SEE 27TH, 8PM. [R]

EVENING AND NIGHT

4:00 Professor T: “Diamond” SEE 26TH, 7PM. [R]

5:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway—Private Investigators SEE 26TH, 8PM. [R]

28 MONDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 9:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 POV: “Our Time Machine” When artist

Maleonn realizes that his father is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, he creates “Papa’s Time Machine,” a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets. REPEATS 1ST, 3AM.


4PM.


1:00 Van der Valk on Masterpiece SEE 27TH, 9PM. [R]

3:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece SEE

27TH, 11PM. [R]


29 TUESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Secrets of the Dead: “World War Speed” How the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II and unleashed the first pharmacological arms race. REPEATS 1ST, 1AM.

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9:00 PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report: “2020 Presidential Debate” The Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate debates: live coverage plus analysis. With Judy Woodruff.



12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato

1:00 American Masters SEE 24TH, 8PM. [R]

30 WEDNESDAY

5:00 BBC World News America5:30 NJTV News 6:00 MetroFocus 6:30 BBC World News America 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Hawaii: Islands of Wonder This enchanting archipelago has offered sanctuary to an extensive variety of life forms. (Part 3 of 3) REPEATS 2ND, 1AM. 9:00 NOVA: “How Writing Changed the World” Written language was a vital force in shaping

world history. (Part 2 of 2) REPEATS 2ND, 2AM.

10:00 Hacking Your Mind: “The Wings of Angels” How to hack your mind to improve your life and the lives of your family and friends. (Part 4 of 4) REPEATS 2ND, 3AM.



12:30 One-on-One With Steve Adubato 1:00 Secrets of the Dead SEE 29TH, 8PM. [R]

2:00 Secrets of the Dead SEE 27TH, 7PM. [R] 3:00 POV SEE 28TH, 10PM. [R]

4:30 Frontline: “The Virus: What Went Wrong?”

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