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JULY 2011

From the President’s Desk

Dear Friends,

A big “thank you” for your supportduring our June on-air pledgedrive! Charitable contributionsfrom viewers like you providePBS39 with over 50% of our an-nual operating income.

I am excited to announce that con-struction on the PBS39 PublicMedia and Educational Center iscomplete!

Having moved to our new facilityin late June, our Production teamis currently acclimating to newstate-of-the-art equipment, folks inEducation are preparing for a newseries of Healthy Kid Initiative pro-grams starting this fall, and theentire staff is gearing up for ourGrand Opening Celebration onSeptember 10th!

Free interactive tours, live musicon the Air Products Town Square,cooking demonstrations and otherfamily-fun activities are just a fewof the festivities planned for ourGrand Opening Celebration on Sat-urday, September 10th.

Mark your calendar, and plan tojoin us to celebrate this new excit-ing chapter for both PBS39 andthe SteelStacks arts and culturalcampus in Southside Bethlehem.More details about the event willfollow in next month’s program-ming guide.

Best wishes for a wonderfulsummer,

Patricia C. Simon

President & CEO, PBS39

JULY 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Series V: The Pale HorseJulia McKenzie is back as Agatha Christie’s detective with a gentle smile and probing mind in the allnew episode “The Pale Horse.” Miss Marple’s old friend is found murdered, and when she receives a list of names sent by the victim before his death, Miss Marple seeks justice.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Classics11:00 Eastenders

11 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 1)Discoveries include an 1826 Ten-nessee hunting horn; a Regency cellarette once owned by poet Lord Byron; and an heirloom necklace whose centerpiece is a five-carat diamond.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio,TX (hour 1)Highlights include: a controver-sial silver statue of St. Catherine; an early 19th-century heirloom needlepoint sampler from a New-port, Rhode Island, ancestor; and a massive desk and bookcase, made in the mid-19th-century German-Texan tradition.

10:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: AmericanExperience: Shattered

12 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 9049:00 Pioneers of Television: Late Night10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

13 Wednesday8:00 Nature: Oceans in Glass: Behind

the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

9:00 NOVA: Kings of Camouflage10:00 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean

Adventures: Sea Ghosts

14 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 1)9:00 The Civil War: Simply Murder-1863/

The Universe of Battle-1863

15 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge:

American Smooth9:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge:

American Rhythm10:30 Need to Know

Weeknights on PBS39 6:00pm PBS Newshour 7:00pm Nightly Business Report 7:30pm/11:00pm Tempo InDepth

1 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Baseball: The Tenth Inning;

Bottom of the Tenth

2 Saturday8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As Times Goes By10:00 Old Guys10:30 Are You Being Served?11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: Robert Earl

Keen / Hayes Carll

3 Sunday8:00 Nature: The Gorilla King

Titus, king of the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, is one of only 700 of his kind alive today. Ian Redmond docu-ments Titus’ extraordinary life, from his early days to his rise to power asa silverback.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot XI Hallowe’en PartyAriadne Oliver (Zoe Wanamaker, Harry Potter) returns to join forces with Poirot to investigate a

drowning at a Hallowe'en Party. As they look further, they uncover a series of mysterious deaths in the village that could be connected.


4 Monday8:00 A Capitol Fourth

America’s biggest and brightest birthday party, features unrivaled musical performances by some of the country’s best known and award-winning musicians. Repeats at 9:30pm

5 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 903

Wes Cowan investigates a raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. Eduardo Pagán wonders why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I and Elyse Luray sizes up a Ronald McDonald costume.

9:00 Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

6 Wednesday8:00 Nature: The Gorilla King9:00 NOVA: Ape Genius10:00 NOVASCIENCENOW: How Smart

Are Animals?

7 Thursday8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Trash to

TreasureHighlights include an autographed script of the Academy Award-win-ning 1935 John Ford movie “The In-

former”; a rare circa 1885 Zuni pot;precious relics from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall mansion.

9:00 The Civil War: A Very Bloody Af-fair-1862 / Forever Free-1862

8 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Britain’s Royal Weddings

The intimate story of Britain's royal weddings, from the Queen

Mother through to Princess Mar-garet. (part 1)

9:30 Britain’s Royal Weddings (part 2)10:30 Need to Know

9 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Rosanne Cash/

Brandi Carlisle

10 Sunday8:00 Nature: Oceans in Glass: Behind

the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

the possible existence of a powerful shadowy conspiracy group. Ed Stoppard (Upstairs Downstairs) co-stars.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders


TN (hour 3)9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane, WA

(hour 2)10:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A

House Divided: American Experi-ence: The Frightful War

26 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 9069:00 Pioneers of Television: Game Shows10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

27 Wednesday8:00 NOVA: Lizard Kings9:00 NOVA: Dinosaurs10:00 Niagara Falls


TN (hour 3)9:00 The Civil War: War is All Hell-

1865/The Better Angels Of OurNature-1865

29 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge:

Grand Finale9:30 To Market, To Market To Buy A Fat Pig10:30 Need To Know

30 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Elvis Costello/

The Band of Heathens

31 Sunday8:00 Nature: Black Mamba9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: ZEN: Ratking

When a set of kidnappers won't play by the rules, Zen must work against the clock — and his tyrannical new boss — to save the life of a politicallypowerful industrialist. Ben Miles (The Forsyte Saga) co-stars.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

24 Sunday8:00 NATURE: The Cheetah Orphans

When the mother of two cheetah cubs is killed, a veteran filmmaker

becomes their new parent, beginninga two-year emotional rollercoaster as he prepares them to return to the wild.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery: ZEN: CabalWhen a playboy plummets from a bridge, Zen must determine suicide or murder, all the while navigating

6 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Drive-By Truck-

ers / Ryan Bingham

17 Sunday8:00 NATURE: In the Valley of the Wolves9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: ZEN

VendettaSolving a politically-charged mur-der and winning a beautiful woman's heart nearly prevents Zen from learning that he is the object of a psychopath's murderous vendetta. With Stanley Townsend (Sherlock).



TN (hour 2)9:00 Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio,

TX (hour2)10:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A

House Divided: American Experi-ence: The Dearest of All Things

19 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 9059:00 History of Television: Variety

Shows10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

20 Wednesday8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lost in the

Amazon9:00 NOVA: The Great Inca Rebellion10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre


TN (hour 2)9:00 The Civil War: Valley of the

Shadow of Death-1864 / Most Hal-lowed Ground-1864

22 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Americas Ballroom Challenge:

International Standard9:30 Americas Ballroom Challenge:

International Latin10:30 Need to Know

23 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Steve Earle /

Kris Kristofferson

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