Schedules

• KQED 9HD
• Life
• World
• V-me
• Kids
• KTEH

• 12:00 am
  Live from the Artists Den [#107]
  Patty Griffin
  Originally from Maine, and now a resident of Austin, Texas, Patty Griffin has had a tremendous influence across all genres of music. After her sparse and acoustic 1996 debut, Living With Ghosts, artists began covering Griffin's songs immediately. Among the many artists who've recorded her songs since are the Dixie Chicks, Bette Midler, and Emmylou Harris.
  On the bitterly cold winter night of Patty Griffin's 2007 record release - the acclaimed Children Running Through - devoted fans huddled together outside the Angel Orensanz Center for a chance to see Griffin perform songs from the album for the first time. The historic converted synagogue's neo-gothic arches were lit with the warm glow of candlelight as Griffin's singular voice filled the room, accompanied by new band members and longtime players alike. A special treat on some songs was the addition of legendary keyboardist Ian McLagan (Small Faces, The Rolling Stones) -who appeared for this night only - and a five-piece string section. duration 56:46   CC STEREO TVPG
• 1:00 am
  Midsomer Murders [#104]
  Written In Blood - Part Two
  Gerald Hadleigh, the secretary of the writers circle in the quiet village of Midsomer Worthy, was never in favor of inviting the best-selling novelist Max Jennings to attend one of their meetings. When Hadleigh is found brutally battered to death, the other members of the circle wish they had heeded his reluctance. Barnaby & Troy discover that Hadleigh was a man of mystery, with no National Insurance number, no relatives and no marriage certificate to match the wedding photo on display in his house. When another body is found, they have a double murder on their hands. duration 47:19   CC STEREO TVPG
• 2:00 am
  Niagara Falls
  A historical and picturesque exploration of the spectacular waterfall. The film offers stunning views and profiles some of the quirky visitors and workers of the nation's first great symbol. duration 56:46   CC STEREO TVG
• 3:00 am
  Masterpiece Contemporary [#3932+]
  Place of Execution - Part 1
  A 13-year-old girl vanishes from an English village, and the mystery deepens 40 years later when a high-profile journalist arrives to make a film about it. What she finds shatters the lives of all involved. Juliet Stevenson ("Infamous", "Truly Madly Deeply") and Greg Wise ("Cranford", "Madame Bovary") star in this psychological thriller based on the novel by best-selling author Val McDermid. duration 1:25:06   STEREO DVI TV14-L
• 4:30 am
  Smart Travels - Europe With Rudy Maxa [#105]
  Florence
  In this glorious city, rich in art, Rudy brings the Renaissance to life. We visit the great museums - the Uffizi, Bargello, and Accademia, as well as the landmarks of the Renaissance - the Duomo, Bapistery and Giotto's Tower. Rudy's tip for beating the crowds is peaceful Oltr'arno on the other side of the river. An excursion outside of town leads to a Medici villa, a sleepy Tuscan town and a museum with inventions by Leonardo da Vinci. Tips on shopping and how to buy quality leather products. duration 28:18   CC STEREO TVG
• 5:00 am
  Saving The Bay [#102H]
  Harbor of Harbors (1849 - 1906)
  This episode follows San Francisco's "rapid monstrous maturity" into a major metropolis following the California Gold Rush. Establishing the infrastructure to support the instant city meant radical change for San Francisco Bay. By the century's end, San Francisco Bay was the center of a broad economic empire on the Pacific. duration 56:42   CC STEREO TVG
MORNING
• 6:00 am
  Zoboomafoo [#213]
  Can You Feel It?
  Brainiac the chimp and Lost and Found the Yellow Labrador retriever want to play. But what can a chimp, dog and a lemur all have fun doing together? It takes some doing but Zoboo finally comes up with a game that makes everybody happy - and discovers that all creatures have feelings. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 6:30 am
  Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman [#407]
  Ruff Rocks The (Environmentally Sustainable) House!
  Ruff is excited about being invited to play rock music in South Carolina-that is, until he realizes that his Swedish environmentalist-rock-star-cousin Ruf Rufman was actually invited to perform instead. In order to convince Rüf that he should play in the concert, Ruff sends Talia and Isaac to learn how to build a "green" doghouse. He then sends Sterling and Liza to rock n' roll band camp. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 7:00 am
  Arthur [#1108]
  Francine's Pilfered Paper/Buster Gets Real
  * Francine's Pilfered Paper - Thanksgiving can be a time for a long, relaxing weekend with family and friends. But for Mr. Ratburn, it's a chance to assign a five-page paper about the holiday! Instead of despairing like her friends, Francine finds the perfect Web site for her research, which she happily copies and pastes in a matter of minutes for her entire report. There's nothing wrong with that....is there?
  * Buster Gets Real - Everyone loves the new "Top Supermarket" reality series on TV - everyone except Arthur. So when Buster stops watching Bionic Bunny to watch this popular new show, Arthur fears their friendship is over. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 7:30 am
  Curious George [#302]
  George Meets The Press/Snow Use
  * Meets the Press: George and the Man with the Yellow hat are lending a hand picking apples at Renkins' Farm, George takes an apple coveted by Jumpy Squirrel, who snatches it back and hides in the barn. George follows, and when he reaches for the light switch, accidentally turns on the giant cider press! All of the apples they've collected are being washed, chopped, and squished into liquid! Not wanting the Renkins to be mad with the sticky mess, George fills everything he can get his hands on with the apple juice squirting out of the machine. When the Man with the Yellow Hat and Renkins' arrive, they're astonished to see the entire harvest bottled up! Much to George's relief, the Renkins aren't upset - they're thrilled. And Jumpy, much to his relief, finds his perfect apple. Educational Objective: To introduce the concept that some systems are found in nature while others are made by humans.
  * Snow Use: It's the hottest day of the year, and to cool down, George wants to build a snowman! But how can he build a snowman when there's no snow? George experiments with crushed ice cubes, but they melt too quickly. Mud... but it doesn't stay in the right shape. And rocks, which are too heavy to lift! George is stumped. What sticks together, doesn't melt, and wasn't heavy? Of course, sand! George convinces the Man with the Yellow Hat to drive him, Bill, and the Renkins to the beach, where they can all cool off and George can finally build his summer snowman. Educational Objective: To explore the results of mixing different natural materials with water. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 8:00 am
  Martha Speaks [#110]
  Oh, Noooo!/Bye, Martha
  * Oh, Noooo! - Granny Flo's Alphabet Soup is taking a licking from the competition, Oodles of Os. If Granny Flo goes out of business, how will Martha communicate? To increase sales, Helen, Martha, and T. D. set out to convince Granny Flo to advertise on the popular TV show, International Icon. Who will Granny Flo choose as a spokesperson? Vocabulary - (E) deceive(ing), honest(ly), dishonest, mislead(ing), popular (I) trust(ing), believe(able), fooling, right, wrong, ad(vertise)(ment).
  * Bye, Martha - Nefarious con artist Weaselgraft hatches a scheme to kidnap Martha by pretending to be Martha's long-lost owner . . . from Poland. The family sniffs something suspicious, but why has Martha suddenly begun speaking Polish? Will they really have to say pozegnalny to Martha? Vocabulary - (E) deny, admit, claim, false, translate (I) switch(ed) (ing), mistake, trick, fraud. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 8:30 am
  Sesame Street [#4166]
  Max The Magician
  Max the Magician magically appears on Sesame Street as Rosita, Big Bird and Elmo are eating snacks with Chris. Everyone is excited to see some real magic. First, Max takes one scarf out of his pocket and puts it with two other scarves to make three scarves- what was two has become three. Everyone is amazed and wants to know the secret to the trick. Max refuses to tell, but Chris explains that it was actually just addition. Max's next trick involves making cards disappear one by one. They all agree that this is the best trick they've ever seen and ask Max to tell them how he did it. Max cannot tell because of the Magician's Code of Honor but lets Chris guess again. Chris explains that when Max threw away each card, it was subtraction. For the last trick, Max will get Big Bird to help him turn one piece of rope into two pieces of rope. Big Bird figures this one out. Max divided it by cutting it into two pieces. All of Max's tricks were actually math! Max the Magician is stunned that everyone guessed the secrets of his tricks and leaves to find tricks that no one will ever figure out. He disappears leaving everyone amazed and unable to guess how he did it! Theme: Mathematics, C, 4 duration 58:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 9:30 am
  WordWorld [#207]
  Shark's First Day of School/Shark's First Loose Tooth
  Shark's First Day of School - It's the first day of school for the youngest WordFriends, but Shark is afraid to go. With the help of his good buddy Duck, and some gentle encouragement from their teacher Cat, Shark's fear turns to confidence, and by day's end he's at the head of the class.
  Shark's First Loose Tooth - When Shark loses his first baby tooth at a sleepover party with Duck, he's got to get to sleep fast so the tooth fairy can come and leave him a present. But there's just one problem-he can't fall asleep! With the help of his good friend Duck and the letter P, Shark finally finds just the word he needs to help him fall asleep. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 10:00 am
  Clifford's Puppy Days [#214]
  Valentine Schmalentine/Sweethearts Dance
  * Valentine Schmalentine: Clifford and Daffodil get very competitive over who can make EE the best Valentine's Day gift of all. In the end, they realize she would have loved whatever they gave her, because she loves them.
  * Sweethearts Dance: EE's excitement over the Father/Daughter-Mother/Sondance at the Community Center turns to anxiety when she realizes she and her dad have to dance in front of a crowd. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 10:30 am
  Clifford The Big Red Dog [#208]
  Embarrassing Moments/Lucky Charm
  In "Embarrassing Moments" Vaz rips his pants during a soccer game and everyone helps him feel better by telling their own tales of embarrassing moments. However, Jetta insists these things never happen to her. In the second story, when Emily Elizabeth loses her lucky stone, she loses her self confidence. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 11:00 am
  Dragon Tales [#303]
  Musical Scales/Hand In Hand
  Musical Scales - Max taught Zak and Wheezie a song in Spanish and English that they have practiced very hard to perform for Princess Kidoodle. As Max, Emmy, and Enrique (who is conspicuously wearing a new hat) arrive, they meet Cassie and Ord, who are puzzled that Zak and Wheezie refuse to come out. The group travels down to the twins' cave where they find Zak and Wheezie hiding - mortified that they are shedding their beautiful scales! After several failed attempts to cover their bare spots, the twins decide to cancel the show. Everyone goes to tell the princess, but Enrique stays back with Zak and Wheezie. He pulls off his hat to reveal an embarrassingly bad haircut. He convinces the twins to sing if he sings with them. So the three friends perform, receiving cheers from everyone! Hand in Hand - Max and Emmy can't seem to agree on anything! Their constant arguing upsets Enrique, who makes a wish on a magical wishing well for Max and Emmy to stop arguing and become closer. Enrique rejoins the group to find Max and Emmy holding hands - what he doesn't realize is that they are stuck together! When the gang goes back to the wishing well to reverse the wish, the well is full and can't accept any more wishes until its coins are brought to the bank. The friends empty the well and race the clock to deposit the coins before the bank closes. Along the way, Max and Emmy must cooperate and make decisions together. Enrique's wish gone awry is ultimately reversed, and Max and Emmy learn some valuable ways to get along. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 11:30 am
  Dinosaur Train [#108]
  One Big Dinosaur/Play Date with Annie
  * One Big Dinosaur - Tiny and Buddy visit a dinosaur family called Argentinosaurus, some of the biggest land creatures ever! The kids find out there are great things about being really big, and that it's also great being their own size.
  * Play Date with Annie - Buddy is excited that his friend Annie Tyrannosaurus is coming to the Pteranodon nest to visit and play with them. After Tiny feels left out, Buddy and Annie show her that they can all be friends! duration 28:46   SRND51 DVI TVY
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  Sesame Street [#4176]
  Elmo Steps In for Super Grover
  Chris hurries over to Elmo who needs help getting his airplane out of the tree. Just as Chris is about to get a ladder, Super Chicken and her sidekick Robin fly in to help. Super Grover comes crashing in to save the day, too. After some strategizing, Sidekick Robin flies up to the tree and rescues Elmo's airplane with ease. Super Grover thinks that it must be easy to be a superhero when you have a cute little side-kick to help you. Suddenly Horatio the Elephant enters and asks Super Grover if he can be his cute little side-kick. Horatio might not be little, but Super Grover agrees and they set off to help others in need. Throughout the course of their adventures, Horatio has the habit of running off in the wrong direction and getting stuck in doorways. While Super Grover and Chris are helping Horatio become unstuck, Elmo goes on to help solve Baby Bear's problem of the missing animal in his All Animal Quartet and help his friends who got their basketball stuck high up in the basketball hoop. Finally, Horatio decides to return back to his old job at the ballet company and Super Grover is left without a side-kick. Even though Elmo has done a super job of helping everyone today, he rather just play with his airplane. Theme: Social Development, Mathematica, M, 0 duration 58:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 1:00 pm
  Barney & Friends [#1105]
  The Wind and the Sun and the Nature of Things
  The Wind and the Sun: Baby Bop is excited to set up a lemonade stand on a beautiful, sunny day. Unfortunately, BJ thinks her spot is the perfect place to fly his kite. The two begin to argue about which is better, the sun or the wind. After sharing the story of "The Wind and the Sun," Barney teaches them that kindness always works better than force.
  The Nature of Things: Rachel enters the park and carelessly throws her trash on the ground. Later, when she falls asleep in the caboose, she has a dream that the park animals can talk. Through the animals' and Barney's help, Rachel learns that the park is home to many creatures. She learns the importance of nature and of keeping our earth clean! duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 1:30 pm
  Caillou [#315]
  Caillou Outdoors!
  Shoo, Shoo Bird, Fly Away - When birds keep eating the seeds in Mommy and Caillou's newly planted garden, they come up with the idea of making a scarecrow. It's fun picking out the clothes and drawing pictures for the face too. Caillou even imagines he's a scarecrow himself! When they are finished their scarecrow Rosie's noisy pie plates prove to be the final ingredient needed to scare away the birds!Caillou's Road Trip - One fine day the family is going on a car trip. Daddy says he doesn't know where they're going, they'll just see what they can find. Caillou thinks this is very strange and isn't sure it will be any fun at all. After playing a car game, they stop at a gas station for lunch and Caillou sees a really big truck. Then they ride on a ferry boat, and the captain lets Caillou blow the horn. Caillou decides that car trips are even more fun when you don't know where you're going!Caillou and the Dragon - There's a special visitor at Caillou's playschool - a boy named Alan who has Down's Syndrome. Caillou helps him with the things he has trouble with, like climbing and swinging on the swings. Then, when Caillou and his friends put on a little play Alan brings the house down as a very believable dragon. Caillou realizes that Alan has his own special talent - acting! duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 2:00 pm
  Raggs [#114]
  Cold
  The dogs are playing in the garden on a cold day when Pido accidentally freezes into a Pido Popsicle! Plus, B.Max invents a Frosty Finder when Razzles' ice-cream melts. duration 28:46   CC STEREO TVY
• 2:30 pm
  Curious George [#307]
  George Digs Worms/Everything Old Is New Again
  George Digs Worms - Why is Bill yelling at a mound of dirt? He's worm racing! George turns to a pile of decomposed leaves to find his own prize worm and challenges Bill's "Fast Freddy" to a race. Pretty soon, the entire countryside catches worm-racing fever and watch as George's worm, named "Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh," races its way to the championship. But when Mr. Quint takes the wrong lunchbox on his fishing trip, George's worm farm is in danger of becoming fish bait! Can George save his slimy friends in time for the championship race?Everything Old is New Again - The city is awarding the "Golden Arrows Award" to the building that collects the most recycling. George is eager to help-once he learns what recycling actually is, of course. The building's Doorwoman next door turns out to be tough competition, so George hunts down recycling materials from everywhere he can think of. The only problem is, he doesn't know that he only recycle products after they've been used! Will the tenants with the missing recyclables forgive a monkey who's not just trying to win a contest, but also save the environment? duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 3:00 pm
  Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman [#411]
  Blossom Bawls While Ruff Has A Ball with Balls
  Ruff is trying to market "Ruffball," a brand new game that's supposed to sweep the nation! Unfortunately, Ruffball is interesting for only about six seconds. Ruff sends Talia and Liza to meet with a physics teacher to learn how to make Ruffball a little more exciting; and he sends Sterling to a stadium to learn how to broadcast a baseball game on the radio. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 3:30 pm
  Cyberchase [#409]
  A Broom of One's Own
  When Wicked puts a CyberSquad Seal of Approval on her new "Wickedy Brooms," it's up to Matt, Jackie, Inez and Digit to make sure the brooms are as good as Wicked claims. They try them out, figuring out their speed - how far the different brooms go in a given amount of time. The brooms pass the test - but Wicked doesn't. They must race to Control Central and save Motherboard before Wicked's scheme succeeds! And where's Hacker? And what will he do when he finds out Wicked is trying to take over his turf? EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: You can use speed - the distance you travel in a unit of time - to tell how far you will go in any amount of time. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 4:00 pm
  Electric Company [#104H]
  Call Me Tiki
  Jessica gets a job pet sitting Tiki Barber's African Gray parrot. When the parrot flies the coop it's up to The Electric Company to save the bird and Jessica's reputation. duration 28:46   STEREO DVI TVY
• 4:30 pm
  WordGirl [#119]
  Lady Redundant Woman/A Game of Cat and Mouse
  Lady Redundant Woman - All Beatrice Bixby wants is to be named manager of the local copy shop where she works. But one day when she merges with a photocopier she becomes Lady Redundant Woman.A Game of Cat and Mouse - Just when it seems like nothing can stop Dr 2 Brains from transforming hair gel into cream cheese, WordGirl teams up with the newest resident of 2 Brain's old science lab - Professor Tubing. duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY7
• 5:00 pm
  Arthur [#603]
  Prunella's Special Edition/The Secret Life of Dogs & Babies
  The latest book about everyone's favorite boy wizard-Henry Skreever, of course-is finally in stores! Every kid in town is lining up to get it except Prunella, who's ordered a monogrammed, limited edition, coming all the way from England. She's in for a surprise, though, when they mix up her order and send a Braille version instead. Ever wonder what Baby Kate and Pal are thinking? Join an adventure into their secret world, where Arthur and D.W. watch impossibly immature TV showsand silly grown-ups are often in need of rescue! duration 28:46   CC STEREO DVI TVY
• 5:30 pm
  Nightly Business Report [#29168]
  * The Fed Leaves Interest Rate Alone * FIAT Outlines New Survival Strategies for Chrysler * Money File-Raises in a Recession * Two Ways to Play-Kevin Depew of Minyanville duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVRE
EVENING
• 6:00 pm
  BBC World News [#18308]
  duration 28:46   CC STEREO TVRE
• 6:30 pm
  Global Focus VI: The New Environmentalists
  This program shares the journey of six passionate and dedicated activists from around the world. The 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients are a group of fearless grassroots leaders taking on government and corporate interests and working to improve the environment for people in their communities.
  This year's recipients include Maria Gunnoe, a born-and-bred West Virginian who faces death threats for her outspoken activism to stop the coal industry's plunder of Appalachia via mountain top removal and valley fills. Another recipient, Marc Ona, a wheelchair-bound civil society leader from the West African country of Gabon, faces arrest, imprisonment and public character assaults for his unyielding campaign to stop a destructive mining concession in a protected national park.
  Other recipients include a Russian scientist connecting NGOs across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to identify and safely remove toxic chemical stockpiles; two Saramaka leaders, members of a Maroon community in Suriname founded by freed African slaves in the 1700s, whose legal struggle to protect their tribal land rights led to a binding decision for all indigenous and tribal peoples in the Americas; Bangladesh's leading environmental attorney, whose legal advocacy led to tighter regulations on the environmentally-devastating and exploitative ship breaking industry; and an Indonesian woman developing community-based waste management systems to stem her island nation's overwhelming waste infrastructure problems. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVG
• 7:00 pm
  Antiques Roadshow [#1211]
  Spokane, Wa - Hour Two
  In Spokane, Washington, host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser Kathleen Bailey at the historic E.J. Roberts mansion to look at examples of a charming Victorian lighting fixture: the fairy lamp. At the Spokane Convention Center, appraisers brighten at the sight of such enchanting finds as a collection of pottery by 20th-century master ceramicists Otto and Gertrude Natzler; a moving landscape painting by early 20th-century artist - and sometime Alaskan gold prospector -Sydney Laurence; and an heirloom Waltham railroad pocket watch with a rare winding mechanism and diamond end stone, valued at $4000 to $ 6000. duration 55:15   CC STEREO TVG
• 8:00 pm
  National Parks: America's Best Idea [#105]
  Great Nature (1933-1945)
  In the midst of an economic catastrophe and then a world war, the national parks provide a source of much-needed jobs and then much-needed peace; the park idea changes to include new places and new ways of thinking; and in Wyoming, battle lines are drawn along the front of the Teton Range. duration 1:56:46   CC STEREO DVI TVPG
• 10:00 pm
  Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize
  Whether it be through concert appearances or recordings, television or films, commercials or education, Bill Cosby has the ability to touch people's lives. His humor often centers on the basic cornerstones of our existence, seeking to provide an insight into our roles as parents, children, family members and men and women. Without resorting to gimmickry or lowbrow humor, Cosby's comedy has a point of reference and respect for the trappings and traditions of the great American humorists such as Mark Twain. Stay tuned for an announcement about talent set to appear on stage - it will once again be a star-studded event. duration 1:26:46   STEREO TVPG
• 11:30 pm
  Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter
  This program examines the extraordinary life and career of the beloved American humorist (1927-1996), whose honest tales of domestic life gave voice to millions of homemakers. Archival photographs, video clips and personal memorabilia trace Bombeck's life, from her childhood during the Great Depression to her work as a women's rights activist. The program is interspersed with uplifting and humorous interviews with Erma's family, friends and colleagues, including a touching on-camera introduction and narration by her neighbor and friend, former talk-show host Phil Donahue. It also features readings from some of Bombeck's best columns, and documents her continuing impact on readers, parents and writers today. duration 26:46   CC STEREO TVG