ADVANCE April 2025

WEDNESDAY 16

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

The Corridors of Power After the Soviet Union’s collapse, America became the world’s sole superpower. But at what cost? (R-2/16, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-MA

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Hope Street

(R-4/16, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Barry Farm: Community, Land and

Justice in Washington, D.C. The story of Barry Farm in

NOVA: Secrets of the Forest

Washington, D.C. is also a story about the cycles of place and displacement.

(See 4/12 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS

Wednesday, April 16 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD Amanpour and Company

Road Trip Iowa: River Bluffs Scenic Byway (R-4/19, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Can forests help cool the planet? Follow scientists working in spectacular forest landscapes in Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia and beyond as they try to untangle complex networks of trees, fungi and creatures large and small—all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.

TUESDAY 15

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

Nature: Katavi: Africa’s

Fallen Paradise: Salvation After a drought, the rains finally come. But can Katavi survive the flooding? (R-4/20, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

(R-4/15, 9 p.m., WORLD)

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS And the Floods Came

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Revolutionary War Weapons (See 4/9 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life This episode features Mulholland

WORLD The Corridors of Power

(See 2/14 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-4/19, 11 a.m., WORLD)

The impact of the “bomb cyclone” that swept across the Great Plains in March 2019 is chronicled. (R-4/21, 10:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

NOVA: Secrets of the Forest Follow scientists as they try to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction. (R-4/22, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa’s Wild Weather: Flooding

Grocery in Malvern, St. Luke’s in Dubuque, and college level gymnastics. (R-4/20, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

As floodwaters continue to threaten Iowa river communities, this program explores how residents are forced to cope with these disasters.

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

The Future of Nature:

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Anchormen

Humans Discover how humans can become a force for good throughout the natural world. (R-4/22, 7 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Death and Dreams, Part 1 (See 4/10 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company

Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduces trail blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to their ancestors. (R-4/20, 8 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World: The Rocket

WORLD The Future of Nature: Forests (See 4/9 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Surviving the Dust Bowl: American Experience Dust storms ravaged the parched Southern plains in the 1930s, turning bountiful fields into deserts. DVS/TV-PG WORLD Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, a NOVA Special Presentation: Peril Explore Cashes Ledge, a part of the Gulf of Maine, that helps power more than 3,000 species.

The history of the rocket is examined, including its role as a weapon of war and its use by astronauts. TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

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