ADVANCE August 2024

11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Firing Line With Margaret Hoover (R-8/4, 1:30 p.m., WORLD) WORLD MN Original

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sanditon on Masterpiece: Season 3, Episode 2

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Georgiana faces a nearly impossible task, but help arrives from a surprising place. DVS/TV-PG Explore why the farm crisis of the 1980s happened, and meet the farm families who struggled as well as the people who fought so long and so loyally to help them.

Kristi Abbott depicts icons and landscapes with materials from around the globe in her collages.

WORLD The Farm Crisis

11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Weekend WORLD America’s Heartland

Visit Montana for a one-of-a-kind sheep roundup, and experience apple harvest time in New England. NOON Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic WORLD This American Land: Sending in the Marines, Feeding the Beach and Trailblazing Volunteers 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD Start Up: East End Market: Orlando, Florida 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sanditon on Masterpiece: Season 2, Episode 5 Edward’s manipulation of Esther takes a dark turn, and Alison realizes what she has been missing. DVS/TV-14 WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 1:30 p.m. WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sanditon on Masterpiece: Season 2, Episode 6 When Sidney’s belongings are returned to Sanditon, Georgiana learns some shocking truths. DVS/TV-14 WORLD The Open Mind: The Future of Reproductive Freedom 2:30 p.m. WORLD ICT Newscast With Aliyah Chavez 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sanditon on Masterpiece: Season 3, Episode 1 Fiance in tow, Charlotte arrives back in Sanditon for Georgiana’s 21st birthday party. DVS/TV-PG WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: A Conversation With Lee Eisenberg Lee Eisenberg shares his insights on writing into writing the iconic “Dinner Party” episode on “The Office.” TV-PG

5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Robert Downey Jr., Jodie Foster, Anthony Mackie and Tyler James Williams talk about their roles. TV-PG

Fenelon Place Elevator Dubuque

5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Joey King and Taylor Zakhar Perez talk about their roles. TV-PG

Also known as the Fourth Street Elevator, this funicular railway with historic cable cars gives riders a magnificent view of downtown Dubuque and the Mississippi River. 563.582.6496 | fenelonplaceelevator.com

WORLD PBS News Weekend 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Natasha Kaplinski and Michael Buerk

Putnam Davenport

Newsreaders Natasha Kaplinski and Michael Buerk embark on an adventure around Sussex. TV-PG WORLD History With David Rubenstein: Richard Haass

Tour this museum full of exhibits celebrating the natural world, science and history, including “All Aboard: Our Quad City Locomotive Legacy.” Offer excludes Giant

Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of “The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.” TV-PG

Screen Theater admission. 563.324.1933 | putnam.org

6:30 p.m. WORLD

Rock-n-Row Adventures Eldora Float on down the Iowa River during your tubing excursion any Monday–Thursday. 641.751.3418 | rock-n-row-adventures.com

Live From the LBJ Library With Mark Updegrove: Bill McRaven Admiral William McRaven offers advice on leadership from his best selling book, “The Wisdom of the Bullfrog.” TV-PG Hotel Portofino: Proposals As Bella considers her future with Marco, Carlo rejects a hurt Alice, and Lucian returns. DVS/TV-PG WORLD Nature: Primates: Secrets of Survival 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Survival strategies used by primates, often in the most unexpected places, are explored. (R-8/4, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

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