ADVANCE December 2024

WEDNESDAY 11

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Iowa Life Explore ecosystem restoration with bison, Dubuque’s Vintage Torque Fest and raising hogs outside. (R-12/12, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

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

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7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: The New World

(R-12/11, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter

Henry Louis Gates Jr. traces the ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa. (R-12/15, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Stories from doctors, patients, nurses, chaplains and caregivers highlight the benefits of incorporating a patent’s spirituality as part of a whole-patient/ whole-person model of care. (R-12/14, 11 a.m., WORLD)

7:30 p.m. WORLD 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (See 12/4 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: On Broadway

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman:

The family histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin are investigated. (R-12/15, 9 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Hunting Trails and Lake Tales (R-12/14, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Portugal:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Frontline: Breakdown in

Wild Land on the Edge Discover how the wildlife and

Maine Investigate the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history and missed opportunities authorities had to prevent it. (R-12/11, 8 p.m., WORLD)

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landscapes of Portugal were impacted by its history as a global trading hub. (R-12/15, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame Engineers, masons and timber

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics

workers work to restore Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. (R-12/17, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

With the Texas Tribune, journalist Maria Hinojosa examines the police response, Uvalde’s history of struggle and its efforts to heal.

WORLD Frontline: Breakdown in Maine (See 12/10 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica A survey flight over Lake Iznik unexpectedly reveals the sunken remains of a fourth-century basilica. (R-12/17, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Changing Seas: Eagle Rays: Soaring on Spotted Wings

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Blue Herrings, Part 1

(See 12/5 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Florida scientists use cutting-edge technology to gain insight into the whitespotted eagle ray.

WORLD BBC News

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