ADVANCE December 2025

DECEMBER SCHEDULE

MONDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

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

Programs with this flag are new to our

broadcast schedule. IOWA PBS .1: Our primary channel. Antenna viewers can find it on the .1 channel. * IOWA PBS KIDS .2: Programming for kids. See schedule on page 5. Antenna viewers can find it on the .2 channel. * IOWA PBS WORLD .3: Public affairs, science, history, independent films and more. Antenna viewers can find it on the .3 channel. * IOWA PBS CREATE .4: How-to programs. See schedule on pages 8–11. Antenna viewers can find it on the .4 channel. * * Cable and satellite subscribers: Please contact your service providers for information on where they carry Iowa PBS’s channels in their lineup. DVS/DVI: Narrative descriptions for the visually impaired. This setting is often found in the accessibility menu. ESP: This program is available in Spanish through the SAP. Visit iowapbs.org/espanol for help. Este programa está disponible en español a través del programa de audio secundario (SAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Visite iowapbs.org/espanol para obtener más información. TV-PG: May be unsuitable for younger children. TV-14: May be unsuitable for children under 14. TV-MA: May be unsuitable for children under 17. Some ratings may be followed by initials describing the nature of the content: L=Language • V=Violence • AS=Adult situations • N=Nudity • S=Sexual content.

(R-12/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD From Fear to Hope: The HIV and AIDS Journey

Joe Bonamassa & Orchestra: Live at the Hollywood Bowl Wednesday, December 3 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Accompanied by a stellar 40-piece orchestra, Joe Bonamassa performs “One Door Overture,” “Curtain Call,” “Ball Peen Hammer,” “No Good Place for the Lonely” and more.

Follow a desperate search for answers as a mysterious illness spreads in the early ’80s. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

Living History Farms, Hour 1 (R-12/6, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. WORLD For the Love of Friends

As a lead-up to the play, this documentary shows the life and activism of Brent Nicholson Earle. (R-12/6, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

TUESDAY 2

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

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

Living History Farms, Hour 2 (R-12/7, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: The Perfect Gift

IOWA PBS 5:00–6:30 AM SUNDAY 5:00 am PBS News Weekend

(R-12/2, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Whether we’re giving or receiving, gifts have the power to bring a smile or even save a life. (R-12/6, 12:30 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Revolutionary War Weapons Get a look into the hidden history of the Revolutionary War. TV-PG 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

5:30 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 am Sit and Be Fit

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

MONDAY

5:00 am PBS News Weekend 5:30 am Iowa Press 6:00 am Classical Stretch

TUESDAY

This episode features the Iowa Gallivant, a choir for people with Parkinson’s, and Maquoketa artist Rose Frantzen. (R-12/2, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) Historic Buildings of Iowa: Davenport Journey to eastern Iowa to explore the art and architecture of historic Davenport. (R-12/6, 3 p.m., Iowa PBS) Jamestown’s Dark Winter Forensic anthropologists excavate the early American colony and uncover dark secrets. TV-14

Living History Farms, Hour 3

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas Spend Christmas in Scotland with Mary Berry, and enjoy some traditional delights. TV-PG WORLD Amanpour and Company

WEDNESDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

THURSDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

FRIDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

WORLD Secrets of the Dead:

SATURDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am The Best of the Joy of Painting

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