ADVANCE December 2025

8:00 p.m. WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Mozart’s Sister

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: The Hummingbird Effect Discover the powerful effect

December 7 at 2 p.m. All Creatures Great and Small SCREENING EVENT

Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang’s older sister and collaborator. TV-PG

hummingbirds have over their wild neighbors in Costa Rica. DVS/TV-PG

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women

WORLD Searching: Our Quest for

Meaning in the Age of Science: The Big & The Small The Dalai Lama, a rabbi and a bio ethicist talk about the nature of consciousness.

The story of Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the American women’s suffrage movement, is detailed. (R-12/7, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. WORLD Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science: Homo Techno Alan Lightman discusses how advances in science and technology will impact our future evolution. 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Joe Bonamassa & Orchestra: Live at the Hollywood Bowl

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute Experience record-perfect live performances of “Can’t Buy Me Love,”

“Yesterday,” “Hey Jude” and many more! (R-12/6, 7:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

Join guitar legend Joe Bonamassa for his highly anticipated debut at the iconic venue in 2023. (R-12/6, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration

Join Iowa PBS for an exclusive preview of the sixth season of All Creatures Great and Small with an advance screening of the first episode! As season 6 begins, we arrive back in Darrowby to veterinary advancements, expanded families and new faces. Following the screening, Dr. Chad Brown, executive director of hospital operations and clinical associate professor at Iowa State University’s Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center, will join us for a conversation about the veterinary themes of the series and answer audience questions about caring for creatures great and small today. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and light refreshments will be served.

(See 12/2 at 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

Celebrate Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday and his contributions to popular culture and music. TV-PG

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WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company

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

(R-12/3, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science: The Stars & the Osprey

THURSDAY 4

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

Physicist Alan Lightman focuses on the ocean and the stars in relation to the material world.

(R-12/4, 9 p.m., WORLD)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Great River Road National Scenic Byway—North

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Three Chaplains

Three chaplains go inside the armed forces to reveal how they practice and share their faith. TV-14

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