ADVANCE December 2025

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10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS The Magic of Christmas in Alsace Enjoy a magical Christmas in the

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Happiness: Episode 1 After a setback on Broadway, director Charlie Summers returns to his hometown. TV-14

small towns and villages of the Alsace region of France. (R-12/21, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game

WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Book of Shadows (See 12/13 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company

The British take Philadelphia, and Congress flees the city. But an American victory at Saratoga allows France to openly support the United States. TV-14 Happiness: Episode 2 Charlie’s desperation to get back to Broadway draws him into the Pizazz local theater. TV-PG

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Happiness Sunday, December 14 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

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After 20 years away, Broadway director Charlie Summers finds himself back in his childhood room, helping his mother at the local theater. The eclectic cast and crew there may lack professional skills, but certainly don’t lack passion.

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

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Velvet: Who Gives the Most?

An auction causes tension in the store. TV-14

(R-12/16, 9 p.m., WORLD)

11:00 p.m. WORLD Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: The Lost Key TV-PG

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Ice Age Footprints

(See 12/14 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

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(See 12/10 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

Hope of the Season: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday show. (R-12/24, 8 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG Through hardship and growth, the May family stayed courageous in the early 1900s in Nashville. (R-12/28, 9:30 a.m., WORLD)

This Veterans Day special features a Vietnam vet, a group supporting women veterans, a military museum, and the commissioning of a submarine. (R-12/21, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

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

WORLD Our American Family: The Mays

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Songs of the Past Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane discover a cast of inspiring ancestors. WORLD NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA (See 12/10 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: Nutcracker From English National Ballet Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic set in Edwardian-era London, featuring more than 100 dancers. TV-PG WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter (1 of 2) Stories from doctors, patients, nurses, chaplains and caregivers highlight the benefits of incorporating a patient’s spirituality as part of a whole-patient/ whole-person model of care. (R-12/27, 11 a.m., WORLD)

(R-12/15, 9 p.m., WORLD)

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: Finding Family

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty Explore the development of religious

Some families are tied together by biology, others are created when people welcome children into their hearts and homes through adoption.

freedom in the United States. (R-12/20, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Home for Christmas With Jim McDonough

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Eden Project 1 (R-12/20, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Tearjerkers

International Steinway piano artist Jim McDonough performs beloved Christmas songs for a live audience in his Cedar Rapids home.

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

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