ADVANCE January 2024

MONDAY 15

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Finding Your Roots:

Turning the Tide: A Story of Hell, Healing & Hope This documentary exposes the horror of the sex trafficking trade and profiles a growing team of warriors that has mobilized to fight it.

5:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour

Fathers and Sons Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduces LeVar Burton and Wes Studi to the family they’ve never known. (R-1/21, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Van Gogh’s Ear (See 1/10 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Experience: Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind Monopoly, America’s favorite board game. 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Experience: American Oz Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives—The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Written in Blood, Part 1 (See 1/11 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day WORLD Big Pacific: Violent Discover how the Pacific, surrounded by the Ring of Fire, is the epicenter of natural mayhem. TV-PG

(R-1/15, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD DW The Day

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (See 1/14 at 1 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Culzean Castle 2 (R-1/20, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 2 WORLD The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special (See 1/8 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-1/18, 7 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana WORLD To Be Announced 8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: Newsworthy Sometimes the story behind the story is just as interesting as the headlines. (R-1/20, 12:30 p.m., WORLD)

TUESDAY 16

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

(R-1/16, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: High-Risk High-Rise

(See 1/10 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

Explore the lyceum movement, refugee support and the history behind one Iowa love story. (R-1/21, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

TUNE IN:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Citizen Diplomacy

Iowans have been a source for bridging the diplomatic gap between nations for decades.

WEDNESDAY 17

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

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

POV: Brief Tender Light Take a decade-long journey with four African students who come to the U.S. for schooling. (R-1/17, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14

NOVA: Ultimate Space Telescope Wednesday, January 17 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Follow the dramatic story of the James Webb Space Telescope, meet the engineers who made it happen, and join them on their high-stakes journey to uncover the secrets of the universe.

(R-1/17, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: The Big Payback The passage of the first-ever reparations for slavery bill in Illinois stirs up a national debate. TV-14

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