ADVANCE January 2024

JANUARY SCHEDULE

TUESDAY 23

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Seaside Hotel: We’re Not

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

Talking About That As season 8 begins, the regulars are back, and everything is looking promising, until a Communist painter, two German soldiers and an orthopedic surgeon arrive. TV-14

(R-1/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

10:30 p.m. WORLD Employment Matters Too

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Ultimate Space Telescope (See 1/17 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

Discover how large corporations benefit from hiring employees with intellectual disabilities.

The Brokenwood Mysteries Thursday, January 25 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

Explore a unique town festival, prairie restoration and a newspaper serving Black Iowans. (R-1/28, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

(See 1/20 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Nature: Big Little Journeys: Survival (See 1/17 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean in Room 426

This quirky New Zealand mystery follows DI Mike Shepherd, who arrives in the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with a classic car and a country music collection, but he soon discovers that Brokenwood is full of secrets and suspicions.

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Finding Your Roots:

Buried Secrets Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover deep family secrets. (R-1/28, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Ben Franklin’s Bones (See 1/17 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Experience: Nazi Town USA

MONDAY 22

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

8:30 p.m. WORLD

Stories From the Stage:

Quest While a quest does not require you to be a knight in shining armor, you do need a dream, some courage and maybe a little luck.

(R-1/22, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD America’s Dairyland: At the Crossroads

In 1939, a Nazi group organized a rally. Explore the free speech issues that arose from this event. (R-1/27, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14 The challenge of finding food drives life in the Pacific for creatures both large and small. TV-PG Front Investigate militants in the West Bank and Lebanon, their ties to Iran and their role in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. (R-1/24, 8 p.m., WORLD) Frontline: Israel’s Second

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Historic Buildings of Iowa: Iowa City

This documentary presents an in depth look at the continuing crisis in Wisconsin’s dairy industry and the future for farmers, businesses and communities who rely on it to survive.

Explore the architecture, culture and history of the Old Capitol, Hancher Auditorium, Englert Theatre and Kinnick Stadium.

WORLD Big Pacific: Voracious

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

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Newby Hall 2 (R-1/27, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 3 WORLD Independent Lens: Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Independent Lens:

Racist Trees A historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs fights for the removal of a wall of trees. (R-1/24, 6:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Reel Midwest: Homegrown:

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

Mid-century housing policy and the ramifications of the 2008 housing market collapse are examined. TV-PG

Students forge relationships with Holocaust survivors through an innovative internship program. TV-PG

Lifetimes, Language Keepers (See 1/18 at 8 p.m. on WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: New York City, Hour 2

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

WORLD DW The Day

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