ADVANCE January 2026

JANUARY SCHEDULE

TUESDAY 20

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Velvet: The Moment of Truth

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland WORLD BBC News America 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

Blanca confronts the ghosts of the past, and Isabel makes an announcement. TV-14

10:30 p.m. WORLD Better Next Big Thing

(See 1/11 at noon on WORLD)

11:00 p.m. WORLD Nature: Tusker:

Hotel del Coronado, Hour 1

WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

Brotherhood of Elephants (See 1/14 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

Breaking the Deadlock: A Matter of Life and Death

11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Sefton Park Palm House 2

(R-1/20, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD NOVA: What Are UFOs?

Tuesday, January 20 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

MONDAY 19

(See 1/14 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

What does “freedom” mean—and what is the role of government—when people face life and death choices? As with many other complex issues, Americans are divided in their views regarding the limits of personal autonomy.

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Caribbean Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the Caribbean heritage of actor Liza Colon-Zayas. (R-1/25, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Lisbon WORLD BBC News America 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 7 WORLD DW The Day 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour (R-1/19, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights Get a look at the formation and impact of the first civil rights movement of the 20th century. TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Hour 3 (R-1/23, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Ida B. Wells: American Stories

WORLD Dynamic Planet: Ice

8:30 p.m. WORLD

Explore how science, nature and tradition prepare us for the future as ice melts across the poles. TV-PG

Stories From the Stage:

Crossroads

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Driftless Area Scenic Byway (R-1/24, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Breaking the Deadlock:

A Matter of Life and Death Experts engage a hypothetical scenario of reproductive rights and end-of-life decisions. (R-1/24, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG Examine how science, nature and tradition can prepare us for the future as the planet heats up. TV-PG

WORLD Dynamic Planet: Fire

Explore the lyceum movement, refugee support and the history behind one Iowa love story. (R-1/24, 5:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Frontline WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Market for Murder, Part 1 (See 1/15 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) WORLD Amanpour and Company

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect Explore the life and legacy of the

nation’s first Black American Supreme Court justice. (R-1/21, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

Discover the story of journalist, civil right leader and passionate suffragist, Ida B. Wells. TV-14

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dead Air (See 1/17 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 3 (R-1/22, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Local, USA: Segregation Scholarships

Black Americans who were forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.

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