ADVANCE January 2026

JANUARY SCHEDULE 9:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Zurich WORLD Best of Living in Iowa: African American Author Frances Hawthorne, Sports Icon E. Wayne Cooley, 2000-Year-Old Native American Village 10:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Speedy Pasta: Italy vs U.S. WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 10:30 a.m. Milk Street Television: Favorite Forgotten Cakes WORLD Independent Lens: Vivien’s Wild Ride (See 1/26 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Tofu NOON Iowa PBS Relish 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Cook’s Country: Chinese Noodles and Egg Rolls WORLD POV Shorts: Boom and Bust (See 1/26 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS America’s Test Kitchen: Breakfast From Scratch WORLD POV: King Coal (See 1/30 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: Round-Top Bookcase 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Ask This Old House WORLD POV: Emergent City (See 1/30 at 7:30 p.m. on WORLD) 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Starring Y-Seams 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Quilting Arts: Crazy Rhythms Iowa PBS Lidia’s Kitchen: Fuel the Soul WORLD The Whitney Reynolds Show: Visible Vulnerability 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Christopher Kimball’s

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

TUNE IN:

Lionel and Jean meet again by accident after 38 years. Each has been married but is now alone. TV-PG WORLD Civilizations: The Cult of Progress (8 of 9)

The rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology is examined and the “civilizing” project is explored. TV-PG

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: The Art of Photography TV-PG 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise The team investigates the murder of a former children’s home resident. TV-PG WORLD Civilizations: What Is Art Good For? (9 of 9) 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death & Hysteria Phryne takes on more than she bargained for when her aunt opens her home to a psychiatrist. TV-14 WORLD A French Village: A Day for Exchanging Rings Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change. TV-PG The language of flowers figures heavily in Sister Boniface’s effort to decipher who the killer is. TV-PG WORLD Community First: A Home for the Homeless A model for transforming the lives of homeless people through the power of community is introduced. TV-PG 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Peter Davison Movies: Kinda WORLD Civilizations: Color and Light (7 of 9) (See 1/31 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) Antoine and his new friend Claude hide out at a barn where they meet another draft dodger. 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Good Samaritan

Quilting Arts: Crazy Rhythms Saturday, January 31 3:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

Patchwork tends to have a regular rhythm, unless you get crazy with it! This episode dives into two approaches to crazy quilting. Kimberley Pierce Cartwright shares her intuitive approach incorporating diverse fabrics. Brandy Maslowski takes a “vintage now” approach using linens and decorative machine stitching.

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Garden Smart: Raindrops Can

be Beneficial or Destructive WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Northern Elk Chase TV-PG WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: River Bluffs Scenic Byway (See 1/26 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Balancing Act With John Katko 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life (See 1/26 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: 25th Anniversary Show WORLD Civilizations: Color and Light (7 of 9)

Explore the story of light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy. (R-1/31, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

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