ADVANCE May 2024

MAY SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

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

Programs with this flag are new to our

broadcast schedule. IOWA PBS .1: Our primary channel. Antenna viewers can find it on the .1 channel. * IOWA PBS KIDS .2: Programming for kids. See schedule on page 5. Antenna viewers can find it on the .2 channel. * IOWA PBS WORLD .3: Public affairs, science, history, independent films and more. Antenna viewers can find it on the .3 channel. * IOWA PBS CREATE .4: How-to programs. See schedule on pages 8–11. Antenna viewers can find it on the .4 channel. * * Cable and satellite subscribers: Please contact your service providers for information on where they carry Iowa PBS’s channels in their lineup. DVS/DVI: Narrative descriptions for the visually impaired. This setting is often found in the Accessibility menu. ESP: This program is available in Spanish through the SAP. Visit iowapbs.org/espanol for help. Este programa está disponible en español a través del programa de audio secundario (SAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Visite iowapbs.org/espanol para obtener más información. TV-PG: May be unsuitable for younger children. TV-14: May be unsuitable for children under 14. TV-MA: May be unsuitable for children under 17. Some ratings may be followed by initials describing the nature of the content: L=Language • V=Violence • AS=Adult situations • N=Nudity • S=Sexual content.

(R-5/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: In the Absence

A South Korean community is torn apart when hundreds of children die in a ferry disaster. (R-5/4, 12:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG Road Trip Iowa: Great River Road National Scenic Byway—Central (R-5/4, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their own dreams. (R-5/4, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

Nature: Season of the Osprey Wednesday, May 1 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 A veteran pair of ospreys return home to a Connecticut saltmarsh. Over one summer, they must battle their enemies, withstand the elements and hunt hundreds of fish, all to raise the next generation of these consummate sea hawks.

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD POV: Liquor Store Dreams

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Season of the Osprey

10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Electric Vendetta, Part 2 A series of murders unfolds in

A family of ospreys, the only truly aquatic raptors, are documented in and around Great Island Marsh. (R-5/5, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS

IOWA PBS 5:00–6:30 AM SUNDAY 5:00 am PBS News Weekend

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

A Brief History of the Future:

Midsomer Parva with the discovery of a body in the center of a mysterious crop circle. TV-PG

Together Ari Wallach explores the internal changes humans enact to impact those around us. (R-5/7, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Frontline: Documenting Police Use of Force Watch an investigation into death rates after police used tactics that are defined as “less lethal.” 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Making North America: Human (3 of 3) Discover the challenges faced and the

5:30 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 am Sit and Be Fit

MONDAY

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

5:00 am DW Focus on Europe 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW Global 3000 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW euromaxx Highlights 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

TUESDAY

THURSDAY 2

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Behind the Strings

WEDNESDAY

(R-5/2, 9 p.m., WORLD)

wealth uncovered as humans take over the continent. (R-5/7, 6 p.m., WORLD)

THURSDAY

5:00 am This Is America 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am To the Contrary 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Green Planet: Human Worlds

Four young, classical musicians seize an opportunity to flee China after the Cultural Revolution.

FRIDAY

Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans are helping plants, many of which face extinction.

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Spinach (R-5/4, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

SATURDAY

WORLD BBC News

5:00 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 5:30 am To the Contrary 6:00 am The Best of the Joy of Painting

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