ADVANCE May 2025

MAY SCHEDULE

NOON Iowa PBS

8:30 p.m. WORLD Dreams of Glory: The World of Women’s Sumo This documentary follows three

TUNE IN:

America the Bountiful:

Walleye in Ohio

12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

female sumo wrestlers competing at the highest level. TV-PG

Cook’s Country: Grilled Short

Ribs and Carrot Salad WORLD Stories From the Stage: What I Did for Love (See 5/12 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS America’s Test Kitchen: Saucy Mediterranean Nosh WORLD American Experience: Plague at the Golden Gate (See 5/16 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: Arts & Crafts Sideboard, Part 2 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House: Westford | A Family Affair 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Ask This Old House: Overseeding, Foundation Repair 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Winter Woodland WORLD Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Alberta—Canada’s Changing Heartland (See 5/13 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Fit 2 Stitch: The Magic of Templates 4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Beautiful Containers We Can Create at Home (R-5/18, 6:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Eden Project 2 (R-5/18, 5:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/18, 6 a.m., WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Never Seen That Before! WORLD DW Focus on Europe (R-5/18, 7 a.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend (R-5/18, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death at the Grand

A hotel concierge is pushed from the rooftop with an empty bag “souvenired” from Phryne’s house. TV-14

Kate: A Queen for the Future Sunday, May 18 6 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 This documentary offers a moving and insightful view into an unlikely fairytale. Kate and William met while living in the same dormitory in Scotland. She has quickly adapted to royal protocols and has shown grace in many challenging situations. The world is eager to see how she will carry out her duties as queen consort.

French Village (R-5/18, 6 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

My Life Is Murder:

All That Glitters Alexa’s personal and professional lives collide when she investigates a murder. (R-5/19, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG WORLD Asian Americans: Good Americans (See 5/15 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/18, 8 a.m., WORLD) 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Colin Baker Movies: Attack of the Cybermen WORLD Independent Lens: Meet the Patels (See 5/17 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) TV-PG 6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Beautiful Containers We Can Create at Home WORLD The Open Mind: Knowing the Nocturnal (R-5/18, 2 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. Iowa PBS 7–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us (R-5/18, 3 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. WORLD Asian Americans: Good Americans (See 5/15 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/18, 4 p.m., WORLD) SUNDAY 18

6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: The Songs of Cole Porter WORLD

The Class: System Failure While the school continues with online learning, Deer Valley High School students organize a protest. TV-PG

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

Jean and Lionel are still stalemated over who will live with whom. WORLD Independent Lens: Meet the Patels

A 30-year-old single man from a Hindu family enters the semi arranged marriage system in America. (R-5/17, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper TV-PG 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Professor Y

A fan convention for a classic sci-fi series sees the writer being taken hostage by one of the creations. (R-5/22, 11:05 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

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