ADVANCE May 2025

FRIDAY 23

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins

6:00 p.m. WORLD Come Back Anytime

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

Get a heart-warming reminder of the pleasure of a delicious meal with ramen master Masamoto Ueda.

The relationship between man and his noble steed is almost as old as civilization itself. DVS/TV-PG Who Is Michael Jang? Elusive photographer Michael Jang shares his wondrous work with the world. (R-5/24, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-14 Independent Lens:

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Cheddar (R-5/24, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Curse of the Aesthetic A troubled artist’s life appears to be in danger when he receives death threats. TV-PG WORLD Asian Americans: Generation Rising

WORLD

(R-5/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Sominsai: The End of a

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Cosmos See how discoveries over the past 50 years have revolutionized our understanding of the universe. (R-5/27, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS WORLD Frontline: Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning (See 5/20 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Bugs That Rule the World: Eat or be Eaten

1000-Year-Old Festival Take an in-depth look at the end of Sominsai, a unique cultural festival in Japan. (R-5/24, 7 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS History With David Rubenstein: Alex Prud’homme TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/24, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Independent Lens: Beyond Utopia Follow two families on treacherous journeys to defect from their homeland of North Korea. TV-MA 7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press (R-5/24, 8:30 a.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market (R-5/24, 8 a.m., WORLD) 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: Kiss the Tiger 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Austin City Limits: Pavement TV-PG 10:00 p.m. WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week (R-5/25, 1 p.m., WORLD) 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Live From The Old Steeple: Sunny Sweeney & Brennen Leigh TV-PG 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Songs at the Center: Master Series with Hall of Famer Thom Schuyler TV-PG

A generation of Asian Americans fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture. (R-5/24, 10 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

The Brokenwood Mysteries:

Stone Cold Dead It appears that Brokenwood might have to come to terms with having its first serial killer. WORLD Pacific Heartbeat: The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu

Uncover the ruthless world of some of the stealthiest and cleverest insects in the animal kingdom. (R-5/27, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Four large stones on Waikiki Beach represent a Hawaiian tradition of healing and gender diversity. (R-5/25, 9 a.m., WORLD)

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Big Little Journeys: Survival,

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:32 p.m. Iowa PBS

A Taiwanese pangolin and a Brazilian lion tamarin family travel to a strange new world. DVS/TV-14

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Bad Tidings, Part 2

Midsomer Murders: The Fisher King, Parts 1 & 2

When a landowner is killed by a violent blow from a Celtic spear, the event reawakens memories of a tragic archaeological dig. (Part 1: R-5/27, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-5/28, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

(See 5/15 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:05 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Professor Y

THURSDAY 22

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

(R-5/22, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

(See 5/17 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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