ADVANCE May 2025

WEDNESDAY 28

6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Cosmos (See 5/21 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life This episode features wildlife

TUNE IN:

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

(R-5/28, 9 p.m., WORLD)

photographer Jacob Pitzenberger, a 276-mile run across Iowa, and artist Daniel Adams.

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II Examine Bob Hope and the impact he and his troupe of performers had on World War II. TV-PG WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS National Memorial Day Concert 2025 (See 5/25 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS My Life Is Murder: Look, Don’t Touch (See 5/24 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) Road Trip Iowa: Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway East-Central Wednesday, May 28 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Join host Brooke Kohlsdorf as she visit the Indian Creek Nature Center, Youngville Cafe, Pheasant Run Farm and other unique attractions along a section of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway.

Meet Anthony Marquez, a Marine who dedicates himself to finding peace for himself and healing families. (R-5/31, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-14 Road Trip Iowa: Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway East-Central (R-5/31, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove. TV-14

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD Bugs That Rule the World: Eat or be Eaten

(See 5/21 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Tyrus Wong: American Masters

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

Discover the art, life and enduring impact of the renowned Chinese American painter Tyrus Wong. TV-PG When Homo sapiens arrived in Australia, they were—for the first time—truly alone. TV-PG

The relationship between humans and horses, which is almost as old as civilization, is explored. DVS/TV-PG

WORLD First Peoples: Australia

7:30 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Home Court It’s the coming-of-age story of

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Amache: An American Injustice (See 5/10 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Deception: World War II: The Final Days of the War The U.S. and Soviet Union begin a

Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy. TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Quantum

Discover the world of the subatomic realm in the quantum universe. DVS

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

deadly game of espionage in the race for atomic supremacy. TV-14

Bugs That Rule the World: Beetle Mania Are beetles truly the most important species on the planet? TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Fisher King, Part 1

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

TUESDAY 27

A Madagascan chameleon and a Scottish water vole travel to secure their bloodlines. DVS/TV-PG

(See 5/22 at 9:32 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

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

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

(R-5/27, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

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