ADVANCE May 2026

MAY SCHEDULE

11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

FRIDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow: In the Beginning, Part 1 TV-PG

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: WORLD BBC World News 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Grants Farm, Hour 1 WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour (R-5/1, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones

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.

Helsinki and Tallinn: Baltic Sisters

SATURDAY 2

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: Island Paradise WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-5/2, 4 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/2, 4:30 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones (See 5/1 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/2, 1 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens: Azores Islands, Part 2 WORLD Market to Market (R-5/3, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Naples and Pompeii WORLD Iowa Press (R-5/3, noon, Iowa PBS) 9:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: White Pole Road Scenic Byway & Glacial Trail Scenic Byway (R-5/2, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Historic Buildings of Iowa: Mason City & Clear Lake 9:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Zurich 10:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Salmon; May the North Be With You WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Lidia’s Kitchen: From Italy to Your Table WORLD The Whitney Reynolds Show: Everyday Brave Explore the art and architecture of historic Mason City and Clear Lake.

Learn why Franklin held human skeletal remains in the basement of his British residence. (R-5/2, 7 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/2, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men’s Souls

Washington abandons New York City and flees across New Jersey, before attacking Trenton. TV-14

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

IOWA PBS 5:00–6:30 AM SUNDAY

(R-5/2, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market

5:00 am Horizons From PBS News 5:30 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 am Sit and Be Fit 5:00 am Compass Points From PBS News 5:30 am Iowa Press 6:00 am Classical Stretch

(R-5/2, 8 a.m., WORLD)

MONDAY

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: Dickie 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Austin City Limits:

TUESDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

WEDNESDAY

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit TV-PG

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

10:00 p.m. WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week (R-5/3, 1 p.m., WORLD) 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Stage: The Cactus Blossoms Feat. Jack Klatt TV-PG 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company

THURSDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

FRIDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

SATURDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am The Best of the Joy of Painting

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