ADVANCE May 2026

11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Apple Strudel & Schnitzel WORLD POV: Emergent City A new “innovation district” tests local democracy in a divided Brooklyn community. TV-PG 11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Arugula NOON Iowa PBS My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas: Beans: The #1 Longevity Ingredient 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Cook’s Country: Spring Dinner and Dessert WORLD POV Shorts: Water Work Explore Detroit and Canarsie and their relationships with water. TV-14 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS America’s Test Kitchen: New England Clambake WORLD Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones (See 5/1 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: Steamer Trunk 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House: Walpole Adu | An Adu Takes Shape WORLD Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love

5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: White Pole Road Scenic Byway & Glacial Trail Scenic Byway WORLD Balancing Act With John Katko (R-5/3, 3 p.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life Visit a foraging couple in Story City, an autism awareness advocate and the Urban Bike Food Ministry. (R-5/3, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover (R-5/3, 11 a.m., Iowa PBS) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: America at Play WORLD American Muslims: A History Revealed: A Portrait of Freedom TV-PG 6:30 p.m. WORLD American Muslims: A History Revealed: Islam at the Nation’s Founding TV-PG 7:00 p.m.

Iowa PBS As Time Goes By: Why? TV-PG WORLD The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game

As America braces for a third year of devastating war, British commanders launch campaigns to take Albany and Philadelphia. (R-5/2, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

A young woman devastated by the loss of her father seeks solace from five of Islam’s greatest love stories. TV-PG

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Mending Stuart’s Leg TV-PG 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise

2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Ask This Old House: Flower Vase, Smart Garage Opener

The team is confounded when a tourist is stabbed while alone on an elevator. (R-5/7, 11:05 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

Fons & Porter’s Love of

Quilting: Meadow Whirl

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore

3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Quilting Arts:

Sew, a Needle Pulling Thread

Phryne must solve an old murder, find a new murderer and banish a ghost in His Majesty’s Theatre. TV-14 A French Village: The Rope Antoine and Suzanne are arrested. Marchetti hopes their captivity will help his negotiations. (R-5/3, 6 p.m., WORLD)

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Raindrops Can Be Beneficial or Destructive WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: 10,000 Youth Ice Anglers and Ag-Based Products TV-PG WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/3, 6 a.m., WORLD)

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