ADVANCE May 2026

10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Stage: Soul Asylum Feat. Loki’s Folly TV-PG 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow: The Amazing City of Austin TV-PG 6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: Sunset Aglow WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/24, 6 a.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD Becoming Frederick Douglass (See 5/22 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 8:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens: Park City Beyond the Slopes WORLD Market to Market (R-5/24, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Tuscany’s Dolce Vita WORLD Iowa Press (R-5/24, noon, Iowa PBS) 9:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Highway 20 (R-5/23, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Historic Buildings of Iowa: Davenport 9:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Italy, Part 2—Modena 10:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Edgie Veggies WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack SATURDAY 23 Journey to Eastern Iowa to explore the art and architecture of historic Davenport.

1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: Shop-Built Belt Sander WORLD The Last Ring Home

TUNE IN:

A Naval Academy ring made its way home 17 years after a soldier was killed during World War II. TV-PG

2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

This Old House: Walpole Adu | Board & Batten Down the Hatches Discover how a little-known military intelligence school in Minnesota played a pivotal role in ending World War II. TV-PG

WORLD Armed With Language

America’s Test Kitchen: Grilled Flank Steak and Chili Crisp Noodles Saturday, May 23 1 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Test cook Joe Gitter fires up the grill and makes a delicious grilled flank steak. Equipment expert Adam Ried reviews aluminum foil. And test cook Maggie Zhu makes chili crisp noodles.

2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Ask This Old House: Picnic Table, Insurance Policies

3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Starring Y-Seams WORLD 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines

Experiences of the 1st Marine Division on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942 are documented. TV-PG

10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Lidia’s Kitchen:

3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Quilting Arts: Crazy Rhythms 4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart:

The Start of the Season

The Whitney Reynolds Show:

WORLD

Light Through the Battle

11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television:

Two Beautiful Homes With Stunning Gardens in a Fabulous Location Waal River Crossing: 1944 Actor Paul Giamatti narrates the story behind one of World War II’s most heroic missions. TV-PG

WORLD

Cheese Bread & Garlic Chicken

WORLD The True Cost of Defense

Explore the continual role of service members across global communities. TV-PG

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Prairie Sportsman: Women Adventurers and Lake Superior Threats TV-PG

11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Turkey NOON Iowa PBS

5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Highway 20 WORLD Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II

My Greek Table With Diane

Kochilas: Hospitality on a Plate!

WORLD Independent Lens:

Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen Meet Anthony Marquez, who dedicates himself to finding peace for himself and healing families. TV-14

Examine Bob Hope and his troupe of performers’ impact on World War II. (R-5/24, 3 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Cook’s Country:

(See 5/18 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/24, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Seafood in a Snap

America’s Test Kitchen: Grilled Flank Steak and Chili Crisp Noodles

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