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What's on TV 12 this month...


Sunday, March 3

2:00 AM Art in the Western World

4:00 AM Power of Place

6:00 AM Earth Revealed

7:00 AM The Bookworm Bunch "Timothy Goes to School," Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse," "Seven Little Monsters" and "George Shrinks" [CC]

9:00 AM Arthur [CC]

9:30 AM DragonFly TV

10:00 AM Right on the Money

10:30 AM Health Diary

11:00 AM To the Contrary

11:30 AM Tony Brown's Journal

12:00 PM Healthweek [CC]

12:30 PM Religion and Ethics Newsweekly [CC]

1:00 PM McLaughlin Group

1:30 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "A People is Born"
The first episode in a series chronicling the 3000-year history of the Jewish people recounts the transformation of an early people into the biblical Israelites. [CC]

3:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "The Power of the Word"
After their exile in Babylonia ends, the Jews return to their homeland and are challenged by the growing domination of Greek culture. [CC]

4:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "The Shaping of Traditions"
The Jewish world splinters and Islam arises in the Arabian peninsula. [CC]

5:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "The Crucible of Europe"
Jews establish trade routes that reach to Asia, the profits of which help to build Northern Europe. [CC]

6:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "The Search for Deliverance"
Jewish communities are caught in the middle of the battle between Protestants and Catholics. [CC]

7:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "Roads From the Ghetto"
Jews are torn between loyalty to their people and to the emerging European nations in the 19th century. [CC]

8:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "The Golden Land: The American Jewish Experience"
Jews head for the American West, helping to shape the country. [CC]

9:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "Out of the Ashes"
As German armies overrun Europe, the unspeakable mission of exterminating the Jews begins. [CC]

10:00 PM Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "Into the Future"
Zionist immigrants found Israel in 1948, and American Jews formulate guiding principles for the coming years. [CC]

11:30 PM The Industry "Wrongly Convicted"
Viewer discretion advised. Alan thinks he found a hit story. [CC]

Monday, March 4

12:00 AM Eastenders

1:00 AM Literary Visions

2:00 AM Discovering Psych.

3:00 AM Western Tradition I

4:00 AM Portrait of a Family

5:00 AM Intro to Marketing

6:00 AM Destinos I

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

6:00 PM The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [CC]

7:00 PM The Nightly Business Report [CC]

7:25 PM Are You Being Served?
"Conduct Unbecoming" Mr. Humphries is under suspicion when money is missing from the till. [CC]

8:00 PM Moyers: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth "The Hero's Adventure," "The Message of the Myth" & "The First Storytellers"
Bill Moyers discusses the concept of the hero, multicultural creation stories and myths of early hunting societies with masterful storyteller Joseph Campbell. Concludes Wed., 6th at 9 p.m. [CC]

11:40 PM The Way Things Go Joined in progress.
The program follows the progress of a spectacular chain reaction that uses fire, water, gravity and chemistry.

Tuesday, March 5

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Economics USA

2:00 AM Seasons of Life

3:00 AM Belief & Believers

4:00 AM American Adventure

5:00 AM Taking the Lead

6:00 AM French in Action I

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

6:00 PM The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [CC]

7:00 PM The Nightly Business Report [CC]

7:25 PM As Time Goes By
Jean wants to cheer up Judith and Sandy. [CC]

8:00 PM John McDermott Live at WHYY
The popular Irish tenor appears live in the TV12 studios to present his new concert A Time To Remember, which celebrates the things that matter most in life: family, friends and patriotism. [CC] (R/Fri., 15th, 9:55 p.m.)

9:30 PM Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers
This examination of one of the most popular and enduring hymns in the English language includes performances by Jessye Norman, Judy Collins, Johnny Cash and the Boys Choir of Harlem. [CC]

11:10 PM Welcome to the Club: Women of Rockabill
Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, Janis Martin and Lorrie Collins discuss their lives as the influential queens of 1950s rockabilly, the country cousin of rock and roll.

Wednesday, March 6

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM It's Strictly Buisness

2:00 AM By the Numbers

3:00 AM Sociological Imagination

4:00 AM Something Ventured

5:00 AM World of Chemistry

6:00 AM Destinos II

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

7:25 PM Last of the Summer Wine
"Support Your Local Skydiver" Compo tries to win over Nora by being an aviator.

8:00 PM American Family
"The Wall" Part 1 of 2 Nina fights City Hall to keep the local recreation center open. Continues Wed., 27th at 8 p.m. [CC][HD]

9:00 PM Moyers: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth "Sacrifice & Bliss," "Love and the Goddess" & "Masks of Eternity"
Moyers and Campbell examine myths of planting and agricultural cultures, the importance of love in myth and emotions associated with art, God and the meaning of life. [CC]

Thursday, March 7

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM World of Abnormal Psychology

2:00 AM Voices in Democracy

3:00 AM Against All Odds

4:00 AM Examined Life

5:00 AM Western Tradition

6:00 AM French in Action

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

7:25 PM Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth has decided that Richard will gain a high executive position. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow UK "Victoria and Albert Museum"
Collectors bring items for appraisal to the famed British museum. [CC]

9:00 PM Rebecca Lukens: Woman of Iron
The local production profiles America's first woman industrialist, a 19th-century wife, mother and businesswoman who was the head of what is now Lukens Steel in Coatesville, PA. [CC]

10:00 PM American Experience "Fly Girls"
The program profiles the women who test-piloted aircraft and ferried supplies as Women Air Force Service Pilots during World War II. [CC][DVS]

11:00 PM If Women Ruled the World: A Washington Dinner Party
Nineteen women, including writer Betty Friedan and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, share their experiences at a historic dinner party in Washington D.C.'s Senate Caucus Room. [CC]

Friday, March 8

12:00 AM If Women Ruled

1:00 AM Business & the Law

2:00 AM Faces of Culture

3:00 AM Western Tradition

4:00 AM America in Perspective

5:00 AM Western Tradition

6:00 AM McLaughlin Group

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

6:00 PM The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [CC]

7:00 PM Nightly Business Report [CC]

7:25 PM Bargain Hunt "Epsom in Surrey"

8:00 PM NOW with Bill Moyers [CC]

9:00 PM Washington Week in Review [CC]

9:30 PM Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser [CC]

10:00 PM Adventure Divas "New Zealand: Stroppy Sheilas and Mana Wahines"
Host Holly Morris and crew take on New Zealand, where they're welcomed into the homes of superstars and the office of the Prime Minister. [CC]

11:00 PM The Ed Sullivan Show
The Rolling Stones, Richard Pryor, Wayne Newton and many others perform. (R/Sun., 10th, 1:30 a.m. & Sat., 30th, 8 p.m.)

11:30 PM Senior Year "I Like Talking"
Ralph and Dr. Burhems try to pin down a graffiti culprit, Jen and Anthony go on a date that doesn't work out as planned and Boris and Rena end their friendship. Continues Fri., 29th at 11 p.m. [CC]

Saturday, March 9

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM American Cinema

2:00 AM Ethics in America

3:00 AM Nutrition

4:00 AM A Writer's Exchange

5:00 AM Dealing with Diversity

6:00 AM Prisoners of Paradise

7:00 AM Sesame Street [CC]

8:00 AM Plaza Sesamo

8:30 AM Dr. Wayne Dyer at WHYY "Ten Secrets for Success and Inner Peace"
The empowerment speaker offers people 10 simple ways to change their lives. [CC] (R/tomorrow, 11 a.m. & Thu., 14th, 8 p.m.)

10:15 AM Dr. Wayne Dyer at WHYY "There's A Spiritual Solution to Every Problem"
Dr. Dyer teaches people how to overcome trials and tribulations in their lives. [CC] (R/tomorrow, 1 p.m. & Thu., 14th, 9:45 p.m.)

12:30 PM One Stroke Painting with Donna Dewberry
The artist shares her quick and easy method of painting flowers, one for each month of the year, by blending, shading and highlighting all in one stroke. [CC] (R/tomorrow, 9:30 a.m.)

2:00 PM Chez Pepin Pt. 1

2:20 PM Great Chefs of Philadelphia # 1
"Coyle's Cafe"

2:40 PM Chez Pepin Pt. 2

3:00 PM Great Chefs of Philadelphia # 2
"Greg Salisbury from Rx"

3:20 PM Chez Pepin Pt. 3

3:40 PM Great Chefs of Philadelphia # 3
"Susanna Goihman from Azafran'

4:00 PM Chez Pepin Pt. 4

4:25 PM Great Chefs of Philadelphia # 4
"Kevin Meeker from Philadelphia Fish & Company"

5:00 PM Antiques Roadshow Special Edition
The behind-the-scenes tour of the popular appraisal show includes interviews with appraisers and a look at some of the show's most memorable moments. [CC] (R/Mon., 11th, 7:25 p.m.)

7:00 PM Lawrence Welk's Songs of Faith
Six members of the Welk musical family, including Norma Zimmer and Tom Netherton, sing some of the beloved bandleader's favorite hymns. Concludes next Sat., 16th at 7 p.m. [CC]

8:00 PM The Wrinkle Cure with Dr. Nicholas Perricone Live at WHYY
The doctor is live in the TV12 studios to explain how to maintain a youthful appearance through diet, nutritional supplements and topical treatments. [CC]

10:00 PM Magnificent Lovemaking with Dr. Lana Holstein at WHYY
The nationally-respected sexuality expert provides positive, empowering information on how to enhance your sex life by becoming a more loving partner. [CC] (R/Tue., 19th, 11:20 p.m.)

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