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What's on TV 12 this month...


Sunday, January 19

1:25 AM Movie: That's Entertainment

3:15 AM Movie: Swing Time

5:00 AM Movie: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

7:00 AM Zoboomafoo
[CC]

7:30 AM Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop
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8:00 AM Arthur
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8:30 AM Clifford the Big Red Dog
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9:00 AM Angelina Ballerina
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9:30 AM Dragonfly TV
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10:00 AM KidHealth
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10:30 AM Right on the Money
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11:00 AM To the Contrary
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11:30 AM Tony Brown's Journal
[CC] (R/Fri., 24th, 6 a.m.)

12:00 PM Secrets of the Sequence
[CC] (R/Wed., 22nd, 6 a.m.)

12:30 PM Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
[CC]

1:00 PM McLaughlin Group
(R/Mon., 20th, 6 a.m.)

1:30 PM Our Genes, Our Choices
"Genes On Trial: Genetics, Behavior and the Law" A Harvard professor assigns his panel a hypothetical university research project -- to identify a gene for addiction to alcohol. [CC]

2:30 PM Chicago: City of the Century
"Mudhole to Metropolis" Innovation, determination and ruthlessness helped to create an empire in what was a marshy wasteland. [CC][DVS]

4:00 PM Chicago: City of the Century
"The Revolution Has Begun" Workers struggle for their share of a new industrial capitalism. [CC][DVS]

5:30 PM Chicago: City of the Century
"Battle For Chicago" The world's first skyscraper is built in Chicago. [CC][DVS]

7:00 PM Freedom: A History of US
"Liberty For All?" Part 3 of 16 Unprecedented freedoms for white Americans come at a tremendous cost to Native Americans. [CC]

7:30 PM Freedom: A History of US
"Wake Up America" Part 4 of 16 The industrial revolution brings Americans new leisure and personal freedom, but there is a dark side for factory workers and women. Continues Sun., Feb. 2nd at 7 p.m. [CC]

9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) stars as Sherlock Holmes in this new adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery about a supernatural hound. [CC][DVS] (R/Fri., 24th, 2 a.m.; Sat., 25th, 11:25 p.m.)

11:00 PM My Hero
"Mission Impossible" Thermoman is unable to wash a stain off his uniform. [CC]

11:30 PM The Industry
"Beaver Creek: The Movie" Viewer discretion advised. Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables) makes a guest appearance as a demanding former child star. [CC]

Monday, January 20

12:00 AM Eastenders

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Discovering Psychology

3:00 AM Discovering Psycholog

4:00 AM Examined Life

5:00 AM Examined Life

6:00 AM McLaughlin Group

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

5:30 PM Great Museums
"The DuSable Museum of African-American History: American Soul" Founded in 1961, the DuSable is one of the first African-American museums in the country. The museum follows African-American history from its beginning on the shores of Africa to a celebration of African-American achievements including, Bessie Coleman, the nation's first black female aviator; World War II Tuskegee airmen; Major Robert Lawrence, the nation's first black astronaut; and Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor.

7:30 PM Are You Being Served?
"Up Captain Peacock" Captain Peacock gets a key to the executive washroom. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow
"Albuquerque, NM" Part 3 of 3 Appraisers discover valuable 18th-century portrait miniatures. [CC] (R/Sat., 25th, noon)

9:00 PM American Experience
"The Murder of Emmett Till" The senseless killing of a black boy by two white men in August 1955 unwittingly created the spark that helped mobilize the civil rights movement. [CC]

10:00 PM P.O.V.
"Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" This film examines the life of Westchester, PA native Bayard Rustin, an openly gay man and tireless activist for peace who organized the 1963 march on Washington, D.C. [CC]

11:30 PM Rufus Jones: A Luminous Life
This locally-produced program examines the life of Rufus Jones, a Quaker mystic, philosopher and Haverford College professor who worked to overcome violence and injustice. [CC]

Tuesday, January 21

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Power of Place

3:00 AM Power of Place

4:00 AM Shaping America

5:00 AM Shaping America

6:00 AM To The Contrary

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

7:30 PM As Time Goes By
Judith wants to move in next door. [CC]

8:00 PM NOVA
"Fish in Time" NOVA examines the rediscovery of a primitive fish, once thought to have died out before the dinosaurs. [CC][DVS]

9:00 PM Journey of Man
A millennia ago, a small group left their homeland in Africa to explore the rest of the mostly unoccupied lands around the globe, where, against impossible odds, they survived and went on to conquer the earth. [CC] (R/Fri., 24th, 4 a.m.)

11:00 PM NFL Films: Tight on the Spiral
For 40 years, the production company has used innovative camera techniques and distinctive music to capture the drama of football on film. [CC]

Wednesday, January 22

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Sociological Imagination

3:00 AM Sociological Imagination

4:00 AM Western Tradition I

5:00 AM Western Tradition I

6:00 AM Secrets of the Sequence

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

7:30 PM Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth takes her Daddy out for a picnic. [CC]

9:00 PM Two Towns of Jasper
Filmmakers sent two film crews, one black and one white, to document the aftermath of the racially-motivated dragging death of a black man in Jasper, Texas. The film will repeat tomorrow at 11:30 p.m. following a live town meeting from Jasper hosted by ABC News anchor Ted Koppel at 10 p.m. [CC]

10:30 PM Great Museums
"Pennsylvania's Academy of the Fine Arts: Art Gets a Start in America" Philadelphia is home to the United States' first museum and art school, whose mission is to train and exhibit work by contemporary American artists. [CC]

11:00 PM Secrets of the Dead
"Tragedy at the Pole" A scientist examines the conditions that caused Captain Robert F. Scott and his team to freeze to death in Antarctica in March 1912. [CC]

Thursday, January 23

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM World of Abnormal Psychology

3:00 AM World of Abnormal Psychology

4:00 AM Worlds of Childhood

5:00 AM Worlds of Childhood

6:00 AM KidHealth

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

7:30 PM Last of the Summer Wine
"Enter the Hawk" Billy Hardcastle finds a friend with a pinstriped suit. [CC]

8:00 PM Talk to The State Senators
Allison Schwartz - Democrat from Philadelphia; Jeff Piccola - Republican from Dauphin County [CC]

9:00 PM The New This Old House Hour
[CC] (R/Sat., 25th, 6 p.m.)

10:00 PM America in Black and White: Jasper, Texas
ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks to Jasper, Texas residents about the ramifications of the racially-motivated death of a black man by three white men in 1998. [CC]

11:30 PM P.O.V.
"Two Towns of Jasper" examines the aftermath of the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Sr. in the small town of Jasper, Texas. [CC]

Friday, January 24

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Masterpiece Theatre

4:00 AM Journey of Man

6:00 AM Tony Brown's Journal

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

7:30 PM Vets in Practice
Fiona Green starts a new job. [CC]

8:00 PM NOW with Bill Moyers
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9:00 PM Washington Week in Review
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9:30 PM Wall $treet Week
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10:00 PM Battlefield
"The Battle of Britain" Participants tell the dramatic story of the famed World War II battle. [CC]

Saturday, January 25

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Movie: That's Entertainment

4:00 AM American Experience

5:00 AM The Roman Empire

6:00 AM Great News: Dupont Awards

7:00 AM Sesame Street
[CC]

8:00 AM Plaza Sesamo

8:30 AM Angelina Ballerina
[CC]

9:00 AM The Victory Garden
[CC]

9:30 AM Vets in Practice
"Full Speed Ahead" [CC]

10:00 AM New Yankee Workshop
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10:30 AM Hometime
"Walkout Patio & Deck: Railing and Planting" [CC]

11:00 AM Rough Science
"Feel the Heat"

11:30 AM Rick Steve's Europe
"The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway and the Aran Islands" [CC]

12:00 PM Antiques Roadshow
"Albuquerque, NM" Part 3 of 3 [CC]

1:00 PM WHYY "Souper" Bowl
Chef Caprial Pence kicks off an entire afternoon of your favorite chefs cooking up some delicious soup recipes that you can make for your very own "Souper" Bowl party.

1:30 PM America's Test Kitchen
"Souper Soups" [CC]

2:00 PM Christina Cooks
"Nothing But the Soup" [CC]

2:30 PM New Jewish Cuisine
"Soups" [CC]

3:00 PM Michael Chiarello's Napa
"Soup's On" [CC]

3:30 PM Flavors of America with Chef Jim Coleman
"Soups & Bread" [CC]

4:00 PM Ciao Italia
"Venetian Pumpkin Soup" [CC]

4:30 PM Lidia's Italian Table: Italian-American Favorites
"Soup For Dinner, Soup For Dessert" [CC]

5:00 PM New Yankee Workshop
[CC] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 10 a.m.)

5:30 PM Hometime
"Shoreline Restoration" [CC] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 10:30 a.m.)

6:00 PM The New This Old House Hour
[CC]

7:00 PM The Lawrence Welk Show
"Italian Special" Host: Tanya Welk Roberts.

8:00 PM Movie "In The Good Old Summertime"
(1949) Two bickering co-workers are unaware that they are also lovelorn pen pals in this musical starring Judy Garland, Van Johnson and Buster Keaton. The non-musical version of this charming story follows.

9:45 PM Movie "The Shop Around the Corner"
(1940) James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan and Frank Morgan star in this romantic comedy (recently remade as You've Got Mail starring Tom Hanks) in which feuding shop clerks unknowingly fall in love as pen pals.

11:25 PM Masterpiece Theatre
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) stars as Sherlock Holmes in this new adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery about a supernatural hound who is murdering the heirs of Baskerville Hall. [CC][DVS]

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