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What's on TV 12 this month...


Sunday, January 26

1:20 AM Movie: Bananas

2:45 AM Movie: Bedazzled

4:35 AM Movie: Mutiny on the Bounty

7:00 AM Zoboomafoo
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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
[CC] (R/Tue., 28th, 6 a.m.)

11:30 AM Tony Brown's Journal
(R/Fri., 31st, 6 a.m.) [CC]

12:00 PM Secrets of the Sequence
"Raining Monarchs" [CC] (R/Wed., 29th, 6 a.m.)

12:30 PM Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
[CC]

1:00 PM The Forsyte Bowl
Part 1 of 7 Who needs football when you have the drama of the Forstye family? In the first episode of this new Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of John Galsworthy's epic novel, prosperous lawyer Soames Forsyte (Damian Lewis) falls in love with beautiful but poor Irene (Gina McKee). [CC][DVS] (R/Fri., 31st, 2 a.m.)

3:00 PM The Forsyte Saga
Part 2 of 7 Soames plots revenge when Irene and Bosinney display their affection for one another. [CC][DVS] (R/Fri., 31st, 4 a.m.)

4:00 PM The Forsyte Saga
Part 3 of 7 Soames commits a dastardly act. [CC][DVS] (R/Fri., 31st, 5:30 a.m.)

5:00 PM The Forsyte Saga
Part 4 of 7 Irene decides to abandon Soames for a destitute life as a music teacher. [CC][DVS] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 2 a.m.)

6:00 PM The Forsyte Saga
Part 5 of 7 Soames, still obsessed with Irene, wants her to grant him a divorce or give him an heir. [CC][DVS] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 3 a.m.)

7:00 PM The Forsyte Saga
Part 6 of 7 Irene leaves for Paris to escape Soames' harassment, but a private detective follows her. [CC][DVS] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 4 a.m.)

8:00 PM The Forsyte Saga
Part 7 of 7 Soames' new wife endures a harrowing delivery, during which he tells the doctor to do everything to save the baby, not the mother. [CC][DVS] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 5 a.m.)

9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre
"Me and Mrs. Jones" Robson Green (Mystery! "Touching Evil") stars as a tabloid columnist who begins an affair with the Prime Minister he is assigned to cover. [CC][DVS]

11:00 PM My Hero
Thermoman's repeated visits to the health center are baffling patients and staff. [CC]

11:30 PM The Industry
"Ohm Dot Com" Viewer discretion advised. Richard and Veronica buy stocks. [CC]

Monday, January 27

12:00 AM Eastenders

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Discovering Psychology

3:00 AM Hoover Dam

4:00 AM Examined Life

5:00 AM Scientific American Frontiers

6:00 AM McLaughlin Group

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

7:30 PM Are You Being Served?
"Cold Store" Mr. Lucas wants the day off. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow
"Seattle, WA" Part 1 of 3 Experts find an enameled pocket watch. [CC] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, noon)

9:00 PM American Experience
"Transcontinental Railroad" This program reveals how six years of labor, greed, innovation and gritty determination helped build the railroad, which was completed on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah, and how it shaped the nation. [CC]

11:00 PM Great Projects: The Building of America
Part 1 of 4 The first episode in a series highlighting major engineering feats examines man's attempts to tame the Mississippi and Colorado Rivers. Continues tomorrow at 11 p.m. [CC]

Tuesday, January 28

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Power of Place

3:00 AM Great Projects

4:00 AM Shaping America

5:00 AM Great Projects

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
Jean tries to cheer up Judith and Sandy. [CC]

8:00 PM Crisis and Conflicts: The 108th Congress
For the first time since 1954, Republicans will control both the White House and the Congress. But do they have a mandate to govern?

9:00 PM State of the Union Address
At press time, President George W. Bush was scheduled to speak live to the U.S. Congress and the American people tonight. [CC]

10:00 PM Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers
"Deep Crisis" Host Alan Alda visits biologists who are attempting to save endangered salmon and giant tuna. [CC]

11:00 PM Great Projects: The Building of America
Part 2 of 4 The Tennessee Valley Authority helped complete the wiring of America for electricity, a job begun by Thomas Edison. Continues tomorrow at 11 p.m. [CC]

Wednesday, January 29

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM Sociological Imagination

3:00 AM Great Projects

4:00 AM Western Tradition I

5:00 AM Great Projects

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 is eager to impress Emmet with her prowess as a singer. [CC]

8:00 PM Itzhak Perlman at the Penthouse
The great violinist performs with students and alumni of the Perlman Music Program. [CC]

9:00 PM Juilliard
The first feature-length film about the legendary performing arts institution weaves five stories of present students with the past glories of distinguished faculty and celebrated alumni to reveal the daily struggles in the school's quest for excellence. [CC]

11:00 PM Great Projects: The Building of America
Part 3 of 4 A relatively unknown engineer is responsible for most of the bridges that unite New York City. Concludes tomorrow at 11 p.m. [CC]

Thursday, January 30

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 American Experience

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
"Gnome and Away" Howard tries to deliver a present to Marina. [CC]

8:00 PM The New This Old House Hour
[CC] (R/Sat., Feb. 1st, 6 p.m.)

9:00 PM The Roman Empire in the First Century
"Order From Chaos" Part 1 of 4 Caesar Augustus leads Rome's rise to grandeur. Continues Thu., Feb. 6th at 9 p.m. [CC]

10:00 PM Frontline
"Failure to Protect: The Taking of Logan Marr" examines what happened to a five-year-old who was found dead in her foster mother's home. [CC]

11:00 PM Great Projects: The Building of America
Part 4 of 4 The city of Boston is currently suffering through a $20 billion highway renewal program. [CC]

Friday, January 31

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM The Forsythe Saga

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
Practice Fiona Green performs an operation on a cat's ears. [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 Midway" The United States Pacific Fleet achieved supremacy in the Pacific Ocean during this great air battle. [CC]

Saturday, February 1

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Blackadder

1:30 AM The Industry

2:00 AM The Forsythe Saga

6:00 AM NOVA

7:00 AM Sesame Street
[CC]

8:00 AM Plaza Sesamo

8:30 AM Angelina Ballerina
[CC]

9:00 AM The Victory Garden
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9:30 AM Vets in Practice
"Vets Get Married" [CC]

10:00 AM New Yankee Workshop
"Queen Anne Table" [CC]

10:30 AM Hometime
"Shoreline Restoration, Part 1" [CC]

11:00 AM Rough Science
"Sun and Sea" [CC]

11:30 AM Rick Steves' Europe
"Berlin: Resilient, Reunited and Reborn" [CC]

12:00 PM Antiques Roadshow
"Seattle, WA" Part 1 of 3 [CC]

1:00 PM Master Class at Johnson & Wales
"Duck Cookery" [CC]

1:30 PM America's Test Kitchen
"Texas Chili" [CC]

2:00 PM Christina Cooks
"What to Eat Instead of Meat" [CC]

2:30 PM Home Cooking with Lauren Groveman
"On Rice" [CC]

3:00 PM Martin Yan's Chinatown
"21st-Century Chinatown" [CC]

3:30 PM Flavors of America with Chef Jim Coleman
"Savannah Low Country Cookin'" [CC]

4:00 PM Ciao Italia
"Pork From Umbria"[CC]

4:30 PM Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen
"A Sicilian Menu" [CC]

5:00 PM New Yankee Workshop
"Cigar Chair, Part 1" [CC] (R/Sat., 8th, 10 a.m.)

5:30 PM Hometime
"Shoreline Restoration, Part 2" [CC] (R/Sat., 8th, 10:30 a.m.)

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

7:00 PM The Lawrence Welk Show
"Morning-Noon-Night" Hosts: Robert and David Otwell.

8:00 PM Movie "Sounder"
(1972) A family of black sharecroppers in 1930s Louisiana must pull together when their father is jailed for stealing food. Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield and Kevin Hooks star. (R/Sun., 2nd, 5 p.m.)

9:45 Movie "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
(1974) The history of African-Americans in the South is seen through the eyes of a 110-year-old former slave. Cicely Tyson, Odetta and Joseph Tremice star. (R/Sun., 2nd, 1:30 p.m.)

11:45 Africa in the Picture
"Faat Kine" A liberated woman in Senegal struggles to make even the smallest achievements possible.

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