Program Update

Every effort is made to ensure that these program listings are accurate. However, because some programs may not become available until after Applause deadlines, some changes may occur. If you have any questions regarding our programming or member services, call the Member and Audience Service Line at (215) 351-0511. To comment on our programs, call our Audience Response Line at (215) 923-WHYY, or you can e-mail us at talkback@whyy.org.

What's on TV 12 this month...

Sunday, December 29

12:00 AM Movie: Dark Passage

2:00 AM Movie: Jezebel

3:30 AM NYTV: By the People Who Made It

5:30 AM Omnibus: TV's Golden Age

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

9:00 AM Angelina Ballerina [CC]

9:30 AM Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop [CC]

10:00 AM KidHealth
[CC]

10:30 AM Right on the Money [CC]

11:00 AM To the Contrary [CC]

11:30 AM Tony Brown's Journal

12:00 PM Secrets of the Sequence
[CC]

12:30 PM Religion and Ethics Newsweekly [CC]

1:00 PM McLaughlin Group

1:30 PM Liberia: America's Stepchild
This program examines the African republic of Liberia, where thousands of free blacks, the descendants of Africans transported to America against their will, eventually settled. [CC]

3:00 PM Harambee!
When a stray bullet enters an African-American family's home, they decide to use their first Kwanzaa celebration to inspire change in the conditions that produce violence. [CC]

4:00 PM Splendor of the Spirit: Swedenborg's Quest For Insight
This award-winning documentary explores the spiritual revelations of the great scientist and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg. [CC]

5:00 PM He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley
The intensity of Elvis Presley's love and devotion for gospel music is revealed in this documentary He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley. Presley's story is told with vintage photos, interviews and video footage, including some ever-before-available scenes of Elvis's impromptu offstage gospel performances. Many interviews reveal that Presley's unshakable commitment to gospel music was tested many times by producers and record label executives, who were later to be surprised when the Grammys overlooked Presley's No. 1 hits in favor of three of his best gospel performances.

6:00 PM Bandstand Days
This nostalgic look at the days of American Bandstand features interviews with the show's "regulars" and host Dick Clark, classic clips and a rockin' soundtrack. [CC]

7:00 PM Jack Benny New Year's Eve Special
Jack may spend New Year's Eve alone.

7:30 PM Natalie Cole: Ask A Woman Who Knows
The singer blends jazz, pop and soul styles as she performs selections from her first new album in three years, including "The Music That Makes Me Dance," "Soon" and "It's Crazy."[CC]

9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre "Wives and Daughters" Parts 3 & 4 of 4
Cynthia is blackmailed by an unyielding suitor. [CC][DVS] Concludes Sun., Jan. 5 at 9 p.m.

10:30 PM Sing!
Singer Placido Domingo visits members of the Los Angeles Choir, which for 15 years has been transforming youngsters from squeaky-voiced children to choristers of exceptional vocal beauty. [CC]

11:00 PM Sting: Brand New Day
This concert special is filled with the Sting's many hit songs, including "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Fragile" and "Every Breath You Take." [CC]

Monday, December 30

12:00 AM Eastenders

1:00 AM Harambee!

2:00 AM Discovering Psychology

3:00 AM Discovering Psychology

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.

7:30 PM Are You Being Served?
"Hoorah for the Holidays" The staff must go on vacation when the store closes for renovations. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow
"Boston, MA" Part 1 of 3 Appraisers examine the remains of a falcon mummy. [CC] (R/Sat., Jan. 4th, noon)

9:00 PM Huey Long
Ken Burns explores the life and times of the populist governor and senator of Louisiana in the 1930s. [CC]

10:30 PM Uncle Earl
Earl K. Long was one of the first men ever to serve three terms as governor of Louisiana and the only governor committed to a mental institution twice during his time in office. [CC]

11:30 PM Jack Benny New Year's Eve Special
Jack may have to spend New Year's Eve alone.

Tuesday, December 31

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Holy Philadelphia

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
The gang travels to the country for the weekend. [CC]

8:00 PM New York Philharmonic's New Year's Eve All-Gershwin Gala
New music director Lorin Maazel leads the orchestra through a program of Gershwin gems, with selections from Porgy and Bess sung by Indra Thomas, Lawrence Brownlee and Willard White. [CC]

10:00 PM From Broadway: Fosse
Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen star in a presentation of the musical honoring late choreographer Bob Fosse, with performances from such Broadway hits as Chicago, Pippin and All That Jazz. [CC]

Wednesday, January 1

12:00 AM Three Dog Night

1:00 AM The Bee Gees: One Night Only

2:30 AM Barry Manilow Live!

3:30 AM Moody Blues at Royal Albert Hall

4:30 AM Sting: Brand New Day

5:30 AM Four Tops in Concert

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

1:30 PM A Thousand Years of Music and Spirit
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform the works of Bogurodzica, Gorecki and Beethoven at St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow, Poland. [CC]

3:00 PM The Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey "Bach to the Future"
Music Director George Marriner Maull leads the Philharmonic in a performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Third Movement at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. [CC]

4:00 PM The Philadelphia Orchestra 100th Birthday Gala
Part of WHYY's Philadelphia Performs! series, the live broadcast of this concert featuring performances by pianist Andre Watts, violinist Sarah Chang and baritone Thomas Hampson, received a first place award from the Society of Professional Journalists. [CC] (R/Sun., 5th, 4 p.m.)

6:00 PM The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

7:00 PM The Philadelphia Orchestra: A New Century, A New Home
WHYY received an award for Best Cultural Performance Program from the Central Educational Network and a Mid-Atlantic Emmy for this broadcast of the Orchestra's inaugural concert in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which features performances by Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. [CC] (R/Sun., 5th, 6 p.m.)

9:00 PM From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2003
Walter Cronkite hosts the annual festivities at Vienna's Musikverein, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Vienna State Opera Ballet. [CC]

10:30 PM Stage on Screen: Waiting for Godot
Jeremy Irons hosts this event celebrating 1969 Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett, which includes the premiere of a new film adaptation of Beckett's Waiting for Godot. [CC] (R/Sat., 11th, 2 a.m.)

Thursday, January 2

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Four Tops in Concert

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 Tony Brown's Journal

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

7:30 PM Last of the Summer Wine
"The Art of the Shorts" Howard's undergarment is missing. [CC]

8:00 PM The New This Old House Hour
[CC]

9:00 PM The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
"The Revolution" Part 1 of 3 Actor Liam Neeson narrates this series exploring the Greek empire's rise, glory, demise and legacy. The first episode recounts the troubled birth of the world's first democracy, ancient Athens, through the life of an Athenian nobleman. Continues Thursday, 9th at 9 p.m. [CC]

10:00 PM Frontline
"Much Ado About Something" investigates claims that William Shakespeare's greatest works were actually written by another author. [CC]

11:30 PM The Industry
"Richard Returns" Viewer discretion advised. Richard is presumed dead after his helicopter crashes. [CC] (R/Sun., 5th, 11:30 p.m.; Mon., 6th, 1:30 a.m.)

Friday, January 3

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Sociolgical Imagination

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 Vets in Practice
Trude Mostue deals with an incontinent rabbit. [CC]

8:00 PM NOW with Bill Moyers
[CC]

9:00 PM Washington Week in Review
[CC]

9:30 PM Wall $treet Week
[CC]

10:00 PM Frontline
"The Gulf War" Part 1 of 2 examines the war through interviews with key political and military leaders and soldiers from both sides. The first episode chronicles Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the retaliatory air and ground assault. Concludes Fri., 10th at 10 p.m. [CC] (R/Sat., 18th, 2 a.m.)

Saturday, January 4