PBS Primetime Program Highlights - July 21-27

Week of July 21-27, 2019

On-air Picks of the Week  

• *NEW* POV “On Her Shoulders” premieres Monday, July 22, 2019, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET.

• *NEW* Celebrate the wonder and awe of space exploration with PBS’ Summer of Space! AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Chasing the Moon: Part Two” encores Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET.  The adventure also features ANCIENT SKIES “Gods and Monsters” on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET. Followed by, NOVA “The Planets: Inner Worlds” at 9:00 p.m. and “Mars” at 10:00 p.m. ET.

New and Notable Video
Full-length programs:
 

• POV “Call Her Ganda”. Premieres Monday, July 1, 2019, 10:00-11:30 p.m. ET.

 

• SECRETS OF THE DEAD “Galileo’s Moon” . Premieres Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.

 

• COUNTRY MUSIC . Premieres Monday, September 15, 2019, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET.

 
Embeddable Clips:

• 2019 Online Film Festival . The 2019 PBS Online Film Festival features 25 amazing short films that are available to vote for, watch and share from July 16-26, 2019.

 

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SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019

8:00-9:00 PM:
POLDARK, SEASON 4 ON MASTERPIECE “Episode Five” (MAST) (#4840) (TV-14) (R)
#MasterpiecePBS

9:00-10:00 PM:
*NEW* GRANTCHESTER, SEASON 4 ON MASTERPIECE “Episode Two” (MAST) (#4929) (TV-14)
Geordie and Leonard investigate a professor’s death. Cathy is tricked. Will returns to Grantchester.

#MasterpiecePBS

10:00-11:00 PM:
*NEW* JAMESTOWN “Episode Five” (JAME) (#305) (TV-14)
Silas and Chacrow's relationship is tested. Yeardley's plan spells disaster for Pedro and Maria.
#JamestownPBS
 

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MONDAY, JULY 22, 2019

8:00-9:00 PM:
*NEW* ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Vintage Bismarck” (ANRO) (#2320) (TV-G)
Travel to Bismarck for Season 10 updates, including a jaw-dropping value jump to $400,000-$600,000.

#antiquesroadshow

9:00-10:30 PM:
*NEW* POV “On Her Shoulders” (AMDO) (#3205) (TV-PG)
A Yazidi survivor of genocide and sexual slavery tells her story to the United Nations.

#OnHerShouldersPBS

10:30-11:00 PM:
*NEW* POV SHORTS “The Changing Same” (POVS) (#201) (TV-14)
Meet the Floridian who runs a marathon to commemorate a local lynching that happened 80 years ago.
 

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TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019

8:00-10:00 PM:
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Chasing the Moon: Part Two” (AMDO) (#3104) (TV-PG) (R)

#ChasingTheMoonPBS

10:00-11:00 PM:
A YEAR IN SPACE (YESP) (TV-PG) (R)

#YearInSpace
 

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019

8:00-9:00 PM:
*NEW* ANCIENT SKIES “Gods and Monsters” (ANSK) (#101) (TV-PG)
Explore the origins of our relationship with the skies, from our ancestors to the birth of science.

#AncientSkiesPBS

9:00-10:00 PM:
*NEW* NOVA “Inner Worlds" (NOVA) (#4612) (TV-PG)
The rocky planets have similar origins, but only one supports life. Was it always this way?

#ThePlanetsPBS

10:00-11:00 PM:
*NEW* NOVA | THE PLANETS “Mars” (NOVA) (#4613) (TV-PG)
Before it was the dry Red Planet, Mars was a wet world that may have had the ingredients for life.

#ThePlanetsPBS
 

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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019

8:00-9:00 PM:
THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR “A Charleston Family House is Reborn | Garage Heat” (NTOH) (#1704) (TV-G) (R)

#AskTOH | #WhatIsIt

9:00-10:00 PM:
GRANTCHESTER, SEASON 4 ON MASTERPIECE “Episode Two” (MAST) (#4929) (TV-14) (R)

#MasterpiecePBS

10:00-11:00 PM:
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Vintage Bismarck” (ANRO) (#2320) (TV-G) (R)

#antiquesroadshow
 

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FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019

8:00-8:30 PM:
*NEW* WASHINGTON WEEK (WWIR) (#5904) (EXEMPT)
Join Robert Costa and noted journalists for a discussion of the big stories from DC.
@washingtonweek | #WashingtonWeek

8:30-9:00 PM:
*NEW* FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER (FLMH) (#304) (EXEMPT)
Join Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest of ideas.

9:00-10:00 PM:
THE ANDES: KINGDOMS OF THE SKY (HIMK) (TV-PG) (R)

#KingdomsSkyPBS

10:00-11:00 PM:
THE ROCKIES: KINGDOMS OF THE SKY (HIMK) (TV-PG) (R)

#KingdomsSkyPBS
 

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SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2019

11:00 PM-12:00 AM:
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS “Cyndi Lauper” (AUCL) (#4209) (TV-PG) (R)

@acltv | #acltv