PBS PRIMETIME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS, Week of November 2-8, 2014

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PBS PRIMETIME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Week of November 2-8, 2014

Program photos, releases and videos for selected shows available on PBS PressRoom® (http://www.pbs.org/pressroom).

 

In this week’s highlights:

  1. On-air Picks of the Week
  2. New and Notable Videos            
  3. Local Connections Google Map
  4. PBS Primetime Schedule, Sunday-Saturday

 

On-air Picks of the Week

 

  • *NEW* FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. “Our People, Our Traditions” premieres Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.

 

  • *NEW* MAKERS “Women in Politics” premieres Tuesday, November 4, 2014 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET.

 

  • *NEW* HOW WE GOT TO NOW WITH STEVEN JOHNSON “Cold” premieres Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET.

 

New and Notable Video

Full-length programs:

  • GREAT ESTATES SCOTLAND “Inveraray” full-length episode. Premieres Sunday, October 5, 2014, 10:30-11:30 p.m. ET.

 

  • INDEPENDENT LENS “Twin Sisters” full-length episode. Premieres Monday, October 20, 2014, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET.

 

Embeddable Clips:

  • MASTERPIECE “The Paradise, Season 2: Episode Two” preview. Premieres Sunday, October 5, 2014, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.

 

  • FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. “Our American Storytellers” preview. Premieres Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.

 

Local Connections Google Map

  • Below is a link to our Local Connections Google Map, which includes information connecting national programs to local markets. Visit the map at: http://ow.ly/clSq7.

We will update this map weekly, so be sure to check back for updates.

 

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2014

 

8:00-9:00 PM:

Rpts. 11/6/2014, 9:00-10:00 p.m.

*NEW* MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “The Paradise, Season 2: Episode Six” (#4446) (HD) (TV-PG)

Watch as Moray and Tom raise the stakes in their battle for The Paradise.

Watch the full-length episode.

See an embeddable series preview.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/m/MASTERPIECE.aspx

@masterpiecepbs | #masterpiecepbs

 

9:00-10:30 PM:

*NEW* MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Death Comes to Pemberley: Part Two” (#4438) (HD) (TV-PG)

Follow Elizabeth’s pursuit of the truth behind a mysterious death.

Watch the full-length episode.

See an embeddable series preview.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/m/MASTERPIECE.aspx

@masterpiecepbs | #masterpiecepbs

 

10:30-11:30 PM:

*NEW* CRAFT IN AMERICA “Service” (#601) (HD) (TV-G)

Explore creativity, healing and our nation’s soldiers and veterans.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/c/CRAFT-IN-AMERICA.aspx

 

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014

 

8:00-9:00 PM:

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Miami Beach” (Hour One)) (#1501) (HD) (TV-G) (R)

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/a/ANTIQUES-ROADSHOW.aspx

@RoadshowPBS | #antiquesroadshow

 

9:00-10:00 PM:

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Atlantic City” (Hour Three) (#1406) (HD) (TV-G) (R)

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/a/ANTIQUES-ROADSHOW.aspx

@RoadshowPBS | #antiquesroadshow

                                               

10:00-11:00 PM:

*NEW* INDEPENDENT LENS “Powerless” (#1604) (HD) (TV-PG)

See a man who provides illegal electrical services in India and the woman trying to dismantle them.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/i/INDEPENDENT-LENS.aspx

@IndependentLens

 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014

 

8:00-9:00 PM:

*NEW* FINDING YOUR ROOTS, Season 2 “Our People, Our Traditions” (#207) (HD) (TV-PG)

Learn how forebears of Alan Dershowitz, Carole King and Tony Kushner persevered in the face of bias.

Watch the full-length episode.

See an embeddable season preview.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/f/Finding-Your-Roots.aspx

@HenryLouisGates |#FindingYourRoots

 

9:00-10:00 PM:

*NEW* MAKERS “Women in Politics” (#204) (HD) (TV-PG)

View profiles of women in public office who were “firsts” in their fields.

See an embeddable season preview.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/m/MAKERS-WOMEN-WHO-MAKE-AMERICA.aspx

@MAKERSwomen|#MAKERSfilms

 

10:00-11:00 PM:

*NEW* FRONTLINE “TBA” (#FRON) (HD) (EXEMPT)

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/f/FRONTLINE.aspx

@frontlinepbs | #frontlinepbs

 

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

 

8:00-9:00 PM:

*NEW* NATURE “A Sloth Named Velcro” (#3202) (HD) (TV-PG)

Examine the friendship between a journalist and a sloth, and see people trying to protect sloths.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/n/NATURE.aspx

@PBSNature | #NaturePBS | #pbsTHINKday

 

9:00-10:00 PM:

*NEW* NOVA “Bigger Than T. rex” (#4119) (HD) (TV-PG)

Follow the paleontologists who are reconstructing a terrifying carnivore dubbed Spinosaurus.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/n/NOVA.aspx

@novapbs | #novapbs | #pbsTHINKday

 

10:00-11:00 PM:

*NEW* HOW WE GOT TO NOW WITH STEVEN JOHNSON “Cold” (#105) (HD) (TV-PG)

Examine the effects of cold mastery on food, politics, Hollywood, human migration and more.

Watch the full-length episode.

See an embeddable series preview.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/h/HOW-WE-GOT-TO-NOW.aspx

@HowWeGotToNow | #HowWeGotToNowPBS

 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

 

8:00-9:00 PM:

*NEW* THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR “Episode #1306” (#1306) (HD) (TV-G)

THIS OLD HOUSE Kitchens and Baths • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE Repairing structural problems in a home

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/t/THE-THIS-OLD-HOUSE-HOUR.aspx

 

9:00-10:00 PM:

Rpt. of 11/2/14, 8:00-9:00 p.m.

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “The Paradise, Season 2: Episode Six” (#4446) (HD) (TV-PG) (R)

Watch the full-length episode.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/m/MASTERPIECE.aspx

@masterpiecepbs | #masterpiecepbs

 

10:00PM-12:00 AM:

MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY “Page Eight” (#4128) (HD) (TV-PG) (R)

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/m/MASTERPIECE.aspx

@masterpiecepbs | #masterpiecepbs

 

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014

 

8:00-8:30 PM:

*NEW* WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL (#5417) (HD) (EXEMPT)

Join Gwen Ifill and noted journalists for a discussion of the big stories from DC.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/w/WASHINGTON-WEEK-WITH-GWEN-IFILL.aspx

@washingtonweek | #WashingtonWeek

 

8:30-9:00 PM:

*NEW* CHARLIE ROSE – THE WEEK (#216) (HD) (EXEMPT)

Join Charlie Rose for highlights of conversations with the week’s guests on his nightly program.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/c/CHARLIE-ROSE-THE-WEEK.aspx

 

9:00-10:00 PM:

*NEW* SALUTE TO THE TROOPS: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE – PBS Arts Fall Festival (#2101) (HD) (TV-G)

Description TBA

 

10:00-11:00 PM:

*NEW* ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (Season 7) “Legacy” (#703) (HD) (TV-PG)

Meet three artists who use life experiences and family heritage to explore new aesthetic terrain.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/a/ART-IN-THE-TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY-Season-7.aspx

 

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

 

9:00-10:00 PM:

*NEW* AUSTIN CITY LIMITS “Los Lobos/Thao & The Get Down Stay Down” (#4006) (HD) (TV-PG)

Explore contemporary California rock with veterans and lively folk rockers.

http://pressroom.pbs.org/Programs/a/AUSTIN-CITY-LIMITS.aspx

@acltv | #acltv

 

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