Television

Thursday, January 16 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. This special follows the Minnesota Orchestra on its historic tour through South Africa. The musical and cultural exchange honors the centenary year of Nelson Mandela’s birth through community engagements and concerts. Many of the more than 300 Minnesotans who traveled to South Africa narrate the story along with students, audience members and leaders.

Friday, April 12 at 7 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Frankie Laine, Julius LaRosa, the Four Lads, the Four Freshmen and the Platters are a few of the musicians who perform their hits of the late 1950s and early '60s.

Monday, December 3 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In a luminous documentary from RAI, actress Teresa Mannino interviews Andrea Camilleri, author of the Detective Montalbano books, about his life, writing and the irascible detective who captured the hearts of readers and viewers around the world. In Italian with English subtitles.

Monday, November 5 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. This documentary chronicles the life of George Moscone, California legislator and mayor of San Francisco, whose life was cut tragically short by an assassin's bullet 40 years ago this November. We'll look at how Moscone changed the face of progressive politics both locally and nationally with his campaigns on behalf of racial equality, fair labor practices, and civil rights, especially for the LGBTQ community. Besides family members and lifelong friends, interviews include U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former S.F. Mayor and California State Senate President Pro Tem Willie Brown.

Sunday, June 21 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. This documentary chronicles the life of George Moscone, California legislator and mayor of San Francisco, whose life was cut tragically short by an assassin's bullet over 40 years ago. We'll look at how Moscone changed the face of progressive politics both locally and nationally with his campaigns on behalf of racial equality, fair labor practices, and civil rights, especially for the LGBTQ+ community. Besides family members and lifelong friends, interviews include US Senator Dianne Feinstein, House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown.

Wednesday, April 10 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Alec and Alison Wilson marry after meeting in the secret service during World War II. Two decades later, spy novelist Alec dies and his real story begins to emerge. Alison tracks down his former partner, who was also deceived by Alec’s charms.

Saturday, January 26 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Massimo gets enmeshed in a tricky mystery after a car accident claims the lives of a prominent political aide and her son.

Friday, March 1 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Massimo gets enmeshed in a tricky mystery after a car accident claims the lives of a prominent political aide and her son.

Wednesday, November 6 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In this special half hour collaboration between My American Dreams and Define American, former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas tells the story behind his high profile expose of himself as an undocumented "alien." At a time when all those who claimed DACA status are vulnerable to the political winds, Antonio Vargas dedicates himself and his work fulltime to focusing on the immigration reform debate with affected communities in mind. His story and those of six other young DACA recipients are told.

Thursday, September 17 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Who will tell the story of the Holocaust when the last survivor is gone? My Survivor documents the life-changing experiences of some of the 500 University of Miami students who forged intimate relationships with Holocaust survivors through an innovative internship program. Building powerful intergenerational bonds, students listened to survivors' first-hand accounts and came to embrace their cause to preserve the memory and lessons of the Holocaust.

Tuesday, April 13 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs.

Tuesday, January 29 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Explore the fascinating evolutionary journey of the horse, from its tiny forest-dwelling ancestor called the Dawn Horse to the modern steed. Encounter scientists unlocking the genetic basis of horsepower and decoding their emotional intelligence.

Monday, November 11 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story highlights the journeys of three United States veterans struggling to adapt to life back home. All three suffered from PTSD after returning from serving overseas, and each has found hope and new ways to handle their stress and emotional challenges through the aid of a companion dog. Throughout the documentary, Adam, Shilo, and Louis recount their years of service and discuss the PTSD symptoms they faced while trying to re-acclimate to civilian life. Like many veterans, they had trouble managing their flashbacks and hypervigilance, among other issues. Each ended up looking to K9s for Warriors for help. K9s for Warriors was founded in 2010 by Shari Duval who, at the time, was desperate to help her son Brett, a veteran suffering from PTSD and traumatic brain injury after serving two tours in Iraq. She stumbled upon a story about a service dog that had helped another veteran cope and that inspired her to start a service dog agency for vets. Shari's idea gave her son new purpose. Shari and Brett's organization pairs veterans with certified service canines. All the dogs are trained by Shari and her team and each dog is rescued from a shelter. They work with 10 to 12 veterans a month and the veterans go through a weeks-long orientation program where they learn training tools and bond with their new companions. Weaving together the story of Shari and her son's work with service dogs and the intimate experiences of three U.S. military members in the aftermath of their service, A New Leash on Life shows a unique way in which suffering veterans are mitigating symptoms and returning to a more regular life.

Weeknights at 5:00 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. This daily news program, produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, focuses on headlines and current events in Japan and other Asian countries. English-speaking presenters also cover other areas of interest, including business news, science and technology trends, sports highlights, and global weather forecasts.

NHK NEWLINE delivers the latest from Japan, Asia and the rest of the world. Their wide network of correspondents around the globe cover breaking news and developing stories, offering a unique Asian perspective. Together with their team of trusted anchors, NHK NEWSLINE presents a picture of what’s happening now, and what’s ahead.

NHK NEWSLINE’s alternating anchors include, Miki Yamamoto, Minori Takao, Ai Uchida, James Tengan Ross Mihara, and Raja Pradhan.

A service of Northern California Public Media and Japan International Broadcasting (NHK WORLD - JAPAN)

Over the Air:
KRCB TV in the North Bay: 22.3
KPJK TV in the South Bay: 60.3

Cable:
KRCB-NHK Comcast 817
KJPK-NHK Comcast 199

Learn More: 
www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news
www.facebook.com/nhkworld

 

Tuesday, November 6 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay and KPJK TV in the South Bay. Join us for coverage of the 2018 midterm elections. PBS NewsHour Election Night Coverage 2018 begins at 5 pm on KRCB and our local coverage starts at 9 pm on both KPJK and KRCB.

Tuesday, November 6 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Join us for coverage of the 2018 midterm elections. 

Friday, November 22 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. This documentary is a solution-oriented story about the residents of Billings, Montana as they stood together for neighbors who were under attack by white supremacists. Determined not to let hate groups take away the town, the community reacted quickly and strongly to the appearance of hate flyers, knowing that if they didn't respond it would be assumed that they accepted this activity. Responding to a series of hate crimes and an incident of anti-Semitic activity in which a cinder block was thrown through a window with a menorah in it, the editor of the Billings Gazette printed a full-page picture of a menorah and recommended that everyone place one in their own windows as a sign of solidarity. When a Native American's home was vandalized with spray-painted slurs, the community moved into action with volunteer clean-ups. When an African American church was threatened, people from all denominations and races attended the church. To continue their work to strengthen their community against racial intolerance, many people in Billings attended community watches, marches, and ecumenical services.

Monday, January 14 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Hear Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of how the first mission to the moon, Apollo 8, pioneered groundbreaking technologies that would pave the way to land a man on the moon and win the space race. Followed by NOVA: Pluto and Beyond at 9 pm.

Monday, March 15 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.

Monday, February 10 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Join astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin on a mind-blowing voyage to the frontiers of black hole science, which is shining new light on the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe.

Monday, November 16 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. As global temperatures rise, scientists are exploring geoengineering solutions, from planting trees to sucking carbon out of the air to physically blocking out sunlight. But would it work? And what are the risks of engineering Earth's climate?

Monday, July 15 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. NOVA presents an intimate portrait of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, through interviews with Armstrong's family and friends. The film reveals his achievements as a Navy combat veteran and pioneer of high-speed flight. NOVA revisits the final moments of the Apollo 11 landing, when Armstrong brought the Eagle down safely with seconds to spare. But he regretted that he got so much credit for the team effort that the lunar landing represented. In its exploration of this quietly effective man, NOVA explores his achievements following Apollo. This is an inspiring story of heroic risk-taking and humble dedication to advancing humanity's adventure in space.

Monday, February 8 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. NOVA presents the remarkable life story of Percy Julian – not only one of the great African American scientists of the 20th century, but an industrialist, self-made millionaire, humanitarian, and civil rights pioneer.

Monday, October 5 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Our DNA can determine attributes from eye color to medical predispositions. An extraordinary technology called CRISPR allows us to edit human DNA, possibly eliminating genetic diseases or choosing our children's features. But how far should we go?

Monday, February 1 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Our DNA can determine attributes from eye color to medical predispositions. An extraordinary technology called CRISPR allows us to edit human DNA, possibly eliminating genetic diseases or choosing our children's features. But how far should we go?

Monday, January 13 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. What is it like to be a dog? This question is now getting serious attention from scientists who study animal senses. Humans rely on smell, sight, taste, touch, and sound; other animals have super-powered versions of these senses, and a few have extra senses we don't have at all. This episode features a dog that seems to use smell to tell time. But it's not just the senses that are remarkable – it's the brains that process them. NOVA goes into the minds of animals to "see" the world in an entirely new way.

Monday, November 4 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Tech giants and car manufacturers alike are developing self-driving cars – and some of them are already on public roads. But what must computers be capable of to truly take the wheel? And could they eventually be safer than human drivers?

Monday, July 8 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. A blinding streak of light screaming across the Russian sky, followed by a shuddering blast strong enough to damage buildings and send more than 1000 people to the hospital. On the morning of February 15, 2013, a 7000 ton asteroid crashed into the Earth's atmosphere, exploded and fell to earth across a wide swath near the Ural mountains. According to NASA, the Siberian Meteor, which exploded with the power of 30 Hiroshima bombs, was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since a 1908 event near Siberia's Tunguska river. That time there were few eyewitnesses and no record of the event except for thousands of acres of flattened trees. This time however the event was captured by countless digital dashboard cameras, which have lately become a common fixture in Russian autos and trucks. Within days, armed with this unprecedented crowd-sourced material, NOVA crews hit the ground in Russia along with impact scientists as they hunt for debris from the explosion and clues to the meteor's origin and makeup.

Monday, March 23 at 8 pm on KRCB, PBS member station. From fruit flies to whales, virtually every animal sleeps. But why? Why do we need to spend nearly a third of our lives in such a vulnerable, defenseless state? Scientists are peering more deeply into the sleeping brain than ever before, discovering just how powerful sleep can be, playing a role in everything from memory retention and emotional regulation to removing waste from our brains. So why are we getting so little of it?

Monday, March 30 at 8 pm on KRCB, PBS member station. Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places – beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic – uncover the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.

Monday, December 10 at 8 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. Follow the remarkable story of how a Thai boys' soccer team became trapped in a cave system, how they were located, and how rescuers worked against the clock to make a miraculous rescue of all 12 boys and their coach.

Monday, September 2 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. In the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus and Neptune dazzle with unexpected rings, supersonic winds, and dozens of moons. NASA's New Horizons gets a stunning up-close view of Pluto before venturing deep into the Kuiper Belt.

Monday, August 5 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. The rocky planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars – were born of similar material around the same time, yet only one supports life. Were Earth's neighbors always so extreme? Is there somewhere else in the solar system where life might flourish?

Monday, October 22 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Climb up the cone of Nyiragongo, one of the world's least studied volcanoes, and join volcanologists as they descend into its crater, down towards its bubbling and seething lava lake, to discover when it will erupt next. NOVA: Volatile Earth – Volcano on the Brink airs at 9 pm.

Monday, October 28 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. In 2018, Italy’s Morandi Bridge collapsed, tragically killing 43 people. For 50 years, the iconic bridge had withstood the elements—and stress from ever-increasing traffic. What went wrong that fateful day? And how can new engineering technology protect bridge infrastructure to prevent such tragic failures in the future? Through eyewitness testimony, expert interviews, and dramatic archival footage, NOVA investigates the Morandi disaster and other deadly bridge collapses.

Monday, April 1 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. From Yellowstone to the Yukon, to Southern Africa's elephant highways stretching across five nations, explore how newly established wildlife corridors may offer a glimmer of hope to some of our planet's most cherished – but endangered – species.

Tuesday, April 20 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay and Thursday, April 22 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. When 200 farmers march to the gates of the last farmland in the urban East Bay near Oakland, they don’t carry signs protesting University of California’s plans to build a shopping center. Instead, they carry tents, tools, and 15,000 seedlings. They clip the padlock off the gate and march onto the fields. What happens next will change the fate of the land and introduce a new strategy for activism. Followed by Future of An Urban Farm.

Tuesday, December 31 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Celebrate the music of an iconic singer, bandleader, and pianist – the blind “genius of soul.” Taped at Nashville, Tennessee’s country music stage The Grand Ole Opry and hosted by Darius Rucker, the program features performances of Ray Charles’s songs by Boyz II Men, Charlie Wilson, Lukas Nelson, LeAnn Rimes, Allen Stone, Travis Tritt, Trisha Yearwood, and Chris Young.

 

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Thursday, December 19 at 5 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. PBS NewsHour and Politico host the Democratic primary debate from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz, and Yamiche Alcindor from PBS NewsHour, and Tim Alberta from Politico moderate.

Monday, August 17 from 5–8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Judy Woodruff anchors live coverage of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Monday, August 24 - Thursday, August 27 from 5-8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Judy Woodruff anchors live coverage of the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Tuesday, November 3 starting at 3 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. PBS NewsHour broadcasts live, primetime coverage of the 2020 general elections.

Wednesday, August 21 at 7 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. This September, Ken Burns tells the story of country music. Now, catch a special preview of this exciting series. Meet the filmmakers, go behind the scenes, and enjoy exclusive clips from the films.

Saturday, December 1 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. The program presents songs filmed during the emergence of the group as the most honored folk trio in history. Performances include "The Times They Are A-Changin,'" "If I Had a Hammer," "The Hour When the Ship Comes In," "Blowin' in the Wind," and many more.

Monday, July 22 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Takes a behind-the-scenes look at the first successful landing on the Mars polar region and the ongoing search for signs of life on Earth's neighboring planets. The film documents the 422-million-mile journey through space exclusively through the eyes of principal investigator Peter H. Smith and the Phoenix Lander Team. Phoenix Mars Mission follows the international team of talented and dedicated scientists, engineers and researchers as they work to land on Mars – from practice landings with simulated catastrophic errors through the heart-pounding, seven-minute descent onto the red planet.

Saturday, September 26 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In Poland: The Royal Tour, journalist Peter Greenberg is taken on a royal tour by the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki. For an entire week, Mr. Morawiecki becomes the ultimate guide, showcasing the visual gems of this diverse country, including the modern cities of Warsaw and Krakow – and even taking a boat ride to Hel! They also pay an emotional visit to Auschwitz, and reflect on its tragic history.