Television

Sunday, December 9 at 8 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. The Warleggans' domestic bliss comes under threat, and as Morwenna takes fate into her own hands, Ross and Demelza encounter deadly complications on their vacation. The final episode of the series airs at 9 pm.

Wednesday, October 16 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Demelza and the children become caught in a dangerous web. George pursues the fruits of his new alliance, but his grief has unexpected consequences. Dwight's honorable intentions place him and his friends on shaky ground.

Thursday, July 23 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy.

Thursday, March 25 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy. Part 2 of POV: And She Could Be Next airs on Friday, March 26 at 9 pm.  

Friday, July 24 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. And She Could Be Next tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly reflective democracy.

Friday, April 10 at 9 pm, PBS member station. Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids show Bill Nye the Science Guy is now advocating for the importance of science, research, and discovery in public life. With intimate and exclusive access – as well as plenty of wonder and whimsy – this behind-the-scenes portrait of Nye follows him as he takes off his Science Guy lab coat and takes on those who deny climate change, evolution, and a science-based world view.

Friday, October 4 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. This film follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather's dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming. A study of place and persistence, it points an honest and tender lens at everyday life in rural America, offering an unexpected voice for a forsaken people: those who grow the food that sustains us.

Friday, October 16 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. A true story of two young immigrants who get purposefully arrested by Border Patrol and put in a shadowy for-profit detention center. The film follows Marco and Viri, members of a group of radical Dreamers who are on a mission to stop deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention.

Friday, May 8 at 9:30 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. In 2012, California amended its "Three Strikes" law, shortening the sentences of thousands of "lifers." See this unprecedented reform through the eyes of freed prisoners, disrupted families, and attorneys and judges wrestling with an untested law.

Friday, July 31 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. Follow the group as they earn badges for completing units on such subjects as being an LGBTQ ally, preserving the environment, and disability justice.

Thursday, July 23 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. An hour-long documentary chronicling the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that racially desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country, all in a matter of months in 1966.

Tuesday, May 5 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Journey back in time and across the world to learn the history of energy and water. Today, water and energy are interconnected – for better or worse – but how can we make energy less "thirsty" and water less energy intensive?

 

 

 

On our final episode of Prepare Yourself! we'll be learning all about neighborhood preparedness.

Getting to know your neighbors can make your family, neighborhood, and community more resilient in the event of a disaster.

Create a contact list with names, phone numbers, and addresses to share with your neighbors. Take stock of the skills and

resources you and your neighbors have. Hold a block party and get to know each other! There are so many ways that

building community in your neighborhood will help you better prepare for, react to, and recover from a disaster.

  

On the fourth episode of Prepare Yourself! we explore how to prepare for wildfire evacuations. We cover how to prepare your home before evacuating, what kinds of clothes will protect you from heat during an evacuation, what to pack in an emergency go-bag, when to evacuate and much more! Learn about the necessary preparations to make before there's a wildfire near you, so if you do need to evacuate, it'll go as safely and smoothly as possible.

Saturday, June 1 at 7 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Experience Prince’s legendary talent and peerless showmanship at a dazzling show filmed on the cusp of the new millennium. Recorded at Paisley Park Studios, the concert features performances of his timeless hits including “Kiss” and “Purple Rain.”

Monday, April 6 at 9 pm on KRCB, PBS member station. At alarming rates, girls of color experience discriminatory, punitive, and unfair treatment in schools. Take a deep dive into the practices, cultural beliefs, and policies that disrupt one of the most important factors in girls' lives: education.

Monday, May 18 at 9 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries explores Quakerism from its beginnings in the 1600s to its present day practice and ideology. With their commitment to civic engagement and equality, Quakers have influenced the course of political and social change in America. The documentary profiles Quakers from Susan B. Anthony to Bayard Rustin who have influenced important social movements throughout U.S. history, such as the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, civil rights, environmental justice, and world peace.

Friday, September 25 at 12 pm and Sunday, September 27 at 2 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. RBG: Her Legacy & The Court’s Future features thoughtful conversations and interviews with people who knew and worked with Ginsburg, others who carry her work forward in the law, and reporting on the battle to replace her – how that is changing the remaining days of the campaign and possibly the structure and nature of the Senate and the Court themselves.

Wednesday, March 31 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. A provocative film told from the American Indian perspective that reframes today's complex energy debate. Can energy development on tribal lands empower a people while powering the nation? And what impact will it have on their culture, economy and the environment?

Wednesday, December 18 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access at the Memphis Zoo, See the Keepers gets up close and personal with big cats, penguins, snakes, Komodo dragons, and their human caretakers. When Kofi the giraffe faces an uncertain future, the film bears witness to the complexity of caring for animals in captivity, and the love and fortitude of the keepers who care for them.

Wednesday, September 4 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Set during the height of the civil rights movement, a band of blues hounds traveled to the Deep South to find two forgotten blues singers. Finding them would not be easy. There were few clues to their whereabouts. It was not even known for certain if they were still alive and Mississippi, that summer, was a tense and violent place. Featuring music from Gary Clark Jr., Lucinda Williams and more.

Monday, April 22 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. The Reluctant Radical follows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. Ken breaks the law as a last resort, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. After twenty years leading environmental organizations, Ken became increasingly alarmed by both the scientific evidence of climate change and the repercussions for civilization as we know it. Ken pushed for a crisis level response from inside environmental organizations. Those efforts failed, and he now embraces direct action civil disobedience as the most effective political tool to deal with catastrophic circumstances.

Saturday, September 28 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Remembering Leonard Nimoy is an intimate journey into Leonard Nimoy's personal life. Featuring stories from his childhood growing up in Boston, his early career in Hollywood, his big break-out role on the Star Trek series, highlights from his remarkable career, and the remaining years of his life battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The film features interviews with Leonard's closest family members including his children, his wife, and his six grandchildren who share poignant stories and special memories. This memorable documentary also includes never-seen-before home videos and photos.

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Friday, January 25 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. America needs Ed Slott now more than ever! Greedy Wall Street bankers and Congress have just upended 30+ years of the tax code – what does it all mean for you and your family? And more importantly, how can you protect your hard-earned savings? Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott is a dynamic, all-new program shot on location in a theater in front of an enthusiastic audience of 700.

Friday, March 1 at 8:30 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. America needs Ed Slott now more than ever! Greedy Wall Street bankers and Congress have just upended 30+ years of the tax code. What does it all mean for you and your family? And more importantly, how can you protect your hard-earned savings?

Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott is a dynamic, all-new program shot on location in a theater in front of an enthusiastic audience of 700. As he’s done in all of his hit pledge specials, Ed combines a vast in-depth knowledge of retirement tax rules.

Tuesday, March 3 at 7 pm on KRCB, PBS member station. America needs Ed Slott now more than ever. Greedy Wall Street bankers and Congress have just upended 30+ years of the tax code. What does it all mean for you and your family? And more importantly, how can you protect your hard-earned savings?

Saturday, September 7 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Reveal takes a look at the ways the U.S. has reacted to terrorism. In The Terrorist Hunter, director Ann Shin profiles a controversial spy, lauded by some for fighting terrorism and derided by others who claim she finds terror plots where none exist. The episode also explores the challenges that survivors of mass shootings face and uncovers the secret history of American surveillance.

Monday, September 17 at 9 pm on KRCB in the North Bay. Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe. He traces fascism's history from its roots in the turbulent aftermath of World War I, when masses of angry people rose up, to the rise of charismatic leaders who manipulated that anger, and the totalitarian societies they built. Rick chronicles the brutal measures the leaders used to enforce their ideologies, and discusses the horrific consequences of genocide and total war. And yet despite all this, inspiration can be found by those who resisted. Along the way, Rick visits poignant sights throughout Europe relating to fascism, and talks with Europeans whose families lived through those times.

Monday, December 21 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Join Rick Steves for a colorful, musical celebration of Christmas across Europe. From England to Wales, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, you'll see the bright Christmas markets, hear local choirs, share holiday traditions with families, and even play in the snow.

Sunday, November 29 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Celebrate the magic of Irish music and dance in this reinvention of the groundbreaking show.

Saturday, April 24 at 8:30 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Provides guidance to help people cope with the personal financial changes and challenges ahead.

Tuesday, December 10 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. A few years ago, Dr. Larycia Hawkins, a black female professor at a prominent Christian college, wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslim women and said that Christians and Muslims worship the "same God." The global firestorm that followed exposed the rifts among evangelicals over race, Islam, religious and academic freedom...and Donald Trump.

Wednesday, October 7 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In the 17th century, when stone walls were a prominent feature of castles across Japan, the town of Sakamoto in Japan's Shiga Prefecture became famous for its stonemasons' expert technique. But when feudalism ended 150 years ago, many castles were destroyed – though many stonemasons continued to pass down their craft. Samurai Wall follows a 15^th generation Japanese master stonemason, Suminori Awata, as he revives his family's ancient techniques to complete a modern-day commission: a castle-style wall in a new, modern office tower in downtown Dallas, TX.

Neighbors who live near San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport have been living with noise and air pollution for many years. Now a new study commissioned by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has found definitive proof that lead from the leaded fuel exhaust of small aircraft constantly flying overhead has entered the bloodstream of resident children. With this evidence in hand, the tireless efforts of community advocates to close the airport seem closer than ever to succeeding. 

 

Produced by Rick Bacigalupi

Wednesday, January 29 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Lady Denham plans an elaborate luncheon to welcome the wealthy West Indian heiress Miss Lambe to town – and to seal a match for her nephew, Edward. Charlotte and Sidney have an awkward confrontation.

Monday, April 19 at 7:30 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Also airing on KRCB TV in the North Bay on Sunday, April 18 at 8pm. Santa Rosa Symphony on stage with charismatic conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong and Grammy award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey performing cello concerto by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize for music.

Wednesday, October 14 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. In April 2019, 52-year-old Mitsuhiro Iwamoto succeeded in crossing the Pacific Ocean in an uninterrupted voyage by sailboat. Sea of Light: A Blind Yachtsman’s Voyage Across the Pacific documents Iwamoto's spectacular achievement as the first blind person to make the brutal transpacific voyage, and the life experiences that led him there. With four cameras onboard their sailboat, Iwamoto and Japan-based businessman Douglas Smith, a novice yachtsman, documented their successful 55-day journey from San Diego, CA to Onahama Port in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Thursday, September 19 at 7:30 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Searching for the Gold Spot: The Wild after Wildfire is a film about the rapid and amazing comeback of the wild in forests after wildfire. The story follows teams of scientists through the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades Mountains, and beyond, and shows hundreds of living, breathing reasons why our publicly owned forests need to be saved from large-scale logging projects. The teams find rare black-backed woodpeckers, goshawks, spotted owls, their young, and many other animals using post-fire forests- a surprise and a new sense of hope for all.

Wednesday, September 9 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. A profile of award-winning nautical photographer Onne van der Wal, Second Wind: The Tale of a Sailor chronicles Onne's career and his solo, hands-on restoration of a 1972 Pearson 36 sailboat. Through vintage photos and vivid storytelling, Onne shares the story of his journey from a sailing apprentice to a professional crew member racing large sailboats.

Thursday, February 7 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Frank Hathaway finds an unlikely partner in Lu Shakespeare when the pair are thrown together to catch a killer and clear Lu's name.

Sunday, March 29 at 9 pm on KPJK, independent public television. A bit down on his luck, private investigator Frank Hathaway takes on ex-hairdresser and “people person” Lu Shakespeare to solve crimes in contemporary Stratford-upon-Avon, home to the great playwright William Shakespeare. This unlikely pair of private detectives discover all is not well in their pretty theater town in England. Vengeful lovers stalk the streets, the mayor is murdered, and a magician’s trick fatally misfires.

Sunday, April 11 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Lawyer George Gonzalo seeks out Frank and Lu to help a client with a difference – he's got four paws and is worth his weight in gold.

Thursday, April 4 at 8 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. At the detective agency, Frank is ambushed by a larger-than-life American, Martin, who claims to be Frank's long lost uncle, but Frank chucks him out of the office – he knows a conman when he sees one!

Monday, January 13 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Shattered Dreams is an Emmy award-winning documentary that examines the pervasive, dark underworld of sex trafficking in America. Heart-wrenching personal stories from survivors of the illicit sex trade and leading experts reveal how vastly misunderstood and disregarded this important human rights issue has been. As hundreds of thousands of victims’ lives are destroyed by this multi-billion-dollar industry, the complex challenge of targeting the cause of this deeply embedded problem is exposed. Will increased awareness finally drive real solutions to save lives or will we continue to let this underground industry thrive in America?

Monday, October 7 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. When a people smuggler is found dead in the City, Nikki must delve into London's illegal immigrant community. She meets a vulnerable Syrian teen called Akka who is in need of help, putting Nikki in a moral dilemma – and the killer is still on the loose.

Monday, March 16 at 9 pm on KPJK, independent public television. A sex tape puts a top-flight footballer in the frame for murder while new Lyell Centre boss Thomas struggles to impress Nikki, Jack, and Clarissa.

Monday, January 4 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. When an East End father and son are killed in a shocking road accident, Nikki and Jack find themselves working alongside a police officer with a vendetta. Clarissa summons her husband Max, a digital forensics expert, to help crack the case – and uncovers disturbing video evidence.