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PRIMETIME

JUNE 2020

PRIMETIME

JUNE 2020

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Pictured: Georgia 2018 gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. Photo courtesy of Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia.

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2 JUNE 2020

Linda Ronstadt: Live in HollywoodCelebrate the superstar in an electrifying 1980 concert filmed at the height of her career. Ronstadt held the audience spellbound with powerful renditions of her biggest hits, including “Blue Bayou,” “It’s So Easy” and “You’re No Good.”

Saturday, June 6, 7:30pm OPB

10:00 OPB Downton Abbey Returns! Host Jim Carter revisits moments from the beloved hit series. (Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am)

11:00 OPB+ D-Day at Pointe-du-Hoc Retrace the daring U.S. Army mission in Normandy. (Also Mon 2am)

6 SATURDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+

Wild Travels

6:00 OPB & OPB+ Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III Watch Neil Diamond live in concert at the Greek Theatre.

7:30 OPB & OPB+ Linda Ronstadt: Live in Hollywood See callout on this page. (Also Tue 1am OPB)

9:00 OPB & OPB+ John Denver: Country Boy Go inside the life and legacy of the singer, songwriter and activist. (Also Wed 8pm OPB)

10:30 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Festive Europe Experience Paris on Bastille Day and London’s royal pageantry. (Also Fri 11:30pm OPB)

11:00 OPB Last Tango in Halifax Season 2, Ep 2. Tension fills Alan and Celia’s first day as husband and wife. | OPB+ POV Seven Songs for a Long Life. Hospice patients face uncertainty with song and humor. (Also Sun 12am)

1 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am) |

OPB+ A Wider World Season 11, Eps 5&6. Veterans use new tools to combat PTSD. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Red, White and Rock Join Frankie Valli, The Righteous Brothers, Connie Francis and more for a patriotic celebration of pop oldies music. (Also Thu 6/11 9:30pm) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Where the Road Ends/Creative License (Also Wed 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Royal Deeside (Also Wed 1am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

10:30 OPB INXS: Live Baby Live This concert captures the Australian rock group at their peak. (Also Thu 3am)

11:00 OPB+ Moscone: A Legacy of Change Follow the life of George Moscone, former California legislator and mayor of San Francisco. (Also Wed 2am)

2 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ Untamed Snakes/Unusual Species (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide The personal finance expert provides essential advice on planning for retirement. (Also Wed 8am OPB+) | OPB+ India: Nature’s Wonderland Eps 1&2. Explore India’s rich cultures and rare wildlife. (Also Thu 12am)

10:00 OPB John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind A live reunion of folk singers includes Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and The Chad Mitchell Trio. (Also Sat 6/13 10pm) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

11:00 OPB+ Skindigenous New Zealand/Alberta: Amy Malbeuf (Also Thu 2am)

3 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ 180 Days:

Hartsville Ep 1. A Southern town tries to address education reform. (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB NOVA The Planets: Inner Worlds/Ice Worlds. The rocky planets have similar origins, but only one supports life. Was it always this way? (Also Mon

6/22 9am) | OPB+ Day One Go inside a public school that serves newly arrived refugees and immigrants. (Also Fri 12am)

9:30 OPB+ Freedom Wall The Freedom Wall in Buffalo, New York, depicts notable civil rights figures. (Also Sun 6/21 12:30pm)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Rivers of Life The Amazon. See the Amazon river’s boiling streams, crystal-clear lagoons, pink dolphins and more. | OPB+ Hayao Miyazaki: 10 Years With the Master No Cheap Excuses. At age 72, Miyazaki takes on a new challenge. (Also Fri 2am)

4 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ This Old House Hour Paradise Lost/Loose Railing/Smart Thermostat (Also Fri 5am)

8:00 OPB Iconic Women of Country From Dolly and Tammy, to Patsy and Loretta, look back at iconic female artists and their timeless music. Hosted by Kathy Mattea. (Also Sun 12am) | OPB+ H20: The Molecule That Made Us

Crisis. People adapt to Earth’s changing water cycle and more. (Also Sat 12am)

9:00 OPB+ The Gene Doctors A new breed of doctors addresses hereditary disease. (Also Sat 1am)

9:30 OPB Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back Vince Gill, Jackson Browne and more celebrate the groundbreaking band’s musical milestones and hits. (Also Tue 9:30am OPB+)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 4am)

11:00 OPB Relieving Stress With Yoga With Peggy Cappy Learn how to relieve stress and anxiety with yoga and special breathing techniques. (Also Sun 3am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim Cotter The Outsiders (Also Sat 2:30am)

5 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Live Art: Love Students and artists present an amazing night of music, dance and visual arts.

8:00 OPB Downton Abbey Live: Cast, Creators & Spoilers Too! Join host Deborah Roberts along with cast members and creators for a celebration of Downton Abbey. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)

8:30 OPB+ Finding Your Roots This Land is My Land. Featuring Queen Latifah and Jeffrey Wright. (Also Mon 12:30am)

9:30 OPB+ Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Also Mon 1:30am)

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weekdaysMONDAY - FRIDAY

5:30 OPB BBC World News

6am OPB Natural Science (Grades K-3) | OPB+ Lifestyles

6:30 OPB History (Grades K-3)

7am OPB Math (Grades K-3) | OPB+ NHK Newsline

7:30 OPB+ Fitness

8am OPB Science (Grades K-3) | OPB+ Sewing & Knitting

8:30 OPB Financial Literacy (Grades K-3) | OPB+ Quilting

9am OPB Science (Grades 4-8) | OPB+ Painting

10am OPB History (Grades 4-8) | OPB+ Woodworking

10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until noon)

11am OPB Local: Natural Science, Arts & Culture

11:30 OPB Local History

Noon OPB Social Studies & Science (Grades 4-8) | OPB+ Second Opinion (M); Gardening (Tu); Travel (W/Th); Make it Artsy (F)

12:30 OPB+ Aging (M); GZero World (Tu); Start Up (W); Journeys in Japan (Th); Ask This Old House (F)

1pm OPB Science (Grades 4-8) | OPB+ News & Public Affairs (until 5pm)

2pm OPB Literature & Liberal Arts (Grades 4-12)

3pm OPB World History (Grades 9-12)

4pm OPB U.S. History (Grades 9-12 until 6pm)

5pm OPB+ Travel

5:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until 7pm)

6pm OPB Home Repair (M/Tu); Travel (W/Th/F)

6:30 OPB BBC Outside Source (M–Th); BBC Today (F)

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OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels

R = Repeat within a weekRepeats are on original channel unless notedFull schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules

= Program premiere = Watch online at watch.opb.org

Programs are subject to change

7 SUNDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+

Rick Steves’ Europe Tuscany’s Dolce Vita

6:00 OPB & OPB+ Ken Burns: The National Parks From Acadia to Yosemite, explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks.

8:00 OPB & OPB+ Ken Burns: The Civil War Take a deep dive inside the landmark documentary. (Also Wed 12:30am OPB)

9:30 OPB & OPB+ Ken Burns: Country Music Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Ken Burns’ epic documentary series. (Also Wed 2:30am OPB)

11:00 OPB & OPB+ Meditation for All of Us Learn how to use meditation to achieve greater happiness. (Also Wed 4am OPB)


OPB+ A Wider World Season 11, Eps 8&9. Learn how a dentist is helping people with sleep apnea. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Rick Steves Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today Rick visits Israeli and Palestinian sites to better understand the region. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Almost Canada/Pend Oreille Country (Also Sun 6pm)

9:00 OPB+ Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages East Sussex and Kent (Also Sun 7pm)

10:00 OPB Brain Secrets With Dr. Michael Merzenich Learn how to improve and maintain cognitive fitness as you age. (Also Sat 2pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB+ Roadtrip Nation: Making it Balance Discover a profession that defies stereotypes. (Also Thu 3pm OPB)

9 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Untamed

Songbirds/Bats (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts this celebration of the renowned historian, author and filmmaker. (Also Fri 1am)

| OPB+ Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World Central American Jungle. See how animals adapt to life in the dark. (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB+ Wild Metropolis Residents (Also Sun 4pm)

10:00 OPB The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words In 1945, a group of young Jewish refugees began new lives in England’s Lake District. (Also Fri 3am) |

OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

11:00 OPB+ Skindigenous Iqaluit/Indonesia: Aman Jepri (Also Thu 2am)

11:30 OPB Aging Backwards 2: Connective Tissue Revealed With Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how to keep connective tissue healthy as you age.

10 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) |

OPB+ 180 Days: Hartsville Ep 2 (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB John Denver: Country Boy (R-Also Sat 1am) | OPB+ Oregon Experience Darcelle XV. Portland’s Darcelle XV is the nation’s oldest-performing drag queen and operates one of America’s longest-running drag revues. (Also Fri 12am)

8:30 OPB+ Two-Spirit Pow Wow Follow the development of the first LGBTQI-hosted Native American pow wow in the U.S. (Also Fri 12:30am)

9:00 OPB+ Coming Out: A 50-Year History Young people interview LGBTQ elders who came out between the 1950s through today. (Also Fri 1am)

9:30 OPB Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide (R-Also Sat 8pm OPB & OPB+)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB+ Power Trip: The Story of Energy Water. Take a journey through the past, present and future of energy. (Also Fri 2am)

11:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe Join Rick on a culinary adventure across Europe. (Also Sat 4:30am)

11 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ This Old House Hour Paradise Out of the Ashes/Weird Shower Valve/Mossy Roof (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Brain Fitness Program Learn the benefits of brain training for dementia. (Also Sun 12am) | OPB+ The Gene: An Intimate History Ep 1. Trace the historical search for the human genome. (Also Sat 12am)

9:30 OPB Red, White and Rock (R-Also Sun 1:30am)


11:00 OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim Cotter It’s All Between Their Ears (Also Sat 2:30am)

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4 JUNE 2020

Kudos/ITV/Masterpiece

Masterpiece Grantchester It’s 1957, and Will Davenport has settled into his role as the vicar of Grantchester, preaching to a packed church. But Will’s faith will be tested as he and his best friend, Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, are reminded once more that there’s darkness lurking in their little corner of Cambridgeshire.

Sunday, June 14, 9pm OPB

OPB+ Marathon Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark, Eps 1–3. Joel Sartore photographs endangered animals. (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Grantchester: Season 5, Ep 1. See callout on this page. (Also Tue 2am)

10:15 OPB Masterpiece Beecham House, Ep 1. A former soldier with a baby tries to start a new life in Delhi. (Also Tue 3am)

11:15 OPB Before We Die Ep 4. Hanna, Bjorn, and Tina try to identify a mole. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Pacific Heartbeat Poi E: The Story of Our Song

15 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ A Wider

World Season 11, Eps 10&11. A man with visual disabilities creates Christmas magic.

(Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage Honolulu (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Crafting a Living/50 Years of Wilderness (Also Sun 6pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Oregon’s Japanese Americans. Discover the history

of Oregon’s Japanese Americans, from their early pioneer beginnings to their forced incarceration during World War II and beyond. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Fly Brother With Ernest White II Sao Paulo: Don’t Sleep/Tbilisi: The Whole Day Through. Ernest rides around Brazil’s biggest city. (Also Sun 7pm)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

10:05 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage New York (Also Wed 3:05am)

11:00 OPB Independent Lens Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. Activist Marion Stokes recorded American television 24 hours a day for 30 years, from 1975 to 2012. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Roadtrip Nation: Skill Powered Young people explore promising jobs that don’t require a four-year degree. (Also Wed 3pm OPB)

16 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am)

| OPB+ Untamed Waterbirds/Hawks & Falcons (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB American Masters Mae West: Dirty Blonde. Dive into the life and career of the subversive star Mae West. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World Amazon

Flooded Forests (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB+ Wild Metropolis Commuters. Animals commute in and out of cities to survive. (Also Sun 4pm)

9:30 OPB Frontline The Virus: What Went Wrong? Despite repeated warnings of a potent contagion headed our way, America’s leaders failed to prepare and protect us. Why and who is accountable? (Also Fri 11pm OPB+)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

11:00 OPB Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes Take an enchanting tour through the life and work of America’s first female landscape architect. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ Skindigenous Amsterdam/British Columbia: Dion Kaszas (Also Thu 2am)


OPB+ The Committee Formed in 1956, the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee employed scare tactics. (Also Thu 5am)

7:30 OPB+ American Experience Stonewall Uprising. The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement. (Also Sun 11am)

12 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am)

8:00 OPB Celtic Thunder X Enjoy a special performance of traditional and contemporary Irish songs, classic hits and more. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Finding Your Roots Beyond the Pale. Featuring Jeff Goldblum, radio host Terry Gross and comedian Marc Maron. (Also Sun 1pm)

9:30 OPB+ Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Also Sun 2pm)

10:00 OPB What the Durrells Did Next: A Masterpiece Special Discover the true story behind one of the best-loved families in TV drama. (Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am)

11:00 OPB+ No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story Letters made by Anne Frank’s father Otto highlight his struggles to obtain visas to save his family. (Also Mon 2am)

11:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Festive Europe (R-Also Sat 7:30pm OPB & OPB+)

13 SATURDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB The Best of Celtic Woman Get transported to Ireland to celebrate the musical group’s magical moments and memories.

7:30 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Festive Europe (R-Also Sat 7:30pm OPB+)

8:00 OPB Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide (R)

10:00 OPB & OPB+ John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (R)

14 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions On the Road in America, Pt 1

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Great Hill Towns

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Intuitive Voices (R) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Almost Canada/Pend Oreille Country (R)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Escape to the Coast (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Bread (Also Sun 6/21 12am) | OPB+ Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages East Sussex and Kent

8:00 OPB Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed Uncover the little-known yet profound role Prince Albert played in shaping Victorian Britain. (Also Tue 1am) |

SATURDAYS 6-10am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

News, Politics & Business

8am OPB Member Drive Programs (6/6, 6/13 until 12am)

10am OPB Gardening | OPB+ Member Drive Programs (6/6, 6/13 until 12am); Marathons (until 7pm) Woodsmith Shop (6/20); Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting (6/27)

11am OPB Sewing & Quilting

1pm OPB Cooking

3pm OPB Motorweek

3:30 OPB Woodworking

4:30 OPB Home Repair

SUNDAYS 6-9am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

Lifestyles

9am OPB Member Drive Programs (6/7 until 12am); Travel | OPB+ Member Drive Programs (6/7 until 12am); This Old House Hour

10am OPB Nature (6/14); Spy in the Wild (6/21, 6/28) | OPB+ Live Art: Love (6/14); Going Home (6/21); 4 Wheel Bob (6/28)

11am OPB NOVA | OPB+ PSU Commencement Ceremony (6/14); American Experience Stonewall Uprising (6/21); Eyes on the Sixties (6/28)

Noon OPB Great Performances Ann Richards (6/21); Gloria: A Life (6/28) | OPB+ Journey to Promontory (5/3)

12:30 OPB+ Two Spirit Pow Wow (6/14); Freedom Wall (6/21); Oregon Experience Vortex (6/28)

1pm OPB+ Finding Your Roots

2pm OPB Live From Lincoln Center Stephanie J. Block (6/21); Sutton Foster (6/28) | OPB+ Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2:30 OPB On Story (6/14) | OPB+ Between the Lines

3pm OPB News & Public Affairs (until 6pm) | OPB+ Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World

4pm OPB+ Wild Metropolis

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8:00 OPB Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries Love. Witness the incredible emotions of wild dogs, elephants and monkeys. (Also Sun 10am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Awakening. Of all the continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. (Also Sun 11am) | OPB+ The Lavender Scare In 1953, President Eisenhower declared gay men and lesbians to be a threat to the security of the country.

10:00 OPB Prehistoric Road Trip Welcome to Fossil Country. Embark on a journey through billions of years of Earth history. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB To the Ends of the Earth: Birds of East Africa A wildlife photographer captures stories that illustrate the hidden lives of East African birds. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ Power Trip: The Story of Energy Food (Also Fri 2am)

18 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am)

| OPB+ This Old House Hour Paradise No Pain No Gain/Indoor Garden/Fireplace Hearth (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Say it Loud. Alex Chiu is a Portland-based cartoonist and muralist whose work draws attention to communities of color. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ The Gene: An Intimate History Ep 2. Geneticists wrestle with moral questions. (Also Mon 6/29 4pm OPB)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide River Adventures. Find remote and remarkable adventures along the Chetco, McKenzie and Wilson rivers. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Inspector Morse Twilight of the Gods. A journalist dies while working on a story. (Also Sun 2am)


11:00 OPB Masterpiece Grantchester: Season 3, Ep 6. Sidney tries to right a wrong. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim Cotter Redefining Possible (Also Sat 2:30am)

19 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Going Home People with intellectual disabilities journey toward inclusion. (Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Father Brown The Queen Bee. Father Brown investigates the mysterious death of a beekeeper. (Also Mon 1am)

| OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Finding Your Roots Secrets & Lies. Featuring Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado and Amy Ryan. (Also Sun 1pm)

9:00 OPB Maigret Maigret’s Dead Man. A murdered gambler had connections to a brutal gang from Czechoslovakia. (Also Mon 2am)


10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am)

10:30 OPB Modus Season 2, Ep 8. Swedish police and the FBI try to get to Helen Tyler on time. (Also Mon 3:30am)

11:00 OPB+ Frontline The Virus: What Went Wrong? (R-Also Mon 2am)

11:30 OPB On Story Telling True Crime Stories (Also Tue 6/30 10:30pm)

20 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Paradise/No Pain

No Gain (Also Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Woodsmith Shop, continued (until 7pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB Shelter Me Community Matters. In Africa, shelter dogs help protect endangered elephants and rhinos.

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Ethiopia: The Omo Valley | OPB+ Somewhere South What a Pickle

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Baroque Brilliance

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries Emancipation Day. Civil rights hero Marcus Garvey hires the team to find missing donations. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Get Action (1858–1901). Get to know one the most prominent and influential families in American politics. (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Hinterland Season 3, Ep 4. A private investigator is brought in.

10:00 OPB Jamestown Season 3, Ep 2. Jocelyn tries to forge a relationship with the Pamunkey. | OPB+ Independent Lens The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin. A pioneer of gay rights, Maupin’s work has inspired millions. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB Last Tango in Halifax Season 2, Ep 3. Celia inadvertently reveals a secret.

11:30 OPB+ On Story Wild Wild Country: A Conversation With Chapman & Maclain Way (Also Sun 1:30am)

6 JUNE 2020

primetime

American Masters Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmJoin the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist on an artful and intimate meditation of her life and career. Together with Morrison, peers and critics explore the powerful themes in her literary works “The Bluest Eye,” “Beloved” and more.

Tuesday, June 23, 8pm OPB

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5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Say it Loud (R) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Crafting a Living/50 Years of Wilderness (R)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide River Adventures (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Desserts (Also Sun 6/28 12am) | OPB+ Fly Brother With Ernest White II Sao Paulo: Don’t Sleep/Tbilisi: The Whole Day Through (R)

8:00 OPB Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Elizabeth I: Warrior Queen. Host Lucy Worsley explores how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology.

(Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Tide, Eps 1–3. Visit locations and people affected by the world’s strongest and highest tides. (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Grantchester: Season 5, Ep 2. A deadly hit-and-run leads Will and Geordie to a dysfunctional pair of brothers. (Also Tue 2am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Beecham House, Ep 2. The arrival of the mysterious Chandrika throws Beecham House into chaos. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Before We Die Ep 5. Stefan realizes his girlfriend is cheating on him. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Pacific Heartbeat Making Good Men

22 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am)

| OPB+ A Wider World Season 11, Eps 12&13. A young man learns to play Sled Hockey. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage Mobile (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Off the Grid/Hops & Barley (Also Sun 6pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Logger’s Daughter. An African American woman, born and raised in eastern Oregon, sets out to explore her family’s past. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Fly Brother With Ernest White II Toronto: Pride and Joy/Ovamboland: Northern Exposure. Visit Toronto during LGBT Pride celebrations. (Also Sun 7pm)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Portland Noir. Explore Portland’s illicit past. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage Indianapolis (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB Independent Lens Pipe Dreams. Ultra-talented organ players take part in the Canadian International Organ Competition in Montreal. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact Students meet professionals who have put their doctorates to practical use.

23 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am)

| OPB+ Born To Explore Namibia: Land of the Cheetah (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB American Masters Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. See callout on this page. (Also Tue 6/30 4pm) | OPB+ Dark: Nature’s Nighttime World Patagonian Mountains (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB+ Wild Metropolis Survivors. As cities grow, animals are displaced. (Also Sun 4pm)

10:00 OPB Frontline Opioids, Inc. See how a drug company bribed doctors and committed insurance fraud for profit. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

11:00 OPB Speaking Grief Explore why the pain of losing a loved one can be so difficult to explain. (Also Wed 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Skindigenous Haida Gwaii/Samoa: Peter Sulua’pe (Also Thu 2am)


OPB+ Speaking Grief (R-Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries Intelligence. Observe the ingenuity of a gray squirrel, a sea otter and an orangutan. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Eye on the Sixties: The Iconic Photography of Rowland Scherman (Also Sun 11am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes. Join NOVA’s prehistoric adventure as four-legged animals walk onto dry land. (Also Sun 11am)

9:30 OPB+ Oregon Experience Vortex. The Vortex rock festival was also a political diversion. (Also Sun 12:30pm)

10:00 OPB Prehistoric Road Trip We Dig Dinosaurs. Emily cruises into the Cretaceous, where astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

11:00 OPB Brain Works: The Theatre of Neuroscience Eps 1&2. A creative exploration of the human brain. (Also Thu 12pm) | OPB+ Power Trip: The Story of Energy Transportation (Also Fri 2am)

25 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am)

| OPB+ This Old House Hour Paradise Strong/Dog Dish Stand/Gas Lantern (Also Sun 9am)

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Point of Reference. Jeremy Okai Davis pixelates color in his portraits to explore our common humanity. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Raw to Ready Komatsu. See how people forged the world’s most awe-inspiring machines. (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Characters of Oregon. Meet a beloved naturalist, an urban goat shepherdess, and a veteran helping his community through fly fishing. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Inspector Morse The Way Through the Woods. A man accused of murdering five people is killed. (Also Sun 2am) | OPB+ American Experience Sealab. The U.S. Navy’s ‘aquanauts’ revolutionized underseas exploration. (Also Sat 1am)


11:00 OPB Masterpiece Grantchester: Season 3, Ep 7. A boy goes missing. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim Cotter Roads Less Traveled (Also Sat 2:30am)





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11:00 OPB Before We Die Ep 6. Hanna tries to save her son. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Pacific Heartbeat Prison Songs


OPB+ A Wider World (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage Philadelphia (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho My Excellent Adventure/The Outfitters

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Kam Wah Chung. Journey back to eastern Oregon’s Kam Wah Chung emporium and apothecary.

(Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Fly Brother With Ernest White II Stockholm: Le Jazz Hot/Mumbai: Liquid Abundance. Ernest finds some Nordic sun and soul abroad.

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Streetcar City. Oregon once had one of the

country’s most extensive streetcar systems in the country. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB POV And She Could Be Next, Pt 1. Women of color transform politics from the ground up. (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB+ Roadtrip Nation: Small Town Tech Three tech enthusiasts learn that innovation can happen in their own backyards. (Also Wed 2am)

30 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Finding

Traction A runner takes on America’s oldest hiking trail. (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Secrets and Lies. Featuring actors Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado and Amy Ryan. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Forces of Nature Shape/Elements. Examine how we experience Earth’s natural forces, beginning with shapes and elements. (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB POV And She Could Be Next, Pt 2. Discover how democracy can be preserved, and made stronger, by those most marginalized. (Also Thu 2am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company

10:30 OPB American Masters Raul Julia. Follow the life and career of Raul Julia, the charismatic, award-winning actor and humanitarian. (Also Thu 3:30am)

11:00 OPB+ Skindigenous Tunisia/Newfoundland: Jordan Bennet (Also Thu 2am)

6:00 OPB Shelter Me In Times of Need. Go inside an Alzheimer’s facility that also fosters orphaned kittens.

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu | OPB+ Somewhere South It’s a Greens Thing

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Back-Street Riches

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries Dressed to Kill. Famed designer Coco Chanel is the target of a brazen assassination attempt. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History In the Arena (1901–1910). Murder brings Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency. (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Hinterland Season 3, Ep 5. Mathias makes a gruesome discovery.

10:00 OPB Jamestown Season 3, Ep 3. Maria forms a plan to secure a new life for her and Pedro. | OPB+ POV Call Her Ganda. Three women pursue justice for the murder of a transgender woman. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB Last Tango in Halifax Season 2, Ep 4. Alan and Celia decide to hold another wedding ceremony.

11:30 OPB+ On Story Deconstructing Nora Ephron (Also Sun 1:30am)



5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Salzburg and Surroundings

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Point of Reference (R) | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho Off the Grid/Hops & Barley (R)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Characters of Oregon (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Pies and Tarts | OPB+ Fly Brother With Ernest White II Toronto: Pride and Joy/Ovamboland: Northern Exposure (R)

8:00 OPB Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain. Learn how Anne’s role in forging Great Britain was overshadowed by gossip.

(Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Wild Alaska Live, Eps 1–3. Bears, wolves, whales and more converge for Alaska’s summer feast. (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Grantchester: Season 5, Ep 3. A date at the cinema turns sour for Will when the projectionist is murdered. (Also Tue 2am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Beecham House, Ep 3. A murder throws John’s plans into jeopardy. (Also Tue 3am)

26 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am)

| OPB+ 4 Wheel Bob Follow a wheelchair hiker’s attempt to cross the Sierra Nevada. (Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Father Brown The Scales of Justice. Father Brown races to save Bunty as she stands trial for murder. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Finding Your Roots Science Pioneers. Featuring scientists Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson and Harold Varmus. (Also Sun 1pm)

9:00 OPB Maigret Night at the Crossroads. Maigret investigates the murder of a diamond merchant. (Also Mon 2am)


10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am)

10:30 OPB Professor T Cuberdon. The team investigates a series of poisonings. (Also Mon 3:30am)

11:00 OPB+ Frontline Opioids, Inc. (R-Also Mon 2am)

11:30 OPB On Story A Conversation With Megan Amram (Also Mon 4:30am)

27 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Paradise/Paradise

Strong (Also Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, continued (until 7pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

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