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Monday, December 8th

Antiques Roadshow - The Gen X Years Explore the era between Boomers and Millennials for exciting treasures from the mid-1960s to early 1980s, also known as the Generation X years. Standout appraisals include Matt Groening artwork, Charles Loloma bracelets and Evel Knievel's leathers. 7:00 pm

Antiques Roadshow - Junk in the Trunk 13 Travel to all five cities of ROADSHOW's Season 28 Tour for never-before-seen appraisals, including a 1976 Mark Hamill-signed Star Wars poster, a 1979 Bob Ross landscape oil, and a 1973 Iditarod Race sled! 8:00 pm

Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years Simon Schama explores the final works of Rembrandt van Rijn. 9:00 pm

POV - Between Goodbyes When a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul, deep cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface. With tenderness, humor, and determination, both navigate the heart-wrenching legacy of international adoption. 10:00 pm

Tuesday, December 9th

Frontline - The Deal: Trump, Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador The Salvadoran president's deal with Trump to imprison deportees, and what each stood to gain. With the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, now reporting from exile, President Nayib Bukele's tangled history with the gangs the U.S. says it is fighting. 9:00 pm

Wednesday, December 10th

Nature - Canada: Surviving The Wild North Journey from Canada's high arctic to boreal forest and discover how polar bears, coastal wolves, lynx and more survive in the North. Timing and seizing opportunity can mean the difference between life and death in this wild and rugged outpost. 7:00 pm

NOVA - Ice Age Footprints Thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park are explored. 8:00 pm

NOVA - Hunt for the Oldest DNA Explore the quest to recover DNA that may reveal a lost world before the last Ice Age. 9:00 pm

Your Fantastic Mind - Thrill Seeking/Deep Brain Science/Brain Tumor Rehabilitation Explore why we a drawn towards thrill-seeking and risk-taking behavior. 10:00 pm

Thursday, December 11th

Overheard with Evan Smith - John Bolton Former national security advisor John Bolton discusses current politics including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, China, NATO and border security. 7:30 pm

Armadillo Man: The Trips of Jim Franklin tells the story of Jim Franklin - the iconic concert poster artist who helped establish the Austin music venue, Armadillo World Headquarters, and is credited with making Austin “weird.” 8:00 pm

A Celebration of Hanukkah In the heartwarming and nostalgic program, A Celebration of Hanukkah, host Geoffrey Baer takes viewers on a fun exploration of the time-honored traditions of this joyous Jewish holiday, sharing how Hanukkah came to be, the significance of the season's cherished dishes, and the ways families continue to celebrate together across generations. Along the way, Geoffrey provides an overview of Hanukkah in popular culture, weaving in his holiday memories through childhood home movies. And, because food plays such a meaningful part of every Hanukkah observance, he also heads into the kitchen with experts to try his hand at creating seasonal culinary delights - including latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (filled donuts) - while explaining how these dishes connect to Hanukkah's history. 9:00 pm

Friday, December 12th

We Heart Public Television! will be a three-hour program recorded live on November 8, 2025 from PBS SoCal, the local station in Los Angeles. A star-studded cast will honor 55 remarkable years of public television - America?s trusted, free public media service that reaches every city, town, and rural community across the nation. Featuring music director Rickey Minor and appearances by Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katherine MacPhee, Joe Bonamassa, Lucy Dacus, Celtic Woman, Lindsay Ell, Sarah Silverman, Martha Plimpton and so many more, this program celebrates the extraordinary musical artists and personalities who have graced PBS stages and screens, showcasing the cultural richness that public media and local PBS stations offer all Americans. This fundraising special will include a variety of live musical performances, celebrity appearances and viewer testimonials, plus archival material from iconic public television shows including Austin City Limits. 7:30 pm

Saturday, December 13th

Austin City Limits - Jon Batiste Seven-time Grammy and Academy Award winner Jon Batiste returns to the ACL stage for an electrifying hour. The New Orleans native and vibrant ambassador of jazz, blues, and soul lights up the stage with an ecstatic performance of gems from Big Money. 7:00 pm

Death in Paradise Christmas 2024, Part 1 DI Mervin Wilson is back and ready to solve a holiday murder while meeting his half-brother. 8:00 pm

Death in Paradise Christmas 2024, Part 2 The truth about DI Wilson's half-brother is revealed, and they don't share the same ethics. 8:47 pm

Sunday, December 14th

Happiness

Broadway director and golden boy Charlie Summers has come home to New Zealand. And he's devastated. After 20 years working his way up to the top of the musical theatre world, he has found himself back in his childhood bedroom and back helping his mother, Gaye, at the local community musical theater. The eclectic cast and crew there may lack professional skills, but certainly don't lack passion.

• Episode 1 After a setback on Broadway, director Charlie Summers returns to his hometown, where he reluctantly joins the amateur musical theater society. 7:00 pm

• Episode 2 Charlie's desperation to get back to Broadway draws him into Pizazz's rehearsals for "The Trojan Horse." 7:30 pm

Velvet - The Moment of Truth Cristina is devastated after learning of Alberto's infidelity, while Patricia and Enrique rekindle their romance. Blanca confronts the ghosts of the past, and Isabel makes an announcement. 10:00 pm