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Schedule Highlights February 16 to February 22

Monday, February 16th

  • Antiques Roadshow - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Hour 1 See a bounty of booty from ROADSHOW's first-ever visit to Maine including a Cartier sapphire pendant, ca. 1915, a 1963 C. F. Martin D-28 guitar & case and a Paul Revere Jr. silver pitcher & diary, ca. 1775. Which is the hour's big find? 7:00 pm

  • Antiques Roadshow - LSU Rural Life Museum Hour 1 Watch incredible Louisiana treasures including an emerald, diamond & gold necklace, ca. 1875; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival posters;and a 1962 - 1966 Stewart "Smokey" Stover collection. Find out which is the top $100,000 find! 8:00 pm

  • Made In Texas - The Quilt This music documentary was developed with a family audience in mind. It is suitable for children and adults. The film teaches about the music genres that were born and formed by African American history and culture. 9:00 pm

  • Becoming Frederick Douglass Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history. Oscar nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson explores the role Douglass played in securing the right to freedom for African Americans. 10:00 pm

Tuesday, February 17th

  • Finding Your Roots - Family Harmonies Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two celebrated musicians: Lizzo and Flea - traveling across Europe, Australia and the American South to uncover long lost stories of the ancestors who inspired their work. 7:00 pm

  • Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History - The Grand Alliance Episode 3 traces the 1960s' "Grand Alliance" as Black and Jewish communities fought for civil rights in a transformative interracial coalition, and the imbalances that quickly tested their alliance. 8:00 pm

  • Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History - Crossroads Examine the shifting Black and Jewish relationship from the 1970s onward, exploring political gains, global tensions, rising hate, and the enduring lessons of solidarity. 9:00 pm

  • After Action, hosted by Air Force Veteran Stacy Pearsall, is a series that captures the raw experiences of veterans around military training, deployment and, most of all, life after action. Every episode features an intimate conversation guided by Pearsall with whom each participant identifies and trusts. This round circle, reality-based approach engages viewers to earn a greater understanding of the issues members of the military face. The series also portrays a reality that is perhaps atypical to each generation of service men and women. 10:00 pm

Wednesday, February 18th

  • Nature - Parenthood: Oceans Ocean parents must master dedication and intelligence to raise their young. In Australia, an orca mother teaches her young how to hunt blue whales, while in Indonesia, a Banggai cardinalfish protects his young inside his mouth. 7:00 pm

  • Greenland: Survival at the Edge of the World Greenland is the largest island on the planet - a beautiful yet extreme environment with a remote frontier dominated by ice. However, it is also a land experiencing the impact of global warming. The documentary Greenland explores the effects of climate change on this stark and beautiful landscape. The program travels to the northernmost natural human settlement on Earth to discover Greenland's secret history and 4,000 years of Inuit heritage. It also features a journey to an abandoned ghost town (a mining settlement frozen in time) and re-traces the mysterious Franklin expedition that vanished amidst the ice. The island's spectacular wildlife is also explored, revealing how climate change is affecting behavior and, for some species, threatening their very survival. From the world's largest colony of breeding Arctic terns to immense populations of little auks, seals, and whales, Greenland's wildlife is diverse and vulnerable. This stunning documentary also tracks musk ox and reveals how this Ice Age relic survives in the tundra. 8:00 pm

  • Secrets of the Dead - Mozart’s Sister A new documentary investigates a 250-year-old musical mystery. For the first 16 years of her life, Mozart's sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical partners and collaborators, Wolfgang Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart played together before kings and queens, and were the talk of Europe. Forced to withdraw from public life because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired and what happened to her music. Mozart's Sister is a 'musical-true crime' story that explores the lost talent of Maria Anna Mozart. 9:00 pm

Thursday, February 19th

  • Climate California - Flow Rising seas. Wildfires. Extreme heat. What if facing these threats head-on could lead us to something better? This episode dives into what it really takes to confront an uncertain future and imagine a new story of home. Featuring: Rosanna Xia (“California Against the Sea”), Blaine McKinnon (Yurok Tribe), Kelly Turner (UCLA), and Christian Rodriguez Ceja (KPI). 8:00 pm

  • The Daytripper - Yorktown, TX Chet visits this "rastplatz" (rest place) for Texas immigrants in the 1800s. He learns the history, eats some of the biggest tacos in Texas,and dines at a local steakhouse building a legacy. To finish the day, he tours the haunted Yorktown Memorial hospital. 8:30 pm

  • From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish - New Worlds Episode 3 follows the first Irish diaspora to Europe in the 1600s as a result of events at home and then later to various destinations in the New World. The numbers of Irish leaving for Europe slowed, and increasingly, the Irish looked westward for new hope. 9:00 pm

  • From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish - From The Famiine to the Future Two million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine. Of these 64% went to the US and by as early as 1850 the Irish were easily the biggest single ethnicity in the USA. We look at the huge contribution of the Irish, alongside other ethnic groups, in the building of the US and we examine the role of the Irish in the world. 9:55 pm

Friday, February 20th

  • Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies Before iconic aviators like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh captured imaginations, there was Bessie Coleman. Widely regarded as the first woman of Native American and African American descent to obtain a pilot's license, Bessie has inspired many women to pursue their dreams. Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies details Bessie's struggle to overcome adversity and realize her dream to fly, becoming the first African American female to earn her international pilot's license despite the gender and racial discrimination of the 1920s. 8:00 pm

  • American Masters - Sun Ra: Do The Impossible Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra. With his ever-evolving collective, the Sun Ra Arkestra, he self-produced more than 200 albums, stretching the boundaries of jazz. 9:00 pm

Saturday, February 21st

  • 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

  • Midsomer Murders - A Climate of Death, Parts 1 & 2 Locals have put the sleepy Goodman's Land on the map as "The Greenest Village in Midsomer." But when the entire village is bought by a Texan oilman, a string of grisly murders ensues. To what lengths will the locals go to retain their title? Guest stars include Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries). 8:00 pm

  • Brokenwood - The Killing Machine Charlie Baxter, chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society, is found dead next to his much loved El Dorado. 9:30 pm

  • Murder in the Mountains - Under Surveillance The death of a young tech genius leaves Nina and Lukas suspicious of his business partner. 11:00 pm

Sunday, February 22nd

  • Great Performances - Movies for Grownups with AARP 2026 Honor some of 2025's best films for grownups, by grownups, in a star-studded ceremony hosted by Tony and Emmy winner Alan Cumming. Adam Sandler receives the Career Achievement Award. 6:00 pm

  • All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece - Comfort and Joy Siegfried has another run in with Hilda the goat and an old flame returns to Darrowby. With Helen unwell, James juggles running the village Nativity with a growing to-do list. Tristan realizes he's forgotten something important. 8:00 pm

  • Unforgettable August Post Thrill-seeking adventurer Augustus Post helped steer America through a revolution in transportation. 9:30 pm

  • Hijos Del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) Eloisa confronts Pedro Ramirez to stop him, as the smuggler has been interfering too much in her life lately, and the tension between them can't keep growing - she's an engaged woman. Meanwhile, Cardenas reports that one of his men hasn't arrived at the barracks, and when Gaspar goes looking for him, he finds that the man has allegedly committed suicide. 10:00 pm

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