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Thursday, April 4 @ 9PM This documentary follows the annual Chincoteague wild pony swim and auction, as well as one teenager s journey to buy her first foal. Sabrina Dobbins, a teenager who has struggled with depression, is attending the auction to find a pony to help with her recovery. Her dream of owning one of the wild Chincoteague ponies is being realized by a local nonprofit that helps deserving children. Tuesday, April 2 @ 8PM Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City s Central Park in 1989. Season 3 Starts Sunday, April 7 @ 9PM When a 16-year-old girl s remains are discovered, Cassie and Sunny work to track down the killer. The investigation leads to a tight-knit group of four old school friends whose bonds are put to the test when they find themselves under suspicion. SUNDAY NIGHT DRAMA Sneak Peek April 2 @ 6PM Learn More @ kpts.org New Six-Part Miniseries Begins Sunday, April 14 @ 8PM Victor Hugo s masterpiece comes to television in a six-part adaptation by multi award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies. Dominic West stars as fugitive Jean Valjean, with David Oyelowo as his pursuer Inspector Javert and Lily Collins as the luckless single mother Fantine. Ellie Bamber and Josh O'Connor costar as the young lovers Cosette and Marius. Love, death and the struggle for social justice in early 19th-century France feature in this beautifully faithful retelling of one of the world s most beloved stories. Tuesdays, April 9 & 16 @ 8PM Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents the definitive history of the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself amidst profound loss, massive destruction and revolutionary social change.
Wednesday, April 10 @ 9PM Discover the forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer and how the world came together to fix it. Hear from the scientists and politicians who persuaded Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to take action and solve the planetary problem. Six-Part Series Wednesdays @ 9PM Starting April 17 Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything. Friday, April 26 @ 9PM Ride alongside art curators as they embark on a road trip to 1,000 destinations across America to investigate what's happening in art today. Tuesday, April 23 @ 7PM The history of business and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of the American story, but often absent from that narrative are the experiences of African Americans. From the country s earliest days, African Americans have embodied the qualities of innovation, risk-taking and determination to forge a path toward a better life. Boss: The Black Experience in Business, by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, traces the lives of African American entrepreneurs over 150 years, from those bound by bondage to moguls at the top of million-dollar empires. More Than 1,000 Hours Of PBS Programs On Demand kpts.org Monday - Wednesday, April 29 - May 1 @ 7PM Spring is a symphony in green, a time of renewed energy, an awakening. For both plants and animals, age-old survival strategies are on full display at this time of year and intimate relationships are laid bare. The transformations wrought by this season can be sudden and dramatic like epic migrations that culminate in dazzling displays. Or like the seduction of a bumblebee by a blossom they can be intimate and barely perceptible. Monday, April 29 @ 8PM Combining state-of-the-art technology and including the trademark Pink Floyd arch and circle lighting design, Brit Floyd creates a performance that is as sonically perfect as it is visually awesome. Tune in tonight for your chance at tickets to see Brit Floyd live at the Orpheum Theatre in Wichita on Friday, June 7!
Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Primetime 8.1/Cox 8 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Hotel del Coronado - Hour 3 The Eye of the Beholder Nature - Forest of the Lynx Hatteberg's People Keeping Up Appearances Des Moines, IA - Hour 1 NOVA - Emperor's Ghost Army The Central Park Five Independence Lens - Tre Maison Dasan Secrets of the Dead Egypt's Darkest Hour Born to Explore Part 1 One-On-One Second Opinion Life on the Line The Wild Ponies of Chincoteague Growing Bolder Kansas As Time Goes By Season 8 Philbrook Museum - Hour 1 All in the Family Nature - The Egg: Life's Perfect Invention Hatteberg's People Keeping Up Appearances Positively Kansas Portraits In Architecture From the Mouths of Babes Mrs. Wilson On Masterpiece Des Moines, IA - Hour 2 The Maddest of All Unforgotten Season 3 On Masterpiece - Reconstruction: America After The Civil War NOVA - Mystery of Easter Island Great Performances at the Met - La Traviata Doctor Who Independence Lens - The Providers Ozone Hole: How We Saved The Planet Bluegrass Underground From the Mouths of Babes Born to Explore Part 2 One-On-One Second Opinion Life on the Line Passing On Growing Bolder Kansas As Time Goes By Season 8 Episode 3 Philbrook Museum - Hour 2 Southern Roots Nature - Big Birds Can't Fly Hatteberg's People Keeping Up Appearances One-On-One Kansas As Time Goes By Season 8 Episode 4 Philbrook Museum - Hour 3 Positively Kansas Accidental Hero Portraits In Architecture Joseph Pulitzer: American Masters The Pride of the Prydes Unforgotten Season 3 On Masterpiece - FRONTLINE - Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore Reconstruction: America After The Civil War NOVA - Secrets of Noah's Ark Second Opinion Positively Kansas Innovations In Medicine Portraits In Architecture Blade on the Feather Des Moines - IA, Hour 3 Boss: The Black Experience In Business Nature - Sex, Lies, and Butterflies Hatteberg's People Keeping Up Appearances One-On-One Kansas As Time Goes By Season 8 Episode 5 Nature - American Spring Live: Birth and Rebirth Nature - American Spring Live: Migration NOVA - Saving The Dead Sea Call the Mayor: Wichita Positively Kansas All My Trials Portraits In Architecture Episode 3 Brit Floyd: World s Greatest Pink Floyd Show - Live Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky Featured on previous page. Go to kpts.org for the complete April schedule. Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World - The Telescope Doctor Who Born to Explore Part 3 Growing Bolder Garry Winogrand: American Masters The Shadow of the Scaffold Unforgotten Season 3 On Masterpiece - Episode 3 Independent Lens - Charm City FRONTLINE The Abortion Divide Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World - The Airplane State of the Art The Mysteries of the Rosary Unforgotten Season 3 On Masterpiece - Episode 4 FRONTLINE The Last Survivors Doctor Who Accidental Hero Bluegrass Underground Bluegrass Underground Blade on the Feather Born to Explore Part 4 Growing Bolder Articulate with Jim Cotter Doctor Who All My Trials Bluegrass Underground Korea: The Never-Ending War Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara The Maddest of All Austin City Limits Brandi Carlile The Pride of the Prydes Austin City Limits Kacey Musgraves/Lukas Nelson The Shadow of the Scaffold Austin City Limits Father John Misty/The Black Angels The Mysteries of the Rosary
Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Season 8 Jazz Festival, Part 3 Street Rodding American Style Wichita Legends of Airpower Sun Studio Nature - The Cheetah Children On Masterpiece Episode 4 The Eye of the Beholder Hotel del Coronado - Hour 3 The Eye of the Beholder Des Moines, IA - Hour 1 The Central Park Five 4 Nature - Forest of the Lynx NOVA - Emperor's Ghost Army NOVA - Emperor's Ghost Army The Hour First Civilizations - Religion History Detectives The Lawrence Welk Show April Showers (1967) NOVA - Emperor's Ghost Army Season 8 Jazz Festival, Part 4 Street Rodding American Style Wichita Legends of Airpower Sun Studio Hotel del Coronado - Hour 3 end Nature - Forest of the Lynx On Masterpiece Episode 5 All in the Family Brad Paisley - Landmark Live In Concert: Great Performances Special Downton Abbey Season 2 On Masterpiece - Part 5 Firing Line The Great British Baking Show Easter Masterclass Season 8 Philbrook Museum - Hour 1 All in the Family Nature - The Egg: Life's Perfect Invention NOVA - Mystery of Easter Island The Hour First Civilizations - Cities History Detectives The Lawrence Welk Show Hooray for Hollywood (1975) end Philbrook Museum - Hour 2 Jazz Festival, Part 5 Street Rodding American Style Wichita Legends of Airpower Sun Studio Philbrook Museum - Hour 1 Downton Abbey Season 2 On Masterpiece - Part 6 Twirl Girls On Masterpiece Episode 6 Southern Roots K. D. Lang - Landmark Live In Concert: A Great Performances Special Firing Line Season 8 Episode 3 Philbrook Museum - Hour 2 Southern Roots Mrs. Wilson On Masterpiece Great Performances at the Met La Traviata 4 The Great British Baking Show Cakes A Chef's Life Mrs. Wilson On Masterpiece Des Moines, IA - Hour 2 Reconstruction: America After The Civil War 4 NOVA - Mystery of Easter Island Mrs. Wilson On Masterpiece Joseph Pulitzer: American Masters 4 A Chef's Life FRONTLINE - Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore 4 Reconstruction: America After The Civil War 4 Nature - Big Bird's Can't Fly NOVA - Secrets of Noah's Ark NOVA - Secrets of Noah's Ark The Hour The Search for the Last Supper History Detectives The Lawrence Welk Show Easter (1979) end Season 8 Episode 4 Jazz Festival, Part 6 Street Rodding American Style Wichita Legends of Airpower Sun Studio Philbrook Museum - Hour 2 The Verdigris: In Search of Will Rogers Downton Abbey Season 2 On Masterpiece - Part 7 Nature - Big Birds Can't Fly On Masterpiece Episode 7 Genealogy Roadshow Albuquerque Firing Line The Great British Baking Show Bread Season 8 Episode 4 Philbrook Museum - Hour 3 Garry Winogrand: American Masters 4 A Chef's Life Des Moines - IA, Hour 3 Boss: The Black Experience In Business Nature - Sex, Lies and Butterflies NOVA - Saving The Dead Sea NOVA - Saving The Dead Sea The Hour First Civilizations - Trade History Detectives The Lawrence Welk Show Great Entertainers (1981) Primetime 8.2/Cox 671 end Season 8 Episode 5 Jazz Festival, Part 7 Philbrook Museum - Hour 3 David Holt's State of Music Onstage! Downton Abbey Season 3 On Masterpiece - Part 1 Brit Floyd: World s Greatest Pink Floyd Show On Masterpiece Episode 8 Go to kpts.org for the complete April schedule. Firing Line The Great British Baking Show Desserts Season 8 Episode 5 Nature - American Spring Live: Birth and Rebirth Nature - American Spring Live: Migration State of the Art A Chef's Life Episode 3 Korea: The Never-Ending War 4 Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky
Primetime 8.3/Cox 670 Go to kpts.org for the complete April schedule. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Mon 1 10 Buildings Simply Ming Tue 2 Wed 3 Tastemakers Thu 4 Fri 5 10 Homes Simply Ming Sat 6 Rick Steves' Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Smart Rick Steves' Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food French Chef Classics Essential Pepin Growing A Greener World Sun 7 Tastemakers Mon 8 10 Modern Marvels Simply Ming Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 10 Monuments Simply Ming Sat 13 The Jazzy Vegetarian George Hirsch Lifestyle Cooking Ellie's Real Good Food Growing A Greener World Sun 14 Mon 15 10 Parks Simply Ming Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 10 Streets Simply Ming Sat 20 Growing A Greener World Sun 21 Mon 22 10 Towns Simply Ming Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 10 Buildings Simply Ming Sat 27 Woodwright's Shop Rough Cut Woodsmith Shop Rough Cut Woodwright's Shop Rough Cut American Woodshop Growing A Greener World Sun 28 Mon 29 10 Homes Simply Ming Tue 30
8.1 Daytime 6AM - 7PM SUNDAYS WEEKDAYS SATURDAYS 6:00 Sesame Street (CC) (D) Priscilla s Yoga Stretches Sesame Street (CC) (D) 6:30 Daniel Tiger s Neighborhood (CC) (D) Wild Kratts (CC) Daniel Tiger s Neighborhood (CC) (D) 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific (CC) Nature Cat (CC) Pinkalicious & Peterrific (CC) 7:30 Curious George (CC) Curious George (CC) Curious George (CC) 8:00 Let's Go Luna! (CC) (D) Let's Go Luna! (CC) (D) Let's Go Luna! (CC) (D) 8:30 Nature Cat (CC) Daniel Tiger s Neighborhood (CC) (D) Nature Cat (CC) 9:00 Ready Jet Go! (CC) (D) Daniel Tiger s Neighborhood (CC) (D) Ready Jet Go! (CC) (D) 9:30 Wild Kratts (CC) Pinkalicious & Peterrific (CC) Wild Kratts (CC) 10:00 Odd Squad (CC) (D) Sesame Street (CC) (D) TVG 10:30 Arthur (CC) (D) Splash and Bubbles (CC) (D) Ask TVG 11:00 11:30 TVG (R) 12:00 TVG Sedg. Co. Wed TVRE (CC) All children s programs appear in shaded boxes and are rated TVY unless otherwise noted. Project Smoke Street Rodding American Style TVG Motor 12:30 Ask TVG Woodsmith Shop Go to kpts.org for the full daytime April schedule including 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3. AFTERNOONS MONDAYS Noon Nature (CC) (D) (R) TVPG 1:00 Make It Artsy (CC) 1:30 Garden Smart (CC) 2:00 Classical Stretch: By Essentrics (CC) 2:30 Beads, Baubles & Jewels (CC) TUESDAYS Noon (CC) (R) TVG 1:00 (CC) 1:30 Tastemakers (CC) 2:00 The Jazzy Vegetarian (CC) 2:30 How to Cook Well with Rory O'Connell (CC) WEDNESDAYS Noon (CC) (R) TVPG 1:00 It s Sew Easy (CC) 1:30 Fit 2 Stitch (CC) 2:00 Quilting Arts (CC) 2:30 Best of Sewing with Nancy (CC) THURSDAYS Noon NOVA (CC) (R) TVPG 1:00 Paint This with Jerry Yarnell (CC) 1:30 Painting with Paulson (CC) 2:00 IQ: Smartparent (CC) TVPG 2:30 Sit and Be Fit (CC) 1:00 America's 1:30 2:00 Christopher Kimball's Martha Stewart's Cooking School 2:30 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack (CC) TVRE 3:00 Kansas with Pilar Pedraza TVG VARIOUS PROGRAMS SEE AFTERNOONS Wild Kratts (CC) Classic Woodworking Beginning 4/20 Legends of Airpower Growing A Greener World Garden Smart The Best of the Joy of Painting 3:30 Hatteberg's People TVG Odd Squad (CC) (D) Simply Ming 4:00 One-On-One with Victor Hogstrom TVG Odd Squad (CC) (D) 4:30 Positively Kansas TVG Arthur (CC) (D) 5:00 end (CC) TVRE 5PM PBS Kids (see adjacent column for details) TVG (R) end (CC) TVRE 5:30 Market to Market Nightly Business Report TVRE Joy of Music TVG 6:00 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (See SCHEDULE CHANGES/ 6:30 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS) 1 Monday, (9AM, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), (Noon, Nature - The Cheetah Children), 5PM, Storytime Village) 2 Tuesday, (Noon, - Hotel del Coronado, Hour 3) 3 Wednesday, (Noon, - The Eye of the Beholder) 4 Thursday, (Noon, NOVA - Emperor's Ghost Army) 5 Friday, (Noon, Growing Native Northwest: Coast Salish) 6 Saturday, (2PM, Growing A Greener World) 7 Sunday, (1:30PM - 4:30PM, One-On-One with Victor Hogstrom), (6PM, 10 Buildings ) 8 Monday, (9AM, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), (Noon, Nature - Forest of the Lynx) 9 Tuesday, (Noon, - Philbrook Museum, Hour 1) 10 Wednesday, (Noon, - All In The Family) (CC) TVRE The Lawrence Welk Show 11 Thursday, (Noon, NOVA - Mystery of Easter Island) 12 Friday, (Noon, Growing Native Alaska: People of the North), (2PM, J Schwanke's Life In Bloom) 13 Saturday, (2PM, Growing A Greener World) 14 Sunday, (1:30PM - 5PM, Positively Kansas), (6PM, 10 Homes ) 15 Monday, (9AM, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), (Noon, Nature - The Egg: Life's Perfect Invention) 16 Tuesday, (Noon, - Philbrook Museum, Hour 2) 17 Wednesday, (Noon, - Southern Roots) 18 Thursday, (Noon, NOVA - Secrets of Noah's Ark) 19 Friday, (Noon, Growing Native Alaska: People of the North), (2PM, J Schwanke's Life In Bloom) 20 Saturday, (1PM, Classic Woodworking), (2PM, Growing A Greener World) 21 Sunday, (10:30AM, Curious George), (1:30PM - 4PM, Hatteberg's People),(6PM, The Search for the Last Supper) StoryTime Village M Arthur (CC) (D) TVY T SCHEDULE CHANGES / SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FRIDAYS Noon Various (CC) TVPG See Schedule Changes Below 1:00 Quilt In A Day (CC) 1:30 Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting (CC) 2:00 J Schwanke's Life In Bloom (CC) Beginning 4/12 2:30 Jamie's Quick & Easy Food (CC) 5PM PBS KIDS Arthur (CC) (D) TVY W Arthur (CC) (D) TVY Th Arthur (CC) (D) TVY F Fridays @ 2PM Starting April 12 A lifestyle series about flower arrangement, design and instruction. Host J Schwanke, a fourth-generation florist, award-winning author and well-known floral educator. He aims to help viewers have fun with flowers and incorporate their beauty into their homes and everyday lives. 22 Monday, (9AM, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), (Noon, Nature - Big Birds Can't Fly) 23 Tuesday, (Noon, - Philbrook Museum, Hour 3) 24 Wednesday, (Noon, Saving Brinton: America Reframed) 25 Thursday, (Noon, NOVA - Saving the Dead Sea) 26 Friday, (Noon, Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People), (2PM, J Schwanke's Life In Bloom) 27 Saturday, (1PM, Classic Woodworking), (2PM, Growing A Greener World) 28 Sunday, (10:30AM, Curious George), (2PM, Call the Mayor: Wichita), (6PM, Rick Steves and the Reformation) 29 Monday, (9AM, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), (Noon, The Forgotten Coast) 30 Tuesday, (Noon, Ballyfin: Portrait of An Irish Country House), (1:30PM, )
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