What’s Coming on WCTE-PBS Television?
For Monday, September 21 – Sunday, September 27
Monday, September 21
7 p.m. — “Live Green Tennessee”
Join us as we discuss with a professor why plants and insects contribute to organic and sustainable processes and other great stories.
7:30 p.m. — “Bluegrass Underground”
With a powerful style rooted in Country and in Pop and firmly based on a keen
interpretative sense, enjoy a taste of Mandy Barnett.
8 p.m. — “Antiques Roadshow”
Celebrating Latino Heritage
9 p.m. — “Antiques Roadshow”
The Best of 20
10 p.m. — “POV”
In My Blood It Runs
Peek into the life of Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy.
Tuesday, September 22
7 p.m. — “The Vote: American Experience”
Discover how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women’s fight for the vote during the final years of the campaign.
8 p.m. — “FRONTLINE”
The Choice 2020: Trump Vs. Biden
Join us as we investigate the lives and characters of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as they compete to be president.
10 p.m. — “The Democracy Rebellion: A Reporter’s Notebook with Hedrick Smith”
Journalist Hedrick Smith travels the country looking for positive stories of democratic reform and finds them in six states where grassroots activists are fighting to equal the playing field.
Wednesday, September 23
7 p.m. — “Borneo: Islands of Wonder”
Journey from Borneo’s rich coral reefs to its mountainous heart, and uncover the truth of the island.
8 p.m. — “NOVA”
Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to our modern-day alphabets.
9 p.m. — “Hacking Your Mind”
Discover how the auto-pilot biases we all experience fuel our nation’s divisions, see how authoritarians can hack them and find out how to overcome them.
10 p.m. — “Niall Ferguson’s Networld”
Discover how our democracies are under threat from forces that exploit and weaponize the social networks that we invented.
Thursday, September 24
7 p.m. — “Reconnecting Roots”
Learn the complicated history of how the stolen land of the free neglected to make a home for the braves.
7:30 p.m. — “Tennessee Crossroads (Tba)”
8 p.m. — “Live Green Tennessee”
Join us as we discuss with a professor why plants and insects contribute to organic and sustainable processes and other great stories.
8:30 p.m. — “One On One with Becky Magura”
Join Becky Magura as she sits down with Kathy Mattea to discuss Kathy’s new album and her experience performing on this season of Bluegrass Underground.
9 p.m. — “The Upper Cumberland Camera”
Join us as we take you to a Junior Livestock event at the Putnam County Fair Grounds, and then to the Cookeville Drama Center for a summer theatre production of “Annie.”
9:30 p.m. –– “Bluegrass Underground”
With a powerful style rooted in Country and in Pop and firmly based on a keen
interpretative sense, enjoy a taste of Mandy Barnett.
10 p.m. –– “Tennessee Wild Side”
Join us as we visit an unusual school and jump in a kayak for a Wild Side adrenaline rush, among other adventures.
10:30 p.m. –– “Songs at the Center”
Artists: West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Inductee Bob Thompson, Todd Burge, Jessica Baldwin, and Eric Gnezda.
Friday, September 25
5 p.m. –– “WCTE Live at 5”
5:30 p.m. — “BBC World News Today”
6 p.m. –– “PBS NewsHour”
7 p.m. –– “Washington Week”
7:30 p.m. –– “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover”
8 p.m. –– “Great Performances”
Celebrate the work of Franz Schubert with host Scott Yoo as he plays with young musicians establishing themselves in North America’s musical capitals by attempting to master the composer’s music.
9 p.m. –– “Art in the Twenty-First Century”
Witness how Beijing’s recent economic boom has made it fertile ground for art.
10 p.m. –– “Song of the Mountains”
Eddy Davis / Dewey & Leslie Brown & The Carolina Gentlemen
Saturday, September 26
7 p.m. –– “Classic Gospel”
Joey and Rory: Singer and the Song
8 p.m. –– “Antiques Roadshow”
Celebrating Latino Heritage
9 p.m. –– “Lost River Sessions”
Harmony heavy Americana duo, Great Peacock, perform an acoustic set at the Faculty House in Bowling Green, KY.
9:30 p.m. –– “The Upper Cumberland Camera”
Join us as we take you to a Junior Livestock event at the Putnam County Fair Grounds, and then to the Cookeville Drama Center for a summer theatre production of “Annie.”
10 p.m. –– “Austin City Limits”
Savor an hour with young pop superstar Billie Eilish.
Sunday, September 27
3 p.m. –– “Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville”
Guest: Riders in the Sky
3:30 p.m. –– “Sun Studio Sessions”
4 p.m. –– “Black America Since MLK: and Still I Rise”
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores America’s changing racial landscape-celebrating how far we have come toward equality and asking why we still have so far to go.
6 p.m. –– “PBS NewsHour Weekend”
6:30 p.m. — “One On One with Becky Magura”
Join Becky Magura as she sits down with Kathy Mattea to discuss Kathy’s new album and her experience performing on this season of Bluegrass Underground.
7 p.m. –– “Last Tango In Halifax”
A giraffe turns up at Far Slack farm, creating anxiety for Gillian. As Judith looks to the future, John begins to look the other way.
8 p.m. — “Van Der Valk On Masterpiece”
An eco-fashion vlogger turns up dead during his video feed, and the case uncovers a bitter rivalry between two firms dedicated to ultra-green clothing. Piet and Dahlman confront the vengeful son of a corrupt cop they previously put away.
10 p.m. — “Vienna Blood”
Oskar asks Max to help investigate a grotesque series of murders in Vienna’s slums, where the victims are seemingly chosen at random.