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Last chance to enter the MASTERPIECE Classic Sweepstakes! Follow in the footsteps of great British drama in the MASTERPIECE Classic Sweepstakes. Enter until April 27, 2012 for the chance to win a 5-day, 4-night trip for two adults from the US to Britain, including VIP tours of Highclere Castle (as featured in Downton Abbey), Leeds Castle and more! In collaboration with VisitBritain, Britain s national tourism agency, MASTERPIECE offers this chance at a once-in-a-lifetime experience including airline tickets on British Airways, hotel accommodations at a Radisson Edwardian hotel in London, two Hudson s Heritage Explorer Passes and more! While in Britain, you ll enjoy a VIP tour of Highclere Castle with Lord Carnarvon, and afternoon tea with Lady Carnarvon, author of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey. You ll also have lunch and a VIP tour of Leeds Castle, and afternoon tea at the May Fair Hotel with Jessica Fellowes, author of The World of Downton Abbey and Mud & The City: Dos and Don ts for Townies in the Country. Travel to Britain must be from September 17-22, 2012. No purchase necessary; winner will be selected by random drawing. The MASTERPIECE Classic Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia. To enter and read the official rules for full details, visit the MASTERPIECE Classic Sweepstakes entry page. Last year, local viewers Greg and Ginny Sieminski won. Visit www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sweepstakes/ to enter. Where To Watch PBS Channel 23.1 (over-the-air) Verizon FIOS 23 and 523 Comcast 23 and 220 MHz Worldview Channel 23.3 (over-the-air) Verizon FIOS 469 Comcast 202 23 Sesame Street Richmond, Virginia 23235 804.320.1301 Membership Message Line 804.560.8141 www.ideastations.org Thomas G. Rosenthal Chairman of the Board A. Curtis Monk President & CEO John H. Felton General Manager & Vice President for Programming & Production Lisa Tait Vice President for Development Sue B. Wood Director of Individual Giving Lynne McCarthy Managing Editor Donna Crossman Listings Editor Janet Campbell Director of Programming Copy Editor Channel 23.2 (over-the-air) Verizon Fios 470 Comcast 201 PBS Channel 57.1 (over-the-air) Verizon FIOS 24 and 524 Comcast 24 and 797 Program listings are accurate at press time; however, last-minute changes in the schedule may occur.
Watch PBS KIDS! Monday-Friday am 6:00 Zula Patrol 6:30 Sid the Science Kid 7:00 Sesame Street 8:00 Curious George 8:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 9:00 Super WHY! 9:30 Dinosaur Train 10:00 Sesame Street 11:00 WordWorld 11:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! pm 12:00 Sid the Science Kid 12:30 Caillou 1:00 Barney & Friends 1:30 Dinosaur Train 2:00 PEEP and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo 2:30 Martha Speaks 3:00 Arthur 3:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog 4:00 FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman 4:30 WordGirl 5:00 The Electric Company 5:30 Wild Kratts Monday-Friday am 6:00 Electric Company 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Cyberchase 7:30 Zula Patrol 8:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 8:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog 9:00 Sesame Street 10:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 10:30 Caillou 11:00 Thomas & Friends 11:30 WordWorld pm 12:00 Super WHY! 12:30 Select Programming see ideastations.org 5:00 Sid the Science Kid 5:30 PEEP and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo 6:00 Curious George 6:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog Saturday am 6:00 Mister Rogers Neighborhood 6:30 Bob the Builder 7:00 Curious George 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 8:00 Super WHY! 8:30 Dinosaur Train 9:00 Thomas & Friends 9:30 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps Sunday am 6:00 PEEP and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo 6:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog 7:00 Signing Time! 7:30 Arthur 8:00 Curious George 8:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Sunday am 6:00 Sesame Street 7:00 Curious George 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 8:00 Super WHY! 8:30 Dinosaur Train 9:00 Sid the Science Kid 9:30 Martha Speaks 10:00 Arthur 10:30 WordGirl 11:00 Wild Kratts 11:30 The Electric Company pm 12:00 Cyberchase 12:30 FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman April MemberCard Benefit of the Month In addition to ongoing restaurant, bed and breakfast and online and outlet retailer benefits, MemberCard holders can receive the following benefits during the month of April: At Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, purchase two-for-one admission during the month; subject to availability. Call 804.262.9887 for more information. At the Valley Fest (Beer and Wine Festival), buy one adult admission and get a designated driver admission free during the month for their May 26 event; subject to availability. Call 540.434.3862 for more information. At the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, purchase two-for-one regular admission to your choice of performance: April 21 at 8 pm or April 22 at 3:30 pm; subject to availability. Call 434.924.3376 for more information. APRIL 2012 1
O O Primetime Schedule TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included Sunday 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - France 24 Prime Time - Finding Your Roots - Dr. Wayne Dyer - Wishes Fulfilled - Masterpiece Classic - Great Expectations, Part 1 Rick Steves Europe - Detective Montalbano - Antiques Roadshow - El Paso, TX - Hour Two - Ciao Italia - Time - of a Chef - American Masters - Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Don Matteo - A Matter of Smell - Great Performances - San Francisco Symphony at 100 - Grand Coulee Dam: American Experience - Caprial and John s Kitchen Mexico One Plate at a Time - with Rick Bayless - TVRE Time - Traditions - Kennedys: American Experience - Panama Canal: American Experience - Openroad - Maigret - The Man on the Bench - Nature - Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers - Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - American Masters - Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel - NOVA - Hunting the Elements - Rick Steves Europe - East West 101 - Hunt for the Killer - TV14 Masterpiece Classic - Great Expectations, Part 1 - Virginia Currents O Charlottesville Inside-Out O Caprial and John s Kitchen Mexico One Plate at a Time - with Rick Bayless - TVRE France 24 Prime Time - Doc Martin - Out of the Woods - Traditions - Island Etude - Openroad - American Masters - Harper Lee: Hey Boo - Dreamers Theater - Washington Week - TVRE Ciao Italia - France 24 Prime Time - McLaughlin Group - TVRE Live from Lincoln Center - Renee Fleming @ the Penthouse - of a Chef - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Newsline 10 - The Vanishing of Pato 8:40pm NHK Documentary Antiques Roadshow - El Paso, TX - Hour Two - Doc Martin - Out of the Woods - Are You Being Served? Keeping Up Appearances Waiting for God As Time Goes By New Jewish Cuisine with Jeff Nathan & Friends - France 24 Prime Time - - Wild Photo Adventures - Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom - Japan 7 Days - Irene Huss - The Glass Devil - TV14 Saving the Titanic - Hollywood Stars Film - Bus Stop - Want detailed information on your favorite programs? Visit ideastations.org/tv. 2 APRIL 2012
Sunday 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included April 2012 Garden Home - TVRE Saving the Titanic - Are You Being Served? Keeping Up Appearances Ask This Old House - Detective Montalbano - (cont d) Dr. Wayne Dyer - Wishes Fulfilled - (cont d) For Your Home - - Afghan Report - Grand Canyon Serenade - American Masters - Harper Lee: Hey Boo - Garden Smart - This Old House - American Woodshop - Fat Friends - Love Me Slender Quest for the Lost Maya - Summer Palace Matt and Shari - Panama Canal: American Experience - (cont d) Independent Lens - You re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don t - Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Maigret - The Man on the Bench - (cont d) Kennedys: American Experience - (cont d) NOVA - Hunting the Elements - (cont d) Aviators - Aviators - Garden Smart - Ask This Old House - For Your Home - Those in Power - The Regicide Part 4 - Moyers & Company - Swimming in Auschwitz - Live from the Artists Den - The Fray - Friday 6 Saturday 7 Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - Island Etude - (cont d) Moyers & Company - Live from Lincoln Center (cont d) Garden Home - TVRE Michael Graves: The Warehouse - The Vanishing of Pato (cont d) Blue Ridge Parkway: A Long & Winding Road - This Old House - American Woodshop - Austin City Limits - Sonic Youth/the Black Keys - Matt and Shari - Garden Home - Doc Martin - Eastenders - Eastenders - Garden Smart - Irene Huss - The Glass Devil - TV14 (cont d) Hollywood Stars Film - Bus Stop - (cont d) Artist Toolbox - Isabel Allende - TVRE - Globe Trekker - TVRE Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way - Newsline - Visit ideastations.org/tv for more program information, find out when your favorite programs repeat, and sign-up for email reminders! APRIL 2012 3
Primetime Schedule TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included Sunday 8 Monday 9 Tuesday 10 Wednesday 11 Thursday 12 Friday 13 Saturday 14 Sunday 15 4 APRIL 2012 Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - Finding Your Roots - John Tesh Big Band Live - Masterpiece Classic - Great Expectations, Part 2 - Rick Steves Europe- Detective Montalbano - Rick Steves Europe with Abandon! - TVRE Antiques Roadshow - El Paso, TX - Hour Three - Ciao Italia - Time - of a Chef - Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer s Journey - Rick Steves Europe - NOVA - Hunting the Elements - Travel with Kids - Don Matteo - Awaiting Trial - Titanic with Len Goodman - Saving the Titanic - Caprial and John s Kitchen Mexico - One Plate at a Time - with Rick Bayless - TVRE Time - Traditions - Openroad - Maigret - Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses - Jimmy Carter: American Experience - Nature - Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea - NOVA - Deadliest Tornadoes - Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - Richard Bangs Adventures with Purpose - Rick Steves Europe- East West 101 - Haunted By the Past - TV14 Masterpiece Classic - Great Expectations, Part 2 - Virginia Currents O Caprial and John s Kitchen - Time - Charlottesville Inside-Out O Christina Cooks - Doc Martin - Erotomania - Traditions - Pandora - Openroad - Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures - Call of the Killer Whales: Parts 1 & 2 - Washington Week - TVRE McLaughlin Group - TVRE Art in the Twenty-First Century - Change - Ciao Italia - Time - of a Chef - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - 8:40 NHK Documentary - Fog and Crimes - The Mystery Film Club - Antiques Roadshow - El Paso, TX - Hour Three - Doc Martin - Erotomania - Are You Being Served? Keeping Up Appearances Waiting for God As Time Goes By of a Chef - Time - Simply Ming - Japan 7 Days - Cook s Country from America s Test Kitchen - of a Chef - Irene Huss - The Gold Digger - TV14 NOVA - Deadliest Tornadoes - Hollywood Stars Film - Key Largo - Finding Your Roots - Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - 3 Steps to Incredible Health! With Joel Fuhrman, MD (cont d) Masterpiece Classic - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Rick Steves Europe- Detective Montalbano - TV14 Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone! -
Sunday 8 Monday 9 Tuesday 10 Wednesday 11 Thursday 12 TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included April 2012 Masterpiece Classic - Great Expectations, Part 2 - (cont d) Garden Home - Ask This Old House - Detective Montalbano - TV14 (cont d) Are You Being Served? For Your Home - Dr. Christiane Northrup: Menopause and Beyond Keeping Up Appearances Afghan Report - Independent Lens (cont d) Yellowstone: Land to Life - Garden Smart - This Old House - American Woodshop - Fat Friends - Fat Chance RT News Prime Time - Live from Lincoln Center - Renee Fleming @ the Penthouse - Summer Palace Matt and Shari - Frontline Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer s Journey - Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses - (cont d) Flying Squirrels Insider O Virginia Currents O America Revealed - Food Machine - Aviators - Garden Smart - Ask This Old House - For Your Home - Those in Power - The Sacrifice Part 1 - Masterpiece Classic - Great Expectations, Part 2 - (cont d) Road Trip to History - Historic Gardens of Virginia Richard Bangs Adventures with Purpose - Live from the Artists Den - Death Cab for Cutie - Friday 13 Saturday 14 Sunday 15 Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Pandora - (cont d) Moyers & Company - Titanic with Len Goodman - Austin City Limits - Raphael Saadiq/Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears - Garden Home - This Old House - American Woodshop - Matt and Shari - Fog and Crimes - (cont d) Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer s Journey - Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way - Doc Martin - Eastenders - Eastenders - New Scandinavian Cooking - Irene Huss - The Gold Digger - TV14 (cont d) of a Chef - Hollywood Stars Film - Key Largo - (cont d) Globe Trekker - TVRE Chef Paul Prudhomme s Always Cooking! - Newsline - Masterpiece Classic - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - (cont d) Garden Home - TVRE Ask This Old House - Detective Montalbano - TV14 (cont d) Are You Being Served? For Your Home - Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone! - Keeping Up Appearances - Afghan Report - APRIL 2012 5
Primetime Schedule TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included Monday 16 6 APRIL 2012 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18 Thursday 19 Friday 20 Saturday 21 Sunday 22 Monday 23 Antiques Roadshow - Atlanta, GA - Hour One - Antiques Roadshow - Providence, RI - Hour One - Ciao Italia - Prime Time - of a Chef - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Don Matteo - Blackmail - Globe Trekker - TVRE Nature - Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea - Lidia Celebrates America - Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New - Caprial and John s Kitchen - Christina Cooks - Prime Time - Titanic with Len Goodman - Hoover Dam: American Experience - Traditions - Openroad - Maigret - Maigret and the Ghost - American Masters - Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts - Nature - River of No Return - Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - Art in the Twenty-First Century - Change - NOVA - Crash of Flight 447 - Rick Steves Europe - East West 101 - The Hand of Friendship - TV14 Masterpiece Classic - The Mystery of Edwin Drood Virginia Currents O Caprial and John s Kitchen - Time - Restoring the Bay: New Solutions to Old Problems Christina Cooks - Doc Martin - On the Edge - Part 1 - Traditions - Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer s Journey - Elevator - Openroad - Dreamers Theater - Washington Week - TVRE McLaughlin Group - TVRE Art in the Twenty-First Century - Boundaries - Ciao Italia - Prime Time - of a Chef - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Newsline 10-8:40 NHK Documentary - A Case of Conscience - Self-Defense Antiques Roadshow - Atlanta, GA - Hour One - Doc Martin - On the Edge - Part 1 - Are You Being Served? Keeping Up Appearances Waiting for God As Time Goes By Michele Beschen - Time - Michele Beschen - Japan 7 Days - NOVA - Crash of Flight 447 - Michele Beschen - Beck - Revenge - TV14 Michele Beschen - Hollywood Stars Film - The Great Train Robbery - Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - Finding Your Roots - Celtic Thunder Heritage - Masterpiece Classic - Birdsong, Part 1 - Rick Steves Europe- Detective Montalbano - Rick Steves Hidden Europe - Antiques Roadshow - Atlanta, GA - Hour Two - Ciao Italia - Prime Time - of a Chef - Richmond City Council (cont d) Antiques Roadshow - Providence, RI - Hour Two - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Don Matteo - The Actor -
Monday 16 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18 Thursday 19 Friday 20 Saturday 21 Sunday 22 Monday 23 TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included April 2012 America Revealed - Food Machine - Garden Smart - This Old House - American Woodshop - Fat Friends - Fat Free Summer Palace NOVA - Deadliest Tornadoes - Matt and Shari - Frontline Independent Lens - When the Drum Is Beating - Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Maigret - Maigret and the Ghost - (cont d) American Masters - Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts - (cont d) America Revealed - Nation on the Move - Song of the Mountains - Garden Smart - Ask This Old House - For Your Home - Those in Power - The Sacrifice Part 2 - Masterpiece Classic - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - (cont d) Secrets of the Chesapeake Live from the Artists Den - Kid Rock - TV14 Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Elevator - (cont d) Moyers & Company - Lidia Celebrates America - Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New - Austin City Limits - John Legend & the Roots - Garden Home - This Old House - American Woodshop - Matt and Shari - A Case of Conscience - Self-Defense (cont d) Hoover Dam: American Experience - Michele Beschen - Doc Martin - Eastenders Eastenders Michele Beschen - Beck - Revenge - TV14 (cont d) Hollywood Stars Film - The Great Train Robbery - Michele Beschen - Globe Trekker - TVRE Michele Beschen - Newsline - Masterpiece Classic (cont d) Garden Home - TVRE Powering the Planet - Earth: The Operators Manual Ask This Old House - Detective Montalbano - (cont d) Rick Steves Hidden Europe - (cont d) For Your Home - Restoring the Bay: New Solutions to Old Problems - Afghan Report - Rick Steves European Insights - TVRE America Revealed - Nation on the Move - Summer Palace Garden Smart - This Old House - American Woodshop - Fat Friends - Growing Pains Richmond City Council (cont d) Matt and Shari - APRIL 2012 7
Primetime Schedule TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included Tuesday 24 Wednesday 25 Thursday 26 Friday 27 Saturday 28 Sunday 29 Monday 30 Virginia Home Grown - O Caprial and John s Kitchen - Prime Time - Christina Cooks - Botany of Desire - Traditions - Frontline Openroad - Maigret - Maigret and the #1 Lock - Nature - Radioactive Wolves - Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Time - TVRE Art in the Twenty-First Century - Boundaries - NOVA - Secrets of the Sun - Rick Steves Europe - The Octopus (La Piovra) Season 3 - Episode 1 - Masterpiece Classic - Birdsong, Part 1 - Virginia Currents O Caprial and John s Kitchen - Time - Charlottesville Inside-Out O Christina Cooks - Doc Martin - On the Edge - Part 2 - Traditions - Mark Twain - Part One - Ambush - Openroad - Washington Week - TVRE McLaughlin Group - TVRE Art in the Twenty-First Century - History - Ciao Italia - Time - of a Chef - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Newsline 10 - A Case of Conscience - An Arsenal at Home 8:40 NHK Documentary - Antiques Roadshow - Atlanta, GA - Hour Two - Doc Martin - On the Edge - Part 2 - Are You Being Served? Keeping Up Appearances Waiting for God As Time Goes By For Your Home - Time - For Your Home - Japan 7 Days - NOVA - Secrets of the Sun - Matt and Shari - Matt and Shari - Beck - The Man With No Face - TV14 Hollywood Stars Film - The French Lieutenant s Woman - TV14 Tommy Tang s Easy Thai Cooking - Prime Time - Finding Your Roots - TVRE Victor Borge: Comedy in Music! - Masterpiece Classic - Birdsong, Part 2 - Rick Steves Europe - Detective Montalbano - Suze Orman s Money Class - Antiques Roadshow - Atlanta, GA - Hour Three - Ciao Italia - Prime Time - Globe Trekker - TVRE of a Chef - Antiques Roadshow - Providence, RI - Hour Three - Rick Steves Europe - Travel with Kids - Don Matteo - State of Inebriation - Nature - Radioactive Wolves - Want detailed information on your favorite programs? Visit ideastations.org/tv. 8 APRIL 2012
Tuesday 24 Wednesday 25 Thursday 26 Friday 27 Saturday 28 Sunday 29 Monday 30 TV-G TV Parental Guidelines Ratings Included April 2012 Frontline (cont d) Independent Lens - Revenge of the Electric Car - Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Maigret - Maigret and the #1 Lock - (cont d) Flying Squirrels Insider O Decoding Autism - TVRE America Revealed - Electric Nation - Garden Smart - Ask This Old House - For Your Home - Those in Power - The Sacrifice Part 3 - Masterpiece Classic - (cont d) Dreamers Theater - Song of the Mountains - Richard Bangs Adventures with Purpose - Live from the Artists Den - Amos Lee with Special Guests Calexico - Victory Garden - Woodwright s Shop - Woodsmith Shop - Growing Bolder - TVRE Ambush - (cont d) Moyers & Company - Chautauqua: An American Narrative - Garden Home - This Old House - A Case of Conscience - An Arsenal at Home (cont d) Balloon Fiesta - TVRE Austin City Limits - Alejandro Escovedo/Trombone Shorty - American Woodshop - Matt and Shari - For Your Home - Doc Martin - Eastenders Eastenders For Your Home - Beck - The Man With No Face - TV14 (cont d) Hollywood Stars Film - The French Lieutenant s Woman - TVM (cont d) Matt and Shari - Virginia Currents O Matt and Shari - Newsline - Artist Toolbox - Tom Skerritt - Masterpiece Classic (cont d) Garden Home - TVRE Dreamers Theater - Are You Being Served? Keeping Up Appearances Ask This Old House - Detective Montalbano - Suze Orman s Money Class - (cont d) For Your Home - - Afghan Report - Virginia Currents O America Revealed - Electric Nation - Garden Smart - This Old House - American Woodshop - Fat Friends - Face the Fat NOVA - Secrets of the Sun - Summer Palace Matt and Shari - Visit ideastations.org/tv for more program information, find out when your favorite programs repeat, and sign-up for email reminders! APRIL 2012 9