PBS released the fall primetime lineup that includes a new seven-part series, new series and returning favorite series.
A new seven-part series from Ken Burn’s will kick off PBS’ fall season with The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. The seven-night event will be 14-hours and will air nightly at 8 p.m. from Sunday, September 14 through Saturday, September 20. It will center on weaving the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, a first for television.
Other new series coming to PBS include How We Got to Know, this is a new Think Wednesday series. American science author and media theorist Steven Johnson will host it. They will also present a new documentary The Pilgrims: American Experience. The fall will bring the second season of the popular series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Makers. There will be expanded entries from the PBS Arts Fall Festival including Live From Lincoln Center’s Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel, and The Nance starring Nathan Lane.
“The PBS fall schedule is remarkable for its variety and quality – from an epic, binge-worthy serving of Ken Burns’s new documentary The Roosevelts – to a star-studded lineup of drama and performance,” said Beth Hoppe, PBS Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming. “We’re incredibly proud of the strength of our line-up and our commitment to bring viewers the best content available in history, science, drama, documentary, the arts and performance and much more.”
A more detailed fall schedule is below but viewers can expect new Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow, Independent Lens, American Masters, POV, Nature, Nova, Austin City Limits, Great Performances, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill, and Charlie Rose – The Week.
This September on PBS:
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Sunday-Saturday, September 14-20, 8:00 p.m. ET, encores at 10:00 p.m. ET
Masterpiece Mystery! “Miss Marple”
Sundays, September 21 and September 28
POV “Koch”
Tuesday, September 22, 10:00-11:30 p.m. ET
The Boomer List: American Masters
Tuesday, September 23, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Finding Your Roots, Season 2
Tuesdays, September 23-November 25, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
Life On The Reef
Wednesdays, September 24-October 8, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Live From Lincoln Center “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street In Concert With the New York Philharmonic” – PBS Arts Fall Festival
Friday, September 26, 9:00-11:30 p.m. ET
Makers
Tuesdays, September 30-November 4, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET; order TBD
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays, continuing series, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.
“Knoxville” – September 22, 29 and October 6
“Jacksonville” – October 13, 20, and 27
“Junk in the Trunk 4” – December 1 and 15
“The Boomer Years” – December 22
“Manor House Treasures” – December 29
This October on PBS:
Nova “Acid Ocean” (w.t.)
Wednesday, October 1, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years − PBS Arts Fall Festival
Friday, October 3, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Masterpiece Mystery! “Inspector Lewis, Season 7”
Sundays, October 5-19, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET
How We Got To Now With Steven Johnson
Wednesdays, October 15, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET and October 22-November 12, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET; order TBD
The Gershwins’® Porgy And Bess Sm From San Francisco Opera (by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin) − PBS Arts Fall Festival
Friday, October 17, 9:00p.m. -12:00 a.m. (Oct. 18) ET
Nature “Animal Misfits”
Wednesday, October 22, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
Masterpiece Mystery! “Death Comes to Pemberley”
Sundays, October 26-November 2, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET
Nova “WWI Top Gun” (w.t.)
Wednesday, October 29, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Michael Feinstein At The Rainbow Room – PBS Arts Fall Festival
Friday, October 31, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
This November on PBS:
Nature “Searching for Velcro” (w.t.)
Wednesday, November 5, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
Masterpiece “Worricker: Turks & Caicos”
Sunday, November 9, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Nova “Emperor’s Ghost Army”
Wednesday, November 12, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Nature “Penguin Post Office” (w.t.)
Wednesday, November 12, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
The Hitmakers (w.t) – PBS Arts Fall Festival
Friday, November 14, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Masterpiece “Worricker: Salting the Battlefield”
Sunday, November 16, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Nature “Invasion of the Killer Whales” (w.t.)
Wednesday, November 19, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
Nova “Landslide” (w.t.)
Wednesday, November 19, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Great Performances “Cats!” – PBS Arts Fall Festival
Friday, November 21, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
The Mark Twain Prize
Sunday, November 23, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET
The Pilgrims: American Experience
Tuesday, November 25, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
This December on PBS:
Nova “First Man on the Moon”
Wednesday, December 3, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Bing Crosby: American Masters
Friday, December 26, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET