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Premieres Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 6 a.m. + 9 a.m. + 1 p.m. + Saturday, Nov. 22 at 9:30 p.m. on CREATE. Test cook Bryan Roof prepares Slow-Roasted Ducks with Blackberry Sauce for host Toni Tipton-Martin. Tasting expert Jack Bishop breaks down the best uses for different tinned fish. And test cook Lawman Johnson makes a rich Bean Bourguignon for host Julia Collin Davison.

Premieres Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. The film tells the true story of Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) who made global headlines in the summer of 2014. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary. The late, two-time Oscar® winner Glenda Jackson also stars as Bernie’s devoted wife, Irene.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. The film recounts the lived experiences of Vietnam Veterans and Gold Star Family members from before, through and after the Vietnam War war who after the trauma of war and the feeling shunned by society at home, found renewed purpose and meaning in their lives when they created the only memorial and museum dedicated to the lives lost in Vietnam.

Stream with KPBS+ / Premieres Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Encores Sunday, Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Did you know there was once an active volcano in Carlsbad? You can see the evidence if you know where to look. We pay a visit to the Bancroft House Museum, an historic East County Church, and our city's highest spot. Plus some historic video of the first day of Public Television in San Diego, things sent in by viewers and more!

Watch Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 + Tuesday, Dec. 16 + Friday, Dec. 26+ Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 11 a.m. on KPBS TV. Someplace Else is getting ready for New Year's Eve, and Donkey Hodie prepares for her special family tradition with Grampy and Cousin Hodie. After neighbors celebrate the countdown in their own ways, they come together for a new tradition!

Watch Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 + Monday, Dec.15, Saturday, Dec. 20 + Tuesday, Dec. 23 + Monday, Dec. 29 + Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 8 a.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with YouTube. When family and friends want their own fancy pin, Lyla and Everett must figure out how to make the pins for everyone in time for the New Year’s Eve party.

Watch Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, Dec. 1 at 1:30 p.m. on PBS KIDS + Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 9:30 a.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 9:30 a.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, Dec. 22 at 9:30 a.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Dec. 25 at 9:30 a.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Dec. 27 at 9:30 a.m. on KPBS TV. Rosie is thrilled to spend Christmas with Abuela in Mexico City, but in her excitement, she forgets Abuela's present, and now she has to find a new present before their Noche Buena celebration.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Concordia University Irvine’s fifth annual made-for-TV Christmas special, Come and See: A Concordia Christmas, includes vocal and instrumental performances of contemporary and classic holiday songs, and features original works by Concordia alumni and students to celebrate the Christmas season.

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.

Escobedo had been leading Kimmel's house band since the show launched in 2003. The musician and the comedian were childhood friends in Las Vegas.