TV Highlights

Thursdays, Nov. 14 and 21, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Combining historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, this award-winning British series is what the Wall Street Journal calls “a triumph from start to finish.” Michael Kitchen stars as Christopher Foyle, a man of few words and rock-solid convictions.

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Donald Trump will reassume the presidency (the first to do so since Grover Cleveland) with fewer guardrails than in 2016. What will he do, how will the media cover him, and how can the Democrats get in his way? Guests: The Wall Street Journal's Molly Ball and Vanderbilt's Nicole Hemmer.

Premieres Wednesdays, Nov. 13 - 27, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Around the world, engineers are finding ingenious ways to amplify our abilities and senses – allowing us to access and shape the world way beyond our natural abilities. From helping a blind man see without the use of his eyes to building a sling so powerful it can shoot rockets into space, see why engineering just might be the closest thing to a superpower we humans have.

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. An Oceanside Marine, struggling to come to terms with the loss of his legs from an IED in Afghanistan, discovers the healing power of jiu-jitsu. He fights to regain his physical strength and reclaim his sense of identity and purpose. GIFFSD 2024 Best Local Film.

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV The story of Project Recover, a small team of accomplished scientists, oceanographers, archaeologists, historians, researchers, and military veterans who have dedicated their lives to scouring the depths of the ocean and the farthest corners of the earth to search for, recover, and repatriate the remains of the more than 80,000 Americans missing in action since World War II.

Premieres Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Lion researcher Dr. Philip Stander follows three orphaned desert lion cubs as they navigate the brutal Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Watch the cubs learn to adapt, hunt, and defy the odds of survival in this vast desert territory.

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Saifullah and Ismail Haqmal are two brother interpreters who served alongside U.S. Forces in Afghanistan for over a decade. The film follows the brothers from their childhood growing up during the Russian/Afghan war, through the Taliban era, then the invasion by NATO forces after 9/11. When Robert deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 he worked with Saifullah and Ismail during that deployment and they all became close friends. After Robert's unit leaves Afghanistan the brothers become desperate to escape they turn to their American friends to petition Congress and help them escape the Taliban's rise to power.

Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 (not in the PBS app). A film exploring the story of an American World War II Prisoner of War 75 years later. Filmmaker Mark Pedri had never heard his grandfather Silvio’s story despite spending nearly every day together for 10 years. It wasn’t until after Silvio’s death that Mark found an archive of old photos, letters, and documents detailing Silvio’s journey as a Prisoner of War in World War II.

Premieres Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. on KPBS TV / The film is available for purchase. Three veterans and their families bravely share their pain, fear, and the difficult realization that they've lost time and love that they may never get back again. All three found hope where no one had looked - in the heart of a faithful service dog.

Premieres Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV. Riddled with survivor's guilt, Marine veteran Anthony Marquez makes it his mission to reconnect with the Gold Star families of the fallen. By carving and hand-delivering a battlefield cross for each, he finds the path to heal himself.