TV Highlights

Premieres Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Test cook Christie Morrison makes host Bridget Lancaster decadent Brunch Burgers, and Toni Tipton-Martin shares how burgers made it onto the brunch menu. Tasting expert Jack Bishop shares our recommended cooking sprays, and test cook Lawman Johnson makes luxurious Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Muffins.

Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Hosts Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster make a simple Cast Iron Chicken Pot Pie. Science Expert Dan Souza demonstrates the absorptive power of eggplant. Test cook Joe Gitter makes host Bridget Lancaster a British classic, Fisherman’s Pie.

Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. Celebrate incredible art and artifacts from Indigenous creators and history makers. Was a Sioux beaded vest, ca. 1876, a Ruth Muskrat Bronson archive, or a Carrie Bethel basket the top $75,000 to $150, 000 find?

Stream now with the PBS app. Doctor Madblood returns for his 49th annual Halloween Special. This year’s movie is the 1923 silent classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," starring Lon Chaney Sr. (aka “The Man of a Thousand Faces”) for his use of make-up to change himself for his roles). Other favorite cast members join the doctor to make this year’s special a show to remember.

Premieres Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West" set during Gold Rush. Go behind the scenes with cast members Julia Bullock, J'Nai Bridges and others as they bring the show to life on stage.

Thursdays, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Seasons 1 - 5 are available to stream now with KPBS Passport! As the first American GIs arrive to build an airbase near Hastings, the murder of a barmaid further strains already-tense relations between the locals and the Yanks. A top-secret experiment in biological warfare goes horribly wrong, complicating a murder investigation and threatening the life of Foyle's faithful driver, Sam.

Stream now with the PBS app and YouTube. The first of its kind, LEGACY OF THE LAND is a collection of six short documentaries covering climate change in Native American communities. Each story is produced by a separate indigenous filmmaker making the series as dynamic and distinct as Native American communities themselves. From Alaska to Arizona, audiences witness the knowledge, tradition and innovation of people living on the front lines of our changing climate.

Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS app. Meredith McKinney provides underserved children with books featuring diverse characters. Grammy nominee Cam, a diversity advocate in the music industry, teams with songwriter Dre Williams to perform a stirring original folk anthem for Meredith.

Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Nov. 3 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. Uncover the mystery behind the 2022 discovery in Eastern Europe of more than 50 errant burials that indicate a perceived threat of vampirism in the 17th century.

Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m.on KPBS 2. Discover Transylvania, a mystical region in central Romania where its mountain ranges, vast ancient forests and medieval villages are a sanctuary for wolves, lynxes, brown bears, bats and more.