TV Highlights

Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS app. Not far from the North Pole, a research team sets out to measure the world’s largest and oldest sea ice floes. Steve is an expedition leader who has led projects in the High Arctic for 40 years. Chris is a polar oceanographer who studies ice floes from a Harvard lab. They know the data, but nothing has prepared them for the truth on the ground. Caught in a frozen maelstrom, something has to give.

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. The Charities are lifelong friends that have grown into a Central California based band inspired by 70s soul, R&B, funk and pop. Featuring songs, "Angel Eyes," "Movin? One," "Bring Your Love," "Funk Upon a Time" and more.

Season Finale Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Host Cassandra Schaeg takes us on adventures featuring noteworthy stories from diverse innovators. Join the conversation as we celebrate unique flavors, captivating stories, and the entrepreneurial spirit of America’s tapestry. This week: Cassandra travels south embarking on a weekend of fun and tequila, Cassandra and her friends soak up the sun and enjoy the scene.

Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, older sister to Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. Could she have helped write some of her famous brother’s earliest music?

Premieres Saturdays, Oct. 5 - Nov. 9 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Amid government chaos as an environmental protest turns deadly and plummeting popularity over a controversial police protest bill, PM Sutherland must face the grim possibility that the most dangerous rebellion has come from within.

Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. This documentary follows a diverse group of students and activists during the 2020 election to understand young people's perceptions of voting and civic engagement.

Premieres Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. In a volunteer aid van occupied by multiple generations of civilians, an authentic, intimate observation of the war in Ukraine unfolds. Each passenger is unique in age, origin and circumstance, but alike in where they find themselves fleeing their homes while huddled together in a cramped back seat. Bound for Poland, the vehicle operates as their shelter, waiting room, hospital and confessional.

Premieres Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Discover updated Denver delights including a 1941 C. F. Martin 000-42 guitar, a Louis XVI-style porphyry and bronze mirror, ca. 1880, and a Maria Koogle schoolgirl needlework, ca. 1817. One almost tripled in value to $115,000 to $150,000!

Premieres Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday , Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Experience the unique and harmonious blend of pop and classical music from this vibrant orchestra, led by violin soloist and composer Guido Dieteren and featuring his wife, singer Wendy Kokkelkoren.

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. This episode features the Sabrosas Latin Orchestra, San Diego's first all-female salsa band! The talented musicians of Sabrosas infuse high energy into a variety of Latin styles including salsa, cumbia, and cha cha.