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Premieres Monday, May 19, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Watch newly revealed treasures from all five stops of ROADSHOW's Season 29 Tour, including a German tin toy motorcycle, a Babe Ruth exhibition card, and a Patek Philippe dress watch. Guess the big find from the Junk in our Trunk! -
Premieres Monday, May 19, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. After decades in obscurity and sitting on a treasure trove of pictures, elusive San Francisco artist Michael Jang uses guerrilla art tactics to share his stunning, previously unknown work with unsuspecting audiences. -
Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Pati's new mountain climber friends take her on an adventure to see the mountains up close and personal. Then they grab a quick elote snack dressed in wild norteno ways, a concoction popular with the climbers. Later, Pati connects with four top chefs in the area and invites them to a Carne Asada in the backdrop of the gorgeous Huasteca mountains. -
Premieres Fridays, May 16 - July 18, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. Stream Season 1 now with KPBS Passport! Ex-cop Alexa Crowe returns to her New Zealand hometown from Australia and finds herself continuing to investigate puzzling murders alongside charismatic DI Harry and her protégé Madison, who has moved into Alexa's home. William Shatner and Renee O'Connor are among the guest stars this season. -
Premieres Friday, May 16, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. -
Premieres Monday, May 19, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Meet Edwin Land, a pioneering tech disruptor and inventor of the midcentury icon, the Polaroid camera. Introduced in 1948, it revolutionized amateur photography, making it instant and accessible to all. -
Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join the “Man in Black,” along with June Carter Cash, the First Family of Country Music’s matriarch Maybelle Carter, rockabilly eminence Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers for an evening of country, rockabilly, American roots music and spirituals. -
Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app + Encore Saturday, July 5 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, July 7 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Enjoy Michelin-worthy tacos at a hidden gem in Tijuana, and innovative seafood at Marea Alta near Rosarito. -
Premieres Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. James Morrison is widely recognised as one of Britain’s finest landscape artists. His work hangs in the homes of JK Rowling and the Royal Family, as well as in museums and private collections around the world. As the documentary opens, Morrison faces his greatest challenge: his eyesight is fading fast, and he has one more major painting to complete. -
Friday, May 9, 2025 at 8 p.m. + Encore Sunday, May 11 at 10 a.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. President Donald Trump is about to begin the first major foreign trip of his second term, traveling next week to Saudi Arabia, while also making stops in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, nations which play a key role in mediating conflicts in the region.
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