A local documentary about new dance at the Joffrey Ballet; John Leguizamo visits Chicago; new dramas, mysteries, and NOVA; and more.
Highlights
What to Watch in August
Lisa TiptonA new science series looks at surprising possible solutions to the world's crises while American Masters celebrates the transcendental poet Mary Oliver.
What to Watch in July
Lisa TiptonFrom birthday bashes and historical explorations for America's 250th anniversary to a new series about space exploration and the people who undertake it, there's plenty to keep you entertained over summer.
What to Watch in June
Lisa TiptonAlphy and Geordie return for a final season of Grantchester, we celebrate the late Maggie Smith and Robert Redford, and more.
What to Watch in May
Lisa TiptonCelebrating David Attenborough's 100th birthday, Indian and Filipino food, Broadway musicals, Wishbone, W.E.B. DuBois, and more.
What to Watch in April
Lisa TiptonGeoffrey Baer rides the rails, Lucy Worsley investigates the American Revolution, and we celebrate Jewish heritage and Earth Day in April.
What to Watch in March
Lisa TiptonTwo new literary dramas join a Ken Burns-produced look at Henry David Thoreau and Women's History Month programming in March.
What to Watch in February
Lisa TiptonHenry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the shared struggles of Black and Jewish America, Frontline looks at the crisis in Venezuela, and Nature examines parenthood in the wild.
What to Watch in January
Lisa TiptonNew seasons of everything from Finding Your Roots to Antiques Roadshow, a new mystery called Bookish, and American Masters profiles Nobel Prize-winner Elie Wiesel.
What to Watch in December
Lisa TiptonA new Geoffrey Baer special on the "city that works," a look at the life and career of Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday, holiday programming, and more.
What to Watch in November
Lisa TiptonKen Burns takes on The American Revolution, Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson star in their final roles, and Frontline goes to Germany, Ecuador, and Ukraine.
What to Watch in October
Lisa TiptonMore Chicago Stories, all-new British dramas, profiles of the controversial RFK, Jr. and Henry Kissinger, Rick Steves in Poland, and much, much more.
What to Watch in September
Lisa TiptonA documentary about an influential Supreme Court Justice, new Chicago Stories from WTTW, new cooking shows and mysteries, and more.
What to Watch in August
Lisa TiptonA documentary about the survivors of the only atomic bombs dropped during warfare, a history of a landmark environmental law, and more.
What to Watch in July
Lisa TiptonA new season of a cooking show and a documentary on a cookbook author who shaped food without you knowing, plus a holiday tradition, and more.