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For fans of classic black-and-white television, a new treat is coming to West Tennessee airwaves. Steve Beverly's TV Classics represents the Golden Age of television, before niche programming took over and represents a less complicated time when the whole family could gather around the television.
TV Classics will fit perfectly in WLJT's existing Saturday night lineup, airing just before the long-running family variety show The Lawrence Welk Show.
A new television show is coming to West TN PBS this month that aims to showcase local ideas, perspectives, and happenings right here in Tennessee. "Tennessee is Talking" is a weekly 30-minute talk show that will dive into the topics and conversations that matter most to local communities across West Tennessee.
Did you know we have a monthly PBSKIDS calendar filled with daily activities linked to our great PBSKIDS shows. The activities are easy to do at home with inexpensive materials you can find around most homes. They are also well rounded to include arts, crafts, math, language arts, and science for young learners.
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The critically-acclaimed Scottish thriller Guilt is back for its third and final season. Hailed as "Scotland's answer to Fargo," this darkly comic series follows two polar opposite brothers who continually find themselves entangled in complicated situations.
The show stars Mark Bonnar (World on Fire, Unforgotten) as the unscrupulous lawyer Max McCall and Jamie Sives (Annika, Chernobyl) as his softer-hearted brother Jake. Over the past two seasons, viewers have witnessed the brothers get into and out of trouble time and again.
Don't miss your chance to binge past seasons before the explosive finale! Stream Guilt Seasons 1 and 2 with PBS Passport online and on the free PBS App.
MaryLand follows two estranged sisters who reunite to unearth the truth about their mother’s sudden death and her double life on the Isle of Man. This is not so much a murder mystery as a compelling tale of two siblings opening up to each other as they work out a string of family secrets. The Guardian (UK) hails MaryLand as “joyful and incredibly affecting.”
Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack, Vigil) co-created MaryLand with writer Anne Marie O’Connor. Jones and Eve Best (House of the Dragon) play convincing siblings Becca and Rosaline, with Stockard Channing (The West Wing) as their mother’s enigmatic best friend, Maureen. The cast also includes George Costigan (Happy Valley), Hugh Quarshie (Silent Witness) and Dean Lennox Kelly (Shameless), among others.
Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song airs Friday, May 3rd, 2024 at 9 PM on West TN PBS.
Elton John and Bernie Taupin, one of the great songwriting duos of all time, will be the 2024 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced. The prize is named for another legendary songwriting team, George and Ira Gershwin, whose papers are held by the Library.
A once-in-a-lifetime meeting brought John, a young piano player, and lyricist Taupin together in 1967, and they have forged a songwriting partnership that continues after more than 50 years. Their process seems simple: Taupin writes lyrics and sends them to John who goes to work at the piano and creates a song. The results of their enduring partnership have been simply incredible.
“Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Rocket Man” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” are just a few songs they wrote together that became timeless standards. Not to mention the fun they had with “Bennie and The Jets” and “Crocodile Rock,” which became their first No. 1 single in the U.S. in 1973.
In the next decade, NASA will send astronauts to Mars for the first time. Separated from Earth, and unable to communicate with ground in real time, crew members will experience extreme isolation that could gravely affect their three-year journey. This Sundance-premiering documentary follows a savvy NASA psychologist tasked with protecting daring space explorers.
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“Lyla in the Loop” is an animated series starring Lyla, a dynamic 7-year-old Black girl, her close-knit family, fantastical blue sidekick Stu, and a host of relatable and quirky characters living in her community, who together spotlight creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills while working collaboratively with others.
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