WETA PBS
Our flagship channel WETA PBS features the best of PBS programs, along with Local Mondays, Thriller Thursdays, American History Nights on Saturdays, and PBS Kids programs during the day.
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PBS News Hour
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
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Washington Week with The Atlantic
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Panelists Anne Applebaum, Susan Glasser, Amna Nawaz and Vivian Salama. -
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History with David Rubenstein
Danielle Allen
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Classicist and political scientist Danielle Allen. -
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American Masters
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Friday
Dec 12
2 Hours
Celebrating the life and career of actor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday; featuring never-before-seen footage, photos and home movies that detail his legacy in show business. -
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain With Daniel Amen, MD
Friday
Dec 12
2 Hours
Dr. Daniel Amen maps the brain networks that drive physical and emotional pain and reveals his practical, brain-based strategies that help you feel better, think clearer and live more fully.
WETA UK
WETA UK is devoted to the best in British television programming, presenting beloved classics and contemporary series around the clock, seven days a week. WETA UK offers a full schedule of fine entertainment programming — featuring drama, mystery and comedy — in addition to documentary series and news reports.
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Brian Cox CBE and Philip Jackson
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Philip Jackson adventures off-piste, while Brian Cox is surprised to find one of the world's greatest works of art in a most unusual place. -
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All Creatures Great and Small
Homecoming
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Jimmy's Christening day is interrupted by a surprise visitor; Siegfried makes a promise he has trouble keeping; a furry friend helps Helen find common ground with James' mother. -
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All Creatures Great and Small
Uninvited Guests
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Tristan settles into life back at Skeldale; Mrs. Hall sends the boys to Pumphrey Manor. -
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Around the World in 80 Days
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
After surviving mayhem in France, Fogg and his party cross Italy when their train comes to a halt. -
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BBC News
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break. -
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All Creatures Great and Small
Homecoming
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Jimmy's Christening day is interrupted by a surprise visitor; Siegfried makes a promise he has trouble keeping; a furry friend helps Helen find common ground with James' mother.
WETA Metro
Featuring PBS favorites with local flair, WETA Metro provides an additional public television resource for viewers in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Highlights include timely and relevant news, new locally-focused shows, themed programming nights including local and lifestyle programs on Mondays, American history on Thursdays and documentaries on Saturdays, and PBS programs also found on WETA PBS every weekday evening.
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Rick Steves' Europe
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Rick Steves' guidebooks, public-radio program and numerous television series have made him an essential resource for travelers wishing to explore Europe. This program finds the knowledgeable host offering globetrotters a fresh perspective on lodgings, transportation and places to visit on their journeys. One thing that hasn't changed, however, is Steves' belief that travelers should become "temporary locals," exploring not only major cities and the usual sites, but out-of-the-way locales that often produce the most authentic, and enjoyable, experiences of a trip. -
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Washington Week with The Atlantic
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Panelists Anne Applebaum, Susan Glasser, Amna Nawaz and Vivian Salama. -
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Firing Line
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling assesses the Trump administration's National Security Strategy and what it means for U.S. allies and adversaries. -
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American Masters
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Friday
Dec 12
2 Hours
Celebrating the life and career of actor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday; featuring never-before-seen footage, photos and home movies that detail his legacy in show business. -
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PBS News Hour
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
WETA World
Devoted to telling stories that humanize complex issues, WETA World shares the best of public media in news, documentaries, and informational programming that helps us understand conflicts, movements and cultures.
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Earth's Sacred Wonders
Closer to the Divine
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
In Mali, a young Muslim helps to renovate Djenne's Great Mosque, in the hope of earning a place in paradise; at the sacred Natchi waterfalls in Japan, a Shinto devotee undertakes a challenge to ensure the well-being of his country for another year. -
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Leonardo da Vinci
Painter-God
Friday
Dec 12
2 Hours
Leonardo da Vinci designs fanciful flying machines, studies light and shadow, investigates gravity, dissects cadavers and paints the most famous portrait on earth. -
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PBS News Hour
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
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Bloomberg Wall Street Week
Friday
Dec 12
1 Hour
A weekly program telling the stories of capitalism from around the world, David Westin in New York hosts.
WETA PBS Kids
WETA PBS Kids features the best in children's television, all day every day.
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Lyla in the Loop
Lyla's Lucky Strike; Lyla Out of the Loop
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Lyla gets a strike her first time bowling but gets frustrated when she realizes bowling isn't as easy as she thought it was; Lyla feels left out when Everett and Ale's friendship thrives. -
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Arthur
The Blizzard; The Rat Who Came to Dinner
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Neighbors must help each other after "The Blizzard"; Arthur's teacher moves in in "The Rat Who Came to Dinner." -
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Nature Cat
A Little Kelp From My Friends; Mission to Mars
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
The crew tries to save the kelp forests from being eaten by sea urchins; the gang visits Mars in a daydream, hoping to meet aliens. -
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Hero Elementary
Where's Fur Blur?; The Blob
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
The crew uses their five senses to track Fur Blur throughout the school; a giant blob invades the hallways and classrooms, causing chaos. -
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Rosie's Rules
Rosie on Ice; The Meteor Shower
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Rosie goes ice skating with the Purple Knight; Rosie and Javi go to the desert to watch a meteor shower. -
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Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
I Am Billie Jean King; I Am Arthur Ashe
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Billie Jean King encourages Brad to take his first ballet class, even though he is worried about being the only boy in the class; Arthur Ashe helps Xavier, Yadina, and Brad see why they were wrong to exclude a new student at school from their game. -
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Molly of Denali
Spring Carnival; Tooey's Hole-i-Day Sweater
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Auntie Midge loves to emcee Spring Carnival, but an injured hip throws a wrench in her plans; Tooey outgrows an ugly, hand-me-down Christmas sweater. -
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Alma's Way
Alma's Nochebuena; Three Kings Day Do-Over
Friday
Dec 12
30 Minutes
Alma must learn a new way to celebrate when her family's Noche Buena traditions don't go as planned; Alma decides to make a do-over gift for Junior.
NHK World
NHK World-Japan is the international service of Japan’s public media organization. The channel offers a diverse blend of programming featuring hourly live international news from Tokyo and over 30 news bureaus around the world, including New York City; along with programs on culture, food, travel, science, history, technology, and sports plus select dramas with a Japanese and Asian perspective.
View the NHK World-Japan schedule
FNX
FNX | First Nations Experience is the first and only national broadcast television network in the United States exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content. Through Native-produced and themed documentaries, dramatic series, nature, cooking, gardening, children's and arts programming, FNX strives to accurately illustrate the lives and cultures of Native people around the world.
View the FNX schedule.
Please note: WETA channel livestreams are only available to viewers in the Washington, D.C., metro area.