Weekly Schedule | Austin PBS WORLD

Week of January 18, 2026

Sunday January 18, 2026

12:00 am

Civilizations - How Do We Look?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Civilizations - God and Art

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Rust

(Duration: 90 minutes)

4:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Twist of Fate

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 am

On Story - Script to Screen: Battlestar Galactica

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

The Open Mind - The Clerk of the Court

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

Focus on Europe

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:30 am

Global Us

(Duration: 30 minutes)

8:00 am

Civilizations - God and Art

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

The Chavis Chronicles - Anasa Troutman

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

Laura Flanders & Friends

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Great Lakes Now - Smart Sewers and Salvaged Aircraft

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:30 am

America's Heartland

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:00 pm

Ecosense for Living - Beaver Believers

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Start Up - Just Elope -- Dallas, Texas

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Bloomberg Wall Street Week

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

The Open Mind - The Clerk of the Court

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:30 pm

ICT Newscast With Aliyah Chavez

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 pm

Balancing Act With John Katko

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:30 pm

On Story - Script to Screen: Battlestar Galactica

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

The Cost of Inheritance: An America Reframed Special

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 pm

POV - Winter's Yearning

(Duration: 60 minutes)

6:00 pm

A French Village - The Border

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

My Grandparents' War - Keira Knightley

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

The Invisible Shield - Follow the Data

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

Independent Lens - Razing Liberty Square

(Duration: 90 minutes)

10:30 pm

A Better Next Big Thing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

My Grandparents' War - Keira Knightley

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Monday January 19, 2026

12:00 am

The Invisible Shield - Follow the Data

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Independent Lens - Razing Liberty Square

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:30 am

A Better Next Big Thing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

3:00 am

Cruise Boom: A Community on the Cusp of Change

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

VOCES: American Sons

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - The Real Reality

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

My Grandparents' War - Keira Knightley

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

The Invisible Shield - Follow the Data

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Independent Lens - Razing Liberty Square

(Duration: 90 minutes)

10:30 am

A Better Next Big Thing

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

The Whitney Reynolds Show - The Real Reality

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

The Open Mind - The Clerk of the Court

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

100 Years from Mississippi

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Crossing Overtown

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

Dream Land: Little Rock's West 9th Street

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Ida B. Wells: American Stories

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Local, USA - Segregation Scholarships

(Duration: 30 minutes)

8:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - Crossroads

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Tuesday January 20, 2026

12:00 am

Ida B. Wells: American Stories

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Local, USA - Segregation Scholarships

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Crossroads

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Civilizations - The Second Moment of Creation

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Ida B. Wells: American Stories

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Local, USA - Segregation Scholarships

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Crossroads

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:00 am

Civilizations - The Second Moment of Creation

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Compass Points From PBS News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Asia Insight

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

The Education of Harvey Gantt

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 pm

The Lincoln School Story

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 pm

Finding Fellowship

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

Marching Forward

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

NOVA - What Are UFOs?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Dynamic Planet - Ice

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Dynamic Planet - Fire

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

NOVA - What Are UFOs?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Wednesday January 21, 2026

12:00 am

Dynamic Planet - Ice

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 am

Dynamic Planet - Fire

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Civilizations - How Do We Look?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - Trump's Second Term, One Year In

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

NOVA - What Are UFOs?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Dynamic Planet - Ice

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 am

Dynamic Planet - Fire

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

Civilizations - How Do We Look?

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Energy Switch - Air Quality in America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Jim Crow of the North

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

Raised/Razed

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 pm

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Breaking the Deadlock - A Matter of Life and Death

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Frontline - 2,000 Meters to Andriivka

(Duration: 120 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Breaking the Deadlock - A Matter of Life and Death

(Duration: 60 minutes)

Thursday January 22, 2026

12:00 am

Frontline - 2,000 Meters to Andriivka

(Duration: 120 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Civilizations - God and Art

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Story in the Public Square - Caitlin Dickerson

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

Breaking the Deadlock - A Matter of Life and Death

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 am

Frontline - 2,000 Meters to Andriivka

(Duration: 120 minutes)

10:00 am

Civilizations - God and Art

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Story in the Public Square - Caitlin Dickerson

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Horizons From PBS News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Shuttlesworth

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 pm

American Experience - Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP

(Duration: 120 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Fannie Lou Hamer's America: An America ReFramed Special

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 pm

Training for Freedom

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

The Day

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 pm

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 pm

Fannie Lou Hamer's America: An America ReFramed Special

(Duration: 90 minutes)

Friday January 23, 2026

12:30 am

Training for Freedom

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 am

Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story

(Duration: 60 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Local, USA - Segregation Scholarships

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Crossroads

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 am

BBC News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Closer to Truth's Mind, Art, Transcendence - What Makes Spaces Sacred?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

Newsroom Tokyo

(Duration: 28 minutes)

6:28 am

Direct Talk

(Duration: 15 minutes)

6:43 am

Short Program

(Duration: 17 minutes)

7:00 am

Fannie Lou Hamer's America: An America ReFramed Special

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 am

Training for Freedom

(Duration: 30 minutes)

9:00 am

Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 am

Local, USA - Segregation Scholarships

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

Stories From the Stage - Crossroads

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

GZERO World With Ian Bremmer

(Duration: 30 minutes)

12:30 pm

Closer to Truth's Mind, Art, Transcendence - What Makes Spaces Sacred?

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:00 pm

Local, USA - Segregation Scholarships

(Duration: 30 minutes)

1:30 pm

Stories From the Stage - Crossroads

(Duration: 30 minutes)

2:00 pm

Fannie Lou Hamer's America: An America ReFramed Special

(Duration: 90 minutes)

3:30 pm

Training for Freedom

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:00 pm

DW News

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

BBC News America

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

France 24

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

NHK Newsline

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

7:30 pm

POV - Made in Ethiopia

(Duration: 90 minutes)

9:00 pm

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

Bloomberg Wall Street Week

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 pm

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

Saturday January 24, 2026

12:30 am

POV - Made in Ethiopia

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:00 am

PBS News Hour

(Duration: 60 minutes)

3:00 am

Amanpour and Company

(Duration: 60 minutes)

4:00 am

Animal Babies: First Year on Earth - New Frontiers

(Duration: 60 minutes)

5:00 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - The Real Reality

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 am

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:30 am

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

7:00 am

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

8:30 am

POV - Made in Ethiopia

(Duration: 90 minutes)

10:00 am

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

(Duration: 30 minutes)

10:30 am

The Whitney Reynolds Show - Living Past Your Expiration

(Duration: 30 minutes)

11:00 am

Breaking the Deadlock - A Matter of Life and Death

(Duration: 60 minutes)

12:00 pm

Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect

(Duration: 60 minutes)

1:00 pm

POV - Against the Tide

(Duration: 90 minutes)

2:30 pm

POV - Made in Ethiopia

(Duration: 90 minutes)

4:00 pm

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé

(Duration: 30 minutes)

4:30 pm

Washington Week With The Atlantic

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:00 pm

Balancing Act With John Katko

(Duration: 30 minutes)

5:30 pm

Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

(Duration: 30 minutes)

6:00 pm

Civilizations - Encounters

(Duration: 60 minutes)

7:00 pm

Civilizations - Renaissances

(Duration: 60 minutes)

8:00 pm

Civilizations - Paradise on Earth

(Duration: 60 minutes)

9:00 pm

A French Village - Forced Labor

(Duration: 60 minutes)

10:00 pm

Roadtrip Nation: Skill Shift

(Duration: 60 minutes)

11:00 pm

Civilizations - Encounters

(Duration: 60 minutes)