IDAHO (PT)

9:00 am 

Thomas & Friends  "Being Happy with Me"  Being Percy - Percy is impressed when he sees that all the engines make way for Gordon when he enters Brendham Docks. Percy thinks the engines never listen to him nor make way for him on the tracks. Percy decides that he is going to be more like Gordon so he starts to imitate him. D

9:30 am 

Closer to Truth  "Complexity from Simplicity?"  Our universe began with a swirling, seething plasma-everything, everywhere, all the same. Today we have galaxies, stars, planets, people. How did such structure come about?. D

10:00 am 

Ebert Presents at the Movies   NULL

10:30 am 

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack  "Great Investors: Mark Holowesko"  Guest: Mark Holowesko, Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Holowesko Partners Ltd. This week's Consuelo Mack WealthTrack features an exclusive interview with Sir John Templeton's successor. Mark Holowesko was just 27 years old when he took over the legendary Templeton funds in 1987, running them successfully for more than a decade before going out on his own. D

11:00 am 

To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe   Drug Tests for Dollars: Lawmakers in nearly three dozen states are considering drug tests for people on welfare, unemployment and several other programs such as public housing. Sperm Donor Rights: A case involving children conceived through in vitro fertilization is headed to the Supreme Court.Justices will decide if a woman who uses her deceased husband's sperm to bear a child can still apply for survivor benefits for the child. D

11:30 am 

McLaughlin Group   NULL

12:00 pm 

Terry Madden's - Watercolor Workshop  "Aix, Part 2"  Destination: Aix-en-Provence, France In part two, Terry returns to complete this French street scene - created by glazing, shadow, masking & simple people techniques. D

12:30 pm 

Sewing with Nancy  "Serger Workshop, Part 1"  Learn serger basics and make samples of the most used serger stitches in this workbook style class. Serger expert Pam Mahshie joins Nancy to teach you how to serge knit seams, chain stitch patchwork, serge wrapped corners, serge decorative edges, and more-all in a serger workshop you can attend in the comfort of your home. Test drive a Cording Foot and an Elastic Foot for your serger using an easy 3- or 4-thread overlock stitch. D

1:00 pm 

Quilting Arts  "Outlandish Quilts"  A touch of whimsy, personal causes, writing, and just over the top ideas characterize this show. Susan Shie is first on location with Pokey. They travel all over the exhibit floor viewing some imaginative quilts with lots of personality just like the artists that created them. D

1:30 pm 

Hometime  "Cottage Style Expressions"  The HOMETIME crew builds full extension drawers, attaches snow guards and explores a home's cottage style. D

2:00 pm 

Woodsmith Shop  "Classic Wall Mirror"  The delicate molding details catch your eye, but it's the unique display shelf that sets this Arts & Crafts inspired wall mirror apart. Learn the techniques for getting flawless fits as the Woodsmith editors build this classic heirloom project. D

2:30 pm 

This Old House  "Bedford Project, Part 8 of 16"  General contractor Tom Silva finishes up the last of the structural work by replacing an undersized and partially rotted old post in the kitchen. Meanwhile, window restoration specialist Alison Hardy reinstalls the restored historic window sashes in the dining room, adding spring-action hardware and weather stripping to make them more efficient. In the garage, host Kevin O'Connor finds electrician Allen Gallant upgrading the electrical service to 100 amps so it can function as a workshop. D

3:00 pm 

Ask This Old House  "Fixing a Kitchen Sink Drain; Quieting Squeaky Hardwood Floors"  Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to Georgia to fix a kitchen sink drain. Then Richard, along with host Kevin O'Connor, landscape contractor Roger Cook and general contractor Tom Silva, asks "What Is It?" Afterward, Tom helps a homeowner quiet his squeaky hardwood floors. D

3:30 pm 

Growing a Greener World  "Victory Gardens"  Washington, DC and Chicago, IL. According to guest Rose Haden Smith, an expert on gardening and U.S. History, "The Victory Gardens of World War I and World War II helped Americans weather hard times. D

4:00 pm 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Structure"  Allen shows different constructed features at the Garden Home Retreat. He visits the greenhouse at Churchill Downs, a raised vegetable bed in Alabama, and a butterfly conservatory in New Jersey.G

4:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Robert Egger"  Host Joan Cartan-Hansen interviews the author, activist and president and founder of the D.C. Central Kitchen about his work on hunger, sustainability, nonprofit political engagement and social enterprise as well as his book Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient and Rewarding for All.G

5:00 pm 

Martin Clunes: Horse Power  "The Servant and the Symbol"  Clunes watches his horse run at a Sussex racecourse, experiences how Britain uses horses for pomp and ceremony, heads to Italy to learn about the 800-year-old Palio horse race, and checks out a knight's armor. Clunes also seeks out ranch and rodeo horses in the western United States, and visits tribes in Central Asia where the culture is reliant on the horse. Part 2 of 2G

6:00 pm 

Nova  "The Fabric of the Cosmos - Universe Or Multiverse?"  Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. Part 4 of 4G

7:00 pm 

Idaho Edens   Idaho, the keeper of special places, offers many areas of uncultivated beauty revealed in this statewide journey. Aerial and ground-level views set to original music are highlighted at each stop by people who love these edens and share their emotions about the locations.G

8:00 pm 

Karsh Is History: Yousuf Karsh and Portrait Photography   During a six-decade career the Canadian portrait photographer turned his lens on a Who's Who of the world - every president from Roosevelt to Clinton, the pope and a galaxy of film stars. Director Joseph Hillel combines music and Karsh's iconic images, which are intermixed with interviews about the photographer.G

9:00 pm 

Masterpiece Contemporary  "Framed"  Frank Cottrell Boyce adapts his best-selling children's novel about art, love, life and Ninja Turtles for television. Trevor Eve stars as Quentin Lester, the man in charge of moving the National Gallery's treasures to a mine near a small Welch village during a plumbing emergency at the museum. Eve Myles plays local teacher Angharad Stannard, whose students quickly solve the mystery of what is in the mine. Village characters, saving a family business and how art can inspire and change its viewers advance the story.G

10:30 pm 

New Tricks  "Casualty"  A catastrophic crash results from Sandra's quick intervention to keep Jack from attempting to kill his wife's killer. Jack, Gerry and Brian are hospitalized. Sanda suspects her super-efficient temporary helper is spying for their mutual superiors. The boys investigate a suspicious death at the hospital to prove they are still a crack team.G

11:30 pm 

Ladies of Letters   Vera's house is on the verge of demolition and she will be left with little from the compensation. Irene wins a camper van in a raffle and determines she and Vera should set off in it to see the world.G