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Celebrating 40 Years

Reading Rainbow

In celebration of 40 years of Reading Rainbow, we will be sharing 40 FULL EPISODES of Reading Rainbow on our YouTube channel! 

For a limited time only, enjoy full episodes of the original series. Episodes will be made available to stream on YouTube.

Saturday, May 18 at 2pm

Hear Us Out: Buffalo Chamber Players

Buffalo Toronto Public Media invites all music enthusiasts aged 8-12 (and their accompanying adults) to an afternoon of music with the Buffalo Chamber Players as they present "Una Conversación Con Amigos/A Conversation With Friends", offering an up-close look at what it’s like to play with a small group of friends – with a special emphasis on Hispanic composers.

The List

 

Stay in-the-loop with the latest and greatest happenings at your favorite public media stations when you get on The List!
 

The List is Buffalo Toronto Public Media’s newsletter giving you the best of the best from our family of public media stations. When you subscribe, you'll find this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday morning so you know what’s coming up before the weekend hits! 

Coming Up This Week on WNED PBS

SUNDAY

Call the Midwife

Episode 8 | Preview

Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor, and Poplar votes for its Mother of the Year. Watch Sunday, May 5 at 8pm.

MaryLand

Episode 1 | Preview

Sisters Becca and Rosaline receive unimaginable news about their mother. They fly to the Isle of Man to learn more and are reunited after years of distance. Watch Sunday, May 5 at 9pm.

Guilt

Episode 2 | Preview

Max and Jake seek refuge with a face from the past in the Highlands, but Teddy is on their trail. Watch Sunday, May 5 at 10pm.

MONDAY

Antiques Roadshow

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Hour 2 | Preview

Get wowed by treasures at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, including a 1953 Marilyn Monroe pin-up poster, a diamond & platinum ring, ca.1960 and a 1910 - 1911 Philadelphia Athletics trophy, card & pin. One has a value of $65,300 to $125,000! Watch Monday, May 6 at 8pm.

Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness

The Storm | Preview

The Storm, the first two-hour episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, focuses on the lived experience of more than twenty young people with mental health challenges, along with the observations and insights of families, providers, and advocates. Watch Monday, May 6 at 9pm.

TUESDAY

Finding Your Roots season 10

Buried Secrets | Preview

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps singer Sammy Hagar and actor Ed O'Neill uncover their roots, revealing secrets their ancestors went to great lengths to conceal and celebrating the virtue of accepting one's relatives, whoever they may be. Watch Tuesday, May 7 at 8pm.

The Express Way with Dulé Hill

Texas | Preview

In Texas, Dulé Hill connects with an Aztec dancer, blind painter and Latino theater director, each breaking down cultural barriers and becoming leaders for the next generation. Watch Tuesday, May 7 at 9pm.

FRONTLINE

The Last Survivors | Preview

A landmark documentary about some of the last survivors of the Holocaust. Only children at the time, these now elderly survivors reflect on how the trauma of the Holocaust has affected the rest of their lives. Watch Tuesday, May 7 at 10pm.

WEDNESDAY

Nature

Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons | Preview

The most famous bear in the Tetons attempts to raise four cubs. But she makes increasingly unexpected and consequential choices to protect her family, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild. Watch Wednesday, May 8 at 8pm.

A Brief History of the Future

Tomorrows | Preview

Ari Wallach examines the ways we often see the concept of the future, the crucial need to think much, much bigger about what could come next, and how we all have more personal agency than we realize. Watch Wednesday, May 8 at 9pm.

NOVA

Why Bridges Collapse | Preview

In 2018, Italy's Morandi Bridge collapsed, killing 43 people. NOVA investigates what went wrong and explores other bridge collapses across the United States. How can new engineering techniques make bridges safer and prevent such tragedies? Watch Wednesday, May 8 at 10pm.

THURSDAY

Death In Paradise

Christmas 2022 | Preview

A true-crime podcaster is murdered while on the hunt for a child who disappeared on Christmas Eve 1977 - and Selwyn's past comes back to haunt him. There's just one case that Selwyn has never solved - and this Christmas it will return to haunt him. As the inhabitants of Saint Marie prepare for the festive season, true-crime podcaster Jennifer Langan is found shot dead. Langan had been investigating the strange disappearance of a nine-year old boy on Christmas Eve in 1977. When recordings from the night of the murder are uncovered, the team are left with a chilling question. Are supernatural forces at work? And, in the biggest shock of them all, will Neville find love just in time for Christmas? Watch Part 1 on Thursday, May 9 at 8pm.

Midsomer Murders

For Death Prepare | Preview

The Midsomer Mummers, an amateur opera company, is in the middle of rehearsals for a charity concert, when a dead body is found in the theatre. The aim of the inquiry will be to find out who is most desperate to be the center of attention. Watch Thursday, May 9 at 9pm (Part 1) and at 9:50pm (Part 2).

Mr. Bean | Preview

Loveable buffoon Mr. Bean has the unique talent of turning the most ordinary of situations into moments of excruciating embarrassment. Watch Thursday, May 9 at 10:31pm.

FRIDAY

Great Performances

Hamlet | Preview

Experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon from The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park starring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood. Watch Friday, May 10 at 8pm.

SATURDAY

A Suitable Boy | Preview

In the aftermath of religious riots, Lata and Kabir's attraction builds to a heartbreaking climax. In Calcutta, she finds herself courted by Amit and Haresh. Romantic gestures from both suitors over the Christmas holidays compound Lata's confusion about her feelings for all her admirers. Meanwhile as the election approaches, Maan accompanies his father on the campaign trail in the countryside. Already a hero after saving Firoz's life, his relationship with Mahesh Kapoor is improving - even if Maan can't shake his longing for Saeeda Bai. Watch Saturday, May 11 at 8pm.

My Life Is Murder | Preview

Retired detective Alexa Crowe is intent on one goal-fixing her professional grade, German bread maker. Then her former boss, Kieran, contacts her for help on an unsolved case: a successful businesswoman who plunged to her death from the 19th-floor balcony of a male escort's apartment. Try as she might to resist, Alexa begins to investigate, assisted by young data analyst Madison. Watch Saturday, May 11 at 9pm.

The Goes Wrong Show

The Cornley Drama Festival Part 2 | Preview

The Cornley drama festival continues, as the other company members perform on their own. Sandra stages an audio drama that suffers from Trevor's contribution with sound effects, while Dennis performs a short and uninteresting play. Annie soon stages a 70s comedy of censored innuendos and actions, until Trevor accidentally knocks out all the performers, leaving Jonathan to conduct a circus-based musical finale by himself. Watch Saturday, May 11 at 10pm.

The Goes Wrong Show

90 Degrees | Preview

The company sets a drama in the American Deep South, featuring a plantation family's interactions and machinations in the wake of the head of the household's final hours. However, a misunderstanding by the set designers leaves the cast coping with one set made at a 90 degree angle on its side, and another made upside down. Watch Saturday, May 11 at 10:30pm.

WNED PBS KIDS CHANNEL

PBS KIDS Channel Family Night | On the WNED PBS KIDS Channel

Enjoy family viewing events featuring movie specials of themed programming Saturday and Sunday nights on the WNED PBS KIDS channel. Watch, play and learn with your favorite PBS KIDS characters every Saturday and Sunday from 7pm to 9pm. You can watch the WNED PBS KIDS channel on your computer, tablet, phone and of course, on television.