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December 2024 History Programming

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December 2024 History Programming

This month’s history programming schedule on PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1) and Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2).

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — The Fabric of America
Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 8 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 1 AM

History Detectives 
Wednesdays at 3 PM

Secrets of the Dead 
Wednesdays at 5 PM (preempted 12/11 & 12/18)
Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 10 PM
Thursday, Dec. 19, at 3 AM

Reconnecting Roots 
Thursdays at 4 PM (ends 12/26)

American Masters, Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around
Saturday, Dec. 7, at 9 PM
Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2:30 AM

Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle
Sundays, Dec. 8-22, at 8 PM
Fridays, Dec. 13-27, at 5 PM
Monday, Dec. 16, at 5 AM
Monday, Dec. 23, at 1 AM

Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years
Monday, Dec. 9, at 11:30 PM

Ken Burns: Muhammad Ali
Sunday, Dec. 15, at 11 AM

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
Thursday, Dec. 19, at 5 PM
Monday, Dec. 23, at 9 AM
Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 2 AM

The American St. Nick
Thursday, Dec. 19, at 10 PM
Friday, Dec. 20, at 3 AM

All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Saturday, Dec. 21, at 8 AM
Sunday, Dec. 22, at midnight

Mona Lisa Is Missing
Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 5 PM

Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2)

Polio Crusade: American Experience
Monday, Dec. 2, at 8 PM

Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents
Wednesdays at 8 PM (ends 12/18)

Margaret: The Rebel Princess
Wednesdays, Dec. 4 & 11, at 9 PM

Masterpiece, World on Fire
Wednesdays at 10 PM

Finding Your Roots
Fridays at 7 PM

American Experience, The Sun Queen
Monday, Dec. 9, at 8 PM

How the Monuments Came Down
Saturday, Dec. 14, at 1:30 PM

Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle
Saturdays, Dec. 14-28, at 7 PM

The Rise of the Freeman
Monday, Dec. 16, at 8 PM

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
Thursday, Dec. 19, at 7 PM
Sunday, Dec. 22, at 4 PM

Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine
Sundays, Dec. 21 & 28, from 2 to 4:30 PM

American Masters, Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
Monday, Dec. 23, at 8 PM

American Masters, Joe Papp in Five Acts
Sunday, Dec. 29, at 6:30 PM

American Masters, Hopper: An American Love Story
Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 11:30 PM