ADVANCE October 2025

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

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The Brokenwood

Mysteries: Scared to Death The owner of the Wilbury

Austin City Limits: ACL 11th Annual Hall of Fame Honors My Morning Jacket TV-PG

Amusement Park dies from a heart attack after claiming to have seen a ghost on the haunted house ride. TV-PG WORLD The Black Sox Scandal: American Stories Examine the wild scheme of the

10:00 p.m. WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week (R-10/26, 1 p.m., WORLD) 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsongs Michael Martin Murphey & Chevel Shepherd 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Songs at the Center: Kelly Willis, Brennen Leigh, Melissa Carper TV-PG

infamous Chicago Black Sox and the events that followed. (R-10/26, 9 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Heart of Western Minnesota TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-10/25, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Unknown Destination: A Love Story The Brokenwood Mysteries: Scared to Death Thursday, October 23 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 As season 5 begins, the owner of the Wilbury Amusement Park dies from a heart attack after claiming to have seen a ghost on the haunted house ride. Shepherd suspects foul play when he finds what appear to be bite marks on the victim’s neck.

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

Garden of Death, Parts 1 & 2 The decision to turn Midsomer Deverell’s memorial garden into a tea shop proves to be a fatal mistake for some members of the Inkpen family. (Part 1: R-10/28, 11:32 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-10/29, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

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6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: Secluded Mountain WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-10/25, 4 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-10/25, 4:30 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD Journey Through Breast Cancer (See 10/24 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) (R-10/25, 1 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. WORLD Market to Market (R-10/26, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:02 a.m. Iowa PBS Ireland With Michael: Limerick, You’re a Lady 8:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk WORLD Iowa Press (R-10/26, noon, Iowa PBS)

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:noon Iowa PBS Queens of Mystery: Smoke & Mirrors, Part 1

Follow a couple as they navigate a devastating diagnosis that catalyzes their journey across the country and leads them off the beaten path. (R 10/25, 2 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(See 10/18 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

FRIDAY 24

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

(R-10/25, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market

(R-10/25, 8 a.m., WORLD)

(R-10/24, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD Jack Has a Plan

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Journey Through Breast Cancer

Jack Tuller’s career as a San Francisco musician was altered in 1994 when he was diagnosed with a terminal condition and given six months to live. (R-10/25, 9 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

This documentary highlights the importance of communication between patients, family members and medical teams when managing cancer. (R-10/25, 7 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Studio 3 LIVE: Katie and the Honky Tonks

Katie and the Honky Tonks deliver classic honky tonk, powerhouse vocals and dance-ready tunes.

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