Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9pm
 

Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice. The film follows Justice Marshall, known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” from his legal career with the NAACP to his 1967 appointment to the nation’s highest court.  

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 09/09/2025 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 09/10/2025 @ 1:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 09/11/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 09/13/2025 @ 1:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 09/13/2025 @ 9:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 09/13/2025 @ 3:00 PM

China’s Road to Fortune or Peril
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 5:30pm

Amidst an economic slowdown, China's freelance truck drivers risk their lives to earn a living. CHINA'S ROAD TO FORTUNE OR PERIL is a documentary that explores the challenges truckers are experiencing across the nation. Follow Zhang, a seasoned truck driver struggling to support his family, and his rookie partner, Liu, as they traverse the harsh road from China to Tibet, which is feared as the most dangerous in the country. Along the way, Zhang must take on a nerve-wracking amount of debt to sustain operating costs and survive the journey and guide Liu through the perilous route.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 09/21/2025 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/22/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-REMOTE 47.5 - Mon, 09/22/2025 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-REMOTE 47.5 - Mon, 09/22/2025 @ 10:30 PM

People Among the Plastic: Excess in the Anthropocene
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 6pm

Anthropocene is a term that describes the major ecological shift that occurred when the impact of human activity on our planet became undeniable. PEOPLE AMONG THE PLASTIC: EXCESS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE reveals the negative effects mass consumption has on our environment and how it can be minimized. In Indonesia's poorest communities, inconvenient truths pile up where "plastic farmers," who can barely make ends meet, secretly sort through waste from the United States, Europe and Japan. As these plastic farmers search for recycled materials they can sell to make their living, the Indonesian government attempts to crack down on the practice and quell its disastrous environmental impact.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 09/28/2025 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/29/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-REMOTE 47.5 - Mon, 09/29/2025 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-REMOTE 47.5 - Mon, 09/29/2025 @ 10:30 PM

American Experience: Hard Hat Riot
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 8pm

Revisit New York in 1970, when student protestors against the Vietnam War violently clashed with construction workers, ushering in a new political and cultural divide that would redefine the American political landscape.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 09/30/2025 @ 8:00 PM

Travel Detective
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 10:30pm

CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg offers insider access to the travel industry, deconstructing travel myths from the facts in segments from around the world. Plus "Hidden Gems" beyond the guidebooks; volunteer vacations; and "one-tank trips."

This Month's Episodes:

Hidden Gems of Lexington
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Cover Story: Antarctica Cruise Expedition
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Hidden Gems of Detroit (TDPG #903)
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Sisi: Austrian Empress
Sunday, September 7, 2025, 10pm

Meet Sisi, Europe's first superstar. With her beauty, love of freedom and promise to give the Habsburg monarchy a gentler face, this legendary empress inspired the whole of the continent. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.

Episode 1: 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 09/07/2025 @ 10:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/08/2025 @ 4:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 09/11/2025 @ 12:00 AM
   

Episode 2:

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 09/14/2025 @ 10:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/15/2025 @ 4:00 AM
   

Episode 3:

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 09/21/2025 @ 10:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/22/2025 @ 4:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 09/25/2025 @ 2:00 AM
   

Episode 4: 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 09/28/2025 @ 10:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/29/2025 @ 4:00 AM