PLUS (MT)

11:00 am 

Song of the Mountains   Bobby & Blue Ridge Tradition; Moron Brothers. D

12:00 pm 

Sesame Street  "Bears Try to Hibernate"  There is a porridge shortage on Sesame Street! Telly runs to tell Baby Bear, but when he finds him, he is getting ready to hibernate until springtime when there is porridge again. What is Telly supposed to do for five months without a best friend? Telly and Baby bear set up a play date for the spring when Baby Bear wakes up. Telly says goodbye and the bears try to go to sleep, but they are not tired! First, they try counting, but that does not work. D

1:00 pm 

Dinosaur Train  "New Neighbors /Don's Collection"  New Neighbors - Mr. Pteranodon is annoyed when a new hooting family moves in next door! The new neighbors are a family of Lambeosaurus. Through a bit of compromising, the Pteranodon and Lambeousaurus families agree on terms they can both live with and become fast friends. Don's Collection - Don and new neighbor, Lily Lambeosaurus, stay at Pteranodon Terrace when the other kids take a day trip to the Big Pond. D

1:30 pm 

Peg + Cat  "The Chicken Problem/The Space Creature Problem"  The Chicken Problem - The Farm. Peg and Cat have to get 100 chickens back in the coop before the farmer sees. Primary Content: Size correspondence; Secondary Content: The number 100. D

2:00 pm 

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!  "Jumping on the Moon/Sneezy Riders"  Jumping on the Moon - Nick and Sally are trying to jump high enough to touch the moon, but "what goes up must come down" says the Cat. That's gravity! And to show them just what gravity is, that means a trip to the moon! That's where they meet Astronaut Audrey who takes them for a space walk to learn all about gravity. Sneezy Riders - Sally and Nick are playing hide and seek, but Nick keeps sneezing! How can they stop it from happening? Good thing Cat's friend Cluey Looey will be able to help them! At Muddyfeet Waterhole they discover that Louie is having the same problem! Nothing a trip inside Louie's nose can't solve! Inside a super shrunken Thingamajigger, Nick, Sally and Cat discover what causes sneezing and what they can do to avoid it from happening!. D

2:30 pm 

WordGirl  "Hello New Year, Goodbye Moon/Art in the Park"  HELLO NEW YEAR, GOODBYE MOON - It's New Years Eve! While the Botsfords celebrate with the greatest party ever, Dr. Two Brains is planning to turn the moon into cheese. Will the new year begin with Two Brains acting on his resolution to feast on a cheesy moon, or will WordGirl be able to stop him in time? Vocabulary Words: Massive, Resolution. ART IN THE PARK - Becky agrees to help out Violet with her poetry/painting/music performance. D

3:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Hometown Ski Hills"  Community ski hills are scattered throughout Idaho, each with its own "field of dreams" story to tell. We profile three of them - Bogus Basin near Boise; Little Ski Hill by McCall; and Pomerelle near Albion - to learn what makes each of these ski areas unique.G

3:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Behind The Scenes at Antiques Roadshow"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with Marsha Bemko, the executive producer of Antiques Roadshow, about the program's visit to Boise in 2013, and why those shows led off the new season in January, 2014. The two also discuss the history of the top-rated show on PBS and how she produces the series.G

4:00 pm 

Infinity Hall Live  "The Best of Infinity Hall Live"  The Best of Infinity Hall Live - a compilation of the best performances and interviews from the first season of shows. D

5:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

6:00 pm 

Masterpiece Classic  "Emma - Part One"  Unmarried and glad of it, Emma Woodhouse thinks herself the perfect matchmaker for others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Her friend Mr. Knightley has his doubts. Undeterred, she takes on the matrimonial cause of Harriet Smith, with unanticipated results. Part 1 of 3G

8:00 pm 

Midsomer Murders  "Sins of Commission, Part 1"  A prize-winning author is murdered on the eve of the Midsomer Literary Festival. Amid their investigation, Barnaby and Scott discover the seemingly highbrow literary community of Midsomer St. Michael is a hotbed of corruption, sexual scandal and financial mismanagement. Part 1 of 2G

9:00 pm 

Masterpiece Classic  "Downton Abbey (S3 E7)"  The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey. New romances flare up, and a crisis unfolds. Part 7 of 7G

11:00 pm 

Call The Midwife Holiday Special   Chummy, PC Noakes and Baby Freddy are back in the East End. Sister Bernadette, now called Shelagh since leaving the convent, is preparing for her wedding to Dr. Turner, and Jenny is facing challenges personally and professionally. In the midst of holiday preparations, an unexploded World War II bomb requires evacuations.G