WORLD (MT)

12:00 am 

Nature  "Christmas In Yellowstone"  The undisturbed beauty of Yellowstone National Park in winter dress is NATURE's holiday gift to viewers. Cameras capture breathtaking landscapes that frame intimate scenes of wildlife making their way through their most challenging season of the year. Filmmaker Shane Moore, who lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, leads the way on this winter exploration that includes meeting Tim Murphy, who has skied into Yellowstone for 26 winters to photograph its wonders.G

1:00 am 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

2:00 am 

Nightly Business Report   NULL

2:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Alison Krauss (singer/songwriter) *performance. D

3:00 am 

Global Voices  "For God, Tsar and Fatherland"  Mikhail Morozov is a Russian patriot, good Christian and successful businessman. He owns "Durakovo" -- "village of fools" -- 100 km southwest of Moscow. People come here from all over Russia to forget their troubles and become members of a happy village society. D

4:00 am 

Dabbawallas   This documentary explores a form of work that has existed in Bombay, India for more than 100 years. Each day 4,000 Dabbawallas (box persons) deliver 100,000 lunches at high levels of reliability. This delivery system functions without any of the trappings of modern day work, such as technology, business procedures and practices, and so on. D

5:00 am 

Asia 7 Days   NULL

5:30 am 

European Journal  "Surviving A Difficult Christmas In Europe"  Germany: The nuns of Zweifall - The financial crisis has also taken its toll on churches. Congregations have had to tighten their belts, and convents too. Greece: No money for education - An interim government is trying to save Greece from bankruptcy. D

6:00 am 

Beyond Theology  "American Pluralism"  Religious and cultural diversity in the United States has increased significantly in the past few decades. Directed by Diana Eck, The Pluralism Project at Harvard University maps the changing religious landscape. Organizations such as Inter-Faith Ministries of Wichita demonstrate how people of diverse faith traditions can come together to serve their communities. D

6:30 am 

Renewal: Stories from America's Religious Environmental Movement   RENEWAL captures the vitality of the growing religious-environmental movement. The film presents eight inspiring stories of Americans of different faiths motivated by their spiritual and religious convictions to become better stewards of the environment. Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Jews and interfaith groups confront mountaintop removal in Appalachia, global warming and other "green" issues through a variety of ecological iniatives. D

8:00 am 

History Detectives  "Portrait of George Washington, Patty Cannon, Trumpet"  The experts set out to prove that a painting passed down through a Washington, D.C. family for generations is an authentic portrait of George Washington, perhaps by Gilbert Stuart.G

9:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

10:00 am 

Tavis Smiley   Yo-Yo Ma (musician) *performance. D

10:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Alison Krauss (singer/songwriter) *performance. D

11:00 am 

Asia 7 Days   NULL

11:30 am 

European Journal  "Surviving A Difficult Christmas In Europe"  Germany: The nuns of Zweifall - The financial crisis has also taken its toll on churches. Congregations have had to tighten their belts, and convents too. Greece: No money for education - An interim government is trying to save Greece from bankruptcy. D

12:00 pm 

Beyond Theology  "American Pluralism"  Religious and cultural diversity in the United States has increased significantly in the past few decades. Directed by Diana Eck, The Pluralism Project at Harvard University maps the changing religious landscape. Organizations such as Inter-Faith Ministries of Wichita demonstrate how people of diverse faith traditions can come together to serve their communities. D

12:30 pm 

McLaughlin Group   NULL

1:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Winter Wonderlands"  Falling snow transforms the Idaho landscape into a magical playground for those willing to venture outdoors. Home to eighteen alpine ski areas, Idaho also has dozens of trail networks for Nordic skiing and offers more than 7,000 miles of groomed snowmobile trails, more than any other western state. Idaho is truly a winter wonderland for winter recreation.G

1:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Jan Schaffer"  This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen speaks about the future of journalism with J-Lab Executive Director Jan Schaffer. According to the Pew Research, 41% of Americans get their national and international news from the Internet. What does that mean for the future of newspapers and television newsrooms? And in a digital age, what is news and how do we know when we can trust what we read?G

2:00 pm 

History Detectives  "Portrait of George Washington, Patty Cannon, Trumpet"  The experts set out to prove that a painting passed down through a Washington, D.C. family for generations is an authentic portrait of George Washington, perhaps by Gilbert Stuart.G

3:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

4:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

4:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

5:00 pm 

Beyond Theology  "American Pluralism"  Religious and cultural diversity in the United States has increased significantly in the past few decades. Directed by Diana Eck, The Pluralism Project at Harvard University maps the changing religious landscape. Organizations such as Inter-Faith Ministries of Wichita demonstrate how people of diverse faith traditions can come together to serve their communities. D

5:30 pm 

Renewal: Stories from America's Religious Environmental Movement   RENEWAL captures the vitality of the growing religious-environmental movement. The film presents eight inspiring stories of Americans of different faiths motivated by their spiritual and religious convictions to become better stewards of the environment. Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Jews and interfaith groups confront mountaintop removal in Appalachia, global warming and other "green" issues through a variety of ecological iniatives. D

7:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Winter Wonderlands"  Falling snow transforms the Idaho landscape into a magical playground for those willing to venture outdoors. Home to eighteen alpine ski areas, Idaho also has dozens of trail networks for Nordic skiing and offers more than 7,000 miles of groomed snowmobile trails, more than any other western state. Idaho is truly a winter wonderland for winter recreation.G

7:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Jan Schaffer"  This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen speaks about the future of journalism with J-Lab Executive Director Jan Schaffer. According to the Pew Research, 41% of Americans get their national and international news from the Internet. What does that mean for the future of newspapers and television newsrooms? And in a digital age, what is news and how do we know when we can trust what we read?G

8:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

9:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   NULL

9:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

10:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

11:00 pm 

Globe Trekker  "Ukraine"  Holly Morris discovers an unusual beer hall in Lviv, visits a shaman in the Carpathian Mountains, witnesses the joyful pilgrimage of Hassidic Jews to Uman, encounters a former Cold War missile base in Pervamaisk, observes a bride agency in Kherson, visits the Livadia Palace in Yalta, meets up with Crimean War buffs in Sevastopol, explores the capital of Kiev, and ventures to Chernobyl, site of the 1986 nuclear disaster.G