IDAHO (PT)

7:30 am 

Simply Ming  "On the Road - Boston Vendor Trucks - Mobile Cuisine"  Our 10th Anniversary season closes with a very unique episode of Simply Ming. Ming ventures into the heart of Boston's sophisticated street food scene when he visits four different vendor trucks and tries his own hand at creating the latest sensation in culinary creations. With the help of the vendor chefs, Ming will create a delicious BBQ marinade, his own take on grilled cheese, a unique East-West Vietnamese sandwich and he'll top it all off with a tasting adventure on the cupcake truck!. D

8:00 am 

Christina  "Sweet Seductions"  We all love dessert, but we all hate the toll it can take on our heath and waistlines. What if I told you that you could have your cake (or cookies, pie, cupcakes, cheesecake) and eat it, too? You can with just a little tweaking of ingredients. Join me as we surrender to sweets. D

8:30 am 

Martha Stewart's Cooking School  "Vegetables"  Blanching, steaming and roasting - these three simple methods are the best for highlighting vegetables' flavors and retaining their nutritional properties. Let Martha guide you through these techniques and show you how you can use them to prepare an endless variety of perfect vegetable dishes in your own home. D

9:00 am 

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence  "Dinner Time Sizzle"  Joanne toasts up a tasty starter of Grilled Bread with Tomatoes and Prosciutto di Parma and then shows her student Sarina, how a splash of sherry gives shrimp some sizzle! Together they roast red peppers to perfection for a delicious basmati rice dish with green peas. Recipes: Grilled Bread with Tomatoes and Prosciutto di Parma, Sizzling Shrimp with Pimenton and Sherry, Basmati Rice with Roasted Red Peppers and Green Peas. Student: Sarina Crivello. D

9:30 am 

The Mind of a Chef  "Rotten"  There's something rotten in David Chang's kitchen - and that's a good thing. Rotten is delicious: katsuibushi in Japan, XO sauce, rotten bananas with Chef Christina Tosi, and kimchi. D

10:00 am 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Breakfast Standbys"  Man on the Street John "Doc" Willoughby challenges viewers to a blind oatmeal tasting to see if steel-cut really is better than instant. Then, host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to learn how to make the best bowl of 10-Minute Steel Cut Oatmeal. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried is in the Equipment Corner reviewing his favorite moka pots, and Chris answers questions from viewers. D

10:30 am 

Scrapbook Soup  "New Materials"  New materials or flavors are the spice to any soup - and it's the same for our projects. We begin with a wildlife photo frame on canvas. Then, we have new life for an old photo with embellishments from Stacey Caron. D

11:00 am 

Paint This with Jerry Yarnell  "High and Mighty, Part 4"  Jerry shows viewers how to add the bald eagle. Continued development of the snow of the mountain peaks with variety of shapes and blending. Dimensional nest, tree, and eagle with the addition of highlights. D

11:30 am 

Aviators   Winter Flying: How do pilots prepare for winter flying? Anthony shows us the different methods to keep yourself and your plane warmed up in those cold winter months. Boeing 787 Dreamliner: We take a look inside Boeing's new exciting, efficient and luxurious aircraft. Black Diamond Jet Team: Nearly as cool as the U.S. D

12:00 pm 

This Old House  "Cambridge Project, Part 4 of 15"  The crew starts the ceiling work on the first floor, host Kevin O'Connor learns more about Swedish Style, and general contractor Tom Silva lets some light into the master suite with the help of a new skylight. D

12:30 pm 

Ask This Old House  "Laying Sod in the Backyard/Installing A Wireless Thermostat"  Landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner lay sod in his backyard. Then, Roger, along with host Kevin O'Connor, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and general contractor Tom Silva, asks, "What is it?" Afterward, Tom shares a tip about finding measurements without doing math. And Richard installs a wireless thermostat to control a heating system. D

1:00 pm 

American Woodshop  "Stair Case Upgrades"  Balustrades and Newel Posts. D

1:30 pm 

Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac  "Simple Case Construction Book Case"  This time, on Rough Cut, Tommy discusses project design and explains how to do basic mortise and tenon joinery for a Simple Case Construction Bookcase project. He takes a Road Trip to the Furniture Divas exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. Back in the shop, Tommy is joined by New Hampshire furniture maker Tom McLaughlin. D

2:00 pm 

MotorWeek  "Jaguar F-Type"  Road Test: 2014 Jaguar F-Type. Road Test: 2013 Ford Taurus. D

2:30 pm 

America's Heartland   Travel to the Brunkow Farm in Kansas for a dawn to dusk look at the challenges faced by a modern day farm family. Dealing with the grip of a difficult drought, Glenn Brunkow, his wife, Jennifer and their children, Isaac and Tatum raise cattle and row crops. D

3:00 pm 

NOVA  "Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters"  Host Richard Smith comes face-to-face with the previously unknown reptilian rulers of prehistoric Australia as this episode resurrects the giants that stalked the land and discovers that some of them were among the largest ever to have walked the Earth. Part 3 of 4G

4:00 pm 

Antiques Roadshow  "Rapid City, Hour One"  This episode visits one of America's greatest treasures, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, to look at presidential prints. Some notable finds in Rapid City include a suite of furniture by Thomas Molesworth from the famous "Ranch A," and signed military documents of Elvis Presley, valued at $4,000-$5,500. Part 1 of 3G

5:00 pm 

British Antiques Roadshow  "Swindon 1"  At the Steam Museum in Swindon, treasures include one of the rarest pieces of silver brought to the show, and a small ring that holds a big surprise for the owner. There are also uneaten slices of royal wedding cakes and hundreds of rail tickets from stations that closed in the 1960s.G

5:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Venice and Its Lagoon"  Rick samples sumptuous art treasures, and explores back-street wonders. He cruises its lagoon, stopping in fiery Murano for glass, pastel Burano for lace, and murky Torcello for a sense of where Venice was born. Part 2 of 2G

6:00 pm 

European Journal  "Holding Fido Hostage"  Romania: The dog mafia - For years, animal rights advocates from all over the world have sought to save dogs in Romania. But it seems their good intentions are being exploited by an unscrupulous mafia. Stray dogs on the streets of Romania are a well-known problem. D

6:30 pm 

BBC Newsnight   NULL

7:00 pm 

The Lawrence Welk Show  "Sights & Sounds of L.A."  On this 1979 show, Lawrence and the band play an updated version of "Up a Lazy River." Bobby and Barbara dance to "L.A. Is." Henry Cuesta performs "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." Bob Lido and the Hotsy Totsy boys head to the race track with "Runnin' Wild."G

8:00 pm 

Are You Being Served  "Pop Star"  Mr. Spooner discovers a hidden talent with a prospect of a new career. Other staff members want to share his rise to fame.G

8:30 pm 

Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket   Hyacinth is fearful that the tumultuous lives of her family members will cast a pall on the carefully polished image she tries so hard to maintain.G

9:01 pm 

As Time Goes By   Jean feels her life is mundane and uneventful and she wants Lionel to come up with a suitable surprise to pep things up.G

9:31 pm 

The Thin Blue Line  "Fire and Terror"  Grim and the CID initiate a counter-terrorism operation. Fowler deals with mythomaniacs, and Habib becomes attracted to a fireman.G

10:01 pm 

The Red Green Show  "Viva Las Possums"  Harold stages a '50s weekend with an Elvis impersonation contest. Red makes a wood chipper out of a clothes dryer.G

10:30 pm 

My Family  "A Very Brief Encounter"  Susan's old university friend Margot comes to Susan and Ben for support while she is going through a divorce. Ben agrees to help Margot make her estranged husband jealous, which somehow leads to Ben and Susan hiding in a closet.G

11:00 pm 

Doctor Who Series  "The Hungry Earth"  A deep drilling project in 2015 reaches deeper beneath the Earth's crust than ever before. When the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village, they find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age.G