Prime Afternoons: All your PBS favorites, in the daytime

Missed a show in the evening? Enjoy some of our highest-rated primetime evening shows earlier in the day during Prime Afternoons each weekday from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Start your month with some of your favorite shows throughout the week!


On Mondays, enjoy “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m. and the beloved “Father Brown” at 2:30 p.m. To finish off the evening, check out “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” at 3:30 p.m. and “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love” at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, check out “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m. followed by “Midsomer Murders” at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

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Wednesdays are for American History. At 1:30 p.m., enjoy “Finding Your Roots” followed by “The American Revolution” at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. On February 25, enjoy back-to-back episodes of “WWII Mega Weapons” at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Thursdays, tune into “Nature” at 1:30 p.m. with “Green Planet” at 2:30 p.m. and “Energy Switch” at 3:30 p.m. At 4 p.m., don’t miss “Arizona Wildlife Views.” On February 26, back-to-back episodes of “The Green Planet” will fill in the 3:30 and 4 p.m. time slot.

On Fridays, finish off the week with “NOVA” at 1:30 p.m. with “Secrets of the Dead” at 2:30 p.m. and “Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator” at 3:30 p.m. On February 6, tune into “Giants Rising” at 3:30 p.m.
Then at 4:30 p.m., enjoy episodes of the beloved “Rick Steves’ Europe” all month long. On Tuesdays, don’t miss “Check, Please! Arizona” filling in the 4:30 p.m. time slot.

Then at 4:30 p.m., enjoy episodes of the beloved “Rick Steves’ Europe” all month long. On Tuesdays, don’t miss “Check, Please! Arizona” filling in the 4:30 p.m. time slot.

For more information about what’s on each week, view the full schedule here.

As Prime Afternoons wraps up at 5 p.m., it leads you right into our news block featuring Arizona HorizonBBC World News America and PBS News Hour, followed by our regular primetime programming.

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