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!

December 1 through December 5 is filled with Pledge Events everyday! Don’t miss out!


On Mondays, enjoy “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m. and the beloved “Miss Austen” at 2:30 p.m. To finish off the evening, check out “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” at 3:30 p.m. with a second episode of “Miss Austen” taking the 3:30 p.m. time slot on December 8.

Tuesdays, check out “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m. followed by “Midsomer Murders” at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. On December 9, enjoy back-to-back episodes of “Miss Austen” with “Call the Midwife” filling in those time slots on December 30.

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Wednesdays are for American History. At 1:30 p.m., don’t miss “Finding Your Roots” followed by “American Masters” at 2:30 p.m. December 10 will feature “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” at 3:30 p.m. with “American Masters” on December 31. Spend your Christmas Eve with Arizona PBS and check out “Come and See! A Concordia Christmas” at 1:30 p.m. and “St. Thomas Christmas” at 2:30 p.m.  

Thursdays, tune into “Nature” at 1:30 p.m. with “American Artic” at 2:30 p.m. and “Energy Switch” at 3:30 p.m. At 4 p.m., don’t miss “Arizona Wildlife Views.” Celebrate the holiday with “European Christmas Markets” at 1:30 p.m. and “Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir” at 2:30 p.m.

On Fridays, finish off the week with back-to-back episodes of “NOVA” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. followed by back-to-back episodes of “Changing Seas” from 3:30 to 4 p.m. On December 26, you won’t want to miss “Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. with “Ancient Roads” at 3:30 and 4 p.m.

Then at 4:30 p.m., enjoy episodes of the beloved “Rick Steves’ Europe” all month long.

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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