KQED Public TV Highlights
American Masters
No Direction Home
Directed by Martin Scorsese, includes an archive of never-before-seen footage from childhood, from the road, and from backstage.
Tonight at 9:00pm
Revolutionaries
IBM Centennial
A discussion with Samuel J. Palmisano about the importance and meaning of IBM's centennial as a corporation.
Monday at 7:00pm
American Experience
Freedom Riders
This powerful documentary chronicles the journey of a courageous band of civil rights activists in the Deep South in 1961.
Tuesday at 9:00pm
Nature
Raccoon Nation
Scientists follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.
Wednesday at 8:00pm
What's on tonight?
- 8:00pm
- 9:00pmMasterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Series II - Part Five
- 10:00pmMasterpiece Mystery! Poirot X: Third Girl
- 8:00pmThe Thin Blue Line Yuletide Spirit
- 8:30pmMr. Bean Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
- 9:00pmAmerican Masters Bob Dylan: No Direction Home - Part 1
- 8:00pmMoyers & Company How Do Conservatives and Liberals See The World?
- 9:00pmAmerica Beyond The Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. South: The Black Belt
- 10:00pm
- 8:00pmV-Me Noticias {V-Me} Sunday 8:00 Pm
- 8:01pmCuentame Cómo Pasó (V-Me) Miedo En El Cuerpo
- 9:00pmVme Deportes {Vme} Sunday 9:00 Pm
- 9:01pmGreat Performances (V-Me) Josh Groban Live at the Greek Theatre
- 10:30pm
- 8:00pmArthur D.W., All Fired Up/I'd Rather Read It Myself
- 8:30pmMaya & Miguel Recipe for Disaster
- 9:00pmWordGirl The Two-Brains Boogie/Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey
- 9:30pmCyberchase The Bluebird of Zappiness
- 10:00pmThe Electric Company A Fistful of Confetti
- 10:30pmDesign Squad No Crying In Baseball
KQED Productions
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Check Please! Bay Area
Restaurant reviews with a dash of style, from real people like you! Hosted by Leslie Sbrocco.
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Imagemakers
A showcase of short films by emerging filmmakers who could be the next Tarantino or Coppola.
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QUEST
Science and nature for and about the Bay Area. Do you know what's in your own backyard?
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Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way
The master shows you how to create simple, special meals in minutes
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This Is Us
KQED profiles remarkable individuals in Northern California.
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Spark
Spark takes you inside the creative process to witness the challenges and rewards of making art.
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This Week in Northern California
The news of the week and more with host Belva Davis.
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Truly CA
A showcase of documentary films about California made by independent filmmakers.
TV Technical Issues
As we become aware of technical problems originating from KQED, KQED Plus, or KQET, we will list them here.
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Sat 1/28: planned maintenance at Sutro Tower, SF
Sutro Tower needs all stations transmitting from there to switch to their auxillary antennas on Saturday (1/28) morning by 8am so they can do some tower work. This includes KQED’s DT9 signal. They hope to be done by noon. Most OTA viewers should see little or no change in their reception during this time, but [...]
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Tues 1/24: KQET DT25 digitization problem resolved
As of 1:45pm Tuesday 1/24, we believe the KQET digitization issues affecting Channel 25′s signal delivery to viewers in the 831 area via most paid service providers have been solved. Other carriers are confirming a good signal. (Over The Air viewers and Comcast Cable customers were not affected by the problem.)
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Mon 1/23: KQET DT25 digitization problem has returned
The storm and high winds took our KQET transmitter on Fremont Peak Off the Air a couple times Saturday, and our digitization problem has returned. What is perplexing is that Over The Air (OTA) viewers are reporting a solid signal, and are not having the pixelation and audio problems that other viewers in the 831 [...]
TV Technical Issues
To view previous issues and how they were resolved, go to our TV Technical Issues page.
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