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WFYI TV 20 has been serving the Indianapolis area since October 1970. Broadcasting popular PBS programs, as well as award-winning local productions, WFYI is making connections with the the central Indiana community. To find your favorite programs on WFYI, view our monthly calendar, or use our search feature.

 
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Downton Abbey - season 2 Masterpiece Classic
Downton Abbey Season 2

Sundays, January 8 through February 19 at 9 pm on WFYI 1

One of the most phenomenally popular series in Masterpiece history is back for an exciting second season. Downton Abbey Season 2 resumes its story of love and intrigue at an English country estate, now mobilized for the trauma of war.

With a returning cast including Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Dan Stevens, Michelle Dockery, Siobhan Finneran, and many more, Downton Abbey Season 2 will air over seven weeks from Sunday, January 8 through February 19 on WFYI 1.

 
Nightly Business Report

Nightly Business Report
Friday at 7 pm on WFYI 1

For more than 30 years, Nightly Business Report has provided business news in a fast-paced format. Consistently television’s most-watched daily business news program, the award-winning series combines business and economic news, extensive financial market coverage, in-depth analysis, corporate profiles, features and commentaries by noted economists and business experts. Susie Gharib and Tom Hudson co-anchor.
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Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Friday at 7:30 pm on WFYI 1

Since its debut in 1997, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has set itself apart from the mainstream media by providing distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world. Hosted by veteran journalist Bob Abernethy and produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, the acclaimed one-of-a-kind TV show examines religion's role – and the ethical dimensions – behind top news headlines.
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Indiana Week in Review

Indiana Week in Review
Friday at 8 pm on WFYI 1

Hoosiers "in the know" are getting their answers from the show that does the talking: Indiana Week In Review. You may watch for the news, but you'll stay for the no-holds-barred debate and discussion. A look at issues facing Indiana from differing viewpoints makes for an entertaining, lively and informative half-hour.
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Washington Week

Washington Week
with Gwen Ifill & National Journal
Friday at 8:30 pm on WFYI 1

PBS' longest-running public affairs series features Washington's top journalists analyzing the week's top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.
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PBS arts Fall Festival

PBS Fall Arts Festival
Friday at 9 pm on WFYI 1

As part of PBS' commitment to increasing every American's access and participation in the arts, featuring a range of artists and performances from nine different communities and celebrity hosts from each locale. This arts block runs every Friday night through December.
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Inside INdiana Business

Inside INdiana Business
Friday at 11 or *11:30 pm on WFYI 1 * Some nights will have longer arts programs

For more than a decade, Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick has been the state's most-watched local business television program. Each week, the program focuses on the people, companies and issues making headlines in Indiana and beyond. For decision makers in Indiana, it is appointment television.
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From Naptown to Super City Naptown to Super City
Saturday, February 4 at 6 pm on WFYI 1

How did a city so dead in the mid 1960s that pigeons were hunted with shotguns in the middle of downtown morph into a metropolis vibrant enough to attract the Super Bowl? From Naptown to Super City, a collaboration between the Indianapolis Star and WFYI, puts viewers in the front row of history as it happened, showing how leaders gambled on an unprecedented strategy -- civic development through sports -- and succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. The hourlong documentary includes stunning footage and new interviews with Richard Lugar, William Hudnut, Jim Morris, George McGinnis, Sandy Knapp, Reggie Miller, Ted Boehm and many other key players.

 
Nature - Raccoon Nation Nature - Raccoon Nation
Wednesday, February 8 at 8 pm on WFYI 1

Are human beings, in an effort to outwit raccoons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success? Are the ever more complex obstacles that our fast-paced urban world throws at them actually pushing the development of raccoon brains? In this film, scientists from around the world share their thoughts and work to explore this scientific theory. Attempting to do something that has never been done before, they closely follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.

 
Gametime is Showtime: Indy's Super Bowl Legacy Pt. III
Monday, February 6 at 1:30 am on WFYI 1

Indianapolis' 2012 Super Bowl effort heads down the home stretch. Host Derwin Smiley shows you how the pace is ramping up for both the Host Committee and volunteers alike. Downtown streets come alive with elaborate venues for out-of-state visitors and 46 murals for Super Bowl 46 dot the urban landscape. The Super Bowl reaches out to young people on the Near Eastside through the Viewfinder Project and our student journalists from Tech High School show us the "Theatre of Inclusion." See these and many more projects on Gametime is Showtime.

Gametime is Showtime: Indy's Super Bowl Legacy Pt. III is sponsored by Chase, Citizens Energy Group and the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership.

 
Changing Neighborhoods, Changing Lives - The Making Connections Story Changing Neighborhoods, Changing Lives
The Making Connections Story

Sunday, February 12 at 4 am on WFYI 1

Indianapolis was one of six cities selected by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to be sites of long-term, intensive investment and intervention in 2001 through its Making Connections initiative. This decade-long endeavor sought to make transformational change in two neighborhoods: The Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood, and the Southeast neighborhood area that includes Fountain Square. After ten years, Kim Jacobs follows up on two documentaries, Neighborhood at the Crossroads and Reviving the Spirit, and explores the changes that have...and haven't...taken place.

 
British Telly Club British Telly Club
Saturdays beginning at 8 pm on WFYI 1

Catch some of the best in british television.   More... 

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