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Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the pioneering children’s series that premiered nationally more than 50 years ago.

Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like airs Sunday, December 21 at 4 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI and PBS apps.

Keaton worked as a stagehand and made appearances on the series in the 1970. Judd Apatow, Joyce DiDonato, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Kratt, John Lithgow, Yo-Yo Ma and son Nicholas Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Silverman, Esperanza Spalding and Caroll Spinney reveal their favorite memories from the series.

Join Rick Steves as he delves deep into the Italian heartland.

Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy airs Saturday, November 22 at 4 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

In Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy, Rick delves deep into the Italian heartland – the place where la dolce vita is a way of life. Starting in Umbria, he connects with rustic, traditional culture: sleeping at an agriturismo (a farmhouse inn), seeing how prosciutto and pecorino cheese are made (and eaten), and hiking down into ancient and fragrant wine cellars. Then he tours Assisi, with its inspirational story of St. Francis, its stop-and-smell-God’s-roses spirituality, its delicate Giotto masterpieces, and its awe-inspiring basilica. In Siena, Rick enjoys a front-row seat at its wild horse race – the venerable Palio – and marvels at cultural treasures from the city’s glory days, when it rivaled Florence for dominance in Tuscany. He finishes with the ultimate Riviera getaway: the Cinque Terre, where he gets to know each of the ‘five lands’ – from the dramatic, vineyard-surrounded Vernazza to hardscrabble Riomaggiore, to the pint-sized resort of Monterosso. Fishing for anchovies, sipping wine out of rustic barrels, bringing flowers to hilltop cemeteries, and savoring twinkling Mediterranean vistas, Rick visits his favorite stretch of Mediterranean coastline. From hill towns to harbors, and from vino rosso to Giotto, Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy savors the good life in the Italian heartland.

The story of breaking the unbreakable German Enigma Code by Alan Turing during WWII.

Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer airs Sunday, November 9 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.

The breaking of Germany’s top-secret Enigma Code at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom was one of World War II’s biggest secrets, alongside the construction of the atomic bombs. Some historians estimate that deciphering the German military code shortened the war by two years and possibly saved 14 million lives. Though the Enigma was deemed unbreakable, a British mathematician named Alan Turing spearheaded the initiative to achieve the impossible and succeeded unbeknownst to the German military. Narrated by Keith Morrison of Dateline and filmed on location in England and the United States, Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer tells this heroic story in detail through a combination of interviews with historians, veterans and modern scientists.

Features multi-platinum entertainer and TV/film actor Trace Adkins alongside the US Army Field Band.

Salute to Service 2025: A Veterans Day Special airs Monday, November 10 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.

In addition to Adkins, this latest installment of the annual celebration features inspiring performances by opera superstar Angel Blue, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, as well as fascinating profiles of veterans from across the nation and across the generations. Through powerful music and heartfelt storytelling, the program honors the courage and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. Salute to Service 2025 features remarkable stories of service members, including:

• World War II veteran John Gleeson, who served in the Army Air Corps and still flies planes today at age 101;

• The Corley brothers, triplets who followed their father’s lead into the Army along with their mother, who enlisted a year after they joined the service;

• Tracey Hunter of Beyond the Call, an organization dedicated to preserving the stories of WWII vets and taking them to reunions on some of the battlefields where they served;

• A visit to the Library of Congress highlights the Veterans History Project, which collects and preserves the firsthand recollections of US military veterans for future generations.

Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreography with New York City Ballet, revealing the resilience and artistry behind a modern-day prima ballerina.

Great Performances “Tiler Peck: Suspending Time” airs Friday, March 27 at 10:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI and PBS apps.

Great Performances – Tiler Peck: Suspending Time offers a deeply personal look at one of ballet’s most celebrated artists as she faces a career crossroads. Following a series of life-altering events—including a major injury and a personal loss—New York City Ballet prima ballerina Tiler Peck is forced to reckon with the unknown and reimagine her relationship to dance, to her body, and to herself. Directed by Alex Ramsey, the film follows Peck over the course of six years of her life, capturing rehearsals, performances and quiet moments of reflection, as she fights to return stronger, not just as a prima ballerina, but also as a choreographer and creative force. After Peck returns to the stage, she takes on the toughest creative challenge of her career: A prestigious invitation to choreograph for the New York City Ballet, culminating in debut performances set to a concerto by Francis Poulenc. Featuring original work by Peck alongside choreography from Alonzo King, William Forsythe, George Balanchine and Christopher Wheeldon, the film blends vulnerability and resilience with artistic brilliance.

Photo: Tiler Peck/Credit: Sam Sulam