This new six-part drama, based on the bestselling novel written by Anthony Horowitz, CBE, is a  sequel to the acclaimed 2022 Masterpiece adaptation of Horowitz’s Magpie Murders.

Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece premieres Sunday, September 15 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

Returning in the lead roles they originated in Magpie Murders are Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread) as editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd.
Moonflower Murders is the second novel in Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series. Published in 2020, it was lauded as “a fiendishly plotted crime novel, with a fabulous twist” by the Guardian and picks up where Magpie Murders left off: Susan has left the cut-throat world of publishing and is living in Crete with her longtime boyfriend, Andreas. She ends up returning to London when she is asked to investigate a mystery relating to Alan Conway, the author of the bestselling Atticus Pünd mysteries, whose death changed her life in Magpie Murders.

Photo: Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville)/ Credit: Eleventh Hour Films and MASTERPIECE

Grab a front-row seat at the first reunion concert of the multi-platinum band.

Foreigner Double Vision: Then and Now airs Sunday, September 1 at 3:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV

Grab a front-row seat at the first-ever reunion concert of both incarnations of the multi-platinum-selling band in a celebration of the 40th anniversary of their Double Vision album. Featuring their greatest hits, including “Cold as Ice,” “Jukebox Hero,“ ”I Want To Know What Love Is,” and a smokin’ hot rendition of “Hot Blooded.”

Rediscover Bob Ross’s serene, nurturing disposition which can serve as therapy for the weary, and reexperience his respect for nature and wildlife which have helped heighten environmental awareness.

The Best of Joy of Painting: Special Edition airs Sunday, September 8 at 1 p.m. on WXXI-TV

This special highlights the soft-spoken Ross as he completes his beautiful “Home in the Valley” painting and offers a look at his wet-on-wet painting technique. It also explores the varied and sometimes unlikely ways that Bob’s image, voice and catchphrases have become a part of the pop culture landscape.

If you enjoy this program consider WXXI’s Bob Ross immersive painting event, where at a pledge of support at the $150 level, you can enjoy a a three-hour online painting class with Nicholas Hankins, Bob Ross Certified Instructor and host of The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season (and your own painting kit)!

A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of legends — all original performers singing their greatest jammin’ hits. 

70’s Soul Superstars airs Saturday, September 7 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV

Soul diva Patti LaBelle hosts the historic reunion of classic recording artists of the decade, including the Commodores, original lead Eugene Record reuniting with the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, Earl Young’s Trammps, the Emotions and the Manhattans.

“This special is a dream come true, to gather the original voices and talents that define the 70s soul era,” says executive producer TJ Lubinsky. You may not remember all their names but you know each and every one of their songs as the music that defined the soul of the 70s. Lubinsky spent two years tracking down the whereabouts of the original stars who made the original hit records, finding the retired Yvonne (“If I Can’t Have You”) Elliman in Hawaii and convincing her to perform again in public for the first time in 27 years. From “Flying” George (“Rock Your Baby”) McCrae, in from the Netherlands, to recording the Stylistics (“You Make Me Feel Brand New,” “Betcha By Golly Wow”) on location in Waymouth, England, Lubinksy traveled the world to bring these great songs and beloved artists back to you.

“The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute” is undoubtedly the Ultimate Beatles Tribute.

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute airs Thursday, September 5 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV

With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of the Beatles”s classics the “The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute” will make you think you’re back in time rockin” with John, Paul, George and Ringo!