In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and Earth Day (April 22), the W.S. Merwin documentary Even Though the Whole World is Burning has been scheduled for television broadcast nationwide on PBS in April, starting on Saturday, April 16th and running through the end of the month. It has been edited to a 1-hour length and is named W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree.
We’ve compiled the following list below to share all of the currently known airdates, but there are likely to be many more announced as the Earth Day-inspired nationwide airings come closer. We encourage you to check back here for updates, and to check your local TV listings if you don’t see your local PBS station listed here. (NOTE: the program will repeat on most participating PBS stations – only the initial airdates are listed below.)
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State,Day,Date,Time,Network,City/Region
ALABAMA
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,APT WORLD,Birmingham/Mobile-Pensacola
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WSRE,Mobile-Pensacola
,Mon.,4/25,12:00 am,APT WORLD,Huntsville-Decatur
,Tues.,4/26,4:00 am,APT WORLD,Montgomery (Selma)
ALASKA
,Wed.,4/20,10:00 pm,Alaska Pub TV HDTV,Anchorage-Juneau
,Sun.,4/24,5:00 pm,KUAC WORLD,Fairbanks
ARIZONA
,Fri.,4/22,3:00 pm,Arizona Public Media,Tucson
,Sun.,4/24,9;00 pm,KAET,Phoenix
ARKANSAS
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,AETN, Little Rock/Ft. Smith
CALIFORNIA
,Mon.,4/18,11:00 pm,KVIE,Sacramento
,Sun.,4/24,6:00 pm,KVIE WORLD,Sacramento
,Sat.,4/23,6:00 pm,KQED,San Francisco/Nor Cal
,Sun.,4/24,6:00 pm,PBS SoCal WORLD, Los Angeles
,Sun.,4/24,6:00 pm,KIXE WORLD,Chico-Redding
,Sun.,4/24,6:00 pm,KEET WORLD,Eureka
,Thurs.,4/28,1:30 pm,KQET,Monterey-Salinas
FLORIDA
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WXEL,West Palm Beach
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WGCU WORLD,Fort Myers
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WUCF World,Orlando
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WJCT WORLD,Jacksonville
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WUFT WORLD,Gainesville
,Mon.,4/25,1:00 am,WPBT CREATE,Miami
,Mon.,4/25,9:00 am,WEDU Florida,Tampa
GEORGIA
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,GPB Knowledge,Georgia
HAWAI‘I
,Sat.,4/30,8:00 pm, PBS Hawai‘i,Statewide
IDAHO
,Sun.,4/24,7:00 pm,Idaho PTV WORLD,Boise-Idaho Falls-Twin Falls
IOWA
,Mon.,4/25,2:00 pm,IPTV WORLD,Des Moines-Cedar Rapids-Davenport-Sioux City
ILLINOIS
,Sun.,4/17,1:00 pm,WILL HDTV,Champaign
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WILL WORLD,Champaign
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,Network Knowledge WORLD,Champaign-Quincy-Hannibal
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WTTW CREATE, Chicago
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WTVP WORLD,Peoria-Bloomington
,Mon.,4/25,12:00 am,WSIU World,Southern Illinois
INDIANA
,Sat.,4/23,10:00 pm,WFYI Plus,Indianapolis
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WTIU,Indianapolis
,Mon.,4/25,12:00 am,WUSI WORLD,Terre Haute
,Fri.,4/29,3:00 am,WKMA, Evansville
KANSAS
,Sat.,4/30,12:00 am,KTWU Enhance,Topeka
KENTUCKY
,Fri.,4/29,4:00 am,KET,Cincinnati Ohio & Kentucky
,Fri.,4/29,3:00 am,KET,Bowling Green
LOUISIANA
,Wed.,4/20,10:00 pm,Louisiana Public Broadcasting
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WYES WORLD,New Orleans
MAINE
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,Maine PBS WORLD,Portland-Auburn
MASSACHUSETTS
,Sat.,4/16,3:00 pm,WHBX44,Boston
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WGBY WORLD,Springfield-Holyoke
MINNESOTA
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,Pioneer World,Minneapolis
,Mon.,4/25,2:00 pm,IPTV WORLD,Rochester
MICHIGAN
,Sun,4/17,2:00 am,WKAR HDTV,Lansing
,Mon.,4/25,1:00 am,WKAR WORLD,Lansing
,Sat.,4/23,3:00 pm,WGVK,Grand Rapids
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WTVS WORLD,Detroit
MISSOURI
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,KETC,St. Louis
,Wed.,4/27,9:00 pm,KCPT2,Kansas City
MONTANA
,Sun.,4/24,7:00 pm,Montana PBS WORLD,Missoula-Billings-ButteBozeman-Great Falls
NEBRASKA
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,NET WORLD,Omaha-Lincoln
,Fri.,4/29,10:00 pm,NET WORLD,North Platte
NEVADA
,Thurs.,4/21,9:00 pm,Vegas PBS Jackpot!,Las Vegas
NEW MEXICO
,Mon.,4/25,7:00 am,KNME WORLD, Albuquerque
NEW JERSEY
,Sat.,4/23,7:00 pm,NJTV, New Jersey
NEW YORK
,Wed.,4/20,10:00 pm,WNET THIRTEEN,New York City
,Fri.,4/22,2:00 pm,WCNY HDTV,Syracuse
,Sat.,4/23,4:00 pm,WLIW, Long Island
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WMHT WORLD,Albany-Schenectady
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WNED WORLD,Buffalo
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WXXI WORLD,Rochester
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WSKG WORLD,Binghampton
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WSKA WORLD,Elmira
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WPBS WORLD,Watertown
NORTH CAROLINA
,Thurs.,4/21,9:00 pm,UNCTV,Raleigh-Durham
NORTH DAKOTA
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,Prairie Public TV,Fargo-Valley City-Minot-Bismarck
OHIO
,Tues.,4/19,7:00 pm,Western Reserve PBS,Cleveland
,Tues.,4/19,7:00 pm,Western Reserve PBS,Youngstown
,Tues,4/19,8:00 pm,WOSU,Columbus
,Fri.,4/22,9:00 pm,WPTD ThinkTV,Dayton
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WVIZ,Cleveland
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WOUB WORLD,Athens
OKLAHOMA
,Tues.,4/26,10:00 am,OETA,Oklahoma City
OREGON
,Sun.,4/24,6:00 pm,SOPTV WORLD,Medford
PENNSYLVANIA
,Wed.,4/20,10:00 pm,WHYY, Philadelphia
,Sun.,4/24,6:00 pm,WITF HDTV,Harrisburg-Lancaster
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WQED WORLD,Pittsburgh
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WPSU WORLD,Johnstown-Altoona
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WQLN WORLD,Erie
SOUTH CAROLINA
,Wed.,4/20,7:00 am,SCETV,Spartanburg
SOUTH DAKOTA
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,Pioneer World,Sioux Falls
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,SD PBS,Sioux Falls-Rapid City
TENNESSEE
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WLJT WORLD,Jackson
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WKOP WORLD,Knoxville
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,BlueRidge PBS WORLD,Tri-Cities
,Mon.,4/25,12:00 am,WKNO WORLD,Memphis
TEXAS
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,KLRN WORLD,San Antonio
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,KERA WORLD,Dallas
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,KNCT WORLD,Waco-Temple-Bryan
UTAH
,Sun.,4/24,7:00 pm,KUED,Salt Lake City
VERMONT
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,Vermont PBS WORLD,Burlington
VIRGINIA
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WHRO WORLD,Norfolk
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,BlueRidge PBS WORLD,Roanoke-Lynchburg-Tri-Cities
WASHINGTON D.C.
,Sat.,4/16,2:00 pm,WHUT, D.C.
WASHINGTON STATE
,Sun.,4/17,4:00 pm,KSPS,Spokane
,Sat.,4/30,8:00 pm,KCTS,Seattle/Yakima
WEST VIRGINIA
,Tues.,4/19,8:00 pm,WPBO,Charleston
,Sun.,4/24,9:00 pm,WOUB WORLD,Wheeling
WISCONSIN
,Sun.,4/24,8:00 pm,WMVS WORLD,Milwaukee
WYOMING
,Sun.,4/24,7:00 pm,NET WORLD,Cheyenne
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