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LIVE TV Schedule

KBTC's live broadcast is available 24/7 from your local cable company, satellite service, and over the air -plus- watch the livestream online or with the PBS app. View, print, and download the monthly KBTC Viewer Guide here. 

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What We're Excited About

Miss Austen on MASTERPIECE premieres May 4

Miss Austen, based on Gill Hornby’s acclaimed novel, takes a real-life literary mystery – Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) burning her sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, heartbreaking story of love, sacrifice, and loss.

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Fridays are for International Drama with Walter Presents and KBTC Passport

Walter Presents is a curated collection of award-winning international drama, hand-picked by Walter Iuzzolino, a TV connoisseur who has scoured the globe for compelling hits. Presented in their original languages with English subtitles, new episodes are added to KBTC Passport each week. 

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Fridays at 7:30pm

Here's what's coming up next from host Tom Layson and the Northwest Now team:

  • 5/2 Port of Tacoma 2025
  • 5/9 Real Estate 2025
 

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