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The Biltmore House, built in 1895, is a magnificent estate with 250 rooms and 8,000 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is the largest privately owned home in the United States. PBS captures Christmas at Biltmore with the sumptuous decorations reminiscent of the first Christmas enjoyed by the Vanderbilt family and friends. Want to learn more about the Biltmore? Check out the new book The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan for a thorough history of this magnificent home.  

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Are you watching The Good Doctor? If not, catch up now with episodes from this critically praised new series from ABC. 

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Supermansion: War on Christmas is hysterical! The League of Freedom must band together to save Christmas when an interstellar imp, Mr. Skibumpers, unleashes a real-life Santa Claus, who experiences an existential crisis and runs amok.

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Happy National Cookie Day! Celebrate the day with Food Network’s Christmas Cookie Challenge.  Hosted by Eddie Jackson, this show brings five bakers together to craft Christmas tree cookies and carol-inspired cookie puzzles for lead judge Ree Drummond and other guest judges.  

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It’s Fixer Upper’s last season. Catch up with Chip and Joanna Gaines as they transform houses in their hometown. In this episode, they give a fresh look to a dated ranch for first-time homeowners in Waco.

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PBS presents A Year in Space which follows Scott Kelly’s record-breaking 12-month mission as the Twin Study as NASA charts the effects of long-duration spaceflight for the next generation of astronauts.

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Watch the 1990 version of Stephen King’s It on Crackle and decide for yourself who was the better Pennywise. Tim Curry or Bill Skarsgard?

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Whether you’re an actual baker or an armchair baker, Joshua John Russell’s Man About Cake is lively and entertaining. Follow him on Instagram for more cake-spiration, or check out some of the books from our collection. 

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Sesame Street premiered on this date in 1969! Enjoy this special episode Here for Each Other about coping with bad news. 

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Happy Saxophone Day! Enjoy the best of this beautiful instrument from Ezra Brown on MPB All Access Sound Check on PBS. 

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Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. With each new episode, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. From Batman to Star Wars the hosts and their guests break down movies and provide great trivia. 

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The long running Lore podcast has been turned into a TV series for Amazon prime. Listen to where it all began, as host Aaron Mahnke shares folklore and urban legends, including their recent 2-part Halloween series. 

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Happy 40th Birthday Ryan Reynolds. Enjoy Smokin’ Aces in which Ryan was part of an ensemble cast in interwoven tales of high stakes, low lifes and the Mob. 

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Happy 92nd Birthday Angela Lansbury! Enjoy her 2015 performance in Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy, alongside James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines.  

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On this day 170 years ago, Charlotte Bronte published Jane Eyre. Learn more about Charlotte and her siblings in this throwback, Sybil Robinson Presents The Brontes, from the PBS archives.  Robinson describes the childhood of the Bronte children, the growth of their literary aspirations, the prejudice against women authors, early publishing failures, eventual successes, and the many tragedies endured by the family. 

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Actress Reagan Gomez might not be a household name but you’ve likely seen her or heard her voiceovers. She’s also an independent filmmaker and podcast host. Her webseries Surviving, with its classic horror plot about a quickly spreading disease, is perfect spooky viewing. The cliffhanger in episode 1 will get you!

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In the old days of college football, players could play multiple positions on both offense and defense. That was before unlimited substitution was introduced in the '60s. But when Gordie Lockbaum arrived at Holy Cross twenty years later, his coaches decided to turn back the clock. In The Throwback, an ESPN 30 for 30 Short, produced and directed by Erin Leyden, Lockbaum and witnesses look back on the heady days when he played in as many as 143 of the Crusaders' 170 plays, attracted national attention, and became a two-time finalist for the Heisman Trophy.