Wednesday, January 17 at 8 pm and 9 pm. 8 pm: Nick Mason, drummer of legendary rock band Pink Floyd, is joined by music journalist David Fricke.

9 pm: Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson discusses the early days of his career and more with G. Love.

Monday, January 15 at 8 pm. Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope. In honor of Hubble's landmark anniversary, NOVA tells the remarkable story of the telescope that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.

Monday, January 1 at 9 pm (repeats on Wednesday, January 3 at 9 pm). Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of Italian conductor and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti, featuring favorite Strauss Family waltzes accompanied by the dancing of the Vienna State Ballet. This year’s program welcomes new host Hugh Bonneville, best known as Robert, Earl of Grantham, in Masterpiece’s global phenomenon, Downton Abbey.

Sunday, December 31 at 8 & 9 pm. Keeley Hawes (Upstairs Downstairs) stars as an intrepid widow who decamps from dreary England to a sun-dappled Greek island with her four recalcitrant children, ages 11 to 21, on this adaptation of Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals and its two sequels.

In season 2, episode 3 (8 pm), a birthday party for Louisa gets her brooding about her age. Leslie takes up fashion photography. Gerry wears out another tutor. Vasilia offers Louisa a diabolical deal.

In season 2, episode 4 (9 pm), Larry struggles through a case of the mumps. Aunt Hermione arrives with a spiritualist friend who promises to get in touch with Louisa’s dead husband.