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NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green See how our past informs our future, through stories of families and communities, as North Carolina kicks off the new PBS series Family Pictures USA, Monday, August 12, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV PBS & More.
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See Stars & Feel Fine August 17-25 on UNC-TV PBS & More From ABBA Forever— A Celebration to Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation, experience the best music from the biggest stars. And learn how to feel better from such health and wellness experts as Dr. Josh Axe, Miranda Esmonde-White, Deepak Chopra, Gretchen Rubin and Dr. Daniel Amen. Plus, catch Great Scenic Railway Journeys, more Downton Abbey drama and This Old House at 40! It’s all on during our August Fundraiser, starting Saturday, August 17! Check out the highlighted listings for more great specials!
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ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 6 AM Caillou 7:30 WordWorld 7:00 Sid the Science Kid Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Peg + Cat (weekends, until 10 AM) 7:30 Peep & the Big Wide World
8:00 Splash & Bubbles 8:30 Peg + Cat 9:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog 9:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Super WHY! 11:00 Wild Kratts 11:30 Odd Squad Noon Arthur DV
HAVE BIG FUN IN CHAPEL HILL Saturday, August 24, at University Place Meet Read-a-roo and the rest of your favorite PBS KIDS friends for a fun and free day full of concerts, hands-on activities and much more, Saturday, August 24, from 10 AM-2 PM, at University Place in Chapel Hill. Check out unctv.org/rootle for the scoop!
A PINKAPERFECT BIRTHDAY Premieres Monday, August 5 In her new hour-long special, Pinkalicious gets her birthday wish to turn all of Pinkville pink! Partying with colorful arts, Pinkalicious & Peterrific: A Pinkaperfect Birthday put learning and coping up front in all the fun!
PLAY & LEARN WITH PEG + CAT Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Peg + Cat is back— and just in time for Read-a-roo’s Block Party! Watch as Peg and her sidekick, Cat, use preschool level knowledge to solve unique and unexpected problems, weekends at 7 AM and 1 PM, on Rootle.
12:30 Ready Jet Go! 1:00 Cyberchase Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Peg + Cat (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Martha Speaks 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 4:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 4:30 Dinosaur Train DV 5:00 Let’s Go Luna 5:30 Nature Cat 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Odd Squad 8:30 Arthur DV 9:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 WordGirl 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 12 M The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 12:30 Dinosaur Train DV 1:00 Let’s Go Luna 1:30 Nature Cat 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:30 Molly of Denali 4:00 Odd Squad DV 4:30 Arthur DV 5:00 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WordGirl LISTINGS KEY: TV U NC-TV PBS & More NC N orth Carolina Channel Stories with a Local Accent EX U NC-EX The Explorer Channel DV Descriptive Video Service COLOR U NC-TV productions & local interest Shaded programs indicate August Fundraiser specials. PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air announcements, updates at unctv.org and posts to social media provide the latest scheduling information. Some program start and end times can vary slightly from our listings. Add at least five minutes when recording your favorite shows. August | 3
evening&weekend listings 1 THURSDAY 6:00 TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX New Scandinavian Cooking Packed School Lunch 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Dream of Italy Rome 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 3 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 EX Travelscope New Brunswick’s Acadian Festival DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Rural Health Transportation NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special EX Reconnecting Roots National Parks: Progress & Preservation 8:20 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Hot Dog World 8:30 TV Muse What’s Old Is New: Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Davidson: Joe & Katy Kindred EX Today’s Wild West Deep Canyon Ranch/ Cowboy Music Festival 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Kudzu Goat Brigade, Horse Shoe 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend. NC A Chef’s Life Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea EX Weekends with Yankee Old Things/New Hands 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Lessons from Hurricane Florence 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina NC’s 2 Coasts, Part 2 NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Harvest 4 | August
Explore the late feminist’s remarkable life and legacy as Ursula K. Le Guin: American Masters premieres Friday, August 2, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Crossing Border for Cheaper Airfare 10:00 TV High Point University Presents: Anders Ericsson The psychologist and scholar speaks with HPU President Nido Qubein. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Boone 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Lessons from Hurricane Florence 10:30 NC Muse What’s Old Is New: Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Canada: Spirit Land 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Mitchell’s Hardware 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist and top peers explore today’s topics. NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Hong Kong: A City of Festivals DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Galapagos: Volcanoes & Nature on the Islands
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey 7:30 TV NC SPIN Join Tom Campbell & his guests for informative, balanced debate for the Old North State. EX Travelscope Germany’s Winter Carnival DV
8:00 TV Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 2 Ross goes to revolutionary France to search for information. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Metal Foam 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs and policy issues. NC ncIMPACT Rural Health Transportation 8:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Lansing Profile 9:00 TV Ursula K. Le Guin: American Masters Premiere! The late feminist author’s transformative work brought science fiction into the literary 2 FRIDAY mainstream. DV NC FRONT ROW 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour with Marc Rotterman NC BBC World News EX Jamestown America Governor Yeardley falls ill; EX Taste of History Farlow quickly seizes power. Bourbon: The True 9:30 NC Washington Week American Spirit 10:00 TV Hawking 6:30 NC Nightly Follow the life of Stephen Business Report Hawking, one of the EX Kevin Belton’s most remarkable minds New Orleans Celebrations of the modern age. Bastille Day Fête NC NC SPIN 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report
visit unctv.org EX Atlantis The Earth Bull 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important challenges. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC My Home, NC Topsail Skating Rink/Rescue Ranch, Statesville/Hot Dog World, Hendersonville/ Football Heroes, Beulaville/ Goat Lady Dairy, Climax EX New Scandinavian Cooking Southern Ways 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Metal Foam 3 SATURDAY 10:30 TV ncIMPACT 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Rural Health Transportation Neighborhood DV NC Folkways NC Biographical Conver Coastal Carvers sations with Hugh McColl EX Jamie’s Part 3 of 3 Quick & Easy Food EX Carolina Beef/Squid/Pork/Polenta Outdoor Journal 10:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Watauga River Drift Hot Dog World 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s 11:00 TV Urban Conversion Neighborhood DV We Bought a Farm EX Expeditions with NC The Woodwright’s Patrick McMillan Shop with Roy Underhill The Rice Kingdom Shaker Rocker Seat 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV EX Taste of History NC Carolina The Tex-Mex Republic Outdoor Journal 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Watauga River Drift Garden Home EX Exploring Self-Defense DV North Carolina NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Changing Sands The Duck Decoy Maker: 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Durham Master Carver Neighborhood DV Ben Heinemann NC Almanac Gardener EX Taste of Malaysia Carnivorous Bog Garden: with Martin Yan NC Aquarium, Pine Knoll Eight Million Cups of Tea Shores Noon TV GardenSMART EX Great Scenic Advice from an Exceptional Railway Journeys Plants Expert The Boone & Scenic Valley NC Growing a Railroad in Iowa Greener World 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & From Food Desert Peterrific DV to Urban Oasis NC Exploring EX Smart Travels— North Carolina Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Power in Nature Sydney EX Penelope Keith at 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Her Majesty’s Service National Cornbread Festival Windsor NC Almanac Gardener 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV Carnivorous Bog Garden: NC Muse NC Aquarium, Pine Knoll Arts Education: Carolina Shores Manga Library/Shakespeare EX In the Americas Summer Camp with David Yetman 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Pororoca: Brazil’s Mitchell’s Hardware Famous Wave 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow NC North Carolina Vintage Providence 2019 Weekend NC Exploring EX Are We There Yet? North Carolina Ireland Power in Nature Dublin EX Travelscope 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Gathering in Scotland DV Lessons from Hurricane 1:30 NC EcoSense for Living Florence Biscayne National Park & 9:30 TV Nature Cat E.O. Wilson NC ncIMPACT EX Curious Traveler Rural Health Transportation Curious Guanajuato City
2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Assisi & Italian Country Charm NC First in Future Dr. Robin Cummings EX Glaciers of the Winds Explore the receding alpine glaciers in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains. 2:30 TV Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Rhine River Cruise NC Story in the Public Square Peter Blanck 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Sand Caster NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé National TV’s only womencentered news analysis show tackles hot topics. EX Earth’s Great Seasons Winter 3:30 TV American Woodshop Apothecary Nine-Drawer Wallkeep NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Ramp Up the R Value/ Crown Molding NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Great Yellowstone Thaw Witness wildfire, wolves and orphan grizzly cubs. 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Mullet Men NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Ancient Skies Gods & Monsters 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Small Town, USA (1969) NC Classic Gospel Booth Brothers: Gospel Favorites EX Chasing the Moon: American Experience Witness the triumphant first Moon landing, seen by TV’s largest audience ever. DV 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Too Old...Or Too Nosy NC Live from the Dennison Lodge Ray Bonneville 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Old Folks Party
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evening&weekend listings 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Ramp Up the R Value/ Crown Molding NC Washington Week EX Glaciers of the Winds Explore the receding alpine glaciers in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains. 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Cafeteria Line NC NC SPIN EX Earth’s Great Seasons Winter 10:30 TV My Home, NC Legend of the Roan Mountain Ghost Choir/ Kai Lightner: World Champion Rock Climber/ Mitchell’s Hardware NC North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Geary & LaHoma Romocki: Going to School 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Mr. June Paints the Dome 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Rob Christensen: The Rise & Fall of the Branchhead Boys NC Comic Culture Erik Larsen EX Great Yellowstone Thaw Witness wildfire, wolves and orphan grizzly cubs. 4 SUNDAY 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum 6 AM TV Nature Cat Visit unctv.org/bif. NC Closer to Truth NC Story in the Cosmology & Creation Public Square EX Finding Your Roots Michael J. Mazarr Visionaries with Richard Noon TV FRONT ROW Branson, Maya Lin & with Marc Rotterman Frank Gehry DV NC Carolina 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Outdoor Journal NC Education Matters Currituck Crappie Learn about key issues af EX Travelscope fecting education in NC. Northwest Ontario— 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Lake Superior & Beyond DV NC First in Future 12:30 TV NC SPIN Keith Poston NC Fishing EX Antiques Roadshow Behind the Lines Vintage Bismarck A Day To Give Back 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX Burt Wolf: Neighborhood DV Travels & Traditions NC ncIMPACT Volunteer Tourism, Part 1 Pittsboro, NC 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s 8:00 TV Curious George DV Milk Street Television NC Carolina Everyday Turkish Favorites Business Review NC Song of the Mountains Chris William and his guests Becky Buller Band/ discuss business news in Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley the Carolinas. EX Atlantis EX We’ll Meet Again The Earth Bull Surviving the Holocaust 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Cooking School NC Firing Line with Turkey Margaret Hoover 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Made-To-measure Murders, Part 2 NC Song of the Mountains Becky Buller Band/Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley EX Jazz Our Language (1924-1928) 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Conner Stroud 9:00 TV Death in Paradise Murder in the Polls NC Front & Center CMA Songwriters Series Presents: Miranda Lambert 10:00 TV Hinterland The past haunts Mathias as he investigates a convicted killer’s death. NC The Kate Marc Cohn with Blind Boys of Alabama EX Remembering the Sirens Celebrate the legacy of one of the most significant “territory” dance bands, the Scranton Sirens. 11:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance Karl and Elise try to decode the Pied Piper’s demands. NC Austin City Limits The Head & The Heart/ Benjamin Booker EX Music Voyager Mumbai 11:30 EX Music Voyager Rajasthan
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2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Chocolate Delights NC Front & Center CMA Songwriters Series Presents: Miranda Lambert EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 2 Ross goes to revolutionary France to search for information. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Ribs & Mashed Potatoes Revisited 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Amalfi Lemons NC The Kate Marc Cohn with Blind Boys of Alabama EX Jamestown Governor Yeardley falls ill; Farlow quickly seizes power. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Everything Rice 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Boudin Fest NC Austin City Limits The Head & The Heart/ Benjamin Booker EX Father Brown The Face of the Enemy 4:30 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Cooking Like a Local 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Apollo DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Rural Health Transportation 5:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Hot Dog World 6 PM TV Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Episode 1 When a spy novelist dies, his wife unravels the truth about his life. NC Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Owning It EX Vera Cuckoo 7:00 NC Finding Your Roots Reporting on the Reporters with Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry & Lisa Ling 8:00 TV Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Morwenna takes fate into her own hands.
visit unctv.org Dance to the music with Sly & the Family Stone on Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation, Tuesday, August 6, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
1:00 TV Amanpour & Company 1 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Visionaries with Richard Branson, Maya Lin & Frank Gehry DV
6 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television NC Dr. Frank: EX Great From Vietnam to Burma The Life & Times of Yellowstone Thaw 6:30 NC Nightly Dr. Frank Porter Graham Witness wildfire, wolves Business Report Charles Kuralt narrates this and orphan grizzly cubs. EX Nick Stellino: compelling documentary 6:30 NC Nightly Storyteller in the Kitchen about Graham and the Business Report The Love of Pasta mid-20th-century South. 7:00 TV Nightly 7:00 TV Nightly EX Ancient Skies Business Report Business Report Finding the Center NC PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour 9:00 TV Grantchester Season EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Rick Steves’ Europe 4 on Masterpiece Western Turkey France’s Loire: Episode 4 Geordie is 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Chateau Country surprised to discover Will’s Turnips—The Greens 7:30 TV Flavor, NC unpleasant upbringing. DV EX Travel Detective Brinkley Farms/Nana’s NC Crossroads on the Hill with Peter Greenberg EX Travelscope Explore two First Amend Hidden Gems of Thailand: Rediscovering ment controversies that Baja California Sur Bangkok DV rocked UNC Chapel Hill: 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow 8:00 TV Soundbreaking the teaching of evolution Vintage Memphis Going Electric and speaker ban. NC Exploring NC North Carolina EX NOVA North Carolina Bookwatch Back to the Moon Govern- Wilderness Next Door Hal Crowther: Hell Raisers ments and private industry EX Vera & Freedom Fighters launch space travel anew. Cold River EX In the Americas 10:00 TV Father Brown 8:30 NC Exploring with David Yetman The Whistle in the Dark North Carolina The Blue Ridge Parkway: EX Space Chase USA Passion for the Land From VA to NC Explore how Cocoa Beach, 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow 8:30 NC Story in the FL, transformed into a hub Vintage Madison Public Square for the U.S. space program. NC My Home, NC Michael J. Mazarr 10:30 NC In the Americas Mama Dip/Coming of the EX Wild Photo with David Yetman Shad/Land of Oz/Banjo Earth Adventures The Blue Ridge Parkway: 9:30 NC Muse Spring Wildlife of NC’s From VA to NC Community Art: GreensOuter Banks DV 11:00 TV EastEnders boro Mural/Skateboard 9:00 TV Woodstock: NC ncIMPACT Park/FanDames Initiative Three Days that Rural Health Transportation EX Endeavour Season 6 Defined a Generation: EX Ancient Skies on Masterpiece American Experience Finding the Center Confection DV Premiere! Explore this huge 11:20 NC North Carolina 9:50 NC North Carolina event through the voices of Weekend—Shorts Weekend—Shorts those who were there. DV Saint Paul Vineyards Lansing Profile NC Muse 11:30 TV EastEnders 10:00 TV POV What’s Old Is New: NC My Home, NC The Distant Barking of Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Dogs A 10-year-old boy’s EX In the Americas Center/Love & Chocolate/ innocence erodes during with David Yetman Frisco UFO the war in Eastern Ukraine. Chesapeake Bay: NC Sci NC Of Clams & Oysters Think Small 5 MONDAY 9:20 NC My Home, NC—Shorts 10:30 NC ncIMPACT 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Rural Health Transportation Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber NC BBC World News 0:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts 1 America Hot Dog World August | 7
evening&weekend listings 9:30 NC Comic Culture Bob Layton, Part 1 EX Eatin’ Oysters: Chesapeake Style Premiere! Find the best oysters in the Chesapeake region and the best ways to eat them. 10:00 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Valentine’s Day EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Charleston, SC 10:30 NC On Story Wild Wild Country: A Conversation with Chapman & Maclain Way EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Charleston, SC: Sean Brock & Benjamin Dennis 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Berlin & Western Poland: Over the Borderline DV 11:30 EX Desert Speaks The Gadsden Purchase, Part 2
Learn all about Eatin’ Oysters: Chesapeake Style, premiering Tuesday, August 6, at 9:30 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
NC Independent Lens The Bad Kids Educators offer empathy and life skills to underserved students at risk of dropping out. DV EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Fried Chicken Fest 9:30 EX Taste of History Tribute to Mrs. Goodfellow 10:00 TV To Catch a Comet A spacecraft orbiter tries to land on a comet as it zooms around the sun. EX Christopher Kimball’s 7 WEDNESDAY Milk Street Television 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour West African NC BBC World News Weeknight Supper America 10:30 NC Shots Fired EX Space Chase USA Witness courage, communi Explore how Cocoa Beach, cations and resilience in the FL, transformed into a hub face of a school shooting. for the U.S. space program. EX Taste of Malaysia 6:30 NC Nightly with Martin Yan Business Report Penang Heritage 7:00 TV Nightly 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company Business Report NC PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour EX Chris Tarrant: EX Rick Steves’ Europe Extreme Railways Paris Sidetrips Vietnam 7:30 TV Muse What’s Old Is New: Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks 8 THURSDAY EX Born To Explore 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour with Richard Wiese NC BBC World News Morocco: The Last Nomads America 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts EX New Scandinavian Kudzu Goat Brigade Cooking 8:00 TV Ancient Skies Southern Ways Our Place in the Universe 6:30 NC Nightly NC Without Business Report Perfect Answers EX Dream of Italy Two residential schools in Umbria NC and Jerusalem help 7:00 TV Nightly at-risk children succeed. Business Report EX New Scandinavian NC PBS NewsHour Cooking EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southwards Along The Best of Israel the Coast 7:30 TV Exploring 8:30 EX Jamie’s North Carolina Quick & Easy Food Water in NC: Yesterday, Pork/Prawns/Gnocchi/ Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 Cheesecake EX Travelscope 9:00 TV NOVA Thailand: From Golden The Planets: Saturn Triangle to White Sands DV 8 | August
8:00 TV ncIMPACT Pittsboro, NC NC Flavor, NC Pork EX Reconnecting Roots Horse Power 8:20 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Alamance County 8:30 TV Muse Arts in Community: Bryant Holsenbeck, Environmental Artist/ DREAMS of Wilmington/ 12-Note Music Program NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Durham: Brendan & Andrea Reusing EX Today’s Wild West U.S. Cavalry School 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Strawberry Stay at Home EX Weekends with Yankee Land & Sea 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Metal Foam 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Fort Bragging Rights NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Overtourism 10:00 TV High Point University Presents: Byron Pitts The journalist and author speaks with HPU President Nido Qubein. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard St. Pete/Clearwater 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Metal Foam 10:30 NC Muse Arts in Community: Bryant Holsenbeck, Environmental Artist/ DREAMS of Wilmington/ 12-Note Music Program EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese India: Sacred Elephant 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Zermatt, Switzerland: Under the Shadow of the Matterhorn DV 11:30 EX Desert Speaks Beyond the Asphalt, Part 1
visit unctv.org Pianist Yuja Wang performs on Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019, Friday, August 9, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Zuma Coffee 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC My Home, NC 9 FRIDAY Cheerwine 100th/Piano 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Man/Summerville/Sunrise NC BBC World News Biscuit Kitchen/NC Ninja/ America Historic Beach Cottages EX Taste of History EX New Scandinavian Little England in the Cooking Caribbean Southwards Along the Coast 6:30 NC Nightly 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Business Report Croatan Forest 10 SATURDAY EX Kevin Belton’s 10:30 TV ncIMPACT New Orleans Celebrations 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Pittsboro, NC Neighborhood DV Fried Chicken Fest NC Folkways NC Biographical Conver 7:00 TV Nightly Old Time Fiddlers sations with Howard Lee Business Report Convention Part 1 of 3 NC PBS NewsHour EX Jamie’s EX Carolina EX Rick Steves’ Europe Quick & Easy Food Outdoor Journal Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre Pork/Prawns/Gnocchi/ Summertime Heat 7:30 TV NC SPIN Cheesecake 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX Travelscope 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Neighborhood DV Fredericksburg, TX DV Abby the Spoon Lady EX Expeditions with 8:00 TV Washington Week 11:00 TV Urban Conversion Patrick McMillan NC North Carolina Let it Rot! Arizona’s Sky Islands Weekend NC The Woodwright’s 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV EX Poldark Season 3 Shop with Roy Underhill N C Carolina on Masterpiece Mary May, Woodcarver Outdoor Journal Episode 3 A failed harvest EX Taste of History Summertime Heat incites riots. Washington’s Winter EX Exploring 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Headquarters North Carolina Croatan Forest 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Natural Boundary 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Garden Home 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s with Marc Rotterman A Visit From the Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Beekman Boys NC Almanac Gardener Pittsboro, NC NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Mulches: Straw Vs. 8:50 NC North Carolina The Tool Maker: Black Plastic/Growing Weekend—Shorts Penland’s Seth Gould Heirloom Tomatoes Nags Head Woods EX Taste of Malaysia EX Great Scenic 9:00 TV Great Performances: with Martin Yan Railway Journeys Vienna Philharmonic Penang Heritage Colorado’s Durango & Summer Night Concert Noon TV GardenSMART Silverton Narrow Gauge 2019 Fresh Produce Railroad Conductor Gustavo Delivery Business 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Dudamel and pianist Yuja NC Growing a Peterrific DV Wang perform Gershwin’s Greener World NC Exploring Rhapsody in Blue and more. Mount Cuba Center: North Carolina NC FRONT ROW A Treasured Garden Art in the Wild with Marc Rotterman for Native Plants EX Penelope Keith at EX Jamestown EX Smart Travels— Her Majesty’s Service Disillusioned, Verity falls Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Inveraray & Holyroodhouse Queensland, Australia back into bad habits. 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV 9:30 NC Washington Week 12:30 TV America’s Heartland NC Muse 10:00 NC NC SPIN Picking & Packing Peaches What’s Old Is New: EX Atlantis NC Almanac Gardener Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks Mulches: Straw Vs. A Girl by Any Other Name 8:50 N C My Home, NC—Shorts 10:30 TV Great Performances: BlackPlastic/Growing Kai Lightner: World-Class Chicago Voices Heirloom Tomatoes Rock Climber Celebrate the city’s vibrant EX In the Americas 9:00 T V Let’s Go Luna! DV music culture with perforwith David Yetman NC North Carolina mances by Renée Fleming, Baracoa: Cuba’s Outpost Weekend Lupe Fiasco and more. on the Atlantic EX Are We There Yet? NC Firing Line with 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Ireland Margaret Hoover Vintage Memphis Lady & Sir James Galway 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour NC Exploring 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts EX EastEnders North Carolina 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company Metal Foam Art in the Wild 9:30 TV Nature Cat EX EastEnders EX Travelscope NC ncIMPACT Cappadocia, Turkey DV Pittsboro, NC August | 9
evening&weekend listings 1:30 NC EcoSense for Living Solar Justice EX Curious Traveler Austrian Christmas Markets 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Tuscany’s Wine Country NC First in Future Pearce Godwin EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Blue Ridge Parkway: From VA to NC 2:30 TV Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Florida’s Naples & Paradise Coast NC Story in the Public Square Michael J. Mazarr EX Wild Photo Adventures Spring Wildlife of NC’s Outer Banks DV 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Yarn Spinner NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX In the Americas with David Yetman Chesapeake Bay: Of Clams & Oysters 3:30 TV American Woodshop Gentleman’s Organizer & Gallery NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Eatin’ Oysters: Chesapeake Style Find the best oysters in the Chesapeake region and the best ways to eat them. 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero Blanket/ Storage Bench NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Charleston, SC 4:30 NC NC SPIN EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Charleston, SC: Sean Brock & Benjamin Dennis 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Muskie Search NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Ancient Skies Finding the Center 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Can’t Help Singing (1966) NC Classic Gospel Tribute to the Goodmans EX NOVA Back to the Moon Governments and private industry launch space travel anew. 10 | August
See The Nouveaux Honkies on a new Song of the Mountains, Saturday, August 10, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
EX Finding Your Roots War Stories with Patricia Arquette, Julianne Moore & John McCain DV 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC First in Future Michael Cooper EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Providence 2019 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 7:00 TV As Time Goes By NC ncIMPACT The Proposal Kinston NC Live from the 8:00 TV Curious George DV Dennison Lodge NC Carolina Best of Live from the Business Review Dennison with Beppe EX We’ll Meet Again Gambetta, Karen Savoca Great Alaskan Earthquake & More 8:30 TV Wild Kratts EX Space Chase USA NC Firing Line with Explore how Cocoa Beach, Margaret Hoover FL, transformed into a hub for the U.S. space program. 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero Blanket/ 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Storage Bench A Deeply Personal Problem NC Washington Week 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders EX In the Americas The Sword of Guillaume, with David Yetman Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains The Blue Ridge Parkway: From VA to NC The Nouveaux Honkies/ Tennessee Mafia Jug Band 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Jazz EX Wild Photo The True Welcome Adventures (1929-1935) Spring Wildlife of NC’s 8:30 TV Midsomer Murders Outer Banks DV The Sword of Guillaume, 10:00 TV Exploring Part 2 North Carolina 9:00 NC Front & Center NC’s 2 Coasts, Part 1 of 2 Sheryl Crow NC NC SPIN 9:30 TV DCI Banks EX In the Americas A Little Bit of Heart with David Yetman 10:00 NC The Kate Chesapeake Bay: Desmond Child Of Clams & Oysters EX Surviving 10:30 TV My Home, NC the Dust Bowl: Digital Diva Doing Good: American Experience Khalia Braswell/Joe Pen Dust storms ravaged the land: Musical Storyteller parched southern plains in NC North Carolina the 1930s, turning bountiful Bookwatch fields into desert. DV Mark de Castrique: 11:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance Hidden Scars Another message leads EX Eatin’ Oysters: Karl and Elise to a Chesapeake Style horrifying discovery. Find the best oysters in the NC Austin City Limits Chesapeake region and the Run the Jewels best ways to eat them. EX Music Voyager 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Delhi Foundation Skate Park 11:30 EX Music Voyager 11:00 TV North Carolina Beyond Bob Marley Bookwatch Hal Crowther: Hell Raisers 11 SUNDAY & Freedom Fighters NC Comic Culture 6 AM TV Nature Cat Jermaine Rivers NC Closer to Truth What Is Philosophy of Biology?
visit unctv.org EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Charleston, SC 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. NC Story in the Public Square Katherine Brown EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Charleston, SC: Sean Brock & Benjamin Dennis Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Short Term Ladyfish EX Travelscope Thousand Islands: A Canadian Binational Adventure DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Family Matters EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television From Vietnam to Burma NC Song of the Mountains The Nouveaux Honkies/ Tennessee Mafia Jug Band EX Atlantis A Girl by any Other Name 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s Cooking School French Bistro Classics 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Roast Chicken & Sprouts NC Front & Center Sheryl Crow EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 3 A failed harvest incites riots. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Bourbon & Broccoli Hit the Grill 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Costa Brava Tapas NC The Kate Desmond Child EX Jamestown Disillusioned, Verity falls back into bad habits. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Chocolate & Dinner 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Strawberry Fest NC Austin City Limits Run the Jewels EX Father Brown The Devil You Know 4:30 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Love of Live Fire Cooking
See the swashbuckling season finale of Poldark on Masterpiece, Sunday, August 11, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Confection DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Pittsboro, NC 6 PM TV Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Resigned to uncertainty about the past, Alison receives a final surprise. NC Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Teaching Success EX Vera Cold River 7:00 TV Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Morwenna takes fate into her own hands. NC Finding Your Roots Dreaming of a New Land with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg & Kal Penn 8:00 TV Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 8 Ross must mend things with Demelza. NC Senator Sam Explore the life of NC’s legendary Senator Sam Ervin. EX Ancient Skies Our Place in the Universe 9:00 TV Grantchester Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Will struggles with a decision that will determine his future. DV NC Senator No: Jesse Helms Explore the life of longtime NC Senator Jesse Helms. EX NOVA The Planets: Inner Worlds 10:00 TV Father Brown The Demise of the Debutante EX NOVA The Planets: Mars
0:30 NC Umstead 1 An Island in An Urban Sea Discover a green refuge for people and animals alike. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Pittsboro, NC EX Ancient Skies Our Place in the Universe 11:20 NC Boonies! Angela Kelly, Proper Restaurant Proprietor 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Photographer Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/ Kudzu Goat Gang 11:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Zuma Coffee
12 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Charleston, SC 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Charleston, SC: Sean Brock & Benjamin Dennis 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Palestine 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Chicken Lickin EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Quintana Roo 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Fort Worth, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina For the Birds EX Vera The Seagull 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Form & Function 9:00 TV Family Pictures USA Series Premiere! North Carolina See how our historically rural state, built on tobacco and textiles, is rapidly changing through family pictures and stories. NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati/Salem Street Drum Company/Highland Brewing/ Hospital to Home/Villa Verde August | 11
evening&weekend listings 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe 9:30 NC Muse Amsterdam Art Abilities: UNCSA— 7:30 TV Muse One Knot at a Time/ Arts in Community: Scratchboard Artist Bryant Holsenbeck: EX Endeavour Season 6 Environmental Artist/ on Masterpiece DREAMS of Wilmington/ Deguello DV EX The Great Ride 12-Note Music Program 9:50 NC North Carolina Premiere! Follow cyclists EX Born To Explore Weekend—Shorts traveling more than 355 with Richard Wiese Nags Head Woods uninterrupted miles of bike Chile: Flowering 10:00 TV Family Pictures trail from Washington, D.C. of the Llamas North Carolina to Pittsburgh, PA. 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Premiere! The team 8:30 NC Story in the Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel heads back to NC for a Public Square 8:00 TV NOVA heartfelt reunion with Katherine Brown Pluto & Beyond the local community. 9:00 TV Family Pictures USA NC New Kind of Listening NC Sci NC Southwest Florida Visit the Cast members of an inclu New Discoveries Paradise Coast, where Native sive theater group, some 10:30 TV POV Americans, ranchers and with disabilities, collaborate Happy Winter Beachgoers anglers share family stories. on an original performance. hide behind the memory NC Muse EX New Scandinavian of a social status in sum Arts in Community: Cooking mer cabins on Palermo’s Bryant Holsenbeck, Danish Influences Mondello beach. Environmental Artist/ 8:30 EX Jamie’s NC ncIMPACT DREAMS of Wilmington/ Quick & Easy Food Pittsboro, NC 12-Note Music Program Sausage Carbonara/ NC My Home, NC—Shorts EX Walk in the Park Thai Red Chicken The Original Collard with Nick Mollé: 9:00 TV NOVA Sandwich Nature of the Beast The Planets: Ice Worlds 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour Examine Rocky Mountain NC Teachings of Jon EX Finding Your Roots National Park changes and Jennifer Owensby’s insight War Stories with Patricia the impact on wildlife. ful film about her brother, Arquette, Julianne Moore 9:20 NC My Home, NC—Shorts a 40-year-old man affected & John McCain DV Helen’s Love Story: by Down syndrome. 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company Todd Mercantile EX Kevin Belton’s 9:30 NC Comic Culture New Orleans Celebrations Jim Zub Oktoberfest 13 TUESDAY 10:00 TV FRONTLINE 9:30 EX Taste of History 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Outbreak See why the Recipes in the Rainforest NC BBC World News Ebola epidemic wasn’t 10:00 TV Breakthrough: America stopped sooner. The Ideas that EX Christopher Kimball’s NC Articulate Changed the World Milk Street Television with Jim Cotter The Telescope Singapore Satay, Earth Day NC Reel South Soup & Sling EX Potomac by Air: Jonah Stands Up 6:30 NC Nightly Our Nation’s River EX Confucius Business Report Explore U.S. history from Was a Foodie EX Nick Stellino: above the Potomac River’s Origins of the Beginnings Storyteller in the Kitchen striking curves. 10:30 NC Reel South Mis Amigos 10:30 NC On Story Driven Blind 7:00 TV Nightly Deconstructing 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company Business Report Nora Ephron NC PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company EX Attenborough’s EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC PBS NewsHour Birds of Paradise Italy’s Veneto: Verona, EX Travelscope David Attenborough Padua & Ravenna Tokyo, Japan: Celebrating highlights the mystery and 7:30 TV Flavor, NC the Past & Present DV scientific revelation sur Seaview Crab Company/ 11:30 EX Desert Speaks rounding the elusive birds. Port Land Grille Desert Venom. EX Travelscope 15 THURSDAY Gathering in Scotland DV 14 WEDNESDAY 8:00 TV Family Pictures USA 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Detroit Explore America’s 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News comeback city through resi- NC BBC World News America dents’ photos and stories. America EX New Scandinavian NC North Carolina EX NOVA Cooking Bookwatch The Planets: Mars Southwards Along Georgann Eubanks: The 6:30 NC Nightly the Coast Month of Their Ripening Business Report See sites the biped way as The Great Ride premieres Tuesday, August 13, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
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visit unctv.org 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Dream of Italy Naples/Amalfi Coast 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Netherlands Beyond Amsterdam 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 EX Travelscope Cappadocia, Turkey DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Kinston, NC NC Flavor, NC Coastal Fishing EX Reconnecting Roots Chain of Events 8:20 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Five County Region— Mental Health in Jails 8:30 TV Muse American Identities: The Black Light Project/Russell Smith: Painting of the Old West & WWI Aviation NC Family Travel with Colleen Kelly Columbia, SC: Southern Food, Watersports, Museums & Baseball EX Today’s Wild West The Great American Horse Drive 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts So Good Pupusas 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Pimp My Grits EX Weekends with Yankee Fun 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Croatan Forest 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Two Lakes & a Pond NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Fresh Lemon Recipes EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Memphis 10:00 TV The Hammocks Follow the park’s history, from a private hunting camp to an African-American beach resort during segregation to its establishment as one of NC’s most pristine coastal state parks. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Laurel Highlands 10:50 NC Sci NC—Shorts Croatan Forest
10:30 TV In the Americas with David Yetman The Blue Ridge Parkway: From VA to NC NC Muse American Identities: The Black Light Project/Russell Smith: Painting of the Old West & WWI Aviation EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese SC: A Taste of the South 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Bonin/Ogasawara Islands: A Land Far, Far Away DV 11:30 EX Desert Speaks Jaguars & Vaqueros
EX Atlantis A Boy of No Consequence 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders TV Amanpour & Company
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6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV Environment DV NC Biographical Conversations with Howard Lee Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Zone 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 16 FRIDAY Arizona: A Border 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour or Barrier? NC BBC World News 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV America NC Carolina EX Taste of History Outdoor Journal From Kitchen Garden Surf Zone to Table EX Exploring 6:30 NC Nightly North Carolina Business Report New Beginnings EX Kevin Belton’s 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s New Orleans Celebrations Neighborhood DV Oktoberfest NC Almanac Gardener 7:00 TV Nightly Growing Colorful Business Report Cut Flowers NC PBS NewsHour EX Great Scenic EX Rick Steves’ Europe Railway Journeys Berlin New Zealand’s Best 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & EX Travelscope Peterrific DV South Africa: On Safari! DV NC Exploring 8:00 TV Washington Week North Carolina NC North Carolina Nature’s Classroom Weekend EX Penelope Keith at EX Poldark Season 3 Her Majesty’s Service on Masterpiece Hillsborough Castle Episode 4 Ross takes a 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV desperate gamble. NC Muse 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Arts in Community: Living Shorelines Bryant Holsenbeck, 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Environmental Artist/ with Marc Rotterman DREAMS of Wilmington / NC ncIMPACT 12 Note Music Program Kinston, NC 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts 8:50 NC North Carolina Helen’s Love Story: Weekend—Shorts Todd Mercantile Machapunga Tours 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV 9:00 TV Great Performances: NC North Carolina The Sound of Music Weekend The von Trapp Family Sing- EX Are We There Yet? ers’ escape from Austria Ireland during the rise of Nazism. Galway NC FRONT ROW 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts with Marc Rotterman Croatan Forest EX Jamestown 9:30 TV Nature Cat Henry displays his new NC ncIMPACT found riches, soon acquiring Kinston an array of eager friends. 9:50 NC North Carolina 9:30 NC Washington Week Weekend—Shorts 10:00 NC NC SPIN Turnage Theater August | 13
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Saturday, August 17-Sunday, August 25 10:00 TV 3 Steps to Pain-free Living Premiere! Learn exercises to reduce painful conditions and a breathing technique to lessen stress. NC My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO EX New Scandinavian Cooking Danish Influences 10:30 NC Folkways Workers in Wood EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Sausage Carbonara/ Thai Red Chicken 11:00 NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Wood and Water EX Taste of History Bourbon: The True American Spirit 11:30 TV Roadmap to Happiness with Gretchen Rubin Discover your personality type as the best-selling happiness guru shares how to grow more healthy, productive and creative. NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Chocolatiers with Asheville’s Dan & Jael Rattigan EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Langkawi Noon NC Growing a Greener World New York’s High Line: A Thriving Diversity of Plants & People EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa New Zealand’s South Island 12:30 NC Almanac Gardener Growing Colorful Cut Flowers EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Road from Oaxaca to Chiapas 1:00 TV Last of the Breed This once-in-a-lifetime show stars Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price.
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NC Exploring North Carolina Nature’s Classroom EX Travelscope South Africa: On Safari! DV 1:30 NC EcoSense for Living Environmental Justice EX Curious Traveler Curious London Shops 2:00 NC First in Future Chris Suggs EX The Great Ride Follow cyclists traveling more than 355 uninterrupted miles of bike trail from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh, PA. 2:30 TV John Denver: Country Boy The private life and public legacy of singer-songwriter and activist John Denver are explored. NC Story in the Public Square Katherine Brown 3:00 NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Walk in the Park with Nick Mollé: Nature of the Beast Examine Rocky Mountain National Park changes and the impact on wildlife. 3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House— 40th Anniversary Special Premiere! Celebrate this groundbreaking PBS home improvement series with vintage clips, favorite moments and current and alumni cast members— including Bob Vila!
If you love music, you’ll love O’Jays: Live in New York, premiering Saturday, August 17 at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Potomac by Air: Our Nation’s River Explore U.S. history from above the Potomac River’s striking curves. 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Ancient Skies Our Place in the Universe 5:30 TV Moments To Remember Patti Page and Nick Clooney host highlights from the late 1950s and early ‘60s pop era. NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Classic Gospel Give the World a Smile EX NOVA The Planets: Inner Worlds 7:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Run River North EX NOVA The Planets: Mars 7:30 NC Echo Sessions Town Mountain 8:00 TV O’Jays: Live in New York Premiere! Get on the love train with more than 60 years of hits from this legendary group, featuring cofounders Eddie Levert and Walter Williams Sr. NC Song of the Mountains Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver EX Jazz Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935-1937) 9:00 NC Front & Center Seal 9:30 TV Daryl Hall & John Oates Live in Dublin Premiere! Join one of the most successful duos of all time for such hits as Sara Smile, Rich Girl, Maneater, Private Eyes and more! Oh-ohh here they come, Daryl Hall & John Oates Live in Dublin, premiering Saturday, August 17, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org EX We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told Follow the unrecognized history of jazz in Pittsburgh, PA. 10:00 NC The Kate Gina Chavez 10:30 EX Everyone Has a Place Enjoy a toe-tapping, handclapping musical tapestry. 11:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance Karl and Elise resort to unconventional ways to crack the case. NC Austin City Limits Arctic Monkeys/Wild Child EX Music Voyager Roots, Rock, Reggae 11:30 EX Music Voyager Dancehall Marathon
18 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Epistemology: How Do I Know? EX Finding Your Roots Family Reunions with Sean Combs & LL Cool J DV 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC First in Future Larry Hall EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Memphis 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX We’ll Meet Again Korean War Brothers in Arms 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Modern Barn Raising/ Tropical Yard NC Washington Week EX The Great Ride Follow cyclists traveling more than 355 uninterrupted miles of bike trail from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh, PA. 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind Roger McGuinn, The Chad Mitchell Trio and Barry McGuire star. NC NC SPIN EX Walk in the Park with Nick Mollé: Nature of the Beast Examine Rocky Mountain National Park changes and the impact on wildlife.
10:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch Charlie Lovett: The Lost Book of the Grail 11:00 NC Comic Culture Bob Layton, Part 1 EX Potomac by Air: Our Nation’s River Explore U.S. history from above the Potomac River’s striking curves. 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Noon TV Magic Moments— The Best of ‘50s Pop The McGuire Sisters, The Lennon Sisters, The Chordettes, The Four Aces and more take the stage. NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Bass’n with Frogs EX Travelscope Northeast Ontario: Canada’s Canoe Culture & First Nations People DV 12:30 NC Fishing Behind the Lines A Summer Day Drift EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Do the Right Thing 1:00 NC Song of the Mountains Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver EX Atlantis A Boy of No Consequence 2:00 TV Feel Better Fast & Make It Last with Daniel Amen Seven simple brain-based strategies help boost mood and overcome anxiety. NC Front & Center Seal EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Ross takes a desperate gamble. 3:00 NC The Kate Gina Chavez EX Jamestown Henry displays his newfound riches, soon acquiring an array of eager friends. 4:00 TV Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 Over 300 actors and musicians celebrate the legendary musical. NC Austin City Limits Arctic Monkeys/Wild Child EX Father Brown The Dance of Death 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Deguello DV 5:30 NC ncIMPACT Kinston
6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Raleigh Alumnae’s 80 Years of Impact 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Media Men EX Vera The Seagull 7:00 NC Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales with S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan 8:00 TV Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation: American Experience Explore this huge event through the voices of those who were there. DV NC Generation of Change Using archival images and interviews, see how a new generation of NC leaders emerged to challenge the status quo 50 years ago. EX NOVA The Planets: Jupiter 9:00 NC State of Mind: The Jim Hunt Story First-person interviews reveal the legacy of NC’s longtime former governor. EX NOVA The Planets: Saturn 10:00 NC Change Comes Knocking The NC Fund confronted race, class and political issues in the turbulent 1960s. EX NOVA Pluto & Beyond 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Kinston EX NOVA The Planets: Jupiter 11:20 NC Boonies! Jesse Miller: Insurance Agent by Day, Charity Auctioneer by Night 11:30 NC My Home, NC Same Jones’ BBQ/ Mitchell’s Clothing/ Artivist Rosalie Torres Weiner TV EastEnders 11:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Turnage Theater
19 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Potomac by Air: Our Nation’s River Explore U.S. history from above the Potomac River’s striking curves. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report August | 15
evening&weekend listings 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Prague 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Ramp-ing Up to Spring EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Mexico City 8:00 TV Straight from the Heart: Timeless Music from the ‘60 & ‘70s Premiere! If you grew up with a radio, rediscover some of the top songs from the peak years of pop—everything from Dusty to Willie! NC Exploring North Carolina Currituck EX Coroner First Love 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Logos Vs. Leaves 9:00 NC My Home, NC Endurance Seafood/ Connor Stroud/Kings BBQ/ FARM Cafe’/The Avett Brothers: Joe Kwon EX Coroner How To Catch a Lobster 9:30 TV Story Songs Enjoy vintage performances of songs by Don McLean, Glen Campbell and more. NC Muse Cultural Identity: Fashion Designer/NC Poet Laureate 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Machapunga Tours 10:00 NC Sci NC Ecosystems EX Shetland A young man disappears on the ferry crossing. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Kinston, NC 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts The Call of the Stache 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Family Reunions with Sean Combs & LL Cool J DV
20 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Confucius Was a Foodie Origins of the Beginnings 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour 16 | August
Catch top pop hits on Straight From The Heart: Timeless Music From The ‘60s & ‘70s, Sunday, August 19, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Hamburg & the Luther Trail 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Walking Fish CSF: Beaufort EX Travelscope Mozambique, Africa DV 8:00 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track Discover unforgettable stories of historic tourist railroads from across America. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Great American Read Panel with Charlie Lovett, Tom Santopietro & TR Simon EX Discovering Britain St. Ives, Cornwall/Wiltshire/ Howden Dam, Peak District National Park/Dorset/Soho, Central London with Benedict Cumberbatch 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha 9:00 NC Muse American Identities: The Black Light Project/Russell Smith: Painting of the Old West & WWI Aviation EX Vintage Roads Great & Small Inverness to Skye 9:20 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Chef Cheetie Kumar 9:30 NC Comic Culture Gordon Purcell 10:00 TV Last of the Breed This once-in-a-lifetime show stars Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price.
NC Articulate with Jim Cotter The Outsiders EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Dublin 10:30 NC On Story A Conversation with Graham Yost 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Bhutan, Part 2: Land of the Thunder Dragon DV 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company EX Desert Speaks Into the Swell: Utah’s High Desert
21 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX NOVA Pluto & Beyond 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Dresden & Leipzig 7:30 TV Muse American Identities: The Black Light Project/Russell Smith: Painting of the Old West & WWI Aviation EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Africa: Saving the Mighty Rhino 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts So Good Pupusas 8:00 TV Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to Success DV NC Speedbird: The History of Piedmont Airlines Hear from former employees, family members and historians about our state’s once great airline. EX New Scandinavian Cooking A Treat for the Holidays 8:30 EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Pesto Chick/’Nduja/ Sausage Bake 9:00 NC Lumina: Remembering the Light Discover a legendary, longlost site for fun summers at Wrightsville Beach. EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Beignet Fest All aboard Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track, Tuesday, August 20, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org 9:30 TV Life from Above Moving Planet EX Taste of History Pennsbury: The Working Estate 10:00 NC Gold Fever & the Bechtler Mint Learn how a German immigrant in Rutherfordton created a successful private mint that produced America’s first $1 gold coin. EX Confucius Was a Foodie Confucius & the Origin of Food Philosophy 10:30 NC Paved with Gold Discover America’s first gold rush, right here in NC. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Stretched to the Limit 11:30 EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities A Curious Hoax?
22 THURSDAY PM TV PBS NewsHour 6 NC BBC World News America EX New Scandinavian Cooking Danish Influences 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Dream of Italy Piedmont/Lake Iseo 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Frankfurt & Nürnberg 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 EX Travelscope St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Close to Home DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Winston-Salem NC Flavor, NC Coon Rock Farm EX Reconnecting Roots Education of a Nation 8:20 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 8:30 TV Muse Performing Arts: Lucas Meachem, Opera Singer/ Jeremy Skidmore/ Sheltering Sky NC Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Charleston, SC
EX Today’s Wild West Hunewill Ranch/ 49er Wagon Train/ Ricotti Saddle Company 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Chatham Rabbits 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Cracklin’ Kitchen EX Weekends with Yankee Farms & Foraging 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Living Shorelines 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Invaders Among Us NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Garden Fresh Dishes EX Equitrekking Carolinas: Biltmore Equestrian Center 10:00 TV PBS Previews: Country Music Go behind the scenes of the sweeping new series from director Ken Burns. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Little Rock Part 2 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Living Shorelines 10:30 NC Muse Performing Arts: Lucas Meachem: Opera Singer/ Jeremy Skidmore/ Sheltering Sky EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Canada: Spirit Bear 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Chef Cheetie Kumar 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope A San Antonio Christmas
EX Travelscope Istanbul: At the Crossroads of History DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Frogs drive George to the breaking point. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Scallop Restoration 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem 8:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts O. Henry Hotel 9:00 TV John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind Roger McGuinn, The Chad Mitchell Trio and Barry McGuire star. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Jamestown Yeardley receives instructions heralding a change. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Atlantis Twist of Fate 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 EX EastEnders TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 EX EastEnders
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6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Howard Lee Part 3 of 3 EX Carolina DV Outdoor Journal 11:30 EX Desert Speaks Autumn Bite Dying Traditions in a 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Mexican Pueblo Neighborhood DV EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 23 FRIDAY Blue Ridge: The Heart of 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour the Eastern Forest NC BBC World News 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV America NC Carolina EX Taste of History Outdoor Journal The Best of St. Lucia Autumn Bite 6:30 NC Nightly EX Exploring Business Report North Carolina EX Kevin Belton’s Roanoke Super Highway New Orleans Celebrations 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Beignet Fest Neighborhood DV 7:00 TV Nightly NC Almanac Gardener Business Report Special Summer Plants at NC PBS NewsHour JC Raulston Arboretum EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Great Scenic Romania Railway Journeys 7:30 TV NC SPIN New Zealand’s Glenbrook Village Railway & More August | 17
evening&weekend listings 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Fort Bragging Rights EX Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service Caernarfon Castle 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse American Identities: The Black Light Project/Russell Smith: Painting of the Old West & WWI Aviation 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Chef Cheetie Kumar 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Blarney Castle & Gardens 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Living Shorelines 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Sylvan Heights Bird Park 10:00 TV Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Get groundbreaking and eye-opening education on chronic pain and its causes. NC My Home, NC Photographer Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/ Kudzu Goat Gang EX New Scandinavian Cooking A Treat for the Holidays 10:30 NC Folkways The Banjo EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Pesto Chick/’Nduja/ Sausage Bake 11:00 NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Steam Power Sawmill EX Taste of History Little England in the Caribbean 11:30 TV Feel Better Fast & Make It Last with Daniel Amen Seven simple brain-based strategies help boost mood and overcome anxiety. NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Flute Maker with Geri Littlejohn EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Cradle of Malaysia Noon NC Growing a Greener World Trading Cleats for Beets: NFL Player Goes NPK with Louisburg’s Jason Brown 18 | August
EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa New Zealand’s North Island 12:30 NC Almanac Gardener Special Summer Plants at JC Raulston Arboretum EX In the Americas with David Yetman Dry Times in the Southwest: The New Realities 1:00 NC Exploring North Carolina Fort Bragging Rights EX Travelscope Mozambique, Africa DV 1:30 TV Keto Diet with Dr. Josh Axe Get a fresh spin on the popular, well-researched keto diet. NC EcoSense for Living What Lies Beneath EX Curious Traveler Curious Glasgow 2:00 NC First in Future Mebane Rash EX Discovering Britain St. Ives, Cornwall/Wiltshire/ Howden Dam, Peak District National Park/Dorset/Soho, Central London with Benedict Cumberbatch 2:30 NC Story in the Public Square Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha 3:00 TV Deepak Chopra: The Spiritual Laws of Success See how knowing your true nature can lead to a sense of well-being and wellness. NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Vintage Roads Great & Small Inverness to Skye 3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Dublin 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Story Songs Enjoy vintage performances of songs by Don McLean, Glen Campbell and more. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX NOVA The Planets: Jupiter 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Classic Gospel Sweeter as the Day Goes by with The Gatlin Brothers, Oak Ridge Boys, Jeff & Sheri Easter & More
EX NOVA The Planets: Saturn 6:30 TV Straight from the Heart: Timeless Music from the ‘60s & ‘70s If you grew up with a radio, rediscover some of the top songs from the peak years of pop—everything from Dusty to Willie! 7:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Blue Mother Tupelo EX NOVA Pluto & Beyond 7:30 NC Echo Sessions Spafford 8:00 TV ABBA Forever— A Celebration Premiere! All-star guests join the superstar group to celebrate such massive hits as Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia! NC Song of the Mountains Lillian Chase/The Moron Brothers/David Davis & The Warrior River Boys EX Jazz Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939) 9:00 NC Front & Center Jack Johnson & G. Love 9:30 TV Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000 Morris Day & The Time, Lenny Kravitz and other stars join Prince on such hits as Purple Rain, 1999 and Raspberry Beret. 10:00 NC The Kate JJ Grey & Mofro EX Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War Follow a couple’s courageous 1939 mission to help refugees escape. DV 11:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance Karl makes a major breakthrough. NC Austin City Limits Residente 11:30 EX Music Voyager From D.C. to Cajun Country with India.Arie, Dobet Gnahoré & Idan Raichel Mamma Mia! ABBA Forever— A Celebration, premieres Saturday, August 24, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org Carson requests your presence for Downton Abbey Returns! at 7 PM, and Downton Abbey Live! at 9 PM, Sunday, August 25, on UNC-TV.
25 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth God’s Sovereignty: A Tribute to Hugh McCann EX Finding Your Roots The Pioneers with Neil Patrick Harris, Gloria Steinem & Sandra Cisneros DV 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC First in Future Andrea Harris EX Antiques Roadshow Fort Worth, Part 1 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT McDowell County 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX We’ll Meet Again Escape From Cuba 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Air Tight House/ Fireplace Makeover NC Washington Week EX Discovering Britain St. Ives, Cornwall/Wiltshire/ Howden Dam, Peak District National Park/Dorset/Soho, Central London with Benedict Cumberbatch 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy Dr. Michael Pinkus shares acupressure techniques to provide pain relief. NC NC SPIN EX Vintage Roads Great & Small Inverness to Skye 10:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch Kathleen Burkinshaw: The Last Cherry Blossom 11:00 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track Discover unforgettable stories of historic tourist railroads from across America.
4:00 NC Austin City Limits Residente EX Father Brown The Cat of Mastigatus 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Coroner First Love 5:30 NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem 6 PM TV PBS Previews: NC Comic Culture Country Music Jim Zub Go behind the scenes of EX Are We There Yet? the sweeping new series Ireland from director Ken Burns. Dublin NC Black Issues Forum 11:30 NC Story in the Enhancing Black ComPublic Square munities & Living, Part 1 Alexandra Watts EX Coroner Noon NC Carolina How To Catch a Lobster Outdoor Journal 6:30 NC Portrayal & Big Reds Perception: African EX Travelscope American Men & Boys San Antonio’s Fiesta: Olé! Journey to Medicine DV 7:00 TV Downton Abbey 12:30 NC Fishing Returns! Behind the Lines Celebrate the beloved hit A Wild Day of Muskies, series and get a sneak peek Part 1 at the upcoming movie. EX Burt Wolf: NC Finding Your Roots Travels & Traditions Roots in Politics with Paul Kansas City, Part 2 Ryan, Tulsi Gabbard & 1:00 TV Aging Backwards 2 Marco Rubio with Miranda EX Shetland Esmonde-White Science helps end defeatist A young man disappears on the ferry crossing. attitudes towards aging. NC Song of the Mountains 8:00 NC Courthouse Fire destroyed Pittsboro’s Lillian Chase/The Moron 1881 courthouse in 2010; Brothers/David Davis & witness its rebuilding as the The Warrior River Boys community rediscovers its EX Atlantis historical sense of place. Twist of Fate EX 8 Days: 2:00 TV Last of the Breed To the Moon & Back This once-in-a-lifetime show Mission audio, astronaut stars Willie Nelson, Merle conversations, footage Haggard and Ray Price. and CGI recreate the NC Front & Center first Moon landing. Jack Johnson & G. Love 8:30 NC Executive Mansion: EX Poldark Season 3 The Mansion at on Masterpiece 200 North Street Episode 5 Frogs drive Explore the elaborate George to the breaking 19th-century Queen Anne point. architecture and elegant 3:00 NC The Kate craftsmanship of our gover JJ Grey & Mofro nor’s residence. EX Jamestown 9:00 TV Downton Abbey Live! Yeardley receives instruc Premiere! Julian Fellowes, tions heralding a change. Lesley Nicol, Jim Carter, 3:30 TV ‘70s Soul Superstars Laura Carmichael, Allen Patti LaBelle hosts an allLeech and surprise guests star reunion of Motown, share series nostalgia and R&B and soul legends. ticklish teases from the upcoming movie. Shake stress as Feel Better with NC Passion for Place Pressure Point Therapy premieres North Carolina Architecture Sunday, August 25, at 10 AM, on UNC-TV.
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evening&weekend listings Delve into some real talk on the North Carolina Bookwatch Special Unheard Voices: John Grisham & Gene Nichol, Tuesday, August 27, at 8:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
9:30 EX OSIRIS-REx: Countdown To Launch Scientists and engineers work to create and deliver the spacecraft to NASA. 10:00 NC Far Fetched & Dear Bought Consider compelling legacies of four architects and how their work changed NC’s architectural tradition. EX Year in Space Go behind-the-scenes of Scott Kelly’s stay on the International Space Station. 10:30 TV PBS Previews: Country Music Go behind the scenes of the sweeping new series from director Ken Burns. 11:00 NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem EX NOVA The Planets: Saturn 11:20 NC Boonies! Anna Roseman, Owner, Anna Banana’s Consignment Store 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/ Mitchell’s Clothing/ Artivist Rosalía Torres-Weiner 11:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Sylvan Heights Bird Park
26 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Dublin 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bulgaria 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Eggs a Dozen Ways EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Egypt 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Our Place in Space EX Coroner That’s the Way to Do It
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8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Smoky Mountain Diversity 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 2 NC My Home, NC The Original Collard Sandwich/The Last Patternmaker/Napoleon Hill/The Chicken Lady/ Newton Grove Drug Store/ Brown Mountain Lights EX Death in Paradise Murder from Above 9:30 NC Muse Arts Education: Carolina Manga Library/Shakespeare Summer Camp 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts O. Henry Hotel 10:00 TV POV The Return California’s amended Three Strikes law, shortened the sentences of thousands of people. NC Sci NC Cackalack-ology EX Shetland Perez faces an uphill battle to uncover the truth. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Napoleon Hill 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots The Pioneers with Neil Patrick Harris, Gloria Steinem & Sandra Cisneros DV 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
27 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Confucius Was a Foodie Confucius & the Origin of Food Philosophy 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Assisi & Italian Country Charm 7:30 TV Flavor, NC State Farmers Market: Raleigh EX Travelscope Switzerland: Celebrating St. Moritz DV 8:00 TV India—Nature’s Wonderland Experience a ritual tiger dance in India, see lions and elephants and climb to the Himalayas. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Lee Smith & Samia Serageldin: Mothers & Strangers EX Discovering Britain New Forest/Hampshire/ Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway/ Bath with Mica Paris 8:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch Special Premiere! Unheard Voices: John Grisham & Gene Nichol 9:00 TV India—Nature’s Wonderland Continue exploring India and meet a man who spent 30 years planting his own rainforest. NC Muse Performing Arts: Lucas Meachem: Opera Singer/ Jeremy Skidmore/ Sheltering Sky EX Vintage Roads Great & Small A30: London to Land’s End 9:30 NC Comic Culture Tom Lyle 10:00 TV FRONTLINE The Abortion Divide Look at both sides in a community embroiled in the conflict. NC Articulate with Jim Cotter It’s All Between Their Ears
visit unctv.org EX New Scandinavian Cooking Grain for Food 8:30 EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Wings/Steak/ Mushroom Pasta 9:00 TV NOVA Lethal Seas As carbon emissions raise the oceans’ acidity, experts try to crack the code of a changing seas. NC On the Tracks of Progress Discover the land down under on Magical Land of Oz, premiering See how rail travel Wednesday, August 28, at 10 PM, on changed our state. UNC-TV. EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations EX Are We There Yet? Neighborhood Fest Ireland 9:30 EX Taste of History Lady & Sir James Galway The Monticello Wine 10:30 NC On Story Experiment A Conversation with 10:00 TV Magical Land of Oz Pamela Ribon Premiere! Land Discover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company how animals learned to NC PBS NewsHour thrive across Australia’s EX Travelscope harsh, beautiful extremes. La Joie de Vivre in Quebec NC Tour 64: North CaroCity, Canada DV lina’s Heritage Highway 11:30 EX In the Americas Explore this historic, with David Yetman scenic byway. Day of the Dead: EX Confucius A Mexican Celebration Was a Foodie Celebrations, Ceremonies 28 WEDNESDAY & the Dumpling 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News EX David Attenborough’s America Natural Curiosities EX Space Men: Young Wrinkles American Experience Meet the pioneering scien- 11:30 EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities tists and pilots behind the A Curious Twist U.S. space program. DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 29 THURSDAY 7:00 TV Nightly 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Business Report NC BBC World News NC PBS NewsHour America EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX New Scandinavian Siena & Tuscany’s Cooking Wine Country A Treat for the Holidays 7:30 TV Muse 6:30 NC Nightly Performing Arts: Lucas Business Report Meachem: Opera Singer/ EX Dream of Italy Jeremy Skidmore/ Puglia Sheltering Sky 7:00 TV Nightly EX Born To Explore Business Report with Richard Wiese NC PBS NewsHour England: The Queen’s Swan EX Rick Steves’ Europe 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts West England Chatham Rabbits 7:30 TV Exploring 8:00 TV Animal Babies: North Carolina First Year on Earth Things that Go Bump First Steps in the Night NC Moving EX Travelscope North Carolina Switzerland: Scaling the Follow the story of transJungfrau Region DV portation in our state, 8:00 TV ncIMPACT from ancient foot trails to McDowell County modern superhighways. NC Flavor, NC Goat Lady Dairy
Join Hillsborough’s Frances Mayes for Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special, Thursday, August 29, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
EX Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special Premiere! Best-selling author and part-time Hillsborough resident Frances Mayes shares an exclusive tour of her Under the Tuscan Sun’s countryside villa in Cortona. 8:20 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Volunteer Firefighters 8:30 TV Muse Community Art: Greensboro Mural/Skateboard Park/FanDames Initiative NC Food Town: Durham, NC This 24-hour snapshot of reveals the people behind the menus in one of America’s tastiest towns. EX Today’s Wild West Nine Quarter Circle Ranch/ Red Ants Pants Festival/ 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Mitchell’s Hardware 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Tomatoes...You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey EX Weekends with Yankee At the Shore 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Scallop Restoration 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Fords & Mills NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Fresh from Mexico EX Equitrekking Georgia Coast 10:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Special Unheard Voices: John Grisham & Gene Nichol NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Jamaica 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Scallop Restoration
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evening&weekend listings 10:30 TV PBS Previews: Country Music Go behind the scenes of the sweeping new series from director Ken Burns. NC Muse Community Art: Greensboro Mural/Skateboard Park/FanDames Initiative EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese North Dakota: Where Legends Are Born 10:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts The Original Collard Sandwich 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Taiwan: Iron Pathways to Adventure, Part 1 DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman In the Mouth of the Amazon
30 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History A Look Back on Ten Seasons 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Neighborhood Fest 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Guatemala’s Semana Santa: Easter Week DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Aunt Agatha and George cross swords. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Raptor Center 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT McDowell County 8:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Muddy Creek Cafe’ 9:00 TV Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music Premiere! Explore the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to worldwide popularity. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 22 | August
8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse Performing Arts: Lucas Meachem, Opera Singer/ Jeremy Skidmore/ Sheltering Sky 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts The Original Collard Sandwich 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Catch Bobby Osborne of The Weekend Osborne Brothers on Big Family: EX Are We There Yet? The Story of Bluegrass Music, Ireland premiering Friday, August 30, at 9 PM, Fossetts: Ireland’s on UNC-TV. Oldest Circus 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts EX Jamestown Jocelyn forges a surprising Science of Hockey 9:30 TV Nature Cat new connection. NC ncIMPACT 9:30 NC Washington Week McDowell County 10:00 NC NC SPIN 9:50 NC North Carolina EX Atlantis Weekend—Shorts White Lies Serafina Experience 10:30 NC Firing Line with 10:00 TV North Carolina Margaret Hoover Weekend 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC My Home, NC NC PBS NewsHour Sam Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s EX EastEnders Clothing/Artivist Rosalía 11:30 EX EastEnders Torres-Weiner EX New Scandinavian 31 SATURDAY Cooking Grain for Food 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Neighborhood DV Raptor Center NC Biographical Conversations with Betty McCain 10:30 TV ncIMPACT McDowell County Part 1 of 3 NC Folkways EX Carolina Potters at Seagrove, Part 1 Outdoor Journal EX Jamie’s Jig Master Quick & Easy Food 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Wings/Steak/ Neighborhood DV Mushroom Pasta EX Expeditions with 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Patrick McMillan Edwin Gil Blue Ridge: 11:00 TV Urban Conversion A Crucible of Life Across the Desert Sand 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC The Woodwright’s NC Carolina Shop with Roy Underhill Outdoor Journal Harvard Side Table Jig Master EX Taste of History EX Exploring From Kitchen Garden North Carolina to Table Measuring the Mountain 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Garden Home Neighborhood DV Past Made New in Old Salem NC Almanac Gardener NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Water-Saving Techniques The Soap Maker with for Your Landscape Deb Kraemer EX Great Scenic EX Taste of Malaysia Railway Journeys with Martin Yan New Zealand’s Overlander, East Coast Essence Trans Coastal & More Noon TV GardenSMART 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Outstanding Chef Grows Peterrific DV Great Food NC Exploring NC Growing a North Carolina Greener World Two Lakes & a Pond Northwest Garden Mani EX Queen’s festo: One Couple’s Quest Favourite Animals To Create a Sustainable Explore Elizabeth’s life and Landscape character through her relationships with her animals.
visit unctv.org EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Guadalajara & Puerto Vallarta 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Farming for Young People NC Almanac Gardener Water-Saving Techniques for Your Landscape EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Blue Ridge Parkway: From VA to NC 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Two Lakes & a Pond EX Travelscope St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Close to Home DV 1:30 NC EcoSense for Living The Shape of Our Water EX Curious Traveler Curious Williamsburg 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall
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NC First in Future Dr. Ronald Paulus EX Discovering Britain New Forest/Hampshire/ Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway/ Bath with Mica Paris 2:30 TV Samantha Brown’s Places To Love International Food Show NC Story in the Public Square Alexandra Watts 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Puppet Maker with Tim Selberg NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Vintage Roads Great & Small A30: London to Land’s End 3:30 TV American Woodshop Decorative Turnings NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Designing Their Dream Home/ Robotic Construction NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Lady & Sir James Galway 4:30 NC NC SPIN
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5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal MR-17 Specks NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX 8 Days: To the Moon and Back The first moon landing is recreated with mission audio, astronaut conversations, footage and CGI. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains The Malpass Brothers NC Classic Gospel The Hoppers Honor the First Families of Gospel Music 6:30 EX OSIRIS-REx: Countdown to Launch Scientists and engineers work to create and deliver the spacecraft to NASA. 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Animal Magnetism NC Sun Studio Sessions Southern Avenue EX Year in Space Go behind-the-scenes of Scott Kelly’s stay on the International Space Station. 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Bathroom NC Echo Sessions Aaron Woody Wood/Sufi Brothers/King Zeros 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Blood on the Saddle, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Eli Cook/Scott Fore/Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & EX Jazz Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945) 8:30 TV Midsomer Murders Blood on the Saddle, Part 2 9:00 NC Front & Center CMA Songwriters Series Presents: Clint Black 9:30 TV DCI Banks Undertow 10:00 NC Infinity Hall Live The Revivalists EX Jackie Robinson Part 1 Jackie Robinson rises from humble origins to become the first black Major League Baseball player. DV 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Zac Brown Band TV Tunnel: Vengeance Karl and Elise face a tense and gripping showdown with the Pied Piper.
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