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MOLLY ROCKS THE BLOCK Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM, only on Rootle Informational text saves the day for our August Block Party star— Molly of Denali! Join the crew on their daily adventures in Alaska, from fishing and building snow forts to delivering a camera to friends on a volcano via a dog sled. Along the way, Molly’s life is enhanced, kept on track and flat-out saved by maps, guide books, websites, weather reports and more.
DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD New Episodes—August 17-21! Enjoy a week of all-new episodes featuring Daniel and his pals at school! Follow their adventures as they learn about substitute teachers, fire drills, nap time, patience and what to do when things don’t go as planned. Watch on Rootle and on our 24/7 stream at unctv.org/rootle!
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evening&weekend listings EX A Taste of History Cuisine of the Equator 12:30 TV America’s Heartland 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ New Tech Improves Neighborhood Yield & Soil Health NC Beyond Barbados: NC tasteMAKERS The Carolina Connection Kō Hana Rum, Kunia, Trace this small island’s Hawaii influence on the wealth and EX In the Americas success of the Carolinas. with David Yetman EX Carolina Mexico City: Outdoor Journal 600 Years of Urban Glory Captain’s Challenge 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Vintage San Diego Neighborhood DV NC Exploring EX Expeditions North Carolina with Patrick McMillan Ghost Towns of NC Blue Ridge: The Heart of EX North Carolina the Eastern Forest Weekend 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Best of Bob Garner NC Carolina J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom sends 1:30 NC Expeditions Outdoor Journal off the season in style, Saturday, with Patrick McMillan Autumn Rainbow Trout August 1, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV. Colorado’s EX Exploring Rocky Mountains: North Carolina 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV Challenges & Changes Ghost Towns of NC NC North Carolina EX Born To Explore 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Weekend with Richard Wiese Neighborhood DV Best of Bob Garner Connecticut: NC Expeditions EX NOVA A Touch of Africa with Patrick McMillan Making North America: Life 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Colorado’s 9:30 TV Nature Cat Little Europe: San Marino, Rocky Mountains: NC ncIMPACT Monaco, Vatican City Challenges & Changes Get Set Transylvania NC Sci NC EX Sci NC 10:00 TV North Carolina Celebrating Citizen Science Celebrating Citizen Science Weekend EX Queen at War 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Best of Bob Garner Follow Elizabeth II’s revelaPeterrific DV NC Carolina tory WWII experiences. NC Exploring Business Review 2:30 TV Outside: North Carolina Chris William and his Beyond the Lens Ghost Towns of NC guests discuss business Storm Chasers EX Animals with Cameras: news in the Carolinas. NC Story in the A Nature Miniseries EX New Public Square Witness the secret lives of Scandinavian Cooking Ken Belson animals as never before. DV Grain for Food 3:00 TV Burt Wolf: 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Travels & Traditions NC Sci NC Get Set Transylvania Palm Beach Scrapbook, Celebrating Citizen Science NC NC Broadcast Legends Part 2 Carl Venters Jr. NC To the Contrary E X Jacques Pépin LISTINGS KEY: with Bonnie Erbé Heart & Soul TV U NC-TV National TV’s only women La Cocina Olé NC N orth Carolina Channel centered news analysis 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s show tackles hot topics. EX U NC-EX Explorer Channel Life in Bloom EX Prince Charles at 70 Vegetables & Flowers DV Descriptive Video Service See this portrait of the NC The Woodwright’s COLOR U NC-TV productions Prince of Wales. Shop with Roy Underhill & local interest 3:30 TV American Woodshop Carving Away with Shaded programs indicate Stanton Tools Mary May fundraiser specials NC Firing Line with EX tasteMAKERS Margaret Hoover On the Vine PLEASE NOTE: While every Bright minds and fresh voices 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s effort is made to ensure the debate important challenges. Garden Home accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air 4:00 TV This Old House Cotton All Around Westerly: Decking announcements, updates at NC EcoSense for Living for Beginners unctv.org and posts to social Fashioned for the Planet NC FRONT ROW E X A Chef’s Life media provide the latest with Marc Rotterman Pretty in Peach scheduling information. Some Follow lively conversations oon TV GardenSMART N program start and end times can and interviews with key Private Conifer Collection vary slightly from our listings. policy makers. NC To Dine for Add at least five minutes when with Kate Sullivan recording your favorite shows. Jake Wood: Founder Team Rubicon
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visit unctv.org EX Secrets of Althorp— The Spencers Get a personal tour around the family manor from Princess Diana’s brother. 4:30 TV Ask This Old House Built-In/Dining Room Light NC NC SPIN Tom Campbell and guests engage in informative, balanced debate. 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Autumn Rainbow Trout NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of animals as never before. DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains Jeff Parker & Company/ The King James Boys/ Billy Droze NC Classic Gospel GVB Reunion Live EX NOVA Making North America: Life 7:00 TV As Time Goes By What’s Wrong with Mrs. Bale? NC Sun Studio Sessions Carson McHone EX National Parks: America’s Best Idea Going Home (1920-1933) The Smoky Mountains becomes a park. DV 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Alistair’s Engagement NC Echo Sessions Leftover Salmon 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Dagger Club, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Jeff Parker & Company/ The King James Boys/ Billy Droze 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Dagger Club, Part 2 NC Farm & Fun Time Steel City Jug Slammers/ Sierra Ferrell EX The War A Necessary War Explore the impact of America’s entrance into WWII. DV 10:00 TV Hinterland Mathias makes a gruesome discovery. NC Front & Center Chris Janson 11:00 TV Professor T The Legacy
NC Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant/ Tank & The Bangas 11:30 EX Last Ring Home See how a class ring made its way home 17 years after a WWII soldier was killed.
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Built-In/Dining Room Light NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Living with a Rising Sea NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of Althorp— 2 SUNDAY The Spencers 6 AM TV Nature Cat Get a personal tour around NC Closer to Truth the family manor from Art Seeking Understanding I: Princess Diana’s brother. Foundations 10:30 TV Sci NC EX Finding Your Roots Celebrating Citizen Science Dreaming of a New Land: NC North Carolina Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Bookwatch Sandberg & Kal Penn Martin Clark: 6:30 TV Wild Kratts The Substitution Order NC Education Matters 11:00 TV Hubert Keller: Learn about key issues Secrets of a Chef affecting education in NC. Culinary Hotspots in Down 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV town Las Vegas NC The Open Mind NC McLaughlin Group America Without Law Tom Rogan, Pat Buchanan, EX Antiques Roadshow Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page Vintage San Diego and others discuss politics. 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX The Great Neighborhood DV British Baking Show NC ncIMPACT Cake Get Set Transylvania 11:30 TV Simply Ming 8:00 TV Curious George DV Ming Tsai with Rick Bayless NC Carolina NC Story in the Business Review Public Square EX Queen at War Maddie McGarvey Follow Elizabeth II’s revela- Noon TV FRONT ROW tory WWII experiences. with Marc Rotterman 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Carolina NC Firing Line with Outdoor Journal Margaret Hoover Autumn Rainbow Trout 9:00 TV This Old House EX Samantha Brown’s Westerly: Decking for Places to Love Beginners Phoenix, Arizona NC Washington Week 12:30 TV NC SPIN EX Prince Charles at 70 NC Fishing See this portrait of the Behind the Lines Prince of Wales. Reservoir Fish EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily DV 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The Austrian Table NC Song of the Mountains Jeff Parker & Company/ The King James Boys/ Billy Droze EX Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece A Show of Unity 1:30 TV My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saving the Earth on Paros 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Pork & Greens NC Farm & Fun Time Steel City Jug Slammers/ Sierra Ferrell Sample some Smoky Pulled Pork EX Victoria Season 3 on America’s Test Kitchen from on Masterpiece Cook’s Illustrated, Sunday, A Coburg Quartet August 2, at 2 PM, on UNC-TV. August | 5
evening&weekend listings 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Italian Comfort Food Classics 3:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Eating Las Vegas: From Old to New NC Front & Center Chris Janson EX Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece A Public Inconvenience 3:30 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Sue Monk Kidd: The Book of Longings 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum Best Health Practices to Prevent COVID-19 Spread NC Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant/ Tank & The Bangas EX Dark Angel on Masterpiece Joanne Froggatt stars as Britain’s first female serial killer—a Victorian poisoner. 4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders The Dagger Club, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum Best Health Practices to Prevent COVID-19 Spread EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore Express, Part 1 of 4 6:30 NC Talk—Race in America Explore the troubled relationship between people of color and law enforcement. 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Dagger Club, Part 2 EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of animals as never before. DV 8:00 TV Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Confection DV EX NOVA Making North America: Human 8:30 NC Independent Lens I Am Not Your Negro Take a look at James Baldwin’s crucial observations about American race relations. DV 9:00 EX Life from Above Moving Planet Cameras in space capture the planet’s most powerful movements. 9:30 TV Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Deguello DV 6 | August
9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Part 2 NC NC Broadcast Legends Carl Venters Jr. EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore Express, Part 2 of 4 9:30 NC North Carolina Weekend Best of Bob Garner 10:00 TV POV New! Chez Jolie Coiffure Catch up on the latest hair mail with this salon’s charismatic proprietor. NC David Holt’s Step inside Cameroonian Sabine’s tiny State of Music underground hair salon on POV Chez Jolie Coiffure, Monday, August 3, at Dom Flemons 10 PM, on UNC-TV. EX Tunnel: Vengeance Karl makes a major breakthrough, but danger lurks. 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Mossville: When Get Set Transylvania Great Trees Fall 11:00 TV Amanpour EX Sci NC & Company Celebrating Citizen Science The acclaimed journalist 10:30 EX ncIMPACT and top peers explore Get Set Transylvania today’s topics. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC PBS NewsHour NC ncIMPACT EX Finding Your Roots Get Set Transylvania Dreaming of a New Land: EX Antiques Roadshow Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Vintage San Diego Sandberg & Kal Penn 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Carl Venters Jr. 4 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour EX Simply Ming Get in-depth analyses Ming Tsai with of current events. Sara Moulton NC BBC World News 6:30 NC BBC World News America Outside Source Katty Kay shares unique EX My Greek Table global perspectives. with Diane Kochilas EX Secrets of Althorp— Figs in a Glass The Spencers Get a personal tour around 7:00 TV Flavor, NC Wild Caught Shrimp the family manor from NC PBS NewsHour Princess Diana’s brother. EX Rick Steves’ Europe 6:30 NC BBC World News Florence: Heart of Outside Source the Renaissance Ros Atkins offers an 7:30 TV North Carolina innovative take on the Weekend latest global stories. Best of Bob Garner 7:00 TV Somewhere South EX Travelscope Porridge for the Soul Bhutan, Part 2: Land of NC PBS NewsHour the Thunder Dragon DV EX Samantha Brown’s 8:00 TV Reagan: American Places to Love Experience Top of the South Island, Lifeguard New Zealand NC North Carolina 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bookwatch Lisbon DV Sue Monk Kidd: 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow The Book of Longings Vintage Boston EX In Their Own Words NC REEL SOUTH Queen Elizabeth II Explore Alabama Bound an astonishing life and reign EX Grantchester Season 2 of more than 60 years. on Masterpiece Part 2 A professor dies in a suspicious fall. DV
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visit unctv.org 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Flavor of Poland Lublin 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Regal & Intimate 7:30 TV Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story Premiere! See diverse families and how these relationships shape us and matter now more than ever. EX Untamed Meet 2020 Elon University grad Lumiere Rostick and her grandparents on Opossums Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story, premiering Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 PM, on UNC-TV. 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Broadband Under 8:30 NC Muse NC PBS NewsHour Quarantine Music Heritage & Education: EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC Flavor, NC Steep Canyon Rangers/ Florentine Delights & Wild Caught Shrimp Start of Cool Summer Tuscan Side Trips EX Expedition with Camp/We Insist: 7:30 TV Exploring Steve Backshall Music of Max Roach North Carolina Oman: Desert Fortress 9:00 NC REEL SOUTH Living with a Rising Sea 8:30 TV My Home, NC The Well- Placed Weed EX Travelscope Mama Dip, Coming EX The Queen’s Garden Fredericksburg, Texas DV of the Shad, Land of Oz, See remarkable “royal wild- 8:00 TV Animals with Cameras: Banjo Earth life” and plants in London. A Nature Miniseries NC Moveable Feast 10:00 TV Statecraft: Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish with Fine Cooking The Bush 41 Team Brown Bears’ Diets DV Cohosts in Portugal Examine the presidency NC National Parks: 9:00 TV North Carolina of George H.W. Bush. America’s Best Idea Weekend NC J.D. Loudermilk The Last Refuge NC State Parks Tribute Concert—A Music (1890-1915) DV NC A Chef’s Life Gone Public Special EX A Chef’s Life A Food Truck & a Pear Tree Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Gettin’ Figgy with It EX Weekends Cash, Rodney Crowell, 8:30 EX The Great with Yankee Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver British Baking Show To the Top and more stars perform Continental Cakes 9:30 TV David Holt’s Abilene, Tobacco Road 9:00 TV NOVA State of Music and other hits by the late, Rise of the Mammals Onstage! Durham-born songwriter. New fossils reveal how NC Growing a EX Secrets of mammals took over Earth Greener World Highclere Castle after dinosaur extinction. The Private Garden Go behind the scenes at 9:30 EX A Taste of History of a Public Gardener one of England’s most The Santa Fe Trail EX Outside: spectacular country houses. 10:00 TV Forces of Nature Beyond the Lens 11:00 TV Amanpour Color Grasslands & Company EX Sara’s 10:00 NC North Carolina NC PBS NewsHour Weeknight Meals Weekend EX Travelscope One Pan Wonder Armenia: Ancient History & 1 0:30 NC Legends of Airpower NC State Parks EX Rick Steves Cruising Modern Traditions, Part 2 John Boyd DV the Mediterranean EX Ellie’s Real Good Food 11:30 EX In the Americas Sail from Barcelona to Ath Unboring Salads with David Yetman ens with stops in the French 11:00 TV Amanpour Colombia: Capital & Coffee Riviera, Rome and more. & Company 10:30 TV John Lewis— NC PBS NewsHour Get in the Way EX Animals with Cameras: 5 WEDNESDAY See the life of civil rights A Nature Miniseries 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour hero, congressman and Witness the secret lives of NC BBC World News human rights champion. animals as never before. DV America NC My Home, NC EX Sci NC Mama Dip, Coming 6 THURSDAY Celebrating Citizen Science of the Shad, Land of Oz, 6:30 NC BBC World News Banjo Earth 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Outside Source 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News EX ncIMPACT EX Skindigenous America Get Set Transylvania Nimkii EX Lidia’s Kitchen 7:00 TV Sci NC Childhood Cravings Celebrating Citizen Science August | 7
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EX Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul Cooking for the President 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s Neighborhood DV Life in Bloom NC Southern Belle Arrangements from Young women participate the Garden in an intensive week of NC The Woodwright’s historical reenactments. 7 FRIDAY Shop with Roy Underhill EX Carolina 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Swinging Saw Vise Outdoor Journal NC BBC World News EX tasteMAKERS Autumn Rainbow Trout America Shelled Out 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX tasteMAKERS 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Neighborhood DV Out of the Box Garden Home EX Expeditions 6:30 NC BBC World News Keep It Simple with Patrick McMillan Today NC EcoSense for Living Blue Ridge: Get a comprehensive look Wild Healing A Crucible of Life at global news and analysis. 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV EX A Chef’s Life EX Jacques Pépin: Gettin’ Figgy with It NC Carolina Heart & Soul Noon TV GardenSMART Outdoor Journal Taste Bud Temptations How, When & Where Drum Beat 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group To Start a Garden EX Exploring NC PBS NewsHour NC To Dine for North Carolina EX Rick Steves’ Europe with Kate Sullivan Living with a Rising Sea Paris: Embracing Life & Art 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Ashley Longshore, Artist 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX A Taste of History Neighborhood DV EX 100 Days, Drinks, The Santa Fe Trail NC Expeditions Dishes and Destinations 12:30 TV America’s Heartland with Patrick McMillan Dirt to Dinner Tennessee’s National Corn EX My Home, NC 8:00 TV Washington Week bread Festival & More Fairs Mama Dip, Coming NC North Carolina NC tasteMAKERS of the Shad, Land of Oz, Weekend Ramona Farms: Gila River Banjo Earth NC State Parks Indian Community, Arizona 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & EX Victoria Season 3 EX In the Americas Peterrific DV on Masterpiece with David Yetman NC Exploring The White Elephant Our Warming Oceans: North Carolina 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Biosphere to Bahamas Living with a Rising Sea with Marc Rotterman EX Animals with Cameras: 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow NC My Home, NC Vintage Boston A Nature Miniseries Mama Dip, Coming NC Exploring Witness the secret lives of of the Shad, Land of Oz, North Carolina animals as never before. DV Banjo Earth Living with a Rising Sea 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV 9:00 TV Great Performances: EX North Carolina NC My Home, NC In the Heights: Chasing Weekend Mama Dip, Coming Broadway Dreams NC State Parks of the Shad, Land of Oz, Follow the cast and team 1:30 NC Expeditions Banjo Earth from the musical’s small with Patrick McMillan 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV start to its Tony Awards. South Texas— NC North Carolina NC FRONT ROW A Hint of the Tropics Weekend with Marc Rotterman EX Born To Explore NC State Parks EX Poldark on with Richard Wiese EX NOVA Masterpiece Canada: The Cowboy Life Making North America: Part 1—Poldark Returns 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Human 9:30 NC Washington Week Great Swiss Cities: Luzern, 9:30 TV Nature Cat 10:00 TV International Jazz Bern, Zurich & Lausanne NC ncIMPACT Virtual Day: Live from Cuba NC My Home, NC Town Hall Special World-renowned artists Mama Dip, Coming Broadband Under collaborate and perform. of the Shad, Land of Oz, Quarantine NC NC SPIN Banjo Earth 10:00 TV North Carolina EX Poldark on EX In Their Own Words Weekend Masterpiece Queen Elizabeth II Explore NC State Parks Part 2—Investors Wanted an astonishing life and reign NC Carolina 10:30 NC Firing Line with of more than 60 years. Business Review Margaret Hoover 2:30 TV Outside: EX New 11:00 TV Amanpour Beyond the Lens Scandinavian Cooking & Company East Side Colors Island Treats NC PBS NewsHour NC Story in the 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual EX EastEnders Public Square Town Hall Special 11:30 EX EastEnders Maddie McGarvey Broadband Under 3:00 TV Burt Wolf: Quarantine Travels & Traditions NC NC Broadcast Legends China Ancient & Modern Robert Murray Horner Jr. 8 | August
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visit unctv.org NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX The Queen’s Garden See remarkable “royal wildlife” and plants in London. 3:30 TV American Woodshop Arts & Crafts Luminaries NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Return to Paradise NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Secrets of Highclere Castle Go behind the scenes at one of England’s most spectacular country houses. 4:30 TV Ask This Old House Women’s Repair Class/ Garden NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Drum Beat NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of animals as never before. DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains New! Michael Reno Harrell/ Larry Sparks & The Lonesome River Band NC Classic Gospel Booth Brothers: Country Roads EX NOVA Making North America: Human 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The House Next Door NC Sun Studio Sessions The Bo-keys EX National Parks: America’s Best Idea Great Nature (1933-1945)
9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Return to Paradise NC Washington Week EX The Queen’s Garden See remarkable “royal wildlife” and plants in London. 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Women’s Repair Class/ Garden NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of Highclere Castle Go behind the scenes at one of England’s most Morganton singer/songwriter/ spectacular country houses. storyteller Michael Reno Harrell 10:30 TV My Home, NC brings his “Appalachian grit ‘n’ wit” to Mama Dip, Coming Song of the Mountains, Saturday, of the Shad, Land of Oz, August 8, at 6 PM, on UNC-TV. Banjo Earth NC North Carolina 10:00 TV Hinterland Bookwatch The past comes back to Sue Monk Kidd: haunt Mathias. The Book of Longings NC Front & Center 11:00 TV Hubert Keller: The Head & the Heart Secrets of a Chef 11:00 TV Professor T Eating in Las Vegas: Murder By Numbers, Part 1 From Peru to Provence NC Austin City Limits NC McLaughlin Group Miguel/Alessia Cara EX The Great EX Day of Days: British Baking Show June 6, 1944 Biscuits Four D-Day veterans share 11:30 TV Simply Ming their experiences. Ming Tsai with Carla Hall NC Story in the 9 SUNDAY Public Square Donald Warne, MD 6 AM TV Nature Cat Noon TV FRONT ROW NC Closer to Truth with Marc Rotterman Why Philosophy of Art? NC Carolina EX Finding Your Roots Outdoor Journal Freedom Tales: Drum Beat S. Epatha Merkerson & EX Samantha Brown’s Michael Strahan Places to Love 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Vienna, Austria NC Education Matters 12:30 TV NC SPIN 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Fishing NC The Open Mind DV Behind the Lines America Without Law 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Drifting the Grasse EX Antiques Roadshow A Surprise for Jean EX Rick Steves’ Europe Vintage Boston NC Echo Sessions Sicilian Delights DV 7:30 T V Daniel Tiger’s Empire Strikes Brass 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Neighborhood DV 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Milk Street Television NC ncIMPACT Virtual Murder by Magic, Part 1 Cooking with Chilies Town Hall Special NC Song of the Mountains NC Song of the Mountains Broadband Under Michael Reno Harrell/ Michael Reno Harrell/ Quarantine Larry Sparks & The Larry Sparks & The 8:00 TV Curious George Lonesome River Band Lonesome River Band N C Carolina 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders EX Victoria Season 3 Business Review Murder by Magic, Part 2 on Masterpiece EX In Their Own Words NC Farm & Fun Time The White Elephant Queen Elizabeth II Explore Hoot & Holler/ 1:30 TV My Greek Table an astonishing life and reign Davina & The Vagabonds with Diane Kochilas of more than 60 years. EX The War Figs in a Glass 8:30 T V Wild Kratts When Things Get Tough DV NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover August | 9
evening&weekend listings 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Eggs for the Holidays NC Farm & Fun Time Hoot & Holler/ Davina & The Vagabonds EX Poldark on Masterpiece Part 1—Poldark Returns 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 3:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Las Vegas Celebrity Chefs: Two of the Best NC Front & Center The Head & the Heart EX Poldark on Masterpiece Part 2—Investors Wanted 3:30 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Jodi Magness: Masada 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum Internet Access & the Effect of COVID-19 NC Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara EX King Charles III on Masterpiece This drama imagines Prince Charles’ ascent to the throne. 4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Broadband Under Quarantine 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Murder by Magic, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum Internet Access & the Effect of COVID-19 EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore Express, Part 2 of 4 6:30 NC POV Whose Streets? Take a hard look at the Ferguson uprising, where citizens assert their right to live. 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders Murder by Magic, Part 2 EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish Brown Bears’ Diets DV 8:00 TV Secrets of the Royal Servants Explore life at Buckingham Palace through those who see the royals in a way no one else does.
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It’s 1970 and cerebral Detective Morse (Shaun Evans, L) returns (even if his ‘stache does not), along with his man Thursday (Roger Allam), as Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece premieres Sunday, August 9, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Out of the Shadows/Move on Up Travel through the last half century of AfricanAmerican history with Henry Louis Gates Jr. DV EX NOVA Rise of the Mammals New fossils reveal how mammals took over Earth after dinosaur extinction. 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Season Premiere! Oracle DV EX Life from Above Colorful Planet 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Gip EX My Home, NC Mama Dip, Coming of the Shad, Land of Oz, Banjo Earth 10:30 EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Broadband Under Quarantine 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Broadband Under Quarantine EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Boston 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr.
10 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of Highclere Castle Go behind the scenes at one of England’s most spectacular country houses. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
7:00 TV Somewhere South Dumpling Dilemma NC PBS NewsHour EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Sonoma County, California 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Part 3 NC REEL SOUTH First Lady of the Revolution EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 3 Sidney and Geordie answer a false alarm. DV 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Part 1 NC NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr. EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore Express, Part 3 of 4 9:30 NC North Carolina Weekend NC State Parks 10:00 TV POV About Love NC David Holt’s State of Music Onstage! EX Tunnel: Vengeance Karl and Elise face a gripping showdown with the Pied Piper. 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales: S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
11 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Dr. William Li
visit unctv.org 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas An Ionian Odyssey 7:00 TV Flavor, NC State Fair NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe London: Historic & Dynamic 7:30 TV North Carolina Weekend NC State Parks EX Travelscope A San Antonio Christmas
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish Brown Bears’ Diets DV
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8:00 TV Reagan: American Experience An American Crusade NC North Carolina Bookwatch Jodi Magness: Masada EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen 8:30 NC Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/UNCSA 9:00 NC REEL SOUTH Ingrid EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Go inside the compelling, controversial and complex stories shaping our times. NC One Band Indivisible Follow the triumphs and trials of Durham’s Hillside Hornet’s marching band. EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope France: Following the Rhone DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Land of Sand
12 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX My Home, NC Mama Dip, Coming of the Shad, Land of Oz, Banjo Earth 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Broadband Under Quarantine
Chef Walter Staib (R) enjoys Antigua on A Taste of History, Wednesday, August 12, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
7:00 TV My Home, NC Mama Dip, Coming of the Shad, Land of Oz, Banjo Earth NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake District & Durham 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future EX Travelscope Gathering in Scotland DV 8:00 TV Nature Undercover in the Jungle DV
NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) DV EX A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect 8:30 EX The Great British Baking Show Pastries 9:00 TV NOVA Decoding the Great Pyramid See how ancient Egyptians built the Giza pyramids. 9:30 EX A Taste of History Return to the Dockyard 10:00 TV Forces of Nature Motion NC Legends of Airpower Charles Bolden EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Significant Salad 10:30 NC Future of America’s Past Freedom’s Fortress EX Ellie’s Real Good Food One Basket, One Week, Zero Waste
6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Memories of the Mountains 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Flavor of Poland Zakopane 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Wade Hargrove NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice: City of Dreams 7:30 TV Muse Art Abilities: UNCSA— One Knot at a Time, Scratchboard Artist EX Untamed Snakes 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact NC Flavor, NC State Fair EX No Passport Required Detroit 8:30 TV My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Basque Country 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Country Stores NC A Chef’s Life Wanted: Broccoli EX Weekends with Yankee Adventurous Spirit 9:30 TV David Holt’s State of Music Sam Bush NC Growing a Greener World The Compost Pedallers EX Outside: Beyond the Lens Alabama Hills
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evening&weekend listings 10:00 TV Talking Black in America Consider the profound impact of the descendants of American slaves on American language. NC North Carolina Weekend Country Stores EX Rick Steves’ European Travel Tips & Tricks Learn about itinerary planning, avoiding crowds and more essential skills. 10:30 NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous New Zealand 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Lake Superior: Circling the Sweet Water Ocean
14 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX tasteMAKERS In the Wild 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul Global Gastronomy 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice & Its Lagoon 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations Feast of Flavors 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend Country Stores EX Poldark on Masterpiece Part 3—Gentry Battles 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde 9:00 TV Great Performances: The Sound of Music Follow the von Trapp Family’s escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 12 | August
EX My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish Brown Bears’ Diets DV 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC My Home, NC The hills are alive again on this more The Courage of Chris recent revisiting of the musical classic Rosati, Salem Street Drum on Great Performances: The Sound Company, Highland Brewof Music, Friday, August 14, at 9 PM, ing Company, Hospital to on UNC-TV. Home, Villa Verde 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV EX Poldark on NC North Carolina Masterpiece Weekend Part 4—Fish Harvest Country Stores 9:30 NC Washington Week EX NOVA 10:00 NC NC SPIN Rise of the Mammals New EX Poldark on fossils reveal how mammals Masterpiece took over Earth after dino Part 5—In the Family Way saur extinction. 10:30 NC Firing Line with 9:30 TV Nature Cat Margaret Hoover NC ncIMPACT Virtual 1:00 NC PBS NewsHour 1 Town Hall Special EX EastEnders COVID-19’s Rural 11:30 TV Amanpour Health Impact & Company 10:00 TV North Carolina EX EastEnders Weekend Country Stores NC Carolina 15 SATURDAY Business Review 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ EX Lidia’s Kitchen Neighborhood DV Childhood Cravings NC Civil War 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual Songs & Stories Town Hall Special Performances of Bonnie COVID-19’s Rural Blue Flag and Dixie capture Health Impact Civil War sounds and tales. NC NC Broadcast Legends EX Carolina Wade Hargrove Outdoor Journal EX Jacques Pépin: Drum Beat Heart & Soul 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Taste Bud Temptations Neighborhood DV 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s EX Expeditions Life in Bloom with Patrick McMillan From Farm to Plate & Vase The Great Plains: NC The Woodwright’s An Ever-changing Tapestry Shop with Roy Underhill 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Sharpen that Saw! NC Carolina EX tasteMAKERS Outdoor Journal Extracted Pier Lesson 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s EX Exploring Garden Home North Carolina Add a Little Color A Peninsula with a Future NC EcoSense for Living 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Innovation & Biomimicry Neighborhood DV EX A Chef’s Life NC Expeditions Pickle Perfect with Patrick McMillan Noon TV GardenSMART South Texas—The Border Preplanning & Tips
visit unctv.org NC Bluegrass Underground Nitty Gritty Dirt Band EX National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Morning of Creation (1946-1980) DV 7:30 TV As Time Goes By An Old Flame NC Echo Sessions Hoveykraft 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer County, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Kornfield Friends: Remembering Hee Haw, Part 1 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer Professor T crosses his Ts and dots his Is on the sleuth’s first-season finale, County, Part 2 Saturday, August 15, at 11 PM, on UNC-TV. NC Farm & Fun Time Kelsey Rae/Chuck Mead & NC The Hook 3:00 TV Burt Wolf: The Grassy Knoll Boys Catch the funkiest fish show Travels & Traditions EX The War on the planet, with beloved Mapping Business in China A Deadly Calling DV Durham Chef Ricky Moore NC To the Contrary 10:00 TV Hinterland of Saltbox Seafood Joint. with Bonnie Erbé The past comes back to EX A Taste of History EX Lucy Worsley’s haunt Mathias. Return to the Dockyard Royal Myths & Secrets NC Front & Center 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Queen Anne: Santana IV—Live at the Consumer-Driven Farm The Mother of Great Britain House of Blues in Las Vegas Production Techniques 3:30 TV American Woodshop 11:00 TV Professor T NC tasteMAKERS Making Custom Knives Murder By Numbers, Part 2 Custom Foodscaping: NC Firing Line with NC Austin City Limits St. Louis, Missouri Margaret Hoover Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX In the Americas 4:00 TV This Old House EX 1st to Fight: with David Yetman Westerly: The Doors Pacific War Marines Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate NC FRONT ROW Witness experiences of the 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow with Marc Rotterman 1st Marine Division on the Tucson, Part 3 EX Lucy Worsley’s Pacific island of Guadalca NC Exploring Royal Myths & Secrets nal in 1942. North Carolina Marie Antoinette: A Peninsula with a Future The Doomed Queen 16 SUNDAY EX North Carolina 4:30 TV Ask This Old House Weekend Switch/Affordable 6 AM TV Nature Cat Country Stores Geothermal NC Closer to Truth 1:30 NC Expeditions NC NC SPIN Can the Brain Explain Art? with Patrick McMillan 5:00 TV Carolina EX Finding Your Roots South Texas: The Border Outdoor Journal No Laughing Matter: EX Born To Explore Pier Lesson Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro with Richard Wiese NC PBS NewsHour & Sarah Silverman South Africa: Land Weekend 6:30 TV Wild Kratts of the Penguins EX Animals with Cameras: NC Education Matters 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe A Nature Miniseries 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Vienna & the Danube Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish NC The Open Mind NC My Home, NC Brown Bears’ Diets DV America Without Law The Courage of Chris 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour EX Antiques Roadshow Rosati, Salem Street Drum Weekend Tucson, Part 3 Company, Highland Brew- NC Washington Week 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s ing Company, Hospital to 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains Neighborhood DV Home, Villa Verde Kornfield Friends: Remem- NC ncIMPACT Virtual EX Lucy Worsley’s bering Hee Haw, Part 1 Town Hall Special Royal Myths & Secrets NC Classic Gospel COVID-19’s Rural Elizabeth I: Jimmy Fortune: Health Impact The Warrior Queen God & Country 8:00 TV Curious George DV 2:30 TV Outside: EX NOVA NC Carolina Beyond the Lens Rise of the Mammals Business Review New Zealand New fossils reveal how EX Lucy Worsley’s NC Story in the mammals took over Earth Royal Myths & Secrets Public Square after dinosaur extinction. Elizabeth I: Donald Warne, MD 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Warrior Queen Pardon? August | 13
evening&weekend listings 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: The Doors NC Washington Week EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Switch/Affordable Geothermal NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters? NC NC SPIN EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen 10:30 TV My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde NC North Carolina Bookwatch Jodi Magness: Masada 11:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Hubert’s Birthday Bash NC McLaughlin Group EX The Great British Baking Show Bread 11:30 TV Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Susur Lee NC Story in the Public Square Mo Rocca Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Pier Lesson EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love The Southern Finger Lakes, New York 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Texas Rigged EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Highlands DV 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Thailand North to South NC Song of the Mountains Kornfield Friends: Remembering Hee Haw, Part 1 EX Poldark on Masterpiece Part 3—Gentry Battles 1:30 TV My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas An Ionian Odyssey 14 | August
Smile and say, “Stilton!” Enjoy Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album, Sunday, August 16, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated A Trip to Rome NC Farm & Fun Time Kelsey Rae/Chuck Mead & The Grassy Knoll Boys EX Poldark on Masterpiece Part 4—Fish Harvest 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Beef, Dressed Up 3:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Spring Mountain’s Secret Gems NC Front & Center Santana IV—Live at the House of Blues in Las Vegas EX Poldark on Masterpiece Part Five Poldark and Demelza start a family and Demelza plays matchmaker. The miners riot. 3:30 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Devi Laskar: The Atlas of Reds & Blues 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum The Power of Black Mobility (Green Book) NC Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Oracle DV 4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer County, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum The Power of Black Mobility (Green Book)
EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore Express, Part 3 of 4 6:30 NC POV Quest A Black husband and wife raise a family and nurture a community of hiphop artists in Philadelphia. 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer County, Part 2 EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle DV
8:00 TV Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album Explore how the British royal family has shaped its image with photography. NC Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Keep Your Head Up/Touch the Sky Explore our changing racial landscape with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Eric Holder. EX NOVA Decoding the Great Pyramid See how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza. 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Raga DV EX Life from Above Patterned Planet 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Alabama Bound EX My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde 10:30 EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact
visit unctv.org EX Antiques Roadshow 18 TUESDAY Tucson, Part 3 11:30 TV EastEnders 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC NC Broadcast Legends NC BBC World News Wade Hargrove America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with 17 MONDAY Amanda Freitag 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 6:30 NC BBC World News NC BBC World News Outside Source America EX My Greek Table EX Lucy Worsley’s with Diane Kochilas Royal Myths & Secrets The Dodecanese for Dinner Marie Antoinette: 7:00 TV Flavor, NC The Doomed Queen Carter Farms Wheat 6:30 NC BBC World News NC PBS NewsHour Outside Source EX Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 TV Somewhere South European Travel Skills, What a Pickle Part 1 NC PBS NewsHour 7:30 TV North Carolina EX Samantha Brown’s Weekend Places to Love Country Stores Sailing the British EX Travelscope Virgin Islands Taiwan Lantern Festival DV 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Travel Skills: Cruising Convention Coverage Explore cruising’s ins and Join Judy Woodruff and outs and pros and cons. DV team for news and analysis. 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour NC North Carolina Convention Coverage Bookwatch Join Judy Woodruff and Devi Laskar: team for news and analysis. The Atlas of Reds & Blues NC REEL SOUTH EX Lucy Worsley’s Divided City Royal Photo Album EX Grantchester Season 2 Explore how the British on Masterpiece royal family has shaped its Part 4 An apparent suicide image with photography. leads Sidney to perform an 8:30 NC Muse exorcism. DV Cultural History: Center 8:30 NC REEL SOUTH for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit Jonah Stands Up 9:00 NC REEL SOUTH 9:00 NC NC Broadcast Legends F/11 & Be There Wade Hargrove EX Tales from the EX Death in Paradise Royal Bedchamber Murder on the Honore Historian Lucy Worsley Express, Part 4 of 4 reveals the importance of 9:30 NC North Carolina the palace’s regal bedroom. Weekend 10:00 NC A Great Country Stores American Tapestry 10:00 NC David Holt’s Follow Southern mountain State of Music music through Scots-Irish, Sam Bush African-American and EX The Miniaturist indigenous traditions, with on Masterpiece Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Nella marries to rescue her Flemons, Sheila Kay Adfamily from financial ruin, ams, David Holt and more. but her husband is not all EX Secrets of she imagined. Henry VIII’s Palace 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Discover the unique HampTown Hall Special ton Court, the ultimate COVID-19’s Rural royal pleasure palace. Health Impact 11:00 TV Amanpour 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company & Company NC PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope EX Finding Your Roots Ireland: Coast to Coast DV No Laughing Matter: 11:30 EX In the Americas Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro with David Yetman & Sarah Silverman Nicaragua: Land of the Shaking Earth Emerges
19 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact 7:00 TV My Home, NC The Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drum Company, Highland Brewing Company, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 2 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters? EX Travelscope Cappadocia, Turkey DV 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis. NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea Going Home (1920-1933) The Smoky Mountains becomes a park. DV EX A Chef’s Life Prickly Business 8:30 EX The Great British Baking Show Advanced Dough 9:30 EX A Taste of History America’s Oldest City 10:00 NC Legends of Airpower Richard “Steve” Ritchie EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Five Ingredient Cookout 10:30 NC Future of America’s Past The Fire of a Movement EX Ellie’s Real Good Food Great Grains 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle DV
20 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Growing Up Italian August | 15
evening&weekend listings 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Flavor of Poland Kraków 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 3 7:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Substance Use, Recovery & COVID-19 EX Untamed Unusual Species 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis. NC Flavor, NC Carter Farms Wheat EX No Passport Required New Orleans 8:30 NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Authentic Lisbon 9:00 NC A Chef’s Life Bourbon Country EX Weekends with Yankee Handmade in New England 9:30 NC Growing a Greener World Urban Farm, Country Town: The Spark in Sparta EX Outside: Beyond the Lens Switzerland 10:00 NC North Carolina Weekend Country Stores EX Rick Steves European Festivals Celebrate the top 10 festivals in Europe, each one rich with tradition, great food and fun. 10:30 NC My Home, NC Endurance Seafood, Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, FARM Café, The Avett Brothers’ Joe Kwon 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous New Zealand 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Pernambuco: Brazil’s Other Carnival
21 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX tasteMAKERS Soy to the World
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NC No Going Back: Women and the War See how the lives of women and their roles in society changed during and after the Civil War. EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Pier Lesson 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Looking Over Jordan: African Americans & the War Follow the Black experience in the South before, during News anchor Charlie Gaddy is one and after the Civil War. of the NC Broadcast Legends, EX Expeditions Thursday, August 20, at 7 PM, on with Patrick McMillan UNC-TV. Ghosts of the Plains 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV 6:30 NC BBC World News NC Carolina Today Outdoor Journal EX Jacques Pépin: Bluegill on the Fly Heart & Soul EX Exploring Offal Good North Carolina 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group Why Clean Air Matters? NC PBS NewsHour 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX Rick Steves’ Europe Neighborhood DV Western Turkey NC Expeditions 7:30 TV NC SPIN with Patrick McMillan EX 100 Days, Drinks, Frogs: Spring’s Dishes and Destinations Symphony in Peril Savor the Senses EX My Home, NC 8:00 TV Washington Week Endurance Seafood, NC North Carolina Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, Weekend FARM Café, The Avett Small-Town Delights Brothers’ Joe Kwon EX Poldark on 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Masterpiece Peterrific DV Part 6—Copper Competitor NC Exploring 8:30 TV FRONT ROW North Carolina with Marc Rotterman Why Clean Air Matters? NC My Home, NC EX Nature Endurance Seafood, Undercover in the Jungle Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, DV FARM Café, The Avett 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV Brothers’ Joe Kwon NC My Home, NC 9:00 TV Great Performances: Endurance Seafood, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, The King & I FARM Café, The Avett The King of Siam and Brothers’ Joe Kwon his children’s British 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV school teacher get to NC North Carolina know each other. Weekend NC FRONT ROW Small-Town Delights with Marc Rotterman EX NOVA EX Poldark on Decoding the Great Masterpiece Pyramid Archaeologists Part 7—Spiral of Trouble investigate how the ancient 9:30 NC Washington Week Egyptians built the pyra 10:00 NC NC SPIN mids of Giza. 10:30 NC Firing Line with 9:30 TV Nature Cat Margaret Hoover NC ncIMPACT Virtual 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour Town Hall Special EX EastEnders Substance Use, 11:30 EX EastEnders Recovery & COVID-19 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend 22 SATURDAY Small-Town Delights 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ NC Carolina Neighborhood Business Review
visit unctv.org EX Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace Discover the unique Hampton Court, the ultimate royal pleasure palace. 4:30 TV Ask This Old House Polybutylene/Squeaky Door NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Bluegill on the Fly NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains Raleigh bluegrass stars Chatham County Line shine on Farm & Fun Time, Saturday, August 22, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Kornfield Friends: Remembering Hee Haw, Part 2 NC Classic Gospel EX Lidia’s Kitchen EX North Carolina David Phelps: Hymnal Memories of the Mountains Weekend EX NOVA 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual Small-Town Delights Decoding the Great Town Hall Special 1:30 NC Expeditions Pyramid Archaeologists Substance Use, with Patrick McMillan investigate how the Recovery & COVID-19 Frogs: Spring’s ancient Egyptians built NC NC Broadcast Legends Symphony in Peril the pyramids of Giza. Charlie Gaddy EX Born To Explore 7:00 TV As Time Goes By EX Jacques Pépin: with Richard Wiese The New Neighbors Heart & Soul New York: Fossil Hunter NC Bluegrass Global Gastronomy 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Underground 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s The Czech Republic Amanda Shires Life in Bloom off the Beaten Path EX One Woman, Beauty from NC My Home, NC One Vote the Flower Farm Endurance Seafood, NC The Woodwright’s Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this women’s Shop with Roy Underhill FARM Café, The Avett suffrage documentary. Combination Planes Brothers’ Joe Kwon 7:30 TV As Time Goes By EX tasteMAKERS EX Lucy Worsley’s The Bypass Warm & Wooly Royal Photo Album NC Echo Sessions 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Explore how the British Dub Kartel Garden Home royal family has shaped its 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Chef vs. Chef image with photography. A Vintage Murder, Part 1 NC Baby Makes 3 2:30 TV Outside: NC Song of the Mountains Run for the Roses Beyond the Lens Kornfield Friends: Remem EX A Chef’s Life Super Bloom bering Hee Haw, Part 2 Prickly Business NC Story in the 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Noon TV GardenSMART Public Square A Vintage Murder, Part 2 What are some elements Mo Rocca NC Farm & Fun Time we might include in our 3:00 TV Burt Wolf: Jeff Scroggins & Colorado/ garden? Don’t miss this Travels & Traditions Chatham County Line great episode. Decisions EX The War NC Sara’s NC To the Contrary Pride of Our Nation DV Weeknight Meals with Bonnie Erbé 10:00 TV The Miniaturist Havana Weeknights EX Tales from the on Masterpiece EX A Taste of History Royal Bedchamber Nella marries to rescue her America’s Oldest City Historian Lucy Worsley family from financial ruin, 12:30 TV America’s Heartland reveals the importance of but her husband is not all Historic Dulcimer Maker the palace’s regal bedroom. she imagined. NC tasteMAKERS 3:30 TV American Woodshop NC The Kate Food Building: Minneapo Wooden Bicycles Marty Stuart & lis, Minnesota NC Firing Line with His Fabulous Superlatives EX In the Americas Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV The Miniaturist with David Yetman 4:00 TV This Old House on Masterpiece Costa Rica: Laboratory of Westerly: Tanks Johannes makes a the Biosphere for the Propane confession to Nella, 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow NC FRONT ROW promising no more secrets. Junk in the Trunk 6 with Marc Rotterman NC Austin City Limits NC Exploring Run the Jewels North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters? August | 17
evening&weekend listings 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Regional Italian-American Favorites 3:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef Great Eats on & off the Las Vegas Strip NC The Kate 23 SUNDAY Marty Stuart & 6 AM TV Nature Cat His Fabulous Superlatives NC Closer to Truth 3:30 TV North Carolina Can Art Clarify the Bookwatch Mind-Body Problem? Jaki Shelton Green: EX Finding Your Roots NC Poet Laureate Hard Times: Michael 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum Moore, Laura Linney & Vote by Mail: NC Rep. Chloë Sevigny G.K. Butterfield & NC 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Board of Elections Chief Join NC Poet Laureate Jaki NC Education Matters Executive Karen Bell Shelton Green on North Carolina 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Austin City Limits Bookwatch, Sunday, August 23, at NC The Open Mind Run the Jewels 3:30 PM, on UNC-TV. America Without Law EX Endeavour Season 7 EX Antiques Roadshow on Masterpiece 11:00 TV Hubert Keller: Junk in the Trunk 6 Raga DV Secrets of a Chef 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s 4:30 TV McLaughlin Group A Foodie’s Tour Neighborhood DV 5:00 TV Washington Week of the Venetian NC ncIMPACT Virtual NC PBS NewsHour NC McLaughlin Group Town Hall Special Weekend EX The Great Substance Use, 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour British Baking Show Recovery & COVID-19 Weekend Desserts 8:00 TV Curious George NC ncIMPACT Virtual 11:30 TV Simply Ming NC Carolina Town Hall Special Ming Tsai with Business Review Substance Use, Joanne Chang EX Lucy Worsley’s Recovery & COVID-19 NC Story in the Royal Photo Album 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Public Square Explore how the British A Vintage Murder, Part 1 Hilary Levey Friedman royal family has shaped its NC Black Issues Forum Noon TV FRONT ROW image with photography. Vote by Mail: NC Rep. with Marc Rotterman 8:30 TV Wild Kratts G.K. Butterfield & NC NC Carolina NC Firing Line with Board of Elections Chief Outdoor Journal Margaret Hoover Executive Karen Bell Bluegill on the Fly 9:00 TV This Old House EX Death in Paradise EX Samantha Brown’s Westerly: Tanks Murder on the Honore Places to Love for the Propane Express, Part 4 of 4 Auckland, New Zealand NC Washington Week 6:30 NC POV 12:30 TV NC SPIN EX Tales from the Minding the Gap NC Fishing Royal Bedchamber Three young men escape Behind the Lines Historian Lucy Worsley volatile families in their Solo Act reveals the importance of Rust Belt hometown. EX Rick Steves’ Europe the palace’s regal bedroom. Scotland’s Islands DV 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders 9:30 TV Ask This Old House A Vintage Murder, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Polybutylene/Squeaky Door Milk Street Television NC FRONT ROW New French Classics with Marc Rotterman NC Song of the Mountains 10:00 TV Exploring Kornfield Friends: RememNorth Carolina bering Hee Haw, Part 2 On the Shoulders of a River EX Poldark on NC NC SPIN Masterpiece EX Secrets of Part 6—Copper Competitor Henry VIII’s Palace 1:30 TV My Greek Table Discover the unique Hampwith Diane Kochilas ton Court, the ultimate The Dodecanese for Dinner royal pleasure palace. 2:00 TV America’s 10:30 TV My Home, NC Test Kitchen from Endurance Seafood, Cook’s Illustrated Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, Pork & Potatoes FARM Café, The Avett NC Farm & Fun Time Brothers: Joe Kwon Jeff Scroggins & Colorado/ NC North Carolina Chatham County Line Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests Bookwatch EX Poldark on & the Future premieres Sunday, Devi Laskar: Masterpiece August 23, at 7 PM, on the Explorer The Atlas of Reds & Blues Channel. Part 7—Spiral of Trouble 11:30 EX Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th Discover African-American soldiers from Illinois who fought during WWI.
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visit unctv.org EX Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests & the Future Premiere! Fire suppression and climate change threaten forests and wildland-urban landscapes. 8:00 TV Queen at War Follow Elizabeth II’s revelatory WWII experiences. NC Maya Angelou: American Masters Journey through the author and activist’s prolific life. EX NOVA Secrets of the Forbidden City 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Zenana DV EX Life from Above Changing Planet 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH First Lady of the Revolution EX My Home, NC Endurance Seafood, Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, FARM Café, The Avett Brothers’ Joe Kwon 10:30 EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Substance Use, Recovery & COVID-19 11:00 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Substance Use, Recovery & COVID-19 EX Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 6 TV EastEnders 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy
24 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace Discover the unique Hampton Court, the ultimate royal pleasure palace. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source 7:00 TV Somewhere South It’s a Greens Thing NC PBS NewsHour EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Dallas, Texas 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos & Rhodes DV 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee & the Trail of Tears Forensics and archaeology tell the story of genocide against the original Americans. EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 5 Will Gary go to the gallows? DV 9:00 NC NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy EX Death in Paradise Beyond the Shining Sea, Part 1 9:30 NC North Carolina Weekend Small-Town Delights 10:00 NC David Holt’s State of Music Jerron Blind Boy Paxton EX The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Johannes makes a confession to Nella, promising no more secrets. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Substance Use, Recovery & COVID-19 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Hard Times: Michael Moore, Laura Linney & Chloë Sevigny
25 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Ken Oringer 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Food Secrets of Mykonos 7:00 TV Flavor, NC Currituck Asparagus NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey 7:30 TV North Carolina Weekend Small-Town Delights EX Travelscope La Joie De Vivre in Quebec City, Canada DV 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Jaki Shelton Green: NC Poet Laureate
EX Queen at War Follow Elizabeth II’s revelatory WWII experiences. 8:30 NC Muse UNCSA: Dancing to New Heights 9:00 NC Carolina Ballet Monet Impressions EX Royal Wives at War The 1936 abdication crisis is dramatized. 10:00 EX Secrets of Althorp— The Spencers Get a personal tour around the family manor from Princess Diana’s brother. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope France: Bordeaux DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco
26 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX My Home, NC Endurance Seafood, Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, FARM Café, The Avett Brothers’ Joe Kwon 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special Substance Use, Recovery & COVID-19 7:00 TV My Home, NC Endurance Seafood, Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, FARM Café, The Avett Brothers’ Joe Kwon NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Loire: Chateau Country 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River EX Travelscope South Africa: On Safari! DV 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis. NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea Great Nature (1933-1945) DV
EX A Chef’s Life If You Can’t Beet ‘Em... 8:30 EX The Great British Baking Show Pâtisserie 9:30 EX A Taste of History Historic Locust Grove
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evening&weekend listings 0:00 NC Legends of Airpower 1 Harry Combs EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals On the Table in 20 10:30 NC Future of America’s Past Lines in the Sand EX Ellie’s Real Good Food Desserts with Benefits 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests & the Future Fire suppression and climate change threaten forests and wildland-urban landscapes.
EX Rick Steves Andalucia: Southern Spain Explore the region’s rich mix of culture, cuisine, history and natural wonders. 10:30 NC My Home, NC The Original Collard Sandwich, The Last Patternmaker, Napoleon Hill, The Chicken Lady, Newton Grove Drug Store, Brown Mountain Lights 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous Iqaluit 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness of the Volcanoes
10:30 TV Antiques Roadshow Recut Newport 1 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
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6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee & the Trail of Tears Forensics and archaeology tell the story of genocide against the original 27 THURSDAY Americans. 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour EX Carolina 28 FRIDAY NC BBC World News Outdoor Journal America 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Bluegill on the Fly EX Lidia’s Kitchen NC BBC World News 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Storytime with Grandma America Neighborhood DV 6:30 NC BBC World News EX tasteMAKERS EX Expeditions Outside Source Grounded with Patrick McMillan EX Flavor of Poland 6:30 NC BBC World News Grassy Balds: Warszawa Today The Heart of Roan 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends EX Jacques Pépin: 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Cullie Tarleton Heart & Soul NC Carolina NC PBS NewsHour Catch o’ the Day Outdoor Journal EX Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group Coastal Kayaking Paris Sidetrips NC PBS NewsHour EX Exploring 7:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual EX Rick Steves’ Europe North Carolina Town Hall Special The Best of Israel On the Shoulders of a River Child Well-Being & 7:30 TV NC SPIN 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s COVID-19 EX Moveable Feast Neighborhood DV EX Untamed with Fine Cooking NC Expeditions Songbirds Madrid Rooftop with Patrick McMillan 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour 8:00 TV Washington Week The Clemson Forest: Convention Coverage NC North Carolina A Backyard Bounty of Life Join Judy Woodruff and Weekend EX My Home, NC team for news and analysis. Things To Do with the Kids The Original Collard NC Flavor, NC EX Poldark Season 2 Sandwich, The Last Pat Currituck Asparagus on Masterpiece ternmaker, Napoleon Hill, EX No Passport Part 1—Ross Resists Rescue The Chicken Lady, Newton Required 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Grove Drug Store, Brown Chicago with Marc Rotterman Mountain Lights 8:30 NC Moveable Feast NC My Home, NC 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & with Fine Cooking The Original Collard Peterrific DV On the Road in Wisconsin Sandwich, The Last Pat NC Exploring & Michigan ternmaker, Napoleon Hill, North Carolina 9:00 NC A Chef’s Life The Chicken Lady, Newton On the Shoulders of a River Persimmon Style Grove Drug Store, Brown EX Reconstruction: EX Weekends Mountain Lights America After with Yankee 9:00 TV Great Performances: the Civil War Ocean Treasures Vienna Philharmonic Following the Civil War, 9:30 NC Growing a Summer Night support for social and Greener World Concert 2019 economic gains for African New Ways of Conductor Gustavo Americans did not last. Growing America’s Dudamel and pianist Yuja 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV Favorite Vegetable Wang perform Gershwin’s NC My Home, NC EX Moveable Feast Rhapsody in Blue and more. The Original Collard with Fine Cooking NC FRONT ROW Sandwich, The Last Pat Madrid Rooftop with Marc Rotterman ternmaker, Napoleon Hill, 10:00 NC North Carolina 9:30 NC Washington Week The Chicken Lady, Newton Weekend 10:00 NC NC SPIN Grove Drug Store, Brown Things To Do with the Kids EX Poldark Season 2 Mountain Lights on Masterpiece Part 2—Love Triangle 20 | August
visit unctv.org NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Joined Chest with Peter Follansbee 11:30 NC Baby Makes 3 Kentucky Roots Noon TV Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Get a groundbreaking, eye-opening look at chronic Welcome the season pain and its causes. with cool favorites and NC Sara’s hot new specials! Weeknight Meals Easy Elegance Saturday, August 29 12:30 NC tasteMAKERS Jacobsen Salt Co., Sunday, September 6 Portland, Oregon 1:00 NC Exploring Call or Text DONATE North Carolina to 1-800-984-9090. On the Shoulders of a River 1:30 TV Easy Yoga: The Secret unctv.org/specials to Strength & Balance with Peggy Cappy See how yoga can 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV increase strength and NC North Carolina mobility at any age. Weekend NC Expeditions Things To Do with the Kids with Patrick McMillan 9:30 TV Nature Cat The Clemson Forest: NC ncIMPACT Virtual A Backyard Bounty of Life Town Hall Special EX Africa’s Great Child Well-Being & Civilizations COVID-19 Origins DV 10:00 TV North Carolina 2:00 NC My Home, NC Weekend Things To Do with the Kids The Original Collard Sandwich, The Last Pat NC Carolina ternmaker, Napoleon Hill, Business Review The Chicken Lady, Newton 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual Grove Drug Store, Brown Town Hall Special Mountain Lights. Child Well-Being & 2:30 TV Doo Wop to Pop COVID-19 Rock: My Music NC NC Broadcast Legends Celebrates 20 Years Cullie Tarleton Glen Campbell, Aretha EX Reconstruction: Franklin and more stars America After celebrate hits from the the Civil War 1950s to the ‘70s. Examine the rise of Jim NC Story in the Crow and the undermining Public Square of Reconstruction’s legal Hilary Levey Friedman and political legacy. EX Africa’s Great 11:00 TV Let’s Talk Menopause Civilizations Premiere! Dr. Tara Allmen The Cross & the Crescent shares tools to triumph DV through this phase of life. 3:00 NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé
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Get ready for an unforgettable night with NC’s Avett Brothers at Red Rocks, premiering Saturday, August 29, at 7 PM, on UNC-TV.
News flash—Dr. Tara Allmen premieres Let’s Talk Menopause, Saturday, August 29, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.
3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Africa’s Great Civilizations Empires of Gold DV 4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide The personal finance expert provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Africa’s Great Civilizations Cities DV 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Classic Gospel Amazing Grace EX Africa’s Great Civilizations The Atlantic Age DV 7:00 TV Avett Brothers at Red Rocks Premiere! Join 9,000-plus fans as NC’s homegrown folk-rock heroes celebrate their 25th performance at this breathtaking, natural amphitheatre just over a year ago. NC Bluegrass Underground Keb’ Mo’ 7:30 NC Echo Sessions The Get Right Band EX Africa’s Great Civilizations Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations DV 8:00 NC Song of the Mountains John Scott Sherrill/ Presley Barker/Kristi Stanley & Running Blind 8:30 TV ‘70s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an allstar reunion of Motown, R&B and soul legends.
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evening&weekend listings 9:00 NC Farm & Fun Time Irene Kelly/ Lonesome River Band EX Miles Davis: American Masters The Birth of the Cool With full access to the jazz legend’s estate, see rare studio outtakes, photos and interviews. 10:00 NC The Kate Delbert McClinton & The Self-Made Men + Dana 11:00 TV Fleetwood Mac: The Dance The band performs Don’t Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain” and more in this intimate 1997 concert. NC Austin City Limits Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit/Amanda Shires EX Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin and more stars celebrate hits from the 1950s to the ‘70s.
Join Mister Rogers and Officer Clemmons and cool your heels with kindness on this encore presentation of Independent Lens Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Monday, August 31, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen Dr. Amen outlines how to feel happier, sharper and more in control. NC NC SPIN 30 SUNDAY EX 10 Day Belly Slimdown 6 AM TV Nature Cat with Dr. Kellyann NC Closer to Truth Consider a powerful plan Can Art Engage Philosophy for blasting away belly fat. of Religion? 10:30 NC North Carolina EX Finding Your Roots Bookwatch The Eye of the Beholder: Jaki Shelton Green: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, NC Poet Laureate Marina Abramovic & 11:00 NC McLaughlin Group Kehinde Wiley 11:30 NC Story in the 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Public Square NC Education Matters Robert Dallek 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Noon TV FRONT ROW NC The Open Mind with Marc Rotterman America Without Law NC Carolina EX Antiques Roadshow Outdoor Journal The Best of 20 Coastal Kayaking 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX Food Fix with Neighborhood DV Mark Hyman, MD NC ncIMPACT Virtual Dr. Hyman explores impliTown Hall Special cations of what we eat— Child Well-Being & not just for our health, but COVID-19 also for the planet, society 8:00 TV Curious George DV and global economy. NC Carolina 12:30 TV NC SPIN Business Review NC Fishing EX Suze Orman’s Ultimate Behind the Lines Retirement Guide Return to Fobare’s The personal finance 1:00 TV 3 Steps to expert provides essential Pain-Free Living advice on planning for and Eliminate the root of many thriving in retirement. painful conditions with this 8:30 TV Wild Kratts easy-to-follow plan. NC Firing Line with NC Song of the Mountains Margaret Hoover John Scott Sherrill/ 9:00 TV This Old House Presley Barker/Kristi Stanley Westerly: Rockin’ & Running Blind the Granite 1:30 EX Let’s Talk Menopause NC Washington Week Dr. Tara Allmen shares 9:30 TV Ask This Old House tools to triumph through Cable Railing/Painting Shutters this phase of life. 22 | August
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