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Welcome to Hero Elementary! You’ll love the lessons learned at Hero Elementary, where students with special scientific superpowers learn to solve problems! Join Lucita, Benny, AJ and Sara as they learn that failure can be a good thing and science is all they need to save the day! Tune in every Saturday and Sunday this month at 7 AM and 1 PM, only on Rootle.
PBS KIDS Video App Upgrades! Now Offering a Handy Download Feature This summer, your on-the-go family will find great content from your favorite PBS KIDS shows on the PBS KIDS Video App. It now has a download feature so your family can watch offline!
Brand-New Episodes of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Premiering the Week of August 16 Join Daniel and his friends for a week of “firsts” in their Neighborhood of Make-Believe! Follow along as Margaret celebrates her first Thank You Day, Daniel takes his first trip to the hospital and Prince Wednesday’s brother goes away to college for the first time.
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6 AM Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! DV Weekends: Clifford the Big Red Dog DV 6:30 Ready Jet Go! DV Weekends: Wordworld DV 7:00 Peg+Cat DV Weekends, until 10 AM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Hero Elementary DV 7:30 Super Why! DV 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 9:00 Sesame Street DV Weekends: Wordgirl DV 9:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV Weekends: Clifford the Big Red Dog DV 10:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog DV Weekends: Sesame Street DV 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV Weekends: Super Why DV 11:00 Let’s Go Luna! DV Weekends: Clifford the Big Red Dog DV 11:30 Nature Cat Weekends: Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Noon Weekends: Dinosaur Train DV 12:30 Xavier Riddle Weekends: Let’s Go Luna! DV 1:00 Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 4 PM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Hero Elementary DV 1:30 Hero Elementary DV 2:00 Cyberchase DV 2:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV 3:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV 4:00 Donkey Hodie DV Weekends: Molly of Denali DV 4:30 Curious George DV Weekends: Arthur DV 5:00 Weekends: Odd Squad DV 5:30 Xavier Riddle Weekends: Wild Kratts 6 PM Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 10 PM: PBS Family Fun Night 6:30 Hero Elementary DV 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad DV 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Cyberchase DV 10:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Weekends: Wordgirl DV 11:00 Weekends: Hero Elementary DV 11:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV Weekends: Xavier Riddle DV See Rootle’s overnight schedule at pbsnc.org/rootle. August | 3
Evening & Weekend Listings 1 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles Engaging conversations with civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. EX In Their Own Words Chuck Berry 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters Learn about issues affecting education in NC. L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind Expert discussions on public affairs issues. EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Savannah 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Melinda Gates 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Can Bates learn what’s troubling Anna? Alfred takes up cooking. 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important issues. 9:00 PBS This Old House Design Elements
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NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Rose’s surprise party for Robert risks scandal. 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Automated Landscape, Modern Bench NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman Lively conversations and interviews with key policy makers. L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Millennial Health II NC History with David Rubenstein Peter Baker & Susan Glasser 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Homecomings L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Emily Wallace: Road Sides L EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Barbecue Health Food NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Biscuits & Traybakes 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Zakiya Dalia Harris Noon PBS The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Melinda Gates NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Hot Summer Stripers L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Fabulous Francis 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Alaska off the Grid EX Rick Steves’ Europe Milan & Lake Como
1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Secret Italian Recipes NC Song of the Mountains The Ham Family Band/ Tim White & Friends EX Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Raga A clash between gangs results in tragedy. DV 1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Fear & Loathing in the Kitchen 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated NC Iconic Women of Country 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Ultimate Comfort Foods 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Summer Evening Party NC Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 50 Years & Circlin’ Back EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets Elizabeth I 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Daniel Pierce: Tar Heel Lightnin’ L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Texas Icons: Jerry Jeff Walker & Billy Joe Shaver EX Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Train 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Get in-depth analyses of current events. EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Cassie and Sunny interview the suspects, who deny knowing the victim. 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking/Triad L
4 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
On the Christopher St. Pier, homeless queer and trans youth of color forge friendships and chosen families on POV Pier Kids, Monday, August 2, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders The Sleeper Under the Hill, Part 1 The gruesome discovery of a farmer’s eviscerated body is made in an ancient stone circle. NC Black Issues Forum L EX Professor T Tiger Tiger Professor T uses unconventional negotiating tactics in a hostage situation. 6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize The Keys to the Kingdom 1974-1980 Antidiscrimination legal rights are tested. DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Sleeper Under the Hill, Part 2 EX Nature Super Cats: Extreme Lives DV
7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Back to the Movement 1979-mid 80s Miami’s black community riots; a grassroots movement triumphs in Chicago. DV 8:00 PBS Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Flight EX NOVA Creatures of Light 8:30 NC Somewhere South American as Hand Pie 9:00 PBS Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Cassie and Sunny discover Walsh was chased by all four suspects.
EX Secrets of the Dead King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH Two Trains Runnin’ A band of blues hounds travels to the Deep South to find two forgotten blues singers. L 10:00 PBS Professor T Mother Love Professor T helps investigate the disappearance of a six year-old girl. EX Exploring North Carolina Homecomings L 10:30 NC Make48 Meet the teams, experts and mentors as the invention competition is launched. EX Sci NC Health Science L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Will Power Fitness Gym EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Savannah 11:30 NC Comic Culture L PBS EastEnders
2 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source Ros Atkins discusses global stories.
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EX Ireland with Michael 7:00 PBS History Detectives Edison Afterlife Phonograph NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Berlin 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Shanghai, China 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Portland NC Built to Last? The ways people around the world make their homes safer. EX Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Flight 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Treasure Fever, Part 1 NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 4 9:30 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Treasure Fever, Part 2 NC NC Weekend From Washington Croatan National Forest; Corolla Profile; Savage Surfboards L 10:00 PBS POV Pier Kids DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens East Side Colors EX Professor T Mother Love 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Conquering Obesity 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX In Their Own Words Chuck Berry 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist explores today’s topics.
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3 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Ewan McGregor with Pedro Pascal; Kathryn Hahn with Jason Sudeikis. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Italian Comfort Food 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC Pork L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Hamburg & the Luther Trail 7:30 PBS NC Weekend From Washington L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Christmas in Switzerland DV
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales S. Epatha Merkerson and Michael Strahan. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Daniel Pierce: Tar Heel Lightnin’ L EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6 When Robert and Thomas make a sudden trip, everyone’s life becomes more complicated. 8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Jim Goodmon 9:00 PBS American Experience Jesse Owens DV NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Rookery Island, Fishing’s Future Founder, Durable EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Robert and Thomas return from America. DV 9:30 NC Daytripper Texas BBQ Road Trip 10:00 PBS American Experience The Fight NC Shelter Me In Times of Need
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Zambia: Bush & River Safari 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Blackfeet & Bison
4 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Homecomings L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Health Science L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The Cadillac CT5/ Ford Bronco Sport NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Dresden & Leipzig 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens New Zealand EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Nature Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner DV NC Antiques Roadshow Vintage Austin EX Simply Ming Guest Sara Moulton 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show French Week 9:00 PBS NOVA Emperor’s Ghost Army NC American Experience Circus DV 9:30 EX Taste of History Return to the Dockyard 10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead Viking Warrior Queen EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Asia Meets America 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Tucson: Gateway to Sonora 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour
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5 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Day at the Market 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Peppers/Peperoni Ripieni Napoletani 7:00 PBS Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Flight NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Frankfurt & Nurnberg 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Urban Victory Gardens Project L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Turnips: The Roots NC Flavor, NC Pork L EX How She Rolls This Was Not Part of the Plan 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Soup, Salad & Dessert EX A Chef’s Life Have Yourself Some Moonshine 9:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Purple Passion EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Acadia Parish: Rice Central 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum SEASON PREMIERE! Lakota John NC Growing a Greener World Urban & Community Gardening Heroes L EX Simply Ming Guest Sara Moulton
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EX Vienna Blood Queen of the Night, Part 2 Max and Oskar are drawn into the sphere of nationalistic groups. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
7 SATURDAY It’s the thrill that’ll getcha when you get your picture on the cover with Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Cover, Friday, August 6, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
10:00 PBS America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck & the Asheville Experiment See the pivotal role played by pioneering forestry educator. NC NC Weekend L EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Oman: Desert Canyon 10:30 NC How She Rolls How She Road Trips 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The Many Faces of Los Cabos, Mexico DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Chesapeake Bay: Of Clams & Oysters
6 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Italian Comfort Food 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Sara Moulton 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bulgaria
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform/Haywood/Jackson County Thousands of North Carolinians are stuck in jail because they cannot afford to pay bail. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Day at the Market 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform/Haywood/Jackson County L EX Doc Martin Rescue Me Martin questions if Louisa will come back to him. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Cover Stories behind the amazing photographs that graced the front pages of music magazines. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Vienna Blood Queen of the Night, Part 1 Oskar asks Max to investigate murders in Vienna’s slums. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS Classic Albums Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon NC History with David Rubenstein H.W. Brands
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6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living Art Imitates Life EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Late Winter Perch L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Purple Passion EX How She Rolls This Was Not Part of the Plan 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Hot Summer Stripers L EX Exploring North Carolina Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Storm Chasers EX Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona & Catalunya 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART A garden whose owner believed those who cultivate the soil are noble. EX Nature Super Cats: Extreme Lives DV
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Pork L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend L EX NOVA Creatures of Light
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9:30 PBS Nature Cat Lets Talk Turkey Vulture/ Prescription: Nature NC Wild Travels Will Clinger explores wacky inventions at a trade show in Pittsburgh. 10:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking with the Nuns 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA Hawaii NC Growing Bolder The Unbreakable Bonds of Friendships EX A Chef’s Life Apples 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World The Foodscape Revolution L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Cook Your Way to the Life You Want 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Drink Your Yard NC Home Diagnosis Philadelphia, PA: Home Is Where the Heat Is EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Lafayette Parish: Epicenter of Cajun Cuisine Noon PBS GardenSMART A garden dating back to the 1700s. NC American Woodshop Freestanding Display Cases EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Oman: Desert Canyon 12:30 PBS Conscious Living The Raw Food Buzz NC Weekends with Yankee An Eye for Beauty 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Portland NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Alfred Portale EX NC Weekend L
Set your foot a’tappin’ to The Burnett Sisters Band on Song of the Mountains, Saturday, August 7, 6 PM, on PBS NC.
1:30 NC Ireland with Michael EX Weekends with Yankee Fall in New England 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Tuscany’s Dolce Vita NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Rookery Island, Fishing’s Future Founder, Durable EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Hill Country, Texas NC Story in the Public Square Zakiya Dalia Harris 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee An Eye for Beauty NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé Women-centered news analysis show tackles hot topics. EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 7 DV 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Home & Shop Decorative Trim NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Pizza Time NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Garbage Disposal, Concrete Wall NC History with David Rubenstein H.W. Brands 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Late Winter Perch L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Super Cats: Extreme Lives DV
5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains The Burnett Sisters Band/ Alan Bibey & Grasstowne NC Classic Gospel Bradley Walker: Blessed EX NOVA Creatures of Light 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By You Must Remember This Part 2 NC Music at the Museum Lakota John EX Secrets of the Dead King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By You Must Remember This Lionel and Jean meet again by accident after 38 years. NC Echo Sessions Empire Strikes Brass 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag, Part 1 A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider. NC Song of the Mountains The Burnett Sisters Band/ Alan Bibey & Grasstowne EX Eyes on the Prize Power! 1966-1968 The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. DV 8:30 PBS Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag, Part 2
8 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:00 NC Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You Celebrate the beloved singer-songwriter’s career from her early days to her success as a crossover pop superstar. EX Eyes on the Prize The Promised Land 1967-1968 Martin Luther King Jr. stakes out new ground for himself. DV 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 1 After Matthew’s death, the family and servants try to cure Mary and Isobel of their depression. NC The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks Join the three-time Grammy Award nominees for a magical night of music in this stunning natural setting. EX In Their Own Words Muhammad Ali 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue EX Signs of the Time The origins of baseball’s hand signals and the pioneers of this innovation.
8 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Portland 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Aliko Dangote 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6
Heavy is the head: watch In Their Own Words Princess Diana, Sunday, August 8, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Pizza Time NC Washington Week EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 7 DV 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Garbage Disposal, Concrete Wall NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Conquering Obesity NC History with David Rubenstein H.W. Brands 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Daniel Pierce: Tar Heel Lightnin’ L 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Planet Steak NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Sweet Dough 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Aliko Dangote NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Late Winter Perch L
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EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Persimmons, Prosciutto & Friends! 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Storm Chasers EX Rick Steves’ Europe Tuscany’s Dolce Vita 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television New Israeli Cuisine NC Song of the Mountains The Burnett Sisters Band/ Alan Bibey & Grasstowne EX Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Zenana Morse investigates an accident at Lady Matilda’s College. DV
1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board It’s the Food Silly 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated A Taste of Mexico NC Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Ballpark Classics 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Tamaliza! NC The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks EX Real Rail Adventures: Swiss International Hubs Rail hubs that enable efficient trips to Germany, France and Italy. 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Allan Gurganus: The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue EX Secrets of Royal Travel Secrets of the Royal Flight 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L
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5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 4 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform/Haywood/Jackson County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag, Part 1 A VAT inspector goes missing as he hunts for an illicit cider. NC Black Issues Forum L EX Professor T Mother Love 6:30 NC Jackie Robinson Part 1 Jackie Robinson rises from humble origins to become the first Black Major League Baseball player. DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Night of the Stag, Part 2 EX Nature Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner DV 8:00 PBS In Their Own Words Princess Diana EX NOVA Emperor’s Ghost Army 8:30 NC Somewhere South Porridge for the Soul 9:00 PBS Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Cassie and Sunny interview two of the suspects again. EX Secrets of the Dead Viking Warrior Queen 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH A Texas Myth A family invites an indigenous activist group to start a protest camp on their land in West Texas. L 10:00 PBS Professor T Sophie Knows Professor T befriends a vulnerable girl and is convinced she is the key witness to a murder. EX Exploring North Carolina Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas L 10:30 NC Make48 The teams go on a supply run in a hardware store to gather the materials.
EX Sci NC Science Only in NC L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Ash & Erie EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Portland 11:30 NC Comic Culture L PBS EastEnders
EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales S. Epatha Merkerson and Michael Strahan. 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News 9 MONDAY America EX Variety Studio: 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Actors on Actors NC BBC World News Kaley Cuoco with America Elizabeth Olsen; 6:30 NC BBC World News Emma Corrin with Outside Source Rege-Jean Page. 7:00 PBS History Detectives 6:30 NC BBC World News Atomic Secrets Outside Source NC PBS NewsHour EX Cook’s Country EX Rick Steves’ Europe Chicken & Biscuits Romania 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Coastal Fishing L Places to Love NC PBS NewsHour Huntsville, Alabama EX Rick Steves’ Europe 8:00 PBS Antiques Assisi & Italian Roadshow Country Charm Hotel Del Coronado, 7:30 PBS NC Weekend L Hour 1 EX Joseph Rosendo’s NC America’s First Travelscope Forest: Carl Schenck Passage Through Chile’s The pioneering educaTierra Del Fuego DV tor founded the first 8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots school of forestry. EX In Their Own Words Hard Times Michael Moore, Laura Linney Princess Diana and Chloe Sevigny. 9:00 PBS Antiques NC North Carolina Roadshow Bookwatch Hotel Del Coronado, Allan Gurganus: Hour 2 The Uncollected Stories NC Flavor, NC Pork L of Allan Gurganus L EX Downton Abbey EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 8 Lady Rose Episode 5 meets the Prince of 9:30 NC NC Weekend L Wales and faces a 10:00 PBS In Their Own Words dilemma. DV Muhammad Ali 8:30 NC NC Broadcast NC Outside: Legends Beyond the Lens Don Curtis New Zealand 9:00 PBS FRONTLINE EX Professor T In the Shadow of 9/11 Sophie Knows NC Texas 10:30 NC Second Opinion Parks & Wildlife with Joan Lunden Bat Noses, Mentored Caregiving: The SandHunt, Environmental wich Generation Example 11:00 PBS Something in 9:30 NC Daytripper the Water: A Kinston Texas State Parks Basketball Story Road Trip Basketball provides 10:00 NC Shelter Me opportunities for many The Art of Kindness men in Kinston, NC. NC PBS NewsHour
10 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Nicole Kidman with Chris Rock; Josh O’Connor with Anya Taylor-Joy. 10:30 EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hong Kong: A City of Festivals DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Colombia: Cartagena & a Hidden Palenque
11 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Science Only in NC L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The 40th Anniversary of MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Tuscany’s Wine Country 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Super Bloo EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Nature Super Cats: Science & Secrets DV NC Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage EX Simply Ming Guest Dr. William Li 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show The Final 9:00 PBS NOVA Operation Lighthouse Rescue NC American Experience Circus Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey merged, but the circus faced competition. DV
Feed your ensemble with Jazzy Vegetarian Family Dinner Menu, Thursday, August 12, 8:30 PM, on PBS NC.
9:30 EX Taste of History America’s Oldest City 10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb DV EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Found Flavors L 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Hermosillo Food Crawl 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner DV
12 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen The 1980s Italian American “Evolution” 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Tuna/Tonno! 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Elizabeth I NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe West England . 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Learning to Prune Like a Pro in Your Own Home L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Turnips: The Greens NC Flavor, NC Coastal Fishing L EX How She Rolls Farm to Table 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Sicilian Delights DV
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NC Jazzy Vegetarian Family Dinner Menu EX A Chef’s Life Blueberries & Boiling Over 9:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Flowers for Celebrating Life EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana St. Landry Parish: Prairie Sampler 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Charlie Smarts NC Growing a Greener World Expanding Your Food Garden by Growing Fruit L EX Simply Ming Guest Dr. William Li 10:00 PBS White Lake This local production chronicles the history of White Lake from its geological creation through the late 1900s. NC NC Weekend L EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Greenland: Frozen Frontier 10:30 NC How She Rolls Thanksgiving 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Nicaragua: Culturally Rich & Naturally Beautiful DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Peoples of Oaxaca & the Arrival of Holy Week
13 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Chicken & Biscuits 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Dr. William Li 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England L = Local
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Saturday, August 14-Sunday, August 29
Call 1-800-984-9090 or visit pbsnc.org/donate 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County A look at the state’s struggle to find skilled workers and how an apprenticeship program addresses that need. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The 1980s Italian American “evolution” 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County L EX Doc Martin The Shock of the New Martin may have met his match after a session with Dr. Timoney. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Wall Trace the journey of music photography from niche pastime to art form. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Vienna Blood The Lost Child, Part 1 Max and Oskar investigate a military school with barbaric traditions. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Net Tune in to how music photography fits into the contemporary landscape. NC History with David Rubenstein Joanne Freeman EX Vienna Blood The Lost Child, Part 2 Suspicion at the military school falls on an elite group of cadets. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Fringe Benefits Baltimore 10:00 PBS NC Weekend L 14 SATURDAY NC Carolina Business Review L 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ 10:30 PBS Overcoming Neighborhood DV Anxiety, Depression, NC Conscious Living Trauma, & Grief The Detox Diaries Dr. Daniel Amen EX Carolina discusses ways to help Outdoor Journal you feel happier. Cape Bluefish L NC Growing Bolder 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Curiosity & Creativity Neighborhood DV 11:00 NC My World Too NC J Schwanke’s EX Best of the Life in Bloom Joy of Painting: Flowers for Special Edition Celebrating Life Enjoy the painting tech EX How She Rolls niques of Bob Ross. Farm to Table 11:30 NC Home Diagnosis 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV Atlantic City, NJ: Not Your NC Carolina Average Homeowner Outdoor Journal Noon PBS Longevity Paradox Late Winter Perch L with Steven Gundry, MD EX Exploring An easy approach to North Carolina feel better and more 10,000 Years youthful, at any age. Before Contact L NC American 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie Woodshop NC Outside: Kitchen Live-edge Beyond the Lens Blended Wood East Side Colors Cutting Boards EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Ella Fitzgerald: Just Little Europe: One of Those Things San Marino, Monaco, Follow the six-decade Vatican City journey of the extraor 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious dinary performer. & Peterrific DV 12:30 NC Weekends NC GardenSMART with Yankee A garden to grow and Off the Beaten Track distribute plants to 1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen benefit America. with Master Chefs EX Nature Mark Militello Super Cats: Cats in 1:30 PBS Rick Steves: Every Corner DV The Alps 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Ireland with Michael NC Flavor, NC 2:00 NC Texas Coastal Fishing L Parks & Wildlife 9:00 PBS Elinor Bat Noses, Mentored Wonders Why DV Hunt, Environmental NC NC Weekend L Example EX Rick Steves Europe Awaits
12 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 2:30 NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé 3:30 PBS ADD & Loving It?! Patrick McKenna talks with researchers and people dealing Attention Deficit Disorder. NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Country Music: Live at the Ryman 4:30 NC History with David Rubenstein Joanne Freeman 5:00 PBS Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs Enjoy the romantic crooner’s biggest hits and best-loved ballads. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Classic Gospel A Few Good Men EX Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things 6:30 PBS Mary Chapin Carpenter: One Night Lonely 7:00 NC Music at the Museum Charlie Smarts NC Echo Sessions Hoveykraft 8:00 PBS Soul Legends Pam Grier host a tribute to the greatest soul hits and performers from the 1970s and 80s. NC Song of the Mountains Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band EX Celtic Woman: The Best Of Be transported to Ireland to celebrate magical moments and memories from 15 years of making music. 9:00 NC ABBA Forever— A Celebration Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, Tim Rice and the band members themselves.
Fight the good fight: tune in for Discovering Your Warrior Spirit with D.J. Vanas, Sunday, August 15, 10:30 AM, on PBS NC.
9:30 EX To Be Announced 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 NC Chaka Khan Homecoming Celebrate the legendary career of the multigenre vocalist. 11:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Love is in the air, and darker emotions too, as Mary, Tom and Anna face a dilemma. NC Austin City Limits Allen Toussaint: New Orleans Legend EX Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute
15 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots Hard Times 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Hotel Del Coronado, Hour 1 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Jack Nicklaus 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1
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8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Narragansett Windows NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Power Washing, Deck Lights NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Caregiving: The Sandwich Generation NC History with David Rubenstein Joanne Freeman EX Ken Burns: Hemingway 10:30 PBS Discovering Your Warrior Spirit with D.J. Vanas PREMIERE! Learn how to look inward and find strength. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Allan Gurganus: The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus L 11:00 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square EX Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe Noon PBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide The personal finance expert provides advice. NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Cape Bluefish L EX The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross 12:30 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens East Side Colors 1:00 NC Song of the Mountains Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band 2:00 PBS Change Your Brain Change Your Body Dr. Daniel Amen shares 10 steps to help you live longer. NC ABBA Forever— A Celebration 3:00 NC Chaka Khan Homecoming
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4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Allen Toussaint: New Orleans Legend 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County L 6 PM PBS Celtic Woman: The Best Of NC Black Issues Forum L EX Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Hear record-perfect performances of classics. 6:30 NC Jackie Robinson Part Two Jackie Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice. DV 7:30 PBS All Creatures Great & Small: Between the Pages PREMIERE! Get to know the cast and creators of the hit series. EX Great Performances Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 8:30 NC Somewhere South Dumpling Dilemma 9:00 PBS Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Despite a tragic turn of events, Sunny and the team narrow down the suspects. DV 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH Fiesta Quinceañera Latina girls and a drag artist host their own quinceañera. L EX Soul Legends 10:00 PBS Professor T The Dutiful Child Professor T investigates the attempted murder of a billionaire businessman. 10:30 NC Make48 The inventor teams get their first round of expert industry feedback. 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Cochrane House 11:30 PBS EastEnders NC Comic Culture L
Meet the cast and creators of All Creatures Great & Small: Between the Pages, Sunday, August 15, 7:30 PM, on PBS NC.
EX American Masters Ballerina Boys
16 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Nicole Kidman with Chris Rock; Josh O’Connor with Anya Taylor-Joy. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ireland with Michael 7:00 PBS Soul Legends Join host Pam Grier in a tribute to the greatest soul hits and performers. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 7:30 EX All Creatures Great & Small: Between the Pages 8:00 NC White Lake 9:00 PBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide NC Flavor, NC Coastal Fishing L EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6 DV 9:30 NC NC Weekend L 10:00 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Super Bloom EX Professor T The Dutiful Child 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Anxiety
11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Hard Times
17 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Gillian Anderson with Elisabeth Moss; Uzo Aduba with Billy Porter. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Pennsylvania Dutch Country 7:00 PBS Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, Vermont. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England DV 7:30 PBS NC Weekend L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The Many Faces of Los Cabos, Mexico DV 8:00 PBS Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Uncovering America Courtney B. Vance hosts a celebration of the renowned historian, author and filmmaker, featuring Jodie Foster, Ken Burns, Jelani Cobb and LL Cool J.
14 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch Gov. Jim Martin: Revelation Through Science L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 A workingclass prime minister is elected. 8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Jim Heavner 9:00 NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Desert Bighorn, Crappie Guys, Cooking Crappie EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 2 Rose hits on a strategy to get a radio in the house. 9:30 PBS To Be Announced NC Daytripper Adrenaline, Texas 10:00 NC Shelter Me Building Inspiration 10:30 EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Berlin & Western Poland: Over the Borderline DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Brazilian State of Ceará
18 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina 10,000 Years Before Contact L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Real Life Physics L 7:00 PBS Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV 7:30 EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 NC Antiques Roadshow Vintage Kansas City
NC Flavor, NC Coon Rock Farm L EX How She Rolls Warm & Buttery on the Inside 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Highlands DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Sunday Night Chili EX A Chef’s Life Shrimp Sells 9:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Coffee, Tea or Flowers? EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Evangeline Parish: Cajun Heartland 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Violet Bell NC Growing a Greener World Container Gardening Anywhere: What to Know L EX Simply Ming Guest Amanda Freitag 10:00 PBS Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Keep your mind sharp and body active using gentle daily movement. NC NC Weekend L EX Expedition with Steve Backshall 19 THURSDAY Suriname: Lost World 10:30 NC How She Rolls 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Youre Gonna Need a NC BBC World News Bigger Bakery America 11:00 PBS Amanpour EX Lidia’s Kitchen & Company Buonavia NC PBS NewsHour 6:30 NC BBC World News EX Joseph Rosendo’s Outside Source Travelscope EX Ciao Italia Zermatt, Switzerland: Little Surprise Packages/ Under the Shadow of Piccoli Pacchetti a Sor the Matterhorn DV 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s 11:30 EX In the Americas Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne with David Yetman Havana: Inside the City NC PBS NewsHour
EX Simply Ming Guest Amanda Freitag 8:30 PBS Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD EX Great British Baking Show French Week 9:00 NC Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation This film brings the concert to life through voices of those who were there. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History Historic Locust Grove 10:00 PBS Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength & Balance with Peggy Cappy Discover how yoga can help anyone, regardless of age, increase strength and mobility. EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Havana Weeknights 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table The Blessing & the Benefit 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Super Cats: Science & Secrets DV
EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Urban & Community Gardening Heroes L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Chicken Lickin
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20 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Amanda Freitag 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising DV 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Incarceration & Mental Health/Multi-county Why North Carolina jails have more adults with mental illness than psychiatric hospitals. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Buonavia 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Incarceration & Mental Health/Multi-county L EX Doc Martin It’s Good to Talk Dr. Timoney, suggests that Martin and Louisa should have therapy. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Liza with a Z PREMIERE! Join Liza Minnelli for this awardwinning 1972 concert film produced by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Call the Midwife Nonnatus House welcomes two new nuns. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein Henry Louis Gates Jr. EX Call the Midwife Sister Hilda and the team work hard to help a Ghanaian family. 10:30 PBS Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
21 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living Future Forward
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play on Liza with a Z, Friday, August 20, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Falls Lake Deep L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Coffee, Tea, Or Flowers? EX How She Rolls Warm & Buttery on the Inside 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Cape Bluefish L EX Exploring North Carolina Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens New Zealand EX Rick Steves’ Europe Great Swiss Cities: Luzern, Bern, Zurich 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART Making the backyard beautiful and enjoyable. EX African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Coon Rock Farm L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend L 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Fringe Benefits Pittsburgh
10:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC Carolina Business Review L 10:30 PBS Joyful Pain Free Living with Lee Albert Learn how to operate your body and maintain an active lifestyle. NC Growing Bolder Be Yourself 11:00 NC Today’s Wild West U.S. Cavalry School 11:30 NC Home Diagnosis Chicago, Il Renovation Review Noon PBS Ken Burns: Country Music Join host Kathy Mattea to learn about the making of the epic documentary by Ken Burns. NC American Woodshop Three, Found Art Sculpted Tables 12:30 NC Weekends with Yankee Little Known Adventures 1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Julian Serrano 1:30 PBS Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma & Grief with Daniel Amen, MD & Tana Amen NC Ireland with Michael 2:00 NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Desert Bighorn, Crappie Guys, Cooking Crappie EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 2:30 NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Rick Steves Europe Awaits NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 2 3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 NC History with David Rubenstein Henry Louis Gates Jr. EX Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
16 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
5:00 PBS Celtic Woman: The Best Of NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Classic Gospel Country Roots, Gospel Favorites 6:30 PBS John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind A reunion of folk singers includes Barry McGuire and Roger McGuinn. EX Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You 7:00 NC Music at the Museum Violet Bell 7:30 NC Echo Sessions Dub Kartel 8:00 NC Song of the Mountains Carson Peters & Iron Mountain EX Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years 8:30 PBS To Be Announced 9:00 NC INXS: Live Baby Live Experience this stunning concert from London’s Wembley Stadium filmed live in 1991. 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 NC Duran Duran: A Diamond in the Mind Grab a front row seat to the iconic band’s stunning performance at Manchester’s MEN Arena in 2011. 10:30 EX Classical Rewind Great composers and the origins of their music and compositions. 11:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Rose’s surprise party for Robert risks scandal. NC Austin City Limits Yola
22 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots Homecomings Sterling K. Brown, Sasheer Zamata and Jon Batiste.
6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Hotel Del Coronado, Hour 3 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations John Rogers 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Cold Weather Landscape NC Washington Week EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 2 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Move Baseboard, Cooler Bench NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Anxiety NC History with David Rubenstein Henry Louis Gates Jr. EX Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength & Balance with Peggy Cappy 10:30 PBS Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Part 1 After the Civil War, support for gains for African Americans did not last. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Gov. Jim Martin: Revelation Through Science L 11:00 NC Chavis Chronicles EX Red, White & Rock Frankie Valli, The Righteous Brothers, Connie Francis and more. 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Noon NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Falls Lake Deep L
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12:30 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens New Zealand 1:00 PBS Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Part 2 The rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legacy. NC Song of the Mountains Carson Peters & Iron Mountain 1:30 EX Ken Burns: The National Parks 2:00 NC INXS: Live Baby Live 3:00 NC Duran Duran: A Diamond in the Mind EX Rick Steves Hunger & Hope: Lessons From Ethiopia 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Yola 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Salute to Budapest & Vienna 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Incarceration & Mental Health/Multi-county L 6 PM PBS Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe NC Black Issues Forum L EX Ken Burns: Country Music 6:30 PBS Classical Rewind NC Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson Part 1 Follows Jack Johnson’s journey into the brutal world of professional boxing. 8:00 PBS Agatha & the Curse of Ishtar Travel to the deserts of Iraq for an archaeological dig, where the famous crime writer unravels a series of mysterious murders. EX John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind 8:30 NC Somewhere South What a Pickle
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9:30 NC REEL SOUTH Gimme a Faith Chinese students in NC are connected by evangelical Christianity. L 10:00 PBS Aging Backwards 2: Connective Tissue Revealed with Miranda Esmonde-White Discover the amazing power of your connective tissue. EX Rick Steves: The Alps 10:30 NC Make48 The teams are in the final stages of wrapping up their designs. 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Luminaid 11:30 PBS EastEnders NC Comic Culture L
23 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ireland with Michael 7:00 PBS History Detectives Capone Gang Shotgun NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos & Rhodes DV 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Vancouver, Canada 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum, Hour 2 NC Wilder Than Wild: Fire, Forests & the Future Fire suppression and climate change have exposed landscapes. EX Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Philbrook Museum, Hour 3 NC Flavor, NC Coon Rock Farm L EX In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II 9:30 NC NC Weekend L
10:00 PBS POV America NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Utah Overland EX In Their Own Words Princess Diana 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Heart Disease in Women 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Homecomings
24 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Design in Mind: On Location with James Ivory 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Motor City Favorites 7:00 PBS Wild Travels Host Will Clinger tries to ride an alligator at Orlando’s Gatorland. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals I DV 7:30 PBS NC Weekend L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hong Kong: A City of Festivals DV 8:00 PBS Native America From Caves to Cosmos NC North Carolina Bookwatch Chef Vivian Howard: Deep Run Roots L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Mary and Lord Gillingham put their love to the test. 8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Carl Venters Jr. 9:00 PBS American Experience Big Burn The largest fire in American history had profound consequences on its Forest Service. DV
NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Devils with Dad, State Park Firefighters, Kangaroo EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 4 9:30 NC Daytripper Largest, Longest, Tallest, Smallest Trip in Texas 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE China’s COVID Secrets NC Shelter Me Soul Awakened 10:30 EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Bonjour, Montreal DV 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas with David Yetman Ecuador: Native Peoples Meet the Oilmen
25 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Science from Forests to Stars L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek 2021 Infiniti QX80/ Kia Sorento NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals II DV 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Utah Overland EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Nature Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars NC Antiques Roadshow Vintage Charlotte EX Simply Ming Guest Ken Oringer 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Biscuits
18 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Mexico: Flooded Caves 10:30 NC How She Rolls Fear Is Good 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Tokyo, Japan: Celebrating the Past & Present DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico City: 600 Years of Urban Glory
It’s a midsummer night’s dream come true: you’ll have great seats for Great Performances Vienna Philharmonic: Summer Night Concert 2021, Friday, August 27, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
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7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Expanding Your Food Garden by Growing Fruit L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Ramp-ing up to Spring NC Flavor, NC Goat Lady Dairy L EX How She Rolls Recipe for Success 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Rainbow of Colors EX A Chef’s Life R-e-s-p-e-c-t the Butterbean 9:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Mum’s the Word EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Rapides Parish: 26 THURSDAY Heart of Louisiana 9:30 PBS Music at 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour the Museum NC BBC World News Rissi Palmer America NC Growing a EX Lidia’s Kitchen Greener World Baking Bread Creating Paradise 6:30 NC BBC World News Through a Shared Outside Source Passion for Gardening L EX Ciao Italia EX Simply Ming Not Just Zucchini/ Guest Ken Oringer Non Solo Zucchine 10:00 PBS Oberlin: A Village 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Rooted in Freedom Royal Myths & Secrets Marie Antoinette Learn the story of a once-thriving town NC PBS NewsHour founded by formerly EX Rick Steves’ Europe enslaved and free The Best of Sicily DV Black people. NC NC Weekend L
9:00 PBS When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time Scientists use fossil record and technology to make new discoveries. NC American Experience: Reagan Lifeguard 9:30 EX Taste of History Swimming Pigs in Paradise 10:00 EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Easy Elegance 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Carne Asada with La Familia 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Hawaii: Islands of Wonder
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Motor City Favorites 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Ken Oringer 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Sicilian Delights DV 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Adverse Childhood Experiences/ Cumberland County L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Baking Bread 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Adverse Childhood Experiences/ Cumberland County L EX Doc Martin Education, Education, Education Louisa and Martin have their first therapy session. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Great Performances PREMIERE! Vienna Philharmonic: Summer Night Concert 2021 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Call the Midwife The Turners oversee a measles vaccination trial. 9:30 NC Washington Week
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10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein Bhu Srinivasan EX Call the Midwife The team attempts to reunite an estranged mother and daughter. 10:30 PBS Beyond the Canvas World of Writers NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
10:00 PBS NC Weekend L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Winter Vegetable Punch 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA Louisiana NC Growing Bolder Stop Waiting & Start Doing EX A Chef’s Life The Fish Episode, Y’all 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World More Than Just a Seed: 28 SATURDAY Protecting Its Past & Present L 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ NC Today’s Wild West Neighborhood DV The Great American NC Conscious Living Horse Drive What We’re Hopeful For EX Christina Cooks: EX Carolina Back to the Outdoor Journal Cutting Board Mountain Trout Options L Essential Plant Proteins 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Neighborhood DV Garden Home NC J Schwanke’s Take It Easy Life in Bloom NC Home Diagnosis Mum’s the Word Princeton, NJ: EX How She Rolls Trust Your Nose Recipe for Success EX Kevin Belton’s 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV Cookin’ Louisiana NC Carolina Acadia Parish: Outdoor Journal Rice Central Falls Lake Deep L Noon PBS GardenSMART EX Exploring A garden whose owner North Carolina believed those who cul Colors of the Earth L tivate the soil are noble. 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie NC American NC Outside: Woodshop Beyond the Lens American Folk Art, Super Bloom Weathervanes EX Rick Steves’ Europe & Wall Art Vienna & the Danube EX Expedition with 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious Steve Backshall & Peterrific DV Mexico: Flooded Caves NC GardenSMART 12:30 PBS Conscious Living Following up on our Disappearing Disease backyard makeover. NC Weekends EX Hawaii: with Yankee Islands of Wonder An Edible Tour 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV 1:00 PBS Antiques NC Flavor, NC Roadshow Goat Lady Dairy L Philbrook Museum, 9:00 PBS Elinor Hour 2 Wonders Why. DV NC In Julia’s Kitchen NC NC Weekend L with Master Chefs EX NOVA Joachim Splichal Operation Bridge Rescue EX NC Weekend L 9:30 PBS Nature Cat 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael NC Fringe Benefits EX Weekends Wilmington, NC with Yankee Back to Our Roots
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Great Hill Towns NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Devils with Dad, State Park Firefighters, Kangaroo EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 3 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Big Sur & Monterey, California NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Off the Beaten Track NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 4 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Turning Times NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Tommy’s in the Kitchen NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Flickering Lights, Brick Stairs NC History with David Rubenstein Bhu Srinivasan EX Ireland with Michael 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Mountain Trout Options L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Hawaii: Islands of Wonder 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band NC Classic Gospel Sandi Patty: Forever Grateful EX NOVA Operation Bridge Rescue
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7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Getting to Know You— Again Lionel and Jean have made vague promises to keep in touch, but will they? NC Music at the Museum Rissi Palmer EX Secrets of the Dead Egypt’s Darkest Hour 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By The Copper Kettle Jean and Lionel have an uneasy friendship. NC Echo Sessions The diva speaks on The David The Get Right Band Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Conversations Renee Fleming, A Sacred Trust, Part 1 Sunday, August 29, 7:30 AM, on Barnaby and Jones the North Carolina Channel. investigate the cloistered world of 29 SUNDAY Midsomer Priory. 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Song of NC Chavis Chronicles the Mountains EX Native America Broken Angels From Caves to Cosmos EX Eyes on the Prize 6:30 PBS Elinor Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No Wonders Why DV More 1964-1972 A call NC Education Matters L to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind Black America. DV EX Antiques Roadshow 8:30 PBS Midsomer Murders Philbrook Museum, A Sacred Trust, Part 2 Hour 2 9:00 NC John Denver: 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Country Roads— Neighborhood DV Live in England NC The David Ruben Join one of the beststein Show: Peer to loved recording artists Peer Conversations of the 20th century at a Renee Fleming 1986 concert. 8:00 PBS Curious George EX Eyes on the Prize NC Carolina A Nation of Law? 1968Business Review L 1971 Black activism is EX Downton Abbey increasingly met with a Season 5 on Masterpiece violent response from Episode 3 law enforcement. DV 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey NC Firing Line with Season 4 on Masterpiece Margaret Hoover Episode 6 9:00 PBS This Old House NC Johnny Cash: Tommy’s in the Kitchen A Night to Remember NC Washington Week EX Jackie Robinson EX Downton Abbey Part One Jackie RobinSeason 5 on Masterpiece son rises from humble Episode 4 origins to become the first Black Major League 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Flickering Lights, Baseball player. DV Brick Stairs 11:00 NC Austin City Limits NC FRONT ROW The Best of Spoon with Marc Rotterman L PBS Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Episode 7 DV Heart Disease in Women PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
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9:00 PBS Wicked in Concert PREMIERE! Hear the music from the Broadway show, hosted by Kristen Chenowith with Idina Menzel, Rita Moreno, Amber Riley and more. 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH Santuario After 25 years of living in America, a Guatemalan grandmother is threatened with deportation. L 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Lumpkin, GA In a fading Georgia town, a community faces its dark past and grim present. L EX Exploring North Carolina Colors of the Earth L 10:30 NC Make48 Times up! It’s time to pitch and present the product ideas. EX Sci NC New Wonders L
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