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50 Years & Still Sunny! Gloria Estefan hosts this look back at Sesame Street and its impact—with Jodie Foster, LL Cool J, Itzhak Perlman, Ken Burns and more— December 4, during UNC-TV’s Winter of Discovery.
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BIG NEWS: CLIFFORD IS BACK! Premieres Saturday, December 7 Clifford and his devoted human, Emily Elizabeth, are back in this loyal reboot of the beloved series. As preschoolers explore colorful, new places with Clifford, they’ll get a boost of empathy, early literacy and imaginative play. Watch Rootle on UNC-TV every Friday for a new episode and weekends on your Rootle channel!
LET’S GO LUNA! Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Follow the Circo Fabuloso this month on the Block Party! Join pals Carmen, Andy and Leo adventuring across the globe and exploring all seven continents as they learn about new cultures with their bright friend, Luna—the moon!
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evening&weekend listings NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Offshore Bite EX Travelscope Portugal: From Porto to Salamanca DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Ben Carter: Wading for Trout EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 1 1:00 TV 3 Steps to Incredible Health! THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 with Joel Fuhrman, MD Dr. Fuhrman shares a plan 9:30 NC FRONT ROW for shedding weight fast. 1 SUNDAY with Marc Rotterman NC Song of the Mountains The political analyst and 6 AM TV Nature Cat Tribute & Memorial to his guests discuss public NC Closer to Truth Miss Dixie Hall affairs and policy issues. Can Metaphysics EX Aging Backwards 3 10:00 TV Brain Fitness Program Discern God, II? with Miranda Drive beneficial chemical, EX Finding Your Roots Esmonde-White physical and functional Pioneers with Neil Patrick Learn how gentle daily changes in the brain. Harris, Gloria Steinem & movement help keep minds NC NC SPIN Sandra Cisneros DV sharp and bodies active. Join Tom Campbell and 6:30 TV Wild Kratts 2:00 NC David Holt’s his guests for informative, NC Education Matters State of Music balanced debate for the Learn about key issues Rising Stars Old North State. affecting education in NC. EX Downton Abbey EX Secrets of 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Returns! Westminster NC The Open Mind Join Jim Carter (Carson) Explore a world of intrigue Libel & the Presidency for a celebration of the and traditions behind EX Antiques Roadshow beloved hit series. the gothic walls of the Virginia Beach, Part 2 2:30 NC Bluegrass Houses of Parliament. 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Underground 10:30 NC North Carolina Neighborhood DV Josh Ritter Bookwatch NC ncIMPACT 3:00 TV Ken Burns: Andrew Lawler: Healthcare Access Country Music The Secret Token in Rural Communities: Kathy Mattea hosts this 1:00 NC Comic Culture 1 McDowell County look at the making of the Phillip Sevy 8:00 TV Curious George epic documentary series. EX Are We There Yet? NC Carolina NC The Kate Ireland Business Review Owen & Mícheál “Moley” Galway Chris William and his Ó Súilleabháin 11:30 NC Story in the guests discuss business 3:30 EX Age Fix with Public Square news in the Carolinas. Anthony Youn, MD Ian Reifowitz EX Secrets of Britain’s Dr. Youn shares a oon TV FRONT ROW N Great Cathedrals surgery-free way to fix with Marc Rotterman Wales St. David’s/Brecon/ age-related skin concerns. St. Asaph & Bangor 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important challenges. 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: Raise a Second Story/Ductless Humidifier NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals East Ely & Peterborough Cathedrals/King’s College Cambridge Celebrate Il Volo: Ten Years, Sunday, December 1, at 7 PM, on UNC-TV. 4 | December
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4:00 NC Austin City Limits Norah Jones/Angel Olsen 5:00 TV Classic Christmas Enjoy such old-fashioned favorites as Silent Night, White Christmas, Jingle Bells and more. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Classical Rewind Explore the greatest composers of all time and the origins of their music. 5:30 NC ncIMPACT Healthcare Access in Rural Communities: McDowell County 6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Revisiting Princeville 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Curry/Evans-Winters/Keith EX Aretha Franklin Remembered The legendary performer is remembered from her early days to her time as a musical powerhouse. 7:00 TV Il Volo: Ten Years Premiere! The group performs Grande Amore, Il Mondo and more from Italy’s ancient city of Matera. NC Family Pictures USA North Carolina 8:00 NC Family Pictures USA Detroit 8:30 TV Great Performances: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Experience Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles and more stars. EX Pete Seeger Tribute Concert: Woody’s Children 50th Peter Yarrow, Holly Near and other musicians perform a concert celebrating Seeger’s 100th birthday.
9:00 NC Family Pictures USA Southwest Florida 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Two Trains Runnin’ EX Dionne Warwick: Then Came You Sing along with the famed singer on some of her dazzling classics. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Healthcare Access in Rural Communities: McDowell County 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/ Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist Rosalía Torres-Weiner EX Rick Steves’ Europe: Remote, Sacred, Wild Celebrate the wonder of the great outdoors and religious sites in Europe and beyond.
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EX Family Travel with Colleen Kelly Emerald Isle: Ireland as a Family Getaway 8:00 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track Follow remarkable stories of historic and scenic railroads from across America. NC Exploring North Carolina From NC’s “Front Porch” EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 3 A false alarm turns into a real murder investigation. DV 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand 9:00 NC My Home, NC The Trip Artist Dave Alsobrooks and photographer Titus Brooks Heagins travel across the South and learn that life is complicated, yet beautiful, for those living in poverty. Then 17-yearold Connie Kingston is breaking barriers in the break-dancing world. EX Death in Paradise On-the-Air DJ Death 9:30 NC North Carolina Weekend Biltmore’s Downton Abbey Exhibit/NC Museum of History’s Vintage Toy Display/ Poinsettias at Mitchell’s Nursery/Surry Wine Tour 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Mustang Museum 10:00 TV Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how to keep your mind sharp and your body active as you age using gentle daily movement. NC My Home, NC Cheerwine 100th/Piano Man/Summerville/Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen/NC Ninja/ Historic Beach Cottages EX Shetland All the team is under threat. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Healthcare Access in Rural Communities: McDowell County 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist and top peers explore today’s topics. NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Pioneers with Neil Patrick Harris, Gloria Steinem & Sandra Cisneros DV December | 5
evening&weekend listings 7:30 TV North Carolina Weekend Biltmore’s Downton Abbey 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Exhibit/NC Museum of His NC BBC World News tory’s Vintage Toy Display/ America Poinsettias at Mitchell’s EX Simply Ming Nursery/Surry Wine Tour Jacques Pépin EX Born To Explore 6:30 NC Nightly with Richard Wiese Business Report Africa: the Elephant EX Yan Can Cook: Trunk Show Spice Kingdom Give your gray matter a boost with 8:00 TV Sesame Street: Tomorrow’s Chengdu Brain Fitness Program, Wednesday, 50 Years & Still Sunny! 7:00 TV Nightly December 4, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV. Gloria Estefan hosts Business Report this 50th anniversary NC PBS NewsHour EX Inside the Tube: celebration of the iconic EX Rick Steves’ Europe Going Underground children’s series. The Best of Sicily DV World’s First Underground NC Country Music 7:30 TV My Home, NC 10:30 NC On Story The Sons & Daughters of Country Cool Meet Randy Wild Wild Country: America (1964 -1968) DV Travis, who’s sold over 25 A Conversation with EX Chefs A’ Field: million records, his family Chapman & Maclain Way Good Catch and friends. Then visit his 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company Eating the Invasives FeaturMarshville hometown and NC PBS NewsHour ing Chef Jennifer Carroll Nashville’s Country Music EX Travelscope 8:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Hall of Fame. And Steep Taiwan: Mountain Beauty, Surfside Eats Canyon Rangers share speVillages & Cultures 9:00 EX Mexico— cial memories of their time 11:30 EX In the Americas One Plate at a Time with Randy Travis. with David Yetman with Rick Bayless EX Travelscope Panama’s Wild West You Don’t Know the Surprising Toronto DV Whole Enchilada 8:00 TV Country Music: 4 WEDNESDAY 9:30 TV Brain Fitness Program Live at the Ryman Drive beneficial chemical, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour physical and functional Giddens, Vince Gill and NC BBC World News changes in the brain. more musicians celebrate America EX Taste of History the film by Ken Burns. EX My Home, NC Bourbon: The True NC North Carolina The Trip Artist Dave AlsoAmerican Spirit Bookwatch brooks and photographer 1 0:00 NC A Great American Malinda Maynor Lowery: Titus Brooks Heagins travel Tapestry The Lumbee across the South and learn EX Inside the Tube: that life is complicated, yet Premiere! Explore the roots of Appalachian music. Going Underground beautiful, for those living EX Sara’s World’s First Deep in poverty. Then 17-yearWeeknight Meals Tube Line old Connie Kingston is Picnics & Tailgates 8:30 NC Story in the breaking barriers in the 10:30 EX Jamie’s Public Square break-dancing world. Quick & Easy Food Ian Reifowitz 6:30 NC Nightly Chops/Linguine/Fish Cakes 9:00 NC My Home, NC Business Report 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company The Trip Artist Dave Also EX ncIMPACT NC PBS NewsHour brooks and photographer McDowell County EX Nature Titus Brooks Heagins travel 7:00 TV Nightly Hotel Armadillo DV across the South and learn Business Report that life is complicated, yet NC PBS NewsHour beautiful, for those living 5 THURSDAY EX Rick Steves’ Europe in poverty. Then 17-year Sicilian Delights DV 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour old Connie Kingston is NC BBC World News breaking barriers in the America break-dancing world. EX New EX Inside the Tube: Scandinavian Cooking Going Underground Drama on a Plate History of the Central Line 6:30 NC Nightly 9:30 NC Comic Culture Business Report Gerry Conway EX Christopher Kimball’s 10:00 TV Feel Better with Milk Street Television Pressure Point Therapy Tuesday Night Italian Dr. Michael Pinkus applies 7:00 TV Nightly techniques involving anBusiness Report cient acupressure points to NC PBS NewsHour Follow the Appalachian Scots-Irish, provide pain relief. African-American and Indigenous EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC Articulate musical threads that make A Great Scotland’s Highlands DV with Jim Cotter American Tapestry, Wednesday, 7:30 TV Sci NC Valentine’s Day December 4, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV. Foodie Science
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9:00 TV Great Performances: An Intimate Evening with David Foster The celebrated musician and composer explores the music of his career with guest artists. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Jamestown Episode 7 The Sharrows get embroiled with a notorious Pamunkey warrior. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Atlantis The Song of the Sirens 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important challenges. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
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evening&weekend listings 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass EX Exploring North Carolina From NC’s “Front Porch” 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Outside with Greg Aiello Molokai EX My Home, NC Country Cool Meet Randy Travis, who’s sold over 25 million records, his family and friends. Then visit his Marshville hometown and Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. And Steep Canyon Rangers share special memories of their time with Randy Travis. 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina From NC’s “Front Porch” EX Earth’s Great Seasons Spring 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/ Etched Earth Designs 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend Rejuvenated Downtown Marion/Goldsboro Ghost Tour/Leland’s House of Pickleball/S&T’s Soda Shoppe in Pittsboro EX Earth’s Great Seasons Summer 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking: Triad 10:00 TV Rick Steves European Christmas Celebrate Christmas in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. NC Carolina Business Review EX New Scandinavian Cooking Tina’s French Pantry 10:30 NC The Open Mind Libel & the Presidency EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Sea Bass/Mushrooms/ Chicken/Pineapple 11:00 NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Sawing Secrets EX Taste of History Queen of the Caribbean 8 | December
EX Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Get groundbreaking, eyeopening information about chronic pain and its causes. 3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman Discover the amazing Changing Seas EX Great Scenic Mystery of the Humpback Whale Railway Journeys: 150 Song, Saturday, December 7, at Years on the Right Track 1:30 PM, on UNC-TV. Follow remarkable stories of historic and scenic rail 11:30 NC Make48 roads from across America. Series Premiere! Meet teams 4:30 TV Il Volo: Ten Years and learn about product The group performs challenges in this 48-hour Grande Amore, Il Mondo invention competition. and more from Italy’s EX Taste of Malaysia ancient city of Matera. with Martin Yan NC NC SPIN Life on the Pahang River 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Noon TV Sesame Street: Weekend 50 Years & Still Sunny! Gain insights about the Premiere! Gloria Estefan week’s issues. hosts this 50th anniversary 5:30 NC Washington Week celebration of the iconic 6 PM TV Aretha Franklin children’s series. Remembered NC Growing a The legendary performer is Greener World remembered from her early Creating a Meadow Garden days to her time as a musi EX Rudy Maxa’s World cal powerhouse. Kyoto, Japan NC Classic Gospel 2:30 NC Tastemakers 1 Heaven Preserved: Left Bank EX 50 Years with Butchery in Saxapahaw Peter, Paul & Mary EX In the Americas Celebrate the impact of with David Yetman the preeminent trio that Tultepec: Mexico’s brought folk music to Skyrocket Central America’s mass audiences. 1:00 NC Exploring 7:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions North Carolina Billy Woodward From NC’s “Front Porch” 7:30 NC Echo Sessions EX Classic Christmas Jane Kramer Enjoy such old-fashioned 8:00 TV Country Music: favorites as Silent Night, Live at the Ryman White Christmas, Jingle Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Bells and more. Giddens, Vince Gill and 1:30 TV Ken Burns: more musicians celebrate Country Music the film by Ken Burns. Kathy Mattea hosts this NC Song of the Mountains look at the making of the Riley Anglen & the Big epic documentary series. Guns/Appalachian Trail NC Changing Seas EX Great Performances: Mystery of the Humpback An Intimate Evening Whale Song with David Foster 2:00 NC Sci NC The celebrated musician Think Small and composer explores 2:30 NC Story in the the music of his career Public Square with guest artists. Ian Reifowitz 9:00 NC David Holt’s 3:00 TV Pete Seeger State of Music Tribute Concert: David Holt House Party 1 Woody’s Children 50th 9:30 NC Bluegrass Peter Yarrow, Holly Near Underground and other musicians perform a concert celebrating Lucero 10:00 TV 50 Years with Seeger’s 100th birthday. Peter, Paul & Mary NC To the Contrary Celebrate the impact of with Bonnie Erbé the preeminent trio that National TV’s only womenbrought folk music to centered news analysis America’s mass audiences. show tackles hot topics.
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8 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth What Is God’s Own Being? EX Finding Your Roots Dreaming of a New Land with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg & Kal Penn 6:30 NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC The Open Mind Charitarian Patriotism EX Antiques Roadshow Virginia Beach, Part 3 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking: Triad 8:00 TV Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas George and the Man with the Yellow Hat enjoy preparing for Christmas. DV NC Carolina Business Review EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Deep Tube Line 8:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: Decking for Beginners/Built-In, Dining Room NC Washington Week EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground History of the Central Line 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Learn ways to supercharge your memory and access what matters most to you. NC NC SPIN EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Underground 10:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch Malinda Maynor Lowery: The Lumbee 11:00 NC Comic Culture Brian Silveira EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Blarney Castle & Gardens
11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Michael Fine, MD Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Catch a classic episode. EX Travelscope Mekong River Adventure, Part 1 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Nicolas Cote: Canadian Walleye EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Beirut Fast Food NC Song of the Mountains Riley Anglen & the Big Guns/Appalachian Trail EX Age Fix with Anthony Youn, MD Dr. Youn shares a surgery-free way to fix age-related skin concerns. 1:30 TV Field Trip with Curtis Stone Margaret River 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Special Premiere! Savor all-time best recipes, cast members’ stories and much more! NC David Holt’s State of Music David Holt House Party 1 2:30 NC Bluegrass Underground Lucero EX Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy Dr. Michael Pinkus applies techniques involving ancient acupressure points. 3:00 NC The Kate Marc Cohn with Blind Boys of Alabama 3:30 TV Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how gentle daily movement helps keep minds sharp and bodies active. EX Sesame Street: 50 Years & Still Sunny! Gloria Estefan hosts this 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic children’s series. 4:00 NC Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara 4:30 TV Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years Explore the history of the Fab Four from their early days in Liverpool to their last concert in 1966.
5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Country Music: Live at the Ryman Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill and more musicians celebrate the film by Ken Burns. 5:30 NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking: Triad 6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Closing the Education Gap 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Riders/Adams/Kabui 7:00 TV British Beat Rare archival performance films are mixed with new live performances of 1960s British Invasion hits. NC Beyond the Fields: Slavery at Middleton Place Explore slavery and its 21st century impact at Middleton Place in Charleston, SC. EX Rick Steves Holy Land: Israelis & Palestinians Today Visit sites and explore Israeli and Palestinian narratives to understand the region better. 8:00 NC Isaac Pope: The Spirit of an American Century This story sheds light on the devastation wrought by segregationists in NC. 9:00 TV Downton Abbey Returns! Join Jim Carter (Carson) for a celebration of the beloved hit series. NC Evolution of America: 1619 to Today Explore pivotal events from the year 1619 that helped shape the U.S. EX 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, MD Dr. Fuhrman shares his plan for shedding weight fast. 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH A Texas Myth 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking: Triad EX Wings Over Grand Canyon This aerial journey captures stunning imagery of landscapes, lakes and canyons. 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC
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6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Hot Pot, Anyone? 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid 7:30 TV North Carolina Weekend Rejuvenated Downtown Marion/Goldsboro Ghost Tour/Leland’s House of Pickleball/S&T’s Soda Shoppe in Pittsboro EX Travelscope Northwest Ontario: Lake Superior & Beyond DV 8:00 TV Members’ Favorites See what UNC-TV members like you like best. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Scott Huler: A Delicious Country EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground The First Modern Tube Line 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square Michael Fine, MD 9:00 NC Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/ Etched Earth Designs EX Secrets of Underground London Examine fascinating natural and man-made wonders. 9:30 NC Comic Culture Andy Smith 10:00 TV Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Get groundbreaking, eyeopening information about chronic pain and its causes. NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Earth Day EX Secrets of Scotland Yard Go inside London’s legendary police force. 10:30 NC On Story Deconstructing Nora Ephron 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Maine: Town & Country 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Heart of the Wilderness: Wyoming’s Wind River Range
EX Sci NC Foodie Science 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX ncIMPACT Human Trafficking: Triad 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Castile: Toledo & Salamanca 7:30 TV Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/ Etched Earth Designs EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Qatar: Pearl of the Arabian Sea 8:00 TV Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite. NC Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972) DV EX Chefs A’ Field: Good Catch Urban Abundance Featuring Chef Gavin Kaysen 8:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table A Day in Sinaloa’s Countryside 9:00 EX Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Crispy Carnitas 9:30 TV Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich Dr. Merzenich discusses how to improve and maintain cognitive fitness and deal with aging. EX Taste of History Little England in the Caribbean 10:00 NC David Holt’s State of Music David Holt House Party 1 EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Vegan with Adam Sobel 10:30 NC Folkways Music from the Hills EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Chops/Linguine/Fish Cakes 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Dogs in the Land of Lions DV
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6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX New Scandinavian Cooking Tina’s French Pantry
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visit unctv.org 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Holiday Entertaining 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Normandy: War-Torn Yet Full of Life 7:30 TV My Home, NC Photographer Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/ Kudzu Goat Gang EX Travelscope Thousand Islands: A Canadian Binational Adventure DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties NC Flavor, NC Braswell Foods: Nashville EX Travelscope San Miguel de Allende: Celebrating in the Heart of Mexico DV 8:30 TV Muse Music Heritage & Education: Steep Canyon Rangers/Start of Cool Summer Camp/We Insist: Music of Max Roach NC Around the Farm Table Friendsgiving EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions The Beach Vacation, Part 2 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show NC A Chef’s Life The Fish Episode, Y’all EX Weekends with Yankee Shores & Shellfish 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River NC Jazzy Vegetarian Gluten-Free Breakfast Menu EX Wild Nevada Wendover to Elko 10:00 TV A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Vivian Howard hosts her own vision of the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and much more. NC North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show
EX Poldark Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Ross returns to London with the Despards and Enyses. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties 9:00 TV Chefs Marcus & Vivian: A Taste of Travel the country’s immigrant What’s Next foodways with Chefs Marcus & Premiere! The chefs Vivian: A Taste of What’s Next, explore the rich Los premiering Friday, December 13, Angeles food scene at at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. Grand Central Market. EX Journeys in India NC FRONT ROW Ahmedabad: with Marc Rotterman Land of Gandhi EX Jamestown 10:30 NC Muse Episode 8 Mercy and Pep Music Heritage & per bring joy to the town. Education: Steep Canyon 9:30 TV No Passport Required Rangers/Start of Cool Seattle Summer Camp/We Insist: NC Washington Week Music of Max Roach 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Travelogue China EX Atlantis The Pearl River: The Rules of Engagement Mouth to Source Part 1 10:30 TV Chefs Marcus 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company & Vivian: A Taste of NC PBS NewsHour What’s Next EX Travelscope The chefs explore the rich Thailand: Bangkok & Beyond Los Angeles food scene at 11:30 EX In the Americas Grand Central Market. with David Yetman NC Firing Line with From Vaquejada to Margaret Hoover Jangada: Into Rural 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company Ceara, Brazil NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders 13 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Settling Jamestown 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Catfish Fest 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belfast & the Best of Northern Ireland 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Northeast Ontario: Canada’s Canoe Culture & Fir DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show
14 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Vivian Howard hosts her own vision of the season’s celebrations with peanut brittle and much more. EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Inlet Flounder 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Can We Save the Florida Scrub? 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Inlet Flounder EX Exploring North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River
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evening&weekend listings 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Outside with Greg Aiello Torrey Pines EX My Home, NC The Highlands Get behindthe-scenes Biltmore stories and learn what it takes to preserve some 35,000 artifacts. Then meet a couple whose cows’ viral cuteness is creating a new kind of sustainable agriculture. And see how a seventh-generation blueberry farmer is making a name with his family-recipe jams. 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Our Place in Space EX Earth’s Great Seasons Autumn 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse Music Heritage & Education: Steep Canyon Rangers/Start of Cool Summer Camp/We Insist: Music of Max Roach 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show EX Earth’s Great Seasons Winter 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show NC Carolina Business Review EX New Scandinavian Cooking Pale Fish 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties NC The Open Mind Charitarian Patriotism EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Beef/Rice/Salmon/ Plum Tarte 12 | December
11:00 TV Growing a Greener World The Year-Round Gardener NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill The Tiny Tool Kit EX Taste of History Washington’s Character, Charisma & Ambition 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Charming Charleston NC Make48 Teams go on a hardware store run to gather supplies for their inventions. EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Adventure on the Go Noon TV GardenSMART Radical Transformations NC Growing a Greener World Seed to Fork: Growing an Abundant & Beautiful Cold Climate Garden EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Safari 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Alabama’s Oldest Farmers Market/NM Farm School NC Tastemakers Sweet Stuff EX In the Americas with David Yetman In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Chile’s Melting Pot 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Our Place in Space EX Travelscope Rwanda: Among the Gorillas DV 1:30 NC Changing Seas Dolphins: Breaking the Code EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Baltimore, MD 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid NC Sci NC New Discoveries EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground The First Modern Tube Line 2:30 TV Curious Traveler Curious Stockholm NC Story in the Public Square Michael Fine, MD 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Tool Chest Makers NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Secrets of Underground London Take a look at natural and man-made wonders.
3:30 TV American Woodshop Pallet Works NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: Return to Paradise/Women’s Repair Class NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Secrets of Scotland Yard Go inside London’s legendary police force. 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Offshore Bite NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Earth’s Great Seasons Autumn 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains The Dillards with Charlene Darling & The Mayberry Deputy NC Classic Gospel Best of the Booth Brothers EX Earth’s Great Seasons Winter 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Animal Magnetism NC Sun Studio Sessions Patrick Sweany EX A Christmas with Moravians Travel the world retracing this Christian denomination’s roots. 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Bathroom NC Echo Sessions Ghost Light 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Schooled in Murder, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Trinity River Band/Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper EX Country Music The Sons & Daughters of America (1964 -1968) DV 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Schooled in Murder, Part 2 NC David Holt’s State of Music David Holt House Party 2 9:30 NC Bluegrass Underground Brothers Osborne 10:00 TV Doc Martin Farewell, My Lovely NC The Kate Desmond Child EX Front & Center lovelytheband 11:00 TV Hinterland Mathias unearths shocking secrets after a curator is discovered in a shallow grave.
visit unctv.org NC Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX Music Voyager Antigua & Barbuda 11:30 EX Music Voyager Funky Nassau
15 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Huston Smith: Tribute to a Religious Visionary EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales with S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC The Open Mind High-Tech Dystopia & Utopia EX Antiques Roadshow Extraordinary Finds 7:30 TV Clifford the Big Red Dog Special Join Emily Elizabeth and her big red dog for fun, new adventures, furry friends and original songs! NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties 8:00 NC Carolina Business Review EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground The First Modern Tube Line 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: Return to Paradise/Women’s Repair Class NC Washington Week EX Secrets of Underground London Examine natural and man-made wonders. 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of Scotland Yard Go inside London’s legendary police force. 10:30 TV Muse Editorial Cartoonist Dwane Powell NC North Carolina Bookwatch Scott Huler: A Delicious Country 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch David La Vere: The Tuscarora War
NC Bluegrass Underground Brothers Osborne 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Chicks Rule NC The Kate Desmond Child EX Jamestown Episode 8 Mercy and Pepper bring joy to the town. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Cultured Comforts 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Latin Fest Alexander Heffner hosts The Open NC Austin City Limits Mind, a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas, Sundays, at 7 AM, on Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs the North Carolina Channel. EX Capital The police probe leads in an unexpected direction. NC Comic Culture 4:30 TV Mexico— Gerry Conway One Plate at a Time EX Are We There Yet? with Rick Bayless Ireland Always Time for Tacos Fossetts, Ireland’s 5:00 TV Washington Week Oldest Circus NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Weekend Interview with Nicole EX Grantchester Hannah-Jones Season 2 on Masterpiece NC Story in the Episode 4 An apparent Public Square suicide leads Sidney to Joseph Sakran, MD perform an exorcism. DV Noon TV FRONT ROW 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour with Marc Rotterman Weekend NC Carolina NC ncIMPACT Outdoor Journal Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Catch a classic episode. Jackson Counties EX Travelscope 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Mekong River Adventure, Schooled in Murder, Part 1 Part 2 NC Black Issues Forum 12:30 TV NC SPIN Interview with Nicole NC Fishing Hannah-Jones Behind the Lines EX Death in Paradise Ice Fishing Corpse in the Cop Shop EX Burt Wolf: 6:30 NC Blackademics Travels & Traditions Television Do the Right Thing 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Chang/Saenz 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders Milk Street Television Schooled in Murder, Part 2 Tuesday Night Italian NC Holiday Handbells: NC Song of the Mountains The Raleigh Ringers Trinity River Band/Michael The acclaimed community Cleveland & Flamekeeper handbell choir performs EX Atlantis festive favorites. The Rules of Engagement EX Shetland 1:30 TV Field Trip Perez fights bureaucracy. with Curtis Stone 8:00 TV Victoria Season 3 Lombardy on Masterpiece 2:00 TV America’s Uneasy Lies the Head Test Kitchen from that Wears the Crown Cook’s Illustrated NC Holiday Sounds Classic Chinese at Home from Appalachia NC David Holt’s Enjoy holiday hits from ApState of Music palachian State University’s David Holt House Party 2 Hayes School of Music. EX Poldark Season 5 EX Africa’s Great on Masterpiece Civilizations Episode 5 Ross returns Origins/The Cross & to London with the the Crescent DV Despards and Enyses. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country BBQ Brisket & Fritters December | 13
evening&weekend listings 9:00 NC NC Master Chorale: Joy of the Season The acclaimed vocalists, along with the Carolina Brass Quintet and other musicians, present sounds of the season. 9:30 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece London Bridge Is Falling Down 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Fiesta Quinceañera EX My Home, NC Photographer Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/ Kudzu Goat Gang 10:30 EX ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties EX Antiques Roadshow Extraordinary Finds 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC
16 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of Scotland Yard Go inside London’s legendary police force. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod & Trad 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Cabbage’s Last Stand EX Family Travel with Colleen Kelly Marine Life in the Bahamas 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Will Gary go to the gallows? DV 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Homecomings 9:00 TV Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth Enjoy favorite holiday music, dancing and storytelling.
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Retrace medieval Spain’s 800-year period when Muslims, Christians and Jews peacefully coexisted on Ornament of the World, Tuesday, December 17, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC Muse Music Heritage & Education: Steep Canyon Rangers/Start of Cool Summer Camp/We Insist: Music of Max Roach EX Death in Paradise Murder From Above 9:30 NC North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Asheville Radio 10:00 TV Independent Lens Attla A determined mind and one good leg turned a native Alaskan dogsled racer into a sports hero. DV NC My Home, NC Photographer Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/ Kudzu Goat Gang EX Shetland The killer is close to home. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ Jackson Counties 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales with S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan
17 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Simply Ming Jonathan Waxman 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Tea Time! 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel & Monet to Crème Brûlée 7:30 TV North Carolina Weekend Passage of the 19th Amendment Exhibit/Trimming & Picking at Drexel Barbershop/Raleigh’s Dock 1053/NC Arboretum’s Winter Lights Show EX Travelscope San Antonio’s Fiesta: Olé! DV
8:00 TV Ornament of the World See how Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity during a remarkable time in history. NC North Carolina Bookwatch David La Vere: The Tuscarora War EX Discovering Britain St. Ives, Cornwall/Wiltshire/ Howden Dam, Peak District 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square Joseph Sakran, MD 9:00 NC Muse Music Heritage & Education: Steep Canyon Rangers/Start of Cool Summer Camp/We Insist: Music of Max Roach EX Discovering Britain New Forest 9:30 NC Comic Culture HeroesCon 2018 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Weinstein See how the Hollywood mogul allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Idealistic Icons EX Discovering Britain Dover 10:30 NC On Story A Conversation with Graham Yost
visit unctv.org 1:00 TV Amanpour & Company 1 1 0:00 TV SuperNature: NC PBS NewsHour Wild Flyers EX Travelscope Crowded Skies In order Cruising Canada: to survive in the crowded Ottawa & the Rideau Canal sky, mammals, birds and 11:30 EX In the Americas insects must out-fly the with David Yetman competition. Bogota to the Amazon: EX Sara’s A Trip Across Colombia Weeknight Meals Just 5 Ingredients 10:30 NC Folkways 18 WEDNESDAY The Banjo 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour EX Jamie’s NC BBC World News Quick & Easy Food America Beef/Squid/Pork/Polenta EX My Home, NC 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company Photographer Watson NC PBS NewsHour Brown/Davian Robinson/ EX Nature Kudzu Goat Gang Raising the Dinosaur Giant DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX ncIMPACT 19 THURSDAY Pretrial Reform: Haywood/ 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Jackson Counties NC BBC World News 7:00 TV Nightly America Business Report EX New NC PBS NewsHour Scandinavian Cooking EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges & Brussels Pale Fish 6:30 NC Nightly 7:30 TV Muse Business Report Music Heritage & EX Christopher Kimball’s Education: Steep Canyon Milk Street Television Rangers/Start of Cool The New Paris Summer Camp/We Insist: 7:00 TV Nightly Music of Max Roach Business Report EX Born To Explore NC PBS NewsHour with Richard Wiese EX Rick Steves’ Europe South Dakota: Wild Buffalo Provence: Legendary Light, 8:00 TV SuperNature: Wind & Wine Wild Flyers 7:30 TV My Home, NC Defying Gravity Explore the basic principles of flight Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist Rosalía to see how animals become Torres-Weiner airborne in the first place. EX Travelscope NC Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & This Way? (1973 -1983) DV Germany DV EX Chefs A’ Field: 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Good Catch Local Talent Pipeline: The Floating Farm Alamance County Featuring Chef Jeremiah NC Flavor, NC Langhorn Johnson’s Peaches: Candor 8:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table EX Travelscope Home Cooking Ontario, Canada’s Niagara Sinaloa Style Peninsula: Toronto & DV 9:00 TV SuperNature: 8:30 TV Muse Wild Flyers Public Art: Burnsville Gate Masters of the Sky way/Dare Coulter/UNCSA Explore the extremes of NC Around the Farm Table true flight power, accel Book Club Lunch with eration, speed, maneuverAuthor John Hildebrand ability and endurance. EX Burt Wolf: EX Mexico— Travels & Traditions One Plate at a Time Volunteer Tourism, Part 1 with Rick Bayless 9:00 TV North Carolina Always Time for Tacos Weekend 9:30 EX Taste of History Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte From Kitchen Garden Motor Speedway Annual to Table Christmas Light Show/Yadkin Valley Tuscan-Inspired wines/Raleigh Steak House Celebrates 50 Years
NC A Chef’s Life Obviously, It’s Pecans EX Weekends with Yankee Fall Foliage 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Stream Ecology of the Appalachians NC Jazzy Vegetarian Sukiyaki Supper EX Wild Nevada Winnemucca to Paradise Valley 10:00 TV Ties that Bind Examine challenges of living authentically in the face of deeply held beliefs and differences within one family and the culture at large. NC North Carolina Weekend Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte Motor Speedway Annual Christmas Light Show/Yadkin Valley Tuscan-Inspired wines/Raleigh Steak House Celebrates 50 Years EX Journeys in India Calcutta: City of Living History 10:30 NC Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/UNCSA EX Travelogue China The Pearl River: Mouth to Source Part 2 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Zambia: Bush & River Safari 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Gift of the Andes: Mendoza, Argentina, & Its Win
20 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Jamaica’s Spectacular South Coast 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Pie Fest 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera: Uniquely Chic 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & Germany DV
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evening&weekend listings 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte Motor Speedway Annual Christmas Light Show/Yadkin Valley Tuscan-Inspired wines/Raleigh Steak House Celebrates 50 Years EX Poldark Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Geoffrey Charles makes a desperate plan to elope with Cecily before she weds George. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County 9:00 TV Lidia Celebrates America Return of the Artisans NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Hillary Standing Tall Ed becomes fascinated with the Himalaya. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Voces on PBS The Pushouts Former gang member Victor Rios is a professor, author and expert on the school to prison pipeline. NC NC SPIN EX Atlantis The Furies 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
21 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Ties that Bind Examine challenges of living authentically in the face of deeply held beliefs and differences within one family and the culture at large. EX Carolina Outdoor Journal River Run Stripers 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Hidden Side of Table Rock 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal River Run Stripers EX Exploring North Carolina Stream Ecology of the Appalachians 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 16 | December
NC Outside with Greg Aiello Baja California Road Trip EX My Home, NC Surf, Salsa & Horse Healing Raleigh salsa band Tropic Orchestra is sweeping the East Coast with its Latin sound and traditions. Savage Surfboards has been making surf boards in Wilmington for years, Corral Riding is a Cary non-profit that gives girls healing and transformation through horse therapy. 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Homecomings EX Africa’s Great Civilizations Origins/The Cross & the Crescent DV 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/UNCSA 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte Motor Speedway Annual Christmas Light Show/Yadkin Valley Tuscan-Inspired wines/Raleigh Steak House Celebrates 50 Years 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte Motor Speedway Annual Christmas Light Show/Yadkin Valley Tuscan-Inspired wines/Raleigh Steak House Celebrates 50 Years NC Carolina Business Review EX New Scandinavian Cooking A Traveller’s Bite 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Lamb Kofta/Broad Bean Salad/Alaska 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Don’t Feed the Landfills NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker EX Taste of History Remember Paoli 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Oils All Around
NC Make48 Focus group feedback and expert insights inform the teams’ prototypes. EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan The Royal Show with Martin Yan with Her Majesty the Queen of Malaysia Noon TV GardenSMART A Chef & a Tasty Garden NC Growing a Greener World The Year-Round Gardener EX Rudy Maxa’s World Edinburgh & the Scottish Highlands 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Direct to Consumer & Direct to School Farming NC Tastemakers Not So Fast EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Homecomings EX Travelscope Rwanda: In Search of Chimpanzees DV 1:30 NC Changing Seas Cryptic Critters EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love International Food Show 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Castile: Toledo & Salamanca NC Sci NC Ecosystems EX Discovering Britain St. Ives, Cornwall/Wiltshire/ Howden Dam, Peak District 2:30 TV Curious Traveler Curious French Villages NC Story in the Public Square Joseph Sakran, MD 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Clockmaker NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Discovering Britain New Forest 3:30 TV American Woodshop The Folk Art Rooster NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: The Doors/Switch, Affordable Geothermal NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Discovering Britain Dover 4:30 NC NC SPIN
visit unctv.org NC The Kate Gina Chavez EX Front & Center Robby Krieger & Friends 11:00 TV Hinterland Mathias unearths shocking secrets after a curator is discovered in a shallow grave. NC Austin City Limits Tom Waits EX Music Voyager The Exumas 11:30 EX Music Voyager Eleuthera
NC Comic Culture Andy Smith 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum NC Chief Justice Henry Frye NC Story in the Public Square Ilan Goldenberg Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Catch a classic episode. EX Travelscope Taiwan Matsu Festival & Islands 22 SUNDAY Bluegrass Underground hosts 1 2:30 TV NC SPIN Boulder-based, South African 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Fishing American singer/songwriter Gregory NC Closer to Truth Behind the Lines Alan Isakov, Saturday, December 21, Observing Physics, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV. Best of Fishing Observing Nature? Behind the Lines, Season 3 EX Finding Your Roots EX Burt Wolf: 5:00 TV Carolina No Laughing Matter with Travels & Traditions Outdoor Journal Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro & Kansas City, Part 2 Catch a classic episode. Sarah Silverman 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s NC PBS NewsHour 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Milk Street Television Weekend NC Education Matters Holiday Entertaining EX Africa’s Great 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Song of the Mountains Civilizations NC The Open Mind Loose Strings/ Origins/The Cross & the Never Again in America Tennessee Mafia Jug Band Crescent DV EX Antiques Roadshow EX Atlantis 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Orlando, Part 2 The Furies Weekend 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s 1:30 TV Field Trip NC Washington Week Neighborhood DV with Curtis Stone 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains NC ncIMPACT Central Coast VW Boys Local Talent Pipeline: 2:00 TV America’s NC Classic Gospel Alamance County Test Kitchen from Kennedy Center 8:00 TV Curious George DV Cook’s Illustrated Homecoming NC Carolina Middle Eastern Dinner 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Business Review NC David Holt’s Surprising News EX Discovering Britain State of Music NC Sun Studio Sessions St. Ives, Cornwall/Wiltshire/ Della Mae Chad Elliott & The Howden Dam, Peak District EX Poldark Season 5 Redemption 8:30 TV Wild Kratts on Masterpiece EX Holiday Sounds NC Firing Line with Episode 6 Geoffrey from Appalachia Margaret Hoover Charles makes a desperate Enjoy holiday hits from Applan to elope with Cecily palachian State University’s 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: The Doors/Switch, before she weds George. Hayes School of Music. Affordable Geothermal 2:30 TV Cook’s Country 7:30 TV As Time Goes By NC Washington Week Italian Comfort Food Classics Future Imperfect EX Discovering Britain NC Bluegrass NC Echo Sessions New Forest Underground Natural Born Leaders 9:30 NC FRONT ROW Gregory Alan Isakov 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders with Marc Rotterman 3:00 TV Sara’s The Made-to-Measure 10:00 TV Exploring Weeknight Meals Murders, Part 1 North Carolina Mouth of the South NC Song of the Mountains Stream Ecology of NC The Kate Loose Strings/Tennessee the Appalachians Gina Chavez Mafia Jug Band NC NC SPIN EX Hillary EX Country Music EX Discovering Britain Standing Tall Ed becomes Will the Circle Be Unbro Dover fascinated with the ken? (1968 -1972) DV 10:30 TV Muse Himalaya. 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Photographer Watson 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen The Made-to-Measure Brown Restaurant’s Greatest Hits Murders, Part 2 NC North Carolina 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s NC David Holt’s Bookwatch New Orleans Celebrations State of Music David La Vere: Burger Fest Della Mae The Tuscarora War NC Austin City Limits 9:30 NC Bluegrass 1:00 TV North Carolina 1 Tom Waits Underground Bookwatch EX Doc Martin Gregory Alan Isakov Etaf Rum: Farewell, My Lovely 10:00 TV Doc Martin A Woman Is No Man Faith December | 17
evening&weekend listings 4:30 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless All in for Albondigas 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Will Gary go to the gallows? DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders The Made-to-Measure Murders, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum NC Chief Justice Henry Frye EX Death in Paradise Murder from Above 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Gerstenblatt/Conways/ Hoberman 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Made-to-Measure Murders, Part 2 NC Holy Week at Duke Chapel Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon hosts this look at Duke Chapel’s holy week. EX Shetland The killer is close to home. 8:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Et in Arcadia NC Christmas Eve in Duke Chapel Enjoy a community choir, Scripture readings and Christmas carols. EX Africa’s Great Civilizations Empires of Gold/Cities DV 9:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Foreign Bodies NC Christmas Eve in Duke Chapel Enjoy a community choir, Scripture readings and Christmas carols. 10:00 TV Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode: 1 Experts prepare to reconstruct the wedding that changed history and uncover astonishing details. NC REEL SOUTH Gimme a Faith EX My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist Rosalía Torres-Weiner 10:30 EX ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County 18 | December
The Sounds of Christmas, starring Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band, premieres Monday, December 23, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
1:00 TV EastEnders 1 NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County EX Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Part 2 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC
23 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Discovering Britain Dover 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz & Warsaw 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Rabbit EX Family Travel with Colleen Kelly ATV Rides, Snorkeling, & Taco Tours in Puerto Vallarta 8:00 TV The Sounds of Christmas Premiere! Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band perform upbeat, unique arrangements of seasonal favorites. NC Exploring North Carolina Stream Ecology of the Appalachians EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Sidney seeks oblivion, his friend seeks forgiveness and a dead girl’s parents seek revenge. DV 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas 9:00 TV Christmas at Belmont Enjoy traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and seasonal favorites.
NC Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/UNCSA EX Death in Paradise The Stakes Are High 9:30 NC North Carolina Weekend Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte Motor Speedway Annual Christmas Light Show/Yadkin Valley Tuscan-Inspired wines/Raleigh Steak House Celebrates 50 Years 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Pittsboro Folk Art 10:00 TV Christmas in Duke Chapel Glorious songs accompany the enlightening history of Duke University’s famous chapel. NC My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist Rosalía Torres-Weiner EX Shetland A copycat vexes Perez. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline: Alamance County 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots No Laughing Matter with Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro & Sarah Silverman
24 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Simply Ming Rick Bayless 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom The Voice of the Mountain 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary
CeCe Winans stars on Christmas at Belmont, Monday, December 23, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org EX Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless All in for Albondigas 9:30 EX Taste of History The Best of St. Lucia 10:00 NC David Holt’s State of Music David Holt House Party 2 EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals 15-Minute Sautés 10:30 TV Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Discover surprising Tudor The wait is over for this year’s Call the Midwife Holiday Special, premiering origins, rooted in devotion Wednesday, December 25, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. and charity, of many Christmas traditions. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company 7:30 TV North Carolina NC Folkways N C PBS NewsHour Weekend The Fiddle EX Travelscope Maggie Valley Elk/Charlotte EX Jamie’s Easter Island: Mysteries Motor Speedway Annual Quick & Easy Food & Myths DV Christmas Light Show/Yad Pork/Prawns/Gnocchi/ 11:30 EX In the Americas kin Valley Tuscan-Inspired Cheesecake with David Yetman wines/Raleigh Steak House Coffee & Culture in Oaxaca 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour Celebrates 50 Years EX Nature EX Travelscope Snowbound: Eastern Europe’s Treasures: 25 WEDNESDAY Animals of Winter DV From Budapest to 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company 6 PM T V PBS NewsHour Bucharest DV NC BBC World News 8:00 TV Rick Steves 26 THURSDAY America European Christmas EX My Home, NC Celebrate Christmas in 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s England, France, Norway, NC BBC World News Clothing/Artivist Rosalía Germany, Austria, America Torres-Weiner Switzerland and Italy. EX New 6:30 NC Nightly NC North Carolina Scandinavian Cooking Business Report Bookwatch A Traveller’s Bite E X ncIMPACT Etaf Rum: 6:30 NC Nightly Local Talent Pipeline: A Woman Is No Man Business Report Alamance County EX Discovering Britain EX Christopher Kimball’s 7:00 TV Nightly Glamis Milk Street Television Business Report 8:30 NC Story in the Amazing One-Layer Cakes NC PBS NewsHour Public Square 7:00 TV Nightly EX Rick Steves’ Europe Ilan Goldenberg Business Report Lisbon & the Algarve 9:00 TV Christmas with the NC PBS NewsHour Tabernacle Choir Featur- 7:30 TV Muse EX Rick Steves’ Europe Public Art: Burnsville Gate- ing Kristin Chenoweth Sevilla way/Dare Coulter/UNCSA Enjoy favorite holiday 7:30 TV My Home, NC EX Born To Explore music, dancing and Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s with Richard Wiese storytelling. Clothing/Artivist Rosalía Maine: Beyond the Sea NC Muse Torres-Weiner Public Art: Burnsville Gate- 8:00 TV Lucy Worsley’s 12 EX Travelscope Days of Tudor Christmas way/Dare Coulter/UNCSA South Korea: A Winter P remiere ! Discover surpris EX Discovering Britain Journey DV ing Tudor origins, rooted Scone 8:00 TV ncIMPACT in devotion and charity, of 9:30 NC Comic Culture many Christmas traditions. Incarceration & Mental Matt D. Wilson Health/Multi-County NC Country Music 10:00 TV NC Master Chorale: NC Flavor, NC Don’t Get Above Your Joy of the Season Sanctuary Vineyards: Raisin (1984 -1996) DV The acclaimed vocalists, Jarvisburg EX Chefs A’ Field: along with the Carolina EX Travelscope Good Catch Brass Quintet and other Cruising the Mediterranean Beautiful Swimmers Featur- DV musicians, present sounds ing Chef Spike Gjerde of the season. 8:30 TV Muse 8:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table NC Articulate Cultural History: Center How Do You Say Tucson? with Jim Cotter for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit 9:00 T V Call the Midwife Living Legacies NC Moveable Feast Holiday Special EX Discovering Britain with Fine Cooking Premiere! A nursing short Ribble Valley Dijon, France age means Christmas in the 10:30 NC On Story EX Burt Wolf: Outer Hebrides for Mother A Conversation with Travels & Traditions Mildred and the team. Pamela Ribon. Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 December | 19
evening&weekend listings 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend New Exhibit at WinstonSalem’s Reynolda House/ Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park/Homeplace Strawberries & More near Farmville/ Hang Gliding in Nags Head NC A Chef’s Life Turnips: The Roots EX Weekends with Yankee Winter in New England 9:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Smoky Mountain Diversity NC Jazzy Vegetarian Weeknight Burger Meal EX Wild Nevada Best of Season 4 10:00 TV Imaginary Village of Allan Gurganus See how small town life in a restored four-square house near an old cemetery informs the NC writer’s work. NC North Carolina Weekend New Exhibit at WinstonSalem’s Reynolda House/ Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park/Homeplace Strawberries & More near Farmville/ Hang Gliding in Nags Head EX Journeys in India South India: Land of Superlatives 10:30 TV It Had Wings Based on an Allan Gurganus short story, a widow sees something heavenly and wounded fall into her backyard. NC Muse Cultural History: Center for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit EX Travelogue China The Pearl River: Mouth to Source Part 3 TV Rendered Small Explore over 1,200 American folk art buildings on display in Steven Burke and Randy Campbell’s private collection in Hillsborough. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Hong Kong: Asia’s World City DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Favelas & Samba: Brazil
27 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History The Bounty of Penn’s Pennsylvania 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 20 | December
EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Jambalaya Fest 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Bath & York 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Hungary, Austria & Germany: Sampling the Danube DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend New Exhibit at WinstonSalem’s Reynolda House/ Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park/Homeplace Strawberries & More near Farmville/ Hang Gliding in Nags Head EX Poldark Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Ross is determined to take vengeance. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Incarceration & Mental Health/Multi-County 9:00 TV Craft in America Quilts NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Hillary Louise Hillary falls in love with Louise. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Craft in America Identity NC NC SPIN EX Atlantis Pandora’s Box 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
Craft in America features Penland artist Cristina Córdova, Friday, December 27, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Hummingbirds: Life in Fast-Forward NC Rendered Small Explore over 1,200 American folk art buildings on display in Steven Burke and Randy Campbell’s private collection in Hillsborough. 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Offshore Bite EX Exploring North Carolina Smoky Mountain Diversity 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Outside with Greg Aiello California Grasslands EX My Home, NC The Trip Artist Dave Alsobrooks and photographer Titus Brooks Heagins travel across the South and learn that life is complicated, yet beautiful, for those living in poverty. Then 17-yearold Connie Kingston is breaking barriers in the break-dancing world. 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Stream Ecology of the 28 SATURDAY Appalachians EX Africa’s Great 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Civilizations Neighborhood DV Empires of Gold/Cities DV NC Imaginary Village of 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV Allan Gurganus NC Muse See how small town life in a restored four-square house Cultural History: Center for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit near an old cemetery informs the NC writer’s work. 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina EX Carolina Weekend Outdoor Journal New Exhibit at Winston Catch a classic episode. Salem’s Reynolda House/ 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Neighborhood DV Park/Homeplace Strawber NC It Had Wings ries & More near Farmville/ Based on an Allan Hang Gliding in Nags Head Gurganus short story, 9:30 TV Nature Cat a widow sees something NC ncIMPACT heavenly and wounded Incarceration & Mental fall into her backyard. Health: Multi-County
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2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Normandy: War-Torn Yet Full of Life NC Sci NC Cackalack-ology EX Discovering Britain Glamis 2:30 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania/ Conway Scenic Railroad NC Story in the Public Square Ilan Goldenberg 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Metal Engraver NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Discovering Britain Scone 3:30 TV American Woodshop Resin & Wood Turned Table Lamp NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Westerly: Tanks for Propane/Polybutylene, Squeaky Door NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Discovering Britain Ribble Valley 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Catch a classic episode. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Africa’s Great Civilizations Empires of Gold/Cities DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains The Woodsheep/Newtown NC Classic Gospel Homecoming Picnic 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Going Online NC Sun Studio Sessions Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart EX Bluegrass Underground Kathy Mattea 7:30 TV As Time Goes By You Can’t Manufacture Happy Endings for Everybody NC Echo Sessions Jackie Venson EX Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983) DV 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Sword of Guillaume, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains The Dillards
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