CenterPiece December 2021

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ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT

December Block Party Star: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is the star this holiday season on Read-a-roo’s Block Party!

Join the exciting adventures with Xavier, his sister and their friends as they travel back in time to meet real-life historical figures as kids. Watch weekends at 7 AM and 1 PM on Rootle.

Attention Teachers!

Use this PBS LearningMedia resource guide to plan how you’ll integrate video clips, biosketch readers and graphic organizers for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum across your grade 1-2 classroom curricula. From guided reading to a living wax museum, get planning tips for reading/ language arts, social-emotional learning, and social studies at pbsnc.org/XavierRiddle.

’Tis the Season to Share Creating something special for a family member or friend is a great way to teach kids empathy and kindness. Parents can encourage these moments of sharing throughout the season with DIY crafts, printables and recipes on PBS KIDS for Parents at pbs.org/parents.

For more holiday fun, tune in to the Winter Holidays with PBS KIDS video collection at pbsnc.org/winterholidays and visit pbsnc.org/holidayfood to try holiday food traditions from around the world!

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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: Xavier Riddle DV 7:30 Super Why! DV 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 9:00 Sesame Street DV 9:30 Elinor Wonders Why 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 Curious George DV Weekends: Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Noon Nature Cat

Weekends: Dinosaur Train DV 12:30 Xavier Riddle DV Weekends: Let’s Go Luna! DV 1:00 Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 4 PM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Xavier Riddle 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 Alma’s Way DV

Weekends: Odd Squad DV 5:30 Xavier Riddle DV 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.

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Call 1-800-984-9090 or visit pbsnc.org/donate 1 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events.

NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives.

EX Exploring North Carolina North Carolina’s Two Coasts, Part 2 L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source Ros Atkins discusses global stories.

EX Sci NC Discovery Science NC scientist who helped develop COVID-19 vaccines, ant tunnel exploration and a dating service for polar bears. 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 London: Historic & Dynamic 7:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Re-claiming the Gulf in Baja California 8:00 NC Antiques Roadshow Tearjerkers

PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air announcements, updates at pbsnc.org and posts to social media provide the latest scheduling information. Some program start and end times can vary slightly from our listings.

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EX Simply Ming On the Road in Hawaii: Mom & Pops 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Botanical 9:00 PBS Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Dr. Gundry shares an easy approach to help us all feel better and more youthful at any age.

NC History of Christianity The First Christianity 9:30 EX Taste of History Coastal Manabi Cuisine 10:00 NC History of Christianity Catholicism: the Unpredictable Rise of Rome

EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Basta Pasta: Us Vs. Italy 10:30 PBS Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma & Grief Dr. Daniel Amen discusses ways to feel happier and more in control of your emotions.

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Food Meets Art 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX Nature My Life As a Turkey DV

2 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Salt Your Pasta Water!

6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Ciao Italia Eat & Enjoy!/ Mangia E Divertiti!

7:00 PBS Cook’s Country Pork, Peaches & Potatoes

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake District & Durham

7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Field Guide to Field Peas L

EX Growing a Greener World Abundant Harvest 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life What’s Your Beef?

NC Flavor, NC In Good Heart Farm, Clayton, NC L

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Oysters at Home L 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod & Trad

NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Field Guide to Field Peas L

EX A Chef’s Life Pretty in Peach 9:00 PBS NC Weekend From Lexington L

NC Cook’s Country Pork, Peaches & Potatoes

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Sensational Seafood: Louisiana’s Crowning Glory 9:30 PBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Essential advice on planning for retirement.

NC Growing a Greener World Abundant Harvest

EX Simply Ming On the Road in Hawaii: Ed Kenney 10:00 NC North Carolina Weekend From Lexington L

EX Short History of the English Garden Romans, Renaissance & the Picturesque 10:30 NC Changing Seas Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Cruising Canada: Ottawa & the Rideau Canal

4­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

11:30 PBS Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich

How to improve and maintain cognitive fitness while aging.

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Baroque Pipe Organs of Oaxaca

3 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Cook’s Country Pork, Peaches & Potatoes 6:30 NC BBC World News Today

EX Simply Ming On the Road in Hawaii: Mom & Pops 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice: City of Dreams 7:30 PBS Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Judy Woodruff

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Salt Your Pasta Water!

8:00 PBS Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events.

NC ncIMPACT Urban Broadband— Mecklenburg County L

EX Frankie Drake Mysteries Ladies in Red 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L Lively conversations and interviews with key policy makers.

NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Rick Steves’ European Christmas

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Miss Scarlet & the Duke on Masterpiece Inheritance DV 9:30 NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events.

10:00 NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Hope Williams L

EX Miss Scarlet & the Duke on Masterpiece The Woman in Red DV

Body aches? Check out these Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain, Saturday, December 4, 9 AM, on the Explorer Channel.

10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles Engaging conversations with civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. 11:00 PBS Classical Rewind Explore the music of the masters.

NC PBS NewsHour

EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders

4 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Roadfood SERIES PREMIERE! Houston, TX: Viet-Cajun Crawfish & Beef Pho

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Tough Conditions L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

NC Cook’s Country Pork, Peaches & Potatoes

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Oysters at Home L 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tough Conditions L

EX Exploring North Carolina Long Parks L

Take a unique trip to discover great American food and hear engaging stories. Catch the reboot of Roadfood, Saturday, December 4, 6 AM, on the North Carolina Channel.

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7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley National Park

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Oslo 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC gardenSMART A Good Design Requires More Than Plants

EX Nature My Life As a Turkey DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV

NC Flavor, NC In Good Heart Farm, Clayton, NC L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV

NC NC Weekend From Lexington L

EX Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain

PREMIERE! Leading experts explain cuttingedge treatments.

9:30 PBS Nature Cat

NC Changing Seas Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation 10:00 PBS NC Weekend From Lexington L

NC Carolina Business Review L 10:30 PBS Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain

NC Growing Bolder Achieve Your Creative Dreams 11:00 NC Today’s Wild West Lone Pine Film Festival

EX Happy Holidays with Bing & Frank

The singers swap Christmas songs and stories.

11:30 NC Woodsmith Shop Outdoor Dining Table

EX Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs Enjoy the romantic crooner’s biggest hits.

Noon PBS Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen Dr. Amen discusses practical steps to feel happier and sharper.

NC American Woodshop Stanton Tools

L = Local

Shade = Fundraiser

December | 5

12:30 NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Field Guide to Field Peas L 1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Roberto Donna

EX Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 2 See how the Black church expanded to address social inequality.

1:30 NC Sara’s Weeknight Meals Cozy Casseroles 2:00 PBS Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Fighting Fish Kills & Oil Spills 2:30 NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé Women-centered news analysis show tackles hot topics.

3:30 PBS Carpenters: Close to You A music-filled documentary traces the Carpenters’ career.

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important issues.

4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Big Band Years

Hear the songs that got us through World War II. 4:30 NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Hope Williams L 5:00 PBS Carpenters: Christmas Memories The pop/rock duo perform Christmas songs.

NC PBS Newshour Weekend 5:30 PBS Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas

Join the singers for a joyful holiday special.

NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events.

Enjoy classical arrangements from one of film’s greatest composers.

Watch Il Volo—Tribute to Ennio Morricone, Saturday, December 4, 8:30 PM, on PBS NC.

6 PM NC Classic Gospel Hear the greats of this distinctly American musical genre.

EX Country Pop Legends Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell host.

7:00 PBS All Creatures Great & Small: Between the Pages Meet the cast and creators of the series.

NC Music at the Museum Tumbao L 7:30 NC Echo Sessions

James Brown Dance Party L 8:00 NC Song of the Mountains Lightnin’ Charlie/Jonah Riddle & Carolina Express

EX FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 2 8:30 PBS Il Volo—Tribute to Ennio Morricone Join the trio as they pay tribute to the legendary Italian film composer.

9:00 NC Front & Center Maddie & Tae

Sing along to the Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas, Saturday, December 4, 5:30 PM, on PBS NC.

EX FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 1 10:00 PBS Country Pop Legends

NC Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Road 10:30 EX Avett Brothers at Red Rocks The band performs an energetic mix of music.

11:00 NC Austin City Limits Olivia Rodrigo/ Joy Oladokun

5 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew

NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX Secrets of the Manor House Look at the British titled class in Edwardian times and the servants working in their estates. DV 6:30 PBS Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

NC Education Matters L Learn about issues affecting education in NC. 7:00 NC Open Mind

EX Antiques Roadshow Treasure Fever 7:30 PBS Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas DV

NC Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Judy Woodruff 8:00 NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Rick Steves’ The Holy Land: Israelis & Palestinians Today 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts

6­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Roughing It

NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House An Asktoh Barn Raising

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion Bladder Cancer

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Hope Williams L

EX Slavery by Another Name Learn about the labor practices and laws that created a new form of slavery that persisted into the 20th century.

10:30 PBS Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma & Grief

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Ramsey: Boys of the Battleship North Carolina L 11:00 NC The Chavis Chronicles Engaging conversations with civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Noon NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Winter Gar L

EX Land Girls Codes of Honour 12:30 PBS Keto Diet with Dr. Josh Axe

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley National Park 1:00 NC Song of the Mountains Lightnin’ Charlie/Jonah Riddle & Carolina Express

EX Land Girls Trekkers 2:00 PBS Brain Revolution Learn how we can make the brain work for us.

NC Front & Center Maddie & Tae

EX Land Girls Destinies 3:00 NC Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Road

Some people will do anything for money. Find out what happens in Agatha & the Midnight Murders, Sunday, December 5, 8 PM, on PBS NC.

EX Happy Holidays with Bing & Frank 3:30 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein Hope Williams L

EX Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas See the Tudor origins of contemporary Christmas traditions.

4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC Austin City Limits Olivia Rodrigo/ Joy Oladokun 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas 5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

NC ncIMPACT Urban Broadband— Mecklenburg County L 6 PM PBS Rick Steves’ European Christmas

NC Black Issues Forum L 6:30 NC Driving While Black: Race, Space & Mobility in America The automobile brought new freedoms and new perils for African Americans.

EX Classical Rewind 8:00 PBS Agatha & the Midnight Murders Agatha Christie considers selling a manuscript that will kill her creation.

EX Il Volo—Tribute to Ennio Morricone

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

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8:30 NC American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard DV 9:30 EX Rick Steves’ European Christmas 10:00 PBS Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Keep your mind sharp and your body active.

10:30 NC Make48

Follow Our Winning Team on an Industry Field Trip!

11:00 PBS EastEnders

NC Start Up Charleston Shoe Co: Charleston, SC 11:30 PBS EastEnders

NC Comic Culture Paul Kupperbérg L

EX Carpenters: Christmas Memories The pop/rock duo perform holiday favorites.

6 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Re-claiming the Gulf in Baja California 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source Ros Atkins discusses global stories.

EX Outside: Beyond the Lens California North Coast Redwoods 7:00 PBS Sci NC Science of NC Critters Outerbanks horses, horseshoe crabs and vaccines, medical secrets of groundhogs. L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice & Its Lagoon 7:30 PBS REEL SOUTH: Hindsight We Stay in the House L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Naples & Paradise Coast of Florida 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Women’s Work

NC Shaw Rising

EX Craft in America Holiday

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Shade = Fundraiser

December | 7

9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 1

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Hope Williams L

EX Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace.

9:30 NC NC Weekend From Lexington L 10:00 PBS America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: US Capitol Christmas The Capitol Christmas tree journeys from Colorado to DC.

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley National Park

EX Inside the Court of Henry VIII See the intrigue associated with the king.

10:30 PBS European Christmas Markets

NC Sci NC Science of NC Critters L 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

The acclaimed journalist explores today’s topics.

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Secrets of the Manor House DV

7 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Bistro Classics at Home 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Cook’s Country Chicken Soup & Cheesy Bread 7:00 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein William Mangum L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part I 7:30 PBS NC Weekend From Lexington L

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope San Francisco’s Changing Neighborhoods DV

Celebrate the 51-year old holiday tradition of the U.S. Forest Service. See America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: US Capitol Christmas Tree, Monday, December 6, 10 PM, on PBS NC.

8:00 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Special Series Finale with Bland Simpson L

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Ramsey: Boys of the Battleship North Carolina L

EX Victoria & Albert: the Wedding Episode 1 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Long Parks L 9:00 PBS Journey Home to the USS Arizona The family of Raymond Haerry Sr. place his ashes aboard the memorial at Pearl Harbor.

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Preserving Past & Future on the San Pedro Ranch

EX Victoria & Albert: the Wedding Episode 2

9:30 NC Daytripper Waxahachie, TX 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE Poor Kids

NC Short History of the English Garden Pleasure Grounds, Naturalism & Beyond

EX Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Steve Kerr 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Hong Kong, China 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 Brazil’s Butantan Institute: Where Venomous Critters Find a Welcome

8 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Exploring North Carolina Long Parks L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Sci NC Science of NC Critters L 7:00 PBS Motorweek

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part II 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley National Park

All good things must come to an end. Join us for the final episode of this premiere literary series that began in 1997. Don’t miss the North Carolina Bookwatch Special Series Finale with Bland Simpson, Tuesday, December 7, 8 PM, on PBS NC.

8­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Butantan Institute: Where Venomous Critters Find a Welcome 8:00 PBS Nature Wild Way of the Vikings

NC Antiques Roadshow Body of Work

EX Simply Ming Bok Choi 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Desserts 9:00 PBS NOVA Rise of the Mammals

NC History of Christianity Orthodoxy: From Empire to Empire 9:30 EX Taste of History The Galapagos Islands 10:00 PBS Impossible Builds Ice World

NC History of Christianity Reformation: The Individual Before God

EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals From the Latin Kitchen 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Jalisco Classics 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Nature Nature’s Biggest DV

9 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Lidia’s Kitchen All in the Skillet 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Ciao Italia From the Sea/Dal Mare 7:00 PBS Cook’s Country French Fare

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 3 7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Muscadine Mood L

EX Growing a Greener World Year-Round Growing with Eliot Coleman 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life One Potato, New Potato

10:30 NC Changing Seas At the Water’s Edge: The Salt Marsh 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Easter Island: Mysteries & Myths DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Ancestors of the Ancient Mayas Witness impeccable artisanship with the making of beautifully handcrafted musical instruments.

Watch the season premiere of Craft in America, Friday, December 10, 9 PM,

NC Flavor, NC Braswell Food, Nashville, NC L

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Field Guide to Field Peas L 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel & Monet to Crème Brûlée

NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Muscadine Mood L

EX A Chef’s Life Gettin’ Figgy with It 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Autumn Adventures L

NC Cook’s Country French Fare

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana

Pick-Your-Own: Louisiana’s Family Friendly Farms 9:30 PBS Sci NC Nature’s Secrets Ghost forests on the coast, why birds sing loud in the morning, mosquito science. L

NC Growing a Greener World Year-Round Growing with Eliot Coleman

EX Simply Ming On the Road in Hawaii: Mom & Pops 10:00 PBS Wild Travels: America’s Most Unusual Festivals

NC NC Weekend Autumn Adventures L

EX Short History of the English Garden Pleasure Grounds, Naturalism & Beyond

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

DV = Descriptive Video

10 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Cook’s Country French Fare 6:30 NC BBC World News Today

EX Simply Ming Bok Choi 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Western Turkey 7:30 PBS Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Ai-jen Poo

EX Lidia’s Kitchen All in the Skillet 8:00 PBS Washington Week

NC ncIMPACT Work in Burke— Burke County L

EX Frankie Drake Mysteries Summer in the City 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Craft in America

SEASON PREMIERE! Harmony

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Miss Scarlet & the Duke on Masterpiece Deeds Not Words DV 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS Craft in America Jewelry

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein William Mangum L

EX Miss Scarlet & the Duke on Masterpiece Memento Mori DV 10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles

L = Local

Shade = Fundraiser

December | 9

11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders

11 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Roadfood NYC/Little Dominican Republic: Tres Golpes

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Winter Gar L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

NC Cook’s Country French Fare

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Field Guide to Field Peas L 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Winter Gar L

EX Exploring North Carolina Canals of North Carolina L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Norway’s West: Fjords, Mountains & Bergen 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC gardenSMART Some of Eric’s Favorite Tools

EX Nature Nature’s Biggest BeastsDV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali. DV

NC Flavor, NC Braswell Foods, Nashville, NC L 9:00 PBS Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas Around the World DV

NC NC Weekend Autumn Adventures L

EX NOVA Saving Notre Dame 9:30 NC Changing Seas At the Water’s Edge: The Salt Marsh 10:00 PBS NC Weekend Autumn Adventures L

NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Prepare the Harvest

10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens California North Coast Redwoods

NC Growing Bolder Surviving & Thriving

EX A Chef’s Life If You Can’t Beet ’Em...

11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Locavores & Yard-sharing

NC Today’s Wild West Acclaimed Rawhide Braider Nate Wald

EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The Turkish Kitchen 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Crystal Bridges, American Dreams

NC Woodsmith Shop Jimmmy Clewes Turns

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Calcasieu Parish: Lake Charles Noon PBS gardenSMART Where to Start If Planning Or Updating Your Garden

NC American Woodshop Arts & Crafts Luminaries

EX Jamie Oliver Together Picnic 12:30 PBS Conscious Living Disappearing Disease

NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Muscadine Mood L 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Women’s Work

NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Jasper White

EX NC Weekend Autumn Adventures NC L 1:30 NC Sara’s Weeknight Meals Suns Out, Buns Out

EX Weekends with Yankee Back to Our Roots 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Copenhagen

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Tackling the Toughest Canoe Race

EX Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode: 1 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Naples & Paradise Coast of Florida

NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Off the Beaten Track

NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé

EX Victoria & Albert: the Wedding Episode: 2 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Maloof Inspired Chair, Part 2

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Focus on Framing

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Wine First Mosel Valley 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Drill Drivers/ Patio Expansion

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein William Mangum L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Montreal, Canada 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Winter Gar L

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX Nature Nature’s Biggest Beasts DV 5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band

NC Classic Gospel

EX NOVA Saving Notre Dame 7:00 PBS Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie Interviews and archive material help create an unprecedented portrait.

NC Music at the Museum Speed Stick L

10­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

EX Hawking The life of Stephen Hawking is chronicled.

7:30 NC Echo Sessions Hayley Jane & the Primates L 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Breaking the Chain, Part 1 DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson are drawn into a ruthlessly competitive world when a cyclist is murdered.

NC Song of the Mountains The Kody Norris Show

EX Remember Pearl Harbor 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Breaking the Chain, Part 2

NC Front & Center John Hiatt with Jerry Douglas & Special Guest Tommy Emmanuel 9:30 EX Lifeline: Pearl Harbor’s Unknown Hero U.S. Navy sailor Joe George became an unlikely hero when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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NC Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Record 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Patty Griffin/ The Revivalists

EX Journey Home to the USS Arizona 11:30 PBS Christmastime in New Orleans A festive holiday special showcases the music, sights and acclaimed cuisine of New Orleans.

12 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew

NC The Chavis Chronicles 6:30 PBS Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

NC Education Matters L 7:00 NC Open Mind

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EX Antiques Roadshow Women’s Work 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

NC Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Ai-jen Poo 8:00 PBS Curious George DV

NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Victoria & Albert: the Wedding Episode 1 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Focus on Framing

NC Washington Week

EX Victoria & Albert: the Wedding Episode 2 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Drill Drivers/ Patio Expansion

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion Childhood Vaccines

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein William Mangum L

EX Wine First Mosel Valley 10:30 PBS Sci NC Nature’s Secrets L

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Leonard Rogoff: Down Home: Jewish Life L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Montreal, Canada 11:00 PBS Jamie Oliver Together Celebration Meal

NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX Great British Baking Show The Final 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Fisherman’s Paradise

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

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NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Autumn Albacore L

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Presidio 12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Muscadine Mood L

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The Turkish Kitchen

NC Song of the Mountains The Kody Norris Show

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Wake 1:30 PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals Cozy Casseroles 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Bistro Classics at Home

NC Front & Center John Hiatt with Jerry Douglas & Special Guest Tommy Emmanuel

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Charlotte’s Web 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Pork, Peaches & Potatoes 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Quiero Mas Tacos

NC Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Record

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Madhouse 3:30 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein William Mangum L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC Austin City Limits Patty Griffin/ The Revivalists

EX Craft in America Holiday 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX Lidia Celebrates America Return of the Artisans

L = Local

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December | 11

5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

NC ncIMPACT Work in Burke— Burke County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders Breaking the Chain, Part 1

NC Black Issues Forum L

EX John Lewis: Get in the Way Join us in celebrating 20 The journey of civil Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir, Monday, rights hero, congressDecember 13, 8 PM, on PBS NC. man and human rights champion is chronicled.

11:00 PBS EastEnders 6:30 NC Reconstruction: LAST EPISODE! America After the

NC Start Up Civil War

End of Days Distillery Part 1, Following the Wilmington, NC Civil War, support for

EX Antiques Roadshow social and economic gains for African Ameri- Women’s Work 11:30 PBS EastEnders cans did not last.

NC Comic Culture 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Breaking the Chain, Part 2 Jerry Ordway L

EX Nature 13 MONDAY Wild Way of the Vikings 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Holiday Special NC BBC World News

EX NOVA America Rise of the Mammals

EX In the Americas 8:30 NC Reconstruction: with David Yetman America After the Brazil’s Butantan InstiCivil War tute: Where Venomous Part 2, The rise of Jim Critters Find a Welcome Crow and the under 6:30 NC BBC World News mining of ReconstrucOutside Source tion’s legal and political

EX Outside: legacy are examined.

Beyond the Lens 9:00 PBS All Creatures Death Valley Great & Small National Park on Masterpiece 7:00 PBS Sci NC Episode 1 James Nature’s Secrets L Herriot begins a

NC PBS NewsHour job with a harried

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Yorkshire veterinarian.

Central Turkey

EX Impossible Builds 7:30 PBS REEL SOUTH: Ice World Hindsight 10:00 PBS All Creatures This Body L Great & Small

EX Samantha Brown’s on Masterpiece Places to Love Episode 2 Fresh from Christchurch, veterinary college, New Zealand Siegfried’s fun-loving brother, Tristan, arrives.

EX Exploring North Carolina Canals of North Carolina L 10:30 NC Make48 Follow Our Winning Team on an Industry Field Trip!

EX Sci NC Orchestral sounds on the Crane Nature’s Secrets L Candlelight Concert, Monday, December 13, 10 PM, on PBS NC.

8:00 PBS 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir The retrospective features Brian Stokes Mitche.

NC Wild Travels: America’s Most Unusual Festivals

EX A Chef’s Life Holiday Special 9:00 NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein William Mangum L

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 1 9:30 NC NC Weekend Autumn Adventures L 10:00 PBS Crane Candlelight Concert Filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, Christmas Past, Christmas Present looks different from other years.

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 2 10:30 NC Sci NC Nature’s Secrets L 11:00 PBS Great Performances at the Met Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Ornament of the World Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity during a remarkable time.

14 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Salmon Steaks Done Right 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Cook’s Country Elegant & Orange 7:00 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein Bob Brown L

12­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Loire: Chateau Country 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Autumn Adventures L

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Adventures in California’s Tri-Valley DV 8:00 PBS Lidia Celebrates America Overcoming the Odds

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Leonard Rogoff: Down Home: Jewish Life L

EX Secrets of the Manor House DV 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Canals of North Carolina L 9:00 PBS The Nutcracker & the Mouse King

This reimagined story features the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and is narrated by Alan Cumming.

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Angler Access to Rivers & Streams

EX Royal Wives at War Dramatic monologues by the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson highlight the abdication crisis of 1936.

9:30 NC Daytripper Brownsville, TX 10:00 NC Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends Episode 1

EX Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Judy Woodruff 10:30 PBS One Voice: The Songs We Share The Sacred Music once only performed in church was adapted by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin.

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Greater Palm Springs, CA 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hong Kong: Asia’s World City DV

Meet some amazing folks on Lidia Celebrates America Overcoming the Odds, Tuesday, December 14, 8 PM, on PBS NC.

11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexican Carnival

15 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Exploring North Carolina Canals of North Carolina L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Sci NC Nature’s Secrets L 7:00 PBS Motorweek

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris Side-trips 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexican Carnival 8:00 PBS Nature Santa’s Wild Home Look into life in Lapland, home of tenacious wildlife such as reindeer and wolverines. DV

NC Antiques Roadshow True Colors

Go behind the walls in Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends, Tuesday, December 14, 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

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EX Simply Ming Okonomiyake/ Japanese Pizza 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Tudor Week 9:00 PBS NOVA Decoding Da Vinci

NC History of Christianity Protestantism: The Evangelical Explosion 9:30 EX Magic of Christmas in Alsace 10:00 PBS Impossible Builds Skinny Skyscraper

NC History of Christianity God in the Dock

EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Creole Kitchen Secrets 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Los Mariachis 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Nature Wild Way of the Vikings

16 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Bread & Beans 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Ciao Italia Party Cakes/ Torte Per Feste 7:00 PBS Cook’s Country Chicken Soup & Cheesy Bread

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Israel 7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle The Apples of My Eye L

EX Growing a Greener World Hope for Heroes: The Farmer Veteran Coalition 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Onions & Avetts

NC Flavor, NC Johnson’s Peaches, Candor, NC L

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Muscadine Mood L

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December | 13

8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges & Brussels

NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle The Apples of My Eye L

EX A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Southern Comforts L

NC Cook’s Country Chicken Soup & Cheesy Bread

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Louisiana Citrus 9:30 PBS Sci NC Science of Iconic NC Why are the blue ridge mountains blue, new uses for kudzu. L

NC Growing a Greener World Hope for Heroes: The Farmer Veteran Coalition

EX Simply Ming Bok Choi 10:00 PBS Santa School Follow would-be Santa Clauses as they take an intensive workshop to learn to dress, walk and talk like Santa.

NC NC Weekend Southern Comforts L

EX Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends Episode 1 10:30 NC Changing Seas Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Riding the Range in Southern Alberta, Canada DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman From the San Juans to Moab By Mountain Bike

17 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Cook’s Country Chicken Soup & Cheesy Bread 6:30 NC BBC World News Today

Class is in session for those wishing to graduate from Santa School, Thursday, December 16, 10 PM, on PBS NC.

EX Simply Ming Okonomiyake/ Japanese Pizza 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Palestine 7:30 PBS Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Melinda Gates

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Bread & Beans 8:00 PBS Washington Week

NC ncIMPACT Cottage Grove Collaborative-guilford County L

EX Frankie Drake Mysteries Healing Hands 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Live From Bradley Symphony Center: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Miss Scarlet & the Duke on Masterpiece Cell 99 DV 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Bob Brown L

EX Miss Scarlet & the Duke on Masterpiece The Case of Henry Scarlet DV

10:30 PBS All Is Bright!

A Concordia Christmas

NC The Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders

18 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Roadfood Rhode Island: Calamari

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Autumn Albacore L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

NC Cook’s Country Chicken Soup & Cheesy Bread

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Muscadine Mood L 7:00 PBS Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas Around the World DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Autumn Albacore L

EX Exploring North Carolina Report From the Birds L 7:30 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Iceland Photo Safari

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Stockholm 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC gardenSMART Assessing Your Garden Space

EX Nature Wild Way of the Vikings 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV

NC Flavor, NC Johnson’s Peaches, Candor, NC L 9:00 PBS Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

NC NC Weekend Southern Comforts L

EX NOVA Rise of the Mammals

14­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

9:30 NC Changing Seas Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep 10:00 PBS NC Weekend Southern Comforts L

NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Salt Your Pasta Water!

10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley National Park

NC Growing Bolder Food as Medicine

EX A Chef’s Life A Casserole Says Plenty 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Abundant Harvest

NC Today’s Wild West Paradise Ranch

EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The New NY Cheesecake!

11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home All About the Bugs

NC Woodsmith Shop Logs to Lumber

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Fisherman’s Paradise Noon PBS The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Animated Wooden Toys DV L

NC American Woodshop Making Custom Knives

EX A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Vivian Howard hosts.

12:30 PBS The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Stamp Out Cookie Carving! DV L

NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle The Apples of My Eye L 1:00 PBS The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rocky Bentwood Cradle Show DV L

NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Lynne Rossetto Kasper

EX NC Weekend Southern Comforts L 1:30 PBS The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rocky Bentwood Cradle Show II DV L

Watch woodworking wonders on The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill marathon hosted by Roy at The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, Saturday, December 18, noon-3 PM, on PBS NC.

NC Sara’s Weeknight Meals Basta Pasta: Us Vs. Italy

EX Weekends with Yankee Common Ground 2:00 PBS The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Waving Arm Whirligigs DV L

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Cities for the Birds

EX Secrets of the Manor House DV 2:30 PBS The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Woodwright!: The Musical DV L

NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Little Known Adventures

NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé

EX Royal Wives at War 3:30 PBS American Woodshop The Barn Shop/Building on a Budget!/Scrolled S

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Planting for the Future

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

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EX Wine First Rheingau 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Camilla’s Workshop

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Bob Brown L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Oregon RV Trip 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Autumn Albacore L

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX Nature Wild Way of the Vikings 5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Carson Peters & Iron Mountain

NC Classic Gospel

EX NOVA Rise of the Mammals 7:00 PBS Agatha Christie’s England Retrace the author’s footsteps to see the real places that inspired her literary universe.

NC Music at the Museum Xoxok L

EX Impossible Builds Ice World 7:30 NC Echo Sessions Andrew Scotchie & the River Rat L 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders A Dying Art, Part 1 DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to get creative to crack a case where art imitates death.

NC Crane Candlelight Concert

EX Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Part 1 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders A Dying Art, Part 2

NC Christmas at Belmont Traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and great seasonal favorites are performed.

L = Local

Shade = Fundraiser

December | 15

10:00 PBS Call the Midwife Holiday Special Everyone at Nonnatus House looks forward to a traditional holiday, but nothing goes quite to plan.

NC Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Cover

EX Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Part 2 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant/ Tank & the Bangas 11:30 PBS Magic of Christmas in Alsace

19 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew

NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV

NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Open Mind 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

NC Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Melinda Gates 8:00 PBS Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Secrets of the Manor House DV 8:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Planting for the Future

NC Washington Week

EX Royal Wives at War 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Camilla’s Workshop

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion Millennial Health

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Bob Brown L

EX Wine First Rheingau 10:30 PBS Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L

Keep your eye in the sky with the RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service, Sunday, December 19, 11 PM, on PBS NC.

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Bart Ehrman: Jesus Before the Gospels L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Oregon RV Trip 11:00 PBS Jamie Oliver Together Thank You Meal

NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX Great British Baking Show Christmas Masterclass 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana River Parishes: Cote des Allemands

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Summer Crappie L

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Not Cricket 12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle The Apples of My Eye L

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Iceland Photo Safari

Watch the wondrous Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love, Sunday, December 19, 11 PM, on the Explorer Channel.

1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The New NY Cheesecake!

NC Crane Candlelight Concert

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Iron in War 1:30 PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals Suns Out, Buns Out 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Salmon Steaks Done Right

NC Christmas at Belmont

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Fog of War 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country French Fare 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Welcome to Guadalajara

NC Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Cover

EX Bletchley Circle: San Francisco In for a Pound 3:30 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein Bob Brown L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant/ Tank & the Bangas

EX A Chef’s Life Holiday Special 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 1 5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

NC ncIMPACT Cottage Grove Collaborative—Guilford County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders A Dying Art, Part 1

NC Black Issues Forum L

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 2

16­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

6:30 NC Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 1 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion.

PBS Midsomer Murders A Dying Art, Part 2 7:00 EX Nature Santa’s Wild Home DV 7:30 PBS A Charlie Brown Christmas 8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas

EX NOVA Decoding Da Vinci 8:30 NC Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 2 9:00 PBS All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 3 James is put to the test with an ailing racehorse.

EX Impossible Builds Skinny Skyscraper 10:00 PBS All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 4 Tristan gives Tricki-Woo the spa treatment.

EX Exploring North Carolina Report From the Birds L 10:30 NC REEL SOUTH: Hindsight We Stay in the House L

EX Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L 11:00 PBS RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

PREMIERE! Follow heroes of the Australian outback.

NC Start Up One of a Find Charleston: Charleston, SC

EX Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love 11:30 NC Comic Culture Jim Valentino L

20 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

Multi-platinum recording artist Josh Turner hosts Christmas at Belmont, Monday, December 20, 9 PM, on PBS NC.

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexican Carnival 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills 7:00 PBS Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre 7:30 PBS REEL SOUTH: Hindsight Udaan (Soar) L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Baltimore, Maryland 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Naughty Or Nice

NC Santa School

EX America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays The cast share great tips for planning a stress-free gathering!

9:00 PBS Christmas at Belmont Belmont University celebrates the holiday season with music.

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Bob Brown L

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 3 9:30 NC NC Weekend Southern Comforts L 10:00 PBS Holiday Handbells: the Raleigh Ringers The acclaimed community handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

DV = Descriptive Video

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Iceland Photo Safari

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 4 10:30 NC Sci NC Science of Iconic NC 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Lidia Celebrates America Overcoming the Odds

21 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Burgers & Chips 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Cook’s Country Fried Bites 7:00 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein Elizabeth Phillips L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Veneto: Verona, Padua, & Ravenna 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Southern Comforts L

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Surprising Toronto DV 8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots On Broadway

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Bart Ehrman: Jesus Before the Gospels L

EX Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Report From the Birds L 9:00 PBS American Experience Voice of Freedom DV

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Fighting Fish Kills & Oil Spills

EX Tales From the Royal Bedchamber Historian Lucy Worsley reveals the importance of the regal bedroom.

L = Local

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December | 17

9:30 NC Daytripper Seminole Canyon, TX 10:00 NC Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends Episode 2

EX Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Ai-jen Poo 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Lake Geneva & the Valais, Switzerland 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Southern Ethiopia: Tribal Lands & Primeval People DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Arizona Volcanoes

22 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Exploring North Carolina Report From the Birds L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L 7:00 PBS Motorweek

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Amsterdam 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Iceland Photo Safari

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Arizona Volcanoes 8:00 PBS Nature Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-la DV

NC Antiques Roadshow Best of 25

EX Simply Ming Ginger-Miso 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Patisserie 9:00 PBS NOVA Decoding the Great Pyramid

NC FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians— Pax Romana/A Light to the Nations 9:30 EX European Christmas Markets

Get an all-access pass to Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza, Thursday, December 23, 10 PM, on PBS NC.

10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead Scanning the Pyramids

NC FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 1

EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Snacks for Dinner 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Escaramuza 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Nature Santa’s Wild Home DV

23 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Lidia’s Kitchen One Dish, Two Meals 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Ciao Italia Ricotta!/Cucinare Con La Ricotta!

7:00 PBS Cook’s Country Elegant & Orange

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Netherlands Beyond Amsterdam 7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Buttermilk Magic L

EX Growing a Greener World Greening Up the Places We Call Home 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Holiday Special

NC Flavor, NC Sanctuary Vineyards, Jarvisburg, NC L

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle The Apples of My Eye L 8:30 NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Buttermilk Magic L

EX A Chef’s Life Prickly Business 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Spooks & Oddities L

NC Cook’s Country Elegant & Orange

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Florida Parishes: Cultural Crossroads 9:30 PBS Sci NC Dedication to Discovery Meet NC’s newest salamander, an NC scientist’s lifelong quest to find a new vaccine. L

NC Growing a Greener World Greening Up the Places We Call Home

EX Simply Ming Okonomiyake/ Japanese Pizza 10:00 PBS Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza PREMIERE! The worldfamous hotel performs its annual transformation into a magical festive paradise.

NC NC Weekend Spooks & Oddities L

EX Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends Episode 2 10:30 NC Changing Seas Habitats: the Key to Florida’s Fisheries 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Northern Ethiopia: Ancient History & Spiritual Present DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Islands in the Desert

24 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Cook’s Country Elegant & Orange 6:30 NC BBC World News Today

EX Simply Ming Ginger-Miso 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum NC A&T State University Choir’s Christmas Concert L

18­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Prague 7:30 PBS Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan W. Kamau Bell

EX Lidia’s Kitchen One Dish, Two Meals 8:00 PBS Washington Week

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Frankie Drake Mysteries Out of Focus 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

NC Black Issues Forum NC A&T State University Choir’s Christmas Concert L 9:00 PBS 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

NC Marvel of This Night: Christmas at Duke University Chapel L

EX Call the Midwife Holiday Special Everyone at Nonnatus House looks forward to a traditional holiday, but nothing goes quite to plan.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC Joy of the Season L 10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: US Capitol Christmas 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

25 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Roadfood Chicago, IL: BBQ Chicken

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Summer Crappie L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

NC Cook’s Country Elegant & Orange

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle The Apples of My Eye L 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Summer Crappie L

Go on an adventure with Clown

by Quentin Blake, Saturday, December 25, 9:30 AM, on PBS NC.

EX Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 L 7:30 PBS Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas Around the World DV

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Sailing to Catalina Island

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Helsinki & Tallinn: Baltic Sisters 8:00 NC gardenSMART Planting

EX Nature Santa’s Wild Home DV 8:30 PBS Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas DV

NC Flavor, NC Sanctuary Vineyards, Jarvisburg, NC L 9:00 NC NC Weekend Spooks & Oddities L

EX NOVA Decoding Da Vinci 9:30 PBS Clown by Quentin Blake

PREMIERE! A clown doll comes to life.

NC Changing Seas Habitats: the Key to Florida’s Fisheries 10:00 PBS North Carolina Weekend Spooks & Oddities L

NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Lidia’s Kitchen All in the Skillet 10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills

NC Growing Bolder Move Forward. Give Back.

EX A Chef’s Life Honey, I’m Home!

11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Year-Round Growing with Eliot Coleman

PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel

DV = Descriptive Video

NC Today’s Wild West Western Durango, Colorado

EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Summer Kitchens 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Pura Vida, Costa Rica

NC Woodsmith Shop High-Tech Woodworking

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana River Parishes: Cote des Allemands Noon PBS gardenSMART Changing the Look of Your Front Yard

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Animated Wooden Toys L

EX America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays 12:30 PBS Conscious Living The Detox Diaries

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Stamp Out Cookie Carving! L 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Naughty or Nice

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rocky Bentwood Cradle Show L

EX NC Weekend Spooks & Oddities L 1:30 NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rocky Bentwood Cradle Show II L

EX Weekends with Yankee Homegrown 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Waving Arm Whirligigs L

EX Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Baltimore, Maryland

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Woodwright!: The Musical L

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3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee An Edible Tour

NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé

EX Tales From the Royal Bedchamber 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Shaker Inspired Tall Case Maple Clock

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Smaller Is Better

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX Wine First Styria & Burgenland 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Holiday Projects

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Elizabeth Phillips L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Hong Kong, China 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Summer Crappie L

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX Nature Santa’s Wild Home DV 5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS The Sounds of Christmas

NC Classic Gospel

EX NOVA Decoding Da Vinci 7:00 PBS Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers

NC Music at the Museum Chatham Rabbits & Lydia Salett Dudley L

EX Impossible Builds Skinny Skyscraper 7:30 NC Echo Sessions Big Mean Sound Machine L 8:00 PBS The Nutcracker A UNC School of the Arts Production

NC 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

EX 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Embrace the festive spirit.

Watch the Call the Midwife Holiday Special, Saturday, December 25, 9 PM, on PBS NC.

9:00 PBS Call the Midwife Holiday Special PREMIERE! The Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases on Christmas Day. 10:00 NC Great Performances at the Met Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert

EX Christmas at Belmont 10:30 PBS Call the Midwife Holiday Special The Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases on Christmas Day. 11:00 NC Christmas at Belmont

EX Crane Candlelight Concert

26 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew

NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX Finding Your Roots On Broadway 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV

NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Open Mind

EX Antiques Roadshow Naughty or Nice 7:30 PBS Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas DV

NC Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan W. Kamau Bell 8:00 NC Carolina Business Review L

EX Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Concord|Smaller Is Better

NC Washington Week

EX Tales From the Royal Bedchamber 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Holiday Projects

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion Depression

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Elizabeth Phillips L

EX Wine First Styria & Burgenland 10:30 PBS Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Ricky Moore: Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook L

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Hong Kong, China 11:00 PBS Jamie Oliver Together Taco Party

NC The Chavis Chronicles

EX Great British Baking Show Masterclass 2 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Sensational Seafood: Louisiana’s Crowning Glory

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Hybrid Striper Morning L

EX Victoria on Masterpiece Doll 123 12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Buttermilk Magic L

NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Sailing to Catalina Island 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Summer Kitchens

20­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

NC 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir 1:30 PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals Basta Pasta: Us Vs. Italy 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Burgers & Chips

EX Victoria on Masterpiece Brocket Hall 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Chicken Soup & Cheesy Bread 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Food Meets Art

NC Great Performances at the Met Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert

EX Victoria on Masterpiece The Clockwork Prince 3:30 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein Elizabeth Phillips L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum NC A&T State University Choir’s Christmas Concert L

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EX Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week

NC PBS Newshour Weekend

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 3 5:30 PBS PBS Newshour Weekend

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NC Black Issues Forum NC A&T State University Choir’s Christmas Concert L

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NC Start Up

EX Antiques Roadshow Naughty Or Nice 11:30 NC Comic Culture Weshoyot Alvitre L

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See the ongoing movement transforming the city of Chicago in POV Unapologetic, Monday, December 27, 9 PM, on PBS NC.

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EX Extinction: The Facts David Attenborough explores the consequences.

10:00 PBS All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 6 Tristan coaxes James to try a risky procedure to save a cow.

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EX Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L 11:00 PBS RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

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EX Outside: Beyond the Lens Iceland Photo Safari 7:00 PBS Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Berlin 7:30 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Out of This World, Part 1

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Food Around the World 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 2

NC Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza

EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets 9:00 PBS POV Unapologetic Follow organizers as they work within the Movement for Black Lives.

NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein Elizabeth Phillips L

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 5 9:30 NC NC Weekend Spooks & Oddities L 10:00 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Sailing to Catalina Island

EX All Creatures Great & Small on Masterpiece Episode 6 10:30 PBS POV Shorts Le Frere DV

NC Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L

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11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Finding Your Roots On Broadway

28 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Bake Sale Favorites 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Cook’s Country Roast Chicken & Salad 7:00 PBS Side By Side with Nido Qubein David Horsager L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England DV 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Spooks & Oddities L

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Ontario’s Central Counties: Multi-cultural Advent DV 8:00 PBS In Their Own Words Angela Merkel

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Ricky Moore: Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook L

EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 L 9:00 PBS American Experience The Codebreaker DV

NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Tackling the Toughest Canoe Race

EX Secrets of Westminster 9:30 NC Daytripper Alpine, TX 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE Opioids, Inc.

NC Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends Episode 3

EX Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Melinda Gates 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Santa Fe, NM

Learn about the life story of Germany’s first female chancellor on In Their Own Words Angela Merkel, Tuesday, December 28, 8 PM, on PBS NC.

11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Land Without Limits: The Cariboo-ChilcotinCoast Region of British Columbia, Canada DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Kites of the Dead in Guatemala

29 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L 7:00 PBS Motorweek

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Sailing to Catalina Island

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Lee’s Ferry & into the Depths of the Grand Canyon 8:00 PBS Earth Emergency

See how environmental feedback loops are amplifying global warming.

NC Antiques Roadshow Cats & Dogs

EX Simply Ming Dessert @Home 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show The Final

9:00 PBS NOVA Secrets of the Forbidden City

NC FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christian, Part 2 9:30 EX Roadfood Houston, TX: Viet-Cajun Crawfish & Beef Pho 10:00 PBS Climate Change: The Facts Scientists explore what could happen if temperatures rise.

NC FRONTLINE From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 1

EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals 5 Ingredient Surf ’n’ Turf 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Tradition & Innovation 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Nature Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-la DV

30 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Fruits of the Sea 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source

EX Ciao Italia Tuscan Supper/ Cena Toscana 7:00 PBS Cook’s Country Fried Bites

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV 7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Cabbage Love L

EX Growing a Greener World Sonoma Valley Worm Farm: Where Are They Now? 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life My Watermelon Baby

NC Flavor, NC Oyster Mariculture, Cedar Island, NC L

EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Buttermilk Magic L 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Provence: Legendary Light, Wind & Wine

22­ | December­ | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.

NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Cabbage Love L

EX A Chef’s Life If You Can’t Beet ’Em...

9:00 PBS NC Weekend Instagrammable Spots L

NC Cook’s Country Fried Bites

EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana St. Bernard Parish: New Orleans’ Most Historic Neighbor 9:30 PBS Sci NC Health Science Selfies for medical diagnosis, genetic counseling. L

NC Growing a Greener World Sonoma Valley Worm Farm: Where Are They Now?

EX Simply Ming Ginger-Miso 10:00 PBS River City Drumbeat Hear about the music and legacies of an AfricanAmerican drum corps.

NC NC Weekend Instagrammable Spots L

EX Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends Episode 3 10:30 NC Changing Seas Dolphins: Breaking the Code 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Sechselauten: Switzerland’s Spring Festival DV 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Under the Shadow of the Volcanoes

31 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Cook’s Country Fried Bites 6:30 NC BBC World News Today

EX Simply Ming Dessert @Home 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising DV

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EX Lidia’s Kitchen Fruits of the Sea 8:00 PBS Washington Week

NC ncIMPACT Elder Abuse Prevention L

EX Frankie Drake Mysteries Whisper Sisters 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS United in Song: Celebrating the American Dream

Ring in the New Year with an all-star concert hosted by Chita Rivera.

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L

EX The Chaperone on Masterpiece Follow the chaperone to dancer Louise Brooks in this Jazz Age drama from Julian Fellowes.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC Side By Side with Nido Qubein David Horsager L 10:30 PBS Great Performances at the Met: New Year’s Eve Gala

Celebrate with stars Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani.

NC The Chavis Chronicles 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company

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