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Five Years of Rootle! We’re celebrating five years of Rootle! All month long, we’ll have special episodes of your favorite PBS KIDS shows and Rootle’s Block Party LIVE! At Home. Catch our fun anniversary programming, weekends 7-10 AM and 1-4 PM, only on Rootle.
Brand New Block Party at Home! Catch an all-new episode of Rootle’s Block Party LIVE! At Home premiering Saturday, July 24, featuring all your favorite things: visits from Read-a-roo, community partners from Transylvania County and shenanigans with our hosts, Miss E and Miss Shana! Visit pbsnc.org/RootleBlockParty to learn more.
A New Wild Kratts Special Movie! Premieres on July 12 While adventuring across the African savanna, Martin and Chris discover cats and dogs living in the wild. But when they discover Zach’s plans to sell these creatures as “special pets,” they must join forces with Aviva, Koki and Jimmy to save the animals and protect their natural habitat. Tune in for this special, one-hour movie.
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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: Five Year Celebration 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 Nature Cat Weekends: Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Noon Weekends: Dinosaur Train DV 12:30 Xavier Riddle Weekends: Let’s Go Luna! DV 1:00 Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 4 PM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Five Year Celebration 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 Wild Kratts Weekends: Odd Squad DV 5:30 Xavier Riddle Weekends: Wild Kratts 6 PM Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 10 PM: PBS Family Fun Night 6:30 Hero Elementary DV 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad DV 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Cyberchase DV 10:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Weekends: Wordgirl DV 11:00 Weekends: Hero Elementary DV 11:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV Weekends: Xavier Riddle DV See Rootle’s overnight schedule at pbsnc.org/rootle. July | 3
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Learn what the buzz is all about with Keepers of the Bees, Thursday, July 1, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
1 THURSDAY
9:00 PBS NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Fields of Flowers EX To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Payal Kadakia 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Zoe & Cloyd L NC Growing a Greener World More Than Just a Seed: Protecting Past & Present L EX Simply Ming Guest Jonathan Waxman 10:00 PBS Keepers of the Bees PREMIERE! Farmers, scientists, legislators and hobbyists in NC ensuring the honeybees thrive. NC NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L EX Rick Steves Luther & the Reformation
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Flavors of Northern Italy 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source Ros Atkins discusses global stories. EX Ciao Italia Tuscan Supper 7:00 PBS Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Experts reconstruct the wedding and uncover astonishing details. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florence: Heart of the Renaissance 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World A Day in the Life at the Gardenfarm L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose At Me! Part 1 NC Flavor, NC Sweet Onions L EX How She Rolls Thanksgiving 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian SEASON PREMIERE! Riff on dinner with Jazzy Pantry Polenta Lasagna Vegetarian, Thursday, July 1, EX A Chef’s Life 8:30 PM, on the North Carolina A Road Trip for Rice Channel.
10:30 NC How She Rolls Biscuits Rising... in Charlotte 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist explores today’s topics. NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Matsu Festival & Islands 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Bogota to the Amazon: A Trip Across Columbia
2 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Beef Kebabs & Cheese Bread 6:30 NC BBC World News Today Get comprehensive news and analysis. EX Simply Ming Guest Jonathan Waxman 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florentine Delights & Tuscan Side Trips 7:30 PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Flavors of Northern Italy 8:00 PBS Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news. NC ncIMPACT Pittsboro, NC The town trains women in construction skills. L EX Doc Martin Nobody Likes Me Martin is coerced to take James to playgroup. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman Lively conversations and interviews with key policy makers. L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS American Masters Norman Lear Groundbreaking sitcoms brought social change.
4 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Halifax: Retribution 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein Susan E. Rice EX Flesh & Blood on Masterpiece Episode 1 Vivien introduces Mark to her suspicious grown children. 10:30 PBS Beyond the Canvas Visionaries of the Arts NC Chavis Chronicles Engaging conversations with civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
EX Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART A historic estate where the plants tell the story. EX Nature Cuba’s Wild Revolution DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Sweet Onions L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L EX Our Gorongosa The elephant ecology project is redefining an African national park. 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Wild Travels The Ben & Jerry’s 3 SATURDAY Factory in Vermont. 1 0:00 PBS NC Weekend 6 AM NC Conscious Living From the Ava Gardner Ready, Set, Go! Museum L EX Carolina NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Business Review L Pigeon River Return L EX Lidia’s Kitchen PBS Mister Rogers’ My Family’s Milk & Cheese Neighborhood DV 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA 6:30 NC J Schwanke’s Alaska Life in Bloom NC Growing Bolder Fields of Flowers Ditch the Bucket List EX How She Rolls EX A Chef’s Life Thanksgiving Blueberries & Boiling Over PBS Daniel Tiger’s 11:00 PBS Growing a Neighborhood DV Greener World 7:00 NC Carolina Creating a BirdOutdoor Journal friendly Garden L October Bass L NC My World Too EX Exploring EX Christina Cooks: North Carolina Back to the Measuring the Mountain L Cutting Board PBS Sesame Street DV Age Like a Movie Star 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s NC Ecosense for Living Garden Home Wild Things Return Pay It Forward NC Classic Woodworking PLEASE NOTE: While every Hanging Tool Cabinet effort is made to ensure the EX Moveable Feast accuracy of CenterPiece, onwith Relish air announcements, updates Davis Family Vineyards, at pbsnc.org and posts to Healdsburg, CA social media provide the Noon PBS GardenSMART latest scheduling information. Tools, plants and Some program start and end methods of yore. times can vary slightly from NC American our listings. Add at least five Woodshop minutes when recording your favorite shows. Suzy’s Barn Woodshop Highlights
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EX Restorers The Aviatrix 12:30 PBS Moveable Feast with Relish Davis Family Vineyards, Healdsburg, CA NC Weekends with Yankee Fall in New England 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Johanne Killeen & George Germon EX NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Wild Things Return EX Weekends with Yankee An Edible Tour 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe North Wales: Feisty & Poetic NC Texas Parks & Wildlife A Diversity of Jobs EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 6 A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled. DV 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland NC Story in the Public Square Interviews with today’s best storytellers. 3:00 PBS America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell California NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé Women-centered news analysis show tackles hot topics. 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Custom Kitchen Tools NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important issues. 4:00 PBS This Old House Back to Narragansett NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L L = Local
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4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Radiator Paint, Load Bearing Wall NC History with David Rubenstein Susan E. Rice EX You Are Cordially Invited See extraordinary houses first-hand. 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Pigeon River Return L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Cuba’s Wild Revolution DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains SEASON PREMIERE! Kim Robins & 40 Years Late/Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys NC Classic Gospel Mark Lowry, Dogs Go to Heaven EX Our Gorongosa 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Animal Magnetism NC Bluegrass Underground EX Born to Explore: Namibia, Land of Cheetahs 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By The Bathroom NC Echo Sessions Colonel Bruce Hampton 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Death in the Slow Lane, Part 1 John Barnaby investigates a death at a girls’ boarding school. NC Song of the Mountains Kim Robins & 40 Years Late/Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys EX Tenth Inning Bottom of the Tenth Rivalries, records and steroids impact on baseball. DV 8:30 PBS Midsomer Murders Death in the Slow Lane, Part 2 Barnaby continues his investigation of a DJ’s death. 9:00 NC Pete Seeger Tribute Concert: Woody’s Children
Hum along to the strum of Kim Robins & 40 Years Late on the season premiere of Song of the Mountains, Saturday, July 3, 6 PM, on PBS NC.
10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 1 Wedding guests descend and disasters threaten the festivities. DV NC Woody Guthrie All Star Tribute Concert 10:30 EX Invisible History: Middle Florida’s Hidden Roots Plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Residente 11:30 EX Cheech Actor Cheech Marin’s art and advocacy.
4 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters Learn about issues affecting education in NC. L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 6 DV 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House Back to Narragansett NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Radiator Paint, Load Bearing Wall NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Sci NC New Wonders L NC History with David Rubenstein Susan E. Rice 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Measuring the Mountain L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Pam Kelley: Money Rock L EX You Are Cordially Invited 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Cured & Smoked NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Cakes 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Pigeon River Return L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Beloved Italian Chef 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Born to Explore with Richard Wiese The Mighty Bears EX Rick Steves’ Europe North Wales: Feisty & Poetic 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Middle East Favorites NC Song of the Mountains Kim Robins & 40 Years Late/Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys EX Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 5: Quartet Morse continues the investigation of an assassination attempt. DV
6 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage 11:30 NC Comic Culture L PBS EastEnders
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Tune in to a seriously hilarious investigative documentary: POV The Neutral Ground, Monday, July 5, 9:30 PM, on PBS NC.
1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board The 3 C’s of Health: Carrots, Cauliflower & Cabbage 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated NC Pete Seeger Tribute Concert: Woody’s Children 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Cast Iron Comforts EX Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 6: Icarus A teacher mysteriously disappears. DV 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Pinata Party NC Woody Guthrie All Star Tribute Concert 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Kathy Reichs: A Conspiracy of Bones L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Residente EX Great Estates Scotland Rosslyn 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Us on Masterpiece Douglas makes a new friend. DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Pittsboro, NC L
6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders Death in the Slow Lane, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L 6:30 NC Great Old Amusement Parks Pre-Disney parks, old wooden roller coasters and classic rides. 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Death in the Slow Lane, Part 2 EX Nature The Bat Man of Mexico DV 7:30 NC Ice Cream Show Visit shops in San Francisco, Panama City and Penn State. 8:00 PBS A Capitol Fourth Celebrate with an allstar musical extravaganza and fireworks. EX NOVA First Horse Warriors 8:30 NC Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States, Part 1 9:00 EX Wonders of Mexico Forests of the Maya 9:30 PBS Capitol Fourth NC Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States, Part 2 10:00 EX Exploring North Carolina Measuring the Mountain L 10:30 NC Happiness Machine An inventor explores what it means to pass on the gift of place. EX Sci NC Science of NC Critters L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up The Kitchen by Cooking with Que
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX You Are Cordially Invited 7:00 PBS REEL South Rap Squad High school writers and performers seek healing and justice through hip hop. L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Regal & Intimate 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Making Travel Count 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Kansas City NC REEL South Jasper Mall A dying shopping mall outside of Birmingham. L EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Newport, Part 6 NC Flavor, NC Sweet Onions L EX Chaperone on Masterpiece Follow the diffident chaperone to dancer Louise Brooks in this Jazz Age drama from Julian Fellowes. 9:30 PBS POV PREMIERE! The Neutral Ground Comedian C.J. Hunt documents the dispute over removing Confederate monuments. DV NC NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L 10:00 NC Sci NC New Wonders L 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Coronavirus
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11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Larry David, Bernie Sanders
6 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Grilled Chicken, Two Ways 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC From the Vineyard L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Embracing Life & Art 7:30 PBS NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Dreamin’ California’s Coast: Malibu to Big Sur DV 8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony, Ana Navarro NC North Carolina Bookwatch Kathy Reichs: A Conspiracy of Bones L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 7 The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge. DV 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Oktoberfest 9:00 PBS Latino Experience SERIES PREMIERE! Episode 1 A little boy tries to help his sickly grandfather. NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Freshwater Fishing in Texas 9:30 NC Daytripper Luckenbach 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE Boeing’s Fatal Flaw NC Craft in America Identity EX Secrets of Westminster 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour
Explore the history and experience of America’s largest minority on Latino Experience, Tuesday, July 6, 9 PM, on PBS. NC.
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Myanmar: Irrawaddy River Adventure 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Gift of the Andes: Mendoza, Argentina
7 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Measuring the Mountain 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 London: Historic & Dynamic 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Australia EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Nature Wild Florida DV NC Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition Hour 4 EX Simply Ming Guest Rick Bayless 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Biscuits & Traybakes 9:00 PBS NOVA Cuba’s Cancer Hope NC American Experience Chasing the Moon The early struggle to catch up with the USSR. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History Eat It to Beat It
10:00 PBS Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sabor Puerto Rico 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Quick Pasta 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature The Bat Man of Mexico DV
8 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Here I Come New York! 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Cauliflower, Really? 7:00 PBS Victoria & Albert: The Wedding NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake District & Durham 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World The Foodscape Revolution L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose At Me!, Part 2 NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard L EX How She Rolls You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bakery 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Sheet Pan Supper EX A Chef’s Life A Peanut Pastime 9:00 PBS NC Weekend From the Ava Gardner Museum L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Hearts & Flowers EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Lafourche Parish: Belton Family Home Place 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music John McCutcheon L
8 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
Where there’s the way there’s A Will to Preach, Thursday, July 8, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
NC Growing a Greener World Growing to Give: The Story of First Fruits Farm L EX Simply Ming Guest Rick Bayless 10:00 PBS Will to Preach PREMIERE! An unprecedented look at a Duke University pastor’s move from scripture to sermon. NC NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L EX Rick Steves Best of the Alps 10:30 PBS Extraordinary: The Bill Atkinson Story The life of America’s first quadriplegic priest. NC How She Rolls This Was Not Part of the Plan 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Christmas Celebrations Around the Globe 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Coffee & Culture in Oaxaca
9 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Grilled Chicken, Two Ways 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Rick Bayless 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice: City of Dreams 7:30 PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Lorne Michaels EX Lidia’s Kitchen Here I Come New York! 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Kinston, NC Revitalizing downtown and attracting visitors and people seeking to relocate. L EX Doc Martin The Practice Around the Corner Mrs. Tishell returns. Martin finds what is wrong with Lorna. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Great Performances PREMIERE! Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Halifax: Retribution 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein John Dickerson EX Flesh & Blood on Masterpiece Episode 2 Vivien and Mark grow closer. 10:30 PBS Beyond the Canvas Modern Mexico NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
10 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living Dancing to the Rhythm Around the World EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Shark Science L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Hearts & Flowers EX How She Rolls You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bakery
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7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Pigeon River Return L EX Exploring North Carolina North Carolina’s Other Ocean L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Ecosense for Living EX Rick Steves’ Europe Salzburg & Surroundings 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART A garden overcomes catastrophe. EX Nature The Bat Man of Mexico DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L EX NOVA First Horse Warriors 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Wild Travels Orlando’s Gatorland 10:00 PBS NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen By the Sea 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA Oregon NC Growing Bolder Give Your Life a Beatle Beat EX A Chef’s Life Shrimp Sells 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Creating a Meadow Garden L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Breakfast of Champions 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home The Future NC Home Diagnosis Chicago, Il Renovation Review EX Moveable Feast with Relish Rooftop Terrace, New York, NY
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Noon PBS GardenSMART Plants and growing methods for hedges. NC American Woodshop Home & Shop Decorative Trim EX Restorers Aviation Destinations 12:30 PBS Moveable Feast with Relish Rooftop Terrace, New York, NY NC Weekends with Yankee Back to Our Roots 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Kansas City NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Carol Field EX NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living EX Weekends with Yankee Labor of Love 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Edinburgh NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Freshwater Fishing in Texas EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 7 DV 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, New York NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Back to Our Roots NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Tall Counter Stools NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House: Scandinavian Modern NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Asktoh Summer Special NC History with David Rubenstein John Dickerson
5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Shark Science L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature The Bat Man of Mexico DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains The Fiddle Scene/ EmiSunshine & the Rain NC Classic Gospel Best of The Martins EX NOVA First Horse Warriors 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Surprising News NC Bluegrass Underground EX Wonders of Mexico Forests of the Maya 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By Future Imperfect NC Echo Sessions The Fritz 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Dark Secrets, Part 1 Elderly eccentrics come under scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered. NC Song of the Mountains The Fiddle Scene/ EmiSunshine & the Rain EX Eyes on the Prize Awakenings 1954-1956 DV 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Dark Secrets, Part 2 NC Bluegrass Now! EX Eyes on the Prize Fighting Back 1957-1962 DV 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 2 The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter. DV EX American Experience Freedom Summer Over 700 student volunteers joined organizers to combat white supremacy in Mississippi in 1964. DV NC ACL Hall of Fame: The First Six Years 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Rufus Wainwright
PBS Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 3 Social revolutions arrive: the Irish civil war and the fight for women’s suffrage. DV
11 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Kansas City 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Lorne Michaels 8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 7 DV 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House: Scandinavian Modern NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Asktoh Summer Special NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Coronavirus NC History with David Rubenstein John Dickerson EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina North Carolina’s Other Ocean L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Kathy Reichs: A Conspiracy of Bones L 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire The Improbable Grill NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Bread
10 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
Don’t forget to tune in for the season premiere of Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece, Sunday, July 11, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Lorne Michaels NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Shark Science L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Chef Popi’s Moussaka Lesson 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Dancing with the World EX Rick Steves’ Europe Edinburgh 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Vietnamese Every Day NC Song of the Mountains The Fiddle Scene/ EmiSunshine & the Rain EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Pylon Endeavour refuses to accept that a main suspect is guilty. DV 1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Rules of the Kitchen 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated NC Bluegrass Now! 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Plenty of Garlic & Parm
EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Apollo Endeavour investigates suspects in the Oxford astrophysics department. DV 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Good Morning, Mexico NC ACL Hall of Fame: The First Six Years 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Liza Wieland: Paris, 7 AM L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Rufus Wainwright EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend
Snap on those gloves and settle in for the premiere of Professor T, Sunday, July 11, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
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EX Chaperone on Masterpiece 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Kinston, NC L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders Dark Secrets, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L 6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize The Time Has Come 1964-1966 DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Dark Secrets, Part 2 EX Nature Wild Florida DV 7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Two Societies 1965-1968 DV 8:00 EX NOVA Cuba’s Cancer Hope PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album 8:30 NC Tulsa: The Fire & the Forgotten The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is chronicled as the community comes to terms with its past. 9:00 PBS Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece SEASON PREMIERE! Body parts are found that the team believes have been stored for a long time. EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 10:00 PBS Professor T SEASON PREMIERE! Anatomy of a Memory A former student convinces Professor T to help her. NC Tulsa Revisited, a PBS NewsHour Weekend Special Explore the events and themes of the documentary “Tulsa: The Fire & the Forgotten.” EX Exploring North Carolina North Carolina’s Other Ocean L 10:30 NC POV Shorts The Changing Same A resident of Marianna, Florida runs a marathon to commemorate the lynching of a man. EX Sci NC Nature’s Secrets L
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11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Yakovich Outdoors EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Kansas City 11:30 NC Comic Culture L PBS EastEnders
EX Finding Your Roots Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony, Ana Navarro 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC Okra L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 1 7:30 PBS NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope San Miguel De Allende, Celebrating in the Heart of Mexico DV 8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots Alejandro G. Inarritu, Marina Abramovic, Kehinde Wiley NC North Carolina Bookwatch Liza Wieland: Paris, 7 AM L EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 1 The family and servants try to cure Mary and Isobel of their depression. 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Beignet Fest 9:00 PBS Latino Experience Episode 2 A young girl makes an image-altering decision. A mystical mechanic helps a boy fix his mother’s car. NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Texas Surfers & Playas on the Plains 9:30 NC Daytripper Texas Tacos Road Trip 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE The Power of the Fed NC Craft in America Storytellers 10:30 EX Ireland with Michael
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source 7:00 PBS REEL South Jasper Mall L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice & Its Lagoon 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Houston, Texas 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Charlotte NC Keepers of the Bees EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut American Stories 1 NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard L EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Body parts are found that the team believes have been stored for a long time. 9:30 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut American Stories 2 NC NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L 10:00 PBS POV PREMIERE! Landfall After the fallout of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico faces disaster capitalism. NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Australia EX Professor T Anatomy of a Memory 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Racial Disparities in Health 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour
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11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Naturally 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Favelas & Samba: Brazil
14 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina North Carolina’s Other Ocean 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 European Travel Skills, Part II 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Alaska Off the Grid EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Nature Super Hummingbirds DV NC Antiques Roadshow Ca’ D’zan—Hour 2 EX Simply Ming Guest Carla Hall 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Sweet Dough 9:00 PBS NOVA Meteor Strike NC American Experience Chasing the Moon The United States beats the USSR to the moon. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History History on a Half Shell 10:00 PBS Wonders of Mexico Burning North EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mid-east Eats 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The New American Bakery 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Wild Florida DV
12 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
16 FRIDAY
Because a picture’s worth a thousand lyrics, tune in to ICON: Music Through the Lens premieres Friday, July 16, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
15 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking as a Kid in New York 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Little Hankies Two Ways 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 2 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World More Than Just a Seed: Protecting Past & Present L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Apples NC Flavor, NC Okra L EX How She Rolls Fear Is Good 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos & Rhodes DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Cooking for Kiddos EX A Chef’s Life Love Me Some Candied Yams! 9:00 PBS NC Weekend From Guglhupf Bakery L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Pollinators in Bloom EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana St. Martin Parish: Crawfish Capital 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Muriel Anderson L
NC Growing a Greener World Growing the Next Generation of Gardeners L EX Simply Ming Guest Carla Hall 10:00 PBS Three Towns/ Three Rivers Communities ravaged by hurricanes struggle to rebuild. NC North Carolina Weekend L EX Rick Steves Holy Land: Israelis & Palestinians 10:30 NC How She Rolls Farm to Table 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan: Mountain Beauty, Villages & Cultures 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman A Gaucho Gathering in Uruguay
Es muy caliente: Great Performances Roots of Latin Jazz, Friday, July 16, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
DV = Descriptive Video
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Carla Hall 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Western Turkey 7:30 PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Charles Schwab EX Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking as a Kid in New York 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem, NC A community prepares more children for kindergarten. L EX Doc Martin Hazardous Exposure Martin’s mother returns to Portwenn with news. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Icon: Music Through the Lens SERIES PREMIERE! On Camera Get to know music photography’s biggest names and what defines an iconic image. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Halifax: Retribution 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS Great Performances PREMIERE! Roots of Latin Jazz NC History with David Rubenstein Jia Lynn Yang EX Flesh & Blood on Masterpiece Episode 3 Vivien and Mark prepare to visit India. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders L = Local
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17 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Conscious Living Living Zen EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Stalking Carp L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Pollinators in Bloom EX How She Rolls Fear Is Good 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Shark Science L EX Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Ecosense for Living EX Rick Steves’ Europe Rick Steves’ Europe: The Making Of 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART Visit two homes with standout gardens and great gardening tips. EX Nature Wild Florida DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Okra L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why. DV NC NC Weekend From Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center L EX NOVA Cuba’s Cancer Hope 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Wild Travels Golf Ball Diving in Kissimmee 10:00 PBS NC Weekend From Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Trieste’s International Flavors 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA Utah NC Growing Bolder Soar to New Heights
Meditate on mindfulness with Conscious Living Living Zen, Saturday, July 17, 6 AM, on PBS NC.
EX A Chef’s Life R-e-s-p-e-c-t the Butterbean 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World From Seed to Fork: Growing an Abundant & Beautiful Garden L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board What a Gutsy Move 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Your Happy Place NC Home Diagnosis Princeton, NJ: Trust Your Nose EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Lafourche Parish: Belton Family Home Place Noon PBS GardenSMART See the plans and tools the pros use. NC American Woodshop Turning Times EX Restorers They Were All Volunteers 12:30 PBS Conscious Living Ready, Set, Go! NC Weekends with Yankee Common Ground 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Charlotte NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Michael Lomonaco EX NC Weekend From Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center L 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living EX Weekends with Yankee Down By the Sea
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Naples & Pompeii NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Texas Surfers & Playas on the Plains EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 1 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Shanghai, China NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Common Ground NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Led Accent Lamp NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Upgrading Old School NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Mini Split, Butcher Block. NC History with David Rubenstein Jia Lynn Yang EX Ireland with Michael 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Stalking Carp L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Wild Florida DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass/ Steve Thomas & the Time Machine NC Classic Gospel Best of Buddy Greene EX NOVA Cuba’s Cancer Hope 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Going Online NC Bluegrass Underground EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By You Can’t Manufacture Happy Endings for Everybody
14 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC Echo Sessions The Broadcast 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Echoes of the Dead, Part 1 Barnaby and Jones investigate a spate of ghoulish murders. NC Song of the Mountains Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass/ Steve Thomas & the Time Machine EX Eyes on the Prize Ain’t Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961 DV 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Echoes of the Dead, Part 2 The investigation of wedding-themed murders continues. NC John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip EX Eyes on the Prize No Easy Walk 1961-1963 DV 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 4 The Crawley family faces its severest test yet. DV NC Pink Floyd: Live From Venice EX Tulsa: The Fire & the Forgotten 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Khalid/Mac Demarco PBS Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 5 Robert and Cora are not speaking. DV 11:30 EX Tulsa Revisited, a PBS NewsHour Weekend Special
18 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Charlotte 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Charles Schwab 8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L
EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 1 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Upgrading Old School NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Mini Split, Butcher Block NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Racial Disparities in Health NC History with David Rubenstein Jia Lynn Yang 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Liza Wieland: Paris, 7 AM L EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Maryland Crab Feast NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Desserts 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Charles Schwab NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Stalking Carp L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Hungry for Hungary 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Horse Power. EX Rick Steves’ Europe Naples & Pompeii 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television All-New Italian NC Song of the Mountains Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass/ Steve Thomas & the Time Machine
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
DV = Descriptive Video
EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Confection A triple murder exposes the secrets of a village. DV 1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Cook Your Way to the Life You Want 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated NC John Fogerty: My 50 Year Trip 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country When Only Chocolate Will Do EX Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece Deguello The collapse of a tower block reveals a clue. DV 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Adventures in San Miguel NC Pink Floyd: Live From Venice 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Doug Bock Clark: The Last Whalers L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Khalid/Mac Demarco EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Body parts are found that the team believes have been stored for a long time. 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem, NC L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders Echoes of the Dead, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L EX Professor T Anatomy of a Memory 6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Power! 1966-1968 DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Echoes of the Dead, Part 2 EX Nature Super Hummingbirds DV
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See the bones from Davy Jones’ on Skeletons of the Mary Rose: The New Evidence, Monday, July 19, 7 PM, on PBS NC.
7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize The Promised Land 1967-1968 DV 8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets EX NOVA Meteor Strike 8:30 NC POV The Neutral Ground DV 9:00 PBS Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny identify four potential suspects who trained as police officers. EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 10:00 PBS Professor T A Fish Called Walter Professor T helps when a librarian is poisoned. NC Race Matters: America After George Floyd A look at what has and has not changed on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. EX Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand L 10:30 EX Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up The Schvitz EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Charlotte 11:30 NC Comic Culture L PBS EastEnders
19 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ireland with Michael
7:00 PBS Skeletons of the Mary Rose: The New Evidence PREMIERE! New science challenges our assumptions about the racial diversity of the crew of King Henry VIII’s flagship. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Omaha NC Will to Preach A pastor moving from scripture to sermon. EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets 8:30 NC Extraordinary: The Bill Atkinson Story 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Out of This World, Part 1 NC Flavor, NC Okra L EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny identify four potential suspects who trained as police officers. 9:30 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Out of This World 2 NC NC Weekend From Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center L 10:00 PBS POV Stateless An electoral campaign uncovers the history and politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. DV
NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Alaska Off the Grid EX Professor T A Fish Called Walter 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Alzheimer’s: A Public Health Crisis 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Alejandro G. Inarritu, Marina Abramovic, Kehinde Wiley 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company
20 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Bread, Cheese & Meat Can’t Be Beat 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC Fearrington House L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Loire: Chateau Country 7:30 PBS NC Weekend From Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Ontario, Canada’s Niagara Peninsula DV 8:00 PBS In Their Own Words SEASON PREMIERE! Pope Francis NC North Carolina Bookwatch Doug Bock Clark: The Last Whalers L
Hear what’s happening under his zucchetto with In Their Own Words, Tuesday, July 20, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
16 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 2 The fates of several characters converge at a glittering party. 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Neighborhood Fest 9:00 PBS Latino Experience Episode Three Explore Latino/a/x identity in the contemporary U.S. NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Dutch Oven Cooks, Moving Bees EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 3 Love is in the air, and darker emotions too, as Mary, Edith, Tom and Anna each face a dilemma. 9:30 NC Daytripper Strangest Road Trip in Texas 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE Leaving Afghanistan NC Craft in America Democracy 10:30 EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan—Mountain Beauty, Villages & Cultures 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Trinidad & Tobago: Where East Meets West
21 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand 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 Paris Side-trips 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Storm Chasers EX Ireland with Michael
Delve into the demise of the Stars and Bars with Downing of a Flag, Thursday, July 22, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
8:00 PBS Nature The Serengeti Rules DV NC Antiques Roadshow Ca D’zan—Hour 3 EX Simply Ming Guest Susur Lee 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Pastry 9:00 PBS NOVA Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? NC American Experience Chasing the Moon The triumph of the first moon landing. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History Cuisine of the Equator 10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead Hannibal in the Alps EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Cooks & Books 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Argentina Favorites 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Super Hummingbirds DV
22 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen My Fruit Trees 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
DV = Descriptive Video
EX Ciao Italia Exquisite Cannelloni/ Cannelloni Squisiti 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Israel 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Growing to Give: The Story of First Fruits Farm L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life The Fish Episode, Y’all NC Flavor, NC Fearrington House L EX How She Rolls How She Rolls 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Now That’s Italian! EX A Chef’s Life Collard Green Queen 9:00 PBS NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Plants & Flowers for a Healthy Home EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Sugar Cane Country 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Lakota John & Tray Wellington L NC Growing a Greener World Urban Victory Gardens Project L EX Simply Ming Guest Susur Lee 10:00 PBS Downing of a Flag PREMIERE!, Part 1 NC NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L EX Rick Steves Hunger & Hope: Lessons From Ethiopia 10:30 NC How She Rolls Warm & Buttery on the Inside 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Maine—Town & Country 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico City’s Markets: A Millennium of Trade
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Bread, Cheese & Meat Can’t Be Beat 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Susur Lee 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Palestine 7:30 PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Bill Gates EX Lidia’s Kitchen My Fruit Trees 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT McDowell County Rural communities in North Carolina are trying to improve health access. L EX Doc Martin Listen with Mother Martin reluctantly agrees to help Louisa hand out awards at sports day. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Road NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Halifax: Retribution 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS Classic Albums Queen: A Night at the Opera NC History with David Rubenstein Philip J. Deloria EX Flesh & Blood on Masterpiece Episode 4 Four romantic relationships spiral out of control. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Conscious Living The Raw Food Buzz EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide Driven Drum L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Plants & Flowers for a Healthy Home EX How She Rolls How She Rolls 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Stalking Carp L EX Exploring North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie Spooky Shadow Swamp/ Hidden Orchestra DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Australia EX Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profound France 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART Learn from a leading authority on soil ecology. EX Nature Super Hummingbirds DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Fearrington House L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L EX NOVA Meteor Strike 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Wild Travels A Pittsburgh church converted into a microbrewery. 10:00 PBS NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Trieste’s International Flavors 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA Nevada
NC Growing Bolder Life After Death EX A Chef’s Life Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose At Me!, Part 1 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World The Year-round Gardener L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board The 3 C’s of Health: Carrots, Cauliflower & Cabbage 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home First Things First NC Home Diagnosis Rochester, NY: To Flip or Flee EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana St. Martin Parish: Crawfish Capital Noon PBS GardenSMART Learn about perennials. NC American Woodshop Tall Turned Table/ Woodturning EX 10 Parks That Changed America 12:30 PBS Conscious Living Dancing to the Rhythm Around the World NC Weekends with Yankee Homegrown 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Omaha NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Monique Barbeau EX NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael EX Weekends with Yankee Stepping Back in Time 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Amalfi Coast NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Dutch Oven Cooks, Moving Bees EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 2 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Huntsville, Alabama NC Story in the Public Square
18 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Homegrown NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 3 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Adirondack Camp Chair! NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Outside Details NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Precast Concrete, New Lamppost NC History with David Rubenstein Philip J. Deloria EX Ireland with Michael 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide Driven Drum L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Super Hummingbirds DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Junior Sisk Band/ Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road NC Classic Gospel Gospel Pioneer Reunion EX NOVA Meteor Strike 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Another Proposal NC Bluegrass Underground EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By The Wedding NC Echo Sessions Dopapod 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Oblong Murders, Part 1 Jones goes undercover after a young cult member disappears. NC Song of the Mountains Junior Sisk Band/ Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
He’s not in Kansas anymore but you can watch Bird: Not Out of Nowhere, Saturday, July 24, 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
EX Eyes on the Prize Mississippi: Is This America? 1963-1964 DV 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Oblong Murders, Part 2 NC Bird: Not Out of Nowhere PREMIERE! Look back at the years Charlie “Bird” Parker spent in Kansas City and his lasting legacy to the jazz scene. EX Eyes on the Prize Bridge to Freedom 1965 DV 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 6 DV NC Chuck Berry: Browneyed Handsome Man EX Downing of a Flag Part 1 11:00 NC Austin City Limits The War & Treaty/ Ruthie Foster EX Downing of a Flag Part 2
25 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Omaha 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Bill Gates
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
DV = Descriptive Video
8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 2 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Outside Details NC Washington Week EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 3 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Precast Concrete, New Lamppost NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Alzheimer’s: A Public Health Crisis NC History with David Rubenstein Philip J. Deloria 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Doug Bock Clark: The Last Whalers L EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Raichlen’s Rules: Desserts NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Pies & Tarts 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Bill Gates NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide Driven Drum L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Very Viennese 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Australia EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Amalfi Coast
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1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The Greek Kitchen NC Song of the Mountains Junior Sisk Band/ Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road EX Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece Oracle Thursday tries to catch a murderer in Oxford. DV 1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Essential Plant Proteins 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated NC Bird: Not Out of Nowhere 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country The Italian-American Kitchen 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Taco Night NC Chuck Berry: Brown-eyed Handsome Man. EX Secrets of Her Majesty’s Secret Service 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Emily Wallace: Road Sides L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits The War & Treaty/ Ruthie Foster EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny identify four potential suspects who trained as police officers. 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT McDowell County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders The Oblong Murders, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L EX Professor T A Fish Called Walter
6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Ain’t Gonna Shuffle DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Oblong Murders, Part 2 EX Nature The Serengeti Rules DV 7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize A Nation of Law? 1968-1971 DV 8:00 PBS Secrets of Royal Travel The Royal Train EX NOVA Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? 8:30 NC Downing of a Flag Part 1 9:00 PBS Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny interview the four suspects, who all deny knowing the victim. EX Secrets of the Dead Hannibal in the Alps 9:30 NC Downing of a Flag Part 2 10:00 PBS Professor T Tiger Tiger Professor T uses unconventional negotiating tactics in a hostage situation. EX Exploring North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs L 10:30 NC POV Shorts Hindsight Is 20/20 A world record attempt ends with unexpected outcomes in “Balloonfest. EX Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Plum Health EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Omaha 11:30 PBS EastEnders NC Comic Culture L
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, New York 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Savannah NC Three Towns, Three Rivers EX Secrets of Royal Travel The Royal Train 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Women’s Work, Part 1 NC Flavor, NC Fearrington House L EX Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece Cassie and Sunny interview the four suspects, who all deny knowing the victim. 9:30 PBS Antiques Roadshow Recut Women’s Work 2 NC NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L 10:00 PBS POV PREMIERE! Mayor The Israeli occupation of Palestine makes it difficult for the mayor of Ramallah. DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Storm Chasers EX Professor T Tiger Tiger 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Millennial Health II 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX In Their Own Words Pope Francis 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ireland with Michael 7:00 PBS Queen Elizabeth I’s Battle for Church Music Elizabeth I changed the religious structure, introducing music.
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Herbaceous Chicken & Potatoes
20 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
Get happy with American Masters Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away, Tuesday, July 27, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
7:00 PBS Flavor, NC From the Vineyard L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Veneto: Verona, Padua & Ravenna 7:30 PBS NC Weekend From Artspace, Raleigh L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Cruising the Mediterranean DV 8:00 PBS In Their Own Words Chuck Berry NC North Carolina Bookwatch Emily Wallace: Road Sides L EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 4 Can Bates learn what’s troubling Anna? Thomas installs a new ally and Alfred takes up cooking. 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Shrimp Fest 9:00 PBS American Masters PREMIERE! Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away DV NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Tracking Bass Behavior, Lake Corpus State Park EX Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 5 Rose’s surprise party for Robert risks scandal. Mary meets an old suitor. 9:30 NC Daytripper Graham
10:00 NC Shelter Me 2020 10:30 PBS Beyond the Canvas Making the Moment EX Ireland with Michael 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Thailand— Bangkok & Beyond 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Pernambuco: The Forgotten Interior
10:30 NC POV Shorts Earthrise Apollo 8 astronauts recount the story of the first image captured of the Earth. EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Cake & Scones 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature The Serengeti Rules DV
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour EX Lidia’s Kitchen NC BBC World News The 1970s Italian America American EX Exploring 6:30 NC BBC World News North Carolina Outside Source Beauty with Six Legs L EX Ciao Italia 6:30 NC BBC World News Make Mine Mussels/ Outside Source Prepara Le Mie Cozze EX Sci NC 7:00 PBS Secrets of Dedication to Discovery L Royal Travel 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The Royal Train NC PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Rick Steves’ Europe Amsterdam The Netherlands Beyond 7:30 PBS Outside: Amsterdam Beyond the Lens 7:30 EX Growing a East Side Colors Greener World EX Ireland with Michael Growing the Next Gen 8:00 PBS Nature eration of Gardeners L Super Cats: 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Extreme Lives DV NC Antiques Roadshow Obviously, It’s Pecans NC Flavor, NC Vintage Albuquerque From the Vineyard L EX Simply Ming EX How She Rolls Guest Joanne Chang Biscuits Rising... 8:30 EX Great British in Charlotte Baking Show 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Quarter Final European Festivals II DV 9:00 PBS NOVA NC Jazzy Vegetarian Creatures of Light Rockin’ Vegan Burger NC 8 Days: EX A Chef’s Life To the Moon & Back The Buttermilk Belt The first moon landing 9:00 PBS NC Weekend is recreated with mis From Washington L sion audio, astronaut NC J Schwanke’s conversations and CGI. Life in Bloom 9:30 EX Taste of History Lilies in Bloom. The Santa Fe Trail EX Kevin Belton’s 10:00 PBS Secrets of the Dead Cookin’ Louisiana King Arthur’s Lafayette Parish: Lost Kingdom Epicenter of EX Sara’s Cajun Cuisine Weeknight Meals A Taste of Northern California
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9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley L NC Growing a Greener World Learning to Prune Like a Pro, in Your Own Home L EX Simply Ming Guest Joanne Chang 10:00 PBS Downing of a Flag Part 2 NC NC Weekend From Washington L EX Rick Steves’ European Travel Tips & Tricks 10:30 NC How She Rolls Recipe for Success 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Cruising Canada: Ottawa & the Rideau Canal 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Mata Atlantica: Brazil’s Other Rainforest
30 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Herbaceous Chicken & Potatoes 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Joanne Chang 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Prague 7:30 PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Melinda Gates EX Lidia’s Kitchen The 1970s Italian American 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking/Triad L EX Doc Martin Departure Louisa has shocking news. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Icon: Music Through the Lens On the Record
You say you want your freedom: watch Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac: Rumours, Friday, July 30, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Vienna Blood The Last Seance, Part 1 Dr. Max Liebermann helps investigate a mysterious murder. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac: Rumours NC History with David Rubenstein Peter Baker & Susan Glasser EX Vienna Blood The Last Seance, Part 2 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
31 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Conscious Living Disappearing Disease EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Hot Summer Stripers L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Lilies in Bloom EX How She Rolls Biscuits Rising... in Charlotte 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide Driven Drum L EX Exploring North Carolina Homecomings L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Alaska Off the Grid EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART A garden dating back to the 18th century. EX Nature The Serengeti Rules DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend From Washington L EX NOVA Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? 9:30 PBS Nature Cat. NC Wild Travels The Drive-in Church in Daytona Beach. 10:00 PBS NC Weekend From Washington L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Wheat Harvest & Pasta 10:30 PBS Seeing the USA Arizona NC Growing Bolder The Three Secrets of Successful Aging EX A Chef’s Life Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose At Me!, Part 2 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World A Day in the Life at the Gardenfarm L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Rules of the Kitchen 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Down & Dirty NC Home Diagnosis Brooklyn, NY: 1600’s v. #tinylab EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Sugar Cane Country Noon PBS GardenSMART Plants for autumn and designing containers.
22 | July | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC American 5:00 PBS Carolina Woodshop Outdoor Journal The Burl Bowl/Turning Hot Summer Stripers L Art with Barry Todd NC PBS NewsHour EX 10 Streets That Weekend Changed America EX Nature 12:30 PBS Conscious Living The Serengeti Rules DV Living Zen 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour NC Weekends Weekend with Yankee NC Washington Week Only in New England 6 PM PBS Song of 1:00 PBS Antiques the Mountains Roadshow The Ham Family Band/ Vintage Savannah Tim White & Friends NC In Julia’s Kitchen NC Classic Gospel with Master Chefs A Tribute to George Jacques Torres Younce EX NC Weekend EX NOVA From Washington L Asteroid: Doomsday 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael or Payday? EX Weekends 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By with Yankee What Now? Seaside Stories NC Bluegrass 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Underground Milan & Lake Como EX Secrets of the Dead NC Texas Parks Hannibal in the Alps & Wildlife 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By Tracking Bass Behavior, You Must Remember Lake Corpus State Park This, Part 1 EX Downton Abbey NC Echo Sessions Season 4 on Masterpiece Leftover Salmon Part 4 Can Bates learn 8:00 NC Song of what’s troubling Anna? the Mountains 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s The Ham Family Band/ Places to Love Tim White & Friends Vancouver, Canada EX Eyes on the Prize NC Story in the The Time Has Come Public Square 1964-1966 DV 3:00 PBS Weekends PBS Midsomer Murders with Yankee The Sleeper Under the Only in New England Hill, Part 1 The grue NC To the Contrary some discovery of a with Bonnie Erbé farmer’s eviscerated EX Downton Abbey body is investigated. Season 4 on Masterpiece 8:30 PBS Midsomer Murders Part 5 The Sleeper Under the 3:30 PBS American Hill, Part 2 Woodshop 9:00 NC Iconic Women Suzy’s Barn Woodshop of Country Highlights EX Eyes on the Prize NC Firing Line with Two Societies 1965-1968 DV Margaret Hoover 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey 4:00 PBS This Old House Season 3 on Masterpiece Design Elements Part 7 DV NC FRONT ROW NC Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Marc Rotterman L 50 Years & Circlin’ Back 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House EX In Their Own Words Automated Landscape, Chuck Berry Modern Bench 11:00 NC Austin City Limits NC History with Texas Icons: Jerry Jeff David Rubenstein Walker & Billy Joe Shaver Peter Baker & EX American Masters Susan Glasser Buddy Guy: The Blues EX Ireland with Michael Chase the Blues Away DV PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
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As summer turns up the heat, you’ll want to turn up the volume for August’s season premiere of Music at the Museum. Follow the state’s greatest musical acts into the galleries of the North Carolina Art Museum for diverse performances that just might make you dance.
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