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Tripping the Light Fantastic Celebrate Pride Month with American Masters Ballerina Boys, the story of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male company that’s combined classical dance with slapstick comedy for 45 years. PREMIERES FRIDAY JUNE 4, 9 PM, ON PBS NC
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Mysteries of Mental Illness A Virtual Preview Screening and Discussion PBS North Carolina and NAMI North Carolina present a virtual preview screening and panel discussion of Mysteries of Mental Illness, Thursday, June 17, 7-9 PM. Take a first look at this four-hour, two-night special examining ancient conceptions of mental illness, Sigmund Freud and psychiatry and society’s path toward inclusion, away from stigma. The series premieres Tuesday and Wednesday, June 22 and 23, at 9 PM on PBS NC. Register at pbsnc.org/momi or contact Karen Nowak at knowak@pbsnc.org. 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. Add at least five minutes when recording your favorite shows.
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On Track for June’s Block Party! This month Read-a-roo’s Block Party features Dinosaur Train, a wild ride for preschoolers featuring dinosaurs, trains and scientific thinking skills. Come along and learn about life science, natural history and paleontology. All aboard Dinosaur Train on Read-a-roo’s Block Party, weekends at 7 AM and 1 PM, only on Rootle.
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Rootle’s 5! Join Block Party LIVE! Rootle turns 5 years old in July, so celebrate with a brand new episode of our at-home block party! Miss E and Miss Shana will return with fresh shenanigans, community partners from Transylvania County and more. We can’t wait to party with you!
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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: Dinosaur Train 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: Esme & Roy 11:00 Let’s Go Luna! DV Weekends: Clifford the Big Red Dog DV 11:30 Weekends: Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Noon Wild Kratts 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: Dinosaur Train 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. June | 3
Evening & Weekend Listings 1 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Jamie Dornan and Eddie Redmayne; Vanessa Kirby and Amanda Seyfried. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source Ros Atkins discusses global stories. EX Cook’s Country A Trip to the Big Easy 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Czech Republic Off the Beaten Path 7:30 PBS NC Weekend NC Green Travel L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Riding the Range in Southern Alberta, Canada DV 8:00 PBS Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer Behavior NC North Carolina Bookwatch David Menconi: Step It Up & Go L EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 7 In the finale, the family gathers at Downton Abbey. 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Greek Fest 9:00 PBS Philly D.A. Episode 8 The District Attorney attempts to reform the criminal justice system. DV NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Texas Game Wardens Past & Present 9:30 NC Daytripper Lampasas, TX
10:00 PBS FRONTLINE PREMIERE! The Jihadist NC Craft in America Borders EX Secrets of Highclere Castle 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist explores today’s topics. NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Armenia, Part 1 DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Pernambuco: Brazil’s Other Carnival
2 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Green Gift L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Home, NC L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The Kia Sorento & the Porsche 911 Turbo NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Athens & Side Trips
Dive down deep off the coast of Sweden with NOVA Ship That Changed the World, Wednesday, June 2, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
7:30 PBS Sci NC PREMIERE! Health Science L EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Life at the Waterhole Episode 1 Discover how rain transforms the area into a grazing pasture. NC Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States, Hour 1 EX Essential Pépin Fowl Play DV 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show The Final 9:00 PBS NOVA PREMIERE! Ship That Changed the World Historians explore the major evolution that overturned ship designs five centuries ago. DV
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Members Like Chris We’re proud of PBS North Carolina’s impact, but individual viewers often remind us why our mission matters most. As Chris, an educator and PBS NC Sustainer from Forsyth County, shared: “You saved me on many occasions last school year with your programming. I was teaching US and World History along with 8th grade science…PBS NC was invaluable.” We need the help of loyal members like you, to help us continue to be a resource for Chris’ students. June 30 is the final day of our current fiscal year. Please make your gift when you see this envelope or by donating online at pbsnc.org/countdown. Thank you for being a valued member of our public media family, and thank you to Chris and all our viewers in education, for your hard work and dedication. NC Gene: An Intimate History Episode 1 Patients with rare genetic diseases and their doctors. 9:30 EX Taste of History Little England in the Caribbean 10:00 PBS Human: The World Within React Examine functions of the brain, spine and nerves. EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mouth of the South 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The Greek Kitchen 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Life at the Waterhole Episode 2 Hotter weather impacts animals, nocturnal activity brings hyenas.
3 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Trieste’s International Flavors
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Payal Kadakia 7:00 PBS Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley Episode 1 The history of British romance. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Greece’s Peloponnese 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Creating a Birdfriendly Garden with Margaret Roach L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Have Yourself Some Moonshine NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L EX How She Rolls Farm to Table 8:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Ft. Myers & Sanibel Island, Florida NC Moveable Feast with Relish Scribe Winery, Sonoma, CA EX A Chef’s Life Cracklin’ Kitchen
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9:00 PBS NC Weekend The Foothills L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Water: Nature’s Life Force EX To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Kimbal Musk 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Lakota John & Tray Wellington L NC Growing a Greener World From Seed to Fork: Growing an Abundant & Beautiful Garden L EX Moveable Feast with Relish Rooftop Terrace, New York, NY 10:00 PBS Prideland Actor Dyllón Burnside travels the South to meet members of the LGBTQ community. NC NC Weekend The Foothills L EX Scotland’s Scenic Railways 10:30 NC Tastemakers Custom Foodscaping, St. Louis, MO 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Armenia, P2 DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco
4 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country A Trip to the Big Easy 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Essential Pépin Fowl Play DV 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Copenhagen
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Call 1-800-984-9090 or visit pbsnc.org/donate 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Improving Community & Police Relations Jacksonville collaborated with residents to improve police relations. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Trieste’s International Flavors 8:00 PBS Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. NC ncIMPACT Improving Community & Police Relations L EX Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Cassie and Sunny suspect that the men colluded in lying. DV 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 PREMIERE! Ballerina Boys DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Cassie and Sunny finally get closer to the truth. DV 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 PBS American Masters Holly Near See the power of song in the struggle for equality. DV NC History with David Rubenstein Joanne Freeman EX Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 6 The race to find evidence to prove the identity of Hayley’s killer. DV
10:30 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
5 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living Busting Loose in Berlin EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Cut Bait Reds L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Water: Nature’s Life Force EX How She Rolls Farm to Table 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Winter Crappie L EX Exploring North Carolina Changing Sands L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Ecosense for Living Fashioned for the Planet EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Amalfi Coast 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific. DV NC GardenSMART How to avoid destructive storm water runoff. EX Rick Steves: Island Hopping Europe 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L
EX Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Following the Civil War, support for gains for African Americans did not last. 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend The Foothills L 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Improving Community & Police Relations L 10:00 PBS NC Weekend The Foothills L NC Carolina Business Review L 10:30 PBS ncIMPACT Improving Community & Police Relations L NC Growing Bolder The Time Is Now 11:00 PBS Build a Better Memory Through Science Strategies and lifestyle suggestions that make improving memory fun. NC My World Too EX Reconstruction: America After the Civil War The rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy. 11:30 NC Classic Woodworking Noon NC American Woodshop Custom Kitchen Tools 12:30 PBS Rick Steves: The Alps PREMIERE! NC Weekends with Yankee Labor of Love 1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Rick Bayless 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Fashioned for the Planet
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Watch Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things, Saturday, June 5, 6 PM, on PBS NC and hum along with the First Lady of Song.
2:00 NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Texas Game Wardens Past & Present EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 7 2:30 PBS Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen Learn six practical steps to help feel happier, sharper and more in control of your destiny. NC Story in the Public Square Mariee Sioux 3:00 NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé Women-centered news analysis show tackles hot topics. 3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important issues. 4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L
Behold the Bambino on Ken Burns: Baseball, Saturday, June 5, 4 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
EX Ken Burns: Baseball PREMIERE! Join Bob Costas for a behind-thescenes look at the Emmy Award-winning series. 4:30 PBS ADD & Loving It?! Patrick McKenna talks to researchers and people with Attention Deficit Disorder. NC History with David Rubenstein Joanne Freeman 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 NC Washington Week EX Last of the Breed A concert featuring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price. 6 PM PBS Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things PREMIERE! Follow the six-decade journey of the extraordinary performer known for her sublime voice. NC Classic Gospel Best of the Hoppers 7:00 NC Bluegrass Underground Episode 11 EX Best of the 60s: Ready, Steady, Go! The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye and more. 7:30 NC Echo Sessions The New Mastersounds 8:00 PBS Country Pop Legends PREMIERE! Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell highlight country pop tunes from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
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NC Song of the Mountains Bella Raye/Robert Lester/ The Band J4 8:30 EX Pink Floyd: Live From Venice 9:00 NC Great Performances John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 2 Downton becomes a convalescent home. NC Great Performances Lea Salonga in Concert EX Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000 11:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 3 Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. NC Austin City Limits The Raconteurs/ Black Pumas 11:30 EX Build a Better Memory Through Science
6 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters Issues affecting education in NC. L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Ca’ D’zan, Hour 2
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7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Improving Community & Police Relations L 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 7 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with It’s strangeness on a train with Agatha and the Truth of Murder, Margaret Hoover Sunday, June 6, 8 PM, on PBS NC. 9:00 PBS This Old House Our 3 Decker NC Song of 7:30 NC American NC Washington Week the Mountains Experience 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Bella Raye/Robert Lester/ Stonewall Uprising Working From Home The Band J4 The violent protests and NC FRONT ROW 2:00 PBS Black Church: demonstrations that with Marc Rotterman L This Is Our Story, launched a worldwide 10:00 PBS Suze Orman’s UltiThis Is Our Song movement in 1969. DV mate Retirement Guide Part 1 The roots of Afri 8:00 PBS Agatha and The personal finance can American religion the Truth of Murder expert provides essenand the trans-Atlantic PREMIERE! Crime writer tial advice on planning slave trade. Agatha Christie invesfor retirement. N C Great tigates the murder of NC History with Performances Florence Nightingale’s David Rubenstein John Leguizamo’s goddaughter in 1926. Joanne Freeman Road to Broadway 9:00 NC Murder in Montrose: EX Rick Steves: EX Great Performances The Paul Broussard The Alps Broadway Musicals: Legacy 10:30 NC North Carolina A Jewish Legacy PREMIERE! The afterBookwatch 3:00 NC Great math of the murder David Menconi: Performances of a 27 year-old gay Step It Up & Go L Lea Salonga in Concert man in Houston. 11:00 NC Chavis Chronicles 4:00 NC Austin City Limits EX The Best 11:30 NC Story in the The Raconteurs/ of Celtic Women Public Square Black Pumas Celebrating the most Janelle Wong EX Classical Rewind successful all-female Noon PBS FRONT ROW 5:00 PBS Black Church: group in Irish history. with Marc Rotterman L This Is Our Story, 9:30 NC Lavender Scare NC Carolina This Is Our Song The firing of thousands Outdoor Journal Part 2 How the Black of federal workers Cut Bait Reds L church expanded to adin the 1950s stirred EX Soul Legends dress social inequality outrage in the gay Join host Pam Grier and those in need. community. in a tribute to the N C PBS NewsHour 1 0:00 PBS Aging Backgreatest soul hits from Weekend wards 2 with Miranda the 70s and 80s. 5:30 NC ncIMPACT Esmonde-White 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Improving Community End the defeatist atMargaret Hoover & Police Relations L titude towards aging. NC Born to Explore EX Great Performances 10:30 NC The Committee with Richard Wiese Andrea Bocelli: Believe The history of LGBTQ Labrador: 6 PM NC Black Issues Forum L persecution at Florida Remote Canada 6:30 N C Philly D.A. universities. 1:00 PBS Feel Better with EX Ella Fitzgerald: Just Pressure Point Therapy Episode 8 DV 7:00 EX Country One of Those Things Dr. Michael Pinkus Pop Legends 11:00 PBS EastEnders applies techniques NC ncIMPACT involving ancient Improving Community acupressure. & Police Relations L 8 | June | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
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11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness of the Volcanoes
7 MONDAY 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 Rick Steves: Europe Awaits PREMIERE! NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Denmark: Beyond Copenhagen 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Quebec City, Canada 8:00 NC REEL SOUTH You Asked for the Facts Student activists at Ole Miss defy the campus’ speaker-ban in 1966. L EX Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Winner 9:00 PBS Ken Burns: Baseball NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L 9:30 NC NC Weekend The Foothills L 10:00 NC Sci NC Health Science L EX Jamestown Episode 7 The Sharrows become embroiled with a notorious Pamunkey warrior. 10:30 PBS Rick Steves: Island Hopping Europe NC ncIMPACT Improving Community & Police Relations L 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer Behavior
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6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Comfort Food Done Right 7:00 PBS Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul 7:30 EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Southern Ethiopia DV 8:00 NC North Carolina Bookwatch Lewis Bowling: Sam Ragan: North Carolina’s Literary Godfather L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 1 Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey. DV 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Crab Fest 9:00 PBS Magic Moments: The Best of 50’s Pop The McGuire Sisters, The Lennon Sisters, The Chordettes, The Four Aces and more. NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Texas Paddling Trails 9:30 NC Daytripper Texas Burgers Road Trip 10:00 NC Craft in America Neighbors 10:30 EX Beyond the Canvas World of Writers 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope France DV
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Changing Sands L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Home, NC Randy Travis: From Marshville to Nashville L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The Driver’s Choice Awards & the John Cooper Works JP HT NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Iran: Tehran & Side Trips 7:30 PBS Sci NC PREMIERE! Science Only in NC L EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS The Best of Celtic Women NC Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States, Hour 2 EX Simply Ming Guest Andrew Zimmern 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Cakes 9:00 NC Gene: An Intimate History Episode 2 Geneticists wrestle with the moral implications of groundbreaking new technologies. 9:30 PBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide EX Taste of History From Kitchen Garden to Table 10:00 EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Tuscan Villa Pasta 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Secret Italian Recipes 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Life at the Waterhole Episode 1 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company
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10 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Wheat Harvest & Pasta 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia From the Sea/Dal Mare 7:00 PBS Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley Episode 2 Travel back to the Victorian era of British romance. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Iran’s Historic Capitals 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Creating a Meadow Garden L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Blueberries & Boiling Over NC Flavor, NC Soco L EX How She Rolls Warm & Buttery on the Inside 8:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Samantha’s Tips for Making Travel Count NC Moveable Feast with Relish Island Creek Oysters, Duxbury, MA EX A Chef’s Life Tomatoes... You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Viewer Favorites L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Nature Centered EX To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Rachel Hollis 9:30 PBS Wynonna Judd: Concert from My Place PREMIERE! The country superstar and her band perform classics, old hits and new selections. NC Growing a Greener World The Year-round Gardener L EX Simply Ming Guest Andrew Zimmern
She is your only need: watch Wynonna Judd: Concert from My Place, Friday, June 10, 9:30 PM, on PBS NC.
10:00 NC NC Weekend Viewer Favorites L EX Rick Steves: European Festivals 10:30 NC Tastemakers Food Building, Minneapolis, MN 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Ireland DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Reefs, Ruins & Revivals: Belize’s Melting Pot
NC ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L EX Doc Martin Sickness & Health Portwenn is buzzing about the wedding of the Doc and Louisa. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Rick Steves: Europe Awaits NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Dark Angel on Masterpiece Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s first female serial killer. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein Henry Louis Gates Jr. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
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EX Downton Abbey EX Easy Yoga: Season 3 on Masterpiece The Secret to Part 1 DV Strength & Balance 2:30 NC Story in the with Peggy Cappy Public Square Increase strength and Janelle Wong mobility at any age. 3:00 NC To the Contrary 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV with Bonnie Erbé NC Flavor, NC 3:30 NC Firing Line with Soco L Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS Elinor 4:00 PBS Longevity Paradox Wonders Why DV with Steven Gundry, MD NC NC Weekend Dr. Gundry shares an Viewer Favorites L easy approach to help EX Rick Steves: us feel more youthful. The Alps NC FRONT ROW 9:30 PBS Nature Cat with Marc Rotterman L NC ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L 4:30 NC History with David Rubenstein 10:00 PBS NC Weekend Henry Louis Gates Jr. Viewer Favorites L EX Black Church: NC Carolina This Is Our Story, Business Review L This Is Our Song 10:30 PBS ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L Part 1 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour NC Growing Bolder Weekend A Life En Fuego Sports 5:30 PBS Magic Moments: casting legend Dan PatThe Best of 50’s Pop rick discusses his career NC Washington Week and health struggles. 6 PM NC Classic Gospel 11:00 PBS Overcoming Gospel Bluegrass Anxiety, Depression, Homecoming, Vol. 1 Trauma, and Grief 7:00 NC Bluegrass Dr. Daniel Amen Underground discusses ways to help 7:30 PBS TBA you feel happier. EX Black Church: NC My World Too This Is Our Story, EX Ken Burns: Baseball This Is Our Song 11:30 NC Classic Part 2 Woodworking NC Echo Sessions End Table with The Resonant Rogues David Lamb 8:00 PBS Suze Orman’s UltiNoon NC American mate Retirement Guide Woodshop NC Song of Tall Counter Stools the Mountains 12:30 PBS Age Fix with Jeff Little Trio with Anthony Youn, MD Wayne Henderson Fix age-related skin 9:00 NC Garth Brooks: without surgery. The Library of Congress NC Weekends Gershwin Prize Winner with Yankee 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Down by the Sea Season 2 on Masterpiece EX Rick Steves Part 4 In the climactic Fascism in Europe battle of the war, Mat 1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen thew and William go to with Master Chefs an uncertain fate. Gordon Hamersley 10:30 EX Prince: Rave Un2 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living the Year 2000 Wild Healing 11:00 PBS Downton Abbey 2:00 PBS Rick Steves Season 2 on Masterpiece Europe Awaits Part 5 As the war nears NC Texas its end, Downton’s Parks & Wildlife residents put their lives Texas Paddling Trails back together. PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
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13 SUNDAY 6 AM NC Chavis Chronicless 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 Ca D’zan, Hour 3 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L 8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 1 DV 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Project Interrupted NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Reclaim Beam Mantel NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS 3 Steps to Pain-free Living Eliminate the cause of many painful conditions with this easy plan. NC History with David Rubenstein Henry Louis Gates Jr. 10:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch Lewis Bowling: Sam Ragan: North Carolina’s Literary Godfather L EX Ken Burns: The National Parks The beauty and grandeur of our nation’s parks, from Acadia to Yosemite. 11:00 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:30 NC Story in the Public Square Jamie Merisotis Noon PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Light for Shad L L = Local
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12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Hawaii: From Sea to Sea EX Agatha and the Truth of Murder Agatha Christie investigates the murder of Florence Nightingale’s goddaughter in 1926. 1:00 PBS Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength & Balance with Peggy Cappy NC Song of the Mountains Jeff Little Trio with Wayne Henderson 2:00 PBS Joyful Pain Free Living with Lee Albert Learn how to operate your body optimally and maintain an active, fulfilling lifestyle. NC Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Winner 2:30 EX Classical Rewind The greatest composers of all time and the origins of their music. 3:30 PBS Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. Dr. Daniel Amen demonstrates ways to supercharge your memory. 4:00 NC Austin City Limits Stevie Ray Vaughan on Austin City Limits: 30 Years EX Magic Moments: The Best of 50’s Pop 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 PBS The Best of Celtic Women NC ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L 6 PM NC Black Issues Forum L EX Rick Steves Europe Awaits 6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Awakenings 1954-1956 Acts of courage inspire black Southerners. DV 7:00 PBS Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert At the O2 Over 300 actors and musicians celebrate the legendary musical.
7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Fighting Back 19571962 The battle over integrating Little Rock’s Central High School. DV 8:00 EX The Best of Celtic Women 8:30 NC Prideland 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH The Passing On The legacy of Black funeral homes in San Antonio, Texas depends on a new generation. L EX Rick Steves Hunger and Hope: Lessons From Ethiopia 10:30 NC Reel South Outspoken Members of the LGBTQ community fight to live free from discrimination. L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L EX Wynonna Judd: Concert from My Place 11:30 PBS EastEnders NC Comic Culture Jerry Ordway L
14 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Beyond the Canvas World of Writers 7:00 PBS REEL SOUTH You Asked for the Facts L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Dubrovnik & Balkan Side-trips 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Dutchess County/ Hudson Valley, NY 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Albuquerque NC REEL SOUTH That’s Wild Three teens attempt to trek four snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Rockies. L EX Victoria and Albert: The Wedding Episode 1 Experts prepare to reconstruct the wedding and uncover astonishing details.
9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Hot Springs NC Flavor, NC Soco L EX Victoria and Albert: The Wedding Episode 2 The most accurate reconstruction of Victoria and Albert’s wedding ever staged. 9:30 NC NC Weekend Viewer Favorites L 10:00 PBS Independent Lens Man on Fire An elderly white Texas minister set himself on fire to protest the virulent racism of his community. DV NC Sci NC Science Only in NC L EX Jamestown Episode 8 Mercy and Pepper bring joy to the town, but the Sharrows’ rivalry reaches the breaking point. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Youth Suicide Prevention L 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots To the Manor Born Glenn Close and John Waters.
15 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Beyond the Canvas Visionaries of the Arts 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Regional Seafood Specialties 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC Grouper L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Slovenia 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Viewer Favorites L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Northern Ethiopia DV 8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin Actors Fred Armisen and Christopher Walken, musician Carly Simon.
12 | June | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch Rufus Edmisten: That’s Rufus L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 2 The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. DV 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Etouffee Fest 9:00 PBS American Experience Polio Crusade The crusade to eradicate one of the most dreaded diseases. DV NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Explore Texas State Parks & Historic Sites EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 3 Social revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey. DV 9:30 NC Daytripper Texas Swimming Hole Road Trip 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE NC Craft in America California 10:30 EX Beyond the Canvas Visionaries of the Arts 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope France: Bordeaux DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Yakima: The Quest for Hops
16 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Natural Boundary L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Home, NC The Highlands L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Granada, Cordoba & Spain’s Costa Del Sol
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Explore everyday inertia with Sci NC Real Life Physics, Wednesday, June 16, 7:30 PM, on PBS NC.
7:30 PBS Sci NC PREMIERE! Real Life Physics L EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Mississippi: Rivers of Life Explore waterfalls, wildlife and swamps. NC Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition, Hour 1 EX Simply Ming Guest Jacques Pépin 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Bread 9:00 PBS NOVA Eagle Power NC Mayo Clinic: Faith • Hope • Science See how the Mayo Clinic has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History The Best of St. Lucia 10:00 PBS Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky The wildlife and people who inhabit this 3,000mile mountain range. EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Amalfi Lemons 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television New Israeli Cuisine 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Operation Maneater Crocodile
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking with the Nuns 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Party Cakes/ Torte Per Feste 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album How the British royal family has shaped their image. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Andalucia, Gibraltar & Tangier 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World From Seed to Fork: Growing an Abundant & Beautiful Garden L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Shrimp Sells NC Flavor, NC Grouper L EX How She Rolls Recipe for Success 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England DV NC Moveable Feast with Relish Davis Family Vineyards, Healdsburg, CA EX Chef’s Life The World Is Your Oyster 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Classic Carolina L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Sunshine Flowers EX To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Michael Tubbs 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley L NC Growing a Greener World A Day in the Life at the Gardenfarm L EX Simply Ming Guest Jacques Pépin 10:00 PBS Murder in Montrose: The Paul Broussard Legacy NC NC Weekend Classic Carolina L EX Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today L = Local
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10:30 PBS The Committee NC Tastemakers Jacobsen Salt Co., Portland, OR 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan’s Penghu Islands DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Panama’s Wild West
18 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Regional Seafood Specialties 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Jacques Pépin 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Oslo 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Overcoming Homelessness Homeward Bound in Asheville dedicates itself to helping people get back on their feet. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking with the Nuns 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Overcoming Homelessness L EX Doc Martin Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Martin and Louisa host a disastrous dinner party. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Great Performances at the Met PREMIERE! Anna Netrebko in Concert NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Halifax: Retribution SERIES PREMIERE! Episode 1 Rebecca Gibney returns as Doctor Jane Halifax. 9:30 NC Washington Week
Big fan of the sopranos? Catch Great Performances at the Met Anna Netrebko in Concert, Friday, June 18, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
10:00 PBS American Masters: Itzhak Perlman The life of the violinist is explored. DV NC History with David Rubenstein Bhu Srinivasan EX Halifax: Retribution Episode 2 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company EX EastEnders
19 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living The Many Faces of the Divine EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Wind Proof Specs L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Sunshine Flowers
Investigate the underbelly down under in Halifax: Retribution, Friday, June 18, 9 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
EX How She Rolls Recipe for Success 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Light for Shad L EX Exploring North Carolina New Beginnings L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Ecosense for Living Innovation & Biomimicry EX Rick Steves’ Europe Tuscany’s Dolce Vita 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART A nursery pushes the boundaries on conifers. EX Operation Maneater Crocodile 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Grouper L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend Classic Carolina L EX NOVA Great Escape At Dunkirk 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Overcoming Homelessness L 10:00 PBS NC Weekend Classic Carolina L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Olive Grove 10:30 PBS ncIMPACT Overcoming Homelessness L NC Growing Bolder Here Comes the Hurricane Meet Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins, a world record-setting centenarian. EX A Chef’s Life The Buttermilk Belt 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Bringing Nature Home L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Does This Make Me Look Fat?
14 | June | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home A Visit From the Beekman Boys NC Classic Woodworking Tilt Top Table EX Moveable Feast with Relish Scribe Winery, Sonoma, CA Noon PBS GardenSMART An old man but a young gardener: our guest is always learning. NC American Woodshop LED Accent Lamp EX Restorers Living History 12:30 PBS Moveable Feast with Relish Scribe Winery, Sonoma, CA NC Weekends with Yankee Stepping Back in Time 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Albuquerque NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Dean Fearing EX NC Weekend Classic Carolina L 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Innovation & Biomimicry EX Weekends with Yankee Off the Beaten Track 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Sevilla NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Explore Texas State Parks & Historic Sites EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 2 DV 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Samantha’s Tips for Making Travel Count NC Story in the Public Square Jamie Merisotis 3:00 PBS America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell Wisconsin Northwoods NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 3 DV
Go for the tours, stay for the tunes: it’s Bluegrass Underground: Making of the Caverns, Saturday, June 19, 7 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
3:30 PBS American Woodshop Three Found Art Sculpted Tables NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House Our 3 Decker NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS This Old House Project Interrupted NC History with David Rubenstein Bhu Srinivasan EX Beyond the Canvas Visionaries of the Arts 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal Wind Proof Specs L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Operation Maneater Crocodile
5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains The Nouveaux Honkies/ Tennessee Mafia Jug Band NC Classic Gospel Bradley Walker, Call Me Old-fashioned EX NOVA Great Escape At Dunkirk 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Too Old ... Or Too Nosy NC Bluegrass Underground: Making of the Caverns PREMIERE! EX Nazi Mega Weapons Atlantic Wall 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By The Old Folks Party NC Echo Sessions Raising Caine 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders PREMIERE! Death by Persuasion, Part 1 When a young journalist is found stabbed with a quill, Barnaby and Winter look back in time to find the killer. NC Song of the Mountains Brandon Lee Adams/ The Gravy Boys EX Baseball Home 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Death by Persuasion, Part 2 NC Daryl Hall & John Oates Live in Dublin 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 6 The Spanish flu strikes Downton. NC Doobie Brothers Live from the Beacon Theatre 10:30 EX American Experience Stonewall Uprising DV 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Gary Clark, Jr.
20 SUNDAY It’s a mystery of manners in Midsomer Murders Death by Persuasion, Saturday, June 19, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
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7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV EX Endeavour Season 5 NC Open Mind on Masterpiece EX Antiques Roadshow Episode 2: Cartouche Vintage Albuquerque Morse and Thursday 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s investigate two Neighborhood DV poisonings. DV NC ncIMPACT 3:00 PBS Pati’s Overcoming Mexican Table Homelessness L Mexitalian! Feel the rhythm to your corps 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Doobie Brothers with River City Drumbeat, NC Carolina Live from the Sunday, June 20, 8:30 PM, on the Business Review L Beacon Theatre North Carolina Channel. EX Downton Abbey 3:30 PBS North Carolina Season 3 on Masterpiece 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Bookwatch Part 2 DV William A. Darity, Jr. Margaret Hoover 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts & A. Kirsten Mullen: NC Born to Explore Hermit Crab Shell From Here to Equality L with Richard Wiese Exchange 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L Canada: Horned NC Firing Line with NC Austin City Limits Dinosaurs Margaret Hoover Gary Clark, Jr. EX Rick Steves’ Europe 9:00 PBS This Old House EX Very British Sevilla New Light in Old Windows 1:00 PBS Christopher Romance with NC Washington Week Lucy Worsley Kimball’s Milk Street EX Downton Abbey Episode 2 Television Season 3 on Masterpiece Weeknight Mexican 4:30 PBS ncIMPACT Part 3 DV Overcoming NC Song of 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Homelessness L the Mountains Landscape Lights, 5:00 PBS Washington Week Brandon Lee Adams/ Brick Walkway NC PBS NewsHour The Gravy Boys NC FRONT ROW Weekend EX Endeavour Season 5 with Marc Rotterman L EX Victoria and Albert: on Masterpiece 10:00 PBS Sci NC The Wedding Episode 1: Muse Past and Real Life Physics L Episode 1 present collide at the NC History with 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour auction at Lonsdale. DV David Rubenstein Weekend 1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Bhu Srinivasan NC ncIMPACT Back to the 10:30 PBS Exploring Overcoming Cutting Board North Carolina Homelessness L Breakfast of Champions New Beginnings L 2:00 PBS America’s 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders NC North Carolina Death by Persuasion, Test Kitchen from Bookwatch Part 1 Cook’s Illustrated Rufus Edmisten: NC Black Issues Forum L NC Daryl Hall & John That’s Rufus L EX Victoria and Albert: Oates Live in Dublin EX Beyond the Canvas The Wedding 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Visionaries of the Arts Episode 2 Straight From So-cal 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Social Distance Tailgating NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Continental Cakes 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Wind Proof Specs L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places Sure they’re on the brink of divorce, but they’ll always have Paris... Toe-tappin’ Tempranillo won’t they? Watch US on Masterpiece, Sunday, June 20, 9 PM, on PBS NC. 16 | June | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:30 NC NC Weekend Classic Carolina L 10:00 PBS Independent Lens PREMIERE! Two Gods East Orange, NJ casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. DV NC Sci NC Real Life Physics L EX Great Estates Scotland Kincardine 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Out of hiding: watch Invisible History: Middle Florida’s Hidden Overcoming Roots, Sunday, June 20, 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Homelessness L 11:00 PBS Amanpour 6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize 10:30 EX My Home, NC & Company Ain’t Scared of Your Jails Surf, Salsa & NC PBS NewsHour 1960-1961 “Freedom RidHorse Healing L EX Finding Your Roots ers” try to desegregate 11:00 PBS EastEnders Unfamiliar Kin interstate buses. DV NC ncIMPACT 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Overcoming 22 TUESDAY Death by Persuasion, Homelessness L Part 2 EX Antiques Roadshow 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour EX Mississippi: NC BBC World News Vintage Albuquerque Rivers of Life America 11:30 NC Comic Culture 7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize 6:30 NC BBC World News Jim Valentino L No Easy Walk 1961-1963 Outside Source PBS EastEnders The power of mass dem EX Cook’s Country onstrations and Martin Taste of Summer 21 MONDAY Luther King Jr.’s emer 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour gence as a leader. DV From the Vineyard NC BBC World News 8:00 PBS Great Estates Special L America Scotland NC PBS NewsHour 6:30 NC BBC World News Kincardine EX Rick Steves’ Europe Outside Source EX NOVA Stockholm EX Beyond the Canvas Eagle Power 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Visionaries of the Arts 8:30 NC River City Drumbeat Classic Carolina L 7:00 PBS REEL SOUTH PREMIERE! African EX Joseph Rosendo’s That’s Wild L American mentors in Travelscope NC PBS NewsHour Louisville, Kentucky The Cariboo-Chilcoti EX Rick Steves’ Europe work to empower chilCoast DV Norway’s West: Fjords, dren and teens through 8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots Mountains & Bergen creative expression. Black Like Me 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s 9:00 PBS US on Masterpiece Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Places to Love SERIES PREMIERE! Lewis-Lee and Suzanne The Food Special Episode 1 Connie tells Malveaux. 8:00 PBS Antiques Douglas she wants to NC North Carolina Roadshow end their marriage Bookwatch Vintage Austin after their European William A. Darity, Jr. NC REEL SOUTH vacation. & A. Kirsten Mullen: The Passing On L EX Rockies: From Here to Equality L EX US on Masterpiece Kingdoms of the Sky EX Downton Abbey Connie tells Douglas 10:00 NC Invisible History: Season 3 on Masterpiece she wants to end their Middle Florida’s Part 4 The Crawleys marriage after their Hidden Roots face their severest test. European vacation. PREMIERE! The littleDV 9:00 PBS Antiques known history of 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Roadshow plantations and the enOrleans Celebrations Vintage Cleveland slaved in North Florida. Bastille Day Fete NC Flavor, NC EX Exploring Grouper L North Carolina New Beginnings L PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
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9:00 PBS Mysteries of Mental Illness SERIES PREMIERE! Evil or Illness? Ancient conceptions of mental illness and people living with mental illness today. NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Wildlife in the Lone Star State EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 5 Robert and Cora are not speaking. DV 9:30 NC Daytripper Texas World Food Tour 10:00 PBS Mysteries of Mental Illness What’s Normal The fight to develop mental illness standards rooted in empirical science. NC Craft in America Visionaries 10:30 EX You Are Cordially Invited 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Portugal DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Argentina’s Route 40: From the Steppes to the Lake
23 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina New Beginnings L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Home, NC Surf, Salsa & Horse Healing L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The 2021 Audi RS7 & the 2021 Honda Odyssey NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Helsinki & Tallinn: Baltic Sisters 7:30 PBS Sci NC PREMIERE! Science from Forests to Stars L EX Ireland with Michael
8:00 PBS Nature Cuba’s Wild Revolution DV NC Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition, Hour 2 EX Simply Ming Guest Kristen Kish 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Desserts 9:00 PBS Mysteries of Mental Illness The Rise & Fall of the Asylum The rise and fall of mental asylums in the US and detainees in a facility. NC American Experience Poison Squad The forgotten heroes who fought for food safety at the turn of the 20th century. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History A Look Back on Ten Seasons 10:00 PBS Mysteries of Mental Illness The New Frontiers A look at today’s most cutting-edge treatments. EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Costa Brava Tapas 10:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Meatballs & More 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Mississippi: Rivers of Life
24 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Winter Vegetable Punch 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Ricotta!/Cucinare Con La Ricotta! 7:00 PBS Tales From the Royal Bedchamber The importance of the palace’s regal bedroom.
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Galicia & the Camino De Santiago 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World The Year-round Gardener L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life R-e-s-p-e-c-t the Butterbean NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L EX How She Rolls How She Road Trips 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV NC Moveable Feast with Relish Rooftop Terrace, New York, NY EX A Chef’s Life Muscadine Time 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Bloom Happy EX To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Phil Rosenthal 9:30 PBS David Holt’s State of Music Keb’ Mo’ L NC Growing a Greener World The Foodscape Revolution L EX Simply Ming Guest Kristen Kish 10:00 PBS American Experience Stonewall Uprising DV NC NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L EX Rick Steves: Rome 10:30 NC How She Rolls How She Rolls 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Mekong River Adventure, Part 1 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas with David Yetman Heart of the Wilderness: Wyoming’s Wind River Range
18 | June | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
25 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Taste of Summer 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Kristen Kish 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Basque Country 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Economic Mobility Charlotte’s Open for Business initiative supports small business. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Winter Vegetable Punch 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L EX Doc Martin The Tameness of a Wolf Ruth is invited on Radio Portwenn and attracts an admirer. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Great Performances PREMIERE! Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2020 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Halifax: Retribution Episode 3 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein Lillian Faderman EX Halifax: Retribution 10:30 PBS Beyond the Canvas Black Lives Matter NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
26 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living Vegan Mexican Fiesta
From Schönbrunn Palace, with love: tune in for Great Performances Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2020, Friday, June 25, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal October Bass L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Bloom Happy EX How She Rolls How She Road Trips 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Wind Proof Specs L EX Exploring North Carolina Roanoke Super Highway L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie NC Ecosense for Living 3 Billion Birds. EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Great Hill Towns 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC GardenSMART A landscape architect in Maui has nurtured his garden for 40 years. EX Mississippi: Rivers of Life 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L EX NOVA Eagle Power 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L
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10:00 PBS NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Kneading Dough 10:30 PBS ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L NC Growing Bolder Oldest Person to Sail Solo Around the World EX A Chef’s Life Have Yourself Some Moonshine 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World The Weekend Farmer L NC My World Too EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board You & Your Stress 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Past Made New NC Classic Woodworking Table Lamp EX Moveable Feast with Relish Island Creek Oysters, Duxbury, MA Noon PBS GardenSMART A grass management expert on keeping a beautiful lawn all year. NC American Woodshop Adirondack Camp Chair EX Restorers Aircraft Recovery 12:30 PBS Moveable Feast with Relish Island Creek Oysters, Duxbury, MA NC Weekends with Yankee Seaside Stories 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Austin NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Reed Hearon EX NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living 3 Billion Birds EX Weekends with Yankee Little Known Adventures
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2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Bath & York NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Wildlife in the Lone Star State EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 4 DV 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Houston, Texas NC Story in the Cheer on the effort to restore Public Square Mozabique’s Gorongosa 3:00 PBS America’s Forests National Park and empower with Chuck Leavell the women and girls who live Wisconsin South nearby on Our Gorongosa, NC To the Contrary Sunday, June 27, 8 PM, on the with Bonnie Erbé Explorer Channel. EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece EX Rockies: Part 5 DV Kingdoms of the Sky 3:30 PBS American 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By Woodshop A Deeply Personal American Folk Art, Problem Weathervanes NC Echo Sessions & Wall Art Jon Stickley Trio NC Firing Line with 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Margaret Hoover PREMIERE! The Curse 4:00 PBS This Old House of the Ninth, Part 1 New Light in Old Windows Barnaby and Winter NC FRONT ROW uncover multiple mowith Marc Rotterman L tives when a musician 4:30 PBS This Old House is found strangled Chimney Straightener with a violin string. NC History with NC Song of David Rubenstein the Mountains Lillian Faderman Jesse Alexander Band/ EX You Are Etsiu Bluegrass Pride Band Cordially Invited EX Tenth Inning 5:00 PBS Carolina Top of the Tenth Outdoor Journal The bitter 1994 strike October Bass L and players who shat NC PBS NewsHour tered historic records Weekend in the late 1990s. DV EX Mississippi: 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Rivers of Life The Curse of the Ninth, 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Part 2 Weekend NC Great NC Washington Week Performances 6 PM PBS Song of Grammy Salute to the Mountains Music Legends Doyle Lawson & 10:00 PBS Downton Quicksilver Abbey Season 2 NC Classic Gospel on Masterpiece Circuit Rider Part 7 EX NOVA EX Prideland Eagle Power 11:00 NC Austin City Limits 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Jackie Venson/Mavis The Proposal Staples with Bonnie Raitt NC Bluegrass EX Lavender Scare DV Underground Episode 1
27 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew NC Chavis Chronicles EX Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer 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 Austin 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L 8:00 PBS Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 4 DV 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House Chimney Straightener NC Washington Week EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 5 DV 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Garden Upgrade, Adirondack Chair NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Sci NC Science from Forests to Stars L NC History with David Rubenstein Lillian Faderman 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Roanoke Super Highway L NC North Carolina Bookwatch William A. Darity, Jr. & A. Kirsten Mullen: From Here to Equality L EX You Are Cordially Invited 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Little Italy NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Pastries 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square
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Trace the origins of Geechee culture back to Sierra Leone with Gullah Roots, Sunday, June 27, 8:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
Noon PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Carolina Outdoor Journal October Bass L EX Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places Greek Island Picnic 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Feathered Friends EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Bath & York 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Vegetable Makeovers NC Song of the Mountains Jesse Alexander Band/ Etsiu Bluegrass Pride Band EX Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 3: Passenger Investigating a disappearance, Endeavour fears it’s linked to an unsolved murder. DV
1:30 PBS Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board What a Gutsy Move 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated NC Great Performances Grammy Salute to Music Legends 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Southern Discoveries EX Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 4: Colours A photoshoot on an army base turns sinister. DV 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Pam Kelley: Money Rock L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Jackie Venson/Mavis Staples with Bonnie Raitt
Thirteen young scientists from across the country discover where they come from in Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings, Sunday, June 27, 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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EX Great Estates Scotland Kincardine 4:30 PBS ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX US on Masterpiece Connie tells Douglas she wants to end their marriage after their European vacation. 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders The Curse of the Ninth, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L 6:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Mississippi: Is This America? 1963-1964 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular delegation. DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Curse of the Ninth, Part 2 EX Nature Cuba’s Wild Revolution DV 7:30 NC Eyes on the Prize Bridge to Freedom 1965 The climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery. DV 8:00 PBS Great Estates Scotland Inveraray EX Our Gorongosa PREMIERE! Learn how the identity and purpose of an African national park is being redefined. 8:30 NC Gullah Roots PREMIERE! Leaders of Gullah/Geechee communities travel to Sierra Leone. 9:00 PBS US on Masterpiece Episode 2 Searching for his son Albie in Venice, Douglas makes a friend. EX Born to Explore: Namibia: Land of Cheetahs 9:30 NC Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings SERIES PREMIERE! Overview/DNA Extraction/ DNA Ancestry L = Local
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10:00 NC Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings Observable Traits/ Natural Selection EX Exploring North Carolina Roanoke Super Highway L 10:30 NC Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings Genealogy/Classification/ Final Projects EX My Home, NC The Trip: A Story of the South L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Austin 11:30 NC Comic Culture Weshoyot Alvitre L PBS EastEnders
28 MONDAY 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 The Passing On L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Ancient Glory 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Ft. Myers & Sanibel Island, Florida 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage NC REEL SOUTH Rap Squad High school writers and performers seek healing and justice through hip hop. L EX US on Masterpiece Searching for his son Albie in Venice, Douglas makes a new friend. 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Seattle NC Flavor, NC From the Vineyard Special L 9:30 NC NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L
Vietnamese activist Tran To Nga sues the American chemical industry for poisoning her and her family while American activist Carol Van Strum battles the timber industry’s use of deadly toxins. Follow their riveting stories in Independent Lens The People Vs. Agent Orange, Monday, June 28, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
10:00 PBS Independent Lens PREMIERE! The People Vs. Agent Orange DV NC Sci NC Science from Forests to Stars L EX Great Estates Scotland Inveraray 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Economic Mobility L 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Black Like Me Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux. 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company
29 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Jamie Dornan and Eddie Redmayne; Vanessa Kirby and Amanda Seyfried. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Beef Kebabs & Cheese Bread 7:00 PBS Flavor, NC Sweet Onions L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Baroque Brilliance 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Day Trips from Greenville L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Sechselauten: Switzerland’s Spring Festival DV
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots The Impression Comedian Larry David and politician Bernie Sanders. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Pam Kelley: Money Rock L EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 6 A yearly cricket match sees old scores settled. DV 8:30 NC Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Fried Chicken Fest 9:00 PBS American Experience Mr. Tornado Meet pioneering meteorologist Ted Fujita. DV NC Texas Parks & Wildlife A Diversity of Jobs 9:30 NC Daytripper Texas Revolution Road Trip 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE NC Craft in America Quilts 10:30 EX You Are Cordially Invited 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Mekong River Adventure, Part 2 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman From Vaquejada to Jangada: Into Rural Ceara, Brazil
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30 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Roanoke Super Highway L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX My Home, NC The Trip: A Story of the South L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek The 2021 GMC Yukon Denali & the 2021 Mercedes E450 NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Back-street Riches 7:30 PBS Sci NC PREMIERE! New Wonders L EX Ireland with Michael 8:00 PBS Nature PREMIERE! The Bat Man of Mexico An ecologist tracks the lesser longnosed bat’s epic migration across Mexico. NC Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition, Hour 3 EX Simply Ming Guest Jonathan Waxman 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Pies & Tarts 9:00 PBS NOVA First Horse Warriors NC American Experience Test Tube Babies Two doctors whose work became the locus of debate. DV
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