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UNC-TV’s 24/7 Kids Channel ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT Note: The Rootle lineup gets refreshed Wednesday, 11/21. See what’s new at unc.tv/rootleshows. 6 AM Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman 6:30 Cyberchase 7:00 Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Peg + Cat (weekends, until 10 AM) 7:30 WordGirl 8:00 Arthur 9:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 9:30 Sesame Street DV
0:00 Peg + Cat 1 10:30 Super WHY! 11:00 Clifford’s Puppy Days 11:30 Caillou Noon Sid the Science Kid 12:30 WordWorld 1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Peg + Cat (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Super WHY! DV 2:00 Sesame Street DV
2:30 Dinosaur Train DV 3:30 Splash & Bubbles 4:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 5:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 6 PM Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV 11:30 Splash & Bubbles 12 M Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 1:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:00 Nature Cat 3:00 Wild Kratts 4:00 Odd Squad DV 5:00 Arthur DV
LET'S GO LUNA! Discover New Adventures on Rootle!
PEG + CAT ARE BACK! Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Join Peg and sidekick, Cat, as they use math and problem-solving skills to counter unexpected challenges. Parents appreciate that this Emmy Awardwinning Fred Rogers Company production can help put their preschoolers on a solid STEM foundation. And kids just enjoy the fun, frolicsome adventures of Peg + Cat.
Get ready for fabulous fun with three new multicultural friends—Leo, Carmen and Andy—on the Wednesday, November 21, at 5 PM, premiere of Let’s Go Luna! As their parents' performance troupe, "Circo Fabuloso," travels the globe, the trio explores stops along the way, all guided by Luna the Moon. This colorful series shares the music, arts, languages and daily life of cultures near and far. And look for the return of Martha Speaks, along with a refreshed Rootle lineup, starting Wednesday, November 21!
FLOAT WITH ROOTLE! See GIRL Power on Parade at the Raleigh Christmas Parade! Join your Rootle 24/7 PBS KIDS Channel team Saturday, November 17, at the Raleigh Christmas Parade, the largest of its kind between Washington, DC, and Atlanta! This year, we’re shining a light on GIRL Power, featuring girl leaders who create a positive impact on our world. Join these inspiring young women, Read-a-roo and other friends along the parade route in downtown Raleigh. Follow GIRL Power on Instagram @ncGIRLpower and use #myGIRLpoweris to join the movement. November | 3
evening&weekend listings 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Stop & Smell the Roses DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news. EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Racines/Wine Disciples 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Backstreet Riches 7:30 TV Our State Great Dismal Swamp/ Elizabeth II/Bath EX Rudy Maxa’s World Turkey’s Turquoise Coast 8:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Report from the Birds NC Flavor, NC Car Classic Catfish EX Rick Steves’ Travel as a Political Act Ponder the importance of traveling in order to experience other cultures.
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Pop up to Asheville's Foundation Skate Park on the Muse season premiere, Thursday, November 1, at 8:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
8:30 TV Muse Season Premiere! Community Art NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Love & Flavor 8:50 TV My Home, NC B. Harley Bradley House Avett Brother’s Joe Kwon 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend. NC A Chef’s Life Eggs a Dozen Ways EX Outside with Greg Aiello Exploring New Mexico 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Fail Lab 9:30 TV Southern Accents Birmingham, AL NC Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Fish Hits the Fire EX Curious Traveler Curious Stockholm 10:00 TV Battleground Election: A Black Issues Forum Special Premiere! Deborah Holt Noel examines issues in the midterm election.
Deborah Holt Noel lifts up some unheard voices on Battleground Election: A Black Issues Forum Special, premiering Thursday, November 1, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Colonial Williamsburg, VA 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Fail Lab 10:30 NC Our State Thomas Built/Ranger Doug/ Cherokee Culture EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Huntsville, AL 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist and top peers explore today’s topics. NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Taiwan: Forgotten People DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon
2 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Flavors of the Pinoleros 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Traditional Mexican 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florentine Delights & Tuscan Side Trips 7:30 TV NC SPIN Join Tom Campbell & his guests for informative, balanced debate for the Old North State. EX Rudy Maxa’s World Bangkok, Thailand
visit unctv.org 8:00 TV Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. NC North Carolina Weekend EX 800 Words The family’s new home is on the verge of collapsing, forcing them to move into the local motel. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs and policy issues. NC Exploring North Carolina Canals of North Carolina 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts! Roaring River Vineyards 9:00 TV Great Performances: An American in Paris— The Musical Premiere! Recorded in 2017 in London, Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope star. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece Leslie’s heart breaks; Gerry’s new soulmate has a surprising background. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Murder from Above 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate challenges facing our nation. 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Greece: Cruising the Isles DV 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas with David Yetman Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala’s Cultural Legacy
Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope star in Great Performances: An American in Paris—The Musical, premiering Friday, November 2, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Working with Nature for a Sustainable Landscape Design NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Violin Maker Joe Thrift DV EX Taste of History Pennsbury: The EX Exploring Working Estate North Carolina 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Our Place in Space Garden Home 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Melting Potluck DV NC Carolina NC The Woodwright’s Outdoor Journal Shop with Roy Underhill Blue Water Adventure Candle Box with EX Exploring Secret Drawer DV North Carolina EX Lidia’s Kitchen Smoky Mountain Diversity Italian Staples 8:00 TV Pinkalicious Noon TV GardenSMART & Peterrific DV Tulips NC Exploring NC Growing a North Carolina Greener World Report from the Birds From Food Desert EX North Carolina to Urban Oasis Weekend EX Smart Travels— 8:20 EX Sci NC—Shorts Europe with Rudy Maxa Fail Lab Vienna & the Danube 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV 12:30 TV America’s Heartland NC Muse Cotton Community Art NC Ecosense for Living EX My Home, NC Solar Justice Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig EX In the Americas Center/Love & Chocolate/ with David Yetman Frisco UFO 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Sierra Nevada & the Making of California Avett Brother’s Joe Kwon 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow 9:00 TV Curious George Charleston, Part 1 NC North Carolina NC Exploring Weekend North Carolina EX Blue Planet Canals of NC Tidal Seas EX Travelscope 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Following the Reformation Fail Lab Trail: Switzerland & 9:30 TV Nature Cat Germany DV NC Our State 1:30 NC My Home, NC Black River/Sheila Kay Topsail Skating Rink/ Adams/Golden Eggs 3 SATURDAY Statesville’s Rescue Ranch/ 10:00 TV North Carolina Hendersonville’s Hot Dog Weekend 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ World/Beulaville’s Football NC Muse Neighborhood DV Heroes/Climax’s Goat Maestros: Father & Son NC Biographical ConverLady Dairy Orchestra Conductors sations with Terry Sanford EX Burt Wolf: EX New Scandinavian Part 1 of 3 Travels & Traditions Cooking EX Carolina Cruising the Baltic Rye Bread for a Queen Outdoor Journal 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Muskie Search Granada, Cordoba & Fail Lab 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Spain’s Costa del Sol 1 0:30 T V Ecosense for Living Neighborhood DV NC First in Future Children & Nature EX Carolina NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Leslie Boney of the InstiOutdoor Journal tute for Emerging Issues The Goldsmith with Alexan Blue Water Adventure engages leaders in topics der’s Susan McDonough 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV affecting our state. EX How To Cook Well NC Carolina EX Globe Trekker with Rory O’Connell Outdoor Journal Top 10 South American Hard Boiled Eggs Salad Muskie Search Adventures with Chorizo November | 5
evening&weekend listings 2:30 TV Travelscope Madhya Pradesh, India: The Heart of India DV NC Growing Bolder Believe that You Can Change the World 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Cooper NC Amendments Explained Judicial Appointments EX Ultimate Restorations The Schooner Coronet: Racing Into History 3:30 TV Rough Cut— Woodworking with Tommy Mac Gable Ends & Walls NC Amendments Explained Ethics/Editorial Board 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Ramp Up the R Value: Crown Molding NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Hot Town Poster/Face Jug/ Lost City of Gold 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Summer Time Heat NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Blue Planet Coasts 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Tribute to Fred Astaire (1980) NC Classic Gospel Best of the Hoppers EX Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages North Yorkshire 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Old Folks Party NC Songs at the Center Dianna Corcoran, Marti Dodson & Patrick Buzzard EX Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Pembrokeshire 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Proposal NC Songwriters Guy Clark 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders A Talent for Life, Part 1 With two villagers found dead, Barnaby uncovers deep resentment. NC Song of the Mountains Lonesome River Band
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EX The Queen’s Favourite Animals Explore Queen Elizabeth’s relationships with her animals. 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts International Delights 9:00 TV Doc Martin Rescue Me NC Echo Sessions Music by Naughty Professor EX Secrets of Great British Castles Leeds Castle 9:30 NC Bluegrass Underground Sweet Lizzy Project 10:00 TV Remember Me Tom enters assisted living and a social worker falls to her death. NC Sun Studio Sessions Beth Hart EX Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace Visit Hampton Court, the ultimate Royal pleasure palace. 10:30 NC Lowertown Line Malamanya 11:00 TV Coroner Pieces of Eight A faceless man washes up during Lighthaven’s Pirate Festival. NC Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara EX Flying to the Ends of the Earth Peru
9:00 TV This Old House Hour Ramp Up the R Value: Crown Molding NC Washington Week EX Crowd & the Cloud Citizens + Scientists DV 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Report from the Birds NC NC SPIN EX Impossible Builds Europe in the Desert 10:30 TV Muse Community Art NC North Carolina Bookwatch Great American Read Panel with Charlie Lovett, Tom Santopietro & T.R. Simon 10:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Avett Brother’s Joe Kwon 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Great American Read Panel with Charlie Lovett, Tom Santopietro & T.R. Simon NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Jason Reynolds/Alisa Weilerstein/Ibeyi EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Mass & Moles 11:30 TV What Matters in Election 2018: A Black Issues Forum Special Deborah Holt Noel looks at midterm election issues. NC Muse 4 SUNDAY Leaving Eden 6 AM TV Nature Cat Noon TV FRONT ROW NC Closer to Truth with Marc Rotterman Evolution & Theology NC Carolina EX History Detectives Outdoor Journal Hot Town Poster/Face Jug/ Summer Time Heat Lost City of Gold EX Travelscope 6:30 TV Wild Kratts San Antonio: More NC Education Matters than the Alamo DV Learn about key issues 12:30 TV NC SPIN affecting education in NC. NC Legends of Airpower 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Kelly Johnson NC Firing Line with EX Burt Wolf: Margaret Hoover Travels & Traditions EX Antiques Roadshow On the Road in America, Santa Clara, Part 2 Part 1 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV 1:00 TV Battleground Election: NC Consuelo Mack A Black Issues Forum WealthTrack Special Get advice for managing Deborah Holt Noel hosts a investments. panel examining issues in 8:00 TV Curious George DV the midterm election. NC Carolina NC Song of the Mountains Business Review Lonesome River Band Chris William and his EX 800 Words guests discuss business Their new home on the news in the Carolinas. verge of collapse sends the EX Genealogy Roadshow family to the local motel. Boston 2:00 TV Amendments 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Explained NC Firing Line with Judicial Appointments Margaret Hoover
visit unctv.org NC Echo Sessions Music by Naughty Professor EX Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece Leslie’s heart breaks; Gerry’s new soulmate has a surprising background. 2:30 TV Amendments Explained Ethics/Editorial Board NC Bluegrass Underground Sweet Lizzy Project 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Asia Meets America NC Amendments Explained Judicial Appointments EX Death in Paradise Murder from Above 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Comforting Casserole NC Amendments Explained Ethics/Editorial Board 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Plaquemines Parish Citrus NC First in Future EX Father Brown The Tree of Truth 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Mexican Wine Country NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: Norma Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the Druid priestess in Bellini’s masterpiece. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight Get comprehensive coverage of international news & current events. 6 PM TV Father Brown The Mask of the Demon NC What Matters in Election 2018: A Black Issues Forum Special Deborah Holt Noel looks at midterm election issues. 6:30 NC Black America Human Computers with Margot Shetterly (Hidden Figures) 7:00 TV Masterpiece MYSTERY! Grantchester, Part 6 Sidney defies police to end a killing spree as Geordie’s life teeters. DV NC Africa’s Great Civilizations The Atlantic Age DV
Family drama returns as The Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece premieres Sunday, November 4, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
8:00 TV Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Louisa wants a party for Gerry, but he’s not a little boy anymore. NC Battleground Election: A Black Issues Forum Special Deborah Holt Noel hosts a panel examining issues in the midterm election. EX Nature Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner DV 9:00 TV Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 6 George finds a way to ruin a rival and the Poldarks in the process. NC Amendments Explained Judicial Appointments EX Nature’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories Atlantic Arks: Ascension, Saint Helena & Tristan 9:30 NC Amendments Explained Ethics/Editorial Board 10:00 TV Woman in White Episode 3 Laura learns the truth about her new husband.
Expect a Capital time as this new South London drama premieres Monday, November 5, at 9 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
NC Editor & the Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan Meet a Tabor City publisher whose gutsy reporting on the KKK won a Pulitzer in the pre-Civil Rights era. EX Wild Ponies of Chincoteague A teen strives to buy her first foal at the annual wild pony swim and auction. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Land Beneath His Feet/ Mount Mitchell/ Barns Reborn EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Provence, France 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Original Collard Sandwich/ Last Patternmaker/Napoleon Hill/Chicken Lady/ Newton Grove Drug Store/ Brown Mountain Lights
5 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Mass & Moles 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florence: Heart of the Renaissance 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life More Than One Way To Skin a Catfish EX Beyond Your Backyard Montgomery County, VA 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina Two Lakes & a Pond EX Midsomer Murders Master Class, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Haw Revival 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Part 3 NC Sinking Cities New York EX Capital Series Premiere! South Londoners experience the highs and lows of gentrification in this new drama.
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evening&weekend listings 0:00 TV Independent Lens 1 Dawnland Native and non-Native leaders fight removal of indigenous children in Maine. DV NC NOVA Flying Supersonic EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Hot Town Poster/Face Jug/ Lost City of Gold
6 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Cajun: Louisiana’s Cajuns 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way Layered Elegance DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Regal & Intimate 7:30 TV From the Vineyard Hinnant/Lu Mil EX Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Golden Triangle 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Election Night Coverage 2018 Judy Woodruff leads team coverage of midterm US House of Representatives, Senate and other races. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Geary & Lahoma Romocki—Going to School EX Crowd & the Cloud Viral Vs. Virus DV 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature Things Fall Apart DV 9:00 NC Muse Community Art EX Impossible Builds The Floating House 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Lila Downs/Heather-Dewey Hagborg/Steve Tobin/ Josh Ritter 10:00 NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Bill T. Jones EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Heat, Light& Electricity 10:30 NC Arts in Context Lift the Heart with Anuradha Naimpally 8 | November
The Explorer Channel welcomes Walford residents and fans as EastEnders joins the lineup starting Monday, November 5, at 10 PM.
1:00 NC PBS NewsHour 1 EX Travelscope San Antonio: More than the Alamo DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Ice, Rock& Water: The Sierra Nevada
7 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Native America Nature to Nations 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Embracing Life & Art 7:30 TV Muse Community Art EX Outside with Greg Aiello Exploring New Mexico 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Avett Brother’s Joe Kwon 8:00 TV Nature Super Cats: Science & Secrets DV NC Independent Lens Seed: The Untold Story Global seed keepers strive to protect a 12,000-yearold food legacy. DV EX Pati’s Mexican Table La Paz: The Heart of Baja Sur 8:30 EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Daniel Rose & Jean-Georges Vongerichten 9:00 TV NOVA Last B-24 Underwater archaeologists investigate a bomber that crashed into the sea in 1940. NC Independent Lens Look & See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky Explore changes in rural landscapes and values in the industrial agriculture era. DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Seaside Buffet 9:30 EX tasteMAKERS On the Vine 10:00 TV Sinking Cities Tokyo
NC Independent Lens Farmer/Veteran An NC combat veteran starts a farm to cope with PTSD. DV EX Joanne Weir Gets Fresh Alliums 10:30 EX To Dine for with Kate Sullivan Jason Mayden, Designer, Nike 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves Special European Easter See varied celebrations in Spain, Slovenia, Italy and Greece.
8 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen It’s a Magnificent Morning with Manoush & Mama DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Champagne #101 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe London: Historic & Dynamic 7:30 TV Our State Penland Craft School/ Spring Garden/Ivey Hayes EX Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Andaman Islands 8:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Mines of the Past: Gold & Coal NC Flavor, NC Looking Glass Creamery
Exploring North Carolina Mines of the Past: Gold and Coal, Thursday, November 8, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org Travel iconic British roads with Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison (All Creatures Great & Small) as Vintage Roads Great & Small debuts Thursday, November 8, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Rick Steves Special European Festivals Enjoy rich traditions, great food and fun. 8:30 TV Muse Art Abilities NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Meal Stacking with Chicken 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Salem Street Drum Company 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Eggs Two Dozen Ways EX Outside with Greg Aiello Boundary Peak 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Bug Museum 9:30 TV Southern Accents Gatlinburg, TN NC Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire The Pac-Rim Grill EX Curious Traveler Curious French Villages 10:00 TV Vintage Roads Great & Small Series Premiere! Tool around iconic British roads in a 1936 Morgan 4/4. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard The Bahamas 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Bug Museum 10:30 NC Our State Sculpting Glass/ Hillsborough/Bodie Island EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Vancouver, Canada 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Port Aransas: Fun on the Texas Coast DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Fiesta in the Yucatan: Maya Traditions
9 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Handmade: Crafts of the 18th Century 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Soul Food 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice: City of Dreams 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Estonia 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX 800 Words George throws himself into solving the missing head of Sir Frederick Weld’s statue. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Exploring North Carolina Report from the Birds 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts! Lexington Glass Works 9:00 TV Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music The von Trapp Family Singers’ escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism in this new production. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Thrown out of the house, Leslie goes to court; Theo and Spiros represent him. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise The Stakes Are High 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Rwanda: Among the Gorillas DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Panama: A City & a Canal
10 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Terry Sanford Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Bream Bed 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal MR17 Specks 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Bream Bed EX Exploring North Carolina Birds of Winter 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal MR17 Specks EX Exploring North Carolina Gone to Seed 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 EX North Carolina Weekend 8:50 EX Sci NC—Shorts Bug Museum 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC Muse Art Abilities EX My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang November | 9
evening&weekend listings 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Salem Street Drum Company 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina Weekend EX Blue Planet Coasts 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Bug Museum 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Somerset Place/Fort Bragg/ Siler City 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Muse Edwin Gil EX New Scandinavian Cooking Mackerel: The Shiny Bounty of Summer 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Bug Museum 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living Green Jobs NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Potter: Asheville’s Akira Satake EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Beetroot Salad with St. Tola Goats Cheese 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World The Power of a Seed To Change the World NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Parallelogram Plant Stand DV
EX Taste of History The Monticello Wine 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home No Passport Necessary DV NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill German Woodcraft in America DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen Meatballs Noon TV GardenSMART Country Home Era NC Growing a Greener World Mount Cuba Center: A Treasured Garden for Native Plants EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Milan and Lake Como 12:30 TV America’s Heartland American Wheat in Africa NC Ecosense for Living Environmental Justice EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Land of Sand 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Part 2
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NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Jackie Robinson All-Stars 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Zone NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Stretched to the Limit 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Jan Fabricius and Tim O’Brien play on Galapagos Bluegrass Underground, Saturday, November 10, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV. 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Youman’s Salute (1971) NC Classic Gospel NC Exploring Gospel Bluegrass HomeNorth Carolina coming, Volume 1 Report from the Birds EX Nature’s Treasure EX Travelscope Islands: A Journey to the Eastern Europe’s Treasures: UK Overseas Territories Budapest to Bucharest DV Atlantic Arks: Ascension, 1:30 NC My Home, NC Saint Helena & Tristan Salisbury’s Cheerwine 100th/Boone’s Piano Man/ 7:00 TV As Time Goes By A Deeply Personal Problem Summerville/Wilkesboro/ NC Songs at the Center Chapel Hill’s Sunrise Theo Perry & Jonathan ElBiscuit Kitchen/Winston’s liott (The Floorwalkers)/SaSalem’s NC Ninja/Nags vannah Buist/Katie Larson Head’s Historic Beach EX Are We There Yet? EX Burt Wolf: Ireland Travels & Traditions Dublin St. Augustine, FL 7:30 TV As Time Goes By 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Animal Magnetism Andalucia, Gibraltar NC Songwriters & Tangier Bill Anderson NC First in Future 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders EX Globe Trekker A Talent for Life, Part 2 Tough Trains: Cuba’s NC Song of the Mountains Sugar Railroads Bluegrass Sweethearts/ 2:30 TV Travelscope Mark Brine/Irene Kelley Madhya Pradesh, India: EX Vintage Roads India’s Rural Heart DV Great & Small NC Growing Bolder 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Life Advice from a Group Brown Mountain Lights of Musical Legends 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy 9:00 TV Doc Martin The Shock of the New The Master Penman NC Echo Sessions NC To the Contrary Music by The Secret with Bonnie Erbe B-Sides & Lyric National TV’s only women EX Secrets of centered news analysis Great British Castles show tackles hot topics. Arundel Castle EX Wild Ponies 9:30 NC Bluegrass of Chincoteague Underground A teen strives to buy her Tim O’Brien first foal at the annual wild 10:00 TV Remember Me pony swim and auction. Hannah’s nightmares fore 3:30 TV Rough Cut— shadow events, including Woodworking the appearance of Isha. with Tommy Mac NC Sun Studio Sessions Interior Stairs, Wall Frame, Elizabeth Cook Pop Up Side Walls EX Secrets of NC Firing Line with Highclere Castle Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Get the inside story of one of England’s most spec Net Zero Blanket: tacular country houses. Storage Bench
visit unctv.org 0:30 NC Lowertown Line 1 Haley Bonar 11:00 TV Coroner Crash Who left a teenage girl to die after a car crash? NC Austin City Limits Kacey Musgraves/ Lukas Nelson EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway, USA
EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Heat, Light& Electricity 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Hairlooms Author Michele Tapp Roseman NC Muse Cabaret Warsaw Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Zone 11 SUNDAY EX Travelscope 6 AM TV Nature Cat Port Aransas: Fun on NC Closer to Truth the Texas Coast DV New Visions of the Mind 12:30 TV NC SPIN EX History Detectives NC Legends of Airpower Jackie Robinson All-Stars John Alison 6:30 TV Wild Kratts EX Burt Wolf: NC Education Matters Travels & Traditions 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV On the Road in America, NC Firing Line with Part 2 Margaret Hoover 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s EX Antiques Roadshow Milk Street Television Santa Clara, Part 3 Taipei Cooking Lesson 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV NC Song of the Mountains NC Consuelo Mack Bluegrass Sweethearts/ WealthTrack Mark Brine/Irene Kelley 8:00 TV Curious George DV EX 800 Words NC Carolina George throws himself Business Review into solving the mystery EX Genealogy Roadshow of the missing head of the Providence Sir Frederick Weld statue. 8:30 TV Wild Kratts 1:30 TV Martha Bakes NC Firing Line with Cookies of the Netherlands Margaret Hoover 2:00 TV America’s 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Test Kitchen from Net Zero Blanket: Cook’s Illustrated Storage Bench Seafood Supper NC Washington Week NC Echo Sessions EX Crowd & the Cloud Music by The Secret Viral Vs. Virus DV B-Sides & Lyric 9:30 NC FRONT ROW EX Durrells in Corfu with Marc Rotterman Season 3 on Masterpiece 10:00 TV Exploring Thrown out of the house, North Carolina Leslie goes to court; Theo Mines of the Past: and Spiros represent him. Gold & Coal 2:30 TV Cook’s Country NC NC SPIN Tri-State Treats EX Impossible Builds NC Bluegrass The Floating House Underground 0:30 TV Muse 1 Tim O’Brien Art Abilities NC North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Geary & Lahoma Romocki—Going to School 10:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Salem Street Drum Company 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Geary & Lahoma Romocki—Going to School NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Season Premiere! The Outsiders: David David Sedaris kicks off a new season Sedaris, Priscilla Renea of Articulate with Jim Cotter, & Jeffrey Gibson Sunday, November 11, at 11 AM, on the North Carolina Channel.
3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Found Flavors NC Sun Studio Sessions Elizabeth Cook EX Death in Paradise The Stakes Are High 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Crazy for Mushrooms NC Lowertown Line Haley Bonar 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Mama’s Deserts NC First in Future EX Father Brown The Jackdaws Revenge 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Loreto: Baja’s Hidden Gem NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: The Exterminating Angel Thomas Ades’ surreal operatic fantasy centers on a dinner party from which guests cannot escape. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Father Brown The Brewer’s Daughter NC Black Issues Forum Hairlooms Author Michele Tapp Roseman 6:30 NC Black America Where Are We in America with Rebecca Carroll 7:00 TV Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 1 Sidney is suspected of murder; Geordie makes up his mind about who will hang. DV NC Africa’s Great Civilizations Commerce & the Clash of Civilizations DV 7:30 EX Figaro! Figaro! Actors and musicians perform Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in four rural communities in Nebraska. 8:00 TV Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Author Henry Miller visits; Sven faces police scrutiny for being gay. NC Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom Louis Gossett Jr. narrates this look at the USMC’s first African-American recruits. EX Nature Super Cats: Science & Secrets DV 9:00 TV Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece November | 11
evening&weekend listings Episode 7 The Warleggans’ domestic bliss is threatened. NC Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen See the inspiring story of African-American WWII soldiers. EX Nature’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories Southern Ocean: Falklands, British Antarctic Terri 10:00 TV Woman in White Episode 4 Count Fosco and Sir Percival’s sinister plan creates tragic results. NC Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th Discover a WWI unit of African-American soldiers from Illinois. EX Antarctica: Tales from the End of the World Seals, sea birds and emperor penguins make homes amid harsh conditions. 10:30 NC REEL SOUTH Counter Histories: Rock Hill 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State William Ivey Long/ Natural Connections with Doug Elliott EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Nile, Egypt 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Topsail Skating Rink/ Statesville’s Rescue Ranch/ Hendersonville’s Hot Dog World/Beulaville’s Football Heroes/Climax’s Goat Lady Dairy
12 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Heat, Light& Electricity 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake District & Durham 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life All Sunchoked Up EX Beyond Your Backyard Key West, FL 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Part 1 12 | November
Ann Curry meets Vietnam vet Dave Johnson on the second season premiere of We’ll Meet Again, Tuesday, November 13, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC Exploring North Carolina Mines of the Past: Gold & Coal EX Midsomer Murders Master Class, Part 2 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Life at the Top 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow The Civil War Years NC Sinking Cities Tokyo EX Capital We Want What You Have 10:00 TV Independent Lens The Cleaners Meet Filipino workers who monitor and delete offensive, pornographic and incendiary posts online. DV NC NOVA Ghosts of Murdered Kings Archaeologists in Ireland’s County Tipperary investigate the violent deaths of bog body victims. EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Jackie Robinson All-Stars 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
7:30 TV Flavor, NC Coon Rock Farm EX Rudy Maxa’s World St. Petersburg, Russia 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Season Premiere! Saved in Vietnam NC North Carolina Bookwatch Mark de Castrique— Hidden Scars EX Crowd & the Cloud Citizens4Earth DV 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez DV 9:00 TV Native America Cities of the Sky NC Muse Art Abilities EX 10 Homes that Changed America See transformative houses. 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Jim Garland/Tank & the Bangas/Ani DiFranco 10:00 TV Native America New World Rising NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Marcia Clark EX Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts 13 TUESDAY Premiere! Meet painters, 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour stone masons and artisans. NC BBC World News 10:30 NC Arts in Context America The Grit of Soul After a life EX Taste of Louisiana spent training for dance in with Chef John Folse & Co. China, Shen “Sunny” Jun Spanish Rule found his way to Austin, TX. 6:30 NC Nightly 11:00 TV Amanpour Business Report & Company EX Jacques Pepin: NC PBS NewsHour More Fast Food My Way EX Travelscope The Egg First! DV Rwanda: In Search of 7:00 TV Nightly Chimpanzees DV Business Report 11:30 EX In the Americas NC PBS NewsHour with David Yetman EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bahia: Brazil’s African Venice & Its Lagoon Connection
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EX tasteMAKERS Shelled Out Ian Jefferds 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour specializes in sustainable NC BBC World News shellfish farming, harvesting America oysters, clams and mussels. EX Native America 10:00 TV Sinking Cities Cities of the Sky London 6:30 NC Nightly NC REEL SOUTH Business Report Divided City Consider 7:00 TV Nightly the deep divisions about Business Report Confederate monuments. NC PBS NewsHour EX Joanne Weir EX Rick Steves’ Europe Gets Fresh European Travel Skills, Nuts Part 1 Get practical advice 10:30 NC REEL SOUTH for a fun, affordable and Soul City culturally broadening trip. EX To Dine for 7:30 TV Muse with Kate Sullivan Art Abilities Leila Janah, Social EX Outside Entrepreneur, Samasource with Greg Aiello 11:00 TV Amanpour Boundary Peak & Company 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts NC PBS NewsHour Salem Street Drum EX Rick Steves Special Company Luther & the Reformation 8:00 TV Nature Visit key sites related to the A Squirrel’s Guide to Reformation on its 500th Success See groundanniversary. breaking discoveries from some of the world’s top 15 THURSDAY squirrel scientists. DV NC Independent Lens 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Accidental Courtesy NC BBC World News An African-American America musician meets members EX Julie Taboulie’s of the KKK and attempts Lebanese Kitchen to change their minds. Magical Mezze Amidst EX Pati’s Mexican Table the Moonlight DV Road Trippin’ with 6:30 NC Nightly Javier Plascencia Business Report 8:30 EX Moveable Feast EX Mike Colameco’s with Fine Cooking Real Food Wisconsin East Williamsburg/ 9:00 TV NOVA Bushwick, Brooklyn Thai Cave Rescue See how 7:00 TV Nightly 12 young boys and their Business Report coach remarkably survived NC PBS NewsHour inside a flooded cave. EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Lidia’s Kitchen European Travel Skills, The Best Bar Food Part 2 9:30 NC An Unlikely Friendship 7:30 TV Our State Witness the surprising and Bat Cave/Azalea Festival/ transformative friendship Airlie Gardens between a KKK leader EX Rudy Maxa’s World and an outspoken black Buenos Aires, Argentina activist in Durham. 8:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Circumnavigating the Albemarle Sound NC Flavor, NC Bakers Peanuts EX Rick Steves Special Andalucia: The Best of Southern Spain Discover a rich mix of culture, cuisine, history and natural wonders. Celebrate Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts, Tuesday, November 13, at 10 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
8:30 TV Muse Cultural Identity: NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Cooking with Chef Chris Perry 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts International Delights 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Harvest Special Chef Vivian hosts a fantastic feast featuring quintessential Southern ingredients. EX Outside with Greg Aiello Alaska Marine Highway 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Infant Imaging 9:30 TV Southern Accents Pine Mountain, GA EX Curious Traveler Curious Dublin 10:00 TV Vintage Roads Great & Small NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Washington, DC 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Infant Imaging 10:30 NC Our State Weaverville/Pumpkin Delights/Stickbuilt EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Hill Country, TX 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Easter Island: Mysteries & Myths DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone
16 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Rochambeau’s Revolutionary Road 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Mom’s Saturday Staple 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Western Turkey 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Mendoza, Argentina
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evening&weekend listings 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX 800 Words After all the trouble with Shay, George has difficulty writing his column. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts! Southport 9:00 TV Great Performances: John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway Explore the actor’s theatrical showcase, Latin History for Morons. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Bad moods and bad luck threaten to end the Durrells’ Greek idyll. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Great Performances: In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams Follow the cast and creative team from the musical’s small start to its Tony Award-winning status. NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Written in Murder 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Hong Kong: Asia’s World City DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca
17 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Jesse Helms EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Early Bass 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Side Spanish 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Early Bass 14 | November
EX Exploring North Carolina Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Side Spanish EX Exploring North Carolina Women in Science 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV] NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 EX North Carolina Weekend 8:20 EX Sci NC—Shorts Infant Imaging 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC Muse Cultural Identity EX My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s Clothing/Rosalia Torres-Weiner—Artivist 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts International Delights 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina Weekend EX Rick Steves Special Andalucia: The Best of Southern Spain Discover a rich mix of culture, cuisine, history and natural wonders. 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Infant Imaging 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State The Whalehead Club/ Crowders Mountain/ Grace in Granite 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Muse Best of NC Arts EX New Scandinavian Cooking Many Flavors of Lamb 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Infant Imaging 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living Green Buildings NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Saddle Maker EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Roast Leg of Lamb & Mint 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Bats: Unsung Heroes for Gardeners & Growers NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Woodworking with Tillers International DV EX Taste of History Flavors of the Pinoleros
11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Super Foods; Super Recipes DV NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill The Sordid Blacksmith DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Dessert Table Noon TV GardenSMART World Traveler Plant Expert NC Growing a Greener World NYC’s High Line: A Thriving Diversity of Plants EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Sicily 12:30 TV America’s Heartland World Cattle Auctioneering Contest/Big Buffalo NC Ecosense for Living What Lies Beneath EX In the Americas with David Yetman Lake Superior: Circling the Sweet Water Ocean 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 EX Travelscope South Korea: A Winter Journey DV 1:30 NC My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Have a Healthy Trip 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Oslo NC First in Future EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Ireland 2:30 TV Travelscope Crossing the Swiss Alps DV NC Growing Bolder Leave the Past Behind & Start Growing Bolder 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Ceramist NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe EX Antarctica: Tales from the End of the World Seals, sea birds and emperor penguins make homes amid harsh conditions. 3:30 TV Rough Cut— Woodworking with Tommy Mac Ridge/Rafters/Knee Walls NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Modern Barn Raising: Tropical Yard
visit unctv.org EX Genealogy Roadshow Los Angeles 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Modern Barn Raising: Tropical Yard NC Washington Week EX Crowd & the Cloud Citizens4Earth DV 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Enjoy colorful music by Too Many Zooz on a new Echo Sessions, Saturday, Circumnavigating the November 17, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Albemarle Sound NC NC SPIN NC Echo Sessions NC FRONT ROW EX 10 Homes that Music by Too Many Zooz with Marc Rotterman Changed America EX Secrets of the EX History Detectives See transformative houses. Tower of London WB Cartoons/Galvez 10:30 TV Muse Learn surprising facts Papers/Mussolini Dagger Cultural Identity and unlock doors 4:30 NC NC SPIN NC North Carolina to secret rooms. 5:00 TV Carolina Bookwatch 9:30 NC Bluegrass Outdoor Journal Mark de Castrique— Underground Autumn Bite Hidden Scars Lettuce NC PBS NewsHour 10:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts 10:00 TV Remember Me Weekend International Delights EX David Attenborough’s The police question Tom. 11:00 TV North Carolina NC Sun Studio Sessions Natural Curiosities Bookwatch Leo “Bud” Welch A Curious Hoax? Mark de Castrique— EX Secrets of 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Hidden Scars Westminster Weekend NC Articulate Explore intrigue and tradi NC Washington Week with Jim Cotter tions behind the Houses of It’s All Between Their Ears: EX Nature’s Microworlds Parliament’s gothic walls. Serengeti Olivia Laing, Bill Fontana & 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show 10:30 NC Lowertown Line Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) Har Mar Superstar Thanksgiving (1981) EX Good Work: Masters 11:00 TV Great Performances: NC Classic Gospel of the Building Arts In the Heights: Chasing Bradley Walker, Call Me Meet painters, stone Broadway Dreams Old-Fashioned masons and artisans. Follow the cast and creative 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum EX Nature’s Treasure team from the musical’s Islands: A Journey to the Meet Sandra Dubose small start to its Tony UK Overseas Territories NC Muse Award-winning status. Southern Ocean: Falklands, Daniel Pullen: Coastal NC Austin City Limits British Antarctic Terri Photographer Janelle Monae 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Noon TV FRONT ROW EX Globe Trekker The Bathroom with Marc Rotterman Road Trip: Rust Belt NC Songs at the Center NC Carolina Highway 2, USA Tom Russell Outdoor Journal EX Are We There Yet? Autumn Bite Ireland EX Travelscope 18 SUNDAY Lady & Sir James Galway Rwanda: Among the 6 AM TV Nature Cat 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Gorillas DV NC Closer to Truth Surprising News 12:30 TV NC SPIN Analytic Theology NC Songwriters NC Legends of Airpower EX History Detectives Gretchen Peters Charles Lindbergh WB Cartoons/Galvez 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders EX Burt Wolf: Papers/Mussolini Dagger Death & Dreams, Part 1 Travels & Traditions Barnaby investigates an ap- 6:30 TV Wild Kratts On the Road in America, NC Education Matters parent suicide and reunites Part 3 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV with an old acquaintance. 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s NC Firing Line with NC Song of the Mountains Milk Street Television Margaret Hoover Flashback with Larry Cordle South African Bbq EX Antiques Roadshow EX Vintage Roads NC Song of the Mountains Charleston, Part 1 Great & Small Flashback with Larry Cordle 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV EX 800 Words NC Consuelo Mack Highland Brewing Company George tries to deal with WealthTrack 9:00 TV Doc Martin Shay in the wake of all the 8:00 TV Curious George It’s Good to Talk trouble and has difficulty NC Carolina writing his column. Business Review November | 15
evening&weekend listings 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Classic Italian Cookies 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Outsmarting Thanksgiving NC Echo Sessions Music by Too Many Zooz EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Bad moods and bad luck threaten to end the Durrells’ Greek idyll. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Holiday Roast & Potatoes NC Bluegrass Underground Lettuce 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Holiday Sides NC Sun Studio Sessions Leo “Bud” Welch EX Death in Paradise Written in Murder 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Winter Garden NC Lowertown Line Har Mar Superstar 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Thanksgiving NC First in Future EX Father Brown The Kembleford Dragon 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table La Paz: Heart of Baja Sur NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: L’Elisir d’Amore Catch Bartlett Sher’s deftly comedic and emotionally revealing production. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Father Brown The Hangman’s Demise NC Black Issues Forum Meet Sandra Dubose 6:30 NC Black America Expanding the Eye for Art History with Kellie Jones 7:00 TV Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 2 After a professor dies in a suspicious fall, a government agent warns Geordie to back off. DV NC Everyone Has a Place This toe-tapping, handclapping musical tapestry features a collaboration of jazz, gospel and vocals.
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7:30 NC Karamu: 100 Years in the House Visit Cleveland and explore, the oldest African-American theater in America. EX Shakespeare in the Shadows The Bard’s most intriguing characters come alive in this one-man show. 8:00 TV Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Leslie and Margo get news about their relationships; a circus comes to town. NC REEL SOUTH Shake ‘Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell EX Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to Success See groundbreaking discoveries from some of the world’s top squirrel scientists. DV 9:00 TV Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 8 Elizabeth hopes to convince George that Valentine is his; Ross must mend things with Demelza. NC Hines Farm Blues Club Discover one of the country’s premier blues clubs in the 1950s and ‘60s. EX Nature’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories To the Ends of the Earth: The Chagos Archipelago & 10:00 TV Woman in White Episode 5 Sir Percival’s secret is exposed; Walter risks all for the woman he loves. NC REEL SOUTH Gip EX Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks See the monuments, preserves and historic sites within the four major North American deserts. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC REEL SOUTH The Last Barn Dance EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Patagonia 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Salisbury’s Cheerwine 100th/Boone’s Piano Man/ Summerville/Wilkesboro/ Chapel Hill’s Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen/Winston’s Salem’s NC Ninja/Nags Head’s Historic Beach
19 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts Meet painters, stone masons and artisans. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 3 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Heavenly Hocks EX Beyond Your Backyard PA’s Great Outdoors Region 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Somethings Wild NC Exploring North Carolina Fords & Mills EX Midsomer Murders The Noble Art, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Naturalists 9:00 TV Catawbans Premiere! Explore the rich cultural history and present day economy of Hickory, Catawba County and surrounding Foothills region. NC Sinking Cities London EX Capital Drastic Measures 10:00 TV Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor An all-star cast of peers honors the 11-time Emmy winner. NC NOVA Last B-24 Underwater archaeologists investigate a bomber that crashed into the sea in 1940. EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives WB Cartoons/Galvez Papers/Mussolini Dagger 11:30 TV Amanpour on PBS
20 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Fort Los Adaes 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report
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EX Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way Fast Proof DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Goat Lady Dairy EX Rudy Maxa’s World Tokyo, Japan 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Surviving the Holocaust NC North Carolina Bookwatch Charlie Lovett— The Lost Book of the Grail EX African American Museum Go inside the Smithsonian’s African American Museum of History & Culture. 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature The God of Small Things DV 9:00 TV FRONTLINE Documenting Hate: New American Nazis Learn about a neo-Nazi group that actively recruited inside the US military. NC Muse Cultural Identity EX 10 Buildings that Changed America See groundbreaking works of art and engineering. 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Shara Nova 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Documenting Hate: Charlottesville Probe white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in the deadly 2017 rally. NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Tracy Letts Discover indigenous lands on the four-part Growing Native marathon, 4 to 8 PM, Thursday, November 22, on the Explorer Channel.
EX American Home: Frank Lloyd Wright’s B. Harley Bradley House Explore this house and its community. 10:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Neil deGrasse Tyson 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Riding the Range: Canada’s Southern Alberta DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman ABC Islands: The Dutch Legacy in the Caribbean
21 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Native America New World Rising 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Loire: Chateau Country 7:30 TV Muse Cultural Identity EX Outside with Greg Aiello Alaska Marine Highway
NC Independent Lens Ovarian Psycos Members of a bicycle brigade confront racism and violence. EX Pati’s Mexican Table The Godmother of Cabo Cuisine 8:30 EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Maria Loi’s Greek Feast 9:00 TV NOVA World’s Fastest Animal Learn how Peregrine Falcons achieve such incredible speed. NC POV 93Queen Meet an all-female volunteer ambulance corps in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn. EX Lidia’s Kitchen Pasta Party 9:30 EX tasteMAKERS Extracted Clay Oliver’s cold-pressed, unrefined oils are one of the South’s most sought-out ingredients. 10:00 TV Sinking Cities Miami EX Joanne Weir Gets Fresh Hearty Greens 10:30 NC Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote Follow the years of debate about women’s suffrage and the vote to ratify the 19th Amendment. EX To Dine for with Kate Sullivan Jim McIngvale, Philanthropist, Gallery Furniture 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Travel as a Political Act Ponder the importance of traveling in order to experience other cultures.
22 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People 7:30 TV Our State Pullen Park/Old Salem Bakery/West Jefferson November | 17
evening&weekend listings Meet Africa’s most endangered cat as Born To Explore: Namibia—Land of Cheetahs premieres Thursday, November 22, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
8:00 TV Exploring North Carolina 10 Places To Learn Tar Heel Natural Heritage NC Catawbans Explore the rich cultural history and present day economy of Hickory, Catawba County and surrounding Foothills region. EX Born To Explore: Namibia—Land of Cheetahs Premiere! Richard Wiese studies Africa’s most endangered cat. 8:30 TV Muse Arts Education 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Brown Mountain Lights 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Carolina Preserves Acclaimed Greensborobased artist William Mangum shares his rich paintings and stories. EX Outside with Greg Aiello The Chilkoot Trail 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Marsh Living 9:30 TV Here in This Place: A Celebration of NC State Parks Experience our state parks. EX Curious Traveler Curious Vienna 10:00 TV Catawbans Explore the rich cultural history and present day economy of Hickory, Catawba County and surrounding Foothills region. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Thanksgiving 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Marsh Living 10:30 NC Our State Living on Water/ Camden County Jail/ Playing by Heart EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Big Sur & Monterey, CA 11:00 TV Vintage Roads Great & Small NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Southern Ethiopia: Tribal Lands & Primeval People DV
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9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise The Healer 10:30 TV Muse Arts Education NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Northern Ethiopia: Ancient History, Spiritual Present DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Colombia: Capital & Coffee 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Bahian Reconcavo of Brazil: Quilombos, Candomble & the Mata Atlantica
23 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History A Sentimental Journey Through Nicaragua 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton New Year’s Traditions 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Israel 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Safari 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX 800 Words George tries to convince Shay to stay in Weld. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts! Kitty Hawk Kites 9:00 TV Great Performances: Harold Prince— The Director’s Life Witness the amazing career of the producer/director and winner of 21 Tonys. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Big plans are afoot, but the Durrells can’t decide whether to proceed.
24 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Jesse Helms EX Carolina Outdoor Journal 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal EX Exploring North Carolina Basin Basics 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal EX Exploring North Carolina Flatland Lakes 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today& Tomorrow, Part 3 EX North Carolina Weekend 8:20 EX Sci NC—Shorts Marsh Living 8:30 TV Curious George NC Muse Arts Education EX My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/ Mitchell’s Clothing/Rosalia Torres-Weiner, Artivist 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Brown Mountain Lights 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! Series Premiere NC North Carolina Weekend EX Born To Explore: Namibia—Land of Cheetahs Richard Wiese studies Africa’s most endangered cat.
visit unctv.org 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Marsh Living 9:30 NC Our State Riding the Rails/Mule Power/In-Tune 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Muse Damian Stamer EX New Scandinavian Cooking Food for a Viking 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Marsh Living 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living Ocean Health— Tales of Recovery NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Gun Maker EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Pumpkin Broth with Parsley Pesto 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Don’t Feed the Landfills— Denali, Alaska NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Henry Ford’s Museum Village DV EX Taste of History Handmade: Crafts of the 18th Century 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Leaders in the Field DV NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill The Governor’s Poboy DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen Slow Cooking Noon TV GardenSMART Picking the Best Trees NC Growing a Greener World Trading Cleats for Beets: NFL Player Goes NPK— Louisburg’s Jason Brown EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Classical Europe: Ancient Greece & Rome 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Arizona Draft Horse Vacation/Kentucky Sheep Roundup NC Ecosense for Living The Shape of Our Water EX In the Americas with David Yetman Nicaragua: Land of the Shaking Earth Emerges 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Part 1 NC Catawbans Explore the rich cultural history and present day economy of Hickory, Catawba County and surrounding Foothills region.
4:00 TV Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music The von Trapp Family Singers’ escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism in this new production. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Chicago Clock/Universal Friends/War Dog Letter CAMPAIGN 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Saturday, Weekend November 24 EX David Attenborough’s through Natural Curiosities Young Wrinkles Wednesday, 5:30 NC Washington Week December 5 EX Nature’s Microworlds Amazon Investigate hummingbirds, giant otters, leaf EX Travelscope eaters, fungi and more. Hungary, Austria & Germany: 6 PM NC Classic Gospel Sampling the Danube DV Circuit Rider 1:30 EX Burt Wolf: EX Nature’s Treasure Travels & Traditions Islands: A Journey to the Tea for Two UK Overseas Territories 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe To the Ends of the Earth: Norway’s West: Fjords, The Chagos Archipelago Mountains & Bergen & Pitcairn NC First in Future 6:30 TV Sarah Brightman: EX Globe Trekker Hymn Hawaii Premiere! Enjoy the uplift 2:30 TV Travelscope ing, new album from the Victoria, Australia DV popular British soprano. NC Growing Bolder Every Day Can Be a Victory 7:00 NC Songs at the Center 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy Dianna Corcoran/The Red Wine Effect/American The Fly Rod Makers Gypsy/Willie Phoenix NC To the Contrary EX Are We There Yet? with Bonnie Erbe Ireland EX Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks Galway 7:30 NC Songwriters See historic sites within Ray Stevens North America’s four 8:00 TV Neil Diamond: major deserts. Hot August Night III 3:30 TV Rough Cut— Premiere! Follow the hitWoodworking maker’s triumphant return with Tommy Mac to the Greek Theatre in Los Roofing, Rakes & Soffets Angeles in August 2012. NC Firing Line with NC Song of the Mountains Margaret Hoover Tribute & Memorial to Miss Dixie Hall: Dixie Trio/ Heather Berry & Tony Mabe/The RidgeRunners EX Vintage Roads Great & Small 9:00 NC Echo Sessions Music by Chalwa EX Secrets of Scotland Yard London’s police force sheds light on what it takes to become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.
Heavenly sounds abound on the premiere of Sarah Brightman: Hymn, Saturday, November 24, at 6:30 PM, on UNC-TV. November | 19
evening&weekend listings 9:30 TV ‘70s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s Motown, R&B and soul. NC Bluegrass Underground Kathy Mattea 10:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Stephen Kellogg EX Secrets of Underground London Explore the lost river fleet and more wonders. 10:30 NC Lowertown Line The 4onthefloor 11:00 NC Austin City Limits James Bay/ Rhiannon Giddens EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: The Transcontinental Railroad, USA
Discover Aging Backwards 2: Connective Tissue Revealed with Miranda Esmonde-White, premiering Sunday, November 25, at 4 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch Charlie Lovett— The Lost Book of the Grail 10:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Brown Mountain Lights 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Charlie Lovett— The Lost Book of the Grail NC Articulate 25 SUNDAY with Jim Cotter Redefining “Possible” with 6 AM TV Nature Cat Anthony Roth Costanzo, NC Closer to Truth Kory Stamper & Philosophy of the Bible Robert J. Lang EX History Detectives EX American Home: Chicago Clock/Universal Frank Lloyd Wright’s Friends/War Dog Letter B. Harley Bradley House 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Explore this house NC Education Matters and its community. 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum NC Firing Line with Roundtable: Bounds Margaret Hoover of Youth Sports EX Antiques Roadshow NC Muse Charleston, Part 2 A Little Weather: Hand 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Weaving by Jessica Green NC Consuelo Mack Noon TV FRONT ROW WealthTrack with Marc Rotterman 8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Business Review EX Genealogy Roadshow Jig Master EX Travelscope Providence Rwanda: In Search of 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Chimpanzees DV NC Firing Line with 12:30 TV NC SPIN Margaret Hoover NC Legends of Airpower 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero from the Ground Jackie Cochran EX Burt Wolf: Up: Window Repair Travels & Traditions NC Washington Week Making a Restaurant, Part 1 EX African American 1:00 TV Catawbans Museum Go inside the Smithsonian’s Explore the rich cultural history and present day African American Museum economy of Hickory, of History & Culture. Catawba County and sur 9:30 NC FRONT ROW rounding Foothills region. with Marc Rotterman NC Song of the Mountains 10:00 TV Exploring Tribute & Memorial to Miss North Carolina Dixie Hall: Dixie Trio/ 10 Places To Learn Tar Heel Heather Berry & Tony Natural Heritage Mabe/The RidgeRunners NC NC SPIN EX 800 Words EX 10 Buildings that George tries to convince Changed America Shay to stay in Weld. See groundbreaking works of art and engineering. 10:30 TV Muse Get the final word to Feel Better Arts Education Fast & Make It Last with Daniel Amen, MD, premiering Sunday, November 25, at 5 PM, on UNC-TV.
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2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Hearty One Pot Meals NC Echo Sessions Music by Chalwa EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Big plans are afoot, but the Durrells can’t decide whether to proceed. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Pub-style Seafood NC Bluegrass Underground Kathy Mattea 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Amalfi Lemons NC Sun Studio Sessions Stephen Kellogg EX Death in Paradise The Healer 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Special Occasion NC Lowertown Line The 4onthefloor 4:00 TV Aging Backwards 2: Connective Tissue Revealed with Miranda Esmonde-White Premiere! Discover the amazing clout of the vital tissue around every muscle, nerve, cell, bone and organ. NC Catawbans Explore the rich cultural history and present day economy of Hickory, Catawba County and surrounding Foothills region. EX Father Brown The Angel of Mercy 5:00 TV Feel Better Fast & Make It Last with Daniel Amen, MD Premiere! Unlock your brain’s healing potential to overcome negativity, anxiety, anger, stress and trauma. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: La Bohème Puccini’s timeless masterpiece stars soprano Nicole Car in her Met debut. 5:30 NC BBC Newsnight
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6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Roundtable: Bounds of Youth Sports 6:30 TV Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III Catch the hitmaker’s triumphant 2012 return to LA’s Greek Theatre. NC Black America The First Transgendered Model with Tracey Norman 7:00 NC Caged Bird: The Life & Music of Florence B. Price Discover the life and work of the inspiring AfricanAmerican composer. 7:30 EX Opera Reimagined: Animating the Cunning Little Vixen See the Cleveland Orchestra’s unique production of the Janáček classic. 8:00 TV Peter, Paul & Mary at Newport 1963-65 Relive songs you know and love, and some you didn’t know you knew! NC Jazz Ambassadors Dizzy Gillespie and more jazz greats fought racially charged Soviet propaganda through their music. EX Nature Dogs in the Land of Lions DV
9:00 NC Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band Follow the life, career and legacy of the innovative and prolific jazz pianist, composer and Duke University artist-in-residence. EX Nature’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories Fragments of Paradise: Caribbean, Mediterranean & the Future
9:30 TV Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers— Live from Gainesville Premiere! This sold-out 2006 homecoming show celebrates the band’s 30th anniversary and features Stevie Nicks on Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around and other big hits. 10:00 NC In Tune: The Ben Tucker Story Meet an African-American bass player who changed the face of Savannah. EX Engadin— Switzerland’s Wilderness Discover the country’s first and only wildlife reserve, founded in 1914. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Mule Rider/Bodie Island Lighthouse EX Globe Trekker Nigeria 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO
26 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX American Home: Frank Lloyd Wright’s B. Harley Bradley House Explore this house and its community.
6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Native America From Caves to Cosmos 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Mayo—The Mother Sauce 8:00 TV Great Performances: Michael Bublé—Tour Stop 148 Tour backstage and enjoy Bublé’s biggest hits from this sold-out tour. NC Exploring North Carolina Cradle of Forestry EX Midsomer Murders The Noble Art, Part 2 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Edge of Life 9:00 NC Sinking Cities Miami EX Bletchley Circle Cracking a Killer’s Code: Part 1 A former WWII codebreaker enlists her old squad to catch a serial killer. 9:30 TV Ken Burns: The Civil War Get an in-depth overview and interviews as the war comes alive in this landmark documentary. 10:00 NC NOVA Thai Cave Rescue Explore the remarkable rescue of 12 young boys and their coach stranded inside a flooded cave in Thailand. EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Chicago Clock, Universal Friends, War Dog Letter
27 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Los Islenos 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way Brussel Sprout Love DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Palestine
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evening&weekend listings 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Goodnight Brothers Ham/ Gamekeeper Restaurant EX Rudy Maxa’s World Edinburgh & the Scottish Highlands 8:00 TV Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Celebrate the children’s series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Kathleen Burkinshaw— The Last Cherry Blossom EX 10 Streets that Changed America A tour of engineering feats that made our civilization possible focuses on streets in America. 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature The 1001 Nights DV 9:00 NC Muse Arts Education EX 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America Take a whirlwind tour of engineering feats that made our civilization possible. 9:30 TV Peter, Paul & Mary at Newport 1963-65 Relive songs you know and love, and some you didn’t know you knew! NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Shannon Hale/Wu Han/ Banda Magda 10:00 NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Tom Jones EX 10 Monuments That Changed America Explore surprising stories behind some favorites. 10:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Bobby Sanabria 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Land Without Limits: The Cariboo-Chilcotin-Coast DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Sierra Nevada and the Making of California
28 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Wild Ponies of Chincoteague A teen strives to buy her first foal at the annual wild pony swim and auction.
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6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre 7:30 TV Muse Arts Education EX Outside with Greg Aiello The Chilkoot Trail 7:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Brown Mountain Lights 8:00 TV Nature Snow Bears Travel to the Arctic to follow the lifechanging journey of two newborn polar bear cubs. NC Soldier On: Life After Deployment Three women confront the challenges of readjusting to civilian life after their military service. DV EX Pati’s Mexican Table Los Cabos by Land & Sea 8:30 EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking San Luis Obispo 9:00 NC War Zone/ Comfort Zone Four women veterans share personal stories of coping with life after military service. EX Lidia’s Kitchen Northern Italian Comforts 9:30 TV Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III Follow the hitmaker’s triumphant return to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in August 2012. EX tasteMAKERS Warm & Wooly 10:00 NC Independent Lens Served Like a Girl Women rebuild their lives with heart and humor in the Ms. Veteran America Competition. DV
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10:30 EX To Dine for with Kate Sullivan José Andres, Chef & Philanthropist 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company EX Rick Steves Special European Festivals Enjoy rich traditions, great food and fun. 11:30 NC PBS NewsHour
29 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Fish, Spice & Everything Nice DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Red Hook, Brooklyn 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Veneto: Verona, Padua & Ravenna 7:30 TV Our State French Broad River, Biltmore House, Aquarium EX Rudy Maxa’s World London 8:00 TV The Chairmen LI V E at V! of the Board UNC-T Join these superstars of shag—LIVE—in the studio as they perform some of their biggest beach music hits! In exclusive interviews, Ken Knox and The Chairmen of the Board share stories from their long career and live performances of such classics as Carolina Girls! NC Flavor, NC Cobblestone Farmers Market EX Great Continental Railway Journeys Transylvania to the Black Sea
visit unctv.org 8:30 NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Black & Blue Stacking 9:00 NC A Chef’s Life Stop, Squash & Roll EX Outside with Greg Aiello Iceland 9:30 NC Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire One Good Turn EX Curious Traveler Curious Yorkshire 10:00 TV Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player Mark Knopfler, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson celebrate the guitar virtuoso. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Beyond Your Backyard Bryan-College Station, TX 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to Bee Health
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PM TV PBS NewsHour 6 NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Best of Jamaica 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton German Heritage 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Netherlands Beyond Enjoy the rhymin’ sounds of Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park, Friday, Amsterdam November 30, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World 10:30 NC Our State Uzbekistan Soldier’s Story/Trail of Trust 8:00 TV Washington Week EX Samantha Brown’s NC North Carolina Places To Love Weekend Xi’an, China EX 800 Words 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour George and Arlo scheme to EX Travelscope return Shay from Sydney. Sechseläuten: Switzerland’s 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Spring Festival DV with Marc Rotterman 11:30 TV Amanpour NC Exploring & Company North Carolina EX In the Americas Water in NC: Yesterday, with David Yetman Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 Brazil’s Land of Sand 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts! Zuma Coffee 9:00 TV Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park Premiere! Join this legendary artist for a trip through his The broadcast of your favorite UNC-TV programming extensive songbook. is made possible, in part, by the generous support NC FRONT ROW of businesses and organizations like the following: with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu Season 2 on Masterpiece Blackhawk Hardware Louisa meets a handsome Catawba College fellow Brit, but her landlady Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle suddenly turns hostile. 9:30 NC Washington Week Clegg’s Pest Control 10:00 NC NC SPIN East Carolina University EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Day First Citizens Bank of the Dead Gibsonville Antiques & Collectibles 10:30 NC Firing Line with Hardwood Store of NC Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour McDowell Tourism Authority & Company Old Edwards Inn NC PBS NewsHour Outer Banks Visitors Bureau EX Travelscope Dreamin’ California’s Coast: Pitt Community College Foundation Malibu to Big Sur DV SAS 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Sleepy Poet Lake Superior: Circling St. Joseph of the Pines the Sweet Water Ocean
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