09/2019 Hozier on Front & Center • Future of America’s Past • Block Party Stars Sid the Science Kid
A STORY OF AMERICA, ONE SONG AT A TIME.
From deep, tangled roots to worldwide popularity, country music gets its Ken Burns due with 16 hours of never-before-seen footage, images and interviews with 80-plus performers— including several from our state—premiering September 15! And don’t miss the September 8 debut of UNC-TV’s own In Studio: Country Music, with country-inspired concerts by The Kruger Brothers, Tift Merritt and Rissi Palmer.
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ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 6 AM Cyberchase 7:00 Arthur DV Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Sid the Science Kid (weekends, until 10 AM) 7:30 Odd Squad 8:00 Ready Jet Go! 8:30 Peg + Cat
9:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog 9:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Super WHY! (weekends: Esme & Roy) 11:00 WordWorld (weekends: Super WHY!) 11:30 Splash & Bubbles Noon Sid the Science Kid 12:30 Caillou
A PORT CITY SPECTACULAR! Rootle Brings the Block Party to Wilmington! Join Read-a-roo and her PBS KIDS friends in Wilmington this month for a free, music-filled day of concerts, hands-on activities and more! Stay tuned to Rootle for the scoop and check out unctv.org/rootle for more details!
WELCOME ESME & ROY! New Series Comes to Weekends on Rootle! Esme and Roy are best friends—and Monsterdale’s best monstersitters! In this new animated series from the makers of Sesame Street, little viewers venture into a colorful world where even the littlest monsters can overcome big challenges together. Catch Esme & Roy on Rootle’s weekend lineup!
GET STOKED FOR SCIENCE! Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Sid the Science Kid returns to Read-a-roo’s Block Party with tons of fun of the scientific sort! Grab your magnifier and join Sid, along with curious classmates Gerald, May and Gabriela, to tackle questions about science and why things work the way they do.
1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Sid the Science Kid (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Martha Speaks 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 4:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 4:30 Dinosaur Train DV 5:00 Let’s Go Luna 5:30 Nature Cat 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:30 Molly of Denali 8:00 Odd Squad 8:30 Arthur DV 9:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 WordGirl 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 12 M The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 12:30 Dinosaur Train DV 1:00 Let’s Go Luna 1:30 Nature Cat 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:30 Molly of Denali 4:00 Odd Squad DV 4:30 Arthur DV 5:00 Ready Jet Go! 5:30 WordGirl
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evening&weekend listings 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Lee Smith & 6 AM TV Nature Cat Samia Serageldin: NC Closer to Truth Mothers & Strangers Mind in the World: A NC North Carolina Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus Bookwatch Special EX Finding Your Roots John Grisham & Gene The Long Way Home with Nichol: Unheard Voices Julianna Marguiles, Azar EX Are We There Yet? Nafisi & Lidia Bastianich DV Ireland 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Lady & Sir James Galway NC Education Matters 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Learn about key issues Enhancing Black Communiaffecting education in NC. ties & Living, Part 2 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Story in the NC First in Future Public Square Maurice Green Julie Keller EX Antiques Roadshow Noon TV FRONT ROW Fort Worth, Part 2 with Marc Rotterman 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s NC Carolina Neighborhood DV Outdoor Journal NC ncIMPACT Deep Water Bass Human Trafficking/Triad EX Travelscope 8:00 TV Curious George DV Following the Reformation NC Carolina Trail in Switzerland & Business Review Germany DV Chris William and his 12:30 TV NC SPIN guests discuss business NC Fishing news in the Carolinas. Behind the Lines EX We’ll Meet Again A Wild Day of Muskies, Fight for Women’s Rights Part 2 8:30 TV Wild Kratts EX Burt Wolf: NC Firing Line with Travels & Traditions Margaret Hoover Gone Fishing: Palm Beach, Bright minds and fresh Part 1 voices debate important 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s challenges. Milk Street Television 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Singapore Satay, Designing Their Dream Soup & Sling Home/Robotic Construction NC Song of the Mountains NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze Eli Cook/Scott Fore/Mark Kuykendall/Bobby Hicks & major news and events. Asheville Bluegrass EX Discovering Britain EX Atlantis New Forest White Lies 9:30 NC FRONT ROW 1:30 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food with Marc Rotterman Busy Mom Seeks...Help The political analyst and 2:00 TV America’s his guests discuss public Test Kitchen from affairs and policy issues. Cook’s Illustrated 10:00 TV Exploring The Perfect Cake North Carolina NC Sun Studio Sessions Fort Bragging Rights Southern Avenue NC NC SPIN EX Poldark Season 3 Tom Campbell and his on Masterpiece guests share informative, Episode 6 Rev. Whitworth balanced debate for the puts Morwenna through Old North State. the tortures of the damned. EX Vintage Roads 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Great & Small A30: London to Land’s End BBQ Brisket & Fritters NC Echo Sessions 10:30 TV Muse Aaron Woody Wood/ Performing Arts: Sufi Brothers/King Zeros Lucas Meachem Opera 3:00 TV Sara’s Singer/Jeremy Skidmore/ Weeknight Meals Sheltering Sky Mid-East Eats NC North Carolina NC Infinity Hall Live Bookwatch The Revivalists Nicholas Sparks: EX Jamestown The Notebook Jocelyn forges a surprising, 10:50 TV Sci NC—Shorts new connection. Sturgeon Show
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3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen What’s Baking 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Jambalaya Fest NC Austin City Limits Zac Brown Band EX Father Brown The Flower of the Fairway 4:30 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless A Place of Deeply Rooted Innovation 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Coroner That’s the Way To Do It 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT McDowell County 5:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts La Farm Bakery 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Blood on the Saddle, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black Communities & Living, Part 2 EX Death in Paradise Murder from Above 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African-American Men & Boys Fine Arts & Artists 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Salem St. Drum Company 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders Blood on the Saddle, Part 2 NC Finding Your Roots No Laughing Matter with Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro & Sarah Silverman EX Shetland A suspect emerges in a young man’s grisly death. 7:50 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Pittsboro 8:00 TV Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Episode 1 When a charming spy novelist dies, his wife unravels his real story. NC Carolina Preserves William Mangum’s art and notable citizens’ reflections celebrate our state. EX When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time Clues from the fossil record and technology offer exciting, new discoveries. 9:00 TV Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Episode 2 Determined to learn the truth, Alison finds herself amid a mystery.
visit unctv.org NC Sing Behind the Plow: John C. Campbell Folk School See how a charismatic pair imported the Danish folk school concept. 10:00 TV Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Episode 3 Alec’s handler drops a bombshell, but is it the truth or another lie? NC Tour 64: North Carolina’s Heritage Highway Travel NC’s historic scenic byway. EX NOVA The Planets: Ice Worlds 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT McDowell County EX Antiques Roadshow Fort Worth, Part 2 11:20 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Historic Beach Cottage Row 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC The Legend of the Roan Mountain Ghost Choir/ Kai Lightner: World Champion Rock Climber/ Mitchell Hardware 11:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Lansing Profile
2 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Lady & Sir James Galway 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news. 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Eggs Two Dozen Ways EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of North Lake Tahoe 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Birds of Winter EX Coroner The Fisherman’s Tale
Members of a young family work to resurrect their grandfather’s farm on POV Farmsteaders, Monday, September 2, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England DV 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Apple Brandy Beef— North Wilkesboro EX Travelscope Ireland: The West Is Best DV 8:00 TV Mine Wars: American Experience Explore the bitter battle to unionize coal miners as the 20th century dawned. DV NC North Carolina Bookwatch Delia Owens: Where the Crawdads Sing EX Discovering Britain Dover 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square Julie Keller 9:00 NC Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/Etched Earth Designs/G. Yamazawa EX Vintage Roads Great & Small Cardiff to Snowdonia 9:20 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Pittsboro Folk Art 9:30 NC Comic Culture Steve Lightle 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Trump’s Trade War NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Redefining Possible EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Galway 10:30 NC On Story Kevin McDonald 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Uncovering South Korea DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Working Coast of British Columbia
8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Gone to Seed 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Part 1 NC My Home, NC Topsail Skating Rink/Rescue Ranch/Goat Lady Dairy EX Death in Paradise The Stakes Are High 9:30 NC Muse What’s Old Is New: Art-o-mat/Quilla/A/V Geeks 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Muddy Creek Café 10:00 TV POV Farmsteaders NC Sci NC Critters EX Shetland Old ghosts haunt Perez. 10:20 NC Muse—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 10:30 NC ncIMPACT McDowell County 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Historic Beach Cottage Row 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist and top peers explore today’s topics. 4 WEDNESDAY NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour The Long Way Home with NC BBC World News Julianna Marguiles, Azar America Nafisi & Lidia Bastianich DV EX NOVA Lethal Seas 3 TUESDAY 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 7:00 TV Nightly NC BBC World News Business Report America NC PBS NewsHour EX Confucius EX Rick Steves’ Europe Was a Foodie Lisbon DV Celebrations, Ceremonies & the Dumpling
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evening&weekend listings 7:30 TV Muse Community Art: Greensboro Mural/Skateboard Park/FanDames Initiative EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Cyprus: Cleopatra’s Secret Island 7:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Mitchell Hardware 8:00 TV Animal Babies: First Year on Earth Testing Limits NC Searching for a Fix See how lethal opioid overdoses affect NC families. EX New Scandinavian Cooking Island Treats 8:30 EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Sea Bass/Mushrooms/ Chicken/Pineapple 9:00 TV NOVA Rise of the Superstorms EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Shrimp Fest NC A Crisis: NC’s Opioid Battle State leaders share the fight against opioid addiction. 9:30 EX Taste of History Flavors of the Pinoleros 10:00 TV Magical Land of Oz Ocean EX Confucius Was a Foodie Noodles: Long for Life, Food of Legends NC Understanding the Opioid Epidemic See how the opioid epidemic affects communities. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Seeing the Pattern 11:30 EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Virgin Birth
5 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX New Scandinavian Cooking Grain for Food 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special Hillsborough author Frances Mayes shares an exclusive tour of her villa. 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour 6 | September
Meet the Tucker family, whose ancestry goes back to the first AfricanAmerican child born in British North America, on Future of America’s Past, premiering Thursday, September 5, at 9:30 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Skeleton of North Carolina EX Travelscope Taiwan: The Culture of Tea
0:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts 1 Raptor Center 10:30 NC Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/Etched Earth Designs/G. Yamazawa EX Born To Explore DV with Richard Wiese 8:00 TV ncIMPACT NC: Bears, Gators & Wolves Human Trafficking/Triad 10:50 NC North Carolina NC Flavor, NC Weekend—Shorts Goodnight Brothers Ham/ Pittsboro Folk Art Gamekeeper Restaurant 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company EX Travelscope NC PBS NewsHour Taiwan—Mountain Beauty, EX Travelscope Villages & Cultures San Francisco’s Changing 8:20 TV My Home, NC— Neighborhood DV Shorts 11:30 EX In the Americas Ronnie Hughes, Glass Artist with David Yetman 8:30 TV Muse Brazil: The Diamond Range Season Premiere! Diverse Voices: Cornelio 6 FRIDAY Campos/Etched Earth Designs/G. Yamazawa 5:30 TV BBC World News NC Around the Farm Table America Garlic: The Stinking Rose EX Joanne Weir’s EX Today’s Wild West Plates & Places Chuckwagon Ride/Rawhide Moroccan Salads Ranch/Artist Echo Ukraine 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 8:50 TV North Carolina NC BBC World News Weekend—Shorts America Pittsboro Folk Art EX Taste of History 9:00 TV Power of Sharing George Washington’s Premiere! Celebrate the Whiskey outstanding impact of non- 6:30 NC Nightly profits in our communities. Business Report NC A Chef’s Life The World Is Your Oyster EX Weekends with Yankee Adventures in New England 9:30 NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Holiday EX The Future of America’s Past Premiere! Freedom’s Fortress 10:00 NC North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend. EX Beyond Your Verity wants a baby, but needs help Backyard on Jamestown, Friday, September 6, at 9 PM, on the Explorer Channel. The Azores
visit unctv.org EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Shrimp Fest 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos & Rhodes DV 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Taiwan: Forgotten People DV
8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 George triumphs, yet his relationship with Elizabeth collapses. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Synthetic Skin 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking/Triad 8:50 \NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Beaufort Grocery 9:00 TV Live from Lincoln Center: Odyssey Chamber Music Society in Greece Chamber Music Society musicians perform signature works in iconic settings. DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Jamestown Verity wants a baby, but her drunken husband is no help. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Atlantis The Song of the Sirens 10:30 TV Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake More than 130 musicians performed at this Oregon national park in July 2016. NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
7 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Biographical Conversations with Betty McCain Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal River Flounder 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV
It’s time to get growing with Joe Lamp’l and Growing a Greener World‘s 10th season, Saturday, September 7, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan The Great Plains: An Ever Changing Tapestry 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal River Flounder EX Exploring North Carolina NC’s Other Ocean 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Almanac Gardener Adams Vineyard at Willow Springs/Tips on Growing Heirloom Tomatoes EX The Future of America’s Past Freedom’s Fortress 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Invaders Among Us EX Magical Land of Oz Land 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/Etched Earth Designs/G. Yamazawa 8:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Pittsboro Folk Art 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Luzon: The Volcanic North 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Black Bear Study 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking/Triad 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts River Forest Manor
10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/ Mitchell’s Clothing/Rosalia Torres-Weiner, Artivist EX New Scandinavian Cooking Island Treats 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Synthetic Skin NC Sci NC—Shorts Oyster Reef Building 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Human Trafficking/Triad NC Folkways Potters at Seagrove, Part 2 EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Sea Bass/Mushrooms/ Chicken/Pineapple 10:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Kudzu Goat Brigade 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Season Premiere! Don’t Feed the Landfills NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill A Crutch in Time EX Taste of History The Best of St. Lucia 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Pay It Forward NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Sword Smith EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Life on the Pahang River Noon TV GardenSMART An expert shares ideas and tips for a gorgeous garden. NC Growing a Greener World Working with Nature or a Sustainable Landscape Design EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Mexico City & Ixtapa 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Strange Henhouses & Unusual Fish Recipes NC Almanac Gardener Adams Vineyard at Willow Springs/Tips on Growing Heirloom Tomatoes EX In the Americas with David Yetman Galapagos: The Great Climatic Seesaw 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina Invaders Among Us EX Travelscope Istanbul—At the Crossroads of History DV September | 7
evening&weekend listings 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains ETSU Old-Time Ramblers/ Amanda Cook Band NC Classic Gospel Gaither Vocal Band: We Have this Moment 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Surprising News NC Sun Studio Sessions Delta Music Experience, Part 1 EX NOVA It’s no mystery why it’s season 15 for The Planets: Ice Worlds Midsomer Murders, premiering 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Saturday, September 7, at 8 PM, on Future Imperfect UNC-TV. NC Echo Sessions Music by Naughty 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Professor Grizzlies, Wolves & the 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Endangered Species Act The Dark Rider, Part 1 EX Curious Traveler NC Song of the Mountains Curious Quebec City Charly Markwart/Paul 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Williams & The Victory Trio/ The Heart of England DV The Chuckwagon Gang NC First in Future EX Jazz Grant Godwin Risk (1945-1955) EX Discovering Britain 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Dover Shorts 2:30 TV Samantha Brown’s Kudzu Goat Brigade Places to Love 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Charleston, SC The Dark Rider, Part 2 NC Story in the NC Front & Center Public Square Hozier Julie Keller 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy 9:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts The Duck Decoy Maker: Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel Durham’s Master Carver 10:00 TV Father Brown Ben Heinemann The Great Train Robbery NC To the Contrary NC Infinity Hall Live with Bonnie Erbé National TV’s only women- The Weight Band EX Jackie Robinson centered news analysis Part 2 Robinson speaks out show tackles hot topics. against injustice, alienating EX Vintage Roads many former supporters. DV Great & Small 1 0:50 TV Muse—Shorts Cardiff to Snowdonia 3:30 TV American Woodshop Abby the Spoon Lady 11:00 TV Hinterland Stanton Tools Mathias must return to the NC Firing Line with front line after an arson Margaret Hoover attack on a farmhouse. 4:00 TV This Old House Hour NC Austin City Limits Powering Net Zero/ Trombone Shorty & Concrete Walkway Orleans Avenue NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 8 SUNDAY EX Are We There Yet? Ireland 6 AM TV Nature Cat Galway NC Closer to Truth 4:30 NC NC SPIN Evolution & Theology 5:00 TV Carolina EX Finding Your Roots Outdoor Journal Maps of Stars with Dustin Smallmouth Drift Hoffman & Mia Farrow DV NC PBS NewsHour 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Weekend NC Education Matters EX When Whales Walked: 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Journeys in Deep Time NC First in Future Clues from the fossil record Nelle Hotchkiss and technology offer excit EX Antiques Roadshow ing, new discoveries. Fort Worth, Part 3 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Weekend Neighborhood DV NC Washington Week 8 | September
Hozier kicks off the ninth season of Front & Center, Saturday, September 7, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ Jackson County 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX Family Pictures USA North Carolina Photos, and the stories behind them, reveal how our state is rapidly changing. 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Powering Net Zero/ Concrete Walkway NC Washington Week EX Discovering Britain Dover 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Two Lakes & a Pond NC NC SPIN EX Vintage Roads Great & Small Cardiff to Snowdonia 10:30 TV Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/Etched Earth Designs/G. Yamazawa NC North Carolina Bookwatch Nicholas Sparks: Every Breath 10:50 TV Sci NC—Shorts Ginseng Poaching 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Delia Owens— Where the Crawdads Sing NC Comic Culture Tom Lyle EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Galway 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 1 NC Story in the Public Square William Taubman Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
visit unctv.org NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Smallmouth Drift EX Travelscope Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & Germany DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Canadian Friends EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Gone Fishing—Palm Beach, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television West African Weeknight Supper NC Song of the Mountains Charly Markwart/Paul Williams & The Victory Trio/ The Chuckwagon Gang EX Atlantis The Song of the Sirens 1:30 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Say Yes to Chocolate 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Chinese Favorites NC Front & Center Hozier EX Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 George triumphs, yet his relationship with Elizabeth collapses. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Italian Comfort Food Classics 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Cooks & Books NC Infinity Hall Live The Weight Band EX Jamestown Verity wants a baby, but her drunken husband is no help. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Summertime Fun 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Rice Fest NC Austin City Limits Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue EX Father Brown The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau 4:30 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Chocolate Dreams, Cacao Fantasies 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Coroner The Fisherman’s Tale
NC’s Rhiannon Giddens performs on Country Music: Live at the Ryman—A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns, Sunday, September 8, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
9:30 NC Lumina: Remembering the Light Discover a legendary, longlost site for fun summers at Wrightsville Beach. 10:00 TV In Studio: Country Music Premiere! The Kruger Brothers EX Wonders of Mexico 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Forests of the Maya Weekend NC White Lake: NC ncIMPACT Remembering the Human Trafficking/Triad Nation’s Safest Beach 5:50 NC North Carolina This small lake town of 800 Weekend—Shorts year-round residents once Lansing Profile entertained more than 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders 10,000 visitors per day. The Dark Rider, Part 1 10:30 TV In Studio: NC Black Issues Forum Country Music HBCU Special, Part 1 Tift Merritt EX Death in Paradise 11:00 TV EastEnders The Stakes Are High NC ncIMPACT 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: Human Trafficking/Triad African-American EX Antiques Roadshow Men & Boys Fort Worth, Part 3 Already Doing It 11:20 NC My Home, NC— 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Shorts Goat Lady Dairy Kudzu Goat Brigade 11:30 TV EastEnders 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders NC My Home, NC The Dark Rider, Part 2 Digital Diva Doing Good: NC Finding Your Roots Khalia Braswell/Joe Pen Hard Times with Michael land: Musical Storyteller Moore, Laura Linney & 11:50 NC North Carolina Chloë Sevigny Weekend—Shorts EX Shetland Nags Head Woods Old ghosts haunt Perez. 7:50 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Kinston 9 MONDAY 8:00 TV Country Music: 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Live at the Ryman— NC BBC World News A Concert Celebrating America the Film by Ken Burns EX Are We There Yet? Premiere! Brenda Lee, Ireland Rosanne Cash, Dwight Galway Yoakam, Dierks Bentley, 6:30 NC Nightly Rhiannon Giddens and Business Report more stars perform. 7:00 TV Nightly NC Outer Banks Business Report NC’s Coastal Treasure NC PBS NewsHour EX Magical Land of Oz EX Rick Steves’ Europe Land Travel Skills: Cruising DV 8:20 NC My Home, NC— 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Shorts Historic Beach Cottage Row Stop, Squash & Roll EX Travel Detective 8:50 NC My Home, NC— with Peter Greenberg Shorts Topsail Beach Skating Rink Hidden Gems of Riviera Nayarit 9:00 NC The Hammocks 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Follow the park’s history, from private hunting camp, Palm Springs, Part 2 NC Exploring to African-American beach North Carolina resort, to one of NC’s most pristine coastal state parks. Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game EX Coroner EX Wild Philippines Gilt with Nigel Marven Luzon: The Volcanic North September | 9
evening&weekend listings 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Women in Science 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Part 3 NC My Home, NC Cheerwine 100th/Piano Man/Summerville/Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen/NC Ninja/ Historic Beach Cottages EX Death in Paradise Written in Murder 9:30 NC Muse Arts in Community: Bryant Holsenbeck, Environmental Artist/DREAMS of Wilmington/12 Note Music Program 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Beaufort Grocery 10:00 TV POV Grit After a tsunami of mud submerged her town, Dian galvanized neighbors to demand reparations. NC Sci NC Unexpected Finds in NC EX Shetland All the team is under threat. 10:20 NC Muse—Shorts Medical Wigs 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Human Trafficking/Triad 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Goat Lady Dairy 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Maps of Stars with Dustin Hoffman & Mia Farrow DV
10 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Confucius Was a Foodie Noodles: Long for Life, Food of Legends 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals I: Siena’s Palio Horse Race, Scottish Highland Games & Carnevale in Venice DV 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Carrigan Farms, Mooresville EX Travelscope Greece: Cruising the Isles DV
8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Southern Roots with Questlove, Dr. Phil & Charlayne Hunter-Gault NC North Carolina Bookwatch William Sturkey: Hattiesburg 10 | September
EX Discovering Britain Glamis 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square William Taubman 9:00 TV Feud: American Experience Explore the bloody battle between Appalachian clans the Hatfields and McCoys. NC Muse Music Heritage & Education: Steep Canyon Rangers/StArt of Cool Jazz Camp/We Insist: Music of Max Roach EX Ireland’s Wild Coast A wildlife cameraman takes an odyssey along the country’s rugged Atlantic coast. 9:20 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Pocosin Arts 9:30 NC Comic Culture Jim Starlin 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Flint’s Deadly Water NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Roads Less Traveled EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Blarney Castle & Gardens 10:30 NC On Story Sasheer Zamata 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Surprising Toronto DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Hawaii’s Big Island: The Volcanos’ Gifts
11 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX NOVA Rise of the Superstorms 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals 2: Sevilla’s April Fair, Bastille Day in Paris & More DV 7:30 TV Muse Diverse Voices: Cornelio Campos/Etched Earth Designs/G. Yamazawa EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Namibia: Painted People of the Desert 7:50 TV North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Pittsboro Folk Art
Oaxaca stars in the season premiere of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television, Thursday, September 12, at 6:30 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
8:00 TV Animal Babies: First Year on Earth New Frontiers NC Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic An Odyssey of Ignorance & Greed EX Chefs A’ Field: Good Catch Eating the Invasives with Chef Jennifer Carroll 8:30 EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Beef/Rice/Salmon/Plum Tarte Tatin 9:00 NC A Crisis: NC’s Opioid Battle State leaders share the fight against opioid addiction. TV NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Gems EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Italian Fest 9:30 EX Taste of History Handmade: Crafts of the 18th Century 10:00 TV Magical Land of Oz Human NC Second Opinion— Overdose: Inside the Epidemic Examine the alarming rise of heroin-related overdose deaths in America. EX Confucius Was a Foodie The Big Picture 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Armoured Animals 11:30 EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Life in the Dark
12 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX New Scandinavian Cooking Island Treats
visit unctv.org 1:00 TV Amanpour & Company 1 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Ontario’s Central Counties: Multicultural Advent DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Chiloe & Chilotes: Proud Islanders of Chile
13 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Peace & Autonomy 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Celebrate homegrown country influences on In Studio: Country Music Rissi Palmer, Friday, September 13, at 10:30 PM, on UNC-TV. EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Italian Fest 6:30 NC Nightly 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report Synthetic Skin Business Report EX Christopher Kimball’s 9:30 TV In Studio: NC PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television Country Music EX Rick Steves’ Europe Season Premiere! Rissi Palmer Scotland’s Highlands DV The Oaxacan Kitchen NC Bringing It Home 7:30 TV NC SPIN 7:00 TV Nightly with Laura McIntosh EX Travelscope Business Report Leafy Greens Port Aransas: NC PBS NewsHour EX The Future of Fun on the Texas Coast DV EX Rick Steves’ Europe America’s Past 8:00 TV Washington Week The Best of Sicily DV The Fire of a Movement NC North Carolina 7:30 TV Exploring 10:00 TV In Studio: Weekend North Carolina Country Music EX Poldark Season 3 Mines of the Past: Tift Merritt on Masterpiece Gold & Coal NC North Carolina Episode 8 Elizabeth turns EX Travelscope Weekend the tables on George. San Antonio: EX Alive! 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts More than the Alamo DV In America’s Delta Sturgeon Show 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Endangered in the Gulf 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts with Marc Rotterman Jackson County Synthetic Skin NC ncIMPACT NC Flavor, NC 10:30 TV In Studio: Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ Weeping Radish Country Music Jackson County Brewery & Butchery The Kruger Brothers 9:00 TV Raul Julia: EX Travelscope NC Muse The World’s a Stage— Taiwan: Mountain Beauty, Music Heritage & American Masters Villages & Cultures Education: Steep Canyon Premiere! Follow the life and 8:20 TV My Home, NC— Rangers/StArt of Cool career of this charismatic, Shorts Jazz Camp/We Insist: award-winning actor. DV Judaculla Rock Music of Max Roach NC FRONT ROW 8:30 TV Muse EX Born To Explore with Marc Rotterman Music Heritage & with Richard Wiese EX Jamestown Education: Steep Canyon Nashville: Beyond the Music Maria’s behavior comes Rangers/StArt of Cool 10:50 NC North Carolina under scrutiny; Christopher Jazz Camp/We Insist: Weekend—Shorts joins the political games. Music of Max Roach Pocosin Arts 9:30 NC Washington Week NC Around the Farm Table 10:00 NC NC SPIN Bachelorette Lunch EX Atlantis EX Today’s Wild West The Rules of Engagement Rancho de la Osa/Native 10:30 TV In Studio: Artist Birdy Real Bird Country Music 8:50 TV North Carolina Rissi Palmer Weekend—Shorts NC Firing Line with Pocosin Arts Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Muscadine Time Take in the fascinating career and EX Weekends personality of Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage—American with Yankee Masters, Friday, September 13, at The Seacoast 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
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evening&weekend listings 1:00 TV Amanpour & Company 1 NC My Home, NC NC PBS NewsHour The Legend of the Roan EX EastEnders Mountain Ghost Choir/ 11:30 EX EastEnders Kai Lightner: World Champion Rock Climber/ Mitchell Hardware 14 SATURDAY EX New Scandinavian 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Cooking Neighborhood A Taste of Winter NC Biographical Conver 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts sations with Betty McCain Sturgeon Show Part 3 of 3 NC Sci NC—Shorts EX Carolina Organ Pipes Outdoor Journal 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Blade Bass Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Jackson County Neighborhood DV NC Folkways EX Expeditions with Legend of Tom Dula Patrick McMillan EX Jamie’s Ghosts of the Plains Quick & Easy Food 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Beef/Rice/Salmon/ NC Carolina Plum Tarte Tatin Outdoor Journal 10:50 TV My Home, NC— Blade Bass Shorts EX Exploring Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel North Carolina 11:00 TV Growing a Giving Nature a Hand Greener World 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Mason Bee Revolution: Neighborhood DV How the Hardest Working NC Almanac Gardener Bee Can Save the World Caring for Orchids/ NC The Woodwright’s Growing Fall Collards Shop with Roy Underhill EX The Future of Hancock Pedestal Table America’s Past EX Taste of History The Fire of a Movement A Look Back on 10 Seasons 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Peterrific DV Garden Home NC Exploring The Future North Carolina NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Fords & Mills The Ski Makers EX Magical Land of Oz EX Taste of Malaysia Ocean with Martin Yan 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV Adventure on the Go NC Muse Noon TV GardenSMART Music Heritage & Great Garden Tips from an Education: Steep Canyon Experienced Horticulturist Rangers/Start of Cool NC Growing a Summer Camp/We Insist: Greener World Music of Max Roach The Power of a Seed To 8:50 NC North Carolina Change the World Weekend—Shorts EX Rudy Maxa’s World Pocosin Arts Delhi & Agra, India 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV 12:30 TV America’s Heartland NC North Carolina Serving Colorful Veggies Weekend NC Almanac Gardener EX Wild Philippines Caring for Orchids/ with Nigel Marven Growing Fall Collards Palawan: The Last Frontier EX In the Americas 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts with David Yetman Metabolomics Havana: Cultural Treasure 9:30 TV Nature Cat House of the Caribbean NC ncIMPACT 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ Indianapolis, Part 3 Jackson County NC Exploring 9:50 NC North Carolina North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Fords & Mills King Chicken EX Travelscope 10:00 TV North Carolina Switzerland: Celebrating Weekend St. Moritz DV 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Future Food 12 | September
EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Hong Kong, China 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV NC First in Future Tom Campbell EX Discovering Britain Glamis 2:30 TV Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Central North Island, New Zealand NC Story in the Public Square William Taubman 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Tool Maker NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Ireland’s Wild Coast A wildlife cameraman takes an odyssey along the country’s rugged Atlantic coast. 3:30 TV American Woodshop Arts & Crafts Luminaries NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Roger’s Nod to Sod/ Seismic Retrofit NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Blarney Castle & Gardens 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Chasing the Tide NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Magical Land of Oz Land 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains H.B. Beverly/ Highland Travelers NC Classic Gospel Johnny Cash Music Festival 2011 with Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson & More EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Luzon: The Volcanic North 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Going Online NC Sun Studio Sessions Delta Music Experience, Part 2 EX Wonders of Mexico Forests of the Maya 7:30 TV As Time Goes By You Can’t Manufacture Happy Endings for Everybody NC Echo Sessions Music by the Secret B-Sides & LYRIC
visit unctv.org NC Story in the Public Square Helen Schulman Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Chasing the Tide EX Travelscope Eastern Europe’s Treasures: From Budapest to Bucharest DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Fall Fishing for Salmon Host Tim White (L) performs with Troublesome Hollow on Song of the EX Burt Wolf: Mountains, Saturday, September 14, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Travels & Traditions A History of Chocolate, 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Part 1 Murder of Innocence, Part 1 Neighborhood DV 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s NC Song of the Mountains NC ncIMPACT Milk Street Television Tim White & Local Talent Pipeline/ The Oaxacan Kitchen Troublesome Hollow Alamance County NC Song of the Mountains EX Jazz 8:00 TV Curious George DV Tim White & The Adventure (1955-1960) NC Carolina Troublesome Hollow 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Business Review EX Atlantis Shorts EX Family Pictures USA The Rules of Engagement So Good Pupusas Detroit Explore America’s 1:30 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders comeback city through resi Carbo-diem Murder of Innocence, Part 2 dents’ photos and stories. 2:00 TV America’s NC Front & Center 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Test Kitchen from Carly Pearce NC Firing Line with Cook’s Illustrated 9:50 TV My Home, NC— Margaret Hoover The Perfect Cookie Shorts 9:00 TV This Old House Hour NC Front & Center Chatham Rabbits Roger’s Nod to Sod/ Carly Pearce 10:00 TV Father Brown Seismic Retrofit EX Poldark Season 3 The Passing Bell NC Washington Week on Masterpiece NC Infinity Hall Live EX Discovering Britain Episode 8 Elizabeth turns Snarky Puppy Glamis the tables on George. EX Independent Lens 9:30 NC FRONT ROW 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Chasing Trane: The John with Marc Rotterman Tacos Two Ways Coltrane Documentary 10:00 TV Exploring 3:00 TV Sara’s 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts North Carolina Weeknight Meals Medical Wigs Invaders Among Us A Taste of Northern 11:00 TV Hinterland NC NC SPIN California Mathias must return to the EX Ireland’s Wild Coast NC Infinity Hall Live front line after an arson A wildlife cameraman takes Snarky Puppy attack on a farmhouse. an odyssey along the coun EX Jamestown NC Austin City Limits try’s rugged Atlantic coast. Maria’s behavior comes Chris Stapleton/ 10:30 TV Muse under scrutiny; Christopher Turnpike Troubadours Music Heritage & joins the political games. 11:30 EX Piedmont Blues Education: Steep Canyon 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Discover a unique blues Rangers/StArt of Cool Quick & Delicious style and its pioneers from Jazz Camp/We Insist: 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s the heart of NC. Music of Max Roach New Orleans Celebrations NC North Carolina Greek Fest Bookwatch 15 SUNDAY NC Austin City Limits Georgann Eubanks: The Chris Stapleton/ 6 AM TV Nature Cat Month of Their Ripening Turnpike Troubadours NC Closer to Truth 0:50 TV Sci NC—Shorts 1 EX Father Brown New Visions of the Mind Memory Loss & Dancing The Great Train Robbery EX Finding Your Roots 11:00 TV North Carolina 4:30 TV Mexico— The Impression with Larry Bookwatch One Plate at a Time David & Bernie Sanders William Sturkey: with Rick Bayless 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Hattiesburg Dreaming of Sustainable NC Education Matters NC Comic Culture Agriculture 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Steve Lightle 5:00 TV Washington Week NC First in Future EX Are We There Yet? NC PBS NewsHour Dr. Robin Cummings Ireland Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Blarney Castle & Gardens EX Coroner Indianapolis, Part 1 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Gilt HBCU Special, Part 2 September | 13
evening&weekend listings 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ Jackson County 5:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Nags Head Woods 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Murder of Innocence, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 2 EX Death in Paradise Written in Murder 6:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African-American Men & Boys The Next Generation 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts So Good Pupusas 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders Murder of Innocence, Part 2 NC Finding Your Roots The Eye of the Beholder with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Marina Abramović & Kehinde Wiley EX Shetland All the team is under threat. 7:50 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Forsyth County 8:00 TV Country Music Premiere! The Rub (Beginnings-1933) NC America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck & the Asheville Experiment Discover this pioneering forestry educator. EX Magical Land of Oz Ocean 9:00 NC Here in this Place: A Celebration of NC State Parks Enjoy all the scenery, activities and natural wonders. EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Palawan: The Last Frontier 9:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine 10:00 TV Country Music The Rub (Beginnings-1933) NC Secrets of the Longleaf Pine The longleaf pine forest once covered Southeastern America’s coastal plain. EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 11:00 NC ncIMPACT Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ Jackson County EX Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 1 11:20 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Kudzu Goat Brigade 14 | September
11:30 NC My Home, NC Rockstar Chef Cheetie Kumar/Jonas Family Style: Nellie’s Southern Kitchen/ International Delights 11:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Machapunga Tours
1:00 NC PBS NewsHour 1 EX Finding Your Roots The Impression with Larry David & Bernie Sanders
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6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 16 MONDAY EX Confucius 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Was a Foodie NC BBC World News The Big Picture America 6:30 NC Nightly EX Are We There Yet? Business Report Ireland 7:00 TV Nightly Blarney Castle & Gardens Business Report 6:30 NC Nightly NC PBS NewsHour Business Report EX Rick Steves’ Europe 7:00 TV Nightly Scotland’s Islands DV Business Report 7:30 TV In Studio: NC PBS NewsHour Country Music EX Rick Steves’ Europe Tift Merritt Sicilian Delights DV EX Travelscope 7:30 TV In Studio: Rwanda: Among Country Music the Gorillas DV The Kruger Brothers 8:00 TV Country Music EX Family Travel The Hillbilly Shakespeare with Colleen Kelly (1945-1953) Discovering Chickasaw NC North Carolina Country, OK—Family Style Bookwatch 8:00 TV Country Music Denise Kiernan: Hard Times (1933-1945) The Last Castle NC Exploring EX Discovering Britain North Carolina Scone Basin Basics 8:30 NC Story in the EX Coroner Public Square Capsized Helen Schulman 8:30 NC Exploring 9:00 NC Muse North Carolina Public Art: Burnsville Flatland Lakes Gateway/Dare Coulter/ 9:00 NC My Home, NC UNCSA: Devised Theater Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig EX Ireland’s Wild Coast Center/Love & Chocolate/ Clew Bay, Donegal/ Frisco UFO Northern Ireland’s Coast EX Death in Paradise 9:20 NC North Carolina The Healer Weekend—Shorts 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Scottish Tartans Oyster Reef Building 9:30 NC Comic Culture 9:30 NC Muse Marco Santucci/ American Identities: Maria-Luara Sanapo The Black Light Project/ 10:00 TV Country Music Russell Smith: Painting of The Hillbilly Shakespeare the Old West/WWI Aviation (1945-1953) 9:50 NC North Carolina NC Articulate Weekend—Shorts with Jim Cotter Wright Brothers Journeys in Time & Space Visitor Center EX Are We There Yet? 10:00 TV Country Music Ireland Hard Times (1933-1945) Fossetts, Ireland’s NC Sci NC Oldest Circus Science & Health 10:30 NC On Story EX Shetland Dana Gould Perez fights bureaucracy. 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 10:20 NC Muse—Shorts EX Travelscope Frank Thompson: Northwest Ontario: NC Silent Films Lake Superior & Beyond DV 10:30 NC ncIMPACT 11:30 EX In the Americas Pretrial Reform/Haywood/ with David Yetman Jackson County Peru: People of the 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Altiplano Shorts Kudzu Goat Brigade
visit unctv.org 8:50 TV North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Scottish Tartans 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 9:00 TV North Carolina NC BBC World News Weekend America NC A Chef’s Life EX NOVA A Road Trip for Rice Treasures of the Earth: EX Weekends Gems with Yankee 6:30 NC Nightly Fall in New England Business Report 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts 7:00 TV Nightly Sturgeon Show Business Report 9:30 TV In Studio: NC PBS NewsHour Country Music EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Kruger Brothers Glasgow & Scottish NC Bringing It Home Passions DV with Laura McIntosh 7:30 TV Muse Explore Dare Coulter’s art on a Sweet Potatoes Music Heritage & new episode of Muse, Thursday, EX The Future of Education: Steep Canyon September 19, at 8:30 PM, on UNC-TV. America’s Past Rangers/StArt of Cool Lines in the Sand Jazz Camp/We Insist: 11:30 EX David Attenborough’s 10:00 TV Folkways Music of Max Roach Natural Curiosities Music of Surry County EX Born To Explore Bad Reputations NC North Carolina with Richard Wiese Weekend Scotland: Land of EX Alive! Loch Ness 19 THURSDAY In America’s Delta 7:50 TV North Carolina 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Life on the Edge Weekend—Shorts NC BBC World News 10:50 NC Sci NC—Shorts Pocosin Arts America Sturgeon Show 8:00 TV Country Music EX New Scandinavian 10:30 TV Folkways I Can’t Stop Loving You Cooking Conversations with (1953-1963) A Taste of Winter Doc Watson NC Do No Harm: 6:30 NC Nightly NC Muse The Opioid Epidemic Business Report Public Art: Burnsville Ground Zero Examine opi EX Christopher Kimball’s Gateway/Dare Coulter/ oid addiction in rural areas. Milk Street Television UNCSA: Devised Theater EX Chefs A’ Field: The Joy of Cooking EX Born To Explore Good Catch Lebanon with Richard Wiese Urban Abundance with 7:00 TV Nightly Qatar: A Desert Welcome Chef Gavin Kaysen Business Report 10:50 NC North Carolina 8:30 EX Jamie’s NC PBS NewsHour Weekend—Shorts Quick & Easy Food EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scottish Tartans Lamb Kofta/Broad Bean Portugal’s Heartland 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company Salad/Alaska 7:30 TV Exploring NC PBS NewsHour 9:00 NC Searching for a Fix North Carolina EX Travelscope See how lethal opioid over Circumnavigating the Thousand Islands: Canadian doses affect NC families. Albemarle Sound Binational Adventure DV EX Kevin Belton’s EX Travelscope 11:30 EX In the Americas New Orleans Celebrations Rwanda: In Search of with David Yetman Cajun Fest Chimpanzees DV Tultepec: Mexico’s 9:30 EX Taste of History 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Skyrocket Central Rochambeau’s Local Talent Pipeline/ Revolutionary Road Alamance County 10:00 TV Country Music 20 FRIDAY NC Flavor, NC I Can’t Stop Loving You Smith’s Blueberries/ 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour (1953-1963) Cornerstone Tea NC BBC World News NC A Crisis: NC’s Opioid EX Travelscope America Battle: A Columbus Maine: Town & Country EX Taste of History County View 8:20 TV My Home, NC— German Born, Les High, editor of the Shorts American Made Whiteville News Reporter, 6:30 NC Nightly hosts this opioid discussion. Kim’s Wig Center 8:30 TV Muse Business Report EX Confucius Public Art: Burnsville Gate- EX Kevin Belton’s Was a Foodie way/Dare Coulter/ UNCSA: New Orleans Celebrations Cantonese Devised Theater Cajun Fest 10:30 NC Second Opinion NC Around the Farm Table 7:00 TV Nightly Opioids to Heroin Poultry, Porcine & Pasta Business Report Addiction EX Burt Wolf: NC PBS NewsHour 1:00 NC PBS NewsHour 1 Travels & Traditions EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX David Attenborough’s Gone Fishing—Palm Beach, Heart of England & Natural Curiosities Part 1 South Wales Curious Imposters
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evening&weekend listings 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Easter Island: Mysteries & Myths DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 1 Demelza is still stuck between a Ross and a Hugh place. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Ginseng Poaching 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County 9:00 TV Great Performances: Now Hear This—Vivaldi: Something Completely Different Premiere! See how Vivaldi’s classical masterwork The Four Seasons created a new era of music. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Jamestown Jocelyn plans to exploit the Sharrows’ special relationship with the Pamunkey. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Voces on PBS The Pushouts NC NC SPIN EX Atlantis The Furies 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
21 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Wendell Murphy Part 1 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Mullet Men 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Grassy Balds, the Heart of Roan Mountain 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Mullet Men EX Exploring North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 16 | September
Acclaimed conductor and violinist Scott Yoo hosts a journey of musical discovery on Great Performances: Now Hear This, Fridays, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC Almanac Gardener Better Garden Tools EX The Future of America’s Past Lines in the Sand 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Cradle of Forestry EX Magical Land of Oz Human 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV NC Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/ UNCSA: Devised Theater 8:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Scottish Tartans 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Visayas: Heart of the Archipelago 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts At Water’s Edge 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Country Doctor Museum 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC My Home, NC Digital Diva Doing Good: Khalia Braswell/Joe Penland: Musical Storyteller
EX New Scandinavian Cooking Fish on a Platter 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Ginseng Poaching NC Sci NC—Shorts Drops on the Farm 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County NC Folkways The Guitar EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Lamb Kofta/Broad Bean Salad/Alaska 10:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts So Good Pupusas 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Oh Deer—Dealing with Four-Legged Garden Pests NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Brian Boggs, Chairmaker EX Taste of History George Washington’s Whiskey 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Your Happy Place NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Jeans Maker EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan The Royal Show: Martin Yan with Her Majesty The Queen of Malaysia Noon TV GardenSMART Great Garden Tips from an Experienced Horticulturist NC Growing a Greener World Bats: Unsung Heroes for Gardeners & Growers EX Rudy Maxa’s World Rajasthan 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Sheep! NC Almanac Gardener Better Garden Tools EX In the Americas with David Yetman Galapagos: Volcanoes & Nature 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Cradle of Forestry EX Travelscope Switzerland: Scaling the Jungfrau Region DV 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Do We Still Need the Clean Air Act? See how a program helps young people being “pushed out” of school on the third season premiere of Voces, Friday, September 20, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Greater Palm Springs, CA 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV NC First in Future Leslie Boney of the Institute for Emerging Issues engages leaders in topics affecting our state. EX Discovering Britain Scone 2:30 TV Curious Traveler Curious Paris NC Story in the Public Square Helen Schulman 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Chocolatiers with Asheville’s Dan & Jael Rattigan NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Ireland’s Wild Coast Clew Bay, Donegal/ Northern Ireland’s Coast 3:30 TV American Woodshop Making Custom Knives NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Energy-Saving Installations/ Secret Garden NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Structured Sheesphead NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Magical Land of Oz Ocean 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains High Fidelity/ Grant Maloy Smith NC Classic Gospel Best of Gordon Mote EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Palawan: The Last Frontier 7:00 TV As Time Goes By You Can’t Manufacture Happy Endings for Everybody NC Sun Studio Sessions Don Bryant EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Another Proposal NC Echo Sessions Music by Too Many Zooz 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Written in the Stars, Part 1
NC Song of the Mountains Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers/ The Kevin Prater Band EX Jazz A Masterpiece by Midnight (1961-Present) 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Mitchell Hardware 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Written in the Stars, Part 2 NC Front & Center Gary Clark Jr. 9:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber 10:00 TV Father Brown The Whistle in the Dark NC Infinity Hall Live Hit Rewind with Barenaked Ladies, Melissa Etheridge, Rusted Root & More EX In Tune: The Ben Tucker Story Meet the African-American bass player who changed the face of Savannah. 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Frank Thompson: NC Silent Films 11:00 TV Hinterland Mathias gets a break from his problems while probing a bus driver’s murder. NC Austin City Limits Willie Nelson EX Music Voyager Yellow Roads: Italy: Amalfi Coast & Capri 11:30 EX Music Voyager Yellow Roads: Italy: The Two Sicilies
22 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Analytic Theology EX Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin with Fred Armisen, Christopher Walken & Carly Simon 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC First in Future Pearce Godwin EX Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 2 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC ncIMPACT Incarceration & Mental Health/Multi-County 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX Family Pictures USA Southwest Florida Native Americans, ranchers and fishermen share stories.
8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Energy Saving Installations/ Secret Garden NC Washington Week EX Discovering Britain Scone 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Fords & Mills NC NC SPIN EX Ireland’s Wild Coast Clew Bay, Donegal/ Northern Ireland’s Coast 10:30 TV Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/ UNCSA: Devised Theater NC North Carolina Bookwatch Great American Read Panel with Charlie Lovett, Tom Santopietro & TR Simon 10:50 TV Sci NC—Shorts South Mountains Fire 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Denise Kiernan: The Last Castle NC Comic Culture Jim Starlin EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Filmmaker Byron Hurt NC Story in the Public Square Philip Deloria Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Structured Sheesphead EX Travelscope South Korea: A Winter Journey DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines How Time Flies When You’re Fishing EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions A History of Chocolate, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The Joy of Cooking Lebanon NC Song of the Mountains Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers/ The Kevin Prater Band EX Atlantis The Furies September | 17
evening&weekend listings 1:30 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Cheese-Crazy 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Elegant Dinner Party NC Front & Center Gary Clark Jr. EX Poldark Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 1 Demelza is still stuck between a Ross and a Hugh place. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Beef, Dressed Up 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Asia NC Infinity Hall Live Hit Rewind with Barenaked Ladies, Melissa Etheridge, Rusted Root & More EX Jamestown Jocelyn plans to exploit the Sharrows’ special relationship with the Pamunkey. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Colorful Party 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Crab Fest NC Austin City Limits Willie Nelson EX Father Brown The Passing Bell 4:30 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Pit Cooking, Sacred & Smoky 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Coroner Capsized 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County 5:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Machapunga Tours 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Written in the Stars, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum Filmmaker Byron Hurt EX Death in Paradise The Healer 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Ulmer/Wests/Smiths 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Mitchell Hardware 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders Written in the Stars, Part 2 NC Finding Your Roots All in the Family with Joe Madison & Henry Louis Gates Jr. 18 | September
EX Shetland Perez fights bureaucracy. 7:50 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts McDowell County 8:00 TV Country Music The Sons & Daughters of America (1964-1968) NC Come Hell or Highwater: Remembering the Great Flood of 1916 Delve into one of NC’s worst natural disasters. EX Magical Land of Oz Human 9:00 NC Down River See how Pitt County rallied in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and its floods. EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Visayas: Heart of the Archipelago 10:00 TV Country Music The Sons & Daughters of America (1964-1968) NC Hazel See how this huge, historic hurricane devastated NC. EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 10:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Circumnavigating the Albemarle Sound 11:00 NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County EX Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 2 11:20 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel 11:30 NC My Home, NC Corral Riding/ Historic Net Fishing/ Mountain Love Story 11:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts O. Henry Hotel
23 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe South England: Dover to Lands’ End 7:30 TV In Studio: Country Music Rissi Palmer
EX Family Travel with Colleen Kelly Discovering Chickasaw Country, OK: Girls Getaway 8:00 TV Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968-1972) NC Exploring North Carolina Forgotten Kingdom EX Coroner The Salcombe Selkie 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Stuck in Clay 9:00 NC My Home, NC Watson Brown/ Davian Robinson/ Kudzu Goat Gang EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Day of the Dead 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Organ Pipes 9:30 NC Muse Performing Arts: Lucas Meachem: Opera Singer/Jeremy Skidmore/Sheltering Sky 9:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Siamese Twins Museum 10:00 TV Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968-1972) NC Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science EX Shetland The killer is close to home. 10:20 NC Muse—Shorts Edwin Gil 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Local Talent Pipeline/ Alamance County 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin with Fred Armisen, Christopher Walken & Carly Simon
24 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Confucius Was a Foodie Cantonese 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Black Forest & Cologne 7:30 TV Flavor, NC In Good Heart Farm, Clayton
visit unctv.org Catch Chef Jeremiah Langhorne on Chefs A’ Field, Wednesday, September 25, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
EX Travelscope Hong Kong: Asia’s World City DV 8:00 TV Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It this Way? (1973-1983) NC North Carolina Bookwatch Anne Keene: The Cloudbuster Nine EX Discovering Britain Ribble Valley 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square Philip Deloria 9:00 NC Muse Cultural History: Center for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit at da Loft/Mary Williams EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Welsh Countryside: Old-Style Shepherding 9:20 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Grandfather Mountain 9:30 NC Comic Culture Paul Kupperberg EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Cadair Idris Mountain: Deer Cull & Lost Cattle Herd 10:00 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter As if by Fate EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Ponterwyd: Sheep & Fly-Fishing 10:30 TV Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It this Way? (1973-1983) NC On Story Larry Wilmore EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Cothi Valley: Herding & Milking Goats 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope San Antonio’s Fiesta: Olé! DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon
25 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Born To Explore: Namibia: Land of the Cheetah Richard Wiese explores Africa’s most-endangered cat. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands & Highlands 7:30 TV Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gateway/Dare Coulter/ UNCSA: Devised Theater EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Africa: Amazing Encounters 7:50 TV North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Scottish Tartans 8:00 TV Country Music Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ (1984-1996) NC Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic Rocky Road to Recovery EX Chefs A’ Field: Good Catch Floating Farm Featuring Chef Jeremiah Langhorne 8:30 EX Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Asian Tuna Steak Salad 9:00 NC Understanding the Opioid Epidemic See how the opioid epidemic affects communities. EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Celebrations Latin Fest 9:30 EX Taste of History A Sentimental Journey Through Nicaragua 10:00 TV Country Music Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ (1984-1996)
NC A Crisis: NC’s Opioid Battle State leaders share the fight against opioid addiction. EX Confucius Was a Foodie Sichuan 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Shocking Senses 11:30 EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Life on Ice
26 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX New Scandinavian Cooking Fish on a Platter 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Italian the Right Way 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Eastern Turkey 7:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Ten Places to Learn Tar Heel Natural Heritage EX Travelscope Riding the Range in Southern Alberta, Canada DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Incarceration & Mental Health/Multi-County NC Flavor, NC Sunburst Trout Farms EX Travelscope Thailand: Bangkok & Beyond 8:20 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Photographer Watson Brown 8:30 TV Muse Cultural History: Center for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit at da Loft/Mary Williams NC Around the Farm Table More Cheese, Please EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Gone Fishing—Palm Beach, Part 2 8:50 TV North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Grandfather Mountain
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evening&weekend listings 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life A Peanut Pastime EX Weekends with Yankee Winter Wonderland 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Ginseng Poaching 9:30 TV In Studio: Country Music Tift Merritt NC Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh Brussels Sprouts EX The Future of America’s Past A Grave Injustice 10:00 TV Folkways Wade Mainer NC North Carolina Weekend EX Alive! In America’s Delta Delta Guardians 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Ginseng Poaching 10:30 TV Folkways The Guitar NC Muse Cultural History: Center for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit at da Loft/Mary Williams EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Cayman Islands: The Deep Blue 10:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Grandfather Mountain 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & Germany DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala’s Cultural Legacy
6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan The Rite of Spring 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Muskie Search EX Exploring North Carolina Homecomings 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV See what’s pressing with new NC Almanac Gardener episodes of FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman, Fridays, at 8:30 PM, Solving Root Problems on UNC-TV. EX The Future of America’s Past EX Travelscope A Grave Injustice Southern Ethiopia: Tribal 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Lands & Primeval People Peterrific DV DV NC Exploring 8:00 TV Washington Week North Carolina NC North Carolina Works in Progress Weekend EX Animal Babies: EX Poldark Season 4 First Year on Earth on Masterpiece First Steps Episode 2 The Poldarks 8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV are determined to get their NC Muse relationship on track. Cultural History: Center for 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit at da Memory Loss & Dancing Loft/Mary Williams 8:30 TV FRONT ROW 8:50 NC North Carolina with Marc Rotterman Weekend—Shorts NC ncIMPACT Grandfather Mountain Incarceration & Mental 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV Health/Multi-County NC North Carolina 9:00 TV Great Performances— Weekend Now Hear This: EX Animal Babies The Riddle of Bach Safari Babies Explore Bach’s sonatas and 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts partitas for solo violin in Fail Lab Germany and France. 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC FRONT ROW NC ncIMPACT with Marc Rotterman Incarceration & Mental EX Jamestown Health/Multi-County The Sharrows await their 9:50 NC North Carolina overseas tobacco profits. Weekend—Shorts 9:30 NC Washington Week Chatham Beverage District 10:00 TV Voces on PBS 10:00 TV North Carolina Adios Amor: The Search Weekend for Maria Moreno NC My Home, NC NC NC SPIN Rockstar Chef Cheetie 27 FRIDAY EX Atlantis Kumar/Jonas Family Style: Pandora’s Box 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Nellie’s Southern Kitchen/ 0:30 NC Firing Line with 1 NC BBC World News International Delights Margaret Hoover America EX New Scandinavian 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company EX Taste of History Cooking NC PBS NewsHour Creole Cuisine and Land of Fish & Apples E X EastEnders the War of 1812 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts 11:30 EX EastEnders 6:30 NC Nightly Memory Loss & Dancing Business Report NC Sci NC—Shorts 28 SATURDAY EX Kevin Belton’s Horseshoe Crab Blood New Orleans Celebrations 10:30 TV ncIMPACT 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Latin Fest Incarceration & Mental Neighborhood DV 7:00 TV Nightly Health/Multi-County N C Biographical Business Report NC Folkways Conversations with NC PBS NewsHour Homestead Living Wendell Murphy EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Jamie’s Part 2 of 3 Dublin and Mystical Quick & Easy Food EX Carolina Sidetrips Asian Tuna Steak Salad Outdoor Journal 7:30 TV NC SPIN Muskie Search 20 | September
visit unctv.org 10:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Chatham Rabbits 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Gardening on the Cheap: Top Tips for Saving Money & Time in the Garden NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Corner Cupboard, Part 1 EX Taste of History Peace & Autonomy 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home First Things First NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Table Maker EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Below the Wind Noon TV GardenSMART Great Gardeners’ Memorable Gardens NC Growing a Greener World Don’t Feed the Landfills EX Rudy Maxa’s World Istanbul, Turkey 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Farming & Fishing NC Almanac Gardener Solving Root Problems EX In the Americas with David Yetman Day of the Dead: A Mexican Celebration 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Palm Springs, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina Works in Progress EX Travelscope Guatemala’s Semana Santa: Easter Week DV 1:30 NC Ecosense for Living Talking Trash EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Lake Geneva & the Valais, Switzerland 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising DV NC First in Future EX Discovering Britain Ribble Valley 2:30 TV Curious Traveler Curious Rome NC Story in the Public Square Philip Deloria 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Flute Maker with Geri Littlejohn NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Welsh Countryside: Old-Style Shepherding 3:30 TV American Woodshop Wooden Bicycles
NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Cadair Idris Mountain: Deer Cull & Lost Cattle Herd 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero Comes Together/ Closet Door NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Ponterwyd: Sheep & Fly-Fishing 4:30 NC NC SPIN EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Cothi Valley: Herding & Milking Goats 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Cape Fear Stripers NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Magical Land of Oz Human 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains Becky Buller Band/Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley NC Classic Gospel Best of Sue Dodge EX Wild Philippines with Nigel Marven Visayas: Heart of the Archipelago 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Wedding NC Sun Studio Sessions Marcella & Her Lovers EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 7:30 TV As Time Goes By What Now? NC Echo Sessions Music by Chalwa 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Death & the Divas, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Six-String Soldiers/Wayne Henderson & Jeff Little/ Emi Sunshine & The Rain EX Country Music The Rub (Beginnings-1933) 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Death & the Divas, Part 2 NC Front & Center Brett Young 9:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Chef Cheetie Kumar 10:00 TV Father Brown Demise of the Debutante NC Infinity Hall Live Blind Pilot
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5:50 NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts O. Henry Hotel 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders Death & the Divas, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Day of the Dead 6:30 NC Family Pictures North Carolina Thomas Allen Harris and crew return to NC for a heartfelt reunion. 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 7:00 TV Midsomer Murders Death & the Divas, Part 2 NC Family Pictures USA North Carolina Photos, and the stories behind them, reveal how our state is rapidly changing. EX Shetland The killer is close to home. 7:50 TV ncIMPACT—Shorts Human Trafficking 8:00 TV Durrells in Corfu Season 4 on Masterpiece Episode 1 Louisa opens a boarding house, but a mysterious guest places it under police scrutiny. NC Bending Space: Georges Roussé & the Durham Project Witness the energy created when a remarkable photographer and an art-loving community join forces. EX Animal Babies: First Year on Earth First Steps 9:00 TV Poldark Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 Can the Poldarks anticipate a peaceful life? Get ready for the fifth and final season Don’t bet on it! of Poldark on Masterpiece, Sunday, September 29, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
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EX Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Part 3 11:20 NC My Home, NC— Shorts So Good Pupusas 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Mama Dip/Coming of the Shad/Land of Oz/Banjo Earth
30 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Ponterwyd: Sheep & Fly-Fishing 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Off the Beaten Track with Kate Humble Cothi Valley: Herding & Milking Goats 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report
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