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THE KEY with Sheri Castle
PBS North Carolina is excited to introduce The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle. Join the renowned cookbook author and teacher as she welcomes guests and shares approachable recipes using local ingredients, tracing their way from land or sea to kitchen and table. PREMIERES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 7:30 PM, ON PBS NC
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Arthur Comes to the Block Party! This month on Read-a-roo’s Block Party, have a wonderful weekend with Arthur! Arthur follows the adventures of a young aardvark and his friends through engaging, emotional stories that explore issues kids face without moralizing or talking down. Join the fun every Saturday and Sunday this month at 7 AM and 1 PM, only on Rootle, your PBS KIDS Channel!
Back-to-School—for Parents! PBS KIDS has everything you need for preparing your child to go back to school. Find kid-friendly printables, planners, activities and more at pbs.org/parents/back-to-school!
Miss Block Party LIVE! At Home? Don’t worry! You won’t miss another moment of Miss E’s and Miss Shana’s adventures with Read-a-roo! You can catch all the episodes from the first season and find great, hands-on activities, from community partners in Roanoke Rapids, Asheboro and Brevard, on our website, pbsnc.org/rootleblockparty!
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6 AM Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! DV Weekends: Clifford the Big Red Dog DV 6:30 Ready Jet Go! DV Weekends: WordWorld DV 7:00 Peg+Cat DV Weekends, until 10 AM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Arthur DV 7:30 Super Why! DV 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 9:00 Sesame Street DV Weekends: Wordgirl DV 9:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV Weekends: A rthur DV 10:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog DV Weekends: Sesame Street DV 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV Weekends: Super Why DV 11:00 Let’s Go Luna! DV Weekends: Clifford the Big Red Dog DV 11:30 Nature Cat Weekends: Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Noon Nature Cat Weekends: Dinosaur Train DV 12:30 Xavier Riddle DV Weekends: Let’s Go Luna! DV 1:00 Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 4 PM: Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Arthur DV 1:30 Hero Elementary DV 2:00 Cyberchase DV 2:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV 3:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV 4:00 Donkey Hodie DV Weekends: Molly of Denali DV 4:30 Curious George DV Weekends: Arthur DV 5:00 Weekends: Odd Squad DV 5:30 Xavier Riddle DV Weekends: Wild Kratts 6 PM Molly of Denali DV Weekends, until 10 PM: PBS Family Fun Night 6:30 Hero Elementary DV 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad DV 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Cyberchase DV 10:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV Weekends: Wordgirl DV 11:00 Weekends: Hero Elementary DV 11:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV Weekends: Xavier Riddle DV See Rootle’s overnight schedule at pbsnc.org/rootle. September | 3
Evening & Weekend Listings
Venture safely with Outside: Beyond the Lens, Wednesday, September 1, 7:30 PM, on PBS NC.
1 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Exploring North Carolina Colors of the Earth L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source Ros Atkins discusses global stories. EX Sci NC New Wonders L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Glasgow & Scottish Passions DV PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air announcements, updates at pbsnc.org and posts to social media provide the latest scheduling information. Some program start and end times can vary slightly from our listings. Add at least five minutes when recording your favorite shows.
7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens SERIES PREMIERE! Mt. Lassen National Park EX Ireland with Michael Alive, Alive O 8:00 PBS Nature Natural Born Rebels: Survival NC Antiques Roadshow Vintage Omaha EX Simply Ming Guest Michael Schlow 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Bread 9:00 PBS NOVA Nature’s Fear Factor NC American Experience: Reagan An American Crusade Ronald Reagan spent two terms as one of the most popular and controversial presidents. 9:30 EX Taste of History The Experiment in Zoar 10:00 PBS Future of Work SERIES PREMIERE! The New Industrial Revolution AI, robotics, globalization, labor practices and more. EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Latin Twist 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Flour Power 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist explores today’s topics. NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars
2 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Italian Products Have Arrived! 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Something Special 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Henry VIII’s Reformation NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Austrian & Italian Alps 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Container Gardening Anywhere: What to Know Before You Grow L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Eggs a Dozen Ways NC Flavor, NC Goodnight Brothers Ham/ Gamekeeper Restaurant L EX How She Rolls How She Road Trips 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Glasgow & Scottish Passions DV NC Jazzy Vegetarian Easy Vegan Holiday EX A Chef’s Life Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 1 9:00 PBS NC Weekend International Charms L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Water: Nature’s Life Force
Take a break to catch the premiere of the three part Future of Work, Wednesday, September 1, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
4 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Avoyelles Parish: Smack Dab in the Middle 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Tumbao NC Growing a Greener World Making More Plants by Propagating Your Garden L EX Simply Ming Guest Michael Schlow 10:00 PBS 9/11 Inside the Pentagon Survivors and first responders reveal what happened inside the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. NC NC Weekend International Charms L EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Borneo: Dark Shadow 10:30 NC Changing Seas Dolphins: Breaking the Code 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Bhutan, Part 1: Gross National Happiness DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate
EX Doc Martin Control-alt-delete After being followed around by Buddy, Martin manages to offload the dog to a local vet. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman Lively conversations and interviews with key policy makers. L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Wicked in Concert NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Call the Midwife A pregnant woman’s husband begins experiencing inexplicable pain similar to her symptoms. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC History with David Rubenstein Lillian Faderman EX Call the Midwife Lucille cares for an unmarried teen mother and Nurse Crane’s back troubles return. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles Engaging conversations with civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Never Enough Chocolate 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Michael Schlow 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Swiss Alps 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Volunteer Firefighter Shortage: Orange County L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Italian Products Have Arrived! 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Volunteer Firefighter Shortage: Orange County L
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood NC Conscious Living Busting Loose in Berlin EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Deep for Speckle Trout L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Water: Nature’s Life Force EX How She Rolls How She Road Trips 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Mountain Trout Options L EX Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in One Day L
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7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Mt. Lassen National Park EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Czech Republic: Off the Beaten Path 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC gardenSMART The high desert presents challenges, but several gardeners have persevered. EX When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time Scientists follow clues from the fossil record and use technology to make exciting new discoveries. 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Goodnight Brothers Ham/ Gamekeeper Restaurant L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend International Charms L 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Fringe Benefits Buffalo 10:00 PBS NC Weekend International Charms L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Flavors of Northern Italy L 10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Mt. Lassen National Park NC Growing Bolder Pursue Your Passions EX A Chef’s Life Obviously, It’s Pecans 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Growing to Give: The Story of First Fruits Farm L NC Today’s Wild West Hunewill Ranch/ 49er Wagon Train/ Ricotti Saddle Co. EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board Fear & Loathing in the Kitchen
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11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home All Natural NC Home Diagnosis Rochester, NY: To Flip or Flee EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana St. Landry Parish: Prairie Sampler Noon PBS gardenSMART A garden to collect, grow and distribute plants of benefit to the American people. NC American Woodshop Custom Kitchen Tools EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Borneo: Dark Shadow 12:30 PBS Conscious Living Art Imitates Life NC Weekends with Yankee Labor of Love 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 1 NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Lynne Rossetto Kasper & Roberto Donna EX NC Weekend International Charms L 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael It’s a Long Way From Here to Clare EX Weekends with Yankee Common Ground 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Making an outdoor connection, urban pocket prairies and Blanco River restoration. EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Rose makes a handsome new acquaintance. 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Xi’an, China NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Little Known Adventures
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The Greatest, Remembered Sit ringside for a preview of Muhammad Ali, Monday, September 13 at 7 PM and participate in a virtual panel discussion with guests including a sports announcer and a heavyweight champ, hosted by PBS NC’s chief growth officer, Susan Scott. Register at pbsnc.org/aliscreening or contact Karen Nowak at knowak@pbsnc.org. The series premieres on PBS NC, Sunday, September 19 at 8 PM. Then, on Monday, September 20 at 7:30 PM, attend a preview of the first episode of The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle, followed by a virtual meet and greet with Sheri. Register at pbsnc.org/thekeyingredientscreening or contact Karen Nowak at knowak@pbsnc.org. NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé Women-centered news analysis show tackles hot topics. EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Bates tells Anna the truth; a painful mystery is solved. 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Beginning Turnings NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important issues. 4:00 PBS This Old House: Generation Next NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Rethinking a Garden NC History with David Rubenstein Lillian Faderman EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Houston, Texas 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend
EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Carson Peters & Iron Mountain NC Classic Gospel Booth Brothers: Gospel Favorites EX When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Surprise, Surprise Jean pays Lionel a surprise visit, but finds him with Denise on his arm. NC Music at the Museum Tumbao 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By Relationships Alistair, Lionel’s agent, is keen on Jean. She responds to get back at Lionel. NC Echo Sessions John Doyle
6 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
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The Rhinestone Cowboy shines on in the season premiere of Front & Center, Saturday, September 4, 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders A Rare Bird, Part 1 A row between birdwatchers turns nasty when their president is killed. NC Song of the Mountains Carolina Blue EX Eyes on the Prize The Keys to the Kingdom 1974-1980 Antidiscrimination legal rights are tested. DV 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders A Rare Bird, Part 2 NC Front & Center SEASON PREMIERE! Glen Campbell: Live From the Troubadour EX Eyes on the Prize Back to the Movement 1979-mid 80s A grassroots movement triumphs in Chicago. DV 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece Part 8 Lady Rose meets the Prince of Wales and faces a dilemma. DV NC Meet Carl Jackson EX Jackie Robinson Part 2 Jackie Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice, alienating many. DV 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Sarah Jarosz/ Ray Wylie Hubbard
5 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew DV NC Chavis Chronicles EX Native America Nature to Nations 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters Learn about issues affecting education in NC. L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 1 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Ken Griffin 8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 5 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House: Generation Next NC Washington Week EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 6 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Rethinking a Garden NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Parkinson’s Disease NC History with David Rubenstein Lillian Faderman 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in One Day L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Randall Kenan L EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Houston, Texas
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11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Killer Barbecue, Hold the Meat NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show Quarter Final 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Ken Griffin NC Carolina Outdoor Journal L EX Masterpiece MYSTERY! Grantchester Season 1, Part 5 DV 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Mt. Lassen National Park 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Indian Classics At Home NC Song of the Mountains Carolina Blue EX Masterpiece MYSTERY! Grantchester Season 1, Part 6 DV 1:30 PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals Paella in Spain 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Simple Chicken Dinner NC Front & Center Glen Campbell: Live From the Troubadour EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 1 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country New Recipes for the Grill 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Cooking with the Fans NC Meet Carl Jackson EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 2 DV 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Michael Davis: Street Gang L
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It’s a meloncholy class reunion with the 9/11 Kids, Monday, September 6, 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Just the right amount of wrong: it’s Guilt on Masterpiece, Sunday, September 5, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits Sarah Jarosz/ Ray Wylie Hubbard EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Henry VIII’s Reformation 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Wicked in Concert 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Volunteer Firefighter Shortage: Orange County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders A Rare Bird, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L 6:30 NC Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 1 The roots of African American religion, beginning with the transAtlantic slave trade. 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders A Rare Bird, Part 2 EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: Survival 8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Kings George III & IV & the Napoleonic War EX NOVA Nature’s Fear Factor 8:30 NC Somewhere South How Do You Cue?
9:00 PBS Guilt on Masterpiece PREMIERE! Episodes 1 & 2 Jake and Max hit an elderly pedestrian and run from the truth. DV EX Future of Work The New Industrial Revolution 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH The Well-Placed Weed L 10:00 EX Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in One Day L 10:30 NC Make48 The winning ideas begin the road to market. Prototypes are fine-tuned. EX Sci NC Science of NC Critters L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up The Office Oasis EX Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 1 11:30 NC Comic Culture Breena Nunez L PBS EastEnders
Watch 9/11: We Remember, Monday, September 6, 9:30 PM, on the NC Channel and meet locals deeply affected by the attacks, like Inez Ribustello (L), who worked in the WTC.
6 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Outside: Beyond the Lens Mt. Lassen National Park 7:00 PBS History Detectives WWII Tokyo Rose Disc NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe French Alps & Lyon 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Big Sur & Monterey, California 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 3 NC 9/11 Kids PREMIERE! Meet the students President Bush was reading to when he was informed of the attacks. EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Kings George III & IV & the Napoleonic War 9:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Hour 1 EX Guilt on Masterpiece Episodes 1 & 2 DV 9:30 NC 9/11: We Remember PREMIERE! North Carolinians share personal accounts of tragedy, heroism and resilience on that terrible day. 10:00 PBS POV Shorts PREMIERE! Where I’m From DV
8 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden The Cancer Spouse 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Native America Nature to Nations
7 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated A Taste of Mexico 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Spring Feast 7:00 PBS Wild Travels Host Will Clinger gets righteously hammered at a Pittsburgh church converted into a microbrewery. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Fascist Story 7:30 PBS NC Weekend International Charms L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Berlin & Western Poland: Over the Borderline DV 8:00 PBS Native America Cities of the Sky NC North Carolina Bookwatch Michael Davis: Street Gang L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Edith is found out, Mary finally shakes a suitor and Isobel and Lord Merton reveal their plans. 8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Wade Hargrove 9:00 PBS FRONTLINE PREMIERE! America After 9/11 NC Generation 9/11 Seven people whose fathers died on 9/11 enter adulthood with a sense of responsibility.
EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 8 Someone tries to derail Rose and Atticus’ happiness and Mrs. Patmore gets a surprise. 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Bhutan, Part 2: Land of the Thunder Dragon DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Costa Rica: Laboratory of the Biosphere
8 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in One Day L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Science of NC Critters L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Egypt’s Cairo 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Valley of Fire EX Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, Vermont. 8:00 PBS Nature Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game NC 9/11: We Remember EX Simply Ming Guest Jamie Bissonnette 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Desserts 9:00 PBS NOVA Extreme Animal Weapons NC American Experience: George W. Bush Part 1 The life of George W. Bush and his tumultuous twoterm presidency. DV
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9:30 EX Taste of History Coastal Manabi Cuisine 10:00 PBS Future of Work Futureproof The challenges and consequences of the pandemic and racial and economic disparities. EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Tuscan Villa Pasta 10:30 NC 9/11: We Remember EX Pati’s Mexican Table Sonoran Family Favorites for Sami 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: Survival
9 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen My Goats & Ricotta 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Cialdoni, Agrigento Pastries 7:00 PBS 9/11: We Remember NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria & Luxor 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Creating Paradise Through a Shared Passion for Gardening L 8:00 PBS 9/11 Kids NC Flavor, NC Weeping Radish Brewery & Butchery L EX How She Rolls Thanksgiving 8:30 NC Jazzy Vegetarian Pantry Polenta Lasagna EX A Chef’s Life Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose At Me! Part 2
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9:00 PBS NC Weekend Day Trips from Greensboro L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Nature Centered EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Toledo Bend Lake Country 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Speed Stick NC Growing a Greener World Gardening to Feed Our Souls & Nourish Our Neighbors L EX Simply Ming Guest Jamie Bissonnette 10:00 PBS How the Monuments Came Down PREMIERE! Explore Richmond, VA’s complex history via its Confederate monuments and their eventual toppling. NC NC Weekend Day Trips from Greensboro L EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Greenland: Ice Mountain 10:30 NC Changing Seas Cryptic Critters 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope A San Antonio Christmas DV
11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas with David Yetman Dominican Republic
10 FRIDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Spring Feast 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Jamie Bissonnette 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Ethiopia: A Development Story
On statues of limitations: see How the Monuments Came Down, Thursday, September 9, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Incarceration & Reentry: Pitt County L EX Lidia’s Kitchen My Goats & Ricotta 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Incarceration & Reentry: Pitt County L EX Doc Martin Other People’s Children Martin and Louisa are not having success with therapy. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Generation 9/11 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Call the Midwife Mother Mildred decides it’s time for Sister Frances to attend her first solo birth. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook EX Call the Midwife Sister Hilda tries to give an ill patient her final wish. Valerie and Trixie testify in a court case. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
11 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV
NC Conscious Living Escape to Bali EX Carolina Outdoor Journal L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Nature Centered EX How She Rolls Thanksgiving 7:00 PBS Sesame Street Ramp Racers DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal L EX Exploring North Carolina Knowing Your Estate L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Valley of Fire EX Rick Steves’ Europe Athens & Side Trips 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC gardenSMART A unique and beautiful garden located in an unusual setting. EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: Survival 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Weeping Radish Brewery & Butchery L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend Day Tripsfrom Greensboro L EX NOVA Nature’s Fear Factor 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Fringe Benefits Hartford 10:00 PBS NC Weekend Day Trips from Greensboro L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Here I Come New York! 10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Valley of Fire NC Growing Bolder The Path Forward EX A Chef’s Life Turnips: The Roots
10 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Growing the Next Generation of Gardeners L NC Today’s Wild West Nine Quarter Circle Ranch/ Red Ants Pants Festival EX Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board It’s the Food Silly 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home The Pioneers Challenge with Georgia Pellegrini NC Home Diagnosis Brooklyn, NY: 1600’s Verses #tinylab EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Evangeline Parish: Cajun Heartland Noon PBS gardenSMART Making a beautiful, enjoyable place to spend time with friends and family. NC American Woodshop Tall Counter Stools EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Greenland: Ice Mountain 12:30 PBS Conscious Living The Detox Diaries NC Weekends with Yankee Down By the Sea 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 3 NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Jimmy Sneed EX NC Weekend Day Trips from Greensboro L 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael Slaney Valley EX Weekends with Yankee Homegrown 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Salzburg & Surroundings NC Texas Parks & Wildlife A new kind of CCC at Bastrop State Park, a gator hunt, alligator chili relleno.
EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 7 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Ireland’s Northwest Coast NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee An Edible Tour NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 8 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Live Edge Tall Case Wall Cabinet NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House A Queen Anne Revival NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House Spring Projects: Paint, Prune, Spigots NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: Survival 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS September 11th Tribute Programming NC Classic Gospel Tribute to the Goodmans EX NOVA Nature’s Fear Factor 7:00 NC Music at the Museum Speed Stick EX Future of Work The New Industrial Revolution 7:30 NC Echo Sessions The Resonant Rogues
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8:00 NC Song of the Mountains Lightnin’ Charlie/Jonah Riddle & Carolina Expres EX FRONTLINE America After 9/11 9:00 NC Front & Center Dustin Lynch 10:00 NC Nathan Carter: Celtic Country EX Generation 9/11 11:00 NC Austin City Limits The Very Best of John Prine
12 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew DV NC Chavis Chronicles EX Native America Cities of the Sky 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 3 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Jearn Liu 8:00 PBS Arthur’s First Day DV NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 7 8:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House A Queen Anne Revival NC Washington Week EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 8 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House Spring Projects: Paint, Prune, Spigots NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden The Cancer Spouse NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook
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10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina Knowing Your Estate L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Michael Davis: Street Gang L EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Charm City ’Que NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show French Week 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Jearn Liu NC Carolina Outdoor Journal L EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 3 DV 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Valley of Fire 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television SEASON PREMIERE! Mexico City Favorites NC Song of the Mountains Lightnin’ Charlie/Jonah Riddle & Carolina Expres EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 4 DV 1:30 PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sabor Puerto Rico 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Simple & Elegant Dinner NC Front & Center Dustin Lynch EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 5 DV 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Spaghetti House Classics 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table Street Food Favorites
Bowtie optional: it’s Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television, Sunday, September 12, 1 PM, on PBS NC.
NC Nathan Carter: Celtic Country EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 6 DV 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Sheri Castle: Southern Living Community Cookbook L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits The Very Best of John Prine EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Kings George III & IV & the Napoleonic War 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Guilt on Masterpiece Episodes 1 & 2 DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Incarceration & Reentry: Pitt County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders The Christmas Haunting, Part 1 New detective Charlie Nelson moves into Midsomer and is thrown straight into an intriguing mystery NC Black Issues Forum L
6:30 NC Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 2 Discover how the Black church expanded to address social inequality and minister to those in need. 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders The Christmas Haunting, Part 2 EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game. 8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets The Romanovs & the Russian Revolution EX NOVA Extreme Animal Weapons 8:30 NC Somewhere South American as Hand Pie 9:00 PBS Guilt on Masterpiece Episodes 3 & 4 Suspicions fly among Jake, Angie, Max and Sheila. Who is hiding what? DV EX Future of Work Futureproof 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH Ingrid Fashion designer Ingrid Gipson discovered a reclusive life of solitude and creativity in Arkansas. L 10:00 EX Exploring North Carolina Knowing Your Estate L 10:30 NC Make48 The winning ideas begin the challenging road to market. EX Sci NC Nature’s Secrets L 11:00 PBS EastEnders NC Start Up Healthy Roots Dolls EX Antiques Roadshow Churchill Downs Racetrack Hour 3 11:30 PBS EastEnders NC Comic Culture Alex Sinclair L
13 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
12 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Outside: Beyond the Lens Valley of Fire 7:00 PBS History Detectives A souvenir may be a piece of Amelia Earhart’s airplane. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Why We Travel 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Xi’an, China 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Hour 2 NC How the Monuments Came Down EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets The Romanovs & the Russian Revolution 9:00 PBS American Experience PREMIERE! Sandra Day O’Connor: The First DV EX Guilt on Masterpiece Episodes 3 & 4 DV 9:30 NC NC Weekend Day Trips from Greensboro L 10:00 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Valley of Fire 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Coronavirus 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Native America Cities of the Sky
14 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Autumn Supper 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 7:00 PBS Wild Travels Host Will Clinger prays that his car won’t stall at the Drive-in Church in Daytona Beach.
You’ll go batty for NOVA Bat Superpowers, Wednesday, September 15, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Day Trips from Greensboro L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Zermatt, Switzerland: Under the Shadow of the Mat DV 8:00 PBS Native America New World Rising NC North Carolina Bookwatch Sheri Castle: Southern Living Community Cookbook L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 9 The Crawleys go to a shooting party in Northumberland and return to Downton for Christmas. DV 8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy 9:00 PBS Extinction: The Facts David Attenborough explores and how extinction of species has consequences for us all. NC Texas Parks & Wildlife The road to becoming a game warden, building a bat box, sandy sunset on Padre Island. 9:30 NC Daytripper Kerrville, TX 10:00 PBS FRONTLINE Boeing’s Fatal Flaw NC Skeletons of the Mary Rose: The New Evidence Science challenges long-held assumptions about the racial diversity of Tudor England.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
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EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Nicole Kidman with Chris Rock; Josh O’Connor with Anya Taylor-Joy. 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, New York 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Lantern Festival DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Oregon: Violent Past & Verdant Present
15 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina Knowing Your Estate L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Nature’s Secrets L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Castile: Toledo & Salamanca 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens North Coast Redwoods EX Wild Travels Host Will Clinger tries and fails to ride an alligator at Orlando’s Gatorland. 8:00 PBS Nature Remarkable Rabbits DV NC Antiques Roadshow Vintage Portland EX Simply Ming Guest Alex Crabb 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Alternative Ingredients 9:00 PBS NOVA PREMIERE! Bat Superpowers DV NC American Experience: George W. Bush Part 2 DV 9:30 EX Taste of History The Galapagos Islands
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10:00 PBS Future of Work Changing Work, Changing Workers EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Amalfi Lemons 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Welcome Toguadalajara 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game
16 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Foraging Adventures 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia Cookies for Everyone 7:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets The Romanovs & the Russian Revolution NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Normandy: Wartorn Yet Full of Life 7:30 EX Growing a Greener World Making More Plants by Propagating Your Garden L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Stop, Squash & Roll NC Flavor, NC Smith’s Blueberries/ Cornerstone Tea L EX How She Rolls Youre Gonna Need a Bigger Bakery 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Swiss Alps NC Jazzy Vegetarian Sheet Pan Supper EX A Chef’s Life Apples 9:00 PBS NC Weekend Wake Up, NC! L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Sunshine Flowers EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Xoxok
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope La Joie De Vivre in Quebec City, Canada DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Cuba’s Far East
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Before you dig out your library card, watch Open a Book, Open the World: The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival, Thursday, September 16, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
NC Growing a Greener World A Day in the Life at the Gardenfarm L EX Simply Ming Guest Alex Crabb 10:00 PBS Open a Book, Open the World: The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival Enjoy highlights from this year’s festival. NC NC Weekend Wake Up, NC! L EX Expedition with Steve Backshall Suriname: Ghost River 10:30 NC Changing Seas Lords of the Wetlands 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour
The pointe is not to give in to temptation: it’s Great Performances The Red Shoes, Friday, September 17, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Alex Crabb 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belfast & the Best of Northern Ireland 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Renewable Energy: Gates County L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Foraging Adventures 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Renewable Energy: Pasquotank/Perquimmans/ Gates County L EX Doc Martin Facta Non Verba Dr. Timoney questions Martin and Louisa’s ultimate compatibility. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS Great Performances PREMIERE! The Red Shoes Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale from acclaimed directorchoreographer Matthew Bourne. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Call the Midwife An alarming outbreak of diphtheria occurs and Fred finds an abandoned baby in a dustbin. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Lorne Michaels
14 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Call the Midwife Fred and Sister Monica Joan catch a woman stealing the team’s milk and learn that she is pregnant. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
NC Fringe Benefits Louisville 10:00 PBS NC Weekend Wake Up, NC! L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking as a Kid in New York 10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens North Coast Redwoods NC Growing Bolder 18 SATURDAY Just Keep Swimming EX A Chef’s Life 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Turnips—the Greens Neighborhood DV 11:00 PBS Growing a NC Conscious Living Greener World The Many Faces Urban Victory of the Divine Gardens Project L EX Carolina NC Today’s Wild West Outdoor Journal L Chuckwagon Ride/ 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Rawhide Ranch/ Neighborhood DV Artist Echo Ukraine NC J Schwanke’s EX Christopher Life in Bloom Kimball’s Milk Street Sunshine Flowers Television EX How She Rolls Mexico City Favorites Youre Gonna Need 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s a Bigger Bakery Garden Home 7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV It’s Spooky NC Carolina NC Home Diagnosis Outdoor Journal L Philadelphia, PA: Home EX Exploring Is Where the Heat Is North Carolina EX Kevin Belton’s In Perfect Harmony: Cookin’ Louisiana Ft. Bragg L Rapides Parish: 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV Heart of Louisiana NC Outside: Noon PBS gardenSMART Beyond the Lens Follow up on our North Coast Redwoods backyard makeover. EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC American Greece’s Peloponnese Woodshop 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious LED Accent Lamp & Peterrific DV EX Expedition with NC gardenSMART Steve Backshall Programs and places Suriname: Ghost River that get kids and adults 12:30 PBS Conscious Living back in the garden. Future Forward EX Nature NC Weekends Natural Born Rebels: with Yankee The Mating Game Stepping Back in Time 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV 1:00 PBS Antiques NC Flavor, NC Roadshow Smith’s Blueberries/ Winterthur Museum, Cornerstone Tea L Garden & Library Hour 2 9:00 PBS Elinor NC In Julia’s Kitchen Wonders Why. DV with Master Chefs NC NC Weekend Rick Bayless Wake Up, NC! L EX NC Weekend EX NOVA Wake Up, NC! L Extreme Animal 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael Weapons May the Road Rise 9:30 PBS Nature Cat to Meet You PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel
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EX Weekends with Yankee Only in New England 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Rick Steves’ Europe: The Making of NC Texas Parks & Wildlife The road to becoming a game warden, building a bat box, sandy sunset on Padre Island. EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 9 DV 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Orange County, CA NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Labor of Love NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé 3:30 PBS American Woodshop Carved & Scroll Sawn Crests Guest Raymond Kinman shares his way of perfecting your very own family crest and colorful signage. NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House: Rebirth of Detroit NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Nicole Kidman and Chris Rock; Josh O’Connor and Anya Taylor-Joy. 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Ultimate Garage Workshop NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Lorne Michaels EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, New York 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game
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5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Broken Angels NC Classic Gospel Give the World a Smile EX NOVA Extreme Animal Weapons 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By White Hunter NC Music at the Museum Xoxok EX Future of Work Futureproof 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By A Weekend Away NC Echo Sessions Raising Caine 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Let Us Prey, Part 1 A series of murders seem to be inspired by a recently discovered medieval fresco. NC Song of the Mountains The Kody Norris Show EX How the Monuments Came Down 8:30 PBS Midsomer Murders Let Us Prey, Part 2 9:00 NC Front & Center Brantley Gilbert 9:30 EX Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection The influence of Barbados on the wealth and success of the Carolinas is traced. 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 1 A workingclass prime minister is elected. Robert is snubbed by the village. Edith plays with fire. NC Sam Smith: Live at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend The Grammy Award winner performs “Stay With Me,” “Too Good at Goodbyes,” “Money On My Mind” and more. 10:30 EX Independent Lens Always in Season A mother searches for the truth after her African American son was found hanging. DV
Bienvenidos, it’s the season premiere of Pati’s Mexican Table, Sunday, September 19, 3 PM, on PBS NC.
11:00 NC Austin City Limits John Legend & the Roots: Wake Up! PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 2 Rose hits on a strategy to get a radio in the house. Sarah tutors Daisy and an art historian arrives.
19 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew DV NC Chavis Chronicles EX Native America New World Rising 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Hour 2 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Steve Ballmer 8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 9 DV 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 PBS This Old House: Rebirth of Detroit NC Washington Week 9:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Ultimate Garage Workshop NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L
10:00 PBS Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Coronavirus NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Lorne Michaels EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Nicole Kidman and Chris Rock; Josh O’Connor and Anya Taylor-Joy. 10:30 PBS Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Ft. Bragg L NC North Carolina Bookwatch Sheri Castle: Southern Living Community Cookbook L EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, New York 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Barbecue on a Budget NC Chavis Chronicles EX Great British Baking Show The Final 11:30 PBS Simply Ming NC Story in the Public Square Noon PBS David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Steve Ballmer NC Carolina Outdoor Journal L EX Grantchester Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 1 DV 12:30 PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
16 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC Outside: Beyond the Lens North Coast Redwoods 1:00 PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Middle Eastern Meets London NC Song of the Mountains The Kody Norris Show 1:30 PBS Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mid-east Eats EX Grantchester Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 2 DV 2:00 PBS America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Breakfast Basics NC Front & Center Brantley Gilbert 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country SEASON PREMIERE! Fried Bites EX Grantchester Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 3 DV 3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table SEASON PREMIERE! Welcome to Guadalajara NC Sam Smith: Live at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend 3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Sandra A. Gutierrez L EX You Are Cordially Invited 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC Austin City Limits John Legend & the Roots: Wake Up! John Legend and the Roots perform “Wake Up Everybody” and more protest soul classics in 2011. EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets The Romanovs & the Russian Revolution 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Guilt on Masterpiece Episodes 3 & 4 DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend
Go on the run with Prey, Monday, September 20, 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
NC ncIMPACT Renewable Energy: Gates County L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders Let Us Prey, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L 6:30 NC American Masters Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away DV 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Let Us Prey, Part 2 EX Nature Remarkable Rabbits DV 8:00 PBS Muhammad Ali PREMIERE! Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) A portrait of the threetime heavyweight boxing champion who insisted on being himself unconditionally. NC Beyond the Canvas Making the Moment The musical ensemble Ranky Tanky, singer Rhiannon Giddens. EX NOVA Bat Superpowers DV 8:30 NC Somewhere South Porridge for the Soul 9:00 EX Future of Work Changing Work, Changing Workers 9:30 NC REEL SOUTH Saint Cloud Hill Captain Chris Scott rallies tent residents to defend their provisional homes against gentrification. L 10:00 EX Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Ft. Bragg L
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10:15 PBS Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) 10:30 NC Make48 Marketing focuses on packaging, product video and social media. EX Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L 11:00 NC Start Up Ann Arbor T-shirt Company EX Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Hour 2 11:30 NC Comic Culture Val Mayerik L
20 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Nicole Kidman and Chris Rock; Josh O’Connor and Anya Taylor-Joy. 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Outside: Beyond the Lens North Coast Redwoods 7:00 PBS History Detectives An instrument panel that may be from the Hindenburg crash. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod & Trad 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Ireland’s Northwest Coast 8:00 PBS Muhammad Ali Round Two: What’s My Name? (1964-1970) NC Open a Book, Open the World: The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival EX Prey SERIES PREMIERE! Episode 1 Accused and on the run, Detective Farrow tries to prove his innocence. 9:00 NC Flavor, NC Smith’s Blueberries/ Cornerstone Tea L EX Prey Episode 2 9:30 NC NC Weekend Wake Up, NC! L L = Local
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10:00 PBS Muhammad Ali Round Two: What’s My Name? (1964-1970) NC Outside: Beyond the Lens North Coast Redwoods EX Prey Episode 3 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Racial Disparities in Health 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Native America New World Rising
21 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Simple Chicken Dinner 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Fried Bites 7:00 PBS Wild Travels Will Clinger explores the “Shoe Panties” and other wacky inventions at a trade show in Pittsburgh NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris 7:30 PBS NC Weekend Wake Up, NC! L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Montreal, Quebec, Canada DV 8:00 PBS Muhammad Ali Round Three: The Rivalry (1970-1974) NC North Carolina Bookwatch Sandra A. Gutierrez L EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 1 Extortion and downsizing threaten Downton Abbey and change is afoot at the hospital. DV 8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Cullie Tarleton
9:00 NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Weevils vs Salvinia, volunteer angler educator, enthusiasm for ornithology, plains playas. EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 2 Wedding plans hit a snag, pigs lead to trouble for Edith and Marigold and Thomas gets a hint. DV 9:30 NC Daytripper Longview, TX 10:00 PBS Muhammad Ali Round Three: The Rivalry (1970-1974) NC Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Shanghai, China 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope South Korea: A Winter Journey DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Chiapas Highlands: Mexico’s Indian Empire
22 WEDNESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Ft. Bragg L 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Sci NC Science of Iconic NC L 7:00 PBS MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges & Brussels 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley Nat’l Park EX Wild Travels Host Will Clinger learns the hazards and rewards of professional Golf Ball Diving in Kissimmee. 8:00 PBS Muhammad Ali Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016)
NC Antiques Roadshow Hotel Del Coronado, Hour 1 EX Simply Ming Guest Karen Akunowicz 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Pastry 9:00 NC American Experience: Clinton Part 1 A look at President Bill Clinton’s accomplishments and scandals. DV 9:30 EX Taste of History The Seed of a City 10:00 PBS Muhammad Ali Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016) EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Costa Brava Tapas 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Food Meets Art 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Remarkable Rabbits DV
23 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Vegetable Patch 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia A Bag of Lemons 7:00 PBS Cook’s Country Fried Bites NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Provence: Legendary Light, Wind & Wine 7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle SERIES PREMIERE! Cornmeal of the Castle EX Growing a Greener World Gardening to Feed Our Souls & Nourish Our Neighbors L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Pretty in Peach NC Flavor, NC Sunburst Trout Farms L EX How She Rolls Fear Is Good 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe French Alps & Lyon
18 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
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Whatcha gonna watch? Jazz and gospel chanteuse Lydia Salett Dudley on Music at the Museum, Thursday, September 23, 9:30 PM, on PBS NC.
NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Cornmeal of the Castle EX A Chef’s Life The Fish Episode, Y’all 9:00 PBS NC Weekend NC Green Travel L NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Bloom Happy EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Chatham Rabbits & Lydia Salett Dudley NC Growing a Greener World The Foodscape Revolution L EX Simply Ming Guest Karen Akunowicz 10:00 PBS American Masters Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage DV NC NC Weekend NC Green Travel L EX Taste the Florida Keys with Chef Michelle Bernstein 10:30 NC Changing Seas Fishing the Flats for Science 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hungary, Austria & Germany: Sampling the Danube DV 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas with David Yetman Father Kino & the Southwest
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Cook’s Country Fried Bites 6:30 NC BBC World News Today EX Simply Ming Guest Karen Akunowicz 7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera: Uniquely Chic 7:30 PBS ncIMPACT Rural Health Transportation A new program helping rural residents get transportation to providers is impacting health outcomes. L EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Vegetable Patch 8:00 PBS Washington Week NC ncIMPACT Rural Health Transportation L EX Doc Martin The Doctor Is Out Marin is trapped by Annie Winton, who wants him to save her husband. 8:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L NC Black Issues Forum L 9:00 PBS American Masters: Sammy Davis, Jr. The vastly talented entertainer strove to achieve the American Dream in a time of racial prejudice. DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L EX Call the Midwife Lucille delivers a baby in an elevator and Nurse Crane gives vaccines to new students. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Charles Schwab EX Call the Midwife Sister Julienne volunteers Nonnatus House to take part in an obstetrics training initiative. 10:30 NC Chavis Chronicles
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11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
25 SATURDAY 6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood EX Carolina Outdoor Journal L 6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Bloom Happy EX How She Rolls Fear Is Good 7:00 PBS Sesame Street Cardboard Castle DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal L EX Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Camp Lejeune L 7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley Nat’l Park EX Rick Steves’ Europe Copenhagen 8:00 PBS Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC gardenSMART An accomplished artist using her garden experience as inspiration. EX Nature Remarkable Rabbits DV 8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV NC Flavor, NC Sunburst Trout Farms L 9:00 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV NC NC Weekend NC Green Travel L EX NOVA Bat Superpowers DV 9:30 PBS Nature Cat NC Changing Seas Fishing the Flats for Science 10:00 PBS NC Weekend NC Green Travel L NC Carolina Business Review L EX Lidia’s Kitchen My Fruit Trees
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10:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley Nat’l Park NC Growing Bolder A Life of Purpose EX A Chef’s Life Chicken Lickin 11:00 PBS Growing a Greener World Learning to Prune Like a Pro L NC Today’s Wild West Rancho De La Osa/ Native Artist Birdy Real Bird EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Middle Eastern Meets London 11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Embracing Winter NC Home Diagnosis Atlantic City, NJ EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Avoyelles Parish: Smack Dab in the Middle Noon PBS gardenSMART The high desert presents challenges, but several gardeners have persevered. NC American Woodshop Adirondack Camp Chair EX Taste the Florida Keys with Chef Michelle Bernstei 12:30 PBS Conscious Living What We’re Hopeful for NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Cornmeal of the Castle 1:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States 1 NC In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Johanne Killeen, George Germon EX NC Weekend NC Green Travel L 1:30 NC Ireland with Michael In a Neat Little Town They Call Belfast EX Weekends with Yankee An Eye for Beauty 2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profound France
NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Weevils vs Salvinia, volunteer angler educator, enthusiasm for ornithology, plains playas. EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 1 DV 2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Montreal, Canada NC Story in the Public Square 3:00 PBS Weekends with Yankee Down By the Sea NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 2 DV 3:30 PBS American Woodshop The River Stone/ Mirrorcast Walnut & Mahogany, NJ NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 PBS This Old House: Return to Paradise NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 4:30 PBS Ask This Old House: Kitchen Upgrades NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Charles Schwab EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Shanghai, China 5:00 PBS Carolina Outdoor Journal L NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Nature Remarkable Rabbits DV 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM PBS Song of the Mountains Carolina Blue NC Classic Gospel Sweeter As the Day Goes By EX NOVA Bat Superpowers DV 7:00 PBS As Time Goes By Visiting Rocky
NC Music at the Museum Chatham Rabbits & Lydia Salett Dudley EX Future of Work Changing Work, Changing Workers 7:30 PBS As Time Goes By Why? NC Echo Sessions Mike Dillon Band 8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest, Part 1 A wealthy farmer is covered in truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar. NC Song of the Mountains Kim Robins & 40 Years Late/Donna Ulisse & The Poor Mountain Boys EX Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) 9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest, Part 2 NC Front & Center Old Dominion 10:00 PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Mary and Lord Gillingham put their love to the test. Violet is reunited with an old friend. NC Alan Jackson Precious Memories 10:30 EX Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) 11:00 NC ACL Presents: 50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel Enjoy a special hour of performances by Austin’s Western swing faithkeepers. PBS Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Lord Merton delivers a bombshell to Isobel. Police suspicions deepen in an unexplained death.
26 SUNDAY 6 AM PBS Kid Stew DV NC Chavis Chronicles EX Finding Your Roots This Land Is My Land 6:30 PBS Elinor Wonders Why DV
20 | September | Evening & Weekend Listings Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
NC Education Matters L 7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV NC Open Mind EX Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States 1 7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Mark Benioff 8:00 PBS Curious George NC Carolina Business Review L EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Learn to make the besto pesto on Cook’s Country, September 26, Episode 1 DV 2:30 PM, on PBS NC. 8:30 PBS Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Grantchester Sea 9:00 PBS This Old House: son 3 on Masterpiece Return to Paradise Episode 4 DV NC Washington Week 12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient EX Downton Abbey with Sheri Castle Season 6 on Masterpiece Cornmeal of the Castle Episode 2 DV NC Outside: 9:30 PBS Ask This Old Beyond the Lens House: Kitchen Death Valley Nat’l Park Upgrades 1:00 PBS Christopher NC FRONT ROW Kimball’s Milk Street with Marc Rotterman L Television 10:00 PBS Second Opinion Tuesday Night Bologna with Joan Lunden NC Song of Racial Disparities in Health the Mountains NC David Rubenstein Kim Robins & Show: Peer to Peer 40 Years Late Conversations EX Grantchester Sea Charles Schwab son 3 on Masterpiece 10:30 PBS Exploring Episode 5 DV North Carolina 1:30 PBS Sara’s In Perfect Harmony: Weeknight Meals Camp Lejeune L Cooks & Books NC North Carolina 2:00 PBS America’s Bookwatch Test Kitchen From Sandra A. Gutierrez L Cook’s Illustrated EX Samantha Brown’s French-inspired Places to Love Comfort Food Shanghai, China NC Front & Center 11:00 PBS Steven Raichlen’s Old Dominion Project Fire EX Grantchester Sea Sustainable Seafood son 3 on Masterpiece NC Chavis Chronicles Episode 6 DV EX Great British 2:30 PBS Cook’s Country Baking Show Roast Chicken & Salad Cake 3:00 PBS Pati’s 11:30 PBS Simply Ming Mexican Table NC Story in the Food Meets Art Public Square NC Alan Jackson Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s Precious Memories Cookin’ Louisiana EX Grantchester Sea NC Carolina son 3 on Masterpiece Outdoor Journal L Episode 7 DV
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3:30 PBS North Carolina Bookwatch Stephanie Elizondo Griest: All the Agents & Saints L 4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L NC ACL Presents: 50 Years of Asleep at the Whee EX Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors 4:30 PBS FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman L 5:00 PBS Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Secrets of the Royal Servants 5:30 PBS PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Rural Health Transportation L 6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest, Part 1 NC Black Issues Forum L EX Secrets of the Manor House The British titled class and their servants in Edwardian times. DV 6:30 NC Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) 7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest, Part 2 EX Wonders of Mexico Forests of the Maya 8:00 PBS Queen’s Garden The “royal wildlife” and remarkable plants. EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 9:00 PBS Elizabeth Is Missing on Masterpiece A woman desperately tries to solve two mysteries as she declines ever deeper into dementia. NC Muhammad Ali Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 10:00 EX Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Camp Lejeune L 10:30 EX Sci NC Dedication to Discovery L 11:00 PBS EastEnders EX Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States 1
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11:30 NC Comic Culture Anthony Marques L PBS EastEnders
27 MONDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley Nat’l Park 7:00 PBS History Detectives A dagger that may have belonged to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz & Warsaw 7:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Orange County, California 8:00 PBS Antiques Roadshow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Hour 3 NC American Masters Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage DV EX Prey Episode4 9:00 PBS Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special PREMIERE! Part 1 Trace the rise of William Randolph Hearst, who built the nation’s largest media empire. DV EX Prey Episode 5 9:30 NC NC Weekend NC Green Travel L 10:00 NC Outside: Beyond the Lens Death Valley Nat’l Park EX Prey Episode 6 10:30 NC Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Alzheimer’s: A Public Health Crisis 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots This Land Is My Land
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28 TUESDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Simple & Elegant Dinner 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Cook’s Country Roast Chicken & Salad 7:00 PBS Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, Vermont. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary 7:30 PBS NC Weekend NC Green Travel L EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Tokyo, Japan: Celebrating the Past & Present DV 8:00 PBS In Their Own Words Jimmy Carter NC North Carolina Bookwatch Stephanie Elizondo Griest: All the Agents & Saints L EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 3 A wedding dress drama takes a disastrous turn and the hospital debate gets nasty. DV
8:30 NC NC Broadcast Legends Bob Harper 9:00 PBS Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special Part 2 Follow William Randolph Hearst’s expansion into Hollywood. DV NC Texas Parks & Wildlife Lake Mineral Wells trailway, mentoring young stewards, Packery Channel surfers. EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Miss Baxter faces a dilemma, Anna and Mary rush to London and Daisy continues to press her case. DV 9:30 NC Daytripper Salado, TX 10:00 NC London: 2000 Years of History The First 1000 Years 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Huntsville, Alabama 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The Cook Islands: Cultural Paradise DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Pantanal: Wetlands & Wildlife
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7:00 PBS MotorWeek NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon & the Algarve 7:30 PBS Outside: Beyond the Lens California’s Foothills EX Wild Travels Host Will Clinger gets righteously hammered at a Pittsburgh church converted into a microbrewery. 8:00 PBS In Their Own Words Elon Musk NC Antiques Roadshow Hotel Del Coronado Hour 3 EX Simply Ming Guest Avi Shemtov 8:30 EX Great British Baking Show Victorian 9:00 PBS NOVA PREMIERE! The Cannabis Question DV NC American Experience: Clinton Part 2 DV 9:30 EX Taste of History Eat It to Beat It 10:00 PBS Life From Above Moving Planet EX Sara’s Weeknight Meals Paella in Spain 10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table Jalisco Classics 11:00 PBS Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Our Gorongosa The elephant ecology project redefining the purpose of an African national park.
30 THURSDAY 6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Fruits & Sweets 6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source EX Ciao Italia All Chicken 7:00 PBS Cook’s Country Roast Chicken & Salad NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Sevilla
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7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Oysters at Home EX Growing a Greener World A Day in the Life at the Gardenfarm L 8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life Gettin’ Figgy with It NC Flavor, NC Maple View Dairy/ Panciutto L EX The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Cornmeal of the Castle 8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Fascist Story NC The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle Oysters at Home EX A Chef’s Life Obviously, It’s Pecans 9:00 PBS NC Weekend The Foothills L NC Cook’s Country Fried Bites EX Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana 9:30 PBS Music at the Museum Lorena Guillen & Early Gray NC Growing a Greener World More Than Just a Seed: ProtectingItsPast&PresentL EX Simply Ming Guest Avi Shemtov 10:00 PBS Great Performances Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba NC NC Weekend The Foothills L EX Rick Steves European Festivals 10:30 NC Changing Seas The Cordell Bank: A National Treasure 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Peru: The Amazon & Beyond DV 11:30 PBS Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas with David Yetman Pororoca: Brazil’s Famous Wave
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