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ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 6 AM Splash & Bubbles
Sat./Sun.: Caillou 6:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog
Sat./Sun.: WordWorld 7:00 Peg+Cat DV
Sat./Sun., until 10 AM: Read-a-roo’s Block
Party: Molly of Denali 7:30 Pinkalicious&Peterrific 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
9:00 Sesame Street DV
9:30 Esme & Roy 10:00 Super WHY! 10:30 The Cat in the Hat
Knows a Lot About That 11:00 Nature Cat11:30 Ready Jet Go! Noon Cyberchase12:30 Arthur DV
1:00 Odd Squad Sat./Sun., until 4 PM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party: Molly of Denali
1:30 Molly of Denali 2:00 Xavier Riddle 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:00 Dinosaur Train DV
3:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV
4:00 Sesame Street DV Sat./Sun.: Nature Cat
4:30 Pinkalicious&Peterrific Sat./Sun.: Odd Squad
5:00 Let’s Go Luna Sat./Sun.: Hero Elementary
5:30 Nature Cat Sat./Sun.: Molly of Denali
6:00 Wild Kratts Sat./Sun., until 6:30 PM: Xavier Riddle
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DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOODNew Episodes—August 17-21!
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4 | August
1 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood NC Beyond Barbados:
The Carolina Connection Trace this small island’s
influence on the wealth and success of the Carolinas.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal
Captain’s Challenge 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
Blue Ridge: The Heart of the Eastern Forest
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Autumn Rainbow Trout EX Exploring
North Carolina Ghost Towns of NC 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
Colorado’s Rocky Mountains: Challenges & Changes
EX Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science 8:00 TV Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
Ghost Towns of NC EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of
animals as never before. DV
8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV
NC Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science
9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV
NC North Carolina Weekend
Best of Bob Garner EX NOVA Making North America: Life 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend Best of Bob Garner NC Carolina
Business Review Chris William and his
guests discuss business news in the Carolinas.
EX New Scandinavian Cooking
Grain for Food 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania NC NC Broadcast Legends Carl Venters Jr. EX Jacques Pépin
Heart & Soul La Cocina Olé 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s
Life in Bloom Vegetables & Flowers NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Carving Away with
Mary May EX tasteMAKERS On the Vine 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home Cotton All Around NC EcoSense for Living Fashioned for the Planet EX A Chef’s Life Pretty in Peach Noon TV GardenSMART Private Conifer Collection NC To Dine for
with Kate Sullivan Jake Wood: Founder
Team Rubicon
EX A Taste of History Cuisine of the Equator 12:30 TV America’s Heartland New Tech Improves
Yield & Soil Health NC tasteMAKERS KōHanaRum,Kunia,
Hawaii EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Mexico City:
600 Years of Urban Glory 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage San Diego NC Exploring
North Carolina Ghost Towns of NC EX North Carolina
Weekend Best of Bob Garner 1:30 NC Expeditions
with Patrick McMillan Colorado’s
Rocky Mountains: Challenges & Changes
EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese
Connecticut: A Touch of Africa
2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe LittleEurope:SanMarino,
Monaco,VaticanCity NC Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science EX Queen at War Follow Elizabeth II’s revela-
tory WWII experiences. 2:30 TV Outside:
Beyond the Lens Storm Chasers NC Story in the
Public Square Ken Belson 3:00 TV Burt Wolf:
Travels & Traditions PalmBeachScrapbook,
Part 2 NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé National TV’s only women-
centered news analysis show tackles hot topics.
EX Prince Charles at 70 See this portrait of the
Prince of Wales. 3:30 TV American Woodshop Stanton Tools NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices
debate important challenges. 4:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Decking
for Beginners NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman Follow lively conversations
and interviews with key policy makers.
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& local interestShaded programs indicate fundraiser specials
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J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom sends off the season in style, Saturday, August 1, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.
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NC Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant/
Tank & The Bangas 11:30 EX Last Ring Home See how a class ring made
its way home 17 years after a WWII soldier was killed.
2 SUNDAY6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Art Seeking Understanding I:
Foundations EX Finding Your Roots Dreaming of a New Land:
MarisaTomei,SherylSandberg & Kal Penn
6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters Learn about key issues
affecting education in NC. 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind America Without Law EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage San Diego 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 8:00 TV Curious George DV
NC Carolina Business Review
EX Queen at War Follow Elizabeth II’s revela-
tory WWII experiences. 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Decking for
Beginners NC Washington Week EX Prince Charles at 70 See this portrait of the
Prince of Wales.
EX Secrets of Althorp—The Spencers
Get a personal tour around the family manor from Princess Diana’s brother.
4:30 TV Ask This Old House Built-In/Dining Room Light NC NC SPIN Tom Campbell and guests
engage in informative, balanced debate.
5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal
Autumn Rainbow Trout NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend Gain insights about the
week’s issues. EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of
animals as never before. DV
5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend
NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze
major news and events. 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains Jeff Parker & Company/
The King James Boys/ Billy Droze
NC Classic Gospel GVB Reunion Live EX NOVA Making North America: Life 7:00 TV As Time Goes By What’s Wrong with
Mrs. Bale? NC Sun Studio Sessions Carson McHone EX National Parks:
America’s Best Idea Going Home (1920-1933)
The Smoky Mountains becomes a park. DV
7:30 TV As Time Goes By Alistair’s Engagement NC Echo Sessions Leftover Salmon 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders TheDaggerClub,Part1 NC Song of the Mountains Jeff Parker & Company/
The King James Boys/ Billy Droze
9:00 TV Midsomer Murders TheDaggerClub,Part2 NC Farm & Fun Time Steel City Jug Slammers/
Sierra Ferrell EX The War A Necessary War Explore
the impact of America’s entrance into WWII. DV
10:00 TV Hinterland Mathias makes a
gruesome discovery. NC Front & Center Chris Janson 11:00 TV Professor T The Legacy
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Built-In/Dining Room Light NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring
North Carolina Living with a Rising Sea NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of Althorp—
The Spencers Get a personal tour around
the family manor from Princess Diana’s brother.
10:30 TV Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Martin Clark:
The Substitution Order 11:00 TV Hubert Keller:
Secrets of a Chef Culinary Hotspots in Down-
town Las Vegas NC McLaughlin Group Tom Rogan, Pat Buchanan,
Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page and others discuss politics.
EX The Great British Baking Show
Cake 11:30 TV Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Rick Bayless NC Story in the
Public Square Maddie McGarvey Noon TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Autumn Rainbow Trout EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love Phoenix,Arizona 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing
Behind the Lines Reservoir Fish EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily DV
1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
The Austrian Table NC Song of the Mountains Jeff Parker & Company/
The King James Boys/ Billy Droze
EX Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece
A Show of Unity 1:30 TV My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas Saving the Earth on Paros 2:00 TV America’s
Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Pork & Greens NC Farm & Fun Time Steel City Jug Slammers/
Sierra Ferrell EX Victoria Season 3
on Masterpiece A Coburg Quartet
Sample some Smoky Pulled Pork on America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated, Sunday, August 2, at 2 PM, on UNC-TV.
evening&weekendlistings
6 | August
10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Mossville: When
Great Trees Fall EX Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science 10:30 EX ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage San Diego 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Carl Venters Jr.
3 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 Secrets of Althorp—
The Spencers Get a personal tour around
the family manor from Princess Diana’s brother.
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
Ros Atkins offers an innovative take on the latest global stories.
7:00 TV Somewhere South Porridge for the Soul NC PBS NewsHour EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love TopoftheSouthIsland,
New Zealand 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV
8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Boston NC REEL SOUTH Alabama Bound EX Grantchester Season 2
on Masterpiece Part 2 A professor dies in a
suspicious fall. DV
2:30 TV Cook’s Country Italian Comfort Food
Classics 3:00 TV Hubert Keller:
Secrets of a Chef Eating Las Vegas:
From Old to New NC Front & Center Chris Janson EX Victoria Season 3
on Masterpiece A Public Inconvenience 3:30 TV North Carolina
Bookwatch Sue Monk Kidd:
The Book of Longings 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum Best Health Practices to
Prevent COVID-19 Spread NC Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant/
Tank & The Bangas EX Dark Angel
on Masterpiece Joanne Froggatt stars as
Britain’s first female serial killer—a Victorian poisoner.
4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders TheDaggerClub,Part1 NC Black Issues Forum Best Health Practices to
Prevent COVID-19 Spread EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part1of4 6:30 NC Talk—Race in America Explore the troubled rela-
tionship between people of color and law enforcement.
7:00 TV Midsomer Murders TheDaggerClub,Part2 EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of
animals as never before. DV
8:00 TV Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece
Confection DV
EX NOVA Making North America:
Human 8:30 NC Independent Lens I Am Not Your Negro Take
a look at James Baldwin’s crucial observations about American race relations. DV
9:00 EX Life from Above Moving Planet Cameras in
space capture the planet’s most powerful movements.
9:30 TV Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece
Deguello DV
9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Tucson,Part2 NC NC Broadcast Legends Carl Venters Jr. EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part2of4 9:30 NC North Carolina
Weekend Best of Bob Garner 10:00 TV POV New! Chez Jolie Coiffure
Catch up on the latest hair mail with this salon’s charis-matic proprietor.
NC David Holt’s State of Music
Dom Flemons EX Tunnel: Vengeance Karl makes a major break-
through, but danger lurks. 10:30 NC ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 11:00 TV Amanpour
& Company The acclaimed journalist
and top peers explore today’s topics.
NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Dreaming of a New Land:
MarisaTomei,SherylSandberg & Kal Penn
4 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with
Sara Moulton 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source EX My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas Figs in a Glass 7:00 TV Flavor, NC Wild Caught Shrimp NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florence: Heart of
the Renaissance 7:30 TV North Carolina
Weekend Best of Bob Garner EX Travelscope Bhutan,Part2:Landof
the Thunder Dragon DV
8:00 TV Reagan: American Experience
Lifeguard NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Sue Monk Kidd:
The Book of Longings EX In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II Explore
an astonishing life and reign of more than 60 years.
Step inside Cameroonian Sabine’s tiny underground hair salon on POV Chez Jolie Coiffure, Monday, August 3, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
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8:30 NC Muse Music Heritage & Education:
Steep Canyon Rangers/Start of Cool Summer Camp/We Insist: Music of Max Roach
9:00 NC REEL SOUTH The Well- Placed Weed EX The Queen’s Garden See remarkable “royal wild-
life” and plants in London. 10:00 TV Statecraft:
The Bush 41 Team Examine the presidency
of George H.W. Bush. NC J.D. Loudermilk
Tribute Concert—A Music Gone Public Special
Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and more stars perform Abilene, Tobacco Road and other hits by the late, Durham-born songwriter.
EX Secrets of Highclere Castle
Go behind the scenes at one of England’s most spectacular country houses.
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Armenia: Ancient History &
ModernTraditions,Part2DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Colombia: Capital & Coffee
5 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source EX ncIMPACT Get Set Transylvania 7:00 TV Sci NC Celebrating Citizen Science
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florentine Delights &
Tuscan Side Trips 7:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina Living with a Rising Sea EX Travelscope Fredericksburg,Texas DV
8:00 TV Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries
Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish Brown Bears’ Diets DV
NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea
The Last Refuge (1890-1915) DV
EX A Chef’s Life Gettin’ Figgy with It 8:30 EX The Great
British Baking Show Continental Cakes 9:00 TV NOVA Rise of the Mammals
New fossils reveal how mammals took over Earth after dinosaur extinction.
9:30 EX A Taste of History The Santa Fe Trail 10:00 TV Forces of Nature Color EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals One Pan Wonder 10:30 NC Legends of Airpower John Boyd EX Ellie’s Real Good Food Unboring Salads 11:00 TV Amanpour
& Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of
animals as never before. DV
6 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Childhood Cravings
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
EX Flavor of Poland Lublin 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr. NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Regal & Intimate 7:30 TV Family of Us: A PBS
American Portrait Story Premiere! See diverse
families and how these relationships shape us and matter now more than ever.
EX Untamed Opossums 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Broadband Under
Quarantine NC Flavor, NC Wild Caught Shrimp EX Expedition with
Steve Backshall Oman: Desert Fortress 8:30 TV My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Cohosts in Portugal 9:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks NC A Chef’s Life A Food Truck & a Pear Tree EX Weekends
with Yankee To the Top 9:30 TV David Holt’s
State of Music Onstage! NC Growing a
Greener World The Private Garden
of a Public Gardener EX Outside:
Beyond the Lens Grasslands 10:00 NC North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks EX Rick Steves Cruising
the Mediterranean Sail from Barcelona to Ath-
ens with stops in the French Riviera, Rome and more.
10:30 TV John Lewis— Get in the Way
See the life of civil rights hero, congressman and human rights champion.
NC My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous Nimkii
Meet 2020 Elon University grad Lumiere Rostick and her grandparents on Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story, premiering Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
evening&weekendlistings
8 | August
11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Sierra Nevada and the Making of California
7 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX tasteMAKERS Out of the Box 6:30 NC BBC World News
Today Get a comprehensive look
at global news and analysis. EX Jacques Pépin:
Heart & Soul Taste Bud Temptations 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Embracing Life & Art 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX 100 Days, Drinks,
Dishes and Destinations Dirt to Dinner 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks EX Victoria Season 3
on Masterpiece The White Elephant 8:30 TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
9:00 TV Great Performances: In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
Follow the cast and team from the musical’s small start to its Tony Awards.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
EX Poldark on Masterpiece
Part 1—Poldark Returns 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV International Jazz
Day: Live from Cuba World-renowned artists
collaborate and perform. NC NC SPIN EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 2—Investors Wanted 10:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour
& Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
EX Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
Cooking for the President 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s
Life in Bloom Arrangements from
the Garden NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Swinging Saw Vise EX tasteMAKERS Shelled Out 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home Keep It Simple NC EcoSense for Living Wild Healing EX A Chef’s Life Gettin’ Figgy with It Noon TV GardenSMART How,When&Where
To Start a Garden NC To Dine for
with Kate Sullivan AshleyLongshore,Artist EX A Taste of History The Santa Fe Trail 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Tennessee’s National Corn-
bread Festival & More Fairs NC tasteMAKERS Ramona Farms: Gila River
IndianCommunity,Arizona EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Our Warming Oceans:
Biosphere to Bahamas 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Boston NC Exploring
North Carolina Living with a Rising Sea EX North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks 1:30 NC Expeditions
with Patrick McMillan South Texas—
A Hint of the Tropics EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese Canada: The Cowboy Life 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe GreatSwissCities:Luzern,
Bern,Zurich&Lausanne NC My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
EX In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II Explore
an astonishing life and reign of more than 60 years.
2:30 TV Outside: Beyond the Lens
East Side Colors NC Story in the
Public Square Maddie McGarvey 3:00 TV Burt Wolf:
Travels & Traditions China Ancient & Modern
8 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Southern Belle Young women participate
in an intensive week of historical reenactments.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal
Autumn Rainbow Trout 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
Blue Ridge: A Crucible of Life
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Drum Beat EX Exploring
North Carolina Living with a Rising Sea 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
EX My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
Living with a Rising Sea EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of
animals as never before. DV
8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV
NC My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV
NC North Carolina Weekend
NC State Parks EX NOVA Making North America:
Human 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Broadband Under
Quarantine 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks NC Carolina
Business Review EX New
Scandinavian Cooking Island Treats 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Broadband Under
Quarantine NC NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr.
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10:00 TV Hinterland The past comes back to
haunt Mathias. NC Front & Center The Head & the Heart 11:00 TV Professor T MurderByNumbers,Part1 NC Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara EX Day of Days:
June 6, 1944 Four D-Day veterans share
their experiences.
9 SUNDAY6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Why Philosophy of Art? EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales:
S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan
6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind America Without Law EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Boston 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
Broadband Under Quarantine
8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina
Business Review EX In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II Explore
an astonishing life and reign of more than 60 years.
8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé
EX The Queen’s Garden See remarkable “royal wild-
life” and plants in London. 3:30 TV American Woodshop Arts & Crafts Luminaries NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Return
to Paradise NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman EX Secrets of
Highclere Castle Go behind the scenes at
one of England’s most spectacular country houses.
4:30 TV Ask This Old House Women’s Repair Class/
Garden NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Drum Beat NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of
animals as never before. DV
5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend
NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains New! Michael Reno Harrell/
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome River Band
NC Classic Gospel Booth Brothers:
Country Roads EX NOVA Making North America:
Human 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The House Next Door NC Sun Studio Sessions The Bo-keys EX National Parks:
America’s Best Idea GreatNature(1933-1945)
DV
7:30 TV As Time Goes By A Surprise for Jean NC Echo Sessions Empire Strikes Brass 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders MurderbyMagic,Part1 NC Song of the Mountains Michael Reno Harrell/
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome River Band
9:00 TV Midsomer Murders MurderbyMagic,Part2 NC Farm & Fun Time Hoot & Holler/
Davina & The Vagabonds EX The War When Things Get Tough DV
9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Return
to Paradise NC Washington Week EX The Queen’s Garden See remarkable “royal wild-
life” and plants in London. 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Women’s Repair Class/
Garden NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring
North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of
Highclere Castle Go behind the scenes at
one of England’s most spectacular country houses.
10:30 TV My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Sue Monk Kidd: The Book of Longings
11:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef
Eating in Las Vegas: From Peru to Provence
NC McLaughlin Group EX The Great
British Baking Show Biscuits 11:30 TV Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Carla Hall NC Story in the
Public Square DonaldWarne,MD Noon TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Drum Beat EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love Vienna,Austria 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing
Behind the Lines Drifting the Grasse EX Rick Steves’ Europe Sicilian Delights DV
1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Cooking with Chilies NC Song of the Mountains Michael Reno Harrell/
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome River Band
EX Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece
The White Elephant 1:30 TV My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas Figs in a Glass
Morganton singer/songwriter/storyteller Michael Reno Harrell brings his “Appalachian grit ‘n’ wit” to Song of the Mountains, Saturday, August 8, at 6 PM, on UNC-TV.
evening&weekendlistings
10 | August
2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Eggs for the Holidays NC Farm & Fun Time Hoot & Holler/
Davina & The Vagabonds EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 1—Poldark Returns 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Tacos Two Ways 3:00 TV Hubert Keller:
Secrets of a Chef Las Vegas Celebrity Chefs:
Two of the Best NC Front & Center The Head & the Heart EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 2—Investors Wanted 3:30 TV North Carolina
Bookwatch Jodi Magness: Masada 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum Internet Access & the
Effect of COVID-19 NC Austin City Limits Miguel/Alessia Cara EX King Charles III
on Masterpiece This drama imagines
Prince Charles’ ascent to the throne.
4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Broadband Under
Quarantine 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders MurderbyMagic,Part1 NC Black Issues Forum Internet Access & the
Effect of COVID-19 EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part2of4 6:30 NC POV Whose Streets? Take a
hard look at the Ferguson uprising, where citizens assert their right to live.
7:00 TV Midsomer Murders MurderbyMagic,Part2 EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish
Brown Bears’ Diets DV
8:00 TV Secrets of the Royal Servants
Explore life at Buckingham Palace through those who see the royals in a way no one else does.
NC Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Out of the Shadows/Move on Up Travel through the last half century of African-American history with Henry Louis Gates Jr. DV
EX NOVA Rise of the Mammals
New fossils reveal how mammals took over Earth after dinosaur extinction.
9:00 TV Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece
SeaSoN Premiere! Oracle DV
EX Life from Above Colorful Planet 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Gip EX My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
10:30 EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
Broadband Under Quarantine
11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Broadband Under
Quarantine EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Boston 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr.
10 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Secrets of
Highclere Castle Go behind the scenes at
one of England’s most spectacular country houses.
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
7:00 TV Somewhere South Dumpling Dilemma NC PBS NewsHour EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love SonomaCounty,California 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV
8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Tucson,Part3 NC REEL SOUTH First Lady of the Revolution EX Grantchester Season 2
on Masterpiece Part 3 Sidney and Geordie
answer a false alarm. DV
9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Omaha,Part1 NC NC Broadcast Legends Robert Murray Horner Jr. EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part3of4 9:30 NC North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks 10:00 TV POV About Love NC David Holt’s
State of Music Onstage! EX Tunnel: Vengeance Karl and Elise face a
gripping showdown with the Pied Piper.
11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales:
S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan
11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
11 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Dr. William Li
It’s 1970 and cerebral Detective Morse (Shaun Evans, L) returns (even if his ‘stache does not), along with his man Thursday (Roger Allam), as Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece premieres Sunday, August 9, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
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August | 11
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
An Ionian Odyssey 7:00 TV Flavor, NC State Fair NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe London: Historic & Dynamic 7:30 TV North Carolina
Weekend NC State Parks EX Travelscope A San Antonio Christmas
DV
8:00 TV Reagan: American Experience
An American Crusade NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Jodi Magness: Masada EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Elizabeth I:
The Warrior Queen 8:30 NC Muse Public Art: Burnsville Gate-
way/Dare Coulter/UNCSA 9:00 NC REEL SOUTH Ingrid EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne:
The Mother of Great Britain 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Go inside the compelling,
controversial and complex stories shaping our times.
NC One Band Indivisible Follow the triumphs and
trials of Durham’s Hillside Hornet’s marching band.
EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets
Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope France: Following
the Rhone DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Brazil’s Land of Sand
12 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
Broadband Under Quarantine
7:00 TV My Home, NC MamaDip,Coming
oftheShad,LandofOz,Banjo Earth
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake
District & Durham 7:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future EX Travelscope Gathering in Scotland DV
8:00 TV Nature Undercover in the Jungle
DV
NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea
The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) DV
EX A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect 8:30 EX The Great
British Baking Show Pastries 9:00 TV NOVA Decoding the Great
Pyramid See how ancient Egyptians built the Giza pyramids.
9:30 EX A Taste of History Return to the Dockyard 10:00 TV Forces of Nature Motion NC Legends of Airpower Charles Bolden EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals SignificantSalad 10:30 NC Future of
America’s Past Freedom’s Fortress EX Ellie’s Real Good Food OneBasket,OneWeek,
ZeroWaste
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish
Brown Bears’ Diets DV
13 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Memories of the Mountains 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source EX Flavor of Poland Zakopane 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Wade Hargrove NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice: City of Dreams 7:30 TV Muse Art Abilities: UNCSA—
OneKnotataTime,Scratchboard Artist
EX Untamed Snakes 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural
Health Impact NC Flavor, NC State Fair EX No Passport
Required Detroit 8:30 TV My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Basque Country 9:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores NC A Chef’s Life Wanted: Broccoli EX Weekends
with Yankee Adventurous Spirit 9:30 TV David Holt’s
State of Music Sam Bush NC Growing a
Greener World The Compost Pedallers EX Outside:
Beyond the Lens Alabama Hills
Chef Walter Staib (R) enjoys Antigua on A Taste of History, Wednesday, August 12, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
evening&weekendlistings
12 | August
10:00 TV Talking Black in America
Consider the profound impact of the descendants of American slaves on American language.
NC North Carolina Weekend
Country Stores EX Rick Steves’ European
Travel Tips & Tricks Learn about itinerary plan-
ning, avoiding crowds and more essential skills.
10:30 NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous NewZealand 11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Lake Superior: Circling the
Sweet Water Ocean
14 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX tasteMAKERS In the Wild 6:30 NC BBC World News
Today EX Jacques Pépin:
Heart & Soul Global Gastronomy 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice & Its Lagoon 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX 100 Days, Drinks,
Dishes and Destinations Feast of Flavors 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 3—Gentry Battles 8:30 TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
9:00 TV Great Performances: The Sound of Music
Follow the von Trapp Fam-ily’s escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
EX Poldark on Masterpiece
Part4—FishHarvest 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 5—In the Family Way 10:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 TV Amanpour
& Company EX EastEnders
15 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Civil War Songs & Stories
Performances of Bonnie Blue Flag and Dixie capture Civil War sounds and tales.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal
Drum Beat 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
The Great Plains: An Ever-changing Tapestry
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Pier Lesson EX Exploring
North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
South Texas—The Border
EX My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
A Peninsula with a Future EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish
Brown Bears’ Diets DV
8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV
NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV
NC North Carolina Weekend
Country Stores EX NOVA Rise of the Mammals New
fossils reveal how mammals took over Earth after dino-saur extinction.
9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural
Health Impact 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores NC Carolina
Business Review EX Lidia’s Kitchen Childhood Cravings 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural
Health Impact NC NC Broadcast Legends Wade Hargrove EX Jacques Pépin:
Heart & Soul Taste Bud Temptations 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s
Life in Bloom From Farm to Plate & Vase NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Sharpen that Saw! EX tasteMAKERS Extracted 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home Add a Little Color NC EcoSense for Living Innovation & Biomimicry EX A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect Noon TV GardenSMART Preplanning & Tips
The hills are alive again on this more recent revisiting of the musical classic on Great Performances: The Sound of Music, Friday, August 14, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org
August | 13
3:00 TV Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions
Mapping Business in China NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne:
The Mother of Great Britain 3:30 TV American Woodshop Making Custom Knives NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Westerly: The Doors NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Marie Antoinette:
The Doomed Queen 4:30 TV Ask This Old House Switch/Affordable
Geothermal NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Pier Lesson NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Animals with Cameras:
A Nature Miniseries Chilean Devil Rays/Turkish
Brown Bears’ Diets DV
5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend
NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains KornfieldFriends:Remem-
beringHeeHaw,Part1 NC Classic Gospel Jimmy Fortune:
God & Country EX NOVA Rise of the Mammals
New fossils reveal how mammals took over Earth after dinosaur extinction.
7:00 TV As Time Goes By Pardon?
NC Bluegrass Underground
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band EX National Parks:
America’s Best Idea The Morning of Creation
(1946-1980) DV
7:30 TV As Time Goes By An Old Flame NC Echo Sessions Hoveykraft 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer
County,Part1 NC Song of the Mountains KornfieldFriends:Remem-
beringHeeHaw,Part1 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer
County,Part2 NC Farm & Fun Time Kelsey Rae/Chuck Mead &
The Grassy Knoll Boys EX The War A Deadly Calling DV
10:00 TV Hinterland The past comes back to
haunt Mathias. NC Front & Center Santana IV—Live at the
House of Blues in Las Vegas 11:00 TV Professor T MurderByNumbers,Part2 NC Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX 1st to Fight:
Pacific War Marines Witness experiences of the
1st Marine Division on the Pacific island of Guadalca-nal in 1942.
16 SUNDAY6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Can the Brain Explain Art? EX Finding Your Roots No Laughing Matter:
SethMeyers,TigNotaro & Sarah Silverman
6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind America Without Law EX Antiques Roadshow Tucson,Part3 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact
8:00 TV Curious George DV
NC Carolina Business Review
EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets
Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen
NC The Hook Catch the funkiest fish show
on the planet, with beloved Durham Chef Ricky Moore of Saltbox Seafood Joint.
EX A Taste of History Return to the Dockyard 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Consumer-Driven Farm
Production Techniques NC tasteMAKERS Custom Foodscaping:
St.Louis,Missouri EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Tucson,Part3 NC Exploring
North Carolina A Peninsula with a Future EX North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores 1:30 NC Expeditions
with Patrick McMillan South Texas: The Border EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese South Africa: Land
of the Penguins 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna & the Danube NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets
Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen
2:30 TV Outside: Beyond the Lens
NewZealand NC Story in the
Public Square DonaldWarne,MD
Professor T crosses his Ts and dots his Is on the sleuth’s first-season finale, Saturday, August 15, at 11 PM, on UNC-TV.
evening&weekendlistings
14 | August
8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: The Doors NC Washington Week EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Queen Anne:
The Mother of Great Britain 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Switch/Affordable
Geothermal NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring
North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters? NC NC SPIN EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Marie Antoinette:
The Doomed Queen 10:30 TV My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Jodi Magness: Masada 11:00 TV Hubert Keller:
Secrets of a Chef Hubert’s Birthday Bash NC McLaughlin Group EX The Great
British Baking Show Bread 11:30 TV Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Susur Lee NC Story in the
Public Square Mo Rocca Noon TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Pier Lesson EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love TheSouthernFingerLakes,
New York 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing
Behind the Lines Texas Rigged EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Highlands DV
1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Thailand North to South NC Song of the Mountains KornfieldFriends:Remem-
beringHeeHaw,Part1 EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 3—Gentry Battles 1:30 TV My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas An Ionian Odyssey
2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
A Trip to Rome NC Farm & Fun Time Kelsey Rae/Chuck Mead &
The Grassy Knoll Boys EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part4—FishHarvest 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Beef,DressedUp 3:00 TV Hubert Keller:
Secrets of a Chef Spring Mountain’s
Secret Gems NC Front & Center Santana IV—Live at the
House of Blues in Las Vegas EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part Five Poldark and
Demelza start a family and Demelza plays matchmaker. The miners riot.
3:30 TV North Carolina Bookwatch
Devi Laskar: The Atlas of Reds & Blues
4:00 TV Black Issues Forum The Power of Black Mobil-
ity (Green Book) NC Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX Endeavour Season 7
on Masterpiece Oracle DV
4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural
Health Impact 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer
County,Part1 NC Black Issues Forum The Power of Black Mobil-
ity (Green Book)
EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part3of4 6:30 NC POV Quest A Black husband
and wife raise a family and nurture a community of hip-hop artists in Philadelphia.
7:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Ballad of Midsomer
County,Part2 EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle
DV
8:00 TV Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
Explore how the British royal family has shaped its image with photography.
NC Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Keep Your Head Up/Touch the Sky Explore our chang-ing racial landscape with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Eric Holder.
EX NOVA Decoding the Great
Pyramid See how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza.
9:00 TV Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece
Raga DV
EX Life from Above Patterned Planet 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Alabama Bound EX My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
10:30 EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact
11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special COVID-19’s Rural
Health Impact
Smile and say, “Stilton!” Enjoy Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album, Sunday, August 16, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
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August | 15
18 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with
Amanda Freitag 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source EX My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas The Dodecanese for Dinner 7:00 TV Flavor, NC Carter Farms Wheat NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe EuropeanTravelSkills,
Part 1 7:30 TV North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores EX Travelscope Taiwan Lantern Festival DV
8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage
Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Devi Laskar: The Atlas of Reds & Blues
EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
Explore how the British royal family has shaped its image with photography.
8:30 NC Muse Cultural History: Center
for Craft/Chitlin’ Circuit 9:00 NC REEL SOUTH F/11 & Be There EX Tales from the
Royal Bedchamber Historian Lucy Worsley
reveals the importance of the palace’s regal bedroom.
10:00 NC A Great American Tapestry
Follow Southern mountain music through Scots-Irish, African-American and indigenous traditions, with Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Sheila Kay Ad-ams, David Holt and more.
EX Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace
Discover the unique Hamp-ton Court, the ultimate royal pleasure palace.
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Ireland: Coast to Coast DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Nicaragua: Land of the Shaking Earth Emerges
19 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact
7:00 TV My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati,SalemStreetDrumCompany,HighlandBrew-ingCompany,HospitaltoHome,VillaVerde
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe EuropeanTravelSkills,
Part 2 7:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters? EX Travelscope Cappadocia,TurkeyDV
8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage
Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Going Home (1920-1933) The Smoky Mountains becomes a park. DV
EX A Chef’s Life Prickly Business 8:30 EX The Great
British Baking Show Advanced Dough 9:30 EX A Taste of History America’s Oldest City 10:00 NC Legends of Airpower Richard “Steve” Ritchie EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals Five Ingredient Cookout 10:30 NC Future of
America’s Past The Fire of a Movement EX Ellie’s Real Good Food Great Grains 11:00 TV Amanpour
& Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle
DV
20 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Growing Up Italian
EX Antiques Roadshow Tucson,Part3 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Wade Hargrove
17 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets Marie Antoinette:
The Doomed Queen 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source 7:00 TV Somewhere South What a Pickle NC PBS NewsHour EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love Sailing the British
Virgin Islands 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising
Explore cruising’s ins and outs and pros and cons. DV
8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage
Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC REEL SOUTH Divided City EX Grantchester Season 2
on Masterpiece Part4An apparent suicide
leads Sidney to perform an exorcism. DV
8:30 NC REEL SOUTH Jonah Stands Up 9:00 NC NC Broadcast Legends Wade Hargrove EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part4of4 9:30 NC North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores 10:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music Sam Bush EX The Miniaturist
on Masterpiece Nella marries to rescue her
family from financial ruin, but her husband is not all she imagined.
10:30 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
COVID-19’s Rural Health Impact
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots No Laughing Matter:
SethMeyers,TigNotaro & Sarah Silverman
16 | August
evening&weekendliStiNgS
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
EX Flavor of Poland Kraków 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe EuropeanTravelSkills,
Part 3 7:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special SubstanceUse,Recovery&
COVID-19 EX Untamed Unusual Species 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour
Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and
team for news and analysis. NC Flavor, NC Carter Farms Wheat EX No Passport
Required New Orleans 8:30 NC Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking Authentic Lisbon 9:00 NC A Chef’s Life Bourbon Country EX Weekends
with Yankee Handmade in New England 9:30 NC Growing a
Greener World UrbanFarm,CountryTown:
The Spark in Sparta EX Outside:
Beyond the Lens Switzerland 10:00 NC North Carolina
Weekend Country Stores EX Rick Steves
European Festivals Celebrate the top 10
festivals in Europe, each one rich with tradition, great food and fun.
10:30 NC My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous NewZealand 11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Pernambuco:
Brazil’s Other Carnival
21 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX tasteMAKERS Soy to the World
6:30 NC BBC World News Today
EX Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
Offal Good 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Western Turkey 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX 100 Days, Drinks,
Dishes and Destinations Savor the Senses 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina
Weekend Small-Town Delights EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 6—Copper Competitor 8:30 TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
9:00 TV Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King & I
The King of Siam and his children’s British school teacher get to know each other.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
EX Poldark on Masterpiece
Part 7—Spiral of Trouble 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN 10:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
22 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood
NC No Going Back: Women and the War
See how the lives of women and their roles in society changed during and after the Civil War.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal
Pier Lesson 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Looking Over Jordan: African Americans & the War
Follow the Black experience in the South before, during and after the Civil War.
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
Ghosts of the Plains 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Bluegill on the Fly EX Exploring
North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters? 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
Frogs: Spring’s Symphony in Peril
EX My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
Why Clean Air Matters? EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle
DV
8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV
NC My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV
NC North Carolina Weekend
Small-Town Delights EX NOVA Decoding the Great
Pyramid Archaeologists investigate how the ancient Egyptians built the pyra-mids of Giza.
9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Virtual
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Recovery & COVID-19 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend Small-Town Delights NC Carolina
Business Review
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Heart & Soul Global Gastronomy 11:00 TV J Schwanke’s
Life in Bloom Beauty from
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Shop with Roy Underhill Combination Planes EX tasteMAKERS Warm & Wooly 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home Chef vs. Chef NC Baby Makes 3 Run for the Roses EX A Chef’s Life Prickly Business Noon TV GardenSMART What are some elements
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NC Sara’s Weeknight Meals
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lis,Minnesota EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Costa Rica: Laboratory of
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North Carolina Why Clean Air Matters?
EX North Carolina Weekend
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off the Beaten Path NC My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
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EX Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
Explore how the British royal family has shaped its image with photography.
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Super Bloom NC Story in the
Public Square Mo Rocca 3:00 TV Burt Wolf:
Travels & Traditions Decisions NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé EX Tales from the
Royal Bedchamber Historian Lucy Worsley
reveals the importance of the palace’s regal bedroom.
3:30 TV American Woodshop Wooden Bicycles NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Tanks
for the Propane NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman
EX Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace
Discover the unique Hamp-ton Court, the ultimate royal pleasure palace.
4:30 TV Ask This Old House Polybutylene/Squeaky Door NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Bluegill on the Fly NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Nature Undercover in the Jungle DV
5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend
NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Song of the Mountains KornfieldFriends:Remem-
beringHeeHaw,Part2 NC Classic Gospel David Phelps: Hymnal EX NOVA Decoding the Great
Pyramid Archaeologists investigate how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza.
7:00 TV As Time Goes By The New Neighbors NC Bluegrass
Underground Amanda Shires EX One Woman,
One Vote Celebrate the 25th an-
niversary of this women’s suffrage documentary.
7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Bypass NC Echo Sessions Dub Kartel 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders AVintageMurder,Part1 NC Song of the Mountains KornfieldFriends:Remem-
beringHeeHaw,Part2 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders AVintageMurder,Part2 NC Farm & Fun Time Jeff Scroggins & Colorado/
Chatham County Line EX The War Pride of Our Nation DV
10:00 TV The Miniaturist on Masterpiece
Nella marries to rescue her family from financial ruin, but her husband is not all she imagined.
NC The Kate Marty Stuart &
His Fabulous Superlatives 11:00 TV The Miniaturist
on Masterpiece Johannes makes a
confession to Nella, promising no more secrets.
NC Austin City Limits Run the Jewels
Raleigh bluegrass stars Chatham County Line shine on Farm & Fun Time, Saturday, August 22, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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18 | August
11:30 EX Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th
Discover African-American soldiers from Illinois who fought during WWI.
23 SUNDAY6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Can Art Clarify the
Mind-Body Problem? EX Finding Your Roots Hard Times: Michael
Moore,LauraLinney&Chloë Sevigny
6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind America Without Law EX Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 6 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
SubstanceUse, Recovery & COVID-19
8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina
Business Review EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Photo Album Explore how the British
royal family has shaped its image with photography.
8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Tanks
for the Propane NC Washington Week EX Tales from the
Royal Bedchamber Historian Lucy Worsley
reveals the importance of the palace’s regal bedroom.
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Polybutylene/Squeaky Door NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring
North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of
Henry VIII’s Palace Discover the unique Hamp-
ton Court, the ultimate royal pleasure palace.
10:30 TV My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers: Joe Kwon
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Devi Laskar: The Atlas of Reds & Blues
11:00 TV Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef
A Foodie’s Tour of the Venetian
NC McLaughlin Group EX The Great
British Baking Show Desserts 11:30 TV Simply Ming Ming Tsai with
Joanne Chang NC Story in the
Public Square Hilary Levey Friedman Noon TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Bluegill on the Fly EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love Auckland,NewZealand 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing
Behind the Lines Solo Act EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands DV
1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
New French Classics NC Song of the Mountains KornfieldFriends:Remem-
beringHeeHaw,Part2 EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 6—Copper Competitor 1:30 TV My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas The Dodecanese for Dinner 2:00 TV America’s
Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Pork & Potatoes NC Farm & Fun Time Jeff Scroggins & Colorado/
Chatham County Line EX Poldark on
Masterpiece Part 7—Spiral of Trouble
2:30 TV Cook’s Country Regional Italian-American
Favorites 3:00 TV Hubert Keller:
Secrets of a Chef Great Eats on & off
the Las Vegas Strip NC The Kate Marty Stuart &
His Fabulous Superlatives 3:30 TV North Carolina
Bookwatch Jaki Shelton Green:
NC Poet Laureate 4:00 TV Black Issues Forum Vote by Mail: NC Rep.
G.K.Butterfield&NCBoard of Elections Chief Executive Karen Bell
NC Austin City Limits Run the Jewels EX Endeavour Season 7
on Masterpiece Raga DV
4:30 TV McLaughlin Group 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special SubstanceUse,
Recovery & COVID-19 6 PM TV Midsomer Murders AVintageMurder,Part1 NC Black Issues Forum Vote by Mail: NC Rep.
G.K. Butterfield & NC Board of Elections Chief Executive Karen Bell
EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Honore
Express,Part4of4 6:30 NC POV Minding the Gap
Three young men escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown.
7:00 TV Midsomer Murders AVintageMurder,Part2
Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests & the Future premieres Sunday, August 23, at 7 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
Join NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green on North Carolina Bookwatch, Sunday, August 23, at 3:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org
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EX Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests & the Future
Premiere! Fire suppres-sion and climate change threaten forests and wildland-urban landscapes.
8:00 TV Queen at War Follow Elizabeth II’s revela-
tory WWII experiences. NC Maya Angelou:
American Masters Journey through the author
and activist’s prolific life. EX NOVA Secrets of the
Forbidden City 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 7
on Masterpiece Zenana DV
EX Life from Above Changing Planet 10:00 NC REEL SOUTH First Lady of the Revolution EX My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,Con-
norStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
10:30 EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
SubstanceUse, Recovery & COVID-19
11:00 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
SubstanceUse, Recovery & COVID-19
EX Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 6 TV EastEnders 11:30 TV EastEnders NC NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy
24 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Secrets of
Henry VIII’s Palace Discover the unique Hamp-
ton Court, the ultimate royal pleasure palace.
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
7:00 TV Somewhere South It’s a Greens Thing NC PBS NewsHour EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love Dallas,Texas 7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe GreekIslands:Santorini,
Mykonos & Rhodes DV
8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage
Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee & the Trail of Tears
Forensics and archaeology tell the story of genocide against the original Americans.
EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece
Part 5 Will Gary go to the gallows? DV
9:00 NC NC Broadcast Legends Charlie Gaddy EX Death in Paradise BeyondtheShiningSea,
Part 1 9:30 NC North Carolina
Weekend Small-Town Delights 10:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music Jerron Blind Boy Paxton EX The Miniaturist
on Masterpiece Johannes makes a
confession to Nella, promising no more secrets.
10:30 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
SubstanceUse, Recovery & COVID-19
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Finding Your Roots Hard Times: Michael
Moore,LauraLinney&Chloë Sevigny
25 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Simply Ming Ming Tsai with Ken Oringer 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source EX My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas Food Secrets of Mykonos 7:00 TV Flavor, NC Currituck Asparagus NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey 7:30 TV North Carolina
Weekend Small-Town Delights EX Travelscope La Joie De Vivre in
QuebecCity,CanadaDV
8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage
Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Jaki Shelton Green: NC Poet Laureate
EX Queen at War Follow Elizabeth II’s revela-
tory WWII experiences. 8:30 NC Muse UNCSA: Dancing
to New Heights 9:00 NC Carolina Ballet Monet Impressions EX Royal Wives at War The 1936 abdication crisis
is dramatized. 10:00 EX Secrets of Althorp—
The Spencers Get a personal tour around
the family manor from Princess Diana’s brother.
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope France: Bordeaux DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco
26 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
6:30 NC BBC World News Outside Source
EX ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
SubstanceUse, Recovery & COVID-19
7:00 TV My Home, NC EnduranceSeafood,
ConnorStroud,KingsBBQ,FARMCafé,TheAvettBrothers’ Joe Kwon
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Loire:
Chateau Country 7:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River EX Travelscope South Africa: On Safari! DV
8:00 TV PBS NewsHour Convention Coverage
Join Judy Woodruff and team for news and analysis.
NC National Parks: America’s Best Idea
GreatNature(1933-1945) DV
EX A Chef’s Life If You Can’t Beet ‘Em... 8:30 EX The Great
British Baking Show Pâtisserie 9:30 EX A Taste of History Historic Locust Grove
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20 | August
EX Rick Steves Andalucia: Southern Spain
Explore the region’s rich mix of culture, cuisine, his-tory and natural wonders.
10:30 NC My Home, NC The Original Collard
Sandwich,TheLastPat-ternmaker,NapoleonHill,TheChickenLady,NewtonGroveDrugStore,BrownMountain Lights
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company
NC PBS NewsHour EX Skindigenous Iqaluit 11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness
of the Volcanoes
28 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX tasteMAKERS Grounded 6:30 NC BBC World News
Today EX Jacques Pépin:
Heart & Soul Catch o’ the Day 7:00 TV McLaughlin Group NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Israel 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking Madrid Rooftop 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina
Weekend Things To Do with the Kids EX Poldark Season 2
on Masterpiece Part 1—Ross Resists Rescue 8:30 TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC My Home, NC The Original Collard
Sandwich,TheLastPat-ternmaker,NapoleonHill,TheChickenLady,NewtonGroveDrugStore,BrownMountain Lights
9:00 TV Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Yuja Wang perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and more.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Poldark Season 2
on Masterpiece Part 2—Love Triangle
10:30 TV Antiques Roadshow Recut
Newport 1 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour
& Company NC PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders 11:30 EX EastEnders
29 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee & the Trail of Tears
Forensics and archaeology tell the story of genocide against the original Americans.
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal
Bluegill on the Fly 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
EX Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
Grassy Balds: The Heart of Roan
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Coastal Kayaking EX Exploring
North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
The Clemson Forest: A Backyard Bounty of Life
EX My Home, NC The Original Collard
Sandwich,TheLastPat-ternmaker,NapoleonHill,TheChickenLady,NewtonGroveDrugStore,BrownMountain Lights
8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
On the Shoulders of a River EX Reconstruction:
America After the Civil War
Following the Civil War, support for social and economic gains for African Americans did not last.
8:30 TV Molly of Denali DV
NC My Home, NC The Original Collard
Sandwich,TheLastPat-ternmaker,NapoleonHill,TheChickenLady,NewtonGroveDrugStore,BrownMountain Lights
10:00 NC Legends of Airpower Harry Combs EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals On the Table in 20 10:30 NC Future of
America’s Past Lines in the Sand EX Ellie’s Real Good Food DessertswithBenefits 11:00 TV Amanpour
& Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Wilder than Wild:
Fire, Forests & the Future Fire suppression and
climate change threaten forests and wildland-urban landscapes.
27 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Lidia’s Kitchen Storytime with Grandma 6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source EX Flavor of Poland Warszawa 7:00 TV NC Broadcast Legends Cullie Tarleton NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris Sidetrips 7:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
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COVID-19 EX Untamed Songbirds 8:00 TV PBS NewsHour
Convention Coverage Join Judy Woodruff and
team for news and analysis. NC Flavor, NC Currituck Asparagus EX No Passport
Required Chicago 8:30 NC Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking On the Road in Wisconsin
& Michigan 9:00 NC A Chef’s Life Persimmon Style EX Weekends
with Yankee Ocean Treasures 9:30 NC Growing a
Greener World New Ways of
Growing America’s Favorite Vegetable
EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Madrid Rooftop 10:00 NC North Carolina
Weekend Things To Do with the Kids
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9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV
NC North Carolina Weekend
Things To Do with the Kids 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Child Well-Being &
COVID-19 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend Things To Do with the Kids NC Carolina
Business Review 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Virtual
Town Hall Special Child Well-Being &
COVID-19 NC NC Broadcast Legends Cullie Tarleton EX Reconstruction:
America After the Civil War
Examine the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.
11:00 TV Let’s Talk Menopause Premiere! Dr. Tara Allmen
shares tools to triumph through this phase of life.
NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill
Joined Chest with Peter Follansbee
11:30 NC Baby Makes 3 Kentucky Roots Noon TV Forever Painless with
Miranda Esmonde-White Get a groundbreaking,
eye-opening look at chronic pain and its causes.
NC Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Easy Elegance 12:30 NC tasteMAKERS JacobsenSaltCo.,
Portland,Oregon 1:00 NC Exploring
North Carolina On the Shoulders of a River 1:30 TV Easy Yoga: The Secret
to Strength & Balance with Peggy Cappy
See how yoga can increase strength and mobility at any age.
NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
The Clemson Forest: A Backyard Bounty of Life
EX Africa’s Great Civilizations
Origins DV
2:00 NC My Home, NC The Original Collard
Sandwich,TheLastPat-ternmaker,NapoleonHill,TheChickenLady,NewtonGroveDrugStore,BrownMountain Lights.
2:30 TV Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years
Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin and more stars celebrate hits from the 1950s to the ‘70s.
NC Story in the Public Square
Hilary Levey Friedman EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations The Cross & the Crescent
DV
3:00 NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé
3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
EX Africa’s Great Civilizations
Empires of Gold DV
4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Suze Orman’s Ultimate
Retirement Guide The personal finance expert
provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.
NC PBS NewsHour Weekend
EX Africa’s Great Civilizations
Cities DV
5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Classic Gospel Amazing Grace EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations The Atlantic Age DV
7:00 TV Avett Brothers at Red Rocks
Premiere! Join 9,000-plus fans as NC’s homegrown folk-rock heroes celebrate their 25th performance at this breathtaking, natural amphitheatre just over a year ago.
NC Bluegrass Underground
Keb’ Mo’ 7:30 NC Echo Sessions The Get Right Band EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations Commerce and the Clash
of Civilizations DV
8:00 NC Song of the Mountains John Scott Sherrill/
Presley Barker/Kristi Stanley & Running Blind
8:30 TV ‘70s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an all-
star reunion of Motown, R&B and soul legends.
Get ready for an unforgettable night with NC’s Avett Brothers at Red Rocks, premiering Saturday, August 29, at 7 PM, on UNC-TV.
News flash—Dr. Tara Allmen premieres Let’s Talk Menopause, Saturday, August 29, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.
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9:00 NC Farm & Fun Time Irene Kelly/
Lonesome River Band EX Miles Davis:
American Masters The Birth of the Cool
With full access to the jazz legend’s estate, see rare studio outtakes, photos and interviews.
10:00 NC The Kate Delbert McClinton &
The Self-Made Men + Dana 11:00 TV Fleetwood Mac:
The Dance The band performs Don’t
Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain” and more in this intimate 1997 concert.
NC Austin City Limits JasonIsbell&The400
Unit/Amanda Shires EX Doo Wop to Pop Rock:
My Music Celebrates 20 Years
Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin and more stars celebrate hits from the 1950s to the ‘70s.
30 SUNDAY6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Can Art Engage Philosophy
of Religion? EX Finding Your Roots The Eye of the Beholder:
AlejandroG.Iñárritu, Marina Abramovic & Kehinde Wiley
6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind America Without Law EX Antiques Roadshow The Best of 20 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
Child Well-Being & COVID-19
8:00 TV Curious George DV
NC Carolina Business Review
EX Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide
The personal finance expert provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.
8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Westerly: Rockin’
the Granite NC Washington Week 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Cable Railing/Painting Shutters
2:00 NC Farm & Fun Time Irene Kelly/
Lonesome River Band 2:30 EX Forever Painless with
Miranda Esmonde-White Get groundbreaking, eye-
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3:00 TV The African-Americans: Many Rivers To Cross Full Series Marathon
Henry Louis Gates Jr. shares the full sweep of African-American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent to today’s deeply divided America.
NC The Kate Delbert McClinton &
The Self-Made Men + Dana 4:00 NC Austin City Limits JasonIsbell&The400
Unit/Amanda Shires EX Doo Wop to Pop Rock:
My Music Celebrates 20 Years
Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin and more stars celebrate hits from the 1950s to the ‘70s.
5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend
5:30 NC ncIMPACT Virtual Town Hall Special
Child Well-Being & COVID-19
6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Special
Summer 2020 BLM Protest & the Road to Progress
6:30 NC POV Raising Bertie Follow
three African-American boys coming of age in rural Bertie County.
EX Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs
Celebrate the artist’s centennial with perfor-mances of Unforgettable and more timeless hits.
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
10:00 TV Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen
Dr. Amen outlines how to feel happier, sharper and more in control.
NC NC SPIN EX 10 Day Belly Slimdown
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Bookwatch Jaki Shelton Green:
NC Poet Laureate 11:00 NC McLaughlin Group 11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square Robert Dallek Noon TV FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Coastal Kayaking EX Food Fix with
Mark Hyman, MD Dr. Hyman explores impli-
cations of what we eat—not just for our health, but also for the planet, society and global economy.
12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing
Behind the Lines Return to Fobare’s 1:00 TV 3 Steps to
Pain-Free Living Eliminate the root of many
painful conditions with this easy-to-follow plan.
NC Song of the Mountains John Scott Sherrill/
Presley Barker/Kristi Stanley & Running Blind
1:30 EX Let’s Talk Menopause Dr. Tara Allmen shares
tools to triumph through this phase of life.
Join Mister Rogers and Officer Clemmons and cool your heels with kindness on this encore presentation of Independent Lens Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Monday, August 31, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
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8:00 NC Lorraine Hansberry: American Masters
Explore the life and work of the playwright and activist. DV
EX Dionne Warwick: Then Came You
Sing along with the famed singer on some of her dazzling classics.
9:30 EX Aretha Franklin Remembered
Experience the legendary artist’s life and career, from her early days to her time as a musical powerhouse.
10:00 NC REEL SOUTH Divided City 10:30 NC REEL SOUTH Jonah Stands Up 11:00 TV EastEnders NC ncIMPACT Virtual
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COVID-19 EX Change Your Brain,
Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen
Dr. Amen outlines how to feel happier, sharper and more in control.
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Weekend Things To Do with the Kids 10:00 NC David Holt’s
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