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Note that this listing only includes broadcast channels, not cable or internet channels. Most of the shows listed are fact rather than fiction; % indicates fiction (i.e., a series episode with a science-related plot).
Note that this listing only includes broadcast channels, not cable or internet channels. Most of the shows listed are fact rather than fiction; % indicates fiction (i.e., a series episode with a science-related plot).
+ after the time means the program is rerun later (possibly on a sister station, i.e., a show on channel 26.4 may be rerun on 26.5); check that station's program listing for details.
+ after the time means the program is rerun later (possibly on a sister station, i.e., a show on channel 26.4 may be rerun on 26.5); check that station's program listing for details.
Mar. 31
8PM+ 22 & 26 Extinction: The Facts
9+ 22 & 26 Climate Change -- The Facts
9:30+ 22.4 DESIGN TALKS plus - The Future II
10+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Mystery Beneath the Ice
Apr. 1
8AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Wiring America
8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Playing Games in the Shop
9 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Tool Bench: Power Tools
noon 26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Challenge the Status Quo (Star Wars sound designer, Pixar animator)
2PM 26.4 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
6 9.3 Shipping Wars - We Come in Pieces! (shipping TARDIS & Enterprise bridge)
8+ 32 Independent Lens - Coded Bias
8:30+ 22.4 Asia Insight - Homegrown Sustainable Forestry: Indonesia
9:30+ 22.4 BOSAI: Be Prepared - Hazard Maps
10 22.2 Secrets of the Dead - Abandoning the Titanic
  +26.5 Shakespeare's Tomb
Apr. 2
6AM 22.2 Make Your Mark - Stamp Away
7 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Search for the Polio Vaccine
10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Breaking Point
10:30+ 22.4 Time to Shine: Vietnamese Technical Interns in Hokkaido
8PM 9 %MacGyver - Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna
11:40+ 22.4 The Signs - Frontiers in Antiviral Technology
Apr. 3
Apr. 3
midnight+ 26.4 Independent Lens - What Lies Upstream (W. Va. (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol spill)
10:30+ 32 Independent Lens - Coded Bias
1:10AM+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Emoji
11 26 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen
1:25+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Miniature Video Cameras
11:10+ 22.4 Biz Stream - Japanese Companies Get Creative with AI
1:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Could Save Your Life - #2 URBAN FLOODING
4 32 Biology: from Molecules to Man
6 5 Xploration DIY Science
  9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Secrets of Sea Lions
+ 26.4 Second Opinion With Joan Lunden - Parkinson's Disease
6:30 5 Xploration Nature Knows Best
10:10+ 22.4 Biz Stream - Japanese Companies Get Creative with AI
10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Connected Thermometer
  26.5 IQ: Smartparent - The Messy Show
11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Birds, Biomes, and Bitey
  9.3 Huge Moves - Massive Machines (lifting a lost plane from lake bottom)
11:10+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - The Great Metropolitan Blackout: Preparing for Crisis
noon 9.3 Huge Moves - Total Towns (building a house factory)
7PM+ 26 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen
9 26.5 Power Trip: The Story of Energy
Apr. 4
Apr. 4
12:30AM 9.3 Shipping Wars - Munsters the Final Frontier (lunar lander)
1:10AM+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - The Great Metropolitan Blackout: Preparing for Crisis
10:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Emoji
10:25+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Miniature Video Cameras
10:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Could Save Your Life - #2 URBAN FLOODING
12:30 9.3 Shipping Wars - Munsters the Final Frontier (lunar lander)
1 26.5 Power Trip: The Story of Energy
1 26.5 Power Trip: The Story of Energy
3 26 NOVA - Mystery Beneath the Ice
4 26.5 Extinction: The Facts
5+ 26.5 Climate Change -- The Facts
6+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farms & The Environment
6+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farms & The Environment
7 9.3 Shipping Wars - Giant Pains in the Ass (giant video game)
7 9.3 Shipping Wars - Giant Pains in the Ass (giant video game)
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8:30 9.3 Storage Wars: Texas - Remember the Alamo? (SF memorabilia)
8:30 9.3 Storage Wars: Texas - Remember the Alamo? (SF memorabilia)
Apr. 7
Apr. 7
2:45AM+ 22.4 Dig More Japan - Japan in Miniature
5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Cybathlon (robotic devices for the disabled)
6:30AM 22.2 Make48
6:30AM 22.2 Make48
       32 The Open Mind - How to Demolish The Disinformation Infrastructure
       32 The Open Mind - How to Demolish The Disinformation Infrastructure
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1PM 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Cities
1PM 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Cities
2 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - War
2 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - War
3 22.4 Time to Shine: Vietnamese Technical Interns in Hokkaido
10+ 22 Fallen Astronaut (sculpture secretly taken to Moon)
10+ 22 Fallen Astronaut (sculpture secretly taken to Moon)
Apr. 8
Apr. 8
6:30AM 22.2 Beads Bayubles and Jewels - Tools
midnight+ 26.4 Butterfly Town, USA (how to protect monarchs)
3:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Road to Completion - Sagrada Familia: Jordi Fauli / Head Architect of the Sagrada Familia
6:30 22.2 Beads Baubles and Jewels - Tools
    26.4 Story in the Public Square - Michael Oppenheimer (climate change)
8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground
8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground
  + 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Tool Chest Makers
  + 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Tool Chest Makers
8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Carpenter's Toolbox
8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Carpenter's Toolbox
10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Top Ten (tech)
10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Top Ten (tech)
5PM 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon sample
noon 26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Pumped and Ready (JPL, hacker)
    32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures
2PM 26.4 Changing Seas - The Fate of Carbon
5 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon sample
7+ 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Pulse
7:30 9.3 Storage Wars - High Tea Tighty (radioactive item)
7:30 9.3 Storage Wars - High Tea Tighty (radioactive item)
8+ 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Civilizations
9+ 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Crisis
9:30+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - WHAT'S YOUR CONNECTION?: Keeping Mosquitoes Away
Apr. 9
Apr. 9
7AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo
7AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo
9 9.3 Modern Marvels - Failed Inventions
9 9.3 Modern Marvels - Failed Inventions
noon 32 NOVA - Polar Extremes
2PM 9.3 American Restoration - Tractors & Trucks (1954 tractor, RR air brake tester)
2PM 9.3 American Restoration - Tractors & Trucks (1954 tractor, RR air brake tester)
3 9.3 American Restoration - Surfing the Strip (chemical cart, motorized surfboard)
3 9.3 American Restoration - Surfing the Strip (chemical cart, motorized surfboard)
9+ 26 American Masters - Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
9:32+ 22 American Masters - Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
9:32+ 22 American Masters - Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
11:40 22.4 The Signs - Healthcare and Industry Unite (automated PCR, VR)
Apr. 10
Apr. 10
3PM 9.3 Brojects - The Workshop (converted shipping container)
3PM 9.3 Brojects - The Workshop (converted shipping container)
Apr. 11
Apr. 11
3PM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Secret Underground
6AM+ 26.4 On Story - A Conversation With Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek)
7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - How to Demolish the Disinformation Infrastructure
8:30+ 26.4 Global 3000
10:30 32 Independent Lens - What Lies Upstream (W. Va. (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol spill)
1:30PM 26.4 Start Up - LumenAID
3 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Secret Underground
3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Dairy Alternatives: Rethinking Milk in California and Kenya
5 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - America's Doomsday Plan
5 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - America's Doomsday Plan
7+ 26 A Very British Murder - Detection Most Ingenious
10 22 How The Victorians Built Britain
10 22 How The Victorians Built Britain
10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector)
10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector)
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3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Time Machine (innovations)
3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Time Machine (innovations)
5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Firefighting! The Arson Detectives
5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Firefighting! The Arson Detectives
noon 26.4 NOVA Wonders - What's the Universe Made Of?
    26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Get Out There (haptic tech)
1PM 26.4 Nature - Sex, Lies and Butterflies
2:30 26.4 Insecta: Science That Stings (bombardier beetle)
Apr. 13
Apr. 13
8AM+ 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Burgener Tool Box
8AM+ 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Burgener Tool Box
8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Paneled Storage Chest
8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Paneled Storage Chest
Apr. 14
9PM 32 Fauci: The Virus Hunter
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Revision as of 02:18, 4 April 2021

Caution: Schedules (along with all other databases) contain errors and are subject to change. Note that this listing only includes broadcast channels, not cable or internet channels. Most of the shows listed are fact rather than fiction; % indicates fiction (i.e., a series episode with a science-related plot). + after the time means the program is rerun later (possibly on a sister station, i.e., a show on channel 26.4 may be rerun on 26.5); check that station's program listing for details. Apr. 3 10:30+ 32 Independent Lens - Coded Bias 11 26 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen 11:10+ 22.4 Biz Stream - Japanese Companies Get Creative with AI Apr. 4 1:10AM+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - The Great Metropolitan Blackout: Preparing for Crisis 10:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Emoji 10:25+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Miniature Video Cameras 10:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Could Save Your Life - #2 URBAN FLOODING 12:30 9.3 Shipping Wars - Munsters the Final Frontier (lunar lander) 1 26.5 Power Trip: The Story of Energy 3 26 NOVA - Mystery Beneath the Ice 4 26.5 Extinction: The Facts 5+ 26.5 Climate Change -- The Facts 6+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farms & The Environment 7 9.3 Shipping Wars - Giant Pains in the Ass (giant video game) 32 Curious Crew - Electromagnetism 7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - The Casualties of Drug Compounding 8 9.3 Shipping Wars - Highway to the Stranger Zone (MiG fighter) 8:30 22 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Millennial Health II + 26.4 Global 3000 - restoring Panama forest & African grassland 10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Space Cowboy (Gemini fueling helmet) noon 26.4 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Jets vs. Sharks (auto industry longevity) 3PM 26.5 The Restorers - The Aviatrix 3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Building a Future: Lumber Poaching in Oregon and Brazil 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Hazards of the Job 8+ 26.4 Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants 10+ 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 11 22.2 EcoSense for Living - Wild Crossings 11:30 9.3 American Restoration - Clueless (1920s x-ray (no, not that foot x-ray again)) Apr. 5 3AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Gadgets 3 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Human 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Fighting COVID-19: The Role of Immune Cells noon 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Water 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening 1PM 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Food 2 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Transportation Apr. 6 12:45AM+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - COVID-19: Reducing Your Risk of Serious Illness #2: Kidney Disease 12:55+ 22.4 We, in the Time of Corona - Chris Hadfield, Former Astronaut 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - making things (electric car, microscope) 8+ 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Murrini Glass Maker 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - Japanese Indigo - More than a Pretty Dye! noon 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes 2PM 9.3 American Restoration - Apples and X-rays (yes, the foot x-ray again) 8:30 9.3 Storage Wars: Texas - Remember the Alamo? (SF memorabilia) Apr. 7 2:45AM+ 22.4 Dig More Japan - Japan in Miniature 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Cybathlon (robotic devices for the disabled) 6:30AM 22.2 Make48 32 The Open Mind - How to Demolish The Disinformation Infrastructure noon 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Wealth 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters 1PM 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Cities 2 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - War 3 22.4 Time to Shine: Vietnamese Technical Interns in Hokkaido 10+ 22 Fallen Astronaut (sculpture secretly taken to Moon) Apr. 8 midnight+ 26.4 Butterfly Town, USA (how to protect monarchs) 3:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Road to Completion - Sagrada Familia: Jordi Fauli / Head Architect of the Sagrada Familia 6:30 22.2 Beads Baubles and Jewels - Tools 26.4 Story in the Public Square - Michael Oppenheimer (climate change) 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground + 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Tool Chest Makers 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Carpenter's Toolbox 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Top Ten (tech) noon 26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Pumped and Ready (JPL, hacker) 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures 2PM 26.4 Changing Seas - The Fate of Carbon 5 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon sample 7+ 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Pulse 7:30 9.3 Storage Wars - High Tea Tighty (radioactive item) 8+ 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Civilizations 9+ 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Crisis 9:30+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - WHAT'S YOUR CONNECTION?: Keeping Mosquitoes Away Apr. 9 7AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - Failed Inventions noon 32 NOVA - Polar Extremes 2PM 9.3 American Restoration - Tractors & Trucks (1954 tractor, RR air brake tester) 3 9.3 American Restoration - Surfing the Strip (chemical cart, motorized surfboard) 9+ 26 American Masters - Oliver Sacks: His Own Life 9:32+ 22 American Masters - Oliver Sacks: His Own Life 11:40 22.4 The Signs - Healthcare and Industry Unite (automated PCR, VR) Apr. 10 3PM 9.3 Brojects - The Workshop (converted shipping container) Apr. 11 6AM+ 26.4 On Story - A Conversation With Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek) 7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - How to Demolish the Disinformation Infrastructure 8:30+ 26.4 Global 3000 10:30 32 Independent Lens - What Lies Upstream (W. Va. (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol spill) 1:30PM 26.4 Start Up - LumenAID 3 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Secret Underground 3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Dairy Alternatives: Rethinking Milk in California and Kenya 5 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - America's Doomsday Plan 7+ 26 A Very British Murder - Detection Most Ingenious 10 22 How The Victorians Built Britain 10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector) 11 22.2 EcoSense for Living - Fashioned for the Planet Apr. 12 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Roller Coasters 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Time Machine (innovations) 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Firefighting! The Arson Detectives noon 26.4 NOVA Wonders - What's the Universe Made Of? 26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Get Out There (haptic tech) 1PM 26.4 Nature - Sex, Lies and Butterflies 2:30 26.4 Insecta: Science That Stings (bombardier beetle) Apr. 13 8AM+ 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Burgener Tool Box 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Paneled Storage Chest Apr. 14 9PM 32 Fauci: The Virus Hunter