TV shows that may be of interest

Hot tips: Dec. 29 at 1PM on channel 32 - Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest Dec. 28 at 5:15AM, 10:10AM, & 5:10PM on channel 22.4 - BIZ STREAM - Making Startup Dreams a Reality (startup-type hackerspace) Dec. 29 at 6:30AM & Dec. 31 at 1PM on channel 26.4 & Dec. 30 at 6:30AM on channel 32 - GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - The Future of Artificial Intelligence Dec. 30 at 8:30PM, Jan. 3 at 8:30AM & 2:30PM, & Jan. 4 at 4:30AM on channel 22.2; Jan. 1 at 5:30AM on channel 26.5 & 10:30AM on channel 26, Jan. 2 at 6:30AM, Jan. 3 at 10:30PM, & Jan. 4 at 4:30AM on channel 26.5; and Jan. 2 at 9:30AM & Jan. 5 at 4:30AM on channel 32 - Ask This Old House - Wifi Extension; Tub Drain See wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/TV_shows_that_may_be_of_interest_-_weekly for shows that normally air at the same time each week - some are also (i.e., if of particular interest or to give the episode subject or title) included in the list below. 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. Channel 62 in Fredrick & 67 in Baltimore are identical to 22 in Annapolis (including sister stations (i.e., 22.2=62.2=67.2) too). Note that channel 7.3 airs numerous SF movies - check their schedule (select COMET WJLADT3 at wjla.com/station/schedule) for times & titles Dec. 26 8:30+ 26.4 Global 3000 - German plastic substitute (etc.) noon+ 26 NOVA - Decoding the Great Pyramid 1PM 9.3 Scrap Kings - Electric Motor Dock 2 9.3 Scrap Kings - Queen's Mill 3 9.3 Scrap Kings - Grimsby Yacht 3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Coal Mining in South Africa 4 9.3 Scrap Kings - Mistlry Maltings 4:40 22.4 100 Ideas to Save the World - Helping Hands 5 9.3 Scrap Kings - Fire Tower 5:55 22.4 PythagoraSwitch mini - Nendore Nandore Mr. Clay! 6 9.3 Scrap Kings - Ealing Plaza 20 Weather Gone Viral - Defying Nature 7 9.3 Scrap Kings - Pete's Pub 26.4 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan - Dr. Gawande 8 9.3 Scrap Kings - Ockford Ridge + 26.4 Nature - Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La 9:30 5 %Family Guy - Stewie designs a terminator robot 10 9.3 Lost Worlds - The Age of Airships 11+ 26.4 Standing on Sacred Ground - Fire & Ice (stewardship, global warming) (etc.) Dec. 27 12:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Hirata Kimiko, climate change 2 9.3 Modern Marvels - Swamp Tech 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Built by Hand 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Inside Your Walls 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Dead Weight 6:10+ 22.4 THE UKIYO-E CODE - Overcoming a Natural Disaster 9:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Aroma's Surprising Healing Powers 1:30PM 26.4 The Open Mind - Has the Pandemic Changed American Health Care? 3 9.3 Auction Kings - Vintage Lie Detector/Old Hollywood Collection + 26 Impossible Builds - Ice World 4 9.3 Auction Kings - Jefferson's Desk/Jeu de Course (underwater truck) + 26 Impossible Builds - Skinny Skyscraper 10:30 22.2 The Tunnel (Blue Ridge Tunnel) 11:45+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - Liver Diseases #1: Know Your Risk 11:55+ 22.4 We, in the Time of Corona - Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT & Innovation, Rwanda (tech vs. pandemic) Dec. 28 1AM 9.3 Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy - Special Access 5:15+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Making Startup Dreams a Reality (startup-type hackerspace) 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Southern Storm 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Easy-to-Build Workshop Organizer 9:30+ 22.4 Science View - The Mongolian Nomad's Art of Airag Making: A Researcher's Challenge 7:30PM+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Beneath the Beaten Path, Appalachian Gem, Return to the Classics (Maryland's longest cave) 8:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - The Art of Perception: Amy Herman / Founder of the Art of Perception 9+ 22 American Experience - The Codebreaker 9:30+ 22.4 RISING - From Familiar Food to Realistic Organs: Medical Training Innovator - Takayama Seiichiro 10:10+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Next-Level Recycling 11:10+ 22.4 THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT COLOR - A Tale of Japanese Purple Dec. 29 6AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Explosive Evidence 6:30+ 26.4 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - The Future of Artificial Intelligence 10+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Upcycled Art and Fashion 10:30+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Zero Waste: Home and Office + 32 Story in the Public Square -bMartin Halliwell (US public health) 11+ 26.5 Rick Steves' Europe - Rome: Ancient Glory 1PM 32 Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest 1:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Sea Level Rising: Living With Water 2 22.4 RISING - From Industrial Waste to the Front Line of Sustainability: Recycling Pioneer - Ishizaka Noriko 4+ 26 Extinction: The Facts 26.5 The Open Mind - Cures in the Soil 6 9.3 Storage Wars: New York - Hi-Text Hi-Jinx (state-of-the-art tech) 7+ 22 Made in Maryland 8+ 22 & 26 Earth Emergency 9+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Secrets of the Forbidden City 22.2 Craft in America - Harmony 9:10+ 22.4 3-Day Dare*Devils - Caring for the Aquarium's Fragile Jewelry 10+ 22 & 26 Climate Change -- The Facts + 32 Vaccination Against the Misinformation Virus Dec. 30 3:10AM+ 22.4 THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT COLOR - A Tale of Japanese Red 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - The Plane that Wouldn't Talk 6:30 32 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - The Future of Artificial Intelligence 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Clever Craft Center 1:30PM 26.4 Second Opinion - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 2 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - 2D Barcodes 2:15 22.4 DEEPER LOOK from New York - The Rise of Big Tech and Democracy: Jack Balkin / Professor of Law, Yale University 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Jets vs. Sharks (auto industry) 8+ 22 Building the Channel Tunnel 8:30+ 22.2 Ask This Old House - Wifi Extension; Tub Drain 10+ 26.5 The Andes: Kingdoms of the Sky 11:10+ 22.4 THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT COLOR - A Tale of Japanese Crimson Dec. 31 12:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Dr. Claire Wardle, dangers of disinformation & misinformation 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fatal Distraction 1PM 32 Rick Steves Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala 3 9.3 Auction Kings - Vampire Hunting Kit/Meteorite 6:15 22.4 Japanology Plus mini - watches & clocks 7:30 22 Story in the Public Square - Alice Hill (climate change adaptation) 10:40 22.4 The Signs - Digital Education Evolves 10:55 22.4 Danko&Danta, Cardboard Craft Creations! - Bag Jan. 1, 2022 5:30AM+ 26.5 Ask This Old House - Wifi Extension; Tub Drain 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Best of Reptiles 26.4 Second Opinion - Corneal Transplant 7 9.2 The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Natural Witness 8:30 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Work Bench 26 Rick Steves' Europe - Ethiopia: A Development Story 9 22.2 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home - Mighty Micros (tiny things with big impact) 10 7 Wildlife Nation With Jeff Corwin - Florida Gold 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - SOS Bracelets 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Electricity, Engineering, and E-Games 11:30 26.4 Second Opinion - Hospital Delirium 5:30PM 7 Stormwatch 7: Celebrating the Holidays 6 20 %MacGyver - Bullet + Pen 7 26 American Experience - The Codebreaker Jan. 2 7AM 32 Into the Outdoors - Avian Stewardship 8+ 32 Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice 8:30+ 26.4 Global 3000 - climate change theater, energy & seas, long life 9:30+ 32 Ask This Old House - Wifi Extension; Tub Drain 10:30 26 The Open Mind - Killware and the Coming Digital Pandemic 11:30 22.2 Garden SMART - high desert noon 26.4 Articulate With Jim Cotter - What Might Be (SF author Samuel R. Delany) 3:30PM 26.4 Earth Focus - The Price of Gold in Peru 4 26.5 History Detectives - Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Programs; Camp David Letter 5 26.5 History Detectives - China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Challenging the Weather 26.5 History Detectives - Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell 9 9.3 Lost Worlds - Ramses' Egyptian Empire 10 22.2 Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission (restoration) Jan. 3 5AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Retro Tech 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Phantom Strike 1:30PM 32 Sleep Deprived 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Worlds of Words (writer Tochi Onyebuchi) 3 26.5 History Detectives - WWII Diary; 1856 Mormon Rale; Annie Oakley Coin 5 9.3 Storage Wars: Texas - Excuse Me, I Think You're Stupid (rockets) 10:30 22.2 Playback Social Entrepreneurs - Climate Change, Covid & Commerce 11 9.3 Shipping Wars - We Come in Pieces! (TARDIS & Enterprise bridge) Jan. 4 2AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Big Brother 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Hanging by a Thread 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Hot 8+ 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Woodworker 3PM 9.3 Auction Kings - Spy Watch/Model A 26.5 History Detectives - Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong 8+ 22 & 26 Finding Your Roots - Hidden in the Genes 11 22.2 Home Diagnosis - Atlantic City, NJ Not Your Average Homeowner