TV shows that may be of interest

Hot tips: A new channel, 9.4 (Twist), is now broadcasting. It airs The Science Zone at 10AM & 10:30AM Saturdays. On Apr. 19 at noon on channel 26.4 Forces of Nature - Elements has incredible footage of firefighters putting out sulfur fires on a volcano. 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. 19 3:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Ceramic Marvels: Kuwata Takuro / Ceramic Artist 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Search for the Polio Vaccine 32 Waking Up to Wildfires 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - cardboard emergency bed 8 26.4 Nature - The Leopard Legacy 10+ 9.3 Modern Marvels - Radar 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - The Autonomic Nervous System: A Regulator of Immunity 11 9.3 Modern Marvels - Radio: Out of Thin Air noon 26.4 Forces of Nature - Elements 1PM 26.4 NOVA - Back to the Moon 2 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Origins 3 22.4 NHK Documentary - Origins of the Pandemic: Part 2 Uncontrolled Spread 26 Blue Sky Metropolis - A Space Odyssey 4+ 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - South Dakota: Spirit of the Caves 4:30+ Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - Labrador: Remote Canada 7+ 22 Direct Connection - mAB treatment for COVID-19. Chesapeake Bay Week. 7:30+ 22 Nassawango Legacy (stream protection) 7:45+ 22 Cold-Stunned (saving sea turtles) 8+ 22 Frozen Obsession (arctic research expedition) 9+ 22 Sentinels (land conservation) 9:30+ 22 Tidewater (Hampton Roads sea level rise) 10:01 4 %Debris Apr. 20 4:30AM+ 22.4 DEEPER LOOK from New York - Tackling Climate Change: Mark Jacobson / Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University 4:45+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - COVID-19: Reducing Your Risk of Serious Illness #4: Diabetes 4 22 Sentinels (land conservation) 1:30+ 22 Tidewater (Hampton Roads sea level rise) 2 22.2 Make Your Mark - Hip-Cycle 5:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - The Autonomic Nervous System: A Regulator of Immunity 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - South Dakota: Spirit of the Caves 8+ 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Mallet & Hand Plane 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Turned Tool Handles 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - The Incredible Intelligence of Crows 11 9.3 Modern Marvels - Satellites 2PM 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Life 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Jets vs. Sharks (auto industry longevity) 3 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Saving Good Food from a Bad Ending + 26 Blue Sky Metropolis - Back to the Future (SpaceX & Virgin Orbit) 3:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector) 4+ 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - Hawaii: From Sea to Seal 4:30+ 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - Canada: Horned Dinosaurs 8+ 22 Creatures of the Chesapeake 8:30+ 22.4 TOKYO EYE 2020 - Tokyo and the Coronavirus: Robots on the March Apr. 21 3:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - The Rewilding of an Aristocrat's Farm: Isabella Tree / Writer, Environmentalist 6:30 22.2 Make48 26.4 GZERO World With Ian Bremmer - Emission Impossible: Radical Climate Solutions 32 The Open Mind - Climate in the First 100 Days 8+ 22.2 American Woodshop - Pallet Works 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - Space Shuttle 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Star City + 26.5 IQ: Smartparent - STEM in Strange Places noon 26.4 Forces of Nature - Color 2PM 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Human 3+ 26 City in the Sky - Departure 4+ 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - Feathered Friends 4:30+ 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - The Mighty Bears 8+ 22 The Chesapeake Bay Summit - 2021 + 26 Nature - Sharks of Hawaii 9+ 22.2 The West Is Burning + 26 NOVA - Reef Rescue 10+ 22 Conowingo Dam: Power on the Susquehanna + 22.2 & 26 Critical Care: America vs. the World - PBS Newshour Presents 11+ 22 NOVA - Reef Rescue Apr. 22 2AM 22.2 Urban Conversion - Upcycled Art and Fashion 6:30 32 Gzero World with Ian Bremmer - Emission Impossible: Radical Climate Solutions 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Roll-Around Tool Cabinet 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Manhattan Project noon 32 Climate Change: The Facts 1PM 32 The West Is Burning 2 9.3 American Restoration - Un-predicta-ble (1950s TV) 26.4 Nature - Undercover in the Jungle 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Redefining Possible (physicist Robert J. Lang) 3 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - 2D Barcodes + 26 City in the Sky - Airborne 3:15 22.4 DEEPER LOOK from New York - climate change 4:30+ 26 Born to Explore With Richard Wiese - Horse Power 7 22 Shad Run 8 22.2 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World - Episode 1 + 26.4 The West Is Burning 8:45+ 22 Nassawango Legacy 9+ 22 The Beaver Believers 22.2 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World - Episode 2 + 26.4 Local, USA - Entangled (protecting right whales) 10+ 22 High Tide in Dorchester 22.2 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World - Episode 3 11:30 22 Direct Connection - mAB treatment for COVID-19. Chesapeake Bay Week. Apr. 23 2:30 22.2 Urban Conversion - Let It Rot! 6 22.2 Make Your Mark - Hardware Heaven 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Wiring America 11 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Tool Bench: Power Tools 3PM+ 26 City in the Sky - Arrival 4:30+ 9.3 American Restoration - Astro-nuts and Bolts (NASA jet pack) 8 9 %MacGyver - Resort + Desi + Riley + Window Cleaner + Witness 8:10+ 22.4 Zeroing In: Carbon Neutral 2050 - Episode 3: Uncommon Ground 8:35+ 22.4 Zeroing In: Carbon Neutral 2050 - Episode 4: Recharging the Grid 10:10+ 22.4 Anime Supernova - A Sci-Fi Animator Pushing the Boundaries of 3DCG 10:25+ 22.4 Darwin's Amazing Animals - Tokyo's Summer Wildlife Kingdom -- Okutama, Japan 10:30+ 22 Search for the USS Scorpion 11:30+ 22 Nature - Sharks of Hawaii 11:40+ 22.4 The Signs - mRNA: Medical Messenger of Hope Apr. 24 1:10AM+ 22.4 A Century on Film - Made in Japan! (creation of Japanese inventions) 5 5 Xploration Awesome Planet 5:30 5 Xploration Outer Space 6 5 Xploration DIY Science 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Exploration Tahiti 26.4+ Second Opinion With Joan Lunden - Racial Disparities in Health 6:30 5 Xploration Nature Knows Best 10 9.4 The Science Zone 10:10+ 22.4 Rising - Rise of the Kitchen Robots: Catering Robot Pioneer - Sawanobori Tetsuya 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - TV Dog Training 9.4 The Science Zone 11 4 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Arabian Peninsula 9 Mission Unstoppable - Combat, Chemistry, and Communication 7PM+ 26 Secrets of the Dead - Gangster's Gold 8 9.3 Cajun Pawn Stars - High Caliber (Apollo 13 landing photos) 8:30 22 Voice for the Rivers 9 22 Keeping the Potomac: The Politics of Water + 32 American Masters - Heddy Lamarr 9:30 22 After the Storm: Pollution in the Potomac 10 22 Healing Baltimore's Harbor: A Pipe Dream? Apr. 25 4AM 22.2 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton - Don't Go in the Basement / Morristown, NJ (fossils) 7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - Climate in the First 100 Days 3:30PM 26.4 Earth Focus - Dying Oceans: Abalone Restoration in California 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - When Good Weather Goes Bad 10 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 11 22.2 EcoSense for Living - Innovation & Biomimicry Apr. 26 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Radar 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Breaking Point 8 9.3 Huge Moves - Massive Machines (salvaging plane at bottom of lake) noon 26.4 NOVA - Look Who's Driving 32 Hacking Your Mind - Living On Auto-Pilot 1PM 26.4 NOVA - Pluto and Beyond 32 Life from Above - Moving Planet 2 26.4 The Age of Nature - Awakening 3 26 Super Skyscrapers - One World Trade Center Apr. 27 8AM+ 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Work Bench 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Setting Up Shop 11 9.3 Modern Marvels - Gadgets 3 7:30PM 22 Outdoors Maryland - Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay; Tangier Island Sea Level Rise Apr. 28 6PM 9.3 Shipping Wars - We Come In Pieces! (TARDIS & Enterprise bridge) Apr. 29 6AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Human 2:30PM 9.3 American Restoration - Space Kowboy (Gemini fueling helmet) Apr. 30 8AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Keep Out 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground 3PM 9.3 American Restoration - Apples and X-rays (foot x-ray)