TV shows that may be of interest

Hot tips: Oct. 1 at midnight-7AM on channel 48.2 - 8 space episodes of Modern Marvels Oct. 2 at 5PM on channel 9.3 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Quicksand Quagmire Oct. 2 at 6PM on channel 9.3 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Motorcycle Chariots Oct. 2 at 9:15PM & Oct. 3 at 1:15 & 7:40AM & 12:15PM on channel 22.4 - Direct Talk - Capturing a Black Hole: Honma Mareki / Astronomer/Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Oct. 3 at 5:15AM & 2:40PM on channel 22.4 - Direct Talk - Matsuoka Satoshi, Fugaku supercomputer Oct. 4 at noon-3PM, 8-11PM, & Oct. 5 at 4-7AM on channel 48.2 - 4 episodes of Your Bleeped Up Mind Oct. 4 at 9PM, Oct. 5 at 2 & 10AM, & Oct. 8 at 5AM on channel 26.4 - The Good Road - Cocoa Beach, Florida -- The Overview Effect (new space) Oct. 9 at 5PM on channel 9.3 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Concrete Canoe Challenge Oct. 9 at 6PM on channel 9.3 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - USS Scrapyard Submarine 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 Frederick & 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 Oct. 1 4AM 48.2 Modern Marvels - Apollo 13 4:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Drawing Tables / Cascades (Airplane Parts) 4:30+ 22.2 Ask This Old House - Pizza Oven Repair; What Is It? (track saws) 4:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Can Save Your Life - #21 Road Cave-ins 4:55+ 22.4 PythagoraSwitch mini - Then the Bridge Thought 5 26.4 NOVA - Butterfly Blueprints 48.2 Modern Marvels - It Came from Outer Space 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Best Of: Adventures Of The Aquarium 9.2 The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Toxic Death 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.27 26.4 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Coronavirus 48.2 Modern Marvels - Space Shuttle 6:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.28 6:55+ 22.4 Danko&Danta, Cardboard Craft Creations! - Whack-a-Mole 7 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.29 48.2 Modern Marvels - Space Stations 7:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.30 22 America's Heartland - rancher & environmentalists (etc.) 7:40+ 22.4 THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT COLOR - A Tale of Japanese Purple 8 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.31 8:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.32 9 22.2 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home - The Future 9:30 22 Into The Outdoors - Into National Marine Sanctuaries 10 7 Wildlife Nation With Jeff Corwin - Belugas, Bison, and Bess - oh my! 22 Woodsmith Shop - Logs to Lumber + 26 Antiques Roadshow Recut - Out of This World, Part 1 10:10+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Ihara Keiko - Charting a New Path to Mobility 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Snail Sun Sensors + 26.4 Re-evolution: Salud (Cuban medicine) 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind - Inside the Minds of Our Dogs 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Bivales, Bits and Biofuel + 26.5 The Chavis Chronicles - Brenda Mallory (White House Council on Environmental Quality) 11:30 26.4 Second Opinion - Rheumatoid Arthritis noon+ 26.4 POV - Delikado (protecting Palawan Island) 2PM+ 22 Made in Maryland 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Out of Sight 4+ 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fog of War 22 Growing A Greener World - Abundant Harvest 5+ 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Vertigo + 22.2 Richard Bangs' Adventures with Purpose - Morocco: Quest for the Casbah 32 Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale 6 9.3 Mega Builders - Wave Machine + 26.4 Focus on Europe - Portugal seahorses (etc.) 7 9.3 Mega Builders - Big Bosphorus Dig 26.2 The Queen's Garden + 26.4 Lucy Worsley Investigates - Madness of King George 8 9.3 Mega Builders - Ice Hotel: Bigger, Better 9 9.3 Storm Chasers - Tornado Aftermath 9:45+ 22.4 Wild Hokkaido! - Surf Trip along the Southern Coast of Hokkaido (analysis of waves) 10 9.3 Storm Chasers - Direct Hit + 22 How the Victorians Built Britain - Culture Revolution 11 22 Rivers of Life - The Nile 11:30+ 32 Re-Evolution: Salud (Cuban medicine) Oct. 2 3AM+ 26 Rivers of Life - Zambesi + 26.2 Ancient Sites of the World 4 22.2 Richard Bangs' Adventures with Purpose - New Zealand: Quest for the Kaitiakitanga + 26 NOVA - Saving Venice 5+ 26 Wild Weather 6 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.33 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Solar Powered Poultry Farm; Making a Corn Maze 26.2 %As Time Goes By - Going Online 6:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.34 7 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.35 22 Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South - Straw Bale Gardening, Yard Fertilizer Calculations 7:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.36 +26.4 The Open Mind - Cancer Virus Hunters 8 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Extremely Wild 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - The Rockies 8:30 22 Your Fantastic Mind - Becoming a Brain Surgeon + 26.4 Global 3000 - San Diego water saving, octopus farming (etc.) 9 9.3 How the Earth Was Madce - Vesuvius 9:30 22 Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein - Managing a Mental Health Crisis and the New # 988 48.2 The New Frontier - Living Planet 10 22 Whitney Reynolds Show - social media 48.2 Better Planet TV - vegetation power, Pakistan village, wood chips 10:30 48.2 The Re-Inventors - Rocket-Powered Explosive from World War II 12:30PM 26.4 This American Land - Protecting Red Wolves; Eager Beavers; Monster Snapping Turtles 4 22 Lucy Worsley Investigates - Madness of King George + 26.5 History Detectives - WWII propaganda leaflet, Tiffany window art, Spanish Civil War descendants 5 9.3 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Quicksand Quagmire 22 Lucy Worsley Investigates - The Black Death 26 The Chavis Chronicles - COVID-19 vaccine distrust 26.5 History Detectives - Harpers Ferry raid, WWI US troops in Siberia, Ronald McDonald costume 6 9.3 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Motorcycle Chariots 8+ 22 & 26 Lucy Worsley Investigates - The Witch Hunts 9:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Capturing a Black Hole: Honma Mareki / Astronomer/Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 9:45+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Dealing with Female Disaster Needs 10:30 9.3 Hardcore Pawn - Computer Crash Oct. 3 12:30AM+ 22.4 The Mark of Beauty - Musical Instruments of Japan 2 9.3 Modern Marvels - Army Corps of Engineers 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Bullet Trains 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Booby Traps 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Matsuoka Satoshi, Fugaku supercomputer 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - High Tech Sex 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Strategic Air Command 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.13 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.14 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Treating Cancer with CyberKnife noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - All Hands on Deck 2:30PM 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Locavores and Yard-sharing 3 26.5 History Detectives - airplane engine parts, Civil War cannon, stuntman saddle 5 9.3 American Restoration - Break In (safe) 6:30 9.3 American Restoration - Clueless (1920s x-ray) 7:30+ 22 Chesapeake Collectables - Coin Bracelet; Persian Rug; Gene Roddenberry Autographed Script; De Hass Seaside Painting 8 50 Mysteries Decoded - Phoenix Lights 8:30 22.2 Make48 - Time to Meet The Teams + 26.5 WETA Arts - WETA Arts October (AwesomeCon) 9+ 22 The House That Norm Built 22.2 The Cure (breast cancer) 50 Mysteries Decoded Presents: Spirit Squad 9:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Ultrarealistic Metal Creatures: Mitsuta Haruo / Jizai Craftsman 10+ 26 The House That Norm Built Oct. 4 12:45AM+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - Breast Cancer #1: Know Your Risk 1 9.3 Modern Marvels - Hunting Gear 4 32 Make48 - Time for Supplies 4:30 26 Craft in America - Memory 5+ 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Don't Feed the Landfills 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Takahashi Tomohiro, disaster preparedness 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Cruise Control (drag racing) 6:30 22.2 Make48 - Follow Our Winning Team on Industry Field Trip!, PT 2 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - World's Biggest Machines 1 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Fire and Ice (HVAC) + 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Woodworker 8:30+ 48.2 Win Lose or Fail - Roll Up Your Sleeves (giant catapult) 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.15 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.16 10+ 26.5 Energy Switch - Responding to Climate Change 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - Solid-state Batteries and Optical Lattice Clocks + 48.2 Win Lose or Fail - How to Be a Man 11+ 32 Nature's Great Events - The Great Migration noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - Preventing Plumbing Disasters + 32 Big Pacific - Mysterious + 48.2 Your Bleeped Up Brain - Deception 12:30PM 9.3 Auction Kings - Spy Watch/Model A 1 32 Earth A New Wild + 48.2 Your Bleeped Up Brain - Memory 2+ 48.2 Your Bleeped Up Brain - Superstition 2:30 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Abundant Harvest 3+ 26 Craft in America - Landscape + 48.2 Your Bleeped Up Brain - Fact vs. Fiction 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Healing Horses; Oyster Farm Clean Up; from Dairy to Berry; History of MD Oysters 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Covered Bridges: Spanning Time 8 26.4+ Downwinders and the Radioactive West 9+ 26.4 The Good Road - Cocoa Beach, Florida -- The Overview Effect (space) 11+ 22.2 Rick Steves' Europe - Ethiopia: A Development Story Oct. 5 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Engines 2+ 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Ghost Plane 3+ 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Invisible Killer 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Ties Van der Hoeven, regreening Sinai 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Junkyards 6:30 22.2 Urban Conversion - Seeing The Forest Through The Trees 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Siege Machines 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Bunkers + 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Roman Empire 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.17 + 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Warrior Tech 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.18 10+ 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Power Tools 10:30 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind 32 Story in the Public Square - Eve Valera (brain damage) 11+ 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Biggest Builds noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - All About Walkways + 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Ancient Einsteins 1PM+ 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Ultimate Weapons 2+ 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Monster Monuments 2:30 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Year-Round Gardening With Eliot Coleman 3+ 26 Craft in America - Community 26.5 History Detectives - Harpers Ferry raid, WWI US troops in Siberia, Ronald McDonald costume + 48.2 Ancient Impossible - Moving Mountains 5:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector) 8+ 22 & 26 Rivers of Life - Danube 9+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Ending HIV in America 22.2 Sages of Aging 10 22.2 The Bone Detectives - Amesbury, Wiltshire Oct. 6 midnight 9.3 Monster Quest - Giant Squid Found? 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Diamond Mines 2+ 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Gimli Glider 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Behind Closed Doors 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - OlgaReiche, sustainable textiles 6 32 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Racial Disparities in Health 6:30 22.2 Beads Baubles and Jewels - Tools 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Nuclear Subs 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Cannons + 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Glassblower 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Best Ever Tool Cart 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.19 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.20 10 9.3 Auction Kings - Vampire Hunting Kit/Meteorite noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - Landscapes Across America 3PM+ 26 Craft in America - Origins + 26.5 History Detectives - Civil War letter, aircraft fabric, Negro Romance comic 8+ 32 POV - Delikado (protecting Palawan Island) 9:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - The Rewilding of an Aristocrat's Farm: Isabelle Tree / Writer, Environmentalist 9:30+ 32 Egypt Excursion: Wyoming Climbers Explore Sinai Peinsula 9:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Folk House 2: The Gift of Spring 10+ 26.2 %Traces + 32 Nature's Great Events - The Great Migration Oct. 7 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Computer 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fanning the Flames 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Dead Weight 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - David Hu, modeling animals 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to Truth - How Do Breakthroughs Happen in Physics? 32 Life on the Line - Losing to Live 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Monster Trucks 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Apollo 13 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.21 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.22 10:30 32 Your Fantastic Mind - Balance and Movement + 26.5 Make48 - Time to Meet the Teams noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - All About Windows + 48.2 Modern Marvels - The Eiffel Tower 2PM+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - China's Great Dam 2:30 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Greening Up the Places We Call Home 3+ 26.5 History Detectives - WWII drone prop, Theodore Roosevelt club, Clara Barton letter + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Grand Coulee Dam 4+ 22 Artworks - Mary Zimmerman; Picasso Sculptures; Ralph Fasanella (shape of sound) 6 9.3 American Restoration - Un-Predicta-ble (1950s TV) 7:30 32 My World Too - The Bee Store, Regenerative Farming, A Free Fare City Transit System 8+ 22 %Traces 22.2 Expedition with Steve Backshall - Saudi Arabia: Expedition Volcanic Underworld 9:10 22.4 NHK World Prime - Land of Rising Dreams? (Vietnamese tech trainees) 11:55 22.4 Danko&Danta, Cardboard Craft Creations! - Camera Oct. 8 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Inventions of War 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Southern Storm 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Explosive Evidence 4 32 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World - The Telescope 6 7 Wildlife Nation With Jeff Corwin - Feathers, Fur, and Flippers 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Zealandia: The Garden of Tane 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.37 + 26.4 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Racial Disparities in Health Care 6:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.38 7 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.39 7:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.40 8 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.1 8:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.2 9:30 22.2 Garden SMART - Choosing Plants 10:30 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind - Stress 11 26.5 The Chavis Chronicles - vaccination 5PM+ 22.2 Richard Bangs' Adventures with Purpose - Norway: Quest for the Viking Spirit 6 9.3 Mega Builders - London Aquatics Center & Orbit Tower 7 9.3 Mega Builders - Sinking Wings and Sinking a Ship 8 9.3 Mega Builders - Madrid's Big Dig 9 9.3 Storm Chasers - Tornado Intercept Tank 10 9.3 Storm Chasers - When Parts Fly Oct. 9 6AM 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.3 6:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.4 7 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.5 7:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.6 8 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Awesome Adaptations 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Sahara 8:30 22 Your Fantastic Mind - Balance and Movement + 26.4 Global 3000 - Spanish drought, fighting climate change (etc.) 9 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Everest 9:30 22 Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein - Depression - Intersection of Faith and Mental Health 26.5 Rick Steves' Europe - West England (Stonehenge & Avebury) 48.2 The New Frontier - Cosmic Collisions 10 32 Get The Math 48.2 Better Planet TV - green products, efficient stoves, sustainable garden 10:30 22 Energy Switch - Responding to Climate Change 11+ 26.4 The Chavis Chronicles - Michael S. Regan (climate change) 12:30PM 26.4 This American Land - Kalmiopsis Wilderness; Managing Farms for Bobwhite Quail; Outdoors in Colorado County; Lead Contamination 1 26.4 America's Heartland - rancher & environmentalists (etc.) + 48.2 Biography - Flash Gordon: Journey to Greatness 4 22 NOVA - Saving Notre Dame 5 9.3 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Concrete Canoe Challenge 6 9.3 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - USS Scrapyard Submarine 8+ 22 & 26 Secrets of the Dead - Archaeology at Althorp + 32 History Detectives Special Investigation - Civil War Sabotage? 9 22.2 %Traces Oct. 10 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Power Plants 2 9.3 Modern Marvels - Combat Training 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Video Games: Behind the Fun 4 22.2 Richard Bangs' Adventures with Purpose - Pearl River Delta: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong: Quest for Harmony 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Gold Mines 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Traffic 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Space Station 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.23 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.24 11+ 48.2 Unsung Heroes of WWII - Swede Momsen: Submarine Savior noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - Installing Water Features 2:30PM 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Sonoma Valley Worm Farm: Where Are They Now? 3 26.5 History Detectives - cane with Japanese characters, wooden telescope, gold nugget drawing 8:30 22.2 Make48 - Time for An Idea + 26.5 Antiques Roadshow Recut - Winterthur Museum, Hour 2 (Apollo spacesuit) Oct. 11 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Tool Bench: Hand Tools 4 32 Make48 - Time to Get Some Feedback 5 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Oh Deer -- Dealing With Four-legged Garden Pests 5:30 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Gardening on the Cheap: Top Tips for Saving Money and Time 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Motorcycles 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dynamite 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Scuba & Deep Sea Diving + 48.2 Story Feature - Meteors: Fire in the Sky 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.25 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.26 10 26.5 Energy Switch - Future of Natural Gas + 48.2 Jurassic Fight Club - Ice Age Monsters 11 32 Nature's Great Events - The Great Tide + 48.2 Jurassic Fight Club - Bloodiest Battle noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - Reclaim Beam Mantel; Geothermal 32 Big Pacific - Violent + 48.2 Jurassic Fight Club - T-Rex Hunter 1PM 32 Earth A New Wild - Plains + 48.2 Jurassic Fight Club - Deep Sea Killers 2 26.4 First Civilizations - Cities + 48.2 Jurassic Fight Club - Gang Killers 3 26 Craft in America - Family 26.5 History Detectives - Hot Town Poster; Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Modoc Basket + 48.2 Jurassic Fight Club - Cannibal Dinosaurs 5:30 9.3 American Restoration - Space Kowboy (Gemini fueling helmet) 6:30 9.3 American Restoration - Safe Keeping 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - The Micro Show! Mini Tractors; Tiny Pests; Miniature Edible Flowers; History of Soybens 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Degrees of Action; A Tern in the Tide; The Invasive Chase 9:30 26.4 The Good Road - Nairobi, Kenya: The Power of Story (technologist) Oct. 12 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Jet Engines 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Phantom Strike 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Scratching the Surface 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Spy Technology 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Big Dig 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.27 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.28 11 9.3 Auction Kings - Space Oddities 10PM 9.3 Auction Kings - Spy Watch/Model A Oct. 13 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Airships 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Lockerbie 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Blown Apart 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Alaskan Oil Pipeline 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.29 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.30 5PM 9.3 American Restoration - Apples and X-rays (foot x-ray) Oct. 14 2AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Sight Unseen 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Operation Babylift 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Under Pressure 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Tiny Weapons 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.31 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.32