TV shows that may be of interest

Hot tips: Jan. 9 at 12:10AM & 5:10AM, & Jan. 10 at 2PM on channel 22.4 - NHK Documentary - Digital vs. Real: Infodemic - The Onslaught of Fake News Jan. 10 at 4:15AM on channel 22.4 - Direct Talk - Otsuho Makoto, holographic projection (think holodeck) 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 Jan. 9 11:25PM+ 22.4 Origami Magic #3 Jan. 10 midnight 9.3 Lost Worlds - Secret Cities of the A-Bomb + 26.4 Nature - Living Volcanoes 12:10AM+ 22.4 THE QUEST FOR ANCIENT COLOR - A Tale of Japanese Indigo 1 9.3 Modern Marvels - Environmental Tech II + 26.4 Finding Your Roots - Hidden in the Genes 2:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - The World Beneath the Waves: Kagii Yasuaki / Underwater Photographer 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Extreme Aircraft II 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - World's Strongest II 26.4 POV - Grit (fighting gas company that may have caused mud eruption) 4:15 22.4 Direct Talk - Otsuho Makoto, holographic projection 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - It Came from Outerspace 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Mistaken Identity 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Welding 9:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Superfoods in Shimane - Turning to Tradition for Health 10:30+ 32 Market to Market: Covid-19 Supply Chain Challenges 1:30PM+ 26.4 The Open Mind - The Existential Question of Death 2 22.4 NHK Documentary - Digital vs. Real: Infodemic - The Onslaught of Fake News 3 26.5 History Detectives - GAR Photograph; Bill Picket Saddle; Hitler Films 7:30+ 22 Chesapeake Collectables - antique clockmaker 9+ 26.4 The Good Road - Charleston, South Carolina: Rising (climate change) 10:30+ 26.4 Ask This Old House - Rot Repair; Heat Pumps 11:30 32 Opioids and First Responders: Answering the Call Jan. 11 3AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Area 51 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Bomb on Board 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Weapons of Mass Destruction 9:30+ 22.4 Science View - The Naked Mole Rat 2PM 22.4 RISING - From Familiar Food to Realistic Organs: Medical Training Innovator - Takayama Seiichiro 3 26.5 History Detectives - Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse 3:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Space Oddities 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farmers in the Winter; Managing Poultry Flocks; Soybean Research 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Seventeen Year Insecty Infestation; Chesapeake Threat; Exploring Maryland's Prehistoric Past 8:45+ Dig More Japan - Precision Made in Japan 9:30+ 22.4 Side by Side - Showcasing Artists through IT: Sri Lanka, Thailand & Cambodia 11 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon rocks) 22.2 Home Diagnostics - Form Vs. Function: Aesthetics Vs. Performance Jan. 12 12:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Sasibai Kimis, Earth Heir (traditional craft+modern design) 4:30 32 Ask This Old House - Rot Repair, Heat Pumps 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Helicopter Down 32 India: Nature's Wonderland 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Environmental Tech 10 26.5 Urban Conversion - Clean Energy 101 10:30 26.5 Urban Conversion - We Bought a Farm 1:30PM 26.4 Great Decisions in Foreign Policy - Rising Tide: Climate Change & The World's Oceans 3 26.5 History Detectives - John Adams Book; Sioux Spoon; NC-4 First Across the Atlantic 4 26.5 The Open Mind - Cures in the Soil 7:30+ 22.4 Core Kyoto - Karakami: Ornamental Paper with Timeless Beauty 8+ 22 & 26 Nature - Octopus: Making Contact + 32 Finding Your Roots - Hidden in the Genes 50 %DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Paranoid Android 8:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Share the Sunshine!: Chang Sung-un / CEO of YOLK 9+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Butterfly Blueprints 10+ 22 & 26 Big Pacific - Violent Jan. 13 12:15AM+ Direct Talk - $1 eyeglasses 2:30 22.2 Rick Steves' Europe - Rome: Ancient Glory 5+ 26.4 Trust Me (misinformation) 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Death and Denial 22.2 Start Up - Vertical Roots - Charleston, SC (hydroponics) 8+ 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Stone Carver 1:30PM 26.4 Second Opinion - Drug Overdose 2 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Home Blood Pressure Monitors / Test Patterns 3 9.3 Auction Kings - Seance Machine/Airstream railer + 26.5 History Detectives - Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting 7 9.3 Cajun Pawn Stars - High Caliber (Apollo 13 splashdown photos) 8 22.2 This Old House - Concord | Sunshine Power + 26.4 NOVA - Eagle Power 8:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Sustainable Gastronomy Is Possible: Christopher Coutanceau / Chef 8:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Portrait in Cork 9+ 26.4 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen 10 22.2 Secrets of the Dead - Lady Sapiens Jan. 14 2AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Black Ops 5+ 26.4 The Good Road - Charleston, South Carolina: Rising (climate change) 6 9.3 Mayday - Runaway train 22.2 For Your Home - Media Chic 8:30+ 22.2 Ask This Old House - Rot Repair, Heat Pumps 3PM+ 26.5 History Detectives - Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver 9 22.2 Escape to the Chateau Diy 10:40 22.4 The Signs - Asakawa Chieko: Changing Lives with Science and Technology 10:55 22.4 Danko&Danta, Cardboard Craft Creations! - Suitcase 11:20 22.4 We, in the Time of Corona - Yoshua Bengio, Computer Scientist (AI vs. pandemic) Jan. 15 2AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - The Ancient Astronaut Cover-Up 4 32 Bears of Durango 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Plight of the Condors 10 22 Woodsmith Shop - A New Old Workbench + 26 This Old House - Concord: Sunshine Power 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Shipping Container Homes 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Tracking, Training, and Tracing 12:30PM+ 32 This Old House - Concord | Sunshine Power 1 32 History Detectives - Hot Town Poster; Face Jug, Lost City of Gold 5 32 Renaissance Woman Restored 6 20 %MacGyver - Bear Trap + Mob Boss 8+ 22 Bone Detectives - Weyhill, Hampshire 10 22.2 Surviving New England's Great Dying + 26 History Detectives Special Investigations - Civil War Sabotage? Jan. 16 7AM 22 It's Sew Easy - Tips and Tricks 32 Into the Outdoors - Protecting Forests, Enhancing Lives 8 9.3 Brojects - The Chair Ski 9 9.3 Brojects - Ultimate Outdoor Theatre 1:30PM 26.4 Start Up - Vertical Roots -- Charleston, SC (hydroponics) 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Wrong Time...Wrong Place + 26.5 History Detectives - Slave Songbook; Josh White Guitar; Birthplace of Hip Hop 10+ 26.2 Big Ben: Saving the World's Most Famous Clock 11 Lost Worlds - Atlantis Jan. 17 2AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - World's Strongest 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Assembly Line 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Renewable Energy 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Kid in the Cockpit 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Concord | Sunshine Power 3PM 22 %Summer of Rockets 26.4 First Peoples - America 4 26.4 First Peoples - Africa 6 9.3 Storage Wars: NY - Hi-Text...Hi-Jinx Jan. 18 6AM 9.3 Mayday - Collision Course 8+ 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Goldsmith 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - From Logs to Lumber 11+ 22.2 Rick Steves' Europe - Ethiopia: A Development Story 3PM 26.5 History Detectives - PsychoPhone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob 22 %Summer of Rockets 4 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Origins 4:30 9.3 Auction Kings - John Wayne Guns/ Omnibot 2000 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - State Parks Cater to Off-Road Vehicles; Catoctin Furnace; Tracking Changing Bird Populations 11 22.2 Home Diagnosis Jan. 19 10AM 26.5 Urban Conversion - Let It Rot! 10:30 26.5 Urban Conversion - Whose Water Is It, Anyway? 12:30 9.3 Shipping Wars - Munsters the Final Frontier (lunar lander) 6 9.3 Mayday - Head On Collision 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - World's Biggest Machines 5 2PM 26.4 First Civilizations - Cities 3 9.3 Auction Kings - Rick Fairless Chopper/Gas-Powered Blender 22 %Summer of Rockets 26.4 First Peoples - Australia 26.5 History Detectives - Manhattan Project; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems 3:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Edison Phonograph/Ali-Frazier Boxing Gloves 4 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Life 8+ 22 & 26 Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries - Oceans 50 %DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Lowest Common Denominator (1st episode?) 9+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Alaskan Dinosaurs 10+ 22 & 26 Big Pacific - Voracious Jan. 20 6AM Mayday: Air Disaster - Ocean Landing 10:30 26.5 The Whitney Reynolds Show - The Grit (cancer researcher) 1:30PM 26.4 Second Opinion - Head & Neck Cancer 3 22 %Summer of Rockets 26.4 First Peoples - Europe 26.5 History Detectives - St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm 4 9.3 Auction Kings - Plank Cannon/Calliope 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Human 4:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Motorized Bar Stool / Confederate Sword 8+ 26.4 Mystery Beneath the Ice 9+ 26.4 Secrets of the Dead - Hannibal in the Alps Jan. 21 6AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Miracle Escape 1:30PM 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - The Neverending Story (science of story) 3 22 %Summer of Rockets 26.5 History Detectives - Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rug Jan. 24 3PM 22 %Summer of Rockets 7:30 22 Chesapeake Collectibles - Mechanical Banks (etc.) Jan. 25 7PM 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farmers Support Hurricane Relief; Soil Scientist Educates; Apple Cider 7:30 22 Outdoors Maryland - Cecil County Equestrian Competition, Endangered Salamander Comeback; Digging in MD Past 10 22 Frontline - China's COVID Secrets