TV shows that may be of interest

Hot tips: 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. 3 1:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Capturing a Black Hole: Honma Mareki / Astronomer/Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 2 9.3 Modern Marvels - Army Corps of Engineers 26 Lucy Worsley Investigates - The Witch Hunts 2:45+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Dealing with Female Disaster Needs 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Bullet Trains + 22 Lucy Worsley Investigates - The Witch Hunts 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Booby Traps 26.4 Lucy Worsley Investigates - Madness of King George 4:30+ 22.4 The Mark of Beauty - Musical Instruments of Japan 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 26.4 Rivers of Life - Zambesi 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 1:30PM 26.4 The Open Mind - Cancer Virus Hunters 2:30 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Locavores and Yard-sharing 3+ 26 Antiques Roadshow Recut - Out of This World, Part 1 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 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fog of War 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Vertigo 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 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Ihara Keiko - Charting a New Path to Mobility + 26 Craft in America - Landscape 26.5 History Detectives - WWII propaganda leaflet, Tiffany window art, Spanish Civil War descendants + 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 + 26.4 NOVA - Saving Venice 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 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Drawing Tables / Cascades (Airplane Parts) + 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+ 26.4 Re-evolution: Salud (Cuban medicine) 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 1:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Automatic Thread Trimmer Sewing Machines 1:25+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Dinosaur Robots 1:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Can Save Your Life - #18 Human Stampede 1:55+ 22.4 PythagoraSwitch mini - Tape Measure Jackie 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 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Rock Climbing Treadmill 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind - Stress 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Pikas, Phones, Promethium 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 12:30PM 32 Re-Evolution: Salud (Cuban medicine) 2:30 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 + 48.2 Engineering an Empire - Rome: Engineering an Empire 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.27 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.28 10+ 48.2 Engineering an Empire - Carthage 10:30 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind - The Opioid Crisis 11 9.3 Auction Kings - Space Oddities + 48.2 Engineering an Empire - Greece noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - String Lights; Christmas Trees; Happy Holidays! + 48.2 Engineering an Empire - Greece: Age of Alexander 12:30PM 26.5 Samantha Brown's Places to Love - Charleston, South Carolina (American College of the Building Arts, rice harvesting, basket weaving, etc.) 1+ 48.2 Engineering an Empire - Britain: Blood and Steel 2+ 48.2 Engineering an Empire - The Aztecs 2:30 26.5 Growing a Greener World - Mason Bee Revolution: How the Hardest Working Bee Can Save the World 3+ 26 Craft in America - Threads 26.5 History Detectives - camera, Civil War doll, Florida map + 48.2 Engineering an Empire - Maya: Death Empire 8+ 22 & 26 Rivers of Life - Yukon 9+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Computers vs. Crime 10 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 2PM+ 48.2 Story Feature - The President's Book of Secrets 3 26.5 History Detectives - 1775 almanac, 1920s exercise guru, Andy Warhol art on Moon 5 9.3 American Restoration - Apples and X-rays (foot x-ray) + 22 Made in Maryland 10 26.2 %Traces 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 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to Truth - How Do Breakthroughs Happen in Biology? 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Tiny Weapons 8+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - The Body Shop 9 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.31 9:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.32 10+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Police Pursuit 10:30 26.5 Make48 11+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Driver's Seat noon 26.5 Ask This Old House - Landscape Lighting; Brick Walkway + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Car Wash 1PM+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Limos 2+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Traffic 3 26 Craft in America - Forge 26.5 History Detectives - Order of Leopold, suffragette pennant, WB cartoon cel + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Cruise Control (drag racing) Oct. 15 2AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Falling Fast 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Lost 6 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.7 6:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 1.8 7 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.1 7:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.2 8 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.3 8:30 9.3 Factory Made - episode 2.4 9:30 48.2 The New Frontier - Gravity 10 48.2 Better Planet TV - green college, British school, London bikes 3PM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Behind Closed Doors 4 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fanning the Flames 5 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Dead Weight 6 9.3 Mega Builders - Crossing the Colorado 7 9.3 Mega Builders - Extreme Elevation 8 9.3 Mega Builders - Moving Mountains 9 9.3 Storm Chasers - Mutiny on the Plains 10 9.3 Storm Chasers - Nightmare on DOW Street