TV shows that may be of interest
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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. Mar. 29 midnight+ 26.4 Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants 1AM 32 Fauci: The Virus Hunter 2:30+ 26.4 American Masters - Hedy Lamarr 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Satellites 3:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Exploring the Origins of Life: Tsuda Yuichi / Hayabusa2 Project Manager 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Space Shuttle 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Star City 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Unmasking the Virus noon 26.4 Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries 1PM 26.4 NOVA - Touching the Asteroid 2 26.4 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - The Standouts (Ani Liu combines art & science) 10:01 %Debris Mar. 30 12:45AM+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - COVID-19: Reducing Your Risk of Serious Illness #1: Heart Disease 12:55+ 22.4 We, in the Time of Corona - Hiroshi Ishiguro, Roboticist 7 9.3 Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy - Larry Is an Astronaut 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - A New Old Workbench 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - From Dinosaur Research to Evolutionary Biology Studies: Paleobiologist Tetsuto Miyashita 11 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Manhattan Project 2PM 9.3 American Restoration - The Reject and Eject (F106 ejection seat) 26.4 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes 3:30 9.3 American Restoration - Astro-nuts and Bolts (NASA MMU jet pack) 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farms & The Environment 9 9.3 Cajun Pawn Stars - Apollo 13 splashdown photos 10:30+ 22.4 Our Blue Planet - Biodiversity Fosters the Global Future Mar. 31 3:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - United for Change: Paolo Giordano / Writer (post-pandemic world) 6:30 22.2 Make48 32 The Open Mind - The Casualties of Drug Compounding 10:30+ 26.5 IQ: Smartparent - The Messy Show noon 26.4 NOVA - Human Nature (CRISPR impacts) 2PM 26.4 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters 8+ 22 & 26 Extinction: The Facts 9+ 22 & 26 Climate Change -- The Facts 9:30+ 22.4 DESIGN TALKS plus - The Future II 10+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Mystery Beneath the Ice Apr. 1 8AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Wiring America 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Playing Games in the Shop 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Tool Bench: Power Tools noon 26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Challenge the Status Quo (Star Wars sound designer, Pixar animator) 2PM 26.4 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures 6 9.3 Shipping Wars - We Come in Pieces! (shipping TARDIS & Enterprise bridge) 8+ 32 Independent Lens - Coded Bias 8:30+ 22.4 Asia Insight - Homegrown Sustainable Forestry: Indonesia 9:30+ 22.4 BOSAI: Be Prepared - Hazard Maps 10 22.2 Secrets of the Dead - Abandoning the Titanic +26.5 Shakespeare's Tomb Apr. 2 6AM 22.2 Make Your Mark - Stamp Away 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Search for the Polio Vaccine 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Breaking Point 10:30+ 22.4 Time to Shine: Vietnamese Technical Interns in Hokkaido 8PM 9 %MacGyver - Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna 11:40+ 22.4 The Signs - Frontiers in Antiviral Technology Apr. 3 midnight+ 26.4 Independent Lens - What Lies Upstream (W. Va. (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol spill) 1:10AM+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Emoji 1:25+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Miniature Video Cameras 1:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Could Save Your Life - #2 URBAN FLOODING 4 32 Biology: from Molecules to Man 6 5 Xploration DIY Science 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Secrets of Sea Lions + 26.4 Second Opinion With Joan Lunden - Parkinson's Disease 6:30 5 Xploration Nature Knows Best 10:10+ 22.4 Biz Stream - Japanese Companies Get Creative with AI 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Connected Thermometer 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Birds, Biomes, and Bitey 9.3 Huge Moves - Massive Machines (lifting a lost plane from lake bottom) 11:10+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - The Great Metropolitan Blackout: Preparing for Crisis noon 9.3 Huge Moves - Total Towns (building a house factory) 7PM+ 26 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen 9 26.5 Power Trip: The Story of Energy Apr. 4 12:30AM 9.3 Shipping Wars - Munsters the Final Frontier (lunar lander) 1 26.5 Power Trip: The Story of Energy 7 9.3 Shipping Wars - Giant Pains in the Ass (giant video game) 32 Curious Crew - Electromagnetism 7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - The Casualties of Drug Compounding 8 9.3 Shipping Wars - Highway to the Stranger Zone (MiG fighter) 8:30 22 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Millennial Health II + 26.4 Global 3000 - restoring Panama forest & African grassland 10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Space Cowboy (Gemini fueling helmet) noon 26.4 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Jets vs. Sharks (auto industry longevity) 3PM 26.5 The Restorers - The Aviatrix 3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Building a Future: Lumber Poaching in Oregon and Brazil 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Hazards of the Job 8+ 26.4 Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants 10+ 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 11 22.2 EcoSense for Living - Wild Crossings 11:30 9.3 American Restoration - Clueless (1920s x-ray (no, not that foot x-ray again)) Apr. 5 3AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Gadgets 3 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Human noon 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Water 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening 1PM 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Food 2 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Transportation Apr. 6 8AM+ 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Murrini Glass Maker noon 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes 2PM 9.3 American Restoration - Apples and X-rays (yes, the foot x-ray again) 8:30 9.3 Storage Wars: Texas - Remember the Alamo? (SF memorabilia) Apr. 7 6:30AM 32 The Open Mind - How to Demolish The Disinformation Infrastructure noon 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Wealth 32 NOVA - Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters 1PM 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - Cities 2 26.4 Power Trip: The Story of Energy - War Apr. 8 8AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Top Ten (tech) 5PM 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon sample 7:30 9.3 Storage Wars - High Tea Tighty (radioactive item) Apr. 9 7AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - Failed Inventions 2PM 9.3 American Restoration - Tractors & Trucks (1954 tractor, RR air brake tester) 3 9.3 American Restoration - Surfing the Strip (chemical cart, motorized surfboard) Apr. 10 3PM 9.3 Brojects - The Workshop (converted shipping container)