TV shows that may be of interest
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Nov. 28 at 7:30AM & 3PM on channel 26.4 - The Open Mind - Killware and the Coming Digital Pandemic Dec. 3 at 11:10PM & Dec. 4 at 6:10AM, 11:10AM, & 6:10PM on channel 22.4 - GATTEN! - Getting Rid of Rust Dec. 8 at 9PM on channel 22.2 - Building the Channel Tunnel 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 Nov. 28 5AM+ 26.5 Secrets of the Dead - The Caravaggio Heist 5:10+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - Vision Hackers: Updated Takes on Saving the World 6 9.3 Brojects - The Chair Ski 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - What Animals Eat: Chicken Feed, Grass-Fed Milk, Locally Made Dog 7 9.3 Brojects - Ultimate Outdoor Theatre 32 Into the Outdoors - Water Pollution & Solutions 7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - Killware and the Coming Digital Pandemic 8 26.4 Focus on Europe - London air, Swiss solar, Iceland volcano (etc.) 8:30+ 26.4 Global 3000 - India monsoon, CO2 capture, Ghana sugarcane, Tunisia fishing 8:40+ 22.4 Core Kyoto mini - woodcraft 10:30+ 4 Meet the Press - Dr. Anthony Fauci (etc.) 9 Face the Nation - Dr. Anthony Fauci (etc.) 10:40+ 22.4 PythargoraSwitch mini - See the Wiggle Men! 12:40PM+ 22.4 100 Ideas to Save the World - Regeneration! 2 26.5 NOVA - NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang 3:30+ 26.4 Earth Focus - Lighting - Paths Embracing Solar Power in California and Zanzibar 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Weather Without Warning + 32 George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life 8:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Local Communities Taking the Lead: Fujita Chiyoko / Nurse/Chief PMS Support Unit Japan 9+ 26.5 Secrets of Underground London 11 9.3 Lost Worlds - Secret A-Bomb Factories 26.5 %Great Performances - Coppella (building the perfect robot) Nov. 29 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Firefighting! The Arson Detectives (wrong before) 1:30+ 26 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain 2 9.3 Modern Marvels - Assembly Line 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Aswean Dam 4 22.2 Rudy Maxa's World - Escape to French Polynesia 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Battlefield Engineering 5:30 26.2 %As Time Goes By - Going Online 9:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Burning Fat with Fat Cells 8:15PM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Carving Out a Place for Myself: Lito / Leaf-Cutting Artist 9:30+ 22.4 Document 72 Hours - The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center 10+ 32 Roadtrip Nation: at Your Fingertips (computer science) 11:45+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - Esophageal Cancer #1: Risk and Prevention 11:55+ 22.4 We, in the Time of Corona - Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Multimedia Artist, Composer, Author Nov. 30 5AM+ 26.4 Secrets of the Dead - Abandoning the Titanic 6 9.3 Mayday - Runaway Train 32 White House Chronicle - future of electricity infrastructure 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Crash Testing 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Electric Light 9:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Exploring the Mechanisms of Dreaming 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Firefighting! Extreme Conditions 2PM 22.4 RISING - Avatar Robots and the Future of Workforce Inclusivity: Roboticist - Yoshifuji Ory 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Organic Vs Conventional Farming; Weed Control; Rhubarb 8:30+ 22.4 15 Minutes - NINJA TRUTH Episode 13: Ninja Mnemonics 8:55+ Core Kyoto mini - Maki-e gold dust lacquering 9 4 %La Brea - Topanga Dec. 1 6AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Kid in the Cockpit 8:30+ 22.2 American Woodshop - Carving American Folk Art / Sharpening Tips 10+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Whose Water Is It, Anyways? 10:30+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Harvesting the Sun 3:30PM 9.3 Auction Kings - Vampire Hunting Kit/Meteorite 8+ 26.5 Nature - Nature's Biggest Beasts 8:30+ 22.4 DESIGN TALKS plus - Upcycling 9+ 26.5 NOVA - Saving Notre Dame 10+ 26.5 Hawking (Stephen) Dec. 2 12:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Passzko, fake online cosmetic shop for emergency help 2:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Singing With Nightingales: Sam Lee / Folk Musician 6 9.3 Mayday - Collision Course 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Grand Coulee Dam 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - China's Great Dam 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - Great Towers 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Hoover Dam 10:30+ 26.5 The Whitney Reynolds Show - Social Media Impact 1:30PM 26.4 Second Opinion - Type 1 Diabetes 2 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Miniature Video Cameras 2:15 22.4 DEEPER LOOK from New York - How Should We Regulate Social Media?: Jack Balkin / Professor of Law, Yale Universary 7+ 26.4 NOVA - Dog Tales 8:30+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Preparing an Emergency Backpack 8:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Scrap Can Shine 9:30+ 22.4 Fashion Across Dimensions (real+virtual) Dec. 3 12:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Christopher Emdin, engaging youth with science 2 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - The Ancient Astronaut Cover-Up 6 9.3 Mayday - Head On Collision 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to Truth - What's Strong Emergence? 9 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Motion Picture 10 9.3 Modern Marvels - Nature's Engineers 1 3:30PM 9.3 Auction Kings - Spy Watch/Model A 6:15+ 22.4 Japanology Plus mini - urban workshops 7+ 26.4 Rick Steves Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala 10:55+ 22.4 Danko&Danta, Cardboard Craft Creations! - Whack-a-Mole 11:10+ 22.4 GATTEN! - Getting Rid of Rust Dec. 4 12:10AM+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Neurosurgical Instruments / Weather Meters 12:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: SAcience that Can Save Your Life - #11 Earthquake Fires 12:55+ 22.4 PythagoraSwitch mini - Do your best! No. 153 March 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Day at the Aquarium 26.4 Second Opinion - Immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment 8:30 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Burgener Tool Box 10 7 Wildlife Nation With Jeff Corwin - Florida Gold 10:10+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - 2030 At a Crossroads to the Future: Hunger Pandemic - The Catastrophic Cost of Excess 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Smart Bird Feeder 11 7 America's Heartland - Iowa soybeans (etc.) 9 Mission Unstoppable - Tones, Trees, and Temperatures 12:30PM 9.3 American Restoration - Clueless (1920's dental x-ray) 2:30 9.3 American Restoration - Bear Down (arcade game) 6 9.3 Storm Chasers - Dedication 20 %MacGyver - War Room + Ship 7 9.3 Storm Chasers - Smoke Monster 8 9.3 Storm Chasers - Perfect Storm 11 22.2 Artworks - Kodak Mannequin Moments; Interactive Shadow Monsters; Illusionary Video Dec. 5 3AM 22.2 Craft in America - Holiday 6:30 9.3 Brojects - The Workshop 6PM 20 Weather Gone Viral - The Wrath of Nature 8+ 26.4 Nature - Pandas: Born to Be Wild + 26.5 Craft in America - Holiday 10 26.2 Big Ben: Saving the World's Most Famous Clock 11 9.3 Lost World - The Age of Airships 11:30+ 26.2 %Yes, Minister - Big Brother Dec. 6 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Search for the Polio Vaccine 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Radar 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Radio: Out of Thin Air 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Ocean Landing 1PM+ 22.2 Best of Sewing with Nancy - How to Sew Art, Part 1 2 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Earth Day (endangered species) 10 22.2 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan - Dr. Gawande 10:30+ 22.2 Made in Maryland Dec. 7 12:30AM 9.3 Shipping Wars - Munsters the Final Frontier (lunar lander) 4 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Miracle Escape 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Rescue Equipment 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Roll-Around Tool Cabinet 11 26.4 Great Conversations - Dani Shapiro and Robert Siegal (genetic detective story) 7:30PM 22 Outdoors Maryland - Underwater Marauders; The Nature Cure; Water from the Air Dec. 8 4AM 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Falling from the Sky 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Satellites 10+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Across the Desert Sand 10:30+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Rocky Mountain Air 1:30PM 26.4 Earth Focus - The Youth Climate Movement 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - The Neverending Story (science of story) 8 22 Nature - My Garden of a Thousand Bees + 26.5 Nature - Wild Way of the Vikings 9 22.2 Building the Channel Tunnel + 26.5 NOVA - Rise of the Mammals 9:30 22 NOVA - NOVA Universe Revealed - Milky Way + 26 Nature - My Garden of a Thousand Bees 10+ 26.5 Impossible Builds - Ice World Dec. 9 4AM 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 8PM 26.4 NOVA - Secrets of Noah's Ark 11 22.2 In The Americas with David Yetman - The Depths of the Canyon and Its Offspring (Colorado River) Dec. 10 4AM 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 6 22.2 For Your Home - Glad You Asked! (bloopers) 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to Truth - What Exists II? (classification) 1PM+ 22.2 Best of Sewing with Nancy - How to Sew Art, Part 2 Dec. 11 4AM 22 How the Victorians Built Britain Dec. 13 4AM 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 10:30+ 22.2 Weekend with Yankee - Only in New England (woodworking shop) (etc.) Dec. 14 7PM 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Wool Turned Into Yarn (etc.)