TV shows that may be of interest
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Hot tips: August 23 at 1 & 3PM on channel 22.2 - Fit 2 Stitch - Space Suits, Mission Critical August 26 at 11:50PM & August 27 at 6:50 & 10:50AM & 5:50PM on channel 22.4 - Texico August 29 at 10PM on channel 22.2 - Invisible Corps (public health) 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. Aug. 21 2:45AM+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Seaside Safety 3 9.3 Lost Worlds - The Age of Airships + 26.4 Life from Above - Patterned Planet 4 9.3 Lost Worlds - Ramses' Egyptian Empire 26.4 NOVA - Cat Tales 5 9.3 Lost Worlds - Churchill's Secret Bunkers + 26.4 Colombia - Wild & Free - From the Pacific to the Andes 26.5 Tell Me More with Kelly Clarkson - Angela Duckworth (science author) 6 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Who's In Control 32 Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein - National Institute of Mental Health: An Update on Promising Research 7:40+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Save the Reefs, Save the Oceans: Kinjo Koji / Coral Farmer 8 26.4 Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries - cheetahs 9 32 To The Ends of the Earth: The Natural World - Oceans 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Vitamin C: The Key to Health and Longevity 1:30PM 22 In the AMERICA with David Yetman - The wild and explosive past of northwest New Mexico 2 26.4 Operation Maneater - Great White Shark 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Time for Trim 3 26.4 Operation Maneater - Polar Bear 4 26.4 Operation Maneater - Crocodile 7 9.3 Black Gold - Chain of Disaster + 26.4 Islands of Wonder - Borneo 8 22.2 School of Greatness with Lewis Howes - Dr. Rahul Jandial (neuroscience) 8:30 22.2 Museum Access - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS Interactive Math Related Exhibits + 26.5 WILDHOPE - Salamander of the Gods (axolotl) 9+ 22.2 NHK World Special - Steve Jobs and Japan 9:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - A Bridge Between Humans and Nature: Takasago Junji / Nature Photographer 10:30+ 22.4 Document 72 Hours - Plastic Model Shops: A Hobby Making Worlds Come Alive 11+ 22.2 WILDHOPE - Canine Conservationists 11:30 32 %Film-Maker - Synchronic (time reversal) & Croqueta Nation Aug. 22 2AM 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Mistaken Identity 3 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Bomb on Board 4 26.5 MotorWeek - Rivlan R1S 32 Start Up - The Office Oasis 5+ 26.4 Changing Planet 6 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Fight for Control 6:30 22.2 My World Too - Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage 8+ 22.2 This Old House Generation Next Arrives + 48.2 Story Feature - Game Changers: Inside the Video Game Wars 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Arts & Crafts Sideboard, Part 2 10+ 26.5 Energy Switch - The Energy-Water Nexus + 48.2 Story Feature - 50 Years of Star Trek 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - Editing Genomes to Improve Food Production 1:30PM 22 In the AMERICAS with David Yetman - The Northern Jaguar Preserve: Where the Great Cats Roam Freely 2 26.4 Rivers of Life - The Nile 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Homeowners Pitch In 3 22.4 RISING - A New Lease of Life for Infirm Animals: Veterinary Prosthetics Pioneer - Shimada Akio 26.4 Rivers of Life - The Amazon 4 26.4 Rivers of Life - The Mississippi 7 9.3 Black Gold - Three Days to Go + 26.4 NOVA - Why Ships Crash + 26.5 J Schwanke's Life in Bloom - Succulents: The Not Quite Flowers 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay; Tangier Island Sea Level Rise 8+ 22 & 26.5 Finding Your Roots - DNA Mysteries + 26.4 Secrets of the Dead - Abandoning the Titanic 9+ 22 & 26.5 American Experience - Flood in the Desert + 26.4 Forces of Nature - Motion 9:15+ 22.4 Direct talk - Giving Food Waste a Chance: Nicole Klaski / Founder of The Good Food 9:30+ 32 Nature - American Arctic 9:55+ 22.4 Core Kyoto mini - plasterer 10+ 22 & 26.5 American Experience - Fatal Flood Aug. 23 midnight+ 22 Finding Your Roots - DNA Mysteries 2AM 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Helicopter Down 3 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Death and Denial 26 All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Three (behind the scenes) 5+ 26.4 Changing Planet 6 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Fire in the Hold 22.2 Urban Conversion - Seeing The Forest Through The Trees 6:30 22.2 Make48 - Time to Hear from the Professionals 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Construction Gets A Jumpstart + 48.2 Secret Passages - Shanghai Tunnels 9+ 48.2 Secret Passages - America's Stonehenge 10+ 22.2 Wild Travels - Nutshell Dioramas of Unexplained Death (etc.) + 48.2 Secret Passages - Underground Gardens 10:30+ 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind - The Opioid Crisis 11+ 48.2 Secret Passages - Drug Tunnels noon+ 48.2 Story Feature - Secret Passages 1PM+ 22.2 Fit 2 Stitch - Space Suits, Mission Critical 1:30 22 In the AMERICAS with David Yetman - The Salton Sea. Life and Death In An Inland Ocean 26.4 Energy Switch - IS IT TIME FOR MORE NUCLEAR POWER? PART 2 2 26.4 Nature - Super Cats: Extreme Lives 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Salvage Helps the Bottom Line 3 26.4 Nature - Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner + 48.2 Spy Web - Spying & Espionage in Vietnam 4+ 22 This Old House - Atlanta | Families Meet 26.4 Nature - Super Cats: Science and Secrets 7 9.3 Black Gold - Dealing with the Devil + 26.4 Wild Scandinavia - Life on the Edge 8+ 22 Life: First Steps - Brothers and Sisters + 26 Nature - Soul of the Ocean + 26.4 Wild Scandinavia - Heartlands + 26.5 Nature - Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas 8:30+ 22.4 Core Kyoto - The Beauty in Copying: An Art Form of Aspirations (digital data) 9+ 26.4 Wild Scandinavia - Fire and Ice + 22 & 26.5 NOVA - Killer Hurricanes 9:15 22.4 Direct talk - For Vicitms of the Gold Rush: Yuyua Ismawati / Co-Founder, Nexus3 Foundation (mercury poisoning) 10+ 22 & 26.5 NOVA - Killer Floods Aug. 24 2AM 9.3 Mayday - Runaway Train 3 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Kid in the Cockpit 6 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Typhoon Takeoff 6:30 22.2 My World Too - Whoof, Nile Valley Aquaponics, Greenfield Robotics 8+ 22.2 This Old House - All Decked Out 8:30+ 22.2 A Craftsman's Legacy - The Arrow Maker 1:30PM 22 In the AMERICAS with David Yetman - Whales and Their Offspring In San Ignacio Lagoon 26.4 SECOND OPINION with Joan Lunden - Anxiety 2 26.4 Koko - The Gorilla Who Talks 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Graduation Day 3 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Pulse Oximeters / Egg Grading & Packaging Systems 26.4 Ireland's Wild Coast 4 26.4 Ireland's Wild Coast 4:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Vampire Hunting Kit/Meteorite 7 9.3 Black Gold - A Supervisor's Sport + 22.2 TASTEMAKERS - Out of the Box 7:30+ 26.4 WILDHOPE - Canine Conservationists 8+ 22 The Yorkshire Vet - alpaca + 22.2 This Old House - Newburyport | Powering Through 8:30+ 22.2 Ask This Old House - Antique Pocket Door, Shaker End Table 11 9.3 Combat Dealers - Australia (gyrocompass) Aug. 25 2AM 9.3 Mayday - Collision Course 3 9.3 Mayday - Head On Collision 6 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Pushed to the Limit 22.2 For Your Home - Backyard Makeover, Part 2 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to Truth - What Is the Deep Meaning of Probability? 8+ 22.2 This Old House - This Old House U. + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Athens' Subway 9+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Subway: Empire Beneath the Streets (N.Y.) 9:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Old Glove, New Dreams 10+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Trolley: The Cars That Built Our Cities 10:30+ 26.5 Make48 - Time to Put Down Your Tools! 32 My World Too - Upcycling: Making Old New Again, Preserving Heirloom Seeds 11+ 22.2 Rick Steves' Europe - Rome: Ancient Glory + 48.2 Modern Marvels - The Railroads That Tamed the West noon+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - The Trans-Siberian Railroad 12:30PM 26.5 Samantha Brown's Places to Love - Greater Palm Springs, CA (stunt driving, date pollination, etc.) 1+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Locomotives 2+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Bullet Trains 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Homeowner Going the Distance 3+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Engines 7 9.3 Black Gold - Rig Move Woes 7:30+ 22 Artworks - Lisa Friedrich, Photographer (gunpowder?!); Calvin Arsenia, Musician; Corset Comeback 8 22.2 Help! We Bought A Village 9+ 26.4 And the Floods Came -- Nebraska 2019 11:50+ 22.4 Viewpoint Science Aug. 26 midnight 26 Benjamin Franklin - Join or Die (1706-1774) 12:40AM+ 22.4 The Quest for Ancient Color - A Tale of Japanese Crimson 1:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Stand-Up Personal Watercraft / Rice Crackers with Peanuts 1:55+ 22.4 Pythagora Switch mini - It Can't Be Done! 2 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Ocean landing 3 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Miracle Escape 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - The Flying Foxes of Australia 26.4 SECOND OPINION with Joan Lunden - Heart Disease in Women 10:10+ 22.4 RISING - Better Health through Social Ties: Community Nursing Innovator - Yata Akiko 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Mosquito Patch 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Tastebuds, Tee Shirts and Texas Pronghorn 32 Rick Steves' Europe - Ethiopia: A Development Story noon 9.3 Doomsday Preppers - A Fortress at Sea + 32 This Old House - Newburyport | Powering Through 12:30PM+ 32 Ask This Old House - Antique Pocket Door, Shaker End Table 1 9.3 Doomsday Preppers - Let Her Rip 32 This Old House - Jersey Shore Rebuilds | Go with the Flow 2 9.3 Doomsday Preppers - Gonna Be a Big Bang + 48.2 Jurrasic Fight Club - Deep Sea Killers 4+ 32 Iconic America: Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein - The Golden Gate Bridge 4:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Spy Watch/Model A 6 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Blind Landing + 26.4 Focus on Europe - Ukraine drones, Naples digitization, etc. 7 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Grand Canyon Disaster 8 9.3 Mayday Air Disaster - Falling to Pieces 9:40+ 22.4 Core Kyoto mini - kata-yuzen (stencil dyeing) 10+ 32 Richard Bangs' Adventures with Purpose - Costa Rica: Quest for Pura Vida 11:10+ 22.4 ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION - Hori Takahide 11:50+ 22.4 Texico Aug. 27 12:55 22.4 National Parks of Japan:Daisen-Oki 6+ 26.5 This Old House - Newburyport: Shipwrights and Sea Captains 6:30 26.5 Ask This Old House - Little Free Library 8 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Funkiest Features 8:30 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Southern Hemisphere + 26.4 Global Us - microbes & food security, gene-edited climate-resistant crops, etc. 26.5 Rick Steves' Europe - Swiss Alps (trains, glaciers, cheesemaking) 9:30 48.2 The New Frontier - Hayabusa 2 10 26.2 Ancient Sites of the World: Top 10 Sacred Sites 48.2 Better Planet tv - Cold Crush, Green Recess Time, New Power Source, Green Cards 10:30 48.2 The Re-inventoRS - Mono-Wheel Bicycle 11 26.4 The Chavis Chronicles - Patrick Dicks, D.Sc. Professor & Expert on Automation (automation in the workplace) 3PM 9.3 Combat Dealers - Germany (Panther tank) 4 26.5 History Detectives - Vietnamese Soldier's Diary; Bootlegger's Notebook; Hollywood Indian Ledger 5 26.5 History Detectives - WWI Poster; Valley Forge Map; Transistor Radio; 70-Year-Old Business Card 7+ 26.4 NOVA - Dog Tales 8+ 26.4 Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries - Chilean devil rays 9:15 22.4 Direct Talk - Online Education, Without Compromise: Hoshi Tomohiro / Head of School, Stanford Online High School 9:45 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Flood and Rainstorm Simulations 10:30 22.4 Seasoning the Seasons - The Stories Behind Japan's Bridges 11+ 26.4 Life from Above - Changing Planet Aug. 28 4AM 22 Steve Jobs and Japan 5 9.3 Lost Worlds - Hitler's Supercity 6 9.3 Lost Worlds - Athens - Ancient Supercity 32 Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein - Rapid-Acting Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 9:30+ 22.2 Mississippi Roads (Create) - Odd Art 12:30PM 26.5 Samantha Brown's Places to Love - Lake Geneva and the Valais, Switzerland (watch design) 2 26.4 Earth's Natural Wonders - Extreme Wonders 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Final Touches 3 26.4 Earth's Natural Wonders - Wonders of Water 4 26.4 Earth's Natural Wonders - Living Wonders 7+ 26.4 Islands of Wonder - Hawaii 8+ 26.4 Pacific Heartbeat - Hawai'i's Precious Resources 8:30 22.2 Museum Access - LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER - Live Animals and 3D Universe Theatretory - On Writing Sci-Fi: A Conversation with Lisa Joy 11 22.2 On S Aug. 29 6:30AM 22.2 My World Too - Missouri Organic Recycling, New Roots for refugees, Community Rebuild 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Approaching Half Way + 48.2 Story Feature - Test Lab: Body Armor 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - 3 Shop-Made Tools 9+ 48.2 Story Feature - Transplant 2PM 26.4 Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newton GenNEXT: Move in Day 3 26.4 Abandoned in the Arctic 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Local Maple Syrup Cereal; MD Dairy Industry Struggles; Farmer Conservationist 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Underwater Marauders; The Nature Cure; Water From The Air 8 22.2 The Unknown Master of Restoration Pt 1 9 22.2 The Unknown Master of Restoration Pt 2 26.4 NOVA - Killer Volcanoes + 32 Nature - Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge 10 22.2 Invisible Corps (public health) + 32 Africa's Wild Roommates - How Animals Share Bed And Board Aug. 30 8AM+ 48.2 Lost Worlds - Building the Titanic 11+ 48.2 Lost Worlds - Ramses' Egyptian Empire noon+ 48.2 Lost Worlds - Athens: Ancient Supercity 1PM+ 48.2 Lost Worlds - Secret Cities of the A-Bomb 2+ 48.2 Lost Worlds - Hitler's Supercity 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Arlington Italianate: A New Project Aug. 31 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Arlington Italianate: Old House Discoveries Sept. 1 8AM+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Bunkers 9+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Siege Machines 10+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - The Army Corps of Engineers 11+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Military Movers noon+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Command Central 1PM+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Nuclear Submarines 2+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Radar: The Invention that Saved Democracy 2:30 26.5 This Old House - The Charleston Houses 2018: Brick and Mortar 3+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Codes Sept. 2 9AM 26 This Old House - Newburyport: Demo Find 2PM+ 48.2 Digging for the Truth - Giants of Easter Island 2:30 26.5 This Old House - Newburyport: Demo Find 3+ Ancient Discoveries - Lost Science of the Bible Sept. 3 8AM 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - India 8:30 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Bizarre Beasts of Africa 9:30 48.2 The New Frontier - Eyes to the Heavens 10 48.2 Better Planet tv - Green Playground, Learn By Doing, Veg Power, New Green Practices 10:30 48.2 The Re-inventoRS - Rocket-Powered Explosive from World War II Sept. 14 8AM+ 22.2 This Old House - A House for the Next Generation Sept. 15 8AM+ 22.2 This Old House - A Few Good Landscapers