TV shows that may be of interest
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Hot tips: April 15 at 1:30PM on channel 26.5 & 3:30PM on channel 32 - ask This Old House - Seismic Retrofit; Dryer Vent April 17 at 1:30PM on channel 26.4 - ENERGY SWITCH - NUCLEAR FUSION April 19 at 3 & 11PM & April 20 at 7AM on channel 48.2 - MODERN MARVELS - Super Human See wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/TV_shows_that_may_be_of_interest_-_weekly for shows that normally airs 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. ! = viewer caution, graphic content (not necessarily in every episode) 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)deleted past Apr. 15 6AM 22.2 Craft in America - Inspiration 7:40+ 22.4 DIRECT TALK - Fighting Drought with Fruit Peels: Narayan Lal Gurjar / Founder and CEO, EF Polymer 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Glen Ridge, Nj | Small But Mighty + 26.4 NATURE - RAPTORS: A FISTFUL OF DAGGERS: Part One MEET THE RAPTORS + 48.2 Dogfights - The Greatest Air Battles 8:30+ 22.2 ask This Old House - Radiant Floor Retrofit, Cable Railings 8:45+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Volunteer Fire Corps 9 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - Winter on the Moors 32 NATURE - Patrick and the Whale 10 22.2 Outdoor Nevada (Create) - Carson City Is Wide Open (rail bike) + 48.2 Dogfights - The Bloodiest Day 10:30+ 22.4 MEDICAL FRONTIERS - New Findings on Walking and Running 11 26.4 Mysteries of Mental Illness - Evil or Illness? + 48.2 Dogfights - Dogfights of Desert Storm noon+ 48.2 Dogfights - Supersonic 1PM+ 48.2 Dogfights - Secret Weapons 1:30 26.4 THE OPEN MIND - Mom's and Dad's Brains 26.5 ask This Old House - Seismic Retrofit; Dryer Vent 2+ 48.2 Dogfights - Thunderbolt 3+ 48.2 Dogfights - Hunt for the Bismark 3:30 26 TELL ME MORE with KELLY CORRIGAN - Being Well in the Modern World 32 ask This Old House - Seismic Retrofit, Dryer Vent 3:50 22.4 Time-lapse Japan - Lacquer (Jomon) 7+ 26.4 Wild Hope - Woodpecker Wars 32 America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - Tidewater: Homecoming 7:30+ 26.4 Wild Hope - Does Nature Have Rights? 8+ 22.2 Happiest Country on Earth: Finland 9 22.2 Television Event (A-bomb movie) 9:15+ 22.4 DIRECT TALK - Apps for Ukrainian Child Refugees: Anastasiia Demchenko / Co-founder of TCO SVIT 10+ 22 & 26 Planet California - Rivers of Gold Apr. 16 5:15AM+ 22.4 DIRECT TALK - Living Alongside the Bird of Yambaru: Nagamine Takashi / Veterinarian 8+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Win by Finishing Last 8:30+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Stack the Deck 9 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET At Christmas + 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Not Crack an Egg 9:30+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Miss a Hole in One 10+ 26.5 ENERGY SWITCH - HOW TO DECARBONIZE INDUSTRY PART 1 + 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Launch a Rocket 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - Microorganisms Living in Extreme Environments + 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Know When to Fold 'Em 11+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Have the Last Word 11:30+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Get on the Fast Track noon+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Float Your Boat 12:30PM+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Face the Music 1+ 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to Chute the Breeze 1:30 26.5 ask This Old House - Cabinet Upgrade; Secret Garden + 48.2 Smartest Guy in the Room - How to be a Ballbuster 2+ 48.2 Story Feature - The Ultimate Guide to Sounding Smart 3 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Looking to the Future with Eyewear Tech 3:30 32 ask This Old House - Soft Close Cabinets, Secret Garden 7+ 26.4 NOVA - Ancient Maya Metropolis 9:30+ 32 NATURE - My Garden of a Thousand Bees 9:55+ 22.4 Core Kyoto mini - Maki-e lacquering 10:30+ 22.4 Frontrunners - Thatching Innovator - Sagara Ikuya + 32 UNTAMED - From Rescue to Release Apr. 17 9AM 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - cat with swollen eye 1:30PM 26.4 ENERGY SWITCH - NUCLEAR FUSION 26.5 ask This Old House - Closet Door; Bathroom Paint 3:30 32 ask This Old House - Closet Door, Bathroom Paint 4 22 This Old House - Glen Ridge | Multi-Generational 8+ 26 NATURE - Raptors: A Fistful of Daggers: Extreme Lives 9+ 26 A Short History of the Future - Once Upon a Time 10+ 26 NOVA - Making North America: Origins Apr. 18 8AM+ 48.2 United Stuff of America - Ultimate Engineering 9 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - inject pig + 48.2 United Stuff of America - American Firepower 1:30PM 26.5 ask This Old House - Vertical Garden; Toilet Factory 3 22.4 JAPAN'S TOP INVENTIONS - High-Capacity Optical Disks / Automatic Skewer Machines 3:30 32 ask This Old House - Vertical Garden, Toilet Factory 8:30+ 22.4 Asia Insight - Living Among the Sinking Islands: The Maldives 9:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Judo Gis Forever 10:30+ 22.4 Trailblazers - Morinaga Kunihiko, fashion tech Apr. 19 8AM+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Physical Fitness: Quest for Muscle 9 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - puppy swallowed cable + 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Physical Fitness: Quest for Health 10+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Sports Technology: Equipment 11+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Balls noon+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs 1PM+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Polio Vaccine 1:30 26.5 ask This Old House - Stucco Repair; Gas Dryer 2+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Survival Technology 3+ 48.2 MODERN MARVELS - Super Human 3:30 32 ask This Old House - Stucco Repair, Gas Dryer 9:10 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Folk House Inn: Four Seasons [Special Edition] 11:50 22.4 Viewpoint Science Apr. 20 5:55AM 9.2 THE NEW DETECTIVES Case Studies in Forensic Science - Lethal Obsessions (psychology) 6 7 Jack Hanna's Passport - A World of Babies 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - The Snakes of Southern Africa 7 9.2 THE NEW DETECTIVES Case Studies in Forensic Science - Traces of Guilt 8 9.2 THE NEW DETECTIVES Case Studies in Forensic Science - Electronic Witness 9 9.2 THE NEW DETECTIVES Case Studies in Forensic Science - Dead Wrong (fake evidence) + 26 This Old House - Glen Ridge, NJ: QR Construction 9:30 26 ask This Old House - Rain Barrel; Pooling Patio 10 4 Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Protecting Wild - Innovation for Restoration 9.2 THE NEW DETECTIVES Case Studies in Forensic Science - Lasting Impressions (prints) + 22.2 ask This Old House - Grass Troubleshooting, Rocky Canyon Rustic 10:30 4 Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer - Styles of the Wild 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Digital Sky Typing (sounds like something I saw on a Saturday morning cartoon 50 years ago!) + 22.2 ask This Old House - Shade Sail, Concrete Walkway 11 7 America's Heartland - Noble Prize-winning farm (etc.) 9 Mission Unstoppable - Magnets, Maps, and Math 1PM+ Countdown to Apocalypse - Future Terrors 5+ 22.2 Rick Steves Art of Europe - The Middle Ages Apr. 21 8AM 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Coming Out of the Shell With Crustaceans + 48.2 Biography - The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne 9 48.2 ArtRageous - Operation Forgery 9:30 48.2 The New Frontier - Interface 10 48.2 Better Planet tv - Harvesting Rainwater, Afghanistan (hydropower), Veg Power (biodiesel), Eco Transportation 10:30 48.2 The Re-InventoRS - Jet Snow Skis and Propellor Skates noon 26.2 Epic Train Journeys From Above - Australia's Outback Railway 5PM+ 48.2 Biography - H. G. Wells: Time Traveller 11+ 26.4 Mysteries of Mental Illness - Who's Normal? Apr. 22 4AM 22.2 Rick Steves Art of Europe - The Renaissance 9 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - help cow before birth Apr. 23 9AM 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - horse with cut hoof 10+ 26.5 ENERGY SWITCH - HOW TO DECARBONIZE INDUSTRY PART 2 Apr. 24 9AM 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - cat shot in head 4PM 22 This Old House - Glen Ridge | Vintage Apr. 25 9AM 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - dog emergency tumor operation 1PM 22 Rick Steves' EUROPE - Egypt's Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor Apr. 26 9AM 26.2 !The YORKSHIRE VET - injured swan 1PM 22.2 Rick Steves' EUROPE - Ethiopia: A Development Story 11 22 The Good Road - St. Croix, USVI - Farm Tech City Apr. 27 9AM 26 This Old House - Glen Ridge, NJ: Roughed In 5PM+ 22.2 Rick Steves Art of Europe - Baroque Apr. 29 4AM+ 22.2 Rick Steves' Art of Europe - The Modern Age Apr. 30 1PM 22 Rick Steves' EUROPE - Rick Steves' Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe May 1 4PM+ 32 To The Ends of the Earth: The Natural World - Oceans May 4 5PM+ 22.2 Rick Steves' Art of Europe - Stone Age to Ancient Greece May 21 1:30PM 22.2 The Good Road - St. Thomas, Usvi - Not Just A Rock May 31 3:30PM 32 ask This Old House - Grass Troubleshooting, Rocky Canyon Rustic