TV shows that may be of interest
From HacDC Wiki
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. 31 8PM+ 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 26.5 IQ: Smartparent - The Messy Show 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 6+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Farms & The Environment 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 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Fighting COVID-19: The Role of Immune Cells 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 12:45AM+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - COVID-19: Reducing Your Risk of Serious Illness #2: Kidney Disease 12:55+ 22.4 We, in the Time of Corona - Chris Hadfield, Former Astronaut 5:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - making things (electric car, microscope) 8+ 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Murrini Glass Maker 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - Japanese Indigo - More than a Pretty Dye! 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 22.2 Make48 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 10+ 22 Fallen Astronaut (sculpture secretly taken to Moon) Apr. 8 6:30AM 22.2 Beads Bayubles and Jewels - Tools 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground + 22.2 Craftsman's Legacy - The Tool Chest Makers 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Carpenter's Toolbox 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) 9:32+ 22 American Masters - Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Apr. 10 3PM 9.3 Brojects - The Workshop (converted shipping container) Apr. 11 3PM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Secret Underground 5 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - America's Doomsday Plan 10 22 How The Victorians Built Britain 10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector) 11 22.2 EcoSense for Living - Fashioned for the Planet Apr. 12 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Roller Coasters 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Time Machine (innovations) 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Firefighting! The Arson Detectives Apr. 13 8AM+ 22.2 Garage with Steve Butler - Burgener Tool Box 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Paneled Storage Chest