TV shows that may be of interest

Hot tips: Feb. 17 at noon & 8PM & Feb. 18 at 4AM on channel 48.2 - Modern Marvels - Codes Feb. 18 at 8PM on channel 9 - %Star Trek Beyond Feb. 21 at 3AM on channel 9.3 - Mayday: Air Disaster - Hidden Danger 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 Feb. 17 1:45AM+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Denim Daruma 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Ocean Landing 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Miracle Escape 4 22.2 This Old House - Jamestown | The Net Zero Bungalow 4:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Noor Shaker, AI for drug discovery 5 26 America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - LA: It's a Vibe 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to Truth - Can Music Probe Human Mentality? 8+ 22.2 This Old House - This Old House - Jamestown | Net Zero from the Ground Up + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Bunkers 9+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Command Central 10+ 26.5 Conscious Living - Net-Zero Staycation + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Parachutes 10:30+ 26.5 Make48 - product shows 11+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Military Movers noon+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Codes 1PM+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Radar 2 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Vitamin C: The Key to Health and Longevity + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Nuclear Submarines 3 26.5 Big Pacific - Behind the Scenes + 48.2 Modern Marvels - The Manhattan Project 4+ 26 America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - Appalachia: A Different Way 7:10+ 22.4 Broadcasters' Eye - Protecting the Glow of Life - Todaka Clinic 7:30+ 32 The Journey W/ Dr Wayne Frederick - Dr. Roger Mitchell (coping with COVID-19) 9:25+ 22.4 Darwin's Amazing Animals - Tweet In-Chirp-Pretations - Birds, Karuizawa, Japan 10 9 %Blue Bloods - cyberattack 10:55+ 22.4 Danko&Danta, Cardboard Craft Creations! - Whack-a-Mole Feb. 18 12:10AM+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Lithium-Ion Batteries / Dust Collectors for Tunnel Construction 12:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Can Save Your Life - #26 Landslides 12:55+ 22.4 Pythagora Switch mini - The Wire Hanger Song 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Falling from the Sky 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fire Fight + 26.5 American Experience - Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space 5 26.4 Expedition With Steve Backshall - Expedition Volcanic Underworld 6 7 Wildlife Nation With Jeff Corwin - Remarkable Reptiles 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Dive into Paradise 9.2 The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Predators and Parasites + 26.4 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Coronavirus 8+ 22.2 Ask This Old House - Dimmer Switch Troubleshooting, Clothes Rack (indoor air quality) 8:30 26 Rick Steves' Europe - Egypt's Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor 9 9.2 The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Collective Justice (Vidocq Society think tank) 22 Menghayati! - Vingt Six Vingt Huit (Twenty-Six Twenty-Seven) + 26.5 Energy Switch - More Nuclear Power? Part 1 9:10+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - From Scourge of the Seas to SDGs (ocean plastic) 9:30 22 Into The Outdoors - Into Safe and Smart Boating, Part 1 10 4 Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer - Coming Out of The Shell with Crustanceans 7 Hearts of Heroes - drone search (etc.) 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Listening Device Blocker 11 7 America's Heartland - racetrack solar, Texas wind power, Ca. rice, N. Car. greenhouse robots 9 Mission Unstoppable - Teaching Code, Tastebuds, and Training Dogs noon 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Vesuvius + 26.2 The Queen's Garden 1PM 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Sahara 2 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Everest 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fatal Distraction 3:30 22 Doug's Geology Journal - A Whole Lotta Lava 4 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Phantom Strike 5 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Scratching the Surface 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Lockerbie 7 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Blown Apart 8 9 %Star Trek Beyond 9.3 Storm Chasers - Fight or Flight 9 9.3 Storm Chasers - Sean Casey at the Bat 9:10+ 22.4 Face to Face - Manabe Daito, high-tech art 10 9.3 Storm Chasers - EF-3 Strikes You're Out 11 9.3 Storm Chasers - What Goes Around 22 The Green Planet - Tropical Worlds Feb. 19 midnight 9.3 Storm Chasers - Why We Chase 3AM 22.2 Craft in America - Visionaries + 26 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - Secrets of Success 4+ 26 NOVA - Ancient Builders of the Amazon + 32 Sages of Aging 5+ 26 Secrets of the Dead - Hannibal in the Alps 6:30 9 Did I Mention Invention? - Fire Gel 7+ 26.5 Antiques Roadshow - Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Part 1 (Mercury capsule manual) 8 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Armored Animals 8:30 22 Closer to Truth - How to Decipher Deception in Evolution? + 26.4 Global 3000 - S. Africa air pollution, Malaysian monuments, Costa Rica sea turtles, Venezuelan cachapas 9 9.3 Combat Dealers - Australia (gyrocompass) 9:30 22 Doctor Q & A - The Battle Against Breast Cancer 48.2 The New Frontier - The Sun 10 48.2 Better Planet tv - park runoff, Cambodia water, bicycles 10:30 22 Energy Switch - Policies to Reduce Co2 48.2 The Re-Inventors - Pedal-Powered Helicopter 11 9.3 Mega Builders - Big Bosphorus Dig noon 9.3 Mega Builders - Ice Hotel: Bigger, Better 26.4 Articulate with Jim Cotter - What Might Be (Samuel R. Delany etc.) 1PM 9.3 Mega Builders - London Aquatics Centre & Orbit Tower 2 9.3 Mega Builders - Sinking Wings and Sinking a Ship 4 26.5 History Detectives - Manhattan Project; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems + 32 Don Lewis and the Live Electronic Orchestra 6:30 26.5 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations - Francis Collins (NIH) 8+ 26.2 Ancient Sites Brought to Life 9+ 26.2 Escape to the Chateau - Weddings, Stables and Staircases Feb. 20 1AM 9.3 Lost Worlds - Hitler's Supercity 2 9.3 Lost Worlds - Athens - Ancient Supercity 3 22.2 Craft in America - Quilts 4 9.3 Lost Worlds - Secret Cities of the A-Bomb 5 9.3 Lost Worlds - Atlantis 6+ 22.2 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton - All Systems Go (Apollo memorabilia) 6:30+ 26.4 Overheard with Evan Smith - Mark Kelly, Astronaut & Politician 9:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Virtual Reality's Potential to Change Medicine 2:30PM 26.5 This Old House - Arlington Arts & Crafts: Underground Energy 3 26.5 The Green Planet - Tropical Worlds 4+ 26 America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - Tidewater: Homecoming 4:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Space Oddities 10+ 22 American Experience - Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History 11:45+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - Chronic Kidney Disease #4: Updated Information on Dialysis Feb. 21 1AM 9.3 Monster Quest - Giant Squid Ambush 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Missed Approach 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Hidden Danger 4 32 Make48 - The Team Pitches, Pt. 2 5+ 26.4 Don Lewis and the Live Electronic Orchestra 6:30 22.2 My World Too - Rebecca's Apothecary, K-State Research farm, The Battery Tour 7:30 32 Hope Is Here - Jill Costello (nonsmoker lung cancer) 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Jamestown | HVAC of the Future + 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - The Mysterious Treasure of the Republic 9+ 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - Diver Down 9:30+ 22.4 Science View - Special Episode: Lessons from Minimata Disease 10+ 26.5 Energy Switch - More Nuclear Power? Part 2 + 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - Doomed to Repeat 10:30+ 36.5 Start Up - LuminAID 11+ 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - The Gold Chamber of Secrets noon+ 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - How It Went Down 1PM+ 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - The Price of Gold 2+ 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - The Mystery Deepens 3 26.5 The Green Planet - Water Worlds + 48.2 Billion Dollar Wreck - The Lure of the Republic 4+ 26 America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - Minnesota: A Better World 7+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Panora Acres Farm, A Brewery Grows Its Own Grain, Native Species Landscaping 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Cecil County Equestrian Competition, Endangered Salamander Comeback; Digging in MD Past 8:55+ 22.4 Core Kyoto min - kirikane gold leaf 9 4 %La Brea - The Wedding + 26.4 Expedition With Steve Backshall - Kyrgyzstan: Expedition Mountain Ghost 10 4 %La Brea - The Swarm Feb. 22 2AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Panic Over the Pacific 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Out of Sight 6 22.2 Urban Conversion - Upcycled Art and Fashion 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Jamestown | A Charleston Family Home Is Reborn 10+ 22.2 Real Road Adventure - Jungfrau Region 10:30+ 26.5 Your Fantastic Mind - Strokes and Strokestra noon+ 48.2 Hunting Hitler - Nuclear Nazi Weapons 1:30PM 26.4 Energy Switch - New Geopolitics of Energy 3 26.5 The Green Planet - Seasonal Worlds 4+ 26 Life from Above - Moving Planet 7+ 26.4 Independent Lens - Coded Bias (facial recognition) 7:30+ 22.4 Core Kyoto - Old Building Materials: The Ancient Capital's Culture of Recycling 8+ 22 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - Defending Wild Dogs 9+ 22 NOVA - New Eye on the Universe (JWST) 22.2 Double Dummy (bridge) 9:30+ 22.4 Japanology Plus - Japanophiles: Claudio Feliciani, crowd researcher 10+ 22 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen 10:30 22.2 Secrets of the Dead - Viking Warrior Queen Feb. 23 12:10AM+ 22.4 Origami Magic #1 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Fog of War 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Vertigo 4:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - VR of endangered animals 6 32 My World Too - The Bee Store, Regenerative farming, A Free Fare City Transit System 6:30 22.2 My World Too - House Built From Scraps, Urban Lumber, Colorado Lavender Farm 7 9.3 Shipping Wars - We Come in Pieces! (TARDIS & Enterprise bridge) 7:10+ 22.4 Mathematica 7:25+ 22.4 Danko & Danta: Guitar 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Jamestown | Ramp Up The R Value 9:30+ 22.4 Japan Railway Journal - Speeding Toward Carbon-Free Railways 12:30PM 26.5 Samantha Brown's Places to Love - The Makers 3 26.5 The Green Planet - Desert Worlds 4+ 26 Life from Above - Colorful Planet 7:30 22.4 Asia Insight - Tokyo's Sustainable Fishermen 8:15 22.4 Direct Talk - Transforming Society Through Philosophy: Markus Gabriel / Philosopher 8:45 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Furniture in Blue Feb. 24 1:30AM Rick Steves' Europe - Central Turkey (underground city etc.) 2 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Ghost Plane 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Invisible Killer 6:30+ 26.4 Closer to truth - What Would Transhuman Brains Mean? 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Jamestown | Net Zero Blanket 8:30+ 22.2 American Woodshop - Suzy's barn Workshop Highlights 10+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Gothic Cathedrals 10:30+ 26.5 Make48 - start 11+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Lighthouses noon+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Quarries 1PM+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Great Towers 2+ 48.2 Modern Marvels - Tall Buildings 3 26.5 The Green Planet - Human Worlds + 48.2 Modern Marvels - Pyramids: Majesty and Mystery 4 22 Travels With Darley - Cappadocia, Istanbul & Anatolia in Turkiye + 26 Life from Above - Patterned Planet 11 9.3 Combat Dealers - Secrets and Spies Feb. 25 2AM 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Gimli Glider 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Behind Closed Doors 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with jeff Corwin - Saving African Penguins + 26.4 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Racial Disparities in Health 10+ 26.2 Ancient Sites Brought to Life 8 9.3 Giant Lobster Hunters - Lobster Men vs the Machines noon 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Ring of Fire 1PM 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - America's Ice Age 2 9.3 How the Earth Was Made - Earth's Deadliest Eruption 3 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Sight Unseen 4 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Operation Babylift 5 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Falling Fast 6 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Flight 574: Lost 7 9.3 Mayday: Air Disaster - Deep Freeze 8 9.3 Storm Chasers - Back Seat Driver 9 9.3 Storm Chasers - Dedication 10 9.3 Storm Chasers - Smoke Monster 11 9.3 Storm Chasers - Perfect Storm Feb. 26 midnight 9.3 Storm Chasers - Twister Twilight Zone 3AM 22.2 Craft in America - Identity 8 4.2 Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - Feathered Friends 11 9.3 Mega Builders - Madrid's Big Dig noon 9.3 Mega Builders - Crossing the Colorado 1PM 9.3 Mega Builders - Extreme Elevation 2 9.3 Mega Builders - Moving Mountains Feb. 27 3AM 22.2 Craft in America - Storytellers 4 22 Escape to the Chateau - Winter Returns 9PM+ 26.5 Antiques Roadshow - Palm Springs Hour 2 (NASA Apollo archive) Feb. 28 2:30AM 22.2 Rick Steves' Europe - West England (Stonehenge & Avebury) 4 22.2 Escape to the Chateau - A Boat in the Moat 6:30 22.2 My World Too - Upcycling: Making Old New Again, Preserving Heirloom Seeds 8+ 22.2 This Old House - Jamestown | Modern Barn Raising 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - 3 Shop-Made Tools 7PM+ 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Baugher's farm Pumpkins, Oyster Aquaculture, JJ Bison 7:30+ 22 Outdoors Maryland - Mallows Bay Ghost Fleet; Tracking Bird Migration; Trotlining for Crabs Mar. 9 8PM+ 22.2 This Old House | Newburyport: Off-The-Shelf Custom Look (EV charger) Mar. 18 12:30PM 32 Ask This Old House - Dimmer Switch Troubleshooting, Clothes Rack (indoor air quality) Mar. 22 4:30AM 32 This Old House - Newburyport: Off-The-Shelf Custom Look (EV charger) Mar. 25 noon+ 22.2 This Old House | Detroit: Plumbing Road Trip (3D printing)