TV shows that may be of interest
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Hot tips: Channel 54 is now broadcasting (Baltimore CW) July 4 on channel 26.5 at 2PM - Reconnecting Roots - Dashes to Dot Coms (history of tech) July 6 on channel 22 at 10PM - Frontline - Boeing's Fatal Flaw (737 Max) 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. July 3 11:10+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Making Startup Dreams a Reality July 4 1:10AM+ 22.4 NHK Documentary - Tokyo Miracle City: Gargantuan Rail Network - The Passionate Pursuit of Punctuality 2:10+ 22.4 Water, Not Weapons - The Greening of Afghanistan (irrigation canal) 4 22.2 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic 26.5 American Experience - Mr. Tornado 5 26.5 Nature - The Bat Man of Mexico 6 5 Xploration Life 2.0 7:30 26.4 The Open Mind - What Human Challenge Trials Can Tell Us 32 SciGirls - Super Sensors 8:30 22 Second Opinion with Joan Lunden - Racial Disparities in Health 2PM 26.5 Reconnecting Roots - Dashes to Dot Coms (history of tech) 3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Urban Habitat 26.5 Reconnecting Roots - Chain of Events (bicycle to car to plane) 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Jet Engines 4:30 26.5 Reconnecting Roots - The Recording Industry: Off the Record, In the Cloud 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Spy Technology 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Wrong Time...Wrong Place 26.5 Reconnecting Roots - Travel: Migration to Mobility (HyperloopTT) 7 9 60 Minutes - Solarwinds; Ken Burns; The Story of America; Best Band in the Land 7:30 26.5 Reconnecting Roots - Trains: Tracking Progress 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Airships 10:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Home Gaming Console / Smartphone Springs 10:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Can Save Your Life - #3 URBAN WINDSTORMS 11 9.3 Modern Marvels - Aluminum 22.2 My World Too - The Bee Store, Regenerative Farming, A Free Fare City Transit System July 5 2AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Breaking Point 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dams 3:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Glowing Glass: Sasaki Rui / Glass Artist 4 22.2 Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Grand Tour 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Gadgets 3 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - Early Detection of the "Silent Killer" (pancreatic cancer) 11 9.3 How the States Got Their Shapes - Force of Nature noon 26.4 Islands of Wonder - Madagascar 1PM 26.4 NOVA - Rise of the Rockets 2 26.4 NOVA - Pluto and Beyond 8:30+ 22.4 Journeys in Japan - Go Deep! Underwater Paradise 9 22.2 Miracle Body: Breaking Limits + 26 Antiques Roadshow Recut - Newport, Part 6 (2003 Sam Zell automaton) 10 22.2 Ancient Invisible Cities - Athens July 6 1AM 9.3 Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy - Larry Is an Astronaut 3 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - The Ancient Astronaut Cover-up 6:30 22.2 My World Too - Whoof, Nile Valley Aquaponics, Greenfield Robotics 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Human 10:30+ 22.4 Science View - New Clues About Active Fault Earthquakes noon 26.4 Islands of Wonder - Borneo 1PM 26.4 Food - Delicious Science - Food on the Brain 2 26.4 Food - Delicious Science - A Matter of Taste 4 26.4 American Experience - Surviving the Dust Bowl 10 22 Frontline - Boeing's Fatal Flaw (737 Max) + 26 Frontline - Fire in Paradise (Ca.) July 7 1:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Trinh Khanh Ha, robotic prosthetic arms 2 22 Frontline - Fire in Paradise 6:30 22.2 Make48 - marketing recap 32 The Open Mind - What Human Challenge Trials Can Teach Us 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Steam noon 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Pulse 1PM 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Civilizations 2 26.4 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Crisis 8+ 22 & 26 Nature - Wild Florida + 32 Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings - Observable Traits/Natural Selection/Evolution of Skin Color 9+ 22 & 26 NOVA - Cuba's Cancer Hope 10+ 22 & 26 Wonders of Mexico - Mountain Worlds 10:30+ 22.4 Japanology Plus - Watches & Clocks July 8 1:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Robert Riener, Cybathlon (robotic prostheses) noon 26.4 Islands of Wonder - Hawaii 1PM 26.4 Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries - The Tropics 2 26.4 Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries - The North 9 26.4 Hacking Your Mind - Living on Auto-Pilot 9:30+ 22.4 Culture Crossroads - BOSAI: Be Prepared - Flood and Rainstorm Simulations 9:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - Discarded Umbrellas Reborn 10 22.2 Secrets of the Dead - The Nero Files July 9 1:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Taavi Kotka, engineering shapes tech 6:30 22.2 Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South - Straw Bale Gardening, Yard Fertilizer Calculations 26.4 Closer to Truth - Why Anything At All II? 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Keep Out 11+ 22.2 Rick Steves' Europe - Rome: Ancient Glory (Roman engineering) 12:30PM 9.3 American Restoration - Clueless (1920s x-ray) 1 26.4 NOVA - The Truth About Fat 8+ 22 %Summer of Rockets 22.2 How the Victorians Built Britain 8:30+ 26 The David Robenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations - Tim Cook - Apple Inc. 11:30 22 Articulate with Jim Cotter - Facing Forward (Monica Ponce de Leon uses tech to improve design) July 10 midnight+ 22.2 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton - Don't Go in the Basement / Morristown, NJ (fossils) 6AM 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Saving African Penguins 9.3 Modern Marvels - Secret Underground + 26.4 Second Opinion - Millennial Health 7+ 26.4 To The Contrary - Rosie Rios on cryptocurrency (etc.) 7:30 22 EcoSense for Living - Return of the Buffalo 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Top Ten (tech innovations) 22 My World Too - Upcycling: Making Old New Again, Preserving Heirloom Seeds 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Cactus Leather 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Snow, Snakes, and Sports Science + 32 Miracle Body: Breaking Limits 3:30PM 22 TASTEMAKERS - Jacobsen Salt Co. // Portland, Oregon 4 32 Autoline THIS WEEK - Two Companies That Already Operate Autonomous Vehicles 7 22 The Art Detectives 9:30+ 32 On Story - A Conversation with Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek etc.) July 11 4AM 26 Antiques Roadshow Recut (2003 Sam Zell automaton) 5 9.3 Huge Moves - Moving Ancient Egypt 6 5 Xploration Life 2.0 32 Ready Jet Go! - Astronaut Ellen Ochoa! 7 32 Into the Outdoors - Protecting Forests, Enhancing Lives 7:30 32 SciGirls - Cartoon Coders 8:30 22 Your Fantastic Mind - Covid-19 + 26.4 Global 3000 - Jakarta smog, Iran environment, Belo Horizonte traffic, Ghana plastic waste 10 9.3 Scrap Kings 11 9.3 Scrap Kings noon 9.3 Scrap Kings 1:30PM 26.4 Start Up - Glacier Confectioners / Tulsa, OK (chocolate making) 3 22 Life at the Waterhole - Episode 1 3:30 26.4 Earth Focus - Fueling Change: Oil Extraction in Alaska and California 4 22 Life at the Waterhole - Episode 2 26 Wonders of Mexico - Forests of the Maya 5 22 Life at the Waterhole (rain) 7 22 How the Victorians Built Britain 8+ 26.4 Life at the Waterhole (rain) 9 9.3 Mayday - Hanging by a Thread (Aloha Airlines Flight 243 ceiling tore off) 10 9.3 Mayday - Attack Over Baghdad 22.2 NHK World Special - 2020 at a Crossroads to the Future 11 9.3 Mayday - Out of Control (747 rear pressure bulkhead failure) 22.2 My World Too - Passive Solar, Tree Waste Into Mulch, Glass Bottle Recycling July 12 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Suicide Attack 2AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Dangerous Cargo 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - The Phonograph 4 9.3 Modern Marvels - Failed Inventions noon 26.4 Nature - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 12:30PM 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector) 1 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon rocks) 26.4 NOVA - Saving the Dead Sea 2:30 26.4 SciGirls - High Tech Tide 7:30 22 Chesapeake Collectables - Rare patent office model (etc.) 10 22.2 Ancient Invisible Cities - Cairo July 13 6:30AM 22.2 My World Too - Missouri Organic Recycling, New Roots for Refugees, Community Rebuild 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Roller Coasters 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Time Machine (innovations) 8:30+ 22.2 Woodsmith Shop - Shop-Made Clamps 7PM 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Maryland Steam Historical Society Show July 14 2AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Big Brother 11 9.3 American Restoration - Un-predicta-ble (1950s TV) July 15 3PM 9.3 Storage Wars: Texas - Excuse Me, I Think You're Stupid (rockets) July 16 8AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel 10:30 9.3 American Restoration - Astro-Nuts and Bolts (NASA jet pack)