TV shows that may be of interest
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Hot tips: August 8 on channel 9 at 7PM - 60 Minutes - Dynamic Robots (Boston Dynamics workshop) August 8 on channel 9.3 at 9PM - Mayday - Hidden Danger August 9 on channel 9.3 at 6AM - Modern Marvels - Mad Electricity (Nikola Tesla) August 11 on channel 9.3 at midnight - Mayday - The Plane That Wouldn't Talk August 11 on channel 26.4 at 2PM - NOVA - Look Who's Driving (self-driving) August 13 on channel 9.3 at midnight - Mayday - Phantom Strike August 14 on channel 22.4 at 9:10PM - Hometown Stories - Building Robots, Fostering Happiness August 16 on channel 26.4 at 2PM - Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World - The Robot August 16 on channel 26.4 at 8PM & August 17 at 1AM & 9AM - Forces of Nature - Elements (incredible scenes of fighting sulfur fires on a volcano) 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. Aug. 8 3:30PM 26.4 Earth Focus - Lighting a Path: Embracing Solar Power in California and Zanzibar 4 4.2 Meet the Press - Anthony S. Fauci 26.4 Global 3000 (climate change etc.) 6 20 Weather Gone Viral - Without Warning + 22 Escape to the Chateau - Make Do & Mend 6:10+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Neurosurgical Instruments / Weather Meters 6:55 22.4 PythagoraSwitch mini - Then the Bridge Thought... 7 9 60 Minutes - Dynamic Robots (etc.) 22 Japan with Sue Perkins - Japan tackles the future (etc.) + 26.4 Earth's Natural Wonders - Wonders of Water 8 22.2 %Summer of Rockets + 26.4 Nature - Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner 50 %Legends of Tomorrow - The Final Frame 9 9.3 Mayday - Hidden Danger + 26.2 How the Victorians Built Britain - How Britain Healed the World 10 9.3 Mayday - Panic Over the Pacific 11 9.3 Mayday - Out of Sight Aug. 9 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Fog of War 1AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Start to Finish 1:34 32 The Brain Revolution (neuroplasticity) 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Retro Tech 5 9.3 Modern Marvels - Super Hot 5:15+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Robots Support Cooks and Bakers 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Mad Electricity (Nikola Tesla) 10:30+ 22.4 Medical Frontiers - iPS Cells Part 2: Drug Development for Intractable Diseases noon 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Life 1PM 26.4 Life from Above - Colorful Planet 2 26.4 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World - The Airplane 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - The Standouts (Ani Liu mixes art & science) 7 22 Maryland Farm & Harvest - Baby Animal's 1st Breath, Environmental Impact of Ditches + 26.4 Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries - The Islands 8+ 26.4 Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries - The Poles 9 22.2 Our Gorongosa 10 22.2 Impossible Builds - The Floating House Aug. 10 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Explosive Evidence 12:45AM+ 22.4 Doctor's Insight - Liver Diseases #4: Liver Cancer 1:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Hayashi Kaname, Lovot robot 3 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - America's Doomsday Plan 5+ 26.4 Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries (meerkats) 5:15+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - EdTech in Japan 6:30 22.2 My World Too - The Bee Store, Regenerative Farming, A Free Fare City Transit System 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Environmental Tech II 9:45+ 22.4 Dig More Japan - craftsmanship 10:30+ Science View - Growing Steak Meat in the Lab 2PM 26.4 NOVA - The Planets: Mars 3 26.4 NOVA - First Man on the Moon 4 26.4 Ancient Skies - Gods and Monsters 7+ 26.4 Extinction: The Facts 8:30+ 22.4 TOKYO EYE 2020 - Tokyo SDGs: The City's Hidden Ecosystem Aug. 11 midnight 9.3 Mayday - The Plane That Wouldn't Talk 1AM 9.3 Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy - Special Access 1:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Bea Johnson, Zero Waste Lifestyle 3:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Nothing Is Impossible: Massimilliano Sechi / No Excuses CEO (former eSports player) 5+ 26.4 Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries (cheetahs) 5:15+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Chemistry on the Catwalk 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Extreme Aircraft 8:55 22.4 Core Kyoto mini - clamp resist dyeing 10+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - We Bought a Farm 10:30+ 26.5 Urban Conversion - Let It Rot! noon 26.4 American Experience - Chasing the Moon: Earthrise 2PM 26.4 NOVA - Look Who's Driving 2:30 26.5 Articulate With Jim Cotter - Jets vs. Sharks (auto industry) 3 26.4 NOVA - Pluto and Beyond 8+ 26 Nature - Super Cats: Science and Secrets 9+ 26 NOVA - Operation Lighthouse Rescue 10+ 26 Secrets of the Dead - Cleopatra's Lost Tomb Aug. 12 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Fatal Distraction 2AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - Area 51 3:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Heal the Earth Through Agriculture: Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer / Proprietors, Farm Bec-Hellouin 5+ 26.4 Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries (devil rays) 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - It Came from Outerspace (spinoffs) 4PM 26.5 To the Contrary - Rosie Rios (cryptocurrency) 9+ 26.4 Prehistoric Road Trip - We Dig Dinosaurs 9:45+ 22.4 Zero Waste Life - From Rubbish to Rainbow (dyes) 10:30+ 22.4 Exploring the Indigenous Ainu Culture - Succession of Craftwork Aug. 13 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Phantom Strike 1:15AM+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Dominique Chen, well-being by digital communication 3:15+ 22.4 Direct Talk - Share the Sunshine!: Chang Sung-un / CEO of YOLK (Solar Cow Project) 5:15+ 22.4 BIZ STREAM - Japanese Companies Get Creative with AI 6 9.3 Modern Marvels - Welding 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Weapons of Mass Destruction 11:30 9.3 American Restoration - Atomic Restoration (U detector) 7PM 26.4 Wild Metropolis - Residents 7:15+ 22.4 Japanology Plus mini - bladed tools 8 26.4 Wild Metropolis - Commuters 9 26.4 Wild Metropolis - Survivors Aug. 14 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Scratching the Surface 1:10AM+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Probiotic Drinks 1:25+ 22.4 Japan's Top Inventions - Umami Seasoning (MSG) 1:40+ 22.4 BOSAI: Science that Can Save Your Life - #1 Tsunami 1:55+ 22.4 PythagoraSwitch Mini - The Marble Brother... 6 9 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Cute Critters of Australia 9.3 Modern Marvels - Environmental Tech + 26.4 Second Opinion - Congenital Heart Disease 10:10+ 22.4 RISING - Tackling the New Normal - Robots with a Human Touch: Personal Robotics Innovator - Aoki Shunsuke 10:30 9 The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Accidental Inventions 11 9 Mission Unstoppable - Innovative Islands, Capturing Carbon, and Awesome Absorption 3PM 9.3 Storm Chasers - Direct Hit 4 9.3 Storm Chasers - Tornado Intercept Tank 5 9.3 Storm Chasers - When Parts Fly 9:10 22.4 Hometown Stories - Building Robots, Fostering Happiness 9:30+ 26.5 The Gene: An Intimate History (probably part 2) Aug. 15 7:30+ 26.4 The Open Mind - Why Crypto Matters (cryptocurrency) 8:30 9.3 Brojects - The Ultimate Covert Man Cave 9 9.3 Brojects - The ATV-Powered Barge 10 9.3 Scrap Kings - Banged Up in Bingley 11 9.3 Scrap Kings - Grimsby Bloom noon 9.3 Scrap Kings - Electric Motor Dock 1PM 26.4 America's Heartland (agricultural tech) 3:30 26 Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild 26.4 Earth Focus - Dying Oceans: Abalone Restoration in California 7+ 26.4 Earth's Natural Wonders - Living Wonders 9 9.3 Mayday - Vertigo + 26.4 NOVA - Cat Tales 10 9.3 Mayday - Ghost Plane + 26.4 NOVA - Dog Tales 11 9.3 Mayday - Invisible Killer + 26.4 Nature - Dogs in the Land of Lions Aug. 16 midnight 9.3 Mayday - Gimli Glider 2AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Assembly Line 3 9.3 Modern Marvels - Renewable Energy 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - World's Biggest Machines 5 (wind tunnel, simulator) noon 26.4 NOVA - Making North America: Human 26.5 Roadtrip Nation - Challenge the Status Quo (sound designer, Pixar animator) 1PM 9.3 Shipping Wars - To the Moon and Back (moon rocks) 26.4 Life from Above - Patterned Planet 2 26.4 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World - The Robot 7+ 26.4 Forces of Nature - Shape 8+ 26.4 Forces of Nature - Elements Aug. 17 3AM 9.3 America's Book of Secrets - The Ancient Astronaut Cover-Up noon 9.3 American Restoration - Un-predicta-ble (1950s TV) 2PM 26.4 NOVA - The Planets: Jupiter 4 26.4 Ancient Skies - Finding the Center 8 26.5 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth - First Steps 9 26.5 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth - Testing Limits 10 26.5 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth - New Frontiers Aug. 18 6AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - 80's Tech 7 9.3 Modern Marvels - Strangest Countdown 11 9.3 American Restoration - Gone to Pieces (arcade game) Aug. 20 1AM 9.3 Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy - Larry Is an Astronaut 10:30 9.3 Auction Kings - Space Oddities (no idea) 11:30 9.3 American Restoration - Astro-Nuts and Bolts (NASA jet pack) Aug. 21 7AM 9.3 Modern Marvels - Mega Machine Countdown 8 9.3 Modern Marvels - Mega Speed Countdown 3PM 9.3 Storm Chasers - Mutiny on the Plains 4 9.3 Storm Chasers - Nightmare on DOW Street 5 9.3 Storm Chasers - Road Hazards