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12/2018

Always Compelling

Despite our unassuming appearance, you’ll always find quality content and thrilling stories on Public Media North Carolina. This month, Aidan Turner stars in the suspenseful, new miniseries And Then There Was None, inspired by the Agatha Christie classic, premiering Saturday, December 8, at 10 PM, on your PBS & More channel, UNC-TV!

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11:00 Clifford’s Puppy Days11:30 Caillou Noon Sid the Science Kid12:30 WordWorld 1:00 Peep & the

Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s

Block Party— Clifford the Big Red Dog (weekends, until 4 PM)

Read-a-roo’s Holiday Block Party (12/22-12.23, until 4 PM)

Read-a-roo’s Winter Season Block Party (12/29-12/30, until 4 PM)

ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 6 AM Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman 6:30 Cyberchase 7:00 Read-a-roo’s

Block Party— Clifford the Big Red Dog (weekends, until 10 AM)

Read-a-roo’s Holiday Block Party (12/22-12/23, until 10 AM)

Read-a-roo’s Winter Season Block Party (12/29-12/30, until 10 AM)

7:30 WordGirl 8:00 Arthur 9:00 The Cat in the Hat

Knows a Lot About That 9:30 Sesame Street DV

10:00 Peg + Cat 10:30 Super WHY!

1:30 Super WHY! DV

2:00 Sesame Street DV

2:30 Dinosaur Train DV

3:30 Splash & Bubbles 4:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

5:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific

6 PM Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur DV

10:00 Sesame Street DV

10:30 Dinosaur Train DV

11:30 Splash & Bubbles 12 M Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

1:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific

2:00 Nature Cat 3:00 Wild Kratts 4:00 Odd Squad DV

5:00 Arthur DV

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CLIFFORD + BIG HOLIDAY FUN!Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM

This month it’s non-stop fun from the best PBS KIDS shows on Read-a-roo’s Block Party! Catch Clifford the Big Red Dog, along with all his people and pet friends, delighting during December’s first two weekends. Then, December

22 and 23, join us for a super special Holiday Block Party, with a healthy helping of happy holiday shows from all your favorite characters! Finally, December 29 and 30, get ready for some cold we ather favorites on Read-a-roo’s Winter Season Block Party!

LET’S GO LUNA! LUNA’S CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLDSaturday, December 22, at 9 AM, on UNC-TV!

Luna and friends Andy, Carmen and Leo are on the move in this lively, global holiday adven-

ture. But when their parents’ performance troupe, Circo Fabuloso, gets stuck at the South Pole on Christmas Eve, the kids worry that Santa will never find them!

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1 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’

Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conver-sations with Jesse Helms

Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina

Outdoor Journal Bass’n with Frogs 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal

Big Reds 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal

Bass’n with Frogs EX Exploring

North Carolina Forgotten Kingdom 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV


Big Reds EX Exploring

North Carolina Stuck in Clay 8:00 TV Pinkalicious

& Peterrific DV

NC Exploring North Carolina

Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4

EX North Carolina Weekend

Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend.

8:20 EX Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to

Bee Health 8:30 TV Curious George DV

NC My Home, NC Mama Dip/Coming of

the Shad/Land of Oz/ Banjo Earth

EX Sci NC Think Small 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Great Continental Railway Journeys

Transylvania to the Black Sea

9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to

Bee Health 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Coast Protectors/Jackson

House/Jim McPhail 10:00 TV Aging Backwards 2:

Connective Tissue Revealed with Miranda Esmonde-White

Discover the vital tissue surrounding every muscle, nerve, cell, bone and organ.

NC Muse Frank Thompson:

NC Silent Film EX New Scandinavian

Cooking Yesterday’s Food

for the Future 10:30 NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Blacksmith EX How To Cook Well

with Rory O’Connell Scrambled Eggs with

Smoked Salmon

Noon NC Growing a Greener World

Northwest Garden Manifesto: One Couple’s Quest To Create a Sustainable Landscape

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa

Renaissance Europe 12:30 TV Peter, Paul & Mary

at Newport 1963-65 Catch never-before-seen

performances by the folk legends.

NC This American Land Red Snapper/Habitat for

Birds/Water Quality for Kids EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Pernambuco:

Brazil’s Other Carnival 1:00 NC Exploring

North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday,

Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 EX Travelscope The Cook Islands:

Cultural Paradise DV

1:30 NC My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions The Road to Ruin 2:00 TV Doo Wop

Generations The Duprees, Kenny Vance

& the Planotones and more performers pass the torch to the new generation.

NC First in Future Leslie Boney of the Insti-

tute for Emerging Issues engages leaders in topics affecting our state.

EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands 2:30 NC Growing Bolder The Magic of Mentoring 3:00 NC To the Contrary

with Bonnie Erbé National TV’s only women-

centered news analysis show tackles hot topics.

EX Engadin— Switzerland’s Wilderness

Discover the country’s lone wildlife reserve, founded in 1914.

3:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Bright minds and fresh voices debate challenges facing our nation.

4:00 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs and policy issues.

EX History Detectives Heroism on a Forbidden

Hawaiian Island

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Wednesday, December 5

11:00 TV Healthy Brain— Happy Life with Dr. Suzuki

Premiere! Find new ways to think about brain health and happiness with Neuro-scientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki.

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill

Joiner’s Tool Chest, Part 1 DV

EX Taste of History Rochambeau’s

Revolutionary Road 11:30 NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Joiner’s Tool Chest, Part 2

DV

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Heartwarming Favorites

Discover a Healthy Brain—Happy Life with Dr. Suzuki, Saturday, December 1, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.

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December | 5

4:30 TV Rhythm of the Dance Journey through the ages

with exhilarating dancers, musicians and singers.

NC NC SPIN Join Tom Campbell and

his guests for informative, balanced debate.

5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

Gain insights about the week’s issues.

EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities

A Curious Twist 5:30 NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze

major news and events. EX Nature’s Microworlds Monterey Bay 6 PM TV Celtic Woman:

Ancient Land Premiere! Enjoy stunning

new music from Ireland’s beautiful Johnstown Castle.

NC Classic Gospel Mark Lowry:

Dogs Go to Heaven EX Nature’s Treasure

Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories

Fragments of Paradise: Caribbean, Mediterranean & the Future

7:00 NC Songs at the Center Grammy Winner Don

Henry/Anne E. DeChant/Craig Carothers

EX Are We There Yet? Ireland

Blarney Castle & Gardens 7:30 NC Songwriters Jim Weatherly 8:00 TV ‘60s Generation Experience essential

folk rock, R&B and pop 1965-69.

NC Song of the Mountains Tribute & Memorial to

Miss Dixie Hall EX Outback The Kimberley Comes Alive 9:00 NC Echo Sessions Music by Connect Beyond

the Page Festival Artists EX Wonders of Mexico Forests of the Maya 9:30 NC Bluegrass

Underground Rev Osagyefo Sekou 10:00 TV Dionne Warwick:

Then Came You Sing along as the legend

performs some of her clas-sics in dazzling fashion.

NC Sun Studio Sessions J.D. McPherson EX Ancient

Invisible Cities Athens 10:30 NC Lowertown Line Music by Black Diet 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Cyndi Lauper EX Globe Trekker Art Trails of the

French Riviera

2 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Is the Multiverse Real? EX History Detectives Heroism on a Forbidden

Hawaiian Island 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters Learn about key issues

affecting education in NC. 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

EX Antiques Roadshow Charleston, Part 3 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack

Get advice for managing investments.

8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina

Business Review Chris William and his

guests discuss business news in the Carolinas.

EX Genealogy Roadshow Los Angeles 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour HVAC of the Future/

Stone Walkway NC Washington Week EX 10 Streets that

Changed America Tour engineering feats

under our feet. 9:30 NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV GI Jews: Jewish

Americans in WWII Learn about the 550,000

brave Jewish Americans who served in WWII.

NC NC SPIN EX 10 Modern Marvels

that Changed America Take a whirlwind tour of en-

gineering feats that made our civilization possible.

10:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch

Kathleen Burkinshaw— The Last Cherry Blossom

11:00 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter

Tracy K. Smith/David Lang/Mike Eagle

EX 10 Monuments that Changed America

Tour wholly original monu-ments and explore their surprising stories.

11:30 NC Story in the Public Square

Dan Barry Noon TV The Best of Trains

Around North America Relive unforgettable historic

and scenic tourist railroads. NC Carolina

Outdoor Journal River Flounder EX Travelscope Easter Island: Mysteries &

Myths DV

12:30 NC Legends of Airpower Eileen Collins EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions Making a Restaurant, Part 2

Journey through Irish ages as Rhythm of the Dance premieres Saturday, December 1, at 4:30 PM, on UNC-TV.

Enjoy timeless classics from enchanting Wexford, Ireland, on the premiere of Celtic Woman: Ancient Land, Saturday, December 1, at 6 PM, on UNC-TV.

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7:30 EX Voices for Freedom: The Hyers Sisters’ Legacy

Discover these African-American opera prodigies from the 1870s and ‘80s.

8:00 TV Celtic Woman: Ancient Land

Enjoy stunning new music from Ireland’s beautiful Johnstown Castle.

NC Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin

Samuel L. Jackson hosts an all-star tribute to the star singer/songwriter.

EX Nature Snow Bears DV

9:00 EX Great Polar Bear Feast Witness a feast of whale

remains near the frozen Arctic village of Kaktovik.

9:30 NC Crown on the Mall: Designing the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History & Culture

Take an inside look at this 400,000 square foot structure on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

10:00 TV Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III

Follow the hitmaker’s smash 2012 return to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

NC African-American Museum

Explore the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History & Culture.

EX Glacier Park’s Night of the Grizzlies

Survivors and witnesses recall a deadly bear attack on campers in 1967.

11:00 NC Our State Lighter than Air/Mrs. Hanes’

Moravian Cookies 11:30 NC My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian

Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang EX REEL SOUTH Red Wolf Revival

1:00 NC Song of the Mountains Tribute & Memorial

to Miss Dixie Hall EX 800 Words George and Arlo launch

a cunning plan to return Shay from Sydney.

1:20 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts

Zuma Coffee 2:00 TV Grateful Dead:

Downhill from Here Enjoy this classic 1989

concert from Wisconsin’s Alpine Valley Music Theatre.

NC Echo Sessions Music by Connect Beyond

the Page Festival Artists EX Durrells in Corfu

Season 2 on Masterpiece Louisa’s landlady turns

hostile. 2:30 NC Bluegrass

Underground Rev Osagyefo Sekou 3:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions J.D. McPherson EX Death in Paradise Murder on the Day

of the Dead 3:30 NC Lowertown Line Music by Black Diet 4:00 TV Ken Burns:

The Civil War Take an in-depth look at

the landmark documentary on its 25th anniversary.

NC Austin City Limits Cyndi Lauper EX Father Brown The Face of the Enemy 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour

Weekend EX Great Performances

at the Met: Tosca Sonya Yoncheva and

Vittorio Grigolo star in the Puccini’s classic.

5:30 TV Concert for George Paul McCartney, Eric Clap-

ton and Tom Petty lead this 2002 concert celebration of George Harrison’s life.

NC BBC Newsnight Get comprehensive

coverage of international news & current events.

6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Raleigh Alumnae’s

80 Years of Impact 6:30 NC Blackademics

Television Tommy J. Curry/Venus E.

Evans-Winters/Njera Keith 7:00 NC African Americans:

Many Rivers to Cross The Black Atlantic

(1500-1800) DV

3 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of

current events. NC BBC World News

America Katty Kay shares unique

global perspectives. EX 10 Monuments

that Changed America Explore surprising

stories behind wholly American favorites.

6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

Seasoned reporters review financial news.

7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Amsterdam 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Two-mato EX Beyond

Your Backyard The Bahamas 8:00 TV Joe Bonamassa—

British Blues Explosion Live This contemporary guitar

hero pays homage to British blues rock guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.


Works in Progress EX Midsomer Murders Not in My Back Yard, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring

North Carolina Little Mountains 9:00 NC Neanderthal Actor Andy Serkis helps ex-

perts create a scientifically accurate 3D Neanderthal.

EX Bletchley Circle Cracking a Killer’s Code,

Part 2 9:30 TV The Highwaymen

Live at Nassau Coliseum Willie Nelson, Waylon

Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson shine in this 1990 performance.

See this American blues-rocker reach across the pond on Joe Bonamassa—British Blues Explosion Live, Monday, December 3, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.

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December | 7

10:00 NC NOVA World’s Fastest Animal

See how peregrine falcons achieve incredible speeds.

EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist

and top peers explore today’s topics.

NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Heroism on a Forbidden

Hawaiian Island

4 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Taste of Louisiana

with Chef John Folse & Co. African Slavery in Louisiana 6:30 NC Nightly

Business Report EX Jacques Pépin:

More Fast Food My Way Go Fish DV


NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Prague 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Weeping Radish

Brewery & Butchery EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Cape Town 8:00 TV Rhythm of the Dance Journey through the ages

with exhilarating dancers, musicians and singers.

NC North Carolina Bookwatch

Joseph Robinson— Long Winded

EX Pearl Harbor— USS Oklahoma: The Final Story

Explore the only battleship to capsize during the attack.


Dan Barry 9:00 NC Muse Daniel Pullen:

Coastal Photographer EX Pearl Harbor—

Into the Arizona Go inside to see the

aftermath of the attack. 9:30 TV Great Performances:

Michael Bublé— Tour Stop 148

Go behind-the-scenes on this sold-out tour!

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter

Leslie Jamison/Josh Radnor/Luciana Souza

10:00 NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse

Rebecca Eaton EX American Road

to Victory The Americans on D-Day

Tour landing sites in a 1943 Dodge Command car. DV

10:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-one

Enrique Caballero & Misty Anaya

11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope San Miguel de Allende,

Celebrating in the Heart of Mexico DV

11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Nicaragua: Land of the Shaking Earth Emerges

5 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Engadin—

Switzerland’s Wilderness Discover the country’s lone

wildlife reserve, founded in 1914.



NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Berlin 7:30 TV My Home, NC Cheerwine 100th—Salis-

bury/Piano Man—Boone/Summerville—Wilkesboro/Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen—Chapel Hill/NC Ninja—Win-ston Salem/Historic Beach Cottages—Nags Head

EX Outside with Greg Aiello

Iceland 8:00 TV Best of the

Joy of Giving Campaign See what viewers like you

like best. NC Independent Lens Wildland DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table New York

8:30 EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

Mexico City II 9:00 NC For the Love

of Their Brother See how the family of a

NY firefighter who died on 9/11 honors his life.

EX Lidia’s Kitchen An Easy Holiday 9:30 EX tasteMAKERS Pucker Up 10:00 NC POV 93Queen Meet an all-

female volunteer ambu-lance corps in Brooklyn.

EX Joanne Weir Gets Fresh

Citrus Three Ways 10:30 EX To Dine for

with Kate Sullivan Jessica Alba, Actress

& Founder of The Honest Company

11:00 TV Amanpour & Company EX 10 Homes that

Changed America Visit Thomas Jefferson’s

Monticello and more transformational homes

11:30 NC PBS NewsHour

6 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Julie Taboulie’s

Lebanese Kitchen Spring Sensations DV


EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food

Dinnertable/GG’s 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Hamburg

& the Luther Trail 7:30 TV Our State Flat Rock/Davidson/

Canjoe Man EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Garden Route

& Wine Country 8:00 TV Exploring

North Carolina Salamanders as Canaries NC Flavor, NC Busy Bee Apiaries EX Great American

Railroad Journeys St. Louis to Jefferson, MO 8:30 TV My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig

Center/Love & Chocolate/Frisco UFO

NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea

Transformation ProcessGreat Performances: Michael Bublé—Tour Stop 148, Tuesday, December 4, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.

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8:50 TV Muse—Shorts Edwin Gill 9:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Pretty in Peach EX Rick Steves’ Europe SeaSon Premiere!

The Heart of England DV

9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Science of Hockey 9:30 TV David Holt’s

State of Music SeaSon Premiere! Sam Bush NC Steven Raichlen’s

Project Fire Grilling 24/7 EX Curious Traveler Curious Salzburg 10:00 TV High Point University

Presents: Kevin McCarthy Premiere! HPU President

Nido Qubein speaks with the “on-purpose” author.


EX Beyond Your Backyard

Chicago 10:30 NC Our State Roanoke River/Old Stone

House/Fragile Canvas EX Samantha Brown’s

Places to Love Ireland’s Northwest Coast 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Ontario, Canada’s Niagara

Peninsula: Toronto & Beyond DV


Pernambuco: Brazil’s Other Carnival

7 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX Taste of History Charles Thomson’s Great

Seal of the U.S. 6:30 NC Nightly

Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking

with Kevin Belton Shrimp Specialties 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Frankfurt &

Nurnberg 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Korea

11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Cruising the Mediterranean

DV


Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco


Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conver-sations with Jesse Helms


Outdoor Journal Deep Water Bass 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV

EX Folkways Pottery Revival in

Catawba Valley 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Deep Water Bass EX Exploring

North Carolina Fossil Fields 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV

NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan

Blue Ridge: The Heart of the Eastern Forest

EX Exploring North Carolina

Fishy Science 8:00 TV Pinkalicious

& Peterrific DV


Things that Go Bump in the Night


8:30 TV Curious George DV

NC My Home, NC Courage of Chris Rosati/

Salem Street Drum Com-pany/Highland Brewing/ Hospital to Home/Villa Verde

EX Sci NC New Discoveries 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV



Zermatt to Geneva 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State More Waterway Tales/

Face Time/Makeshift Music 10:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC Muse Beatboxer Conrad Ma

8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina

Weekend EX 800 Words The town sends off Jan;

George almost destroys his friendship with Woody.

8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman


Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4

8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts

Miners American Cuisine 9:00 TV Christmas at Belmont Sheryl Crow joins 700 stu-

dent musicians and others for seasonal favorites.

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Durrells in Corfu Season 2 on Masterpiece

Leslie starts a distillery. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Brad Paisley—

Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special

The country music super-star returns to his Appala-chian Mountains roots.

NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Meditated in Murder 10:30 NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover

See Sam Bush on the season premiere of David Holt’s State of Music, Thursday, December 6, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.

Travel to Cambridge on the season premiere of Rick Steves’ Europe, Thursday, December 6, at 9 PM, on the Explorer Channel.

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December | 9

NC First in Future EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: The

Story of Beef 2:30 TV Travelscope Tasmania, Australia DV

NC Growing Bolder After the Fairytale

Ends, Will You Keep Growing Bolder?

3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Metal Shaper NC To the Contrary

with Bonnie Erbé EX Mark Twain’s Journey

to Jerusalem: Dreamland Retrace the author’s route

as a cub reporter on a bold adventure to the Holy Land.

3:30 TV Rough Cut— Woodworking with Tommy Mac

Machinery NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour A Charleston Family House

Is Reborn/Garage Heat NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives U.S. WWII Propaganda

Leaflet 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal Jig Master NC PBS NewsHour

Weekend EX David Attenborough’s

Natural Curiosities Seeing the Pattern 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Okavango 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Winter (1967) NC Classic Gospel Best of the Martins EX Great American

Railroad Journeys St. Louis to Jefferson, MO 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Future Imperfect NC Songs at the Center Liz Longley/Robby Hecht/

Sally Fingerett EX Are We There Yet?

Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s

Oldest Circus 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Going Online NC Songwriters Sonny Curtis 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Death & Dreams, Part 2 NC Song of the Mountains Riley Anglen & The Big

Guns/Appalachian Trail

EX New Scandinavian Cooking

The Holy Fish 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Science of Hockey 10:30 TV EcoSense for Living Ocean Health—

Creatures Speak NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Blade Maker EX How To Cook Well

with Rory O’Connell Pan-Fried Hake

with Herb Relish 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World Changing the Way

America Eats NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Thomas Jefferson’s

Bookstand DV

EX Taste of History A Sentimental Journey

Through Nicaragua 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home Handcrafted DV


Classical Carving DV

EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Winter Garden Noon TV GardenSmart Daffodil Expert NC Growing a

Greener World Working with Nature

for a Sustainable Landscape Design


Europe’s Getaways 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Louisiana’s World Famous

Hot Sauce NC This American Land Saving a Desert River/

Urban Farms/Vibrating Rock EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Cuetzalan: The Celebration

of San Francisco 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Part 2 NC Exploring


Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 EX Travelscope Peru: The Amazon &

Beyond DV

1:30 NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/

Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist Rosalia Torres-Weiner

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

Visiting a Great Museum Can Reduce Stress

2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Helsinki & Tallinn: Baltic

Sisters: Finland & Estonia

EX Outback The Dry Season 8:50 TV My Home, NC—

Shorts Ronnie Hughes: Glass Artist 9:00 TV Doc Martin Education, Education,

Education NC Echo Sessions Music by James Brown

Dance Party EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 9:30 NC Bluegrass

Underground Turnpike Troubadours 10:00 TV And Then

There Were None Premiere! Part 1 of 3 Based

on the Agatha Christie clas-sic, 10 mismatched strang-ers, invited to an island by a mysterious host, start to get killed one by one.

NC Sun Studio Sessions The Bo-Keys EX Ancient

Invisible Cities Cairo Explore Egyptian

treasures through 3D scanning.

10:30 NC Lowertown Line Music by The Blind Shake 11:00 TV Tunnel Follow a murder probe in

the Channel Tunnel, on the British/French border.

NC Austin City Limits Band of Horses/

Parker Millsap EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:

Provence, France

9 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Critical Realism in Science

& Religion EX History Detectives U.S. WWII Propaganda

Leaflet 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV


EX Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Part 1 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV



Business Review EX Finding Your Roots The Impression with Larry

David & Bernie Sanders 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover

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9:00 TV This Old House Hour A Charleston Family House

Is Reborn/Garage Heat NC Washington Week EX Pearl Harbor—

USS Oklahoma: The Final Story

Explore the only battleship to capsize during the attack.


10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina

Salamanders as Canaries NC NC SPIN EX Pearl Harbor—

Into the Arizona Go inside to see the

aftermath of the attack. 10:30 TV My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig



Joseph Robinson— Long Winded

10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 11:00 TV North Carolina

Bookwatch Joseph Robinson—

Long Winded NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter Kaki King/Thi Bui EX American Road



11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Raleigh Alumnae’s

80 Years of Impact NC Story in the

Public Square Eve Ewing Noon TV FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina

Outdoor Journal Blade Bass EX Travelscope Hong Kong—

Asia’s World City DV

12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Legends of Airpower Francis Gary Powers EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions The Beach Vacation, Part 1 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television New Mexico, Old Mexico NC Song of the Mountains Riley Anglen & the Big

Guns/Appalachian Trail EX 800 Words The town sends off Jan;

George almost destroys his friendship with Woody.

1:30 TV Martha Bakes Adorned Cakes 2:00 TV America’s

Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

Korean Feast NC Echo Sessions Music by James Brown

Dance Party EX Durrells in Corfu

Season 2 on Masterpiece Leslie starts a distillery. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Ultimate Comfort Foods NC Bluegrass

Underground Turnpike Troubadours 3:00 TV Sara’s

Weeknight Meals Costa Brava Tapas NC Sun Studio Sessions The Bo-Keys EX Death in Paradise Meditated in Murder 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Weeknight Dinner NC Lowertown Line Music by The Blind Shake 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s

New Orleans Kitchen Mom’s Night Out NC Austin City Limits Band of Horses/

Parker Millsap EX Father Brown The Devil You Know 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Los Cabos by Land & Sea 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour


at the Met: Eugene Onegin

Anna Netrebko and Peter Mattei star in Tchaikovsky’s masterwork.

5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Father Brown The Crackpot of the Empire NC Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black

Communities & Living, Part 1

6:30 NC Blackademics Television

Riders Against the Storm/Dr. Robert Adams/ Chef Njathi Kabui

7:00 TV Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece

Episode 3—Alarming Death DV

NC African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

The Age of Slavery (1800-1860) DV

8:00 TV Secrets of Scotland Yard

See what it takes to become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.

NC American Masters August Wilson: The Ground

on Which I Stand EX Nature Nature’s Miracle Orphans:

Second Chances A koala, wallaby and more get back on their feet. DV

9:00 TV Murder on the Home Front

A pathologist investigates murders of young women in London during WWII.

EX Elephant Family & Me

See an intimate portrait of a herd of elephants in the wilds of Kenya.

9:30 NC Everyone Has a Place Catch a toe-tapping, hand-

clapping musical tapestry of jazz, gospel and vocals.

10:00 NC Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street

Explore the history of the black community in Little Rock, AR.

EX Elephant Family & Me

Follow a baby elephant and her family in the height of Kenya’s dry season.

10:30 TV Finding Elizabeth’s Soldiers

Follow efforts to find homes for WWII soldiers whose sketches appear in an artist’s sketchbook.

11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Orchids/Scenes from 64/

The Southern Wild EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Cuba’s

Sugar Railroads 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist

10 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News

America EX American Road





NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Dresden &

Leipzig

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7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Shake, Rattle& Pole (Beans) EX Beyond

Your Backyard Washington, DC 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 NC Exploring

North Carolina First Lost Colony EX Midsomer Murders Not in My Back Yard, Part 2 8:30 NC Exploring

North Carolina Wilderness Next Door 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 2 NC Neanderthal Ella Al-Shamahi, assisted

by Hollywood actor Andy Serkis, explores the fate of the Neanderthals.

EX Bletchley Circle Cracking a Killer’s Code,

Part 3 10:00 TV Sacred Premiere! Explore faith and

its use to navigate life’s milestones and crises.

NC NOVA Bombing Hitler’s Supergun EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives U.S. WWII

Propaganda Leaflet 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company



with Chef John Folse & Co. Foods of Africa 6:30 NC Nightly


More Fast Food My Way Spice Up Your Life DV


NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bulgaria 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Smith’s Blueberries/

Cornerstone Tea EX Rudy Maxa’s World Tahiti & Bora Bora 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Children of WWII

Journalist Ann Curry hosts dramatic reunions.


John Grisham— Camino Island

EX Rick Steves Special European Christmas Ex-

plore holiday customs and practices.


Eve Ewing 9:00 TV Letters from

Baghdad Meet Gertrude Bell, an

archaeologist and diplomat who helped shape the Middle East after WWI.

NC Muse A Little Weather: Hand

Weaving by Jessica Green EX Travelscope:

Christmas in Switzerland Lausanne, Montreux

& Basel DV

9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter

Heidi Latsky/Gary Baseman/ Bang on a Can

EX Christmas on the Danube

Explore stunning land-scape, history and culture.

10:00 NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse

Victor Garber EX European

Christmas Markets Visit charming, festive mar-

kets in Germany, France and Switzerland.

10:30 TV FRONTLINE Trafficked in America Get

the inside story of Guate-malan teens forced to work against their will in Ohio.

NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-one

Ben Fong-Torres EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Alpine Christmas 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Christmas in Switzerland DV

11:30 TV Amanpour & Company EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness of

the Volcanoes


America EX Nature Nature’s Miracle Orphans:

Second Chances A koala, wallaby and more get back on their feet. DV



NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Romania 7:30 TV My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig


EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England DV

7:50 TV Muse—Shorts Edwin Gill 8:00 TV Nature Nature’s Miracle Orphans:

Wild Lessons Two-toed sloth babies learn indepen-dence and a young kanga-roo is taught to socialize. DV

NC POV Dark Money Probe shad-

owy unlimited, anonymous campaign contributions.

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Photographic Food

Memories 8:30 EX Moveable Feast

with Fine Cooking Chris Kostow & Charter Oak 9:00 TV NOVA Ultimate Cruise Ship Pio-

neering shipbuilders work on the Seven Seas Explorer.

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Italian All Stars 9:30 NC Independent Lens ACORN & the Firestorm DV

EX tasteMAKERS Out of the Box 10:00 TV Impossible Builds The Floating House Team

members in Dubai merge land and marine design.


Roots 10:30 EX To Dine for

with Kate Sullivan Emily Giffin 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX 10 Buildings that

Changed America Explore groundbreak-

ing works of art and engineering.

Explore faith and daily spiritual practice around the world on the premiere of Sacred, Monday, December 10, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.

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Lebanese Kitchen Love Letter to Lebanon DV



Ivy Stark/Dos Caminos 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Assisi & Italian

Country Charm 7:30 TV Our State Waterway Tales/

Love Valley/Doll Lady EX Rudy Maxa’s World The Islands of Polynesia 8:00 TV Exploring

North Carolina Native Intelligence NC Flavor, NC Plum Granny Garlic EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Sedalia to St. Joseph, MO 8:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Rob-

inson/Kudzu Goat Gang NC Cooking 80/20

with Robin Shea Summer Harvest Cookout 8:50 TV Muse—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 9:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Gettin’ Figgy with It EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV

9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Black Bear Study 9:30 TV David Holt’s

State of Music Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton NC Steven Raichlen’s

Project Fire Extreme Grilling EX Curious Traveler Curious San Miguel

de Allende 10:00 TV Holiday Handbells:

The Raleigh Ringers Raleigh’s acclaimed com-

munity handbell choir performs holiday favorites.



Northern California 10:30 NC Our State Charlie Poole/Vanishing

Links/Bamboo Country

EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Orange County, CA 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Passage Through Chile’s

Tierra del Fuego Around Cape Horn DV


Reefs, Ruins & Revivals: Belize’s Melting Pot


America EX Taste of History George Washington

in Barbados 6:30 NC Nightly


with Kevin Belton Egg Dishes 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe West England 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Montreal & Quebec City 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina

Weekend EX 800 Words George can’t write about

an 8-year-old mystery. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman NC Exploring

North Carolina Things that Go Bump

in the Night 8:50 EX North Carolina

Weekend—Shorts Vollis Simpson Whirligig

9:00 TV k.d. lang—Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special

Premiere! The singer/songwriter celebrates her breakthrough Ingénue album’s 25th anniversary.



Another tutor fails. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Dark Memories 10:30 TV Great Performances:

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga—Cheek to Cheek Live!

The legendary singer and the pop diva perform swinging selections from their latest collaboration.


11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope The Many Faces of

os Cabos, Mexico DV


with David Yetman Yakima: The Quest for Hops


Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with John Hope Franklin


Outdoor Journal Surf Zone Red Drum 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV

EX Folkways Earth Skills 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Surf Zone Red Drum EX Exploring

North Carolina Climate Changes

in the Carolinas 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV


Blue Ridge: A Crucible of Life


Natural Symbols of the State

8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV


Skeleton of North Carolina

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8:30 TV Curious George NC My Home, NC Endurance Seafood/

Connor Stroud/Kings BBQ/FARM Café/The Avett Brothers’ Joe Kwon

EX Sci NC Ecosystems 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV



Tangier to Marrakech 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Hope Plantation/Saluda/

An Artist’s Reflections 10:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC Muse Leaving Eden EX New Scandinavian

Cooking Winning Game 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Black Bear Study 10:30 TV EcoSense for Living Great Smoky Mountains

National Park & the Atlanta Coyote Project

NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Book Maker EX How To Cook Well

with Rory O’Connell Baked Dover Sole on the

Bone with Bretonne Sauce 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World For the Love of

Maples in Flat Rock NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill File Philosophy DV

EX Taste of History Best of Jamaica 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home Farm School DV


A Very Boring Program DV

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Italian Style BBQ Noon TV GardenSmart Landscape Installation NC Growing a

Greener World The Power of a Seed to

Change the World EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Ireland’s West Coast 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Animal Ag Helpers NC This American Land Louisiana’s Coastline/

Nutrient Runoff/Poultry

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Alaska: The Wilderness of the Volcanoes

1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 NC Exploring


Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 EX Travelscope Armenia—Ancient History

& Modern Traditions, DV

1:30 NC Sci NC Think Small EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions On the Road in America,

Part 1 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Galicia & the Camino

de Santiago NC First in Future EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:

The Story of Beer 2:30 TV Travelscope Swiss Roots DV

NC Growing Bolder It’s Not About Age,

It’s About Attitude 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Sword Smith NC To the Contrary

with Bonnie Erbé EX Born to Explore:

Namibia— Land of Cheetahs

Richard Wiese meets Africa’s most endangered cat.


Interior Trim, Doors & Windows


4:00 TV This Old House Hour Ramp Up the R Value/

Crown Molding NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Harpers Ferry Federal

Armory Raid/Ronald McDonald Costume

4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal River Flounder NC PBS NewsHour


Natural Curiosities Virgin Birth 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Svalbard 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to Nat King Cole

(1973)

NC Classic Gospel Best of Buddy Greene EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Sedalia to St. Joseph, MO 7:00 TV As Time Goes By You Can’t Manufacture

Happy Endings for Everybody

NC Songs at the Center Gretchen Peters &

Barry Walsh EX New York:

America’s Busiest City Commuting 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Another Proposal NC Songwriters Beth Nielsen Chapman 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Painted in Blood, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Trinity River Band/Michael

Cleveland & Flamekeeper EX Outback Return of the Wet 8:50 TV My Home, NC—

Shorts Judaculla Rock 9:00 TV Doc Martin Control-Alt-Delete NC Echo Sessions Music by Hayley Jane

& The Primates EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 9:30 NC Bluegrass

Underground Mary Gauthier 10:00 TV And Then

There Were None Part 2 of 3 NC Sun Studio Sessions The Country Duo EX Ancient

Invisible Cities Istanbul Discover often

invisible treasures with 3D imaging technology.

10:30 NC Lowertown Line Music by Doomtree 11:00 TV Tunnel A killer blames the ills of

contemporary European society to justify his deeds.

NC Austin City Limits Cece Winans/St. Paul &

The Broken Bones EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Nile, Egypt

16 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Why Consonance in

Science & Religion? EX History Detectives Harpers Ferry Federal


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6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV





Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin with Fred

Armisen, Christopher Walken & Carly Simon

8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Ramp Up the R Value/

Crown Molding NC Washington Week EX Rick Steves Special European Christmas

Explore holiday customs. 9:30 NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring

North Carolina Native Intelligence NC NC SPIN EX Travelscope:

Christmas in Switzerland Lausanne, Montreux

& Basel DV

10:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Rob-

inson/Kudzu Goat Gang NC North Carolina

Bookwatch John Grisham—

Camino Island EX Christmas

on the Danube Explore stunning

European landscape, history and culture.

10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Medical Wigs 11:00 TV North Carolina

Bookwatch John Grisham—

Camino Island NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter Erika Sanchez/Masatoshi

Izumi/Shawn Colvin EX European

Christmas Markets Visit charming, festive

markets in Germany, France and Switzerland.

11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black


NC Story in the Public Square

Omer Bartov


Alpine Christmas Noon TV FRONT ROW


Outdoor Journal Mullet Men EX Travelscope Riding the Range in South-

ern Alberta, Canada DV

12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Legends of Airpower William Tunner EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions The Beach Vacation, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television Porchetta at Home NC Song of the Mountains Trinity River Band/Michael

Cleveland & Flamekeeper EX 800 Words George can’t write about

an 8-year-old mystery. 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Perfect Pâte à Choux 2:00 TV America’s

Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

Big Easy Favorites NC Echo Sessions Music by Hayley Jane &

The Primates EX Durrells in Corfu

Season 2 on Masterpiece Another tutor fails. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Ballpark Classics NC Bluegrass

Underground Mary Gauthier 3:00 TV Sara’s

Weeknight Meals Paella in Spain NC Sun Studio Sessions The Country Duo EX Death in Paradise Dark Memories 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Dinner Party NC Lowertown Line Music by Doomtree 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking

with Kevin Belton Classic New Orleans NC Austin City Limits Cece Winans/St. Paul &

The Broken Bones EX Father Brown The Dance of Death 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table New York 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour


at the Met: Rusalka Kristine Opolais stars as the

water nymph in Dvorak’s fairy-tale opera.


NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Father Brown The Daughter of Autolycus NC Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black Communi-

ties & Living, Part 2 6:30 NC Blackademics

Television Aurora Chang/Victor Sáenz 7:00 TV Grantchester

Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 4—Exorcism DV


Into the Fire (1861-1896) DV

8:00 TV Little Women on Masterpiece

Part 1—The March Sisters NC American Masters Margaret Mitchell:

American Rebel Discover the Pulitzer Prize winner (Gone with the Wind). DV

EX Nature Nature’s Miracle Orphans:

Wild Lessons Two-toed sloth babies learn indepen-dence and a young kanga-roo is taught to socialize. DV

9:00 TV Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece

A Soldier’s Daughter/ The Green-Eyed Monster

NC American Masters: Harper Lee

Explore the To Kill a Mock-ingbird author’s life. DV

EX Nature’s Great Race Elephants 10:00 EX Rare—Creatures

of the Photo Ark Joel Sartore travels to

Madagascar and the Florida Keys to photograph endangered animals.

10:30 NC Discovering Beverly Cleary

Celebrate the life, literature and legacy of the children’s book author.

11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Elizabeth Keckly/Great

American Photographer EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Ireland 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist Rosalia Torres-Weiner


America

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10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Harpers Ferry Federal




with Chef John Folse & Co. Famous African Americans 6:30 NC Nightly


More Fast Food My Way Earth to Table DV


NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Sunburst Trout Farms EX Rudy Maxa’s World NOVA Scotia &

Newfoundland 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Great Alaskan Earthquake NC North Carolina

Bookwatch Michele Tracy Berger—

Reenu-You EX Last Days of Jesus Examine evidence that

Roman power politics led to the crucifixion of Jesus.


Omer Bartov 9:00 TV Lidia Celebrates

America A Heartland Holiday Feast NC Muse Abby the Spoon Lady 9:30 NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter Jason Reynolds/Alisa

Weilerstein/Ibeyi

10:00 TV FRONTLINE The Gang Crackdown NC Innerviews

with Ernie Manouse Helen Reddy EX Mysteries of

the Jesus Prayer Follow seventh century Je-

rusalem monks in the lands where Christianity began.

10:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-one

Chris Eyre 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Hong Kong:

A City of Festivals DV


Panama’s Wild West


America EX Rare—Creatures

of the Photo Ark Joel Sartore travels to

Madagascar and the Florida Keys to photograph endangered animals.



NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 7:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Rob-

inson/Kudzu Goat Gang EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV

7:50 TV Muse—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 8:00 TV Nature Mystery Monkeys of

Shangri-la DV

NC Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers

Raleigh’s acclaimed com-munity handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

EX Nigella: At My Table Nigella’s Christmas Table

EX European Christmas Markets

Visit charming, festive markets in Germany, France and Switzerland.



Alpine Christmas 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Tuscany’s

Wine Country 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Prolific Peppers EX Beyond

Your Backyard New Orleans 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 8 NC Exploring

North Carolina Lawson’s Voyage

to the Carolinas EX Midsomer Murders Fit for Murder, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring

North Carolina Passion for the Land

Hugh Bonneville cohosts this year’s Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Monday, December 17, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

Sample cultural traditions on Lidia Celebrates America A Heartland Holiday Feast, premiering Tuesday, December 18, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

9:00 TV Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Sutton Foster & Hugh Bonneville

Premiere! Enjoy this year’s offering of seasonal perfor-mances and pageantry.

NC Sinking Cities New York EX Bletchley Circle Blood on Their Hands,

Part 1 10:00 TV Independent Lens Man on Fire A white, aged

Texas minister self-immolat-ed to protest his commu-nity’s toxic racism. DV

NC NOVA Ultimate Cruise Ship Pio-

neering shipbuilders work on the Seven Seas Explorer.

EX EastEnders

Try some Christmas bites with Nigella: At My Table, Wednesday, December 19, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.

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9:00 TV NOVA Ghosts of Stonehenge NC Christmas Eve

in Duke Chapel Premiere! Enjoy a communi-

ty choir, Scripture readings and Christmas carols.

EX Lidia Celebrates America

A Heartland Holiday Feast 10:00 TV Andes:

Kingdoms of the Sky Experience astonishing nat-

ural life found in the world’s longest mountain range.

NC NC Master Chorale: Joy of the Season

A 170-voice choir and The Carolina Brass perform festive favorites.

EX Heirloom Meals Christmas

Delve into America’s culinary holiday history and tried-and-true recipes.

11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX 10 Streets that


under our feet.



Lebanese Kitchen Lebanese Sweets for the

Holiday Season DV



Chinatown/Wilson Tang Nom Wah Tea Parlor


NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Majesty of Madrid 7:30 TV Our State Linville Caverns/Castle

McCulloch/Sandy Feat EX Rudy Maxa’s World Food, Drink & Place 8:00 TV Exploring

North Carolina Highway to the Future NC Flavor, NC Soft Shell Crabs EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Lawrence to Lamar, CO 8:30 TV My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist


One Pot Wonders 8:50 TV Muse—Shorts Medical Wigs 9:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland DV

9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to

Bee Health 9:30 TV David Holt’s

State of Music April Verch NC Steven Raichlen’s

Project Fire Wrangler Tailgate EX Curious Traveler Curious Austrian

Christmas Markets 10:00 TV Christmas Eve

in Duke Chapel Enjoy a community choir,

Scripture readings and Christmas carols.



New Orleans 10:30 NC Our State Land Beneath His

Feet/Mount Mitchell/Barns Reborn


Montreal, Canada 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Nicaragua: Culturally Rich

& Naturally Beautiful DV


Argentina’s Route 40: From the Steppes to the Lake


America

EX Taste of History Dr. Benjamin Rush: Father

of American Psychiatry 6:30 NC Nightly


with Kevin Belton Classic Creole 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Normandy: War-Torn

Yet Full of Life 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Four Great Cities of Asia 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina

Weekend EX 800 Words George gets another try at

buying his dream home. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW


North Carolina Skeleton of North Carolina 8:50 EX North Carolina

Weekend—Shorts Downtown Apex 9:00 TV Craft in America California NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu

Season 2 on Masterpiece A spiritualist tries reaching

Louisa’s dead husband. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Craft in America Visionaries NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Melodies of Murder 10:30 NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Berlin & Western Poland:

Over the Borderline DV


Heart of the Wilderness: Wyoming’s Wind River Range


Neighborhood DV



Outdoor Journal Trout Lesson—

Rainbow Trout 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV

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EX Folkways Piedmont Blues 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Trout Lesson— Rainbow Trout


Story in Quarries 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV


Grandfather Mountain, Island in the Sky


Buffers 8:00 TV Curious George:

A Very Monkey Christmas George and the Man with

the Yellow Hat have a great time preparing for Christmas. DV


Mines of the Past: Gold & Coal


8:30 NC My Home, NC Original Collard Sandwich/

Last Patternmaker/Napo-leon Hill/Chicken Lady/Newton Grove Drug Store/Brown Mountain Lights

EX Sci NC Cackalack-ology 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna!

Luna’s Christmas Around the World

Premiere! Luna saves the holiday by sharing traditions from the world over. DV



Genoa to Brenner Pass 9:30 NC Our State Chinquapenn/Homeland

Creamery/Land of Ahs 10:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC Muse Cabaret Warsaw EX New Scandinavian

Cooking Pyramids of the North 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to

Bee Health 10:30 TV EcoSense for Living Biscayne National Park

& E.O. Wilson NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Boat Maker EX How To Cook Well

with Rory O’Connell Moroccan Harrira Soup

11:00 TV Growing a Greener World

Cemetery Gardens NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Lumberjack Fan Carving DV

EX Taste of History George Washington’s

Whiskey 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home Living Poultry Museum DV


Animated Wooden Toys DV

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Tomato Time Noon TV GardenSmart Experts on Plant Selection NC Growing a

Greener World Bats: Unsung Heroes for

Gardeners & Growers EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Dublin & Beyond 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Wines, Beers & Spirits NC This American Land Public Lands/Clean Water

from Farmlands EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Reefs, Ruins & Revivals:

Belize’s Melting Pot 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 8 NC Exploring

North Carolina Things that Go Bump

in the Night EX Travelscope Armenia: Ancient History &

Modern Traditions DV

1:30 NC Sci NC New Discoveries EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions On the Road in America, Part 2

2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Basque Country NC First in Future EX Globe Trekker Myanmar

2:30 TV Travelscope New Brunswick’s

Acadian Festival DV

NC Growing Bolder Hope. Inspiration.

Possibility. 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Ski Makers NC To the Contrary

with Bonnie Erbé EX Walk in the Park

with Nick Molle— Rivers of the Rockies

Explore lakes, mountains, glaciers and the habitats of bears, coyotes and more.


Cabinets NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero Blanket/

Storage Bench NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal Blade Bass NC PBS NewsHour


Natural Curiosities Armoured Animals 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Canada’s Coastal Forests 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Christmas (1966) NC Classic Gospel Gospel Pioneer Reunion EX Great American

Railroad Journeys Lawrence to Lamar, CO 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Wedding NC Songs at the Center Shaun Booker & Sean Car-

ney/Matty Monk/Kate Klim EX New York:

America’s Busiest City Sourcing Food 7:30 TV As Time Goes By What Now? NC Songwriters Tom Douglas 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Painted in Blood, Part 2 NC Song of the Mountains Loose Strings/Tennessee

Mafia Jug Band EX Flying to the

Ends of the Earth Siberia

Eliza Hill of Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats rat-a-tat-tats on Echo Sessions, Saturday, December 22, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

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18 | December

8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts

Kim’s Wig Center 9:00 TV Doc Martin Other People’s Children NC Echo Sessions Music by Andrew Scotchie

& The River Rats EX Chris Tarrant:

Extreme Railways Ice Train to Nowhere 9:30 NC Bluegrass

Underground Flatt Lonesome 10:00 TV And Then

There Were None Part 3 of 3 NC Sun Studio Sessions Anders Osborne EX Red Dot on the

Ocean: The Matthew Rutherford Story

Follow the adventurer’s attempt to sail solo around North and South America.

10:30 NC Lowertown Line Hip Hop by Heiruspecs 11:00 TV Tunnel The killer targets an

elderly victim in his “moral” crusade.

NC Austin City Limits Tom Waits EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Patagonia

23 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Does Consciousness Re-

quire a Radical Explanation? EX History Detectives Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV





Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Puritans & Pioneers with

Ted Danson, Mary Steen-burgen & William H. Mac


Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero Blanket/

Storage Bench NC Washington Week EX Last Days of Jesus Examine evidence that Ro-

man power politics led to the crucifixion of Jesus.


10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina

Highway to the Future NC NC SPIN 10:30 TV My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist NC North Carolina


Reenu-You 10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Frank Thompson:

NC Silent Films 11:00 TV North Carolina


Reenu-You NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter Taylor Mac/Holly Black/

Vieux Farka Touré EX Mysteries of

the Jesus Prayer Trace the steps of seventh

century Jerusalem monks in the lands where Christianity began.

11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black


NC Story in the Public Square

Margalit Fox Noon TV FRONT ROW


Outdoor Journal Muskie Search EX Travelscope Southern Ethiopia: Tribal

Lands & Primeval People DV

12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Legends of Airpower The Wright Brothers EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 1 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television Milk Street Holidays NC Song of the Mountains Loose Strings/Tennessee

Mafia Jug Band EX 800 Words George gets another try at

buying his dream home. 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Decorative Breads 2:00 TV America’s

Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays

Get great tips for planning a stress-free gathering!

NC Echo Sessions Music by Andrew Scotchie

& The River Rats


A spiritualist tries reaching Louisa’s dead husband.

2:30 NC Bluegrass Underground

Flatt Lonesome 3:00 TV Lidia Celebrates

America A Heartland Holiday Feast NC Sun Studio Sessions Anders Osborne EX Death in Paradise Melodies of Murder 3:30 NC Lowertown Line Hip Hop by Heiruspecs 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking

with Kevin Belton Jazz Brunch NC Austin City Limits Tom Waits EX Father Brown The Cat of Mastigatus 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Photographic Food

Memories 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour


at the Met: L’Amour de Loin

Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance premieres.


NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Father Brown The Rod of Asclepius NC Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 1 6:30 NC Blackademics

Television Paula Gerstenblatt/

Lewis & Nicole Conway/John Hoberman

7:00 TV Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece

Episode 5—Gallows? DV


Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940) DV

7:30 EX Muse Community Art 8:00 TV Little Women

on Masterpiece Part 2—Family Challenges NC Maya Angelou:

American Masters Journey through the prolific

life of the author/activist. EX Nature Mystery Monkeys of

Shangri-la DV


Warp & Weft/The Sins of the Father

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December | 19

EX Nature’s Great Race Caribou 100,000 caribou

migrate 3,000 miles across frozen Arctic wilderness.

10:00 NC Fats Domino: American Masters

See how the artist’s New Orleans R&B became rock’n’roll in the 1950s.

EX Rare—Creatures of the Photo Ark

Joel Sartore photographs Iberian lynx and Yangtze giant softshell turtle.

11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State East Fork Pottery,

Sweetheart Stream EX Globe Trekker Hawaii 11:30 TV EastEnders NC Sci NC Think Small

24 MONDAY 6 PM TV Holiday Handbells:

The Raleigh Ringers Raleigh’s acclaimed com-

munity handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

NC North Carolina A&T State University Choir Presents Its Annual Christmas Concert

Enjoy classical, traditional and gospel standards.

EX Nigella: At My Table Nigella’s Christmas Table 7:00 TV A Chef’s Life

Holiday Special Chef Vivian hosts seasonal

celebrations with peanut brittle and much more.

EX Lidia Celebrates America

A Heartland Holiday Feast NC Holidays in Flavor, NC Celebrate cherished

traditions. 8:00 TV Christmas Eve



NC Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers

Raleigh’s acclaimed com-munity handbell choir performs holiday favorites.

EX Midsomer Murders Fit for Murder, Part 2 9:00 TV NC Master Chorale:

Joy of the Season A 170-voice choir and

The Carolina Brass per-form festive favorites.

NC Christmas Eve in Duke Chapel

Enjoy a community choir, Scripture readings and Christmas carols.

EX Bletchley Circle Blood on Their Hands,

Part 2 10:00 TV Christmas with the

Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Sutton Foster & Hugh Bonneville

Enjoy this year’s offering of seasonal performances and pageantry.

NC NC Master Chorale: Joy of the Season

A 170-voice choir and The Carolina Brass perform festive favorites.

EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 TV Christmas Eve



NC Christmas Eve in Duke Chapel

Enjoy a community choir, Scripture readings and Christmas carols.

EX History Detectives Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric


America EX Antiques Roadshow Greatest Gifts 6:30 NC Nightly

Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Lidia Celebrates

America A Heartland Holiday Feast 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Maple View Dairy/Panciutto 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Korean War Brothers

in Arms NC North Carolina

Bookwatch Jim Martin—

Revelation Through Science

EX And Then There Were None

Part 1 of 3 Based on the Agatha Christie classic, 10 mismatched strangers, invited to an island by a mysterious host, start to get killed one by one.


Margalit Fox 9:00 TV Call the Midwife

Holiday Special Premiere! Unexpected arriv-

als bring joy and chaos. NC Muse Glorifying Sisters of the Vine EX And Then

There Were None Part 2 of 3 9:30 NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter David Sedaris/Priscilla

Renea/Jeffrey Gibson 10:00 NC Innerviews

with Ernie Manouse Carlisle Floyd EX And Then

There Were None Part 3 of 3 10:30 TV Keeping Up

Appearances Christmas 1991—

The Fatherchristmas Suit NC Maria Hinojosa:

One-on-one Bill Strickland 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Zermatt, Switzerland:

Under the Shadow of the Matterhorn DV


From Vaquejada to Jangada: Into Rural Ceara, Brazil


America EX Rare—Creatures

of the Photo Ark Joel Sartore photographs

Iberian lynx and Yangtze giant softshell turtle.



NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 7:30 TV My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist EX Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon DV

7:50 TV Muse—Shorts Medical Wigs

Catch this year’s Call the Midwife Holiday Special, Tuesday, December 25, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

http://unctv.org


20 | December

EX Great American Railroad Journeys

La Junta to Colorado Springs 8:30 TV My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s

Clothing/Artivist Rosalia Torres-Weiner


Tasty Twists 8:50 TV Muse—Shorts Frank Thompson:

NC Silent Films 9:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Prickly Business EX Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising

DV

9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Metabolomics 9:30 TV David Holt’s

State of Music Joe Newberry NC Steven Raichlen’s

Project Fire So-Cal Grill EX Curious Traveler Curious Guanajuato City

10:00 TV Malpass Brothers: Heading Home

Two Goldsboro brothers follow their passion for preserving old-time music, while balancing hometown humility and music fame.



Christmas 10:30 NC Our State William Ivey Long/

Natural Connections with Doug Elliott


Oregon RV Trip 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Quebec, Canada:

Bonjour, Montreal DV


Bogotá to the Amazon: A Trip Across Colombia


America EX Taste of History The Water of Life: Cognac 6:30 NC Nightly


with Kevin Belton Italian Influences 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Provence: Legendary Light,

Wind & Wine 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Kyushu 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina

Weekend EX 800 Words George’s date is the only

news in town. 8:30 TV FRONT ROW


North Carolina Mines of the Past:

Gold & Coal 9:00 TV Great Performances:

Leonard Bernstein Cen-tennial Celebration at Tanglewood

Premiere! Celebrate the legendary composer/conductor/educator.


8:00 TV Nature H Is for Hawk:

A New Chapter DV

NC POV The Workers Cup Qatar’s

2022 FIFA World Cup is being built by 1.6 million African and Asian workers.

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Mex’d Up American Re-

gional Favorites 8:30 EX Moveable Feast

with Fine Cooking Cozumel 9:00 TV NOVA Apollo’s Daring Mission EX Lidia’s Kitchen Soups On 9:30 NC Independent Lens The Cleaners Filipino

workers monitor and delete offensive, pornographic and incendiary online posts. DV

EX tasteMAKERS Soy to the World 10:00 TV Tesla: American

Experience See how the inventor and

his technology revolution-ized the electrical age. DV


Copita Inspired 10:30 EX To Dine for

with Kate Sullivan Kavita Shukla 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX 10 Streets that


under our feet.


America EX tasteMAKERS Preserved: Saxapahaw’s

Left Bank Butchery 6:30 NC Nightly

Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s

Real Food Bordeaux, Part 1 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel &

Monet to Crème Brûlée 7:30 TV Our State Black River/Sheila Kay

Adams/Golden Eggs EX Rudy Maxa’s World Hokkaido 8:00 TV Exploring

North Carolina Where Rivers Are Born NC Flavor, NC Pie Bird Pies

The intoxicating Midori performs on Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood, premiering Friday, December 28, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

Relive the space race on NOVA Apollo’s Daring Mission, Wednesday, December 26, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

visit unctv.org

December | 21


Vasilia makes the least-ro-mantic proposal in history.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Doctor Blake

Mysteries The Open Road 10:30 NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Tokyo: Celebrating the

Past & Present DV


with David Yetman Gift of the Andes: Mendoza,

Argentina& Its Wines


Neighborhood DV



Outdoor Journal Crickets & Worms 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood DV

EX Folkways Traditions of the

Cherokee Indians 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV


Crickets & Worms EX Exploring

North Carolina Long-Bellied Friends 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV


The ACE Basin: A Coastal Treasure


Power in Nature 8:00 TV Pinkalicious

& Peterrific DV


Circumnavigating the Albemarle Sound


8:30 TV Curious George NC My Home, NC Topsail Skating Rink/

Statesville’s Rescue Ranch/Hendersonville’s Hot Dog World/Beulaville Football Heroes/Goat Lady Dairy in Climax

EX Muse Community Art

9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV



Riga to Tampere 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Chimney Rock/for the

Birds/Hidden Treasure 10:00 TV North Carolina

Weekend NC Muse Daniel Pullen:

Coastal Photographer EX New Scandinavian

Cooking The South of Norway:

Shellfish for Summer 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Metabolomics 10:30 TV EcoSense for Living Solar Justice NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Basket Weaver EX How To Cook Well

with Rory O’Connell Kale Broth with Lemon

& Parmesan 11:00 TV Growing a

Greener World Waking Up the

Garden Farm NC The Woodwright’s

Shop with Roy Underhill Hammer Veneer DV

EX Taste of History Peace & Autonomy 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s

Garden Home Deck the Halls DV


Holly Wood Spectacular DV

EX Lidia’s Kitchen Family Brunch Noon TV GardenSmart Hardscaping &

Outdoor Furniture NC Growing a

Greener World Don’t Feed the Landfills EX Smart Travels—

Europe with Rudy Maxa Germany’s Romantic Road 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Improving Environments NC This American Land Restoring the Colorado

Delta/Data-Driven Farming EX In the Americas

with David Yetman Yakima: The Quest for Hops 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Greatest Gifts NC Exploring

North Carolina Skeleton of North Carolina EX Travelscope France: Following the

Rhone DV

1:30 NC Sci NC Ecosystems EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions On the Road in America,

Part 3 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Ancient Glory NC First in Future Elizabeth Brazas EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Arctic 2:30 TV Travelscope Germany’s Winter Carnival

DV

NC Growing Bolder Are You Ready to Start

Rebranding Aging? 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Jeans Maker NC To the Contrary

with Bonnie Erbé EX Morocco to Timbuktu:

An Arabian Adventure Writer/explorer Alice

Morrison seeks out ancient, rich “Salt Roads.”


Interior Stairs NC Firing Line with

Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Modern Barn Raising/

Tropical Yard NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives WWII Drone Propeller/

Roosevelt’s Big Stick? 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina

Outdoor Journal Mullet Men NC PBS NewsHour


Natural Curiosities Life in the Dark 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Great Barrier Reef 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show New Year’s (1970) NC Classic Gospel A Tribute to George Younce EX Great American

Railroad Journeys La Junta to Colorado Springs 7:00 TV As Time Goes By You Must Remember This,

Part 1 NC Songs at the Center Elena Aiello/Dominique

Ruiz & Andrea Crisalli (Dixie Jade)/Andrew Salgado

EX New York: America’s Busiest City

Taking Care of Central Park

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22 | December

7:30 NC Songwriters Pat Alger TV As Time Goes By You Must Remember This,

Part 2 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Tale of Two Hamlets, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains The Dillards EX Flying to the

Ends of the Earth South Pacific 8:50 TV My Home, NC—

Shorts Photographer

Watson Brown 9:00 TV Doc Martin Facta Non Verba NC Echo Sessions Music by Big Mean

Sound Machine EX Chris Tarrant:

Extreme Railways Night Train to Patagonia 9:30 NC Bluegrass

Underground Brandi Carlile 10:00 TV Doc Martin The Doctor Is Out NC Sun Studio Sessions Devon Allman EX Oceans of Pink Follow the growth of

dragon boat racing among breast cancer survivors.

10:30 NC Lowertown Line Music by Kitten Forever 11:00 TV Tunnel Detectives struggle to

locate an elderly soldier before he freezes to death.

NC Austin City Limits Iggy Pop EX Globe Trekker Nigeria

30 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Cosmology & Creation EX History Detectives WWII Drone Propeller/

Roosevelt’s Big Stick? 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV


EX Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV



Business Review EX Finding Your Roots The Vanguard with

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay & Janet Mock


Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Modern Barn Raising/

Tropical Yard NC Washington Week EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:

The Story of Beef 9:30 NC FRONT ROW

with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring

North Carolina Where Rivers Are Born NC NC SPIN EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:

The Story of Beer 10:30 TV My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/

Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist Rosalia Torres-Weiner


Jim Martin— Revelation Through Science

10:50 TV Muse—Shorts Edwin Gill 11:00 TV North Carolina

Bookwatch Jim Martin—

Revelation Through Science NC Articulate

with Jim Cotter Marc Bamuthi Joseph EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: The Story

of Chocolate 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 1 NC Story in the

Public Square Bernard Lafayette Noon TV FRONT ROW


Outdoor Journal Blue Water Adventure EX Travelscope Northern Ethiopia: Ancient

History & Spiritual DV

12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing

Behind the Lines Spring Walleye—

Dave Rocky Rockwell EX Burt Wolf:

Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television The Japanese Quick Cook NC Song of the Mountains The Dillards EX 800 Words George’s date is the

only news in town. 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Elegant Cookies

2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

Refreshing Desserts NC Echo Sessions Music by Big Mean

Sound Machine EX Durrells in Corfu

Season 2 on Masterpiece Vasilia makes the least-ro-

mantic proposal in history. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country New Recipes for the Grill NC Bluegrass

Underground Brandi Carlile 3:00 TV Sara’s

Weeknight Meals Mideast Eats NC Sun Studio Sessions Devon Allman EX Doctor Blake

Mysteries The Open Road 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Cold Weather Comforts NC Lowertown Line Music by Kitten Forever 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking

with Kevin Belton Rice Favorites NC Austin City Limits Iggy Pop EX Father Brown The Flower of the Fairway 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Mex’d Up American

Regional Favorites 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour


at the Met: Romeo et Juliette

Diana Damrau stars in Bartlett Sher’s production.


NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Father Brown The Missing Man NC Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 2 6:30 NC Blackademics

Television Richard J. Reddick/Shaleiah

Fox/Kevin Michael Foster 7:00 TV Grantchester

Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 6—Seekers DV


Rise! (1940-1968) DV

8:00 TV Little Women on Masterpiece

Part 3—Reunited NC American Masters Althea Celebrate the first

African-American tennis star to play and win Wimble-don—Althea Gibson—in a film by Durham’s Rex Miller.

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December | 23

EX Nature H Is for Hawk:

A New Chapter DV


Entente Cordiale EX Nature’s Great Race Zebra 9:30 NC American Masters American Ballet Theatre:

A History Reflect on 75 years of unmatched dance.


Faith, Hope & Charity EX Rare—Creatures

of the Photo Ark Joel Sartore seeks insects in

Budapest and Prague. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Kruger Brothers/

Illuminating Personality EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands 11:30 NC Sci NC New Discoveries TV EastEnders


America

Clegg’s Pest ControlEast Carolina University

First Citizens BankGibsonville Antiques and Collectibles

Hardwood Store of NCNorth Carolina RV Dealers Association

Outer Banks Visitors BureauPitt Community College Foundation

PlayMakers RepertorySAS

Shen YunSleepy Poet

Southern ShowsSt. Joseph of the Pines

Tanger Center for the Performing ArtsUNC PressWakeMed

Thank You Corporate SupportersThe broadcast of your favorite UNC-TV programming

is made possible, in part, by the generous support of businesses and organizations like the following:


Chicago 8:00 NC Exploring

North Carolina Changing Sands EX Andrea Bocelli—


The celebrated tenor per-forms in Florence, Italy, with conductor Zubin Mehta.

8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina

Form & Function 9:00 TV Live from Lincoln

Center: New York Phil-harmonic New Year’s Eve with Renée Fleming

Celebrate the intersection of classical music and dance in this festive special.

NC Sinking Cities Tokyo EX Alicia Keys—


Keys performs in Harlem’s Apollo Theater and other NYC locations.

10:00 NC NOVA Apollo’s Daring Mission EX will.i.am—Landmarks

Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special

The artist reunites with The Black Eyed Peas at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

10:30 TV Great Performances: Nas Live from the Kennedy Center— Classical Hip-Hop

The hip-hop star performs his Illmatic with the Na-tional Symphony Orchestra.

11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Foo Fighters—


Catch the rockers in peak performance at Athens’ ancient Acropolis.

11:30 TV ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve

Boz Scaggs, Gary Clark Jr., Norah Jones and more all-stars celebrate Ray Charles, Los Lobos and Marcia Ball.

Thank you for your support!

EX And Then There Were None

Part 3 of 3 6:30 NC Nightly

Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly

Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Belgium: Bruges & Brussels 7:30 TV Itzhak Perlman:

American Masters Insiders share the famed

violinist’s triumphant life. DV

Los Lobos and Robert Randolph shine Monday, December 31, at 11:30 PM, on a star-studded ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve, on UNC-TV.

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