12/2021
Castles: Secrets, Mysteries & Legends • Xavier Riddle on the Block Party • Roadfood
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NC Growing a
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10:00 PBS Wild Travels:
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usual Festivals
NC NC Weekend
Autumn Adventures L
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8:00 PBS Nature
Wild Way of the Vikings
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8:30 EX Great British
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9:00 PBS NOVA
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NC History of
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10:00 PBS Impossible Builds
Ice World
NC History of
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Reformation: The
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10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Jalisco Classics
11:00 PBS Amanpour
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NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
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9 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
All in the Skillet
6:30 NC BBC World News
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7:00 PBS Cook’s Country
French Fare
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
European Travel Skills,
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10:30 NC Changing Seas
At the Water’s Edge:
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11:00 PBS Amanpour
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NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
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11:30 EX In the Americas
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Ancestors of the
Ancient Mayas
10 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
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EX Cook’s Country
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6:30 NC BBC World News
Today
EX Simply Ming
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7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Western Turkey
7:30 PBS Tell Me More
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EX Lidia’s Kitchen
All in the Skillet
8:00 PBS Washington Week
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EX Frankie Drake
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8:30 PBS FRONT ROW
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NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Craft in America
SEASON PREMIERE!
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NC FRONT ROW
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EX Miss Scarlet & the
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9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 PBS Craft in America
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NC Side By Side
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EX Miss Scarlet & the
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11:30 EX EastEnders
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NC Roadfood
NYC/Little Dominican
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6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
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NC Cook’s Country
French Fare
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NC Carolina
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EX Exploring
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7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Outside:
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Norway’s West: Fjords,
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8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
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NC gardenSMART
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8:30 PBS Molly of Denali. DV
NC Flavor, NC
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9:00 PBS Let’s Go Luna!:
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Around the World DV
NC NC Weekend
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10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Autumn Adventures L
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Business Review L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
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10:30 PBS Outside:
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NC Growing Bolder
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11:00 PBS Growing a
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Locavores &
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NC Today’s Wild West
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The Turkish Kitchen
11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s
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American Dreams
NC Woodsmith Shop
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NC American
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12:30 PBS Conscious Living
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NC The Key Ingredient
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Roadshow
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1:30 NC Sara’s
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Suns Out, Buns Out
EX Weekends
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2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Copenhagen
NC Texas Parks
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Tackling the Toughest
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EX Victoria & Albert:
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Episode: 1
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
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Naples & Paradise
Coast of Florida
NC Story in the
Public Square
3:00 PBS Weekends
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NC To the Contrary
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EX Victoria & Albert:
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3:30 PBS American
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Maloof Inspired Chair,
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NC Firing Line with
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4:00 PBS This Old House
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on Framing
NC FRONT ROW
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EX Wine First
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4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
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NC Side By Side
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EX Samantha Brown’s
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5:00 PBS Carolina
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Winter Gar L
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
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6 PM PBS Song of the
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Lonesome Pine
Bluegrass Band
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7:00 PBS Inside the Mind
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unprecedented portrait.
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EX Hawking
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8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
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into a ruthlessly com
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cyclist is murdered.
NC Song of the
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9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Breaking the Chain, Part 2
NC Front & Center
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Tommy Emmanuel
9:30 EX Lifeline:
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Unknown Hero
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George became an
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10:00 PBS Call the Midwife
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ing both joy and chaos.
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11:00 NC Austin City Limits
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11:30 PBS Christmastime
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Chronicles
6:30 PBS Nature Cat:
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7:00 NC Open Mind
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7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
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NC Tell Me More
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8:00 PBS Curious George DV
NC Carolina
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EX Victoria & Albert:
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8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
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NC Washington Week
EX Victoria & Albert:
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10:00 PBS Second Opinion
Childhood Vaccines
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EX Wine First
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10:30 PBS Sci NC
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NC North Carolina
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EX Samantha Brown’s
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Together
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NC The Chavis
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EX Great British
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Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
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12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
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NC Outside:
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1:00 PBS Christopher
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NC Song of the
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Test Kitchen From
Cook’s Illustrated
Bistro Classics at Home
NC Front & Center
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Tommy Emmanuel
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Charlotte’s Web
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
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Quiero Mas Tacos
NC Icon: Music
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EX Bletchley Circle:
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Madhouse
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4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
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EX Craft in America
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4:30 PBS FRONT ROW
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5:00 PBS Washington Week
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6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders
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EX John Lewis:
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6:30 NC Reconstruction:
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social and economic
gains for African Ameri
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7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
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Wild Way of the Vikings
8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
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EX NOVA
Rise of the Mammals
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legacy are examined.
9:00 PBS All Creatures
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on Masterpiece
Episode 1 James
Herriot begins a
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11:00 PBS EastEnders
LAST EPISODE!
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End of Days Distillery-
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EX Antiques Roadshow
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11:30 PBS EastEnders
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Jerry Ordway L
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX In the Americas
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6:30 NC BBC World News
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7:00 PBS Sci NC
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NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
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7:30 PBS REEL SOUTH:
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This Body L
EX Samantha Brown’s
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8:00 PBS 20 Years of
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Tabernacle Choir
The retrospective fea
tures Brian Stokes Mitche.
NC Wild Travels:
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EX All Creatures
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Episode 1
9:30 NC NC Weekend
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10:00 PBS Crane
Candlelight Concert
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Christmas Past, Christ
mas Present looks dif
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EX All Creatures
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Episode 2
10:30 NC Sci NC
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11:00 PBS Great Performances
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in Concert
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Ornament
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Muslims, Christians and
Jews forged a common
cultural identity during
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NC BBC World News
America
EX America’s
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Salmon Steaks
Done Right
6:30 NC BBC World News
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Elegant & Orange
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Bob Brown L
Join us in celebrating 20
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France’s Loire:
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7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Autumn Adventures L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
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8:00 PBS Lidia Celebrates
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Overcoming the Odds
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Bookwatch
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EX Secrets of the
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8:30 NC Exploring
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9:00 PBS The Nutcracker
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tish National Orchestra
and is narrated by
Alan Cumming.
NC Texas Parks
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Angler Access to
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EX Royal Wives at War
Dramatic monologues
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and Wallis Simpson
highlight the abdication
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9:30 NC Daytripper
Brownsville, TX
10:00 NC Castles: Secrets,
Mysteries & Legends
Episode 1
EX Tell Me More
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Judy Woodruff
10:30 PBS One Voice:
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The Sacred Music once
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was adapted by Elvis
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and Aretha Franklin.
EX Samantha Brown’s
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Greater Palm Springs, CA
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
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11:30 EX In the Americas
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Mexican Carnival
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America
EX Exploring
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6:30 NC BBC World News
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EX Sci NC
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7:00 PBS Motorweek
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Paris Side-trips
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home of tenacious wild
life such as reindeer and
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True Colors
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8:30 EX Great British
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9:00 PBS NOVA
Decoding Da Vinci
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9:30 EX Magic of Christmas
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10:00 PBS Impossible Builds
Skinny Skyscraper
NC History of
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God in the Dock
EX Sara’s
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10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Los Mariachis
11:00 PBS Amanpour
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NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
Wild Way of the Vikings
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America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Bread & Beans
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Ciao Italia
Party Cakes/
Torte Per Feste
7:00 PBS Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Best of Israel
7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
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EX Growing a
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Hope for Heroes: The
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8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
Onions & Avetts
NC Flavor, NC
Johnson’s Peaches,
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Tuesday, December 14, 10 PM,
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EX A Chef’s Life
Pickle Perfect
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Southern Comforts L
NC Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Louisiana Citrus
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC
Why are the blue ridge
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uses for kudzu. L
NC Growing a
Greener World
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Farmer Veteran Coalition
EX Simply Ming
Bok Choi
10:00 PBS Santa School
Follow would-be Santa
Clauses as they take an
intensive workshop to
learn to dress, walk and
talk like Santa.
NC NC Weekend
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EX Castles: Secrets,
Mysteries & Legends
Episode 1
10:30 NC Changing Seas
Alvin: Pioneer
of the Deep
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Riding the Range in
Southern Alberta,
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11:30 EX In the Americas
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From the San Juans to
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
6:30 NC BBC World News
Today
EX Simply Ming
Okonomiyake/
Japanese Pizza
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Palestine
7:30 PBS Tell Me More
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Melinda Gates
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Bread & Beans
8:00 PBS Washington Week
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EX Frankie Drake
Mysteries
Healing Hands
8:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Live From Bradley
Symphony Center:
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Orchestra
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Cell 99 DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
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with Nido Qubein
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EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Case of Henry Scarlet
DV
10:30 PBS All Is Bright!
A Concordia Christmas
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX EastEnders
11:30 EX EastEnders
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6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Roadfood
Rhode Island: Calamari
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Autumn Albacore L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
EX The Key Ingredient
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7:00 PBS Let’s Go Luna!:
Luna’s Christmas
Around the World DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Autumn Albacore L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Report From the Birds L
7:30 NC Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Iceland Photo Safari
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Stockholm
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC gardenSMART
Assessing Your
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EX Nature
Wild Way of the Vikings
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Johnson’s Peaches,
Candor, NC L
9:00 PBS Nature Cat:
A Nature Carol
NC NC Weekend
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EX NOVA
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Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Southern Comforts L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Salt Your Pasta Water!
10:30 PBS Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Death Valley
National Park
NC Growing Bolder
Food as Medicine
EX A Chef’s Life
A Casserole Says Plenty
11:00 PBS Growing a
Greener World
Abundant Harvest
NC Today’s Wild West
Paradise Ranch
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
The New NY Cheesecake!
11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home
All About the Bugs
NC Woodsmith Shop
Logs to Lumber
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Fisherman’s Paradise
Noon PBS The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Animated Wooden Toys
DV L
NC American
Woodshop
Making Custom Knives
EX A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special
Vivian Howard hosts.
12:30 PBS The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Stamp Out Cookie
Carving! DV L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Apples of My Eye L
1:00 PBS The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Rocky Bentwood
Cradle Show DV L
NC In Julia’s Kitchen
with Master Chefs
Lynne Rossetto Kasper
EX NC Weekend
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1:30 PBS The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Rocky Bentwood
Cradle Show II DV L
NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Basta Pasta: Us Vs. Italy
EX Weekends
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Common Ground
2:00 PBS The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Waving Arm Whirligigs
DV L
NC Texas Parks
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Cities for the Birds
EX Secrets of the
Manor House DV
2:30 PBS The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Woodwright!:
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NC Story in the
Public Square
3:00 PBS Weekends
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Little Known Adventures
NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé
EX Royal Wives at War
3:30 PBS American
Woodshop
The Barn Shop/Building
on a Budget!/Scrolled S
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
4:00 PBS This Old House
Concord|Planting
for the Future
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Wine First
Rheingau
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Camilla’s Workshop
NC Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
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EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Oregon RV Trip
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Outdoor Journal
Autumn Albacore L
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
EX Nature
Wild Way of the Vikings
5:30 PBS PBS Newshour
Weekend
NC Washington Week
6 PM PBS Song of the
Mountains
Carson Peters &
Iron Mountain
NC Classic Gospel
EX NOVA
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7:00 PBS Agatha Christie’s
England
Retrace the author’s
footsteps to see the
real places that inspired
her literary universe.
NC Music at
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Xoxok L
EX Impossible Builds
Ice World
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Andrew Scotchie
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8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
A Dying Art, Part 1 DCI
Barnaby and DS Nelson
have to get creative to
crack a case where art
imitates death.
NC Crane
Candlelight Concert
EX Reconstruction:
America After the
Civil War
Part 1
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
A Dying Art, Part 2
NC Christmas
at Belmont
Traditional carols,
classical masterworks,
world music and great
seasonal favorites are
performed.
Watch woodworking wonders
on The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
marathon hosted by Roy at
The Woodwright’s School
in Pittsboro, Saturday,
December 18, noon-3 PM, on
PBS NC.
16 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
10:00 PBS Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Everyone at Nonnatus
House looks forward
to a traditional holiday,
but nothing goes quite
to plan.
NC Icon: Music
Through the Lens
On the Cover
EX Reconstruction:
America After the
Civil War
Part 2
11:00 NC Austin City Limits
Cage the Elephant/
Tank & the Bangas
11:30 PBS Magic of Christmas
in Alsace
19 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Kid Stew
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX 20 Years of
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC Open Mind
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Melinda Gates
8:00 PBS Nature Cat:
A Nature Carol
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Secrets of the
Manor House DV
8:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Concord|Planting
for the Future
NC Washington Week
EX Royal Wives at War
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Camilla’s Workshop
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
10:00 PBS Second Opinion
Millennial Health
NC Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
Bob Brown L
EX Wine First
Rheingau
10:30 PBS Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Bart Ehrman: Jesus
Before the Gospels L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Oregon RV Trip
11:00 PBS Jamie Oliver
Together
Thank You Meal
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX Great British
Baking Show
Christmas Masterclass
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
River Parishes:
Cote des Allemands
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Crappie L
EX Bletchley Circle:
San Francisco
Not Cricket
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Apples of My Eye L
NC Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Iceland Photo Safari
1:00 PBS Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
The New NY Cheesecake!
NC Crane
Candlelight Concert
EX Bletchley Circle:
San Francisco
Iron in War
1:30 PBS Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Suns Out, Buns Out
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen From
Cook’s Illustrated
Salmon Steaks
Done Right
NC Christmas
at Belmont
EX Bletchley Circle:
San Francisco
Fog of War
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
French Fare
3:00 PBS Pati’s Mexican Table
Welcome to Guadalajara
NC Icon: Music
Through the Lens
On the Cover
EX Bletchley Circle:
San Francisco
In for a Pound
3:30 PBS Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
Bob Brown L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Cage the Elephant/
Tank & the Bangas
EX A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special
4:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
on Masterpiece
Episode 1
5:30 PBS PBS Newshour
Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Cottage Grove Collabora
tive—Guilford County L
6 PM PBS Midsomer Murders
A Dying Art, Part 1
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
on Masterpiece
Episode 2
Keep your eye in the sky with
the RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor
Service, Sunday, December 19,
11 PM, on PBS NC.
Watch the wondrous Wheaton
College Christmas Festival:
Through His Own Redeeming
Love, Sunday, December 19,
11 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 17
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Mexican Carnival
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Outside:
Beyond the Lens
California’s Foothills
7:00 PBS Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Riviera:
Cinque Terre
7:30 PBS REEL SOUTH:
Hindsight
Udaan (Soar) L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Baltimore, Maryland
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Naughty Or Nice
NC Santa School
EX America’s Test
Kitchen Special:
Home for the Holidays
The cast share great
tips for planning a
stress-free gathering!
9:00 PBS Christmas
at Belmont
Belmont University
celebrates the holiday
season with music.
NC Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
Bob Brown L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
on Masterpiece
Episode 3
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Southern Comforts L
10:00 PBS Holiday Handbells:
the Raleigh Ringers
The acclaimed commu
nity handbell choir per
forms holiday favorites.
NC Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Iceland Photo Safari
EX All Creatures
Great & Small
on Masterpiece
Episode 4
10:30 NC Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Lidia Celebrates
America
Overcoming the Odds
21 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen From
Cook’s Illustrated
Burgers & Chips
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
Fried Bites
7:00 PBS Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
Elizabeth Phillips L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Veneto: Verona,
Padua, & Ravenna
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Southern Comforts L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Surprising Toronto DV
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
On Broadway
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Bart Ehrman:
Jesus Before the Gospels L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
8:30 NC Exploring
North Carolina
Report From the Birds L
9:00 PBS American
Experience
Voice of Freedom DV
NC Texas Parks
& Wildlife
Fighting Fish Kills
& Oil Spills
EX Tales From the
Royal Bedchamber
Historian Lucy Worsley
reveals the importance
of the regal bedroom.
6:30 NC Black Church:
This Is Our Story,
This Is Our Song
Part 1 Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. explores the
roots of African Ameri
can religion.
PBS Midsomer Murders
A Dying Art, Part 2
7:00 EX Nature
Santa’s Wild Home DV
7:30 PBS A Charlie Brown
Christmas
8:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
EX NOVA
Decoding Da Vinci
8:30 NC Black Church:
This Is Our Story,
This Is Our Song
Part 2
9:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
on Masterpiece
Episode 3 James is
put to the test with
an ailing racehorse.
EX Impossible Builds
Skinny Skyscraper
10:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
on Masterpiece
Episode 4 Tristan
gives Tricki-Woo the
spa treatment.
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Report From the Birds L
10:30 NC REEL SOUTH:
Hindsight
We Stay in the House L
EX Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC L
11:00 PBS RFDS: Royal Flying
Doctor Service
PREMIERE! Follow heroes
of the Australian outback.
NC Start Up
One of a Find Charleston:
Charleston, SC
EX Wheaton College
Christmas Festival:
Through His Own
Redeeming Love
11:30 NC Comic Culture
Jim Valentino L
20 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
Multi-platinum recording
artist Josh Turner hosts
Christmas at Belmont, Monday,
December 20, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
18 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:30 NC Daytripper
Seminole Canyon, TX
10:00 NC Castles: Secrets,
Mysteries & Legends
Episode 2
EX Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Ai-jen Poo
10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Lake Geneva & the
Valais, Switzerland
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Southern Ethiopia: Tribal
Lands & Primeval People DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Arizona Volcanoes
22 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Report From the Birds L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC L
7:00 PBS Motorweek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Amsterdam
7:30 PBS Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Iceland Photo Safari
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Arizona Volcanoes
8:00 PBS Nature
Mystery Monkeys
of Shangri-la DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Best of 25
EX Simply Ming
Ginger-Miso
8:30 EX Great British
Baking Show
Patisserie
9:00 PBS NOVA
Decoding the
Great Pyramid
NC FRONTLINE
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians—
Pax Romana/A Light
to the Nations
9:30 EX European
Christmas Markets
10:00 PBS Secrets
of the Dead
Scanning the Pyramids
NC FRONTLINE
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 1
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Snacks for Dinner
10:30 EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Escaramuza
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
Santa’s Wild Home DV
23 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
One Dish, Two Meals
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Ciao Italia
Ricotta!/Cucinare
Con La Ricotta!
7:00 PBS Cook’s Country
Elegant & Orange
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Netherlands Beyond
Amsterdam
7:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Buttermilk Magic L
EX Growing a
Greener World
Greening Up the Places
We Call Home
8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special
NC Flavor, NC
Sanctuary Vineyards,
Jarvisburg, NC L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Apples of My Eye L
8:30 NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Buttermilk Magic L
EX A Chef’s Life
Prickly Business
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Spooks & Oddities L
NC Cook’s Country
Elegant & Orange
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Florida Parishes:
Cultural Crossroads
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Dedication to Discovery
Meet NC’s newest
salamander, an NC sci
entist’s lifelong quest to
find a new vaccine. L
NC Growing a
Greener World
Greening Up the Places
We Call Home
EX Simply Ming
Okonomiyake/
Japanese Pizza
10:00 PBS Christmas in New
York: Inside the Plaza
PREMIERE! The world-
famous hotel performs
its annual transforma
tion into a magical
festive paradise.
NC NC Weekend
Spooks & Oddities L
EX Castles: Secrets,
Mysteries & Legends
Episode 2
10:30 NC Changing Seas
Habitats: the Key to
Florida’s Fisheries
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Northern Ethiopia:
Ancient History &
Spiritual Present DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Islands in the Desert
24 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Cook’s Country
Elegant & Orange
6:30 NC BBC World News
Today
EX Simply Ming
Ginger-Miso
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
NC A&T State University
Choir’s Christmas Concert L
Get an all-access pass to
Christmas in New York: Inside
the Plaza, Thursday, December
23, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 19
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Prague
7:30 PBS Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
W. Kamau Bell
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
One Dish, Two Meals
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Frankie Drake
Mysteries
Out of Focus
8:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum
NC A&T State University
Choir’s Christmas Concert L
9:00 PBS 20 Years of
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
NC Marvel of This Night:
Christmas at Duke
University Chapel L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Everyone at Non
natus House looks
forward to a traditional
holiday, but nothing
goes quite to plan.
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Joy of the Season L
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX America’s Forests
with Chuck Leavell:
US Capitol Christmas
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX RFDS: Royal Flying
Doctor Service
25 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Roadfood
Chicago, IL: BBQ Chicken
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Crappie L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Elegant & Orange
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Apples of My Eye L
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Crappie L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Water in NC: Yesterday,
Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 L
7:30 PBS Let’s Go Luna!:
Luna’s Christmas
Around the World DV
NC Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Sailing to Catalina Island
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Helsinki & Tallinn:
Baltic Sisters
8:00 NC gardenSMART
Planting
EX Nature
Santa’s Wild Home DV
8:30 PBS Curious George:
A Very Monkey
Christmas DV
NC Flavor, NC
Sanctuary Vineyards,
Jarvisburg, NC L
9:00 NC NC Weekend
Spooks & Oddities L
EX NOVA
Decoding Da Vinci
9:30 PBS Clown by
Quentin Blake
PREMIERE! A clown
doll comes to life.
NC Changing Seas
Habitats: the Key to
Florida’s Fisheries
10:00 PBS North Carolina
Weekend
Spooks & Oddities L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
All in the Skillet
10:30 PBS Outside:
Beyond the Lens
California’s Foothills
NC Growing Bolder
Move Forward. Give Back.
EX A Chef’s Life
Honey, I’m Home!
11:00 PBS Growing a
Greener World
Year-Round Growing
with Eliot Coleman
NC Today’s Wild West
Western Durango,
Colorado
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Summer Kitchens
11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home
Pura Vida, Costa Rica
NC Woodsmith Shop
High-Tech Woodworking
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
River Parishes:
Cote des Allemands
Noon PBS gardenSMART
Changing the Look
of Your Front Yard
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Animated Wooden Toys L
EX America’s Test
Kitchen Special:
Home for the Holidays
12:30 PBS Conscious Living
The Detox Diaries
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Stamp Out
Cookie Carving! L
1:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Rocky Bentwood
Cradle Show L
EX NC Weekend
Spooks & Oddities L
1:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Rocky Bentwood
Cradle Show II L
EX Weekends
with Yankee
Homegrown
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Istanbul
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Waving Arm Whirligigs L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Baltimore, Maryland
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Woodwright!:
The Musical L
Go on an adventure with Clown
by Quentin Blake, Saturday,
December 25, 9:30 AM, on
PBS NC.
20 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
3:00 PBS Weekends
with Yankee
An Edible Tour
NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé
EX Tales From the
Royal Bedchamber
3:30 PBS American
Woodshop
Shaker Inspired Tall
Case Maple Clock
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
4:00 PBS This Old House
Concord|Smaller
Is Better
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Wine First
Styria & Burgenland
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Holiday Projects
NC Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
Elizabeth Phillips L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Hong Kong, China
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Summer Crappie L
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
EX Nature
Santa’s Wild Home DV
5:30 PBS PBS Newshour
Weekend
NC Washington Week
6 PM PBS The Sounds
of Christmas
NC Classic Gospel
EX NOVA
Decoding Da Vinci
7:00 PBS Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers
NC Music at
the Museum
Chatham Rabbits &
Lydia Salett Dudley L
EX Impossible Builds
Skinny Skyscraper
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Big Mean Sound Machine L
8:00 PBS The Nutcracker
A UNC School of the Arts
Production
NC 20 Years of
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
EX 20 Years of
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
9:00 PBS Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
PREMIERE! The Mater
nity Home is filled with
expectant moms and
challenging cases on
Christmas Day.
10:00 NC Great Performances
at the Met
Bryn Terfel & Friends
in Concert
EX Christmas
at Belmont
10:30 PBS Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
The Maternity Home
is filled with expectant
moms and challenging
cases on Christmas Day.
11:00 NC Christmas
at Belmont
EX Crane Candlelight
Concert
26 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Kid Stew
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX Finding Your Roots
On Broadway
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC Open Mind
EX Antiques Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
7:30 PBS Curious George:
A Very Monkey
Christmas DV
NC Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
W. Kamau Bell
8:00 NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Concord|Smaller
Is Better
NC Washington Week
EX Tales From the
Royal Bedchamber
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Holiday Projects
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
10:00 PBS Second Opinion
Depression
NC Side By Side
with Nido Qubein
Elizabeth Phillips L
EX Wine First
Styria & Burgenland
10:30 PBS Sci NC
Dedication to Discovery L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Ricky Moore: Saltbox
Seafood Joint Cookbook L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Hong Kong, China
11:00 PBS Jamie Oliver
Together
Taco Party
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX Great British
Baking Show
Masterclass 2
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Sensational Seafood:
Louisiana’s Crowning Glory
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Hybrid Striper Morning L
EX Victoria on
Masterpiece
Doll 123
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Buttermilk Magic L
NC Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Sailing to Catalina Island
1:00 PBS Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Summer Kitchens
Embrace the festive spirit.
Watch the Call the Midwife
Holiday Special, Saturday,
December 25, 9 PM, on PBS NC.