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North Carolina has trails for everyone. But
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Rootle Roadster Tour Brings
Family Fun to NC Communities
In March, PBS North Carolina kicked off the 2023 Rootle
Roadster Tour at Highland Elementary School in Sanford.
Now in its second year, the Rootle Roadster Tour travels
across the state to share playful learning experiences with
families within their own community. Everyone is invited to
enjoy free games, activities, resources and demonstrations.
When the Rootle Roadster Tour visited Mount Olive in April,
we met Jayden Parrish (shown above). Grandmother Gail
Parrish told us Jayden “counts down the days to receiving
Centerpiece each month because he loves all things PBS
including Rootle.” Jayden, who asked for a PBS North
Carolina membership for Christmas, knows why members
are so essential: “It is important to support PBS because it
provides educational programming.” Thank you, Jayden!
The Rootle Roadster Tour is made possible with support
from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education.
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THE ROOTLE ROADSTER TOUR IS
COMING YOUR WAY
The Rootle Roadster will be
visiting the Gaston
STEM Leadership
Academy on
Saturday, August 12,
10 AM–1 PM. Our
colorful roadster will also make stops in Siler City and
the NC State Fair in Raleigh this fall. Be sure to stop by
and say hello! Learn more at pbsnc.org/RoadsterTour.
We love meeting PBS superfans like Jayden Parrish during Rootle
Roadster Tour stops.
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Hundreds of
educators,
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DAILY SCHEDULE
6 AM Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
Weekends:
Cat in the Hat Knows
a Lot About That!
6:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV
Weekends:
Sid the Science Kid DV
7:00 Dinosaur Train DV
Weekends until 10 AM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
7:30 Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
8:30 Sesame Street DV
9:30 Work It Out Wombats! DV
10:00 Rosie’s Rules DV
10:30 Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
11:30 Curious George DV
Weekends:
Work It Out Wombats! DV
Noon Weekends:
Rosie’s Rules DV
12:30 Donkey Hodie DV
1:00 Weekends until 4 PM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
1:30 Work It Out Wombats! DV
2:00 Rosie’s Rules DV
2:30 Alma’s Way DV
3:30 Nature Cat
4:00 Weekends:
Molly of Denali DV
4:30 Arthur DV
Weekends: Odd Squad DV
5:00 Weekends: Wild Kratts
5:30 Odd Squad DV
Weekends:
Let’s Go Luna! DV
6:00 Wild Kratts
Weekends:
Ready Jet Go! DV
6:30 Weekends: The Not-Too-
Late Show with Elmo DV
7:00 Molly of Denali DV
Weekends until 10 PM:
PBS Family Fun Night
8:00 Cyberchase DV
8:30 Hero Elementary DV
9:00 Xavier Riddle DV
9:30 Let’s Go Luna! DV
10:00 Rosie’s Rules DV
Weekends:
Xavier Riddle DV
10:30 Alma’s Way DV
Weekends:
Hero Elementary DV
11:00 Weekends: Nature Cat
11:30 Nature Cat
Weekends: Arthur
For the most up-to-date info,
visit pbsnc.org/schedule.
New Episodes of
Donkey Hodie
Donkey Hodie and her pals
empower kids to dream big and
overcome obstacles in their own
lives. Enjoy new episodes on Rootle,
PBS NC and the PBS KIDS App
beginning August 14.
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WATCH!
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4 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
PLEASE NOTE: For the
latest scheduling info, visit
pbsnc.org/schedule. Program
times may vary; add at least
five minutes when recording.
1 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
In-depth analysis of
current events.
NC BBC News America
Reports on major inter
national and US news.
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Spanish Summer Supper
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
The biggest interna
tional stories of the day.
EX Cook’s Country
A Trip to the Big Easy
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Stan Kelly. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
A race to reopen an Ital
ian hamlet for business.
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Hot Fun in the
Summertime Go-cart
racing in Mooresville. L
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
Science Pioneers
NC My Home, NC
Making Their Mark L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Sue & Chris, Shropshire
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
The Lack of Rural
Health Care Options L
9:00 PBS Southern
Storytellers
Episode 3 Native South
ern creators take us to
the places that feed
their imaginations.
NC Shadow of a Wheel
Kids in America L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
SERIES PREMIERE!
Aneeta & Savita, Norfolk
10:00 PBS Iconic America:
Our Symbols & Stories
with David Rubenstein
The Golden Gate Bridge DV
NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
Joy Clark L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Ireland’s Northwest Coast
10:30 NC Echo Sessions
Turkuaz L
EX America’s Heartland
Farmers and volunteers
make a difference with
local food banks.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Passage Through
Chile’s Tierra del Fuego
Around Cape Horn DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
1492: Americans
Discover Europe
2 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX ncIMPACT
The Lack of Rural
Health Care Options L
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Sci NC
Connections
with Habitats L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Central Turkey
7:30 PBS Sci NC
Health Science L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Spanish Summer Supper
8:00 PBS Animals
with Cameras
Australia DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Portland, Hour 1
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Nice Thing
About Rice L
8:30 EX The Great
American Recipe
The cooks’ last chance
to impress the judges.
9:00 PBS Human Footprint
The Urban Jungle
NC Shadow of a Wheel
Take the Long Way Home L
9:30 EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Restaurant Evolution
10:00 PBS Nova
The Planets: Ice Worlds
Evening & Weekend Listings
In the new series The Travelling Auctioneers, craftsperson Will Kirk
and antiques expert Christina Trevanion take their auction house
on the road to help families cash in on hidden treasures, Tuesday,
August 1, 9 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
Creatives like singer-songwriter
Thao Nguyen take us to the
places that define their life and
work in the finale of Southern
Storytellers, Tuesday, August 1,
9 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
August | 5
NC The Great Ride:
Landmarks Along
the Trail
The Great
Allegheny Passage.
EX La Frontera
with Pati Jinich
Miles from Nowhere
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
The acclaimed journalist
explores today’s topics.
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Animals
with Cameras
Oceans DV
3 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Tiny Kitchen, Big Flavor
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
Think Like a Greek,
Cook Like a Greek
7:00 PBS Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Ricky Tomlinson &
Mickey Starke
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
France’s Loire:
Château Country
7:30 EX Wild Hope
Does Nature Have Rights?
The battle to save
biodiversity hot spots.
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
NC The Great
American Recipe
The cooks’ last chance
to impress the judges.
EX Planet California
Rivers of Gold
8:30 PBS My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
NC Shadow of a Wheel
Life Goes On L
EX Planet California
Close Encounters
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Science of Place, Oh My! L
10:00 PBS The Spirits
Still Move Them:
Moonshining in
the Mountains
How moonshining
allowed farmers to
survive in difficult
circumstances. L
NC NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
EX Iconic America:
Our Symbols & Stories
with David Rubenstein
The Golden Gate Bridge DV
10:30 NC My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
The Many Faces of
Los Cabos, Mexico DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Day of the Dead:
A Mexican Celebration
4 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
Global Melting Pot
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Spanish Summer Supper
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
Thought leaders and
changemakers share,
illuminate and inspire. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Paris Side-Trips
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
EX My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
Leading journalists
analyze major news
and events.
NC ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
EX Grantchester
on Masterpiece
A halfway house resi
dent is found dead. DV
YOU’RE
INVITED!
Learn about
free screenings,
discussions and other
community offerings
at pbsnc.org/events.
Explore a scenic trail stretching
from Pittsburgh to Maryland
on The Great Ride: Landmarks
Along the Trail, Wednesday,
August 2, 10 PM, on the North
Carolina Channel.
Is everything we know about moonshine and moonshiners wrong?
Watch The Spirits Still Move Them: Moonshining in the Mountains,
Thursday, August 3, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
6 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Offshore Flounder L
EX Animals
with Cameras
Oceans DV
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Beef Cattle L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
EX Human Footprint
The Replacements
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
NC Carolina
Business Review
In-depth analysis
of the week’s
business highlights. L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Can’t Go Wrong
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
NC Healthy Minds with
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
Chemical Dependency
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Rock Tripe & Reindeer
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Fresh Food Grown Locally
NC Quilting Arts
The Art of Being an Artist
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
The Pies of Yelapa
11:30 PBS Wild Hope
Canine Conservationists
NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
The Last Stitch L
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Local Politics
Noon PBS Weekends
with Yankee
Made with Love
in New England
NC American
Woodshop
Elegant Jewelry Chest/
Make Your Gifts
8:30 PBS State Lines
A roundtable discussion
about top legislative
issues in NC. L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS The Great
American Recipe
The cooks’ last chance
to impress the judges.
NC State Lines L
EX Van der Valk
on Masterpiece
Plague on Amsterdam DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 PBS La Frontera
with Pati Jinich
From Dos Laredos
to Mars
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Stan Kelly. L
10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles
Geoffrey Starks FCC
Commissioner &
Attorney
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Luna & Sophie
Diamonds & Thrills
5 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Garden Smart
Gardening & Plants
Connect People
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Offshore Flounder L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Saucy Italian-Inspired
Dinners
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Local Politics
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Spanish Summer Supper
EX ncIMPACT
The Lack of Rural
Health Care Options L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
The Queen of
Creole Cuisine
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Making Of
EX Rick Steves:
Art of Ancient Rome
12:30 PBS Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Coffee Love
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Thomas Jefferson’s
Bookstand L
1:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Cleveland, Hour 1
NC Farmer & the Foodie
Cheese: Slak Market Farm
EX NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
No Meat, All Flavor
EX Weekends
with Yankee
A Taste for the Good Life
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Belgium: Bruges & Brussels
NC Pati’s Mexican Table
Los Cabos by Land & Sea
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
A race to reopen an Ital
ian hamlet for business.
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Huntsville, Alabama
NC Story in the
Public Square
Haruka Sakaguchi
3:00 PBS Outside:
Beyond the Lens
Alaska’s Kenai River
NC Comic Culture
Discussions with
comic book creators. L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Sue & Chris, Shropshire
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Outdoor Entertaining:
Patio Table
NC My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
4:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Respecting the
Old While Adding the New
NC State Lines L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Aneeta & Savita, Norfolk
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Sandstone Repair,
Awning Installation
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
August | 7
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Stan Kelly. L
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Animals
with Cameras
Oceans DV
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC Washington Week
6:00 PBS The Indian Doctor
The Miracle
NC Classic Gospel
Joey & Rory:
Singer & the Song
EX Human Footprint
The Replacements
7:00 PBS Father Brown
Winds of Change
NC ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
EX Nova
The Planets: Saturn
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Funk You L
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Stranglers Wood, Part 1
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Ruthie Foster L
EX Reel South
Little Satchmo L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Tribes
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Stranglers Wood, Part 2
NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
My Music Lately L
EX Southern
Storytellers
Episode 3 Native South
ern creators take us to
the places that feed
their imaginations.
9:30 NC Music at the Museum
Lorena Guillén &
Early Gray L
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
A real estate agent
is murdered.
NC Song of the
Mountains
SEASON PREMIERE!
Sideline
EX Country Music
Will the Circle Be
Unbroken? (1968–1972) DV
11:00 PBS Carol Burnett
Show: Carol’s Favorites
Madeline Kahn.
NC Austin City Limits
Pavement
6 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Geoffrey Starks FCC
Commissioner & Attorney
EX Finding Your Roots
Science Pioneers
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters
Issues affecting educa
tion in North Carolina. L
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
NC The Open Mind
A Multiplicity of
Generational Crises
EX Antiques Roadshow
Cleveland, Hour 1
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Jeremy Allen White and
Jennifer Coolidge.
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Stephen Tompkinson
& Hayley Mills
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
Bright minds and
fresh voices debate
important issues.
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Respecting the
Old While Adding the New
NC Washington Week
EX Rick Steves:
Art of Ancient Rome
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Sandstone Repair,
Awning Installation
NC State Lines L
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Stan Kelly. L
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Wild & Explosive Past
of Northwest New Mexico
Bluegrass powerhouse Sideline takes center stage on the season premiere of Song of the Mountains,
Saturday, August 5, 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
Photo: David Johnson
8 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Howard Fuller. L
EX Travel Detective
Hidden Gems of
Quintana Roo
11:00 PBS Reconnecting Roots
Hollywood:
The Imagine Nation
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Geoffrey Starks FCC
Commissioner & Attorney
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
A race to reopen an Ital
ian hamlet for business.
11:30 PBS People of the North
Fishing Community
of Sørøya
NC Story in the
Public Square
Haruka Sakaguchi
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Toledo Bend
Lake Country
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Sue & Chris, Shropshire
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
NC 50 States of
Sustainability
Affordable
electric vehicles.
1:00 PBS Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Mexican Shrimp
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Ruthie Foster L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Aneeta & Savita, Norfolk
1:30 PBS Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
From Caracas to Lima
NC Sound on Tap
Tribes
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen
Puerto Rican Cookout
NC Music at the Museum
Lorena Guillén &
Early Gray L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Deeds Not Words DV
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Stranglers Wood, Part 2
NC Finding Your Roots
Science Pioneers
EX Animals
with Cameras
Australia DV
8:00 PBS Ridley
The Numbered Days,
Part 2 DV
NC Country Music
The Rub (Beginnings–1933)
DV
EX Human Footprint
The Urban Jungle
9:00 PBS Grantchester
on Masterpiece
Geordie is placed
on desk duty. DV
EX Nova
The Planets: Ice Worlds
10:00 PBS Grantchester
on Masterpiece
Geordie must find Will
before it’s too late. DV
NC Country Music
Hard Times (1933–1945) DV
EX ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
10:30 EX Sci NC
Science of Place, Oh My! L
11:00 PBS Seaside Hotel
Collaboration
EX Antiques Roadshow
Cleveland, Hour 1
7 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s Heartland
A visit to a walnut farm.
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Orange County, California
7:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Best of Israel
7:30 PBS My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
Bonjour, Montreal DV
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Cleveland, Hour 2
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
Beef, Dressed Up
NC The Caverns Sessions
Buffalo Nichols L
3:00 PBS Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Local Politics
NC Song of the
Mountains
Sideline
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Memento Mori DV
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Stan Kelly. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Pavement
EX Ridley
The Numbered Days,
Part 1
4:30 PBS State Lines L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Grantchester
on Masterpiece
A halfway house resi
dent is found dead. DV
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Stranglers Wood, Part 1
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX D.I. Ray
Episode 4 D.I. Ray’s
personal and profes
sional life collide. DV
6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
Tyler Perry, Part 2
On the Grantchester season
finale, Will disappears just as
his wife, Bonnie, is about to give
birth. Can Geordie find him and
bring him to his senses? Find
out Sunday, August 6, 9 PM, on
PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
August | 9
8 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Puerto Rican Cookout
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Cook’s Country
Comfort Food Done Right
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Daniel Burrus. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
Francesca and Carl
turn their hamlet into
a holiday complex.
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
Italian Roots
NC My Home, NC
Music to Our Ears L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Lucy & Jeremy, Somerset
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
9:00 PBS Al Capone: Icon
The gangster’s impact
on American culture.
NC Exploring
North Carolina
North Carolina’s
Front Porch L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Jo & Dan, West Sussex
NC The Spirits
Still Move Them:
Moonshining in
the Mountains L
EX Ridley
The Numbered Days,
Part 2 DV
9:00 PBS The Great
American Recipe
The final three cooks
get ready for the
grand finale feast.
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Stan Kelly. L
EX Grantchester
on Masterpiece
Geordie is placed
on desk duty. DV
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Year of the Trail L
10:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Cornmeal of the Castle L
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
EX Grantchester
on Masterpiece
Geordie must find Will
before it is too late. DV
10:30 PBS NC Weekend
The Barbecue Show L
NC Sci NC
Getting Comfortable L
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Science Pioneers
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Joiner’s Tool Chest, Part 2 L
10:00 PBS Frontline
Inside the Iranian Uprising
NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
My Music Lately L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Orange County,
California
10:30 NC Echo Sessions
Funk You L
EX America’s Heartland
A visit to a walnut farm.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Hong Kong:
A City of Festivals DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
In the Mouth of the Amazon
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX ncIMPACT
The Need for STEM in
Rural Communities L
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Sci NC
Science of Place, Oh My! L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Palestine
7:30 PBS Sci NC
Science of Place, Oh My! L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Puerto Rican Cookout
8:00 PBS Nature
The Bat Man of Mexico DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Green Bay, Hour 2
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
8:30 EX The Great
American Recipe
The final three cooks
get ready for the
grand finale feast.
9:00 PBS Human Footprint
The Ground Below
NC Antiques Roadshow
Recut
Bonanzaville, Part 1
A prehistoric coastline from NC to Texas laid the foundation for a
crop that reshaped our history, our culture, even our DNA. Biologist
Shane Campbell-Staton explores the history and science of cotton
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Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
The Queen of
Creole Cuisine
10:00 PBS Nova
Bat Superpowers DV
NC Planet California
Rivers of Gold
EX La Frontera
with Pati Jinich
From Dos Laredos
to Mars
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Animals
with Cameras
Australia DV
10 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Switch Up the Spice
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
The Power of Flour
7:00 PBS Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Chesney Hawkes &
Debbie McGee
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Riviera:
Cinque Terre
7:30 EX Wild Hope
The Beautiful
Undammed
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
NC The Great
American Recipe
The final three cooks
get ready for the
grand finale feast.
EX Mosque Attack:
A Survivor’s Story
The story of Temel
Atacocugu, survivor of
the New Zealand Friday
prayer mosque attacks.
8:30 PBS My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
NC Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
EX POV
An Act of Worship DV
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Discoveries & Collections L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
10:00 PBS Chiliheads
How different cultures
celebrate their love
of the chili pepper.
NC NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
10:30 NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
EX POV Shorts
The Calling
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Nicaragua:
Culturally Rich &
Naturally Beautiful DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Pride of Guatemala:
Tikal of the Mayas
11 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
Planet Barbecue
6:30 NC BBC News:
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EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Puerto Rican Cookout
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
Women Entrepreneurs
Spinning Gold L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Veneto: Verona,
Padua & Ravenna
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
EX My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
EX Grantchester
on Masterpiece
Geordie is placed
on desk duty. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS The Great
American Recipe
The final three home
cooks get ready for the
grand finale feast.
NC State Lines L
EX Van der Valk
on Masterpiece
Blood in Amsterdam DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Daniel Burrus. L
10:30 PBS The Hook
Chef Ricky Moore traces
the journey of bonefish
from ocean to plate. L
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Darrin Henson, Actor
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Luna & Sophie
Family Disgrace
12 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood
NC Garden Smart
Simple Yet Inspired Front
Entryway Design
EX Gut Check: Hope
for Ultimate Health
with Brenda Watson
How to improve your
metabolic health.
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Pork Roast &
Orange Cake
In Mosque Attack: A Survivor’s
Story, a film crew follows a man
as he recovers from a tragedy.
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8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
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7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Puerto Rican Cookout
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Do for Others
EX I Go to the Rock:
The Gospel Music of
Whitney Houston
Discover the pop
legend’s deep faith and
love of gospel music.
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Sheep Milk & Cheese L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
EX From the Heart:
A Tribute to
Lawrence Welk &
the American Dream
A celebration of the
legendary band leader.
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
NC Healthy Minds with
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
Help for Veterans &
Military Families
11:00 PBS You, Happier
with Daniel Amen, MD
How you can be hap
pier in just 30 days.
NC Quilting Arts
Picture This!
EX Dr. Fuhrman’s
End Dieting Forever!
A lifestyle based on
nutrient-rich foods.
11:30 NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
How to create quilts
without a frame. L
Noon NC American
Woodshop
Sculpting Furniture/
Maloof-Inspired Hard Line
12:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Classical Carving L
1:00 PBS Keto Diet
with Dr. Josh Axe
A spin on the keto diet.
NC Farmer & the Foodie
Animals in Agriculture
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 1
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
When Pigs Fry
2:00 NC Pati’s Mexican Table
New York
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 2
2:30 PBS Driving While
Black: Race, Space &
Mobility in America
How the automobile
brought freedoms
and perils for African
Americans.
NC Story in the
Public Square
Conversations with
storytellers.
3:00 NC Comic Culture L
3:30 NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 3
4:00 NC State Lines L
4:30 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Daniel Burrus. L
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 4
5:00 NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 PBS I Go to the Rock:
The Gospel Music of
Whitney Houston
NC Washington Week
I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston shows how
profoundly Gospel influenced the star’s life and helped shape her
career. Watch Saturday, August 12, 5:30 PM, on PBS NC.
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6:00 NC Classic Gospel
Bill Gaither’s Country
Gospel Favorites
EX Build a Better
Memory Through Science
How to make improving
your memory fun and
rewarding.
7:00 PBS ’60s Pop,
Rock & Soul
An all-star concert
reuniting legendary
singers and groups.
NC ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Sister Ivy L
EX Great Performances
Andrea Bocelli
Live in Central Park
8:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Darrell Scott L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Special Edition
9:00 PBS Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Celebrating 50 Years,
Recorded Live
at the Ryman
NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
Old Friends L
9:30 NC Music at the Museum
Lakota John L
10:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
David Childers/Kyle Petty/
The Goodfellers
10:30 PBS Santana Live
at the US Festival
A 1982 performance,
featuring the hits “Black
Magic Woman,” “Oye
Cómo Va” and more.
EX Young Forever
with Mark Hyman, MD
How to create and
sustain health for life.
11:00 NC Austin City Limits
Duran Duran
13 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Darrin Henson, Actor
EX Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
How good posture and
movement are vital to
every aspect of life.
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
EX Path to Happily
Ever After with
Rajiv Nagaich
How to live well in your
retirement years.
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Brian Cox and
Emily Blunt.
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
EX Great Performances
Andrea Bocelli Live
in Central Park
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Repointed
& Planted
NC Washington Week
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Paint Bathroom Tile, Hot
Water Tank Replacement
NC State Lines L
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Daniel Burrus. L
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Julian Pleasants. L
11:00 PBS Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Darrin Henson, Actor
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
EX Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
Noon PBS Young Forever
with Mark Hyman, MD
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
12:30 NC 50 States of
Sustainability
How classic cars are
converted to electric.
1:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Darrell Scott L
1:30 NC Sound on Tap
Special Edition
EX Your DNA Secrets
Revealed
The role genetics plays
in longevity and health.
2:00 PBS I Go to the Rock:
The Gospel Music of
Whitney Houston
NC Music at the Museum
Lakota John L
2:30 NC The Caverns Sessions
Katie Pruitt
3:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
David Childers/Kyle Petty/
The Goodfellers
Enjoy the blues and hard-rock swagger of the definitive Southern
band on Lynyrd Skynyrd: Celebrating 50 Years, Recorded Live at
the Ryman, Saturday, August 12, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
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EX Ireland
Made with Love
The legacy of Irish
craftsmanship.
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Daniel Burrus. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
Women Entrepreneurs
Spinning Gold L
NC Austin City Limits
Duran Duran
4:30 PBS State Lines L
EX Doo Wop, Pop &
Soul Generations
A new generation
celebrates music of the
late ’50s and ’60s.
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
6:00 PBS This Land Is
Your Land
The evolution of
American folk music.
NC Black Issues Forum L
6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
Renee Montgomery
7:00 NC Finding Your Roots
Italian Roots
EX Nature
The Hummingbird Effect DV
7:30 PBS Broadway’s
Brightest Lights
A concert of the
greatest show tunes
of musical theater.
8:00 NC Country Music
The Hillbilly Shakespeare
(1945–1953) DV
8:30 EX I Go to the Rock:
The Gospel Music of
Whitney Houston
9:00 PBS All Creatures Great
and Small: Chapter 3
Go behind the scenes
of the charming series.
10:00 NC Country Music
I Can’t Stop Loving You
(1953–1963) DV
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The Civil War
An in-depth over
view of the landmark
documentary.
10:30 PBS Path to Happily
Ever After with
Rajiv Nagaich
14 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s Heartland
California’s Farm-to-
School program.
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Montreal, Canada
7:00 PBS Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Amsterdam
7:30 EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Tokyo, Japan: Celebrating
the Past & Present DV
8:00 PBS Ireland
Made with Love
Irish craftsmanship.
NC Chiliheads
EX Before We Die
Detective Hannah Laing
launches an urgent
manhunt.
9:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Daniel Burrus. L
EX Before We Die
Hannah and her new
partner investigate a
family they believe is
responsible for Sean’s
murder.
9:30 PBS This Land Is
Your Land
NC NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
10:00 NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
EX Before We Die
Stefan tells Davor that
Christian is supplying
info about the Mimica
family to the police.
10:30 NC Sci NC
Science of Place, Oh My! L
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Italian Roots
15 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
Megan Hilty and Michael Maliakel shine as a duet on Broadway’s
Brightest Lights, Sunday, August 13, 7:30 PM, on PBS NC.
From the making of harps to the
game of hurling, Ireland Made
with Love dives into the heart
and soul of the Emerald Isle.
Watch Sunday, August 13,
3 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
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EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Colorful Inspiration
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Life of Loi:
Mediterranean Secrets
Breakfast the Greek Way
7:00 PBS Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Ore Oduba &
Joanne Clifton
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Prague
7:30 EX Wild Hope
Coffee for Water
8:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Let’s Talk Homegrown
Tomatoes L
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Do for Others
EX Bone Detectives
The Isle of Thanet, Kent
8:30 PBS My Home, NC
Where We Live L
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
EX Bone Detectives
Stoke Quay, Ipswich
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
NC Cook’s Country
Saucy Italian-Inspired
Dinners
9:30 PBS Santana Live
at the US Festival
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Let’s Talk Homegrown
Tomatoes L
EX Bone Detectives
Weyhill, Hampshire
10:00 NC NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
EX Bone Detectives
Victoria Gate, Leeds
10:30 NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Zermatt, Switzerland:
Under the Shadow
of the Matterhorn DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Brazil: The Diamond
Range
16 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Sci NC
Discoveries & Collections L
7:00 PBS Ken Burns:
The National Parks
The beauty of our
nation’s parks.
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Netherlands
Beyond Amsterdam
7:30 EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
8:00 NC Antiques Roadshow
Newport, Hour 3
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
8:30 EX Family Ingredients
O’ahu Mango
9:00 PBS Suze Orman’s Ulti
mate Retirement Guide
How to plan for
retirement.
NC Antiques Roadshow
Recut
Bonanzaville, Part 2
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
The Fire Kings
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Do for Others
10:00 NC Planet California
Close Encounters
EX Taste of Louisiana
with Chef John Folse &
Co.: Our Food Heritage
Native America:
Poverty Point
10:30 EX Farmer & the Foodie
Food, Family & the Hind
man Settlement School
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
The Bat Man of Mexico DV
17 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Cook’s Country
Regional Seafood
Specialties
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jane Herlong. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
A medieval village
receives an unexpected
delivery.
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Hello Spring L
8:00 PBS Henry
Louis Gates, Jr.:
Uncovering America
A celebration of the
renowned historian.
NC My Home, NC
Pushing the Limits L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Caroline & Tom
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
Engaging Disconnected
Young Adults L
9:00 NC Exploring
North Carolina
Ghost Towns of
North Carolina L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Pattie & Tricia
9:30 PBS Your DNA
Secrets Revealed
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Thomas Jefferson’s
Bookstand L
10:00 NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
Old Friends L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Montreal, Canada
10:30 NC Echo Sessions
Sister Ivy L
EX America’s Heartland
California’s Farm-to-
School program.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Berlin & Western Poland:
Over the Borderline DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Working Coast of
British Columbia
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NC Carolina
Business Review L
10:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Let’s Talk Homegrown
Tomatoes L
NC Healthy Minds with
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
Schizophrenia
EX Suze Orman’s Ulti
mate Retirement Guide
11:00 PBS Your DNA Secrets
Revealed
NC Quilting Arts
Let’s Go!
11:30 NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel L
Noon NC American
Woodshop
Faceplate Turning for
Everyone!
12:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
File Philosophy L
EX Rick Steves
Holy Land: Israelis &
Palestinians Today
Rick explores sites and
narratives to better
understand the region.
1:00 PBS This Land Is
Your Land
NC Farmer & the Foodie
Pawpaws: Kentucky
State University
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Eating with Friends
2:00 NC Pati’s Mexican Table
Photographic
Food Memories
2:30 PBS Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
NC Story in the
Public Square
EX Les Misérables:
The Staged Concert
A stellar cast presents
a staged concert of the
beloved musical.
3:00 NC Comic Culture
3:30 NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
4:00 NC State Lines L
4:30 PBS Kenny Rogers
Live in Concert
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jane Herlong. L
5:00 NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 NC Washington Week
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Bar Snacks
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
EX Ken Burns:
The Civil War
An overview of the
documentary.
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Mardi Gras
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Vineyards: Elkin Creek,
Carolina Heritage,
Burntshirt L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
EX Ireland
Made with Love
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
18 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
Traveling the globe in
search of the best BBQ
and grilling recipes.
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Ultimate Yule Log
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Berlin
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
EX My Home, NC
Where We Live L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
EX Grantchester
on Masterpiece
Geordie must find Will
before it is too late. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
NC State Lines L
EX Van der Valk
on Masterpiece
Payback in Amsterdam DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jane Herlong. L
10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles
Melba Moore,
Legendary Singer
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Luna & Sophie
The Container
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6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood
NC Garden Smart
Incorporating the Garden
into Our Everyday Menus
EX Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
Enjoy hits like “The Gambler,”
“Lady” and “Through the
Years” on Kenny Rogers Live in
Concert, Saturday, August 19,
4:30 PM, on PBS NC.
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Made with Love
NC Music at the Museum
Charlie Smarts L
2:30 NC The Caverns Sessions
Watkins Family Hour
3:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
Tammy Rogers &
Thomm Jutz/Monroeville
EX Driving While
Black: Race, Space &
Mobility in America
3:30 PBS Side by Side
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Jane Herlong. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Maren Morris
4:30 PBS State Lines L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
6:00 PBS I Go to the Rock:
The Gospel Music of
Whitney Houston
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Buffalo Soldiers:
Fighting on Two Fronts
Explore the often-con
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by Black soldiers in
American history.
6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
T.I.
7:00 NC Finding Your Roots
Secrets & Lies
7:30 PBS Les Misérables:
The Staged Concert
EX Nature
Woodpeckers:
The Hole Story DV
8:00 NC Country Music
The Sons and Daughters
of America (1964–1968) DV
9:00 EX Burt Bacharach’s
Best
Artists perform the pop
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10:00 NC Country Music
Will the Circle Be
Unbroken? (1968–1972) DV
10:30 EX Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
11:00 PBS Ken Burns:
The National Parks
NC Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Pedro Pascal sits down
with Steven Yeun while
Melanie Lynskey joins
Natasha Lyonne.
EX ’60s Pop,
Rock & Soul
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Families Meet
NC Washington Week
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Little Free Library
NC State Lines
EX Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jane Herlong. L
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Marcie Ferris. L
11:00 PBS Keto Diet
with Dr. Josh Axe
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Melba Moore,
Legendary Singer
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
EX Your DNA Secrets
Revealed
Noon NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Fly Fishing Shad L
12:30 PBS Ken Burns:
Country Music
The making of the epic
documentary series.
NC 50 States of
Sustainability
A zero-emission bat
tery-powered aircraft.
1:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
John Doyle, Andrew Finn
Magill, Will McMorran L
1:30 NC Sound on Tap
Tori Vasquez
EX Underground
Railroad: The
William Still Story
A hero of the Under
ground Railroad.
6:00 PBS Roy Orbison &
Friends: A Black &
White Night
Bruce Springsteen, Jack
son Brown, Elvis Costello
and more perform with
the rock legend.
NC Classic Gospel
Josh Turner: I Serve a Savior
EX Just One Thing with
Steven Gundry, MD
How to live well until
a ripe old age.
7:00 NC ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
7:30 PBS ’70s Soul
Superstars
Patti LaBelle hosts an
all-star celebration of
Motown, R&B and soul.
NC Echo Sessions
Sipe, Barns, Thorin, Seal L
EX Kenny Rogers
Live in Concert
8:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
John Doyle, Andrew Finn
Magill, Will McMorran L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Tori Vasquez
9:00 NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
Allison Russell L
EX Santana Live
at the US Festival
9:30 NC Music at the Museum
Charlie Smarts L
10:00 PBS Suze Orman’s Ulti
mate Retirement Guide
NC Song of the
Mountains
Tammy Rogers &
Thomm Jutz/Monroeville
10:30 EX Keto Diet
with Dr. Josh Axe
11:00 NC Austin City Limits
Maren Morris
20 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Melba Moore,
Legendary Singer
EX Keto Diet
with Dr. Josh Axe
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
August | 17
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Cook’s Country
Taste of Summer
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Skip Pritchard. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
The owners of a French
settlement decide to
demolish buildings.
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
DNA Mysteries
NC My Home, NC
Where We Live L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Mike & Carol
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
9:00 PBS American
Experience
Flood in the Desert DV
NC Exploring
North Carolina
Living with a Rising Sea L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Kerry & Tony
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Classical Carving L
10:00 PBS American
Experience
Fatal Flood DV
NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
Allison Russell L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Oregon RV Trip
10:30 NC Echo Sessions
Sipe, Barns, Thorin, Seal L
EX America’s Heartland
Georgia farmers supply
local food banks.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
Bonjour, Montreal DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Peru: A Train
to the Clouds
9:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Vintage Baltimore 2021,
Hour 2
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jane Herlong. L
EX Before We Die
Hannah and Billy learn
how the Mimicas plan
to bring cocaine into
the UK.
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
10:00 PBS Great
Performances
Leonard Bernstein’s
Kaddish Symphony
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Fly Fishing Shad L
EX Before We Die
The police attempt
to bust the Mimicas’
operation.
10:30 NC Sci NC
Discoveries & Collections L
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Where Did We
Come From?
22 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Porchetta-Style
Turkey & Fennel
21 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s Heartland
Georgia farmers supply
local food banks.
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Oregon RV Trip
7:00 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Let’s Talk Homegrown
Tomatoes L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Germany’s Hamburg &
the Luther Trail
7:30 PBS My Home, NC
Where We Live L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
The Bonin/Ogasawara
Islands: A Land Far,
Far Away DV
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Meadow Brook Hall,
Hour 1
NC Courthouse
A community redis
covers its historical
sense of place.
EX Before We Die
Bianca makes a pro
posal to Christian.
8:30 NC Red Brick Legacy:
Tale of the Castle
of West Gastonia
On Great Performances, Marin Alsop conducts Leonard Bernstein’s
Kaddish Symphony, a musical meditation examining humanity and
faith. Watch Monday, August 21, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
Photo: Patrick Gipson
18 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Tokyo, Japan: Celebrat
ing the Past & Present DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Hawaii’s Big Island:
The Volcanos’ Gifts
25 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
Argentine Fire
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Porchetta-Style
Turkey & Fennel
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Bulgaria
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Conserving the
Landscape in the
Face of Growth L
EX My Home, NC
NC Foodie Favs
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
Conserving the
Landscape in the
Face of Growth L
EX Unforgotten
Season 4 on
Masterpiece
Episode 1 Parts of a body
are found. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Great
Performances
Vienna Philharmonic
Summer Night Concert
2023
NC State Lines L
EX Unforgotten
Season 4 on
Masterpiece
Episode 2 Cassie and
Sunny identify potential
suspects. DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Skip Pritchard. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rivers of Life
Mississippi DV
24 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
The Fish Market
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
The Fire Kings
7:00 PBS Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Sharon Maughan &
Tina Hobley
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Germany’s Frankfurt
& Nürnberg
7:30 EX Wild Hope
Salamander of the Gods
8:00 PBS Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Mardi Gras
EX Bone Detectives
Bristol
8:30 PBS Ten to Try
State Parks L
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Porchetta-Style
Turkey & Fennel
EX Bone Detectives
Amesbury, Wiltshire
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Coastal Gems L
NC Cook’s Country
Pork Roast &
Orange Cake
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Science of Iconic NC L
NC Ten to Try
State Parks L
EX Bone Detectives
Beaker, Caithness,
Scotland
10:00 PBS Come Hell
or High Water
Remembering the
Great Flood of 1916
NC NC Weekend
Coastal Gems L
EX Bone Detectives
Norton Priory, Cheshire
10:30 NC Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
23 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Sci NC
Unseen Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Germany’s Dresden
& Leipzig
7:30 PBS Sci NC
Unseen Science L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Porchetta-Style
Turkey & Fennel
8:00 PBS Nature
Big Bend: The Wild
Frontier of Texas DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Meadow Brook Hall,
Hour 3
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Let’s Talk Homegrown
Tomatoes L
8:30 EX Family Ingredients
California Smoked Fish
9:00 PBS Nova
Killer Hurricanes
NC Antiques Roadshow
Recut
Winterthur Museum,
Part 1
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Sisters, Stew & Sass
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Celebrating Earth L
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Mardi Gras
10:00 PBS Nova
Killer Floods
NC Rivers of Life
Mississippi DV
EX Taste of Louisiana
with Chef John Folse &
Co.: Our Food Heritage
Native America:
Sportsman’s Paradise
10:30 EX Farmer & the Foodie
Foxhollow Farm;
Growing the Next
Generation of Farmers
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
August | 19
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Milk Street Pantry Staples
11:30 PBS Wild Hope
The Big Oyster
NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel L
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Restaurant Evolution
Noon PBS Weekends
with Yankee
A Taste for the Good Life
NC American
Woodshop
Carving American Folk
Art/Sharpening Tips
EX Rick Steves Art:
Prehistoric & Ancient
Rick Steves invites you to
marvel at prehistoric art.
12:30 PBS Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
All You Need Is Love
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
A Very Boring Program L
1:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Vintage Baltimore 2021,
Hour 2
NC Farmer & the Foodie
Homegrown by Heroes:
River Hill Ranch; Town-
send Sorghum Mill
EX NC Weekend
Coastal Gems L
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Cozy Casseroles
EX Weekends
with Yankee
Town & Country:
Hitting the Heights
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Creole Feast
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Burgundy:
Profound France
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Fly Fishing Shad L
EX Rivers of Life
Mississippi DV
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Food Trucks L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Coastal Gems L
EX Nova
Killer Volcanoes
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Ten to Try
State Parks L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Coastal Gems L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
A Warm Welcome
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
NC Healthy Minds with
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
Suicide Prevention, Part 1
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Ruffed Grouse &
Labrador Tea
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Start Small
NC Quilting Arts
Contemporary Appliqué
EX Unforgotten
Season 4 on
Masterpiece
Episode 3 Cassie and
Sunny interview four
suspects. DV
10:30 PBS Creative
Obsessions
Two short films explor
ing the passion for
making and collecting
art in North Carolina. L
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Patrick Dicks, D. Sc.
Professor & Expert
on Automation
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Luna & Sophie
The Suicide Tree
26 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Garden Smart
An Iconic Southern Garden
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Fly Fishing Shad L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
The Cuban Sandwich Show
EX Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Restaurant Evolution
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Porchetta-Style
Turkey & Fennel
EX ncIMPACT
The Arts as an
Economic Engine L
Chefs Dook and Zoe Chase re-
create a Creole feast on Dooky
Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy,
Saturday, August 26, 7:30 AM, on
the North Carolina Channel.
Explore a world of magical goddesses, massive pyramids, sun-
splashed temples and lifelike statues on Rick Steves Art: Prehistoric
& Ancient, Saturday, August 26, noon, on the Explorer Channel.
20 | August | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Finding Your Roots
DNA Mysteries
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
EX Antiques Roadshow
Vintage Baltimore 2021,
Hour 2
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Brett Goldstein talks
with Theo James.
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Ore Oduba &
Joanne Clifton
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Newburyport|
Powering Through
NC Washington Week
EX Rick Steves: Art
Prehistoric & Ancient
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Antique Pocket Door,
Shaker End Table
NC State Lines L
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
Conserving the
Landscape in the
Face of Growth L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Skip Pritchard. L
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Northern Jaguar
Preserve: Where the
Great Cats Roam Freely
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Jason Mott. L
EX Travel Detective
Hidden Gems of Asheville
11:00 PBS A Taste of History
Jam-Asian Fusion
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Patrick Dicks, D. Sc.
Professor & Expert
on Automation
EX Secrets of the Dead
Abandoning the Titanic
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Dynamo L
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Beyond the Grave, Part 1
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Steep Canyon Rangers L
EX Reel South
Bury Me at Taylor Hollow L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Flamél
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Beyond the Grave, Part 2
NC My Music with
Rhiannon Giddens
Rissi Palmer L
EX Reel South
Florida Woman L
9:30 NC Music at the Museum
Violet Bell L
EX Country Music
Are You Sure Hank Done
It This Way? (1973–1983) DV
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
Marlon tries to prepare
for his sergeant exams.
NC Song of the
Mountains
Compton & Newberry/
Cedar Hill/Valerie Smith
& Liberty Pike
11:00 PBS Carol Burnett
Show: Carol’s Favorites
Roddy McDowall.
NC Austin City Limits
The War on Drugs
27 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Patrick Dicks, D. Sc.
Professor & Expert
on Automation
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Provence: Legendary
Light, Wind & Wine
NC Pati’s Mexican Table
Mex’d Up American
Regional Favorites
EX Help! We Bought
a Village
The owners of a French
settlement decide to
demolish buildings.
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Vancouver, Canada
NC Story in the
Public Square
3:00 PBS Wild Rivers
with Tillie
Rogue River:
America’s Classic
Wild & Scenic River
NC Comic Culture L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Mike & Carol
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Time for Clocks
NC Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
4:00 PBS This Old House
Newburyport|
Powering Through
NC State Lines L
EX The Travelling
Auctioneers
Kerry & Tony
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Antique Pocket Door,
Shaker End Table
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Skip Pritchard. L
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Rivers of Life
Mississippi DV
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC Washington Week
6:00 PBS The Indian Doctor
Quarantine
NC Classic Gospel
Singing Contractors:
Working on a Building
EX Nova
Killer Volcanoes
7:00 PBS Father Brown
The Company of Men
NC ncIMPACT
Conserving the
Landscape in the
Face of Growth L
On Death in Paradise, Naomi is
distraught over the murder of
her best friend’s father. Can her
team help find the killer? Watch
Sunday, August 26, 10 PM, on
PBS NC.
Photo: BBC/Red Panet Pictures/Denis Guyenon