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12/2023
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DV = Descriptive Video
December | 3
Create a Holiday Lantern
Recycle toilet
paper and paper
towel tubes to
create a festive
holiday lantern.
Paint or decorate
the tubes with
stickers, and
thread a ribbon
through holes near the top to hang them up. Tuck
a battery-operated light inside for a fantastic glow.
Find more family activities at pbs.org/parents.
New Shorts from
Super Why’s Comic
Book Adventures
Unlock the power of reading with this
animated series where Super Readers
take their reading and spelling powers
into a comic book world. Join Super
Why and Power Paige as they save the
day from literacy villains. Learn more at
pbskids.org/superwhy.
DAILY SCHEDULE
6 AM Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
Weekends:
Cat in the Hat
6:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV
Weekends:
Sid the Science Kid DV
7:00 Dinosaur Train DV
Weekends until 10 AM
through December 17:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Daniel Tiger DV
December 23, 24, 30 & 31
until 10 AM:
Winter Holiday Block Party
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 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
through December 17:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Daniel Tiger DV
December 23, 24, 30 & 31
until 4 PM:
Winter Holiday Block Party
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
Winter Holiday Block Party
This month, enjoy special holiday-themed
episodes of your favorite PBS KIDS shows,
including Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,
Rosie’s Rules and Wild Kratts. Watch
our Winter Holiday Block Party
December 23, 24, 30 and 31, 7 AM to
10 AM and 1 to 4 PM, on Rootle.
WATCH!
EXPLORE!
PLAY!
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Program times may vary; add at least �ve minutes when recording.
4 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
1 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Vegetariano Italiano
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Parathas & Pakoras
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
A platform for Black
voices in NC. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Great Swiss Cities:
Luzern, Bern, Zurich
& Lausanne
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
EX Best of Our State
Linville Caverns &
Sheila Kay Adams L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
with the Atlantic
NC ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
EX Call the Midwife
A patient’s wife refuses
to accept help. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines
NC legislative news. L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Memory Makeover
with Daniel Amen, MD
Improving memory.
NC State Lines L
EX Call the Midwife
Fred attempts to rein-
state a beloved show. DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
with the Atlantic
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Sue Downes. L
EX Call the Midwife
Kevin’s patient needs
his support. DV
10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles
Robert Smith.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Seaside Hotel
SEASON PREMIERE!
We’re Not Talking
About That
2 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Garden Smart
An Iconic & Recognizable
Landscape in the
Netherlands
EX Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas
The cook makes a feast.
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
French Fare
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Parathas & Pakoras
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Leah’s Classic New
Orleans Cuisine
EX England
Made with Love
English artisanship.
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Divers Rock Bonito L
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Sweet Onions L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why
NC NC Weekend
NC Art & Soul L
EX Eat to Sleep
How to sleep better.
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
NC Art & Soul L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
Linville Caverns &
Sheila Kay Adams L
NC Exploring NC
Form & Function L
EX Suze Orman’s
Ultimate Retirement
Guide
11:00 PBS Young Forever
with Mark Hyman, MD
Tips on longevity.
NC Quilting Arts
Free to Improvise
11:30 NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
Expand-a-Block L
Noon NC American Woodshop
Tall Counter Stools
12:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Wood & Water L
EX Rick Steves
European Christmas
Holiday traditions.
1:00 PBS This Land Is
Your Land
American folk music.
NC Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Sunday Gravy
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Sketches of Spain
Our on-air fundraiser runs through Sunday, December 3.
To give, visit pbsnc.org/donate or call 1-800-984-9090.
In the season premiere of
Seaside Hotel, everything looks
rosy until a few new guests
arrive, Sunday, December 1,
11 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
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December | 5
3 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Dr. Topper Carew.
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters
Education in NC. L
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
NC The Open Mind
The Future of
Science Journalism
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC PBS Arts Talk
Henry Winkler with
Jimmy Kimmel
EX John Sebastian’s
Folk Rewind
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
Lexington|Engineered
for Accessibility
NC Washington Week
with the Atlantic
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Creosote Removal,
Utility Cover
NC State Lines L
EX Deepak Chopra:
Your Path to
Enlightenment
How to turn negativity
into positive action.
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Sue Downes. L
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC NC Bookwatch
Hal Crowther. L
11:00 PBS Easy Yoga:
The Secret to
Strength & Balance
with Peggy Cappy
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Dr. Topper Carew.
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Nikhil Goyal
EX Rick Steves
European Christmas
2:00 NC Pati’s
Mexican Table
Guayabera World
2:30 PBS Aging Backwards 4:
The Miracle of Flex-
ibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
NC Story in the
Public Square
Nikhil Goyal
EX The Dean Martin &
Frank Sinatra Family
Christmas Show
This 1967 special
includes holiday songs
and Sammy Davis Jr.
3:00 NC Comic Culture
Comic book creators.
3:30 PBS Les Misérables:
The Staged Concert
An all-star performance.
NC Best of Our State
Linville Caverns &
Sheila Kay Adams L
4:00 NC State Lines L
EX Slavery by
Another Name
Forms of de facto slav-
ery after the Civil War.
4:30 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Sue Downes. L
5:00 NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 NC Washington Week
with the Atlantic
6:00 NC Classic Gospel
Guy Penrod Live:
Hymns & Worship
EX Build a Better Mem-
ory Through Science
7:00 PBS Steve & Eydie:
Memories of My
Mom & Dad
NC ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Music by the Secret
B-Sides & Lyric L
EX John Sebastian’s
Folk Rewind
Folk performers of the
1950s and 1960s.
8:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Jontavious Willis L
8:30 NC Ireland in Music
‘a dó’ A tribute to Irish
poets with Stephen Rea.
9:00 PBS Yacht Rock Revue:
’70s & ’80s Hits—
Live from New York
NC The Caverns Sessions
Allison Russell
9:30 NC Songs at the Center
Master Series Episode
with Ray Stevens
EX Burt Bacharach’s
Best
Artists perform Burt
Bacharach’s hits.
10:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
Ricky Skaggs &
Kentucky Thunder
10:30 PBS ’60s Pop, Rock
& Soul
An all-star concert.
11:00 NC Austin City Limits
Spoon
EX Ann Wilson & Trip-
sitter: Live in Concert
Heart’s lead singer
performs.
Photo: Emily Butler
Watch Steve & Eydie: Memories
of My Mom & Dad, and revisit
the duo’s gift of song, Saturday,
December 2, 7 PM, on PBS NC.
Set sail on a musical journey
through the late ’70s and early
’80s with Yacht Rock Revue,
Saturday, December 2, 9 PM,
on PBS NC.
6 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Vienna & the Danube
7:30 PBS Best of Our State
Linville Caverns &
Sheila Kay Adams L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Northwest Ontario:
Lake Superior & Beyond DV
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
The Gen X Years
NC Cries of Loss & Hope
Marking a Dif�cult Season
in Music & Word
EX Agatha Christie:
Lucy Worsley on the
Mystery Queen
Cat Among the Pigeons DV
9:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Women’s Work
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Sue Downes. L
9:30 NC NC Weekend
NC Art & Soul
EX A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special
Holiday traditions
in Kinston, NC. L
10:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
Tudor origins of
Christmas traditions.
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
New River
Smallmouth Bass L
10:30 NC Sci NC
A Grab Bag of Science L
EX How She Rolls
A Very Carrie Christmas
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
7:30 PBS Broadway’s
Brightest Lights
Show tunes.
EX Roy Orbison &
Friends: A Black &
White Night
An iconic performance.
8:00 NC American Experience
The Busing Battleground DV
9:00 PBS Agatha Christie:
Lucy Worsley on the
Mystery Queen
SERIES PREMIERE! Cat
Among the Pigeons DV
EX All Creatures
Great & Small:
Christmas in the Dales
Behind the scenes.
10:00 NC American Experience
The Harvest: Integrating
Mississippi’s Schools DV
10:30 PBS Barbra Streisand:
Back to Brooklyn
A concert from 2012.
EX Steve & Eydie:
Memories of My
Mom & Dad
4 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s Heartland
A modern farm family.
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Florida Keys &
Key West
7:00 PBS The Story of Us, NC:
A PBS American
Portrait Story
North Carolinians
share their stories.
NC PBS NewsHour
Noon PBS Keto Diet
with Dr. Josh Axe
A spin on the keto diet.
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
New River
Smallmouth Bass L
12:30 NC Untamed
From Rescue to Release
1:00 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Jontavious Willis L
1:30 PBS How Great
Thou Art, a Sacred
Celebration
Kristin Chenoweth,
Patti LaBelle and more.
NC Ireland in Music
‘a dó’
EX Black Broadway:
A Proud History, a
Limitless Future
Black roles and voices.
2:00 NC Songs at the Center
SEASON PREMIERE!
Master Series Episode
with Ray Stevens
2:30 NC The Caverns Sessions
Allison Russell
3:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
Ricky Skaggs &
Kentucky Thunder
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Sue Downes. L
EX England
Made with Love
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Spoon
4:30 PBS State Lines L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
with the Atlantic
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Moments to
Remember
Legends of the late ’50s
and early ’60s pop era.
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
6:00 PBS Neil Diamond:
Thank You Australia
A 1976 performance.
NC Black Issues Forum L
6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
Sen. Raphael Warnock
7:00 NC Finding Your Roots
Beyond the Pale
“Good times never seemed so
good!” Watch Neil Diamond:
Thank You Australia, Sunday,
December 3, 6 PM, on PBS NC.
Explore the secret life of an
enigmatic writer in Agatha
Christie: Lucy Worsley on
the Mystery Queen, Sunday,
December 3, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 7
10:30 EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
’Cuz There Ain’t
No Planet B
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Madagascar:
Islands of Wonder
A journey in Borneo.
7 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
The Dinner Dance
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Pati’s
Mexican Table
Ode to the Egg
7:00 PBS Osiyo, Voices of
the Cherokee People
Artist Tayler Gutierrez.
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Athens & Side Trips
7:30 PBS My Home, NC
Made in NC L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Sonoma County, CA
8:00 PBS Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
NC Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Leah’s Classic
New Orleans Cuisine
EX Jews of the
Wild West
Jewish pioneers.
8:30 PBS Ten to Try
State Parks L
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Seafood Feast
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
A Global Taste Tour L
NC Cook’s Country
Italian-American Comforts
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Deadly Science L
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
EX Streit’s: Matzo &
the American Dream
A family business in NY.
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Heart of the Wilderness:
Wyoming’s Wind River
Range
6 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Sci NC
A Grab Bag of Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Czech Republic
Off the Beaten Path
7:30 PBS Sci NC
A Grab Bag of Science L
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Seafood Feast
8:00 PBS Nature
American Arctic DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
The Gen X Years
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
8:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s
Milk Street Television
Quick Noodles
9:00 PBS Nova
Ghosts of Stonehenge
NC PBS Arts Talk
Misty Copeland with
Nathaniel Mary Quinn
EX Pati’s
Mexican Table
Guayabera World
9:30 NC NC Weekend
NC Art & Soul L
EX Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Leah’s Classic
New Orleans Cuisine
10:00 PBS The Great Polar
Bear Feast
An annual gathering
of polar bears.
NC Native America
Language Is Life
EX Taste of Louisiana
with Chef John Folse &
Co.: Our Food Heritage
The Germans of
New Orleans, Minden
& Robert’s Cove
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nova
Lee & Liza’s Family Tree
5 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Seafood Feast
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Cook’s Country
Italian-American
Comforts
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jim Melvin. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
NC Art & Soul L
8:00 PBS American
Experience
Sandra Day O’Connor:
The First DV
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Figs Galore L
EX Secrets of the
Royal Palaces
Windsor
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
9:00 NC Osiyo, Voices of
the Cherokee People
Noodlingcat�sh.
EX Secrets of the
Royal Palaces
Hampton Court
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Steam Power Sawmill L
10:00 PBS Frontline
Inside the Uvalde Response
NC Asheville Symphony
Virtual Concert Series
Love According to Mozart
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Budapest, Hungary
10:30 EX America’s Heartland
A modern farm family.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
France: Following
the Rhone DV
8 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Making Music
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Art of the Florentine
Renaissance
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
New River
Smallmouth Bass L
EX Madagascar:
Islands of Wonder
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
From the Vineyard
Special L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
A Global Taste Tour L
EX Nova
Great Mammoth
Mystery DV
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Egg Comes First L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
A Global Taste Tour L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
The Dinner Dance
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
NC Exploring NC
Currituck L
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Maple & Milkweed
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Horticulturists Are
Constantly Breeding
New Plants
NC Quilting Arts
Finishing School
EX Christopher Kimball’s
Milk Street Television
Quick Noodles
11:30 PBS Welcome
to My Farm
Blueberries
NC Lap Quilting with
Georgia Bonesteel
Grandma Taught Us How L
EX Call the Midwife
Sister Julienne and
Dr. Turner clash. DV
9:30 NC Washington Week
with the Atlantic
10:00 PBS Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jim Melvin. L
EX Call the Midwife
Sister Frances is in a
tricky situation. DV
10:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles
Dr. Topper Carew.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Seaside Hotel
Chocolate &
Whipped Cream
9 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood
NC Garden Smart
Maui, Hawaii Garden Tour
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Offshore Flounder L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Italian-American Comforts
EX Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Make It Good
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC America’s
Test Kitchen
Seafood Feast
10:00 PBS Premier Stage
at UNCSA
SERIES PREMIERE!
“Symphonie Fantastique”
with Guillermo Figueroa L
NC NC Weekend
A Global Taste Tour L
10:30 NC Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
EX Design in Mind:
Unlocking the
Mysteries of Place
with Gil Schafer
The life and work of the
renowned architect.
11:00 PBS Amanpour
& Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Ireland: Coast to Coast DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
From Vaquejada to
Jangada: Into Rural
Ceará, Brazil
8 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Pizza & Lemons:
Naples to Sorrento
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX America’s
Test Kitchen
Seafood Feast
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Greece’s Peloponnese
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Increasing Food Access L
EX Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
with the Atlantic
NC ncIMPACT
Increasing Food Access L
EX Call the Midwife
Nurse Crane cares for
an expectant mother. DV
8:30 PBS State Lines L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Christmas
at Belmont
Belmont University
students perform songs.
NC State Lines L
In the �rst episode of Premier
Stage at UNCSA, the school’s
symphony orchestra performs a
French masterpiece, Thursday,
December 7, 10 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 9
11:00 PBS Carol Burnett
Show: Carol’s Favorites
The Pointer Sisters.
NC Austin City Limits
Allison Russell/
The Weather Station
11:30 EX Design in Mind:
Unlocking the
Mysteries of Place
with Gil Schafer
10 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Rev. Dr. Frances Draper.
EX Finding Your Roots
Laughing on the Inside
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Work It Out
Wombats! DV
NC The Open Mind
Living with (and Ending?)
Pandemics
EX Antiques Roadshow
The Gen X Years
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC PBS Arts Talk
Misty Copeland with
Twyla Tharp
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Celebrity
Antiques Road Trip
Roberta Taylor &
Trudie Goodwin
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Lexington|Gone Geo
NC Washington Week
with the Atlantic
EX Lucy Worsley
Investigates
The Black Death DV
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Generator Hookup,
Brick Lintel Repair
NC State Lines L
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
Increasing Food Access L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jim Melvin. L
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Hawaii’s Big Island:
The Volcanoes’ Gifts
NC State Lines L
EX Secrets of the
Royal Palaces
Hampton Court
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Generator Hookup,
Brick Lintel Repair
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jim Melvin. L
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Lizards & Bass Fishing L
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Madagascar:
Islands of Wonder
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Washington Week
with the Atlantic
6:00 PBS Doc Martin
Single White Bevy
NC Classic Gospel
Fortune/Walker/Isaacs/
Rogers: Brotherly Love
EX Nova
Great Mammoth
Mystery DV
7:00 PBS Father Brown
The Final Devotion
NC ncIMPACT
Increasing Food Access L
EX Andes: Kingdoms
of the Sky
Wildlife on the range.
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Music by Too Many Zooz L
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Beyond the Grave, Part 1
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Becky Buller Band L
EX American Experience
Sandra Day O’Connor:
The First DV
8:30 NC Ireland in Music
‘a trí’ Poet Celaviedmai.
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Beyond the Grave, Part 2
NC The Caverns Sessions
Sierra Ferrell
9:30 NC Songs at the Center
Jesse Terry, Kyshona,
Craig Bickhardt
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
The team must prove
Neville’s innocence.
NC Song of the
Mountains
Sideline
EX American Masters
Flannery DV
EX Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Make It Good
Noon PBS Moveable Feast
Eugene, Oregon
NC American Woodshop
LED Accent Lamp
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Fish Whisperers
12:30 PBS Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Sunday Gravy
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Steam Power Sawmill L
EX Curious Traveler
Curious Dijon & Beaune
1:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
The Gen X Years
NC Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Life in the Slow Lane
EX NC Weekend
A Global Taste Tour L
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Southern Secrets
EX Moveable Feast
Eugene, Oregon
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Art of the Florentine
Renaissance
NC Pati’s
Mexican Table
Flavors of Mérida
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Seoul, South Korea
NC Story in the
Public Square
Conversations
with storytellers.
3:00 PBS Changing Seas
Bermuda: Life at
Ocean’s Edge
NC Comic Culture L
EX Secrets of the
Royal Palaces
Windsor
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Two Porch Benches
NC Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
4:00 PBS This Old House
Lexington|Gone Geo
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EX The Great Polar
Bear Feast
10:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
Honeymoon’s Over DV
NC Streit’s: Matzo &
the American Dream
EX ncIMPACT
Enhancing NC’s Workforce
Through Education L
10:30 EX Sci NC
Animals Among Us L
11:00 PBS Little Bird
Bineshi Kwe DV
NC Spiritual Audacity:
The Abraham Joshua
Heschel Story
Apro�leofthe
Jewish theologian.
EX Antiques Roadshow
The Gen X Years
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6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC News America
EX America’s Heartland
Goats at a cattle ranch.
6:30 NC BBC News:
The Context
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Top of the South Island, NZ
7:00 PBS Ten to Try
State Parks L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Copenhagen
7:30 PBS Best of Our State
Dorton Arena & the
Kruger Brothers L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Thousand Islands:
A Canadian Bi-National
Adventure DV
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Tearjerkers
NC Premier Stage
at UNCSA
“Symphonie Fantastique”
with Guillermo Figueroa L
EX Agatha Christie:
Lucy Worsley on the
Mystery Queen
Destination Unknown DV
9:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Body of Work
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jim Melvin. L
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
Mediterranean Meze
NC The Caverns Sessions
Sierra Ferrell
3:00 PBS Dooky Chase
Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
Make It Good
NC Song of the
Mountains
Sideline
EX Rick Steves
European Christmas
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Jim Melvin. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Allison Russell/
The Weather Station
EX Agatha Christie:
Lucy Worsley on the
Mystery Queen
Cat Among the Pigeons DV
4:30 PBS State Lines L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
with the Atlantic
NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Increasing Food Access L
EX A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special L
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Beyond the Grave, Part 1
NC Black Issues Forum L
6:30 NC The Chavis Chronicles
Dr. Topper Carew.
EX How She Rolls
A Very Carrie Christmas
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Beyond the Grave, Part 2
NC Finding Your Roots
Laughing on the Inside
EX Nature
American Arctic DV
8:00 PBS Agatha Christie:
Lucy Worsley on the
Mystery Queen
Destination Unknown DV
NC They Survived
Together
A family’s escape from
Nazi-occupied Kraków.
EX Nova
Ghosts of Stonehenge
9:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small
Second Time Lucky DV
NC Jewish Journey:
America
The old country and
coming to America.
10:30 PBS State Lines L
NC NC Bookwatch
A.J. Tata. L
EX Curious Traveler
Estonia’s Curious
Culture & Traditions
11:00 PBS A Taste of History
Grilling Down Under:
New South Wales,
Australia
NC The Chavis Chronicles
Rev. Dr. Frances Draper.
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
11:30 PBS Pati’s
Mexican Table
The Nectar of the
Mayan Gods
NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Florida Parishes:
Cultural Crossroads
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Lizards & Bass Fishing L
EX Secrets of the
Royal Palaces
Windsor
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Let’s Talk Homegrown
Tomatoes L
NC Untamed
Habitat Islands &
Wildlife Corridors
1:00 PBS Christopher
Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Best Roasted Chicken
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Becky Buller Band L
EX Secrets of the
Royal Palaces
Hampton Court
1:30 PBS Steven Raichlen’s
Planet Barbecue
Gulf Coast Grill
NC Ireland in Music
‘a trí’
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen
Pork Chops &
Maple Cake
NC Songs at the Center
Jesse Terry, Kyshona,
Craig Bickhardt
EX Real Rail Adventures:
Swiss Winter Magic
Construction marvels.